Easter egg decorations tutorial

Hi everyone

as Easter approaches i decided to make some decorations for an Easter tree. to start with i am going to quickly explain how to make these felt egg hanging decorations which could also be sewn on to ribbon of twine and made into a garland.

 To start with you will need a selection of felt, i recommend the Dovecraft essentials felt packs as they are cheap at around £2 a pack for 8 A4 sheets of felt which are a nice soft material and not the hard acrylic like some of the cheaper brands. you can get packs of nearly every color from bgpaynecrafts.co.uk  for £1.59 a pack of course i got a bit trigger happy with the add to cart button.

 I used a Xcut egg nesting die as these cut through material and is a lot quicker then cutting by hand. If you do not own a die cut machine then i have a template you can print out and use instead. visit http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/easter-templates and get it directly from the site.

so basically i cut two of each color and on one i glued a ribbon loop to hang the egg up with.i then hand stitched around the egg and left a gap to put the stuffing in. I know the toy stuffing can be expensive so i use the stuffing out of a cushion. you can get these from the pound shops. i finished off my decorations with buttons and resin flowers.

                                               Thanks for visiting

Docrafts Monday

Its the last day of March already, and today I have some a card  to share that I made using the new creativity club downloads.

1) Start by covering an A5 card blank with the Creativity club Easter part 1 digital paper.

2) Next cut out six small squares and six larger squares using the Xcut nesting dies.

3) Adhere a strip of ribbon across the card then layer the squares up using the 3d foam pads.

4) Cut out a larger scalloped edged circle and a smaller sized circle using the Xcut nesting dies. Layer them on top of each other.

5) Using the a5 flower die set cut out 2 flowers from felt, if you are using thick felt run then run it  through your die-cutting machine a few times to get an outline that can be cut out.

6) Adhere flowers together and stick down in the centre of the circles. cut out a sentiment and adhere to centre of flower.

7) Finish card by adding a bow and adhere an adhesive pearl.