Hello, friends and Happy December! I am so glad you’re here and excited to start
sharing our amazing December products and delightful projects with you. I hope you leave
here with a smile on your face and a bit of happiness in your heart, on this cold, winter day.
Let’s get started with our new Into the Blooms: Pansies dies. Many of you were
excited when I started sharing sneak peeks of this on our social media sites, and with good
reason…they are beautiful!
I adore these giant pansies with their detailed petals and multiple layers. I don’t think I had ever realized what amazing and intricate flowers these were until I started searching Pinterest for inspiration. They are brilliant and you’ll love creating with them.
I created a card set using my Into the Blooms: Pansies. You’ll notice that this set comes with a large and small pansy, stems, and leaves, which make these dies so creative and versatile when it comes to using them in a variety of ways.
I added color to my flowers by first die cutting my flowers from Stamper’s Select White cardstock and then sponging ink over my die cuts. I used Sweet Blush, Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, and Berry Sorbet ink on my pink pansy. On my yellow pansy, I chose the colors Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, and Melon Berry ink. I added tiny, black polka dots to the centers of my pansies by using the snow image in the Oh, Holy Night stamp set and Olive Twist ink.
My leaves were created using Simply Chartreuse and Green Parakeet ink. I love their size and bright punch of contrasting color they add to these gorgeous pansies. Before assembling my pansies, I spritzed each die cut with water and then let them dry. To create added dimension, I used foam squares to adhere them together.
I love the new Just Sentiments: Thinking of You stamp set and added sentiments from it below each of my pansies. You’ll absolutely love this sweet, new mini set. The sentiments work for good times and bad and say perfectly what is so hard to find the words for.
Supplies Used:
STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Thinking of You, Oh, Holy Night
INK: Olive Twist, Sweet Blush, Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Berry Sorbet, Pale Peony, Bright
Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, Melon Berry, Simply Chartreuse, Green Parakeet
PAPER: Rustic Cream, Spring Moss, Stamper’s Select White
DIES: Into the Blooms: Pansies, Love to Layer: Torn Edges, Border Bling: Lots of Dots,
Border Bling: Dainty Deliveries Frame
OTHER: Stencil Basics: Dots, chunky glitter, Stickles Crystal glitter
Now onto our designers and their beautiful projects.
- Blend ink with a brush or sponge over die cuts for better depth of color and to highlight the debossed details
- Back a white panel with color cardstock to create a subtle color frame
- When layering petal die cuts, use a lighter color on the “front” petals and deeper color on the petals behind to give more depth
TIPS:
- Back delicate die cuts with patterned paper with a small or subtle design
- For die cut flowers, glue the center of the petals together and use foam tape to create dimension around the outer edges
- To create natural coloring on flowers, blend multiple inks in the same color family
Are you ready for the next addition in our Feathered Friends series? These two love birds are from the new Feathered Friends 18 stamp set. They are so darling and I love that they are a couple! Use them individually or together. This set comes with other fun additions such as a branch for them to sit on, berries, leaves, a nest, and eggs.
I wanted the theme of my card to be about love, so I started stamping my birds in colors that remind me of love. I used Autumn Rose, Berry Sorbet, Lovely Lady, Scarlet Jewel, and Fine Linen. I love how these birds look stamped in this color combination…anything is possible with this set!
In the background you’ll notice the gorgeous, new Cover Plate: Elegance die. Don’t you love the unique shape of this? It’s just perfect and I love the softness it adds cut from Rustic Cream cardstock. I wanted my love birds to stand out from the background, so I layered them over a Delicate Doilies die cut. I nestled their nest in between them and surrounded them with berries and leaves. This set creates such darling scenes!
From the beginning I knew that I wanted the perfect sentiment that would tie these two birds together. I chose a sentiment from the new Loads of Love stamp set, which you’ll be hearing more about tomorrow.
STAMPS: Feathered Friends Mini 18, Loads of Love
INK: Autumn Rose, Scarlet Jewel, Lovely Lady, Fine Linen, Berry Sorbet, Olive Twist, Saffron Spice, Aqua Mist, Green Parakeet, Simply Chartreuse
PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Rustic Cream, Sheer Basics Vellum, Bitty Bit Sweet Blush, Bitty Big Spring Moss, Autumn Rose
DIES: Feathered Friends Mini 18, Cover Plate: Elegance, Delicate Doilies, Border Bling: Skinny Embossed, Tag Creations: Delightful Bunch
OTHER: white paint, adhesive gems, Stickles Icicle glitter
I wanted to share with you another fun way the new Cover Plate: Elegance die can be used. On this particular card, I only used half of it behind my Feathered Friends 18 stamps and dies. You can just see a portion of it and it adds just the right amount of femininity to this card.
