Welcome back on this Saturday. How’s your weekend going so far? We’ve had lots of things to cross off the around-the-house to-do list so it’s been a busy one around here. But now it’s time to put the feet up and relax.
This week we’re getting a sneak peek at the new Violet Dreams suite that will release in just a few weeks. And today I wanted to show how you can easily use this suite to create beautiful masculine designs. So I’m turning to one of my favorite sentiment sets right now — the Words & Wishes dies.
We get started with a base of white cardstock. I choose the sheet of Secret Sea dotted paper from the Violet Dreams paper pack to serve as the backdrop. A panel is cut from this sheet with the Branching Out dies to allow for the lighter Cloud Cover striped pattern to tuck in behind and shine through our new window. The sentiment is a combination of shimmer vellum and velveteen specialty papers cut with the Words & Wishes happy birthday dies. The sentiment is mounted over some gold sheer ribbon with dimensionals. And we finish things off with some gold metallic gems around the sentiment to draw the eye across our design.
While I might turn to this suite more often for more delicate and feminine designs, I always like to explore how each product can lend itself to neutral and masculine designs, too. Next week is all about summer. I hope you’ll come along for all the summer fun!
Products used in today’s design:
White CS
Violet Dreams (releasing in July), shimmer vellum, velveteen DSP
Words & Wishes, Branching Out dies
Striped gold sheer ribbon
Metallic gems
Dimensionals
Adhesives
Song Sparrow Papercrafts 