Paper Sweeties February Release Rewind

Hello again!  Today is the Paper Sweeties February Release Rewind!  Today is the day where we share a project using the new stamp and sweet cuts just released combined with some of the other wonderful Paper Sweeties products.

I decided to focus on the lovely heart stamp and die from the Pretty Posies set today. One idea I had after seeing the heart and leaves together was that it looked like a strawberry to me.  So taking that idea I created this card:

Homespun Strawberry Birthday Card:

To create my "strawberry" border I partially cut the heart die along the edge of a card panel 3x and then trimmed the remaining card stock away from the cuts in a straight vertical line.  Then I stamped each "heart" with the heart stamp to provide an outline for my Copic coloring. I colored them with red series copics (R29. R35. R39).  Then to create the dots on the berries I used the polka-dot banner stamp from the "Fun Shapes" stamp set.  After stamping the dots in an olive green ink I re-blended with my copic markers to remove the outlines left by the stamp on the berries. I wanted the berries to have more of a homespun colored effect rather than a stamped one.

I then die cut and stamped three sets of leaves in two colors of green cardstock.  I cut them down to create strawberry stem tops for each berry and glued them behind the berries that extend beyond the card panel edge.  

I love how the completed strawberries create this sweet decorative edge on the card:

 The sentiment I chose is from the "Sweetie Pie" stamp set.

I added a tiny flower and some coloring to 3 of the words to add some extra interest to the sentiment!  The sweet small flower was die-cut and stamped using the "Sending Sweet Thoughts" Stamps and Sweet Cuts Dies. 

For the inside of the card I created one more berry and added the word "Enjoy" selectively inked from the "Enjoy Each Day" sentiment in the "You Make Me Smile" stamp set. I wanted to carry the strawberry theme to the inside of the card.



Thanks so much for visiting my blog throughout this release! I hope you have enjoyed everyone's inspiration using these wonderful new products!
 
You should have arrived here from the Paper Sweeties blog and Debbie's wonderful release rewind project.  I am sending you off to the lovely Jinny Newlin's blog: HERE.  And here is the entire list of everyone participating in today's release rewind:

Annette Witherspoon

Debbie Marcinkiewicz – Paper Sweeties
Jill Norwood 
Jinny Newlin *special Guest Designer*

Julie Tucker-Wolek

Larissa Heskett 
Lysa Rohrer 
Mackie Robertson

Maria Patrick

Michelle Bala
Mynnette Kitchen

Nancy Penir

One last reminder about the Design Team Call going on right now!  You can find all of the information on the Paper Sweeties blog:  HERE.

It is so fun to get "Happy Mail" as part of the design team! And then get to play with it all month long!  We would love to have you join us!

Happy Crafting!
Jill

Supplies Used + list of new products just released:

Pretty Posies

Garden Time

Sweet Cuts - Pretty Posies
Sweet Cuts - Garden Time

Fun Shapes Stamps & Sweet Cuts Bundle - Paper Sweeties	Fun Shapes Sweet Cuts - Paper Sweeties	Sending Sweet Thoughts Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties	Fun Shapes Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties
You Make Me Smile Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties	Strawberry Bakers Twine - Paper Sweeties	Sweetie Pie Stamp Set - Paper Sweeties	Sending Sweet Thoughts Sweet Cuts Dies - Paper Sweeties