Once again, I turned to a sentiment from the new Just Sentiments: Thinking of You stamp set. I love that this sentiment could work for all sorts of different occasions in life. Sickness, sympathy, friendship, love, encouragement, etc. I’ll be wearing this set out! I stamped my sentiment on a die cut Delicate Doilies….these are my go to dies.
Finishing the inside of my cards is something I am trying to do more often. I love using the left over, unused die cuts and images on the inside of my card, such as this one. I carried my theme through from the outside in, by adding the stamped nest and eggs. Notice I used the same Delicate Doilies die cut once again on the inside. This is another great way to tie everything together. My sentiment is from the new Inside Greetings: Thinking of You stamp set and has three very thoughtful sentiments to choose from.
I can’t wait for you to see what our designers have been creating!
Supplies Used:
STAMPS: Feathered Friends 18 Mini, Just Sentiments: Thinking of You, Inside Greetings: Thinking of You
INK: Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Ocean Tides, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Fine Linen, Olive Twist, Aqua Mist, Limeade Ice, Green Parakeet
PAPER: Spring Moss, Stamper’s Select White, Sheer Basics Vellum, Bitty Big Spring Moss, Bitty Big Mint Julep
DIES: Cover Plate: Elegance, Feathered Friends Mini 18, Delicate Doilies, Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles, Border Bling: Skinny Embossed Frame, Into the Blooms: Dahlia, Love to Layer: Torn Edges
Other: white paint, sequins, adhesive gems, patterned paper
We hope you have enjoyed all the creations that we have shared with you today! We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced! Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think of the new products and you will be eligible to win big!
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I am so excited about the beautiful Pansies dies. They were my grandmother’s favorite flower and always remind me of her. Beautiful projects today!! 🙂
Please new products are beautiful!
What a great release! Really love the Pansies die. The Elegance Cover Plate is beautiful and I like how Dana dry embossed it on her card!
The colours of the pansies remind me of the real ones I had last summer. Those mini feathered friends are delightful. So many beautiful examples from the team.
Wow, what awesome stuff on the first day!
Gorgeous cards designers!! Love the new detailed cover plate!
Love the new Pansies dies! So many different ideas on using these, great job design team
The pansies just took my breath away. One of my favorite flowers. So delicate and each card beautiful. Will be going on my wish list for sure.
The pansies are so pretty!
The pansies are wonderful and I love the elegant cover plate!
The pansy dies are beautiful! And those love birds are so sweet!
Beautiful products today! I always love when you come out with a new bird set.
I adore the pansies and the feathered friends are so sweet!
Wow! That pansy and those little birds are just wonderful!
I love the pansy! What a great die set!
Wow are these beautiful cards! I love the new release! So beautiful
Everything in todays post is a MUST HAVE, but, oh, the pansies… Those were the flowers I would gravitate to at the flower market when I lived back east and after being away for so long, I had all but forgotten about them. And the birds, oh my goodness, they’re gorgous!
Wow! Beautiful cards! Pansies are my Mums favorite so this will be a must have to my collection. The birds are so sweet!
I love the new cover plate and the feathered friends are adorable!
Such a stunning collection! I LOVE the pansies! Gorgeous coverplate and birds too! WOW!
Absolutely gorgeous start to a release! I love it all!
Love it all! The DT projects are fabulous!
The feathered friends are super adorable!! This is gonna be another great release, I can just tell!
Love the pansies and the new cover plate! Beautiful cards to feature the new designs!
Pansies put a smile on my face and the birds are adorable.
Everything is gorgeous!!
Today’s reveals are exquisite! Those large pansies, the ornate cover plate, the well-thought sentiments, and the darling love birds. This is great stuff so far!
Wow! The new pansies are big and beautiful!
The new Coverplate is stunning! A perfect background for many occasions!
Gorgeous new products and beautiful sample projects!!! Those pansies are fabulous! My mom loves pansies so I definitely need to add those to my shopping list!
I already love the release & it’s just getting started! Beautiful projects using so many different color combos–inspiring!
Those pansies are amazing! I absolutely love the color combos….cant wait to add them to my collection.
Gorgeous! When are they available to buy? I tried but could not find them to purchase on your site.
Yay for the new products!! Seeing all these new goodies makes me so excited! Fantastic projects as always!!
The Pansy dies are so pretty! All of the creations for today were gorgeous.
The pansies are beautiful!! Love the new cover of late also.
The flowers and birds are beautiful. The DT did a great job!
Feathered Friends and Elegance are amazing – love them!!!
The pansies are stunning and so many gorgeous cