Fractured Easter cards...

I have a large die that cuts a "fractured" design for card fronts. I decided to use it for a couple of Easter cards.

After making a couple of card bases in a very light peach color, I cut a fractured frame out of ollive green, which was the leaf color in the DSP I wanted to use. 

Once the frame was cut, I added it to the card base and then cut the coordinating pieces from the floral-pattern DSP.

The center square was cut from white cardstock, stamped with "Happy Easter" and popped up with foam squares.

For a final embellishment, I added a pretty butterfly from a set of stickers I had purchased at Dollar Tree.

I wasn't completely happy with the olive green frame, so I cut a second one out of the deep coral color in the DSP.

I then cut the coordinating pieces and glued them down, just as I had done for the first card.

Once again, the center square was cut from white cardstock, stamped with an Easter sentiment and popped up on foam squares. A pretty butterfly sticker was added for embellishment.

I love using butterflies for Easter cards, since they symbolize new life just as the Easter celebration does.

At left is the computer-generated sentiment I put on the inside of each card.

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It was a cold and rainy weekend in Minneapolis...until Sunday. On that day it was still cold, but the rain turned to snow. Ugh! I am so very ready for winter to be over and spring to begin in earnest. 

Our perennial flowers are really trying to poke their heads above ground, but as they do, the poor things get smacked with cold temps and freezing percipitation.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and remember to laugh--a little or a lot--every day.

Cheryl