It’s a Vine of the Times With These Spring Scrapbook Projects

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They’re nature’s finest organic concealers (and have been known to beautifully cover an unsightly fence with trailing greenery and flowers). They offer shade for patios and screen your porch for privacy. They sculpt and design themselves to enhance trellises, pergolas or other architectural elements of a home. They’re vines! And if you’re looking to prune a pretty presence onto your next projects, then combine the Climbing Vine Chain Border Maker Cartridge with the Spring Cottage collection for a fresh, new take! Here’s a garden of great spring scrapbook projects — a DIY spring card and two spring scrapbook borders!

To create these borders and card, you will need:

Check out the Climbing Vine Chain Border Maker Cartridge in action in the video below!

Climbing Vine Card

Step 1: Cut a piece of Light Gray Solid Cardstock to measure 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″. Score and fold in half to create the card base.

Step 2: Cut a piece of dark brown tonal paper to measure 4″ x 5-1/4″. Adhere to the front of the card.

Step 3: Cut a piece of birch designer paper to measure 3-3/4″ x 5″. 

Step 4: Using the Border Maker System with the Climbing Vine Chain Border Maker Cartridge, punch three borders from the light blue layered leaves tonal paper. Adhere across the front of the birch piece using the Repositionable Tape Runner. Using a scissors, trim off any excess that hangs over the edges of the paper. Adhere to the front of the card.

Step 5: Add stickers or embellishments as desired.

Fresh & Fun Border

Step 1: Cut a piece of the yellow dragonflies paper to measure 12″ x 1-3/4″ for the base of the border.

Step 2: With the 12-inch Trimmer with the Wave Blade, cut a piece from dark blue river designer paper to measure 12″ x 1-1/2″. Adhere to the border.

Step 3: Cut a piece of Light Gray Solid Cardstock to measure 12″ x 1″. Adhere to the border.

Step 4: Using the Border Maker System with the Climbing Vine Chain Border Maker Cartridge, punch a border from the lighter green stripes tonal paper. Adhere to the border.

Step 5: Using just the cartridge and the housing unit, punch from a various shades and patterns of paper.

Step 6: Use a scissors to cut the leaves from the vine. Adhere to the border over the top of the leaves using Foam Squares.

Step 7: Adhere stickers and embellishments as desired, using Foam Squares on some for added dimension.

Hello Spring Border

Step 1: Cut a piece of Light Blue Solid Cardstock to measure 3-1/2″ x 12″ for the base of the border.

Step 2: With the 12-inch Trimmer and the Deckle Blade, cut a piece of the olive green layered leaves tonal paper to measure 3-1/4″ x 12″. Adhere to the border.

Step 3: Cut a piece of the dark green leaves designer paper to measure 3″ x 12″. 

Step 4: Cut a piece of the Light Gray Solid Cardstock to measure 12″ x 1-1/8″. 

Step 5: Using the Border Maker System with the Climbing Vine Chain Border Maker Cartridge, punch a border from both dark green and light green stripes tonal paper. Adhere the dark green stripes piece to the Light Gray Solid Cardstock first, closer to the bottom. Adhere the light green stripes piece so that is it offset about 1/8″ from the previous, to give it a shadow effect.

Step 6: Use 12-inch Trimmer to cut this layered cardstock piece into four 3″ sections. Adhere first section to the border about 1″ from the bottom of the dark green leaves piece as shown. Cut a piece of light blue gingham picnic blanket tonal paper to measure 3″ x 1/2″. Adhere just above the leaves. Adhere another vine section, another strip of light blue gingham picnic blanket tonal paper, etc. 

Step 7: Cut a small mat in half to measure 3″ x 4″.  Adhere to the border. 

Step 8: Adhere a 3″ x 1/2″ strip of light blue gingham picnic blanket tonal paper, then a vine section. 

Step 9: Adhere stickers/embellishments to the border as desired.

Do you like the look of climbing vines? Which of these spring scrapbook projects has your green thumb ready to take on? Unwind with the vine and let us know in the comments below!

2 thoughts on “It’s a Vine of the Times With These Spring Scrapbook Projects”

  1. How do I print this blog out so it looks nice? I only want the instructions for the card, and the 2 borders.

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    1. On your laptop or computer find snip it , your can take screen print of the section on your screen place in a word doc, then go back into your layout instructions move up the screen and take another screen shot of what your want and place it under your 1st screen shot in your word doc continue this until you have gotten all the instructions and pics that you want. I am sure a you tube would explain a little more about the snip it tool

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