Flower Fusion & Think Big Favorites

Hello, again!

Coming back at'cha today with a bonus little Papertrey Ink countdown post.
This time featuring the next two stamp sets in the Flower Fusion and Think Big Favorites series... #7 for each!

I'm thinking the stars must be aligned considering I tend to use these sets together most months.
What can I say?
It just always seems to work :)

And without further adieu...

tacos, anyone?

Ha... yeah... I couldn't help thinking of them like that when I made them :)

I used the Flower Fusion #7 die to cut flowers from felt (Scarlet Jewel is on the outside, then Raspberry Fizz, Royal Velvet, & Orange Zest is on each of the flowers). 

The die comes as a solid circle without petal cuts but a few little snips on the flowers gives you a brand new look.  Love the option that gives you of with or without petals.

I stacked the two flowers with a little felt glue in between (I use Beacon's Felt Glue), then added a little glue to the center of the top flower.  Fold it up taco style, hold it together for a few seconds, and your little flower taco is good to go.

Prettiest little tacos I ever did see :)

I lined them all up right along the top of one of the Think Big Favorites #7 sentiments.

I love pairing these two sets together with the bigger Think Big sentiment tagged with a smaller Flower Fusion sentiment.  This month is no exception.  These two seem to work especially well together. 

Scarlet Jewel and Raspberry Fizz was a new color combination for me and man... I'm really loving it! 
Kind of a fun fall color scheme.


And now for more Flower Fusion #7 goodness...

Flower Fusion #7 has lots of flower images packed into a $5 set... 2 large and 2 small.  One of each size is a solid image and the other is an outline image. 

I used the large and small outline flowers as the embellishments here.  I stamped right onto the larger felt flower with Dark Chocolate ink.  The little flowers are stuck to the tops of buttons for an extra detail.

A Modern Wood Mats image makes a simple and effective grounding image for the flower and the sentiment.

I was really into green with this release!  I love how much life it brought to this card.


And today's final project... a  Think Big Favorites #7 and Harvest Berries combo.
I threw in a little Fall Prints & Patterns patterned paper for good measure :)

I just love the size of the Think Big Favorites line.  Depending on the sentiment, they can take up a nice amount of real estate on a project.  That can make for a super quick project, which you know I love.

The ginkgo stems seemed to be just the right shape to really frame and draw the eye up and across the sentiment... that was a happy discovery.

I really wanted to make those leaves pop with some bright green color, so I die cut them in white, stamped them in New Leaf, then went right over the stamped image with some watercolor pencils... a darker green towards the base of the leaves and a brighter yellow tinged green at the tips.

A little brush over each flower with a water brush gave it a super simple watercolor effect for nearly zero effort :) I will definitely be using that trick again.

I loved how the leaves really popped off of that pumkin-y orange patterend paper so I decided to go the same route with the sentiment.  A little white embossing powder did the trick :)

That's it from me today... what did you think?

I'll be right back here tomorrow with another fun countdown post!
Happy weekend!



{Wishing You Well} card
Stamps - Flower Fusion #7, Think Big Favorites #7
CS - White, Soft Stone, Raspberry Fizz
Ink - http://www.papertreyink.com/pm_ink.html
Dies - Flower Fusion #7
Impression Plate - Canvas/Linen
Felt - Scarlet Jewel, Raspberry Fizz, Royal Velvet, Orange Zest
Ribbon - Scarlet Jewel satin

{Thinking of You!} card
Stamps - Flower Fusion #7, Modern Wood Mats
CS - Kraft
Ink - Dark Chocolate, Tea Dye Duo
Other - Vintage buttons (New Leaf); Button twine

{Birthday Wishes}
Stamps - Think Big Favorites #7, Harvest Berries
CS - Kraft
PP - Fall Prints & Patterns
Ink - New Leaf, VersaMark
Die - Harvest Berries
Other - Filigree White embossing powder; watercolor pencils