Spring Flowers with Creation Station!

Welcome to my Stampin' Space, and to the Blog Hop for Creation Station for April! We're stamping some Spring Flowers, and using the Botanical Gardens Suite!

So I decided to use the Botanical Builders Framelits - because I love that there are so many pieces, and choices of flowers in this set! The colors in the Designer Series Papers are pretty, and beautifully tropical - but to me, they are not very Spring-like (at least for California standards)! So I decided to go for a clean look, and to use the Subtles Collection for a different look!

I made a simple card and a Pyramid Box, using the Pyramid Pals Thinlits!

On the card, I used white on white for the base. And for some texture, I used the Arrows Embossing Folder on one layer! Pink Pirouette, Calypso Coral and Wild Wasabi were my color palate. And the Sunburst Sayings set was used for the greetings!

I have made a few of these pyramid boxes lately - and was kind of surprised at how little they are (I love little tho!). So, in creating this version, I added the smaller Botanical Builders flower to make the fit look more appropriate. And then I also wanted the bow to fit right too, but I wanted the Pink Pirouette Seam Binding, so that it would coordinate with the flower. It felt too wide, so I decided to give it a trim!

  

I used the Rotary attachment on the Stampin' Trimmer to 'split' the Seam Binding in half! It got a little frayed look, but I love the look! And, of course, a perfect match with the Pink Pirouette flower!

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Dena Rekow

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Julie Kettlewell

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie B

New Traveler for a Challenge!

I was excited to finally get out some of my new Stampin' Up! goodies, and play a little! I used the Sketch Challenge #35 over at Craft Project Central. Here it is:

So I decided to use the train from the new set, Traveler. I love the vintage and masculine feel of this new set. And I added a small happy birthday from the new Something to Say set. And, of course, I had to use lots of new papers - it gives it all a new, fresh feel!! Love!! I used Blackberry Bliss (sooo much prettier in real life!), Hello Honey and the Moonlight Designer Paper (stack). - Lovin' it all!

There's still a few days left to jump over and join the Sketch Challenge at Craft Project Central! Come check it out, you can win a FREE tutorial!

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie B