Meadow Greens

Welcome back, folks :)

Today's Papertrey Ink countdown post features this brand new beauty... Meadow Greens.
{Just like always, all of Papertrey Ink's newest releases will be available the evening of the 15th.}

Our challenge with this set was to create 2 projects based off of two contrasting inspiration pieces.


It didn't take me long to pick the first one...

 

{Rifle Paper Company}

Love those saturated colors.
Plus, it's a pretty rare day that I'm drawn to purples so I wanted to take the shot to work with them here.

Man... I'm totally loving how it came out...

Meadow Greens is one of those sets that kinda snuck up on me here.
I almost always gravitate to large scale images, though, so I probably should have guessed :)

Those leaves... the perfect size to take up a good portion of a 3.5 x 5" card, which is what I start with most of the time.

 

I wanted those bright pops of white and color so I started with the Meadow Greens flower and embossed it in white.  The rose from Sweet Life and buds from Rosie Posie add the pops of pink and orange.

 

My goal was to frame the sentiment out a bit, so I kept that in mind when arranging everything.  {I almost always start a card by figuring out where I want the sentiment... is that the way everyone else does it...?}

 

 

 

 

I had a little bit more trouble settling on an idea for a contrasting inspiration.  In the end, I went with this sweet paper packet...

 



{Helen Philipps}

 

I like that the overall feel is sweet, a bit soft and vintage, and a little homespun (all definitely a challenge for me) but that the look is still clean and fairly simple (well within my comfort zone). 

 

I tried to keep those general ideas in mind as I created this one...

 

The star of the show here is definitely the Queen Anne's Lace image.  To keep it a bit soft, I stamped it with Raspberry Fizz first, then rotated the stamp a bit and stamped it again with Sweet Blush.
 

A vintage button and some stitching around the edges give a bit more of that homespun feeling. 

The new Scrolling Script set is making an appearance here for the sentiment... couldn't resist those pretty fonts :)  To give it the same softer feeling, I went ahead and stamped it twice, just like the flower image. 

 

I'd say this is my take on something a bit softer, a bit vintage, and a bit homespun while still keeping it clean and simple. 

 

And to see the rest of the team and their takes on it, just head on over...

Nichole Heady
Betsy Veldman

Maile Belles

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Melissa Phillilps

Danielle Flanders

Cristina Kowalczyk
Erin Lincoln
Ashley Cannon Newell

Seems only appropriate to end with...
have a lovely day :)

Back tomorrow with a little July release wrap-up...



{More Than You'll Ever Know} card

Supplies not available now but available 7/15: 

Stamps - Meadow Greens
Die - Meadow Greens
Supplies available now:
Stamps - The Sweet Life, Rosie Posie
CS - Simply Chartreuse, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Canyon Clay; Purple (unknown)
Ink - Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Orange Zest, Hibiscus Burst, Berry Sorbet, VersaMark
Die - The Sweet Life, Rosie Posie
Other - Filigree White embossing powder

{Lovely Day} card

Supplies not available now but available 7/15: 

Stamps - Meadow Greens, Scrolling Script
Supplies available now:
CS - Kraft
PP - Basic Grey
Ink - Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush, Simply Chartreuse
Other - vintage button