Giddy gingham

Did I say that I love Flower Fusion?? These little posies from PTI's Flower Fusion #12 make me positively giddy! They're just so bright and bold and fun.

Do you like the delicate little stems? Pear Pizzazz baker's twine makes much softer foliage than the stamped leaves (which I used on a previous card with the tulip Flower Fusion) on this busy little design. The flowers are stamped in Island Indigo with Peach Parfait centers. The sky is Pool Party and the grass is Lucky Limeade, both stamped with PTI's Background Basics: Gingham. I really like the combination of Island Indigo and Pool Party in this card, much more so than when I stamped the darker blue on the light in this previous card.  I cut the grass with a Martha Stewart punch and used the little strips that were left over to fill in the grass in the front; a small detail, but one that pops.


The cute little sentiments are from SU's Petite Pairs and the tiny butterfly is from the Beautiful Wings embosslit.


Cards like this really make me happy and are the real reason I love paper crafting so much. I smile each time I look at this card!

Happy spring!

I really love the Flower Fusion stamp sets and dies - they are so fun to play with! Flower Fusion #11 has tulip images (although I used Flower Fusion #2 for the stems).

Some tulips are Blushing Bride and some are Daffodil Delight; the stems are Lucky Limeade, stamped off once (still too dark, in my opinion; they make the piece too busy). The background layers are Pear Pizzazz and Old Olive, on a white base.

My favorite part of this card is the gingham grass, stamped with Background Basics: Gingham and then punched with a Martha Stewart grass punch.

All the stamps in today's card are from Papertrey Ink. Happy Birthday is from Wreath for All Seasons and happy spring is from Tag Its #2. The ribbon is a (retired) Old Olive taffeta - one of my all-time favorites - and the designer brad is from Stampin' Up!'s Sale-A-Bration bundle.

Even though I didn't quite achieve what I pictured in my mind, I still think this is a fun and happy card. I know I'd be cheered up to get it in the mail!