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Cheers
Give a Cheer
Give a Cheer
I had a little too much fun making this layout. In fact, it's probably a bit on the cheesy side. *sigh* Oh, well. And I finally used those CM oval cutters (on the flower petals) that my mom bought be way before I really started scrapping! Do you think my son will mind a pink butterfly and a chick? They were too cute and I couldn't resist. The journaling is hidden behind the photo and pulls out with the paper clip with ribbon tied around it.
Supplies (**Provided by Scrap-Tastic):
**Sassafrass Pattern Paper: In Stiches Enchanted, Sew fine Lillian and Pollyana, Tickled pink: Vanilla bean, Green apple
**Sassafrass Stitched Borders Stamps
**Sassafrass Sew Fine- Diecut Blooms
**Sassafrass In Stitches- Diecut Blooms
Bazzill Cardstock
AMM Chocolate Ink
May Arts ribbon
Technique Tuesday Stamps Santa Cruz
Special Techniques: I used a scallop scissor along one side of the photo mat and punched out some holes inside the scallops. I had a ton of photos and was able to include a bunch by cutting them into the flower shape. I used the stitching border stamps down one side and one of the stitching stamps to replicate the butterflies' flight paths.
Here is the really long journaling:
You love candy. It’s no surprise really. Doesn’t everyone love candy? Especially with the combined genetic sweet teeth of both your parents, you are bound to be a big fan of candy. So, for all the candy fans out there, Easter is one cool holiday! Last Easter was no big deal to you. You only ate Cheerios. This year was much different. Better.
On the Thursday before Easter Sunday, I decided to take you to a very small Easter egg hunt at the park in my parent’s neighborhood. You were one of the smallest kiddos there. I was worried about my one year old competing against all the bigger kids. Luckily, they divided the hunt into two age groups. When the time arrived for the 5 and under crowd to search for eggs, we lined up. You had no idea what was about to happen, or why you were even there, but I was full of anticipation. “Go!” Somebody yelled. All the kids took off. I held on tight to your little hand. You giggled. For you, running in a pack was a delight. About 25 yards from the starting line I spotted a little plastic egg and prompted you to pick it up and put it into your little green sand bucket. Fortunately, you picked up the egg and placed it into the bucket. Since time is of the essence in Easter egg hunts, I was worried that you would open the egg and want to eat the candy rather than move on to collect more eggs, but I was wrong. Remarkably, you ran on to collect the next treasure and the next. Each egg found was a delight and quickly placed into the bucket. You seemed to catch on to the excitement from all the kids around you. In all, you found 9 candy-filled plastic eggs, and 2 blow-pops suckers. After the hunt, I showed you how to open an egg and you were thrilled to learn that it was filled with delicious “cay” (your word for candy). As any good mom should, I removed all the candy from the eggs, but a a few (about one little piece per egg) and I let you joyfully shake and then open them to eat their contents. You quickly added three new words to your vocabulary that day, “Eee Aay” (Easter Egg), “Cay” (candy), and “En Ee” (empty-you knew which eggs were the good ones!).
On Easter Sunday, we went to Grandma and Grandpa house for a celebration. Your sweet grandmother prepared a fun Easter egg hunt for you and all the kids and grandkids in the backyard. By this time you were an experienced Easter Egg hunter and didn’t need any help whatsoever. Grandpa lovingly held your hand as the two of you walked around the yard. Each time you found an egg you excitedly ran over, picked it up, placed it in the basket, and moved on to find the next egg. Grandma even hid a giant basket full of goodies for you. Once you found the basket, we traded in the bucket. The basket was so large that you could barely hold it. Your little body leaned to one side as you walked around holding it because it was too heavy for you to be able to stand up straight. I asked you if I could help hold the basket and you gave me a definite “NO!” in reply. Even after all the eggs and goodies had been found, you continued to search. You didn’t understand that there were a finite number of eggs hidden in the yard and figured if you looked hard enough you could find more “Eee Aays.” We had to plant a little trail of plastic eggs leading to the door going into the house in order to get you to come inside. I was so amazed and delighted at your determination.
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