“He has risen!” and the receiver responds with “He has risen indeed!”

Easter is coming and as we know, it’s not all about the bunny and his eggs, but about our Lord and Savior, who rose from His tomb on the third day. A family tradition of ours is have an egg exchange. Together we spend the day sitting around the table and dying and decorating eggs. When we’ve finished, we hand our personalized egg to our secret someone (who’s name we pulled from a hat), we state: “He has risen!”, and the receiver responds with, “He has risen indeed!”

This paper-mache egg was honestly made with myself in mind. It is all my favorite colors and textures, wrapped in copper paint, ribbons, flowers and feathers. I created a leaf nest for the egg to rest and decorated an old candlestick with paint, glitter and ribbons. The end result turned out to be an eggcellent Easter display (LOL - I had to say it!)

This would be a wonderful project to do with family or friends. If you decorate hard boiled eggs you can use the stands to display them each year, or you can decorate paper-mache eggs and can add to your collection every Easter.

Have a blessed Easter and remember: He has Risen! …. (now it’s your turn.)

…Or “Hoving Lusband” as he playfully likes to refer to himself. Either way, I thought this would be a nice surprise for him hanging on his closet door or rear view car mirror on Valentine’s Day. The oval represents a large “O” as in a big hug and the “X” represents a kiss. I wrote a love note on the back. I chose colors that blend well with our bedroom. Find a combination that speaks from your heart and share it with your love.

• Black cardboard, recycled back cover of a drawing pad
• Layers of Color Fleur Heart stamp
• White ink stamp pad
• Souffle opaque puffy ink pens
• Black trim, tassel and vintage rick-rack
• Silver bead and pearls recycled from costume jewelry
• Glitter letter “X”

Cut oval approx. 5 3/4″ X 3 3/4″. Stamp Fleur Heart in white and go over several times with the opaque pens. Trims and letter are glued using tacky glue and hot glue. The UNIQUE TECHNIQUE used in this project are the inset pearls. I punched multiple holes with a Cropodile hole punch, then using the flat end of a screwdriver I forced the pearls into the holes making sure that the bead hole didn’t show. The result is a great tactile bumpy effect. The pearls along with the raised area of puffy ink and separated letter makes this a wonderful technique as a gift for someone who is blind.