Hello crafty friends. I’m back to share all the crafty goodness I worked up for the month of April for the Emma’s Paperie Blog.

As always, there are four projects with a different challenge for each and because it’s spring time there’s loads of fun colors, florals, and textures. I loooved every single one of the projects I made this month.

But who am I kidding? I love all of the projects I make! Bahaha. Talk about modest right?

Alright, here are the four projects I made for April and the specs. Hope you enjoy!

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April Color Challenge

This month’s color challenge was one with some pastel-ish colors.

I didn’t quite get the colors correct, mainly because of that purple that was throwing me off (not my color).

But regardless, I tried my best and used up my oh so gorgeous Paige Evans Horizon supplies.

I documented our Easter from last year in the Mini Book I made here, but still had some photos left so I scrapped this one directly on a layout. It was our last Easter as a family of three!

Here are some closeups:

There are still plenty of Horizon supplies left in the shop, so if you wanted some then RUN, don’t walk! Ha.

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April Sketch Layout

I had my turn to choose the sketch for April so I searched and found this fun grid layout sketch.

It’s fabulous!

I am a huge fan of grid style layouts because you can just keep coming back over and over again to them and there’s never one layout/grid alike. This one in particular has layering and so many fun details.

With this sketch in mind I made this lovely piece:

I used some more of the Crate Paper Sunny Days collection and a whole lot of different kinds of supplies. It was fun to use up pieces and ephemera in all sizes to create my grid.

I backed my layout with about an inch all around using a pretty seashell patterned paper, and added glitter texture paste for some texture. You really gotta look closely in these images, but it’s slightly visible.

Here are some fun closeups:

As you can see, I didn’t really keep to the sketch, but I followed the guidelines, ie. layers, large central grid, patterned paper frame etc. and it worked perfectly!

Try it out for yourself. Grid layouts are always fun!

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April Stencils Challenge

So this month we pushed our creativity by challenging ourselves with a stencil challenge. If you’ve never used stencil I would highly recommend that you give them a try.

There are many ways to use them but one of my favorites is pairing the stencil with some modeling paste. You’ll also need a spatula to spread the paste!

Here’s a look at my SUPER minimal stencils layout:

I have quite a collection of stencils that I have ordered from the shop, so much that I didn’t even realize I had a beautiful floral cluster stencil. As soon as I saw it I plastered it straight on the middle of my page.

It looked so delicate and airy. So I decided to bring out a photo of the lace decal on my wedding dress and it fit with that airy theme I was going for. To embellish a bit I used the Crate Paper Sunny Days gold foil die cuts, good splatters, and a small title using wood grain alphas.

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April Company Spotlight – American Crafts

This month’s company spotlight was focused on American Crafts. It took me a while to decide with supplies to use but I decided to use only my Amy Tangerine supplies and loads of textures to create a layout.

As you can see I’ve got all kings of textural pieces all around my page, and they are all Amy Tangerine.

I love my mix of supplies. I even took the time to stitch some of the florals!

Here are some closeups of all the details to this layout, (there’s tons!):

These inflated embellishments were so completely unique and I knew I just had to use them!

My son was an absolute fan of this layout, as you can see…

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So, scrappy peeps, I hope you have enjoyed my April project share. These layouts were so fun to make and I have enjoyed using all of these lovely supplies.

I hope to have inspired you to go get scrappy! I’ll be back soon with more creative inspiration.