Firstly, I had a hard time finding Easter-themed digital paper that I liked very much, but finally found this darling digi paper on Etsy by Digital Scrap World called Cute Spring. I love these prints and the soft colors. 90% of the tags were made with these papers and elements.
This is the first tag. I designed a cut file in ECAL3 in the style of a shadow box card, but, unlike shadow box cards that fold flat, I closed the box completely on the top and bottom. It's only 1/4" thick, so the one layer inside is only 1/8" from the front and back. I designed the tag hanger and main front piece in Photoshop, and did a print-2-cut with them, as well as the butterflies, carrot and sheep.
Tag #2 is made using the same basic cut file as the first one. The little peaking bunny cut file is from a freebie card by Dreaming Tree. You can download it for your own use by clicking on the link. The paper is again from the Cute Easter paper pack, and the elements (carrots, ladybug, chick, flower, and banner) were from the same paper pack and cut using print-2-cut.
I designed Tag #3 in the Ecal software to make a shaker tag. The shaker items include a few two-sided eggs that I cut-2-print and glued back-to-back. The little egg you see in the background of the actual shaker is a free Easter card from Simply Crafty SVGs, and you can get it by clicking on the link. The upper tag header image is made from Echo Parks' Celebrate Easter paper pack (digital collection).
I designed Tag #4 making a little pull tab so that the chick pops out. I just winged it with the pop-up mechanism from making a couple of like cards in the past. The background paper with the chicks is by Echo Park, from their Celebrate Easter paper pack.
And, lastly, #5 was done by layering four separate solids from the Cute Easter paper pack, along with the three decorated block panels and eggs, all cut using print-2-cut. The Happy Easter wording image is a free digital download by Creative Fabrica. Again, you can click on the link to get the cut file. I altered it a bit to fit the upper section.
And, there you have it. These were so fun to make. I love the challenge of making my own cut files, and this was definitely that. Thanks for taking a look. And, thanks to Dreaming Tree, Simply Crafty SVGs and Creative Fabrica for sponsoring our challenges on the Eclips and Ecal Users Facebook page. And, of course, thanks to Jan for organizing our hop!
Happy Hopping!
