Howdy, folks! I’m glad you’ve dropped by. Although it’s still technically spring here in North Texas, it’s certainly starting to ramp up and feel like summer. I’m sure all of our World Cup fans have been lamenting the temps and humidity this week because it’s not been fun even for us natives!
But what IS cool is the new Violet Dreams suite that will release in the latest batch of Stampin’ Up! Online Exclusives in just a few short weeks. And today we’re pairing it up with the Words & Wishes dies to create this lovely mailbox pick-me-up.
We get started with a base of Fresh Freesia cardstock. I chose the subtle striped patterned sheet from the Violet Dreams paper pack as the backdrop for this one. We have some nice contrasting floral patterned paper as our accent strips. The sentiment panel has several elements. First, we have the backdrop of the Shimmering Stripes banner where we start building the sentiment. It’s adhered over a bow of Fresh Freesia satin ribbon using dimensionals. The sentiment itself is cut from a combination of pink shimmer vellum and pink velveteen specialty papers using the Words & Wishes dies. It sits neatly in the center of the bow atop several layers of dimensionals. Then we add some small floral accents from the precut accents sheet included in the Violet Dreams paper pack. Dimensionals give us lots of depth of field with our flowers. We finish things off with some iridescent pearls for some classy sparkle.
I had this post all ready to go last night and then forgot to post it. Oy! So youāll get a two-for-one special today. *snicker* Later today we’re going to include the coordinating stamps & dies from the Violet Dreams suite. I hope you’ll drop by and check it out.
Products used in today’s design:
Fresh Freesia CS
Violet Dreams, Shimmering Stripes (both releasing in July), shimmer vellum, velveteen DSP
Words & Wishes dies
White & gold ribbon
Fresh Freesia satin ribbon (releasing in July)
Iridescent pearls
Dimensionals
Adhesives
Song Sparrow Papercrafts 