I have been following Paper Trey projects for years since I knew Nichole Heady's work through the Paper Crafts magazine initially (and her Stampin' Up! creations when she first started publishing her work). Up until now, I had never purchased anything from the company, mainly because the stamp sets include a lot of English sentiments and are not offered in French and because the shipping fees to Canada were a deterrent. But when the company recently had a sale, I decided to splurge and get the alphabet sets with matching die I had been really wanting since they first came out, and I got a few extras as well. With the brutal rate of the current USD/CAD exchange rate and the additional custom fees that were waiting for me at the post office, this ended up a pricey purchase, but hopefully, I'll enjoy my purchases enough to make the purchase worth it.
Fresh Floral Wrap-Ups was one of the sets I got. I liked the bouquet image and that this set actually has some French words in it! (Simple words that anglophones can understand and use - merci, bonjour.) I used the Freshly Made Sketch #227 for the design of the card, and the Fab Friday Challenge #82 reminded me of the colours in the Life in Colour collection from Simple Stories, so I paired them with the stamp set.
I used a few Stampin' Up! elements on this card. The first one is the Pool Party 3/8" glitter ribbon. I took it off my first order from the Occasions catalogue because I just had to reduce the total down, but I will say I'm really glad I finally got it. It is really shimmery, and yet surprisingly soft. I've used glitter ribbon in my scrapbook before and I've found them to be really stiff, but this one tied beautifully in a bow. The second element I pulled is the Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack (one of the SAB freebies) to create a border (showing the Blushing Bride card base underneath). Finally, the "happy birthday" sentiment was stamped with the Silhouettes & Script hostess stamp set. I was inspired to pull that one out because the Simply Stories Life in Color papers have some Dymo tape wording on them, so I was reminded of the sentiments in the hostess stamp set.
Supplies
Stamps: Fresh Floral Wrap-Ups (Paper Trey), Silhouettes en script (Silhouettes & Script - hostess - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Blushing Bride, Very Vanilla, Mint Macaron
Ink: Basic Grey Archival, Basic Black Archival, Mint Macaron, Blushing Bride, Pool Party
Patterned Papers: Life in Color (Simply Stories)
Accessories: Fresh Floral Wrap-Ups Die (Paper Trey), Stampin' Dimensionals, Botanical Gardens Designer Vellum Stack,
Decorative Doily Duo (My Favorite Things), Pool Party 3/8" Glitter Ribbon, Project Life Corner Punch,
Blushing Bride Medium Envelope (from Simply Sent Kit)
Love all the flowers - from the paper to your sweet bouquet! And oh that ribbon does sparkle! So glad you joined us at FMS!
Posted by: linda callahan | March 13, 2016 at 23:03
I love this set and it works perfectly with the patterned paper. Fabulous card! Thanks so much for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches.
Posted by: KarrenJ | March 14, 2016 at 01:17
Such a sweet image! The little flowers in the bundle are a great match for our challenge colors! Thanks for sharing at Fab Friday!
Posted by: Amanda Mertz | March 14, 2016 at 11:41
These are so pretty - what a great combination of elements! Love that little touch of vellum! Thanks so much for playing at Fab Friday!
Posted by: Heather H | March 14, 2016 at 12:02
What a sweet card! The flowers are so cool. Thank you so much for playing along with this soft-and-sweet Fab Friday color challenge!
Posted by: Brian King | March 15, 2016 at 12:53