Hello creative people! Happy Monday! I guess the holidays are officially over, now that it's the Monday after New Years.... Happy 2016! Thank you for the OVERWHELMING response to my last two posts! Oh man! I think I got 1000 comments in the last week. Two awesome blog hops. Thank you so very much for playing along with me. I will pick my winner for the Season's Givings prize tomorrow and email the lucky person! Thank you for supporting me - and I did read every comment. You are all so kind and sweet to me and it uplifts me. I'm grateful for that. SO grateful! What a blessing to know all of you!
I'm leaving for CHA on Wednesday. I'll do a post here on Thursday with all the links to how to find the scoop from the show....so stay tuned for that.
I really enjoyed reading about everyone's crafty resolutions. Lots of us are planning to try to get more organized in 2016. I think that is my crafty resolution every year!! A lot of you commented that you are going to try to learn new techniques, and send more cards. Several people said they need more creative time to help the balance in their lives. Yes, I agree with all of that. Let's see what we can do to accomplish that in the new year. I hope you had a great weekend!
One of my ongoing creative resolutions is to use my NEW stamps before they become OLD stamps! ACK. How many of us buy awesome new stuff and then we don't find the time to use it!? I sat down on Saturday afternoon to craft, and with this resolution in mind, I reached for my newest stamp set from Papertrey Ink. It's called Fresh Floral Wrap Ups. Their design team made so many beautiful projects with this set. I was totally inspired. And then Laurie posted THIS VIDEO ON HER BLOG which inspired me even more! So I made a set of four note cards using the same supplies. All I did was change the colors. Take a look....
It's hard to pick a favorite! I think red.....or maybe pink?? ACK. You can see that I used all my favorite items!! Enamel Dots, Woodgrain Paper, Twine....and flowers! I started with A2 white card bases and layered a piece of woodgrain paper. Then I had fun stamping and die cutting all my elements. All of the stamps and dies are from Papertrey Ink. The twine is from Lawn Fawn and the Enamel Dots are from Doodlebug. Yes. Makes me happy! In Laurie's video she talked about using colored pencils to accent her stamping. What a great idea! So here, you can see that I added some accent colors of dark red, green, and vivid yellow to my floral images.
I can't decide if I'll save this as a set to give someone for a gift, or if I'll just mail them out individually. These were easy and fast to create - and the color possibilities are endless! What fun! They are pretty flat too, for easy mailing.
I made a collage because I thought it was kind of cool to see them all next to each other like this - just the color is different. Which one do you like?
Thanks for coming by today!
I hope you have an AWESOME first week of 2016! Keep on crafting! XOXO
Love the different colour options!
Posted by: The Finishing Touch | 01/18/2016 at 03:26 PM
Your card set is gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.
Crafty hugs,
Dawn
DesignsByDragonfly.blogspot
Posted by: Dawn~DesignsByDragonfly | 01/11/2016 at 08:44 AM
love, love this set!!
Posted by: chark | 01/06/2016 at 08:28 PM
Your set of cards turned out fabulous!! I love that it's a set with different colors. It's hard for me to choose because all of the colors look awesome, but I love me some purple!! LOL!!
Posted by: Brenda Lee | 01/05/2016 at 04:28 PM
That is a very pretty set of cards! I like how you created each one in different colours. the wood grain texture is such a nice background.
Thank you for sharing! :)
Posted by: auntie em (emily) | 01/05/2016 at 04:58 AM
Love these cards! The woodgrain background goes great with the cute haerts. Thanks for sharing
Posted by: voegelchen | 01/05/2016 at 12:49 AM
Love these!
Posted by: Jean Bullock | 01/04/2016 at 06:19 PM
They are all wonderful but that red one really pops! I always forget the trick of accenting stamping with colored pencils. It really adds something special!
Posted by: Princess Judy | 01/04/2016 at 02:39 PM
These are lovely Wanda. I popped over to watch Laurie's video. It was great, no wonder you were inspired!
Happy New Year!
Posted by: Teresa Doyle | 01/04/2016 at 01:58 PM
Wanda, First Happy New Year..hope the holidays were good to you! Now these cards! OMG! Love each one of them. They are probably the cutest set of cards I have seen! Thanks for the constant inspiration!
Posted by: Nancy Leppek | 01/04/2016 at 08:59 AM
Pretty cards--I think lavender and yellow are my favs. When I need to replace twine, I'm going to order Lawn Fawn.
Posted by: Julie | 01/04/2016 at 08:02 AM
These are darling! Red is definitely my favorite, but yellow is a close second. I love how the floral bouquet looks layered on the heart.
Posted by: annheidel | 01/04/2016 at 06:48 AM
Very nice! And I love quick & easy. That woodgrain paper is amazing - who makes that? My favorite color is purple, so I'm picking that one as my favorite (but I love them all!).
Posted by: Rebecca Yahrling | 01/04/2016 at 05:48 AM
What an adorable set of note cards! This is such an adaptable design. I could see using a balloon inside a scallop circle or a word die inside an scallop oval. I am so glad I decided to follow your blog after seeing you in the blog hop! I love Papertrey Ink and am always on the lookout for more ideas using their products. I absolutely love note card sets too and this looks like a great one to use up scraps of cardstock. Thanks for the inspiration! I'm pinning you!
Posted by: Shelly Sweigart | 01/04/2016 at 05:48 AM
BEAUTIFUL floral notecard set! Each one is very pretty, but I think the red one is my favorite. I like the way it pops against the kraft. Gorgeous project!
Take care!
Michele
Posted by: Michele K. Henderson | 01/04/2016 at 05:10 AM
Wow Wanda, what a gorgeous note card set!!! Love the colors you used!
Posted by: Celeste Goff | 01/04/2016 at 04:24 AM
Cute!!
Posted by: Linda C | 01/04/2016 at 03:24 AM
Very nice! The different colors will appeal to different people. Lovely work. It's so fun when you can put some of your fav elements together into something pretty.
Posted by: Monique Stam | 01/04/2016 at 02:41 AM
In LOVE with them..so cool..LOVE the colors..oh my now I want that set too..and I thought I was good with not having it!
They are stunningly gorgeous Wanda love how you colored them..so vibrant!!!
Can't choose a favorite too..they are all so amazing...
Have SUPER much fun at the CHA..drive safely...and love to see what you all post...so it feels like I am there too...
Hugs Holly.
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 01/04/2016 at 01:39 AM