Category Archives: Easter/Spring

Daffodil Easter Card

Bright and cheerful Easter card that is easy to make.

What you will need to make this card:

1. A6 Cream oval aperture card blank
2. Green mirror card
3. Die-Cut Decoupage Sheet – Floral #116 (Daffodil Decoupage)
4. Two Tone Butterflies Peel Off Sheet – Gold
5. Easter Bunnies & Easter Baskets Peel Off Sheets Gold
6. Alphabet – Block Capitals Peel Off Sheet – Diamond Green
7. Peel Off Marker Pens or Metallic Marker Pens
8. Sticky Foam Pads & Double Sided Sticky Tape
9. Scissors


How to make this card.

Cut a section of the green mirror card just slightly smaller than A6 in size and using double sided sticky tape stick it behind the aperture on the card blank.

Spell out the wording HAPPY EASTER in an arch over the top of the aperture using letters from the diamond green alphabet peel off sheet.

Use sticky foam pads to stick the daffodil decoupage to the bottom right hand side of the aperture overlapping the aperture as shown in the picture.

Use peel off markers or metallic markers to colour the peel off stickers in bright colours. It is easier to colour a peel off when it is still on it’s backing sheet and then once it is dry peel it off and stick it. The peel off stickers used here are 1 bunny rabbit in grass, 2 mini easter eggs, 4 mini flowers & 3 of the two tone butterflies.

Stick the coloured bunny rabbit in grass, 4 mini flowers and 2 mini easter eggs along the bottom of the card blank as shown in the picture.

To make the 3D butterfly shape, you need the 3 two tone butterfly stickers that you coloured in earlier. Folding two of the stickers in half you stick one half of each of them back to back to the third butterfly. You then stick the two sticky halves that are folded back to the top left of the mirror green aperture. If you then fold the butterfly wings up, the butterfly pops up in a 3D type style.

Card Idea by Jill.

Tulip Decoupage Card

This card has a fresh springtime design. It is a useful card to have made ready in your craft box to send for a variety of occasions. Spring flowers make great cards for Easter or why not even use it as a simple note card to write to someone special. Add a peel off sentiment to the top or bottom of the card if you wish or simply make it as it is shown here. See further down for a picture of the decoupage sheet used for the tulips to make this card.

Tulip Decoupage Card

What you will need to make this card:

  1. Small square (120mm x 120mm) cream card blank
  2. Tulip / Daffodil / Daisy Trios Decoupage Sheet for the tulips (pictured below)
  3. Mid Green Mulberry Tissue Paper
  4. Craft glue and sticky foam pads or silicon glue
  5. Decoupage Scissors
  6. Craft knife, ruler & cutting mat

Tulip / Daffodil / Daisy Trios Decoupage Sheet

How to make:

Cut a rectangle from the mid green mulberry tissue paper that measures 6cm x 12cm. Use your finger or a cotton bud with water to make a wet line across the longest side of the paper 2cm down from the top edge. Carefully pull the paper apart from either side of the wet line so you end up with a 4cm x 12cm rectangle with a nice fluffy top edge and then put this to one side to dry.

Use the decoupage scissors to carefully cut out all of the tulip sections.

Once the mulberry tissue paper is dry use some craft glue thinned down with a little water to stick it to the card blank, aligning the straight edge with the bottom edge of the card blank as shown in the picture, then the fluffy edge at the top makes a nice grass like effect.

Stick the bottom layer of the tulips with the bottoms of their stalks overlapping the fluffy top edge of the mulberry tissue paper.

Finally use sticky foam pads or silicon glue to stick all of the remaining tulip layers in place.

Useful tips for this project:

  1. Thinning the craft glue down before sticking the mulberry tissue paper will stop it showing up as much behind the paper once it has dried, whilst still sticking the paper in place.
  2. When you cut out the tulip sections, you can lightly pencil in numbers on the back of each section to make it easier to match them up again later.
  3. Use felt tip pens of the same colour as the decoupage sections to carefully colour the white side edges of the paper as this helps to ensure there are no white bits showing on the completed card.

Card Idea by Janine