I found myself unable to sleep yet again last night, and pulled out some of the spring paper pads I picked up last week at Michael’s. If you follow us on Instagram, you might have seen what I was up to. I’m one of those people who has a lot of scrapbooking supplies yet never seems to do much of anything with it. You could say that I’m more of a collector than a crafter. I’m excited to show you that I actually used my scrapbooking stash last night, and did a framed Easter art project.
This art project is so easy. Here’s all you need to make it:
5×7 picture frame
assortment of spring scrapbooking paper
white card stock
scissors
craft glue
X-Acto Knife or other sharp cutting tool
Measure and cut 2 pieces of white card stock to fit into your frame.
Using a sharp blade, cut the shape of an egg from one of the pieces of card stock, leaving a little bit of a border around the cut-out. Mine came out pretty good, but you might want to make an egg template to trace.
Cut strips from assorted scrapbooking paper measuring 1/2″ x 5″, enough to cover the 7 inch length of the frame (slightly overlapping).
Starting at the top, glue strips of paper onto the solid piece of card stock – slightly overlapping each piece as you go. Glue the piece of card stock with the egg cut-out on top, so that the colorful strips of paper peek through.
Place your beautiful work of art into the frame and enjoy!
I love the seasonal framed art – so easy to swap it out!I like that you can use up your scraps with this piece of art .
I absolutely love this craft idea and want to make it soon. I have the frame that I want to use and I need to get the other supplies! I am so excited about making this!
This is a great eco friendly craft. I could see re using old frames and tissue paper or wrapping paper left over from last year (am I the only one who stashes these things away?) you could use cardboard that had been either wrapped or colored (hello glitter) for the templates and white board. A fun idea to let my kids do… with the recycled materials. They don’t get to touch my scrapbooking stash!
You could totally do this with recycled materials. Great idea!
This is such a great idea…so simple and so cute 🙂 I can’t wait to try it with my little ones.
This is cute! I’m seeing it for the first time a bit late but a cute idea for next year. Wish I was a bit more crafty and could think of things like this
How cute!! I never have anything to decorate with for Easter, this would be so easy to make!
This is such an awesome idea! I love how versatile it is. What a fun project. This is something I’d love to do for Easter and then for other holidays throughout the year. The ideas are endless! Thank you for sharing!
This would be a great project to do with the kids. Sometimes the simplest projects are the best. Thanks for sharing and the great idea.
I love this idea – and may just use it for my mantel – thanks so much for sharing !
Hugs,
Suzan
This is so pretty and I love that anyone can make it too! It’s our Spotlight of the Week; thanks so much for sharing at Mix it up Monday 🙂
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