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Flower Fusion #12 - Day 5

Welcome everyone to the final day of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. I have truly enjoyed sharing my projects with you over the past five days and can't wait to see all of the beautiful projects you create with the newest addition in the Flower Fusion collection.

 

**All of the new products, including Flower Fusion #12, will be available January 15th starting at 10PM est on the Papertrey Ink website.**

 

I have a lengthy post for you today so lets jump right in! 

First let me recap the set being released on the 15th...

Flower Fusion #12:

• features 7 images - 1 flower, 2 flower centers, 1 stem/leave image, 3 sentiments
• will retail for $5
• will be available for purchase starting January 15th on the Papertrey Ink website
• has coordinating dies

Since this is the final post for the Flower Fusion series I thought I would create my projects using all of them together!  All 12 sets = endless stamping possibilities!!!!

Here are some of the images from all of the twelve sets.

And here are all of the sentiments included in all twelve sets.

And a shot of all of the dies that coordinate with each set.

To start my final projects for today I ran ALL of the Flower Fusion dies through my die maching using the following cardstock...

• Sweet Blush
• Aqua Mist
• Hawaiian Shores
• Hibiscus
• Raspberry Fizz
• Pure Poppy

 

Card #1: I stitched around the edge of the Bitty Dots patterned paper, added a doily and then a piece of Hawaiian Shores cardstock that I die cut with the Button Card Collection. I die cut a bunch of the Flower Fusion stems (I forgot the take a picture of those) when I die cut the flowers and adhered two of them to the front. I stamped my sentiment, from Flower Fusion #12, and added Aqua Mist ribbon and a button to finish this one.

Card #2: I started with my white card base and then added Raspberry Fizz cardstock, Aqua Mist cardstock that I trimmed with my pinking shears and a polka dot border that I created with the medium scalloped border die. 'Thanks for making me smile!' is from Flower Fusion #3.

Card #3: For this one I started by adding a strip of the black Bitty Dots paper along the side. Next, I added my die cut leaves and flowers. These flowers are all from Flower Fusion #6 . Black brads were added to the centers of each one. I die cut a tag using the Tiny Tag dies and stamped my sentiment, from Flower Fusion #8.

Card #4: The sentiment on this one is from Flower Fusion #8. I added the flowers and then added buttons the centers of most of them.

Card #5: I did more stitching around the edges of this one and then added Aqua Mist cardstock to the front. I trimmed the leaves out of the die cut stems and added them under my flowers, added Aqua Mist ribbon and my sentiment. This one...'Have a wonderful day!' is from Flower Fusion #1.

And last but certainly not least is a 8 X 8 scrapbook page. YES, SCRAPBOOK! It has been YEARS since I've scrapbooked and I have missed it tremendously. One of my goals for this new year is to start doing it again. And who says you can't use stamps on your scrapbook pages! :) My craft room colors are all the colors you've seen in todays post so this page will fit in there perfectly!

I had some Heidi Swapp chipboard letters from a long, long time ago tucked away in my drawer so I pulled those out and put them to use on this page. Below the 'smile' I stamped 'Laugh every day!' from Flower Fusion #10.

I used another tag from the Tiny Tags die collection to write the date.

Day five has come to an end! I hope you've enjoyed everything I've shared with you on this last day of the countdown. I want to thank you all for sharing this last year with me...for your kind comments...warm e-mails...and just your sweet and encouraging words! You are all so appreciated and I look forward to sharing this next year with you!

There are a few more stops for you that you won't want to miss.... 

• Nichole Heady
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey

Have a fabulous weekend!

Flower Fusion #12 - Day 4

Hello again everyone! We are almost there...just one more day to go until Flower Fusion #12 and the rest of the new Papertrey Ink items you've been drooling over will be available. Have I mentioned just how much I love this plaid flower? I have, I know but I just thought I would mention it again. :)

Todays colors:

 

  

I started with a sheet of white cardstock and stamped my flowers and flower centers using the colors shown above. The cardstock measured 5.5 X 11 so after it was completely stamped I could simply fold it in half and would have my A2 card base.

And here is the card I created with it. My sentiment (from FF #12) was stamped in black ink in the center of a frame created with the Fillable Frames #1 die.

 

I die cut my flower and stamped the flower image inside with Summer Sunrise ink. The stem/leaves were stamped onto a piece of cardstock and then I trimmed just the leaves and adhered them under my flower. I added a lace doily underneath and a strip of glitter along the side.

Here you can see both the front and back of the card. Love the end result and will be doing this more in the future! 

Next up is just a sweet and simple little card. Super easy for mass producing! I simply stamped all my stem/leaves across the bottom of my white card base and then stamped my flowers.

Using my glue pen I added glitter to the centers of each of the flowers. 'Happy Birthday' is from Birthday Basics.

On the back of this card I stamped one of the images from Trademarks and then stamped the flower and stem above. Again, it just adds a special touch to carry over your design from the front of you card.

And last but not least for today I created another card using more of the patterned cardstock I created above.

The flower is sitting on a frame I created using the Sending You die. 'I believe in you' is part of the FF #12 set. I added a Spring Moss button and a strip of glitter to finish this card.

That completes day four for me. I still have lots to share and will be back tomorrow morning with another post for you. Still lots to see so be sure to stop by and see what these have to share with you...

• Nichole Heady
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey

Have a wonderful Friday everyone! As always...thank YOU for stopping by to say hello!

 

Supplies:

When the world says give up:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan. 15th), Fillable Frames #1

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Terracotta Tile, Orange Zest, Ripe Avocado, True Black

Cardstock: white, Spring Moss

Accents: lace doily, glitter

Tools: Flower Fusion #12 die

 

Happy Birthday:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan. 15th), Birthday Basics, Trademarks

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Ripe Avocado, True Black

Cardstock: white

Accents: glitter, Summer Sunrise ribbon, Pure Poppy button

 

I believe in you:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan. 15th)

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Terracotta Tile, Ripe Avocado, True Black

Cardstock: white, Summer Sunrise

Accents: glitter, Spring Moss button

Tools: Sending You die, Flower Fusion #12 die

Flower Fusion #12 - Day 3

Hello! Hello! Hello! ! I'm back for day 3 of Papertrey Ink's January countdown and have more cards for you using the newest little flower in the Flower Fusion series. Flower Fusion #12 will be available starting January 15th on the Papertrey Ink website. Let's jump right in to todays post...

 Todays colors...

 

  

Up first is this little number. I stamped the scalloped stem/leaves from Flower Fusion #12 onto a piece of white cardstock and then adhered my flower that I die cut using the coordinating FF #12 die.  'Hello friend' is from Think Big Favorites #3. I added a row of pearls below the sentiment and some Sweet Blush ribbon and button to finish it off.

For this next card I used a combination of a few Flower Fusion sets. The plaid flower, from Flower Fusion #12, is in the center, Flower Fusion #3 is on the left and Flower Fusion #11 is on the right.

I die cut the stem/leaves using the coordinating Flower Fusion stem die. I added pearls, Sweet Blush ribbon and a button to this card as well. No sentiment needed on this. So girly and sweet, which I love!!

That's all for me today but I'll be back tomorrow with lots more! Hop on over to see what these ladies have to share...

• Nichole Heady
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey

 

Thank you all for stopping by and for sharing your thoughts with me! Enjoy your day!

 

Supplies:

Hello friend:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan.15th), Think Big Favorites #3

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf

Cardstock: Smokey Shadow, white

Accents: Sweet Blush ribbon & button, pearls, lace doily

Tools: Flower Fusion #12 flower die

 

3 flowers:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan.15th), Flower Fusion #3 & Flower Fusion #11

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush, New Leaf

Cardstock: Smokey Shadow, New Leaf, Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, white

Accents: Sweet Blush ribbon & button, lace doily, pearls

Tools: Flower Fusion #12 die, Flower Fusion stem die

Flower Fusion #12 - Day 2

Hi everyone and welcome to day two of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. I'm so happy to hear you all like the little plaid flower in Flower Fusion #12. I've been having so much fun stamping with it and creating projects for you. Amazing how one little $5 set can bring so much joy and a ton of creative ideas!

Here is another color combo for those of you who are saving them....

The three cards I created for today are all a bit more detailed and embellished than yesterdays.

So for todays first card I started by die cutting 3 flowers and 3 flower centers. I die cut them using white cardstock and then stamped them in the colors shown above. There are two button centers for the flowers...these were stamped with the solid button center.

After die cutting my flowers I moved on to adhering all my elements. The flowers are all sitting on a circle I die cut using my Nestabilities.  The leaves are from Beautiful Blooms.  Along the bottom of my card I attached a piece of Berry Sorbet cardstock and then added two strips of glitter.  'I believe in you!' is one of the three sentiments included in the set.

For this next card I used a few different Flower Fusion sets....Flower Fusion #6 & #7 as well as the newest, Flower Fusion #12. I randomly  stamped the flowers onto Vintage Cream cardstock and then rounded the corners on both that piece and my card base. I added a few pearls, Berry Sorbet ribbon and a Dark Chocolate button.

I LOVE this sentiment! Just a little reminder that we all need every now and then...NEVER, EVER GIVE UP!!

And lastly for today is this sweet little card! I started by stamping my cardbase using Background Basics: Chevron Stripes. I had this aqua velvet trim in my stash and added that to the top and bottom of the stripes. My flower was die cut and then the solid button center was added. That was adhered to a tag created with the Tag Sale #5 die.  Lastly I added some twine and my sentiment...the last in the set.

Well my friends, that's a wrap for me today. I'm so glad you stopped by to take a peek of what I had to share...thank YOU!! Before you go be sure and stop by and say hello to these ladies....

• Nichole Heady
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey

 Have a WONDERFUL day and I will see you all tomorrow! :)

Supplies:

I believe in you:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan.15th), Beautiful Blooms

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Ripe Avacado, Dark Chocolate

Cardstock: Aqua Mist, Berry Sorbet, Vintage Cream

Accents: glitter

Tools: Flower Fusion #12 die (available Jan. 15th)

 

When the world says give up:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan. 15th), Flower Fusion #6 & 7

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Dark Chocolate

Cardstock: Aqua Mist, Vintage Cream

Accents: Berry Sorbet ribbon, pearls, Dark Chocolate button

Tools: EK Succes corner rounder punch

 

I know you can do it:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available Jan. 15th), BB: Chevron Stripes

Ink: Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avacado

Cardstock: Vintage Cream, Berry Sorbet

Accents: rustic cream twine, aqua scalloped trim (?)

Introducing Flower Fusion #12 - Day 1

Hello everyone and welcome to the first Papertrey Ink countdown for the new year! Well, the first for 2012 but last for the Papertrey year. I have projects to share with you this week using my last set in my Flower Fusion series. I'm a little sad that it has come to an end but that just means that a new Papertrey Ink year will be starting and lots of new goodies will be coming your way! YEAH!  

 Flower Fusion #12:

• features 7 images - 1 flower, 2 flower centers, 1 stem/leave image, 3 sentiments
• will retail for $5
• will be available for purchase starting January 15th on the Papertrey Ink website
• has coordinating dies

 

I just adore this set! This one features a plaid flower, two button centers and scalloped leaves. Also, a few inspirational sentiments which I'll share with you tomorrow.

It's been quite awhile since I've made a simple set of notecards so I thought that's just what I would do today. So simple and so easy to mass produce. I created 3 sets just so I could keep them on hand for last minute gifts.

There are 6 cards total in each set. I started by stamping the stem/leaves in Ripe Avacado on all 18 pieces of white cardstock (these were trimmed to 3.5 X 4.75). I then stamped the flowers on all 18 cards in the colors shown above.

All of the sentiments you see are from Asian Fusion.

I also stamped all of the envelopes so they would match the cards. I love doing this...just makes the cards a little extra special! :)

That's all from me today but there is still lots to see from these ladies....

• Nichole Heady
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey
• Candice Aguilar

See you all tomorrow. Enjoy your day!

 

Supplies

Stamps: Flower Fusion #12 (available January 15th), Asian Fusion

Cardstock: white, Kraft

Ink: Pure Poppy, Ocean Tides, Hawaiian Shores, Ripe Avacado, True Black

Other: rustic cream twine

January Flower Fusion Peek

Popping in to share a peek of the last set in the Flower Fusion line up....one of my favorites in the series! I will back tomorrow morning to start the countdown with you all!

 

 

Etsy Sale

Happy New Year everyone!

To ring in this new year I've decided to clean out my Etsy shop and have a HUGE sale. I'll be adding new items as the year goes on but wanted a fresh start before I add anything new.  All of my cards are $1, $2 and $3. Once they are gone or expire I will not be relisting them so if you are interested, get them while you can!

I'll see you very soon for another Papertrey countdown!

Flower Fusion #11, Tree Tops & Little Princess - Day 5

Welcome back everyone for the final day of the Papertrey Ink release countdown. All of the fun festivities will begin tomorrow morning, December 15th, at 7am where you will finally be able to view all of the newest Papertrey goodies, including my three newest sets...Flower Fusion #11, Tree Tops and Little Princess. I have a few more projects for you today using all three sets. I hope I've inspired you just a little and shown you just how many possibilites they all have.

Before we get started here is a recap on all three sets...

Flower Fusion #11:

• features 8 images - 3 tulips - 1 outlined, 1 solid and 1 striped, 1 stem/leave image, 3 sentiments, 1 dot image for above the tulip
• will retail for $5
• has a coordinating flower die
• will be available for purchase starting December 15th

Tree Tops:

• features 13 images - 1 tree trunk, 1 outlined tree top, 4 patterned tree tops, 7 single images - 3 circles, 2 flowers, 1 star and 1 heart
• will retail for $15
• has a coordinating die
• will be available for purchase starting December 15th

Little Princess:

• features 14 images - 1 outlined castle, 1 solid castle, 1 flag, 2 hearts, 9 sentiments
• will retail for $15
• has a coordinating die
• will be available for purchase starting December 15th

The color combo for today is the same one from Day 1 of the countdown. I made quite a few projects but never did share them all so I figured I would share them with you today.

Up first...Little Princess. I used more Bitty Dot Basics patterned paper (yes, I am addicted to the stuff ;). I layered Lemon Tart and Hibiscus over that and machine stitched around the border.

My castle was die cut out of Hibiscus and then stamped with the outlined castle image from the set. I added glitter to the tower tops and a flag and then layered it over a couple of circle Nestabilities.

'For my Princess' is one of the many sentiments you can create with Little Princess. That was stamped in Hibiscus onto a Double Ended Banner die.

Up next...Tree Tops. I stitched more Bitty Dot Basics and then die cut Lemon Tart cardstock using the Leafy Vine Border die. I used the Tree Tops die and stamped the trunk in Dark Chocolate and circles in Hibiscus. Twine and a button were added at the end.

For my last projects I die cut a bunch of tulips using the Flower Fusion #11 die. They were all stamped in their matching colors using the outlined tulip image.

These cards are exactly the same as the first card on day 1, the colors are just mixed up. I ended up making a complete set of them...perfect for just saying hello to my sweet friends every once in awhile!

That completes the December countdown. Thanks for stopping by everyday and thank you all so much for the comments and e-mails you've been sending!! You all are the best! There is still plenty to see from these ladies...

Nichole Heady

Lisa Johnson

Beth Silaika

Heather Nichols

Dawn McVey

 

Have a fabulous day! :)

Flower Fusion #11 & Tree Tops - Day 4

Welcome back for day four of the Papertrey Ink December countdown. Flower Fusion #11, Tree Tops and Little Princess will all be available starting December 15th on the Papertrey Ink website.

Let's jump right into todays post, shall we!?

Quite a few of you have mentioned that you enjoy my color combinations so I'm going to continue adding them until you guys get tired of seeing them. ;)

 

Up first is this cheery card using Flower Fusion #11. I started by covering my card base with 2008 Bitty Box Basics patterned paper. I then stitched a piece of Kraft and white cardstock over that.

 

My flower was created by using the Flower Fusion #11 tulip die. I die cut four of them and adhered them around my button. I also die cut two of the Flower Fusion stem/leaves and attached one over the other and added a string of pearls.

'Hello friend' is from Think Big Favorites #3.

Up next is another card using Flower Fusion #11. I used a piece of patterned paper from the Distressed Dots collection and adhered that over my Kraft card base.  I stamped both my sentiment, from Think Big Favorites #4,  and my stem/leave image in black ink. I die cut my tulip out of Hawaiian Shores cardstock and then stamped the inside with the solid tulip image in the FF #11 set. I added a few pearls, ribbon and a border along the bottom that was created using the Edgers #1 die. 

This was a fun little card to create. The circle was die cut using my Spellbinders Nestability circle die. I stamped my four Berry Sorbet tulips first and then stamped the two other colors making it easier to space them just right.

'thinking of you' is from Borders & Corners (circle). Pearls were added around the sentiment and that was layered over a scalloped circle Nestability.

 

How about a couple of cards using Tree Tops! I used the die from the Button Card collection as a base for my tree. After die cutting it I used the lined image from Background Basics: Retro and stamped it twice on the bottom of the button card...leaving room between the two for my sentiment. 'Thinking of you' is from Flower Fusion #7.  My tree was die cut using the Tree Tops die and then stamped with the trunk and outlined circle tree top image. I added a little glitter randomly to some of the circles, a strip of ribbon and a doily to complete it.  

This card is pretty much the same as the one above...just flipped. 'Hello, friend!' is one of the new sentiments in Flower Fusion #11.

That's another wrap, my friends! Thanks so much for stopping by. I'll be back tomorrow to share the last of my projects with you. And as always, don't forget to check out what these ladies have to share ...

• Nichole Heady
• Lisa Johnson
• Beth Silaika
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey

Have a great day!

Introducing Little Princess - Day 3

Happy Monday everyone!  Here we are on day three of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. Today I have a few cards to share with you using my last set being released this month...Little Princess!  Nichole and Melissa both created projects using that set yesterday and they were simply amazing. It's always such a joy for me to see what the design teams creates with my sets. :)

 Before we get to far into todays post let me give you the details on Little Princess....

Little Princess:

• features 14 images - 1 outlined castle, 1 solid castle, 1 flag, 2 hearts, 9 sentiments
• will retail for $15
• has a coordinating die
• will be available December 15th on the Papertrey Ink website

 

Only two colors for today...

Perfect princess colors, don't ya think!

For card #1 I started by die cutting my castle using white cardstock. Next, I stamped the outlined castle image in black ink and then went back and stamped the solid image in Lavender Moon ink. Using the two hearts in the set I stamped the hearts in the towers with Hibiscus ink. The patterned paper I used on all three cards is a piece I had in my stash. I'm pretty sure it is from Me & My Big Ideas. I did a little paper piecing and stamped the outlined castle onto a piece of the patterned paper and then cut the tops of the towers out and attached them over my die cut image. The die cut flags were stamped with the flag image that is in the set.

I used one of the dies from the Half & Half collection as the base for my sentiment. There are two 'princess' images in the set...this is the larger of the two. I stamped that in Hibiscus and then stamped the separate image,  'My little', above it.

I used the Classic Spellbinders Nestability die to create the circle on this next card. That was layered over a lace doily and then my castle was adhered over that. For this castle I die cut it out of Lavender Moon cardstock and then stamped the outlined castle in Hibiscus ink. This time I used Copic markers to color in my hearts and tower tops.  

I added a little glitter to the tops of my towers and a few rhinestones. The sentiment 'Sweet girl' is from Sweet Baby.

Lastly for today is this card. I did quite a bit of paper piecing on this one.  I colored my tower tops and door with a light grey Copic marker. Lots of glitter was added which is perfect for a Princess card!

'Happy Birthday' is another one of the sentiments that is part of Little Princess!  It may be hard for you to tell but I carefully trimmed around the door with a xacto knife and gave it a slight bend to make it look like it was ajar.

 

You have now seen projects using all three of my new sets...Flower Fusion #11, Tree Tops and  Little Princess. I'll be sharing more of all three sets over the next two days. Until then...

 

• Nichole Heady
• Lisa Johnson
• Beth Silaika
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey

all have more to share with you!

Thanks for stopping in! See you all tomorrow! :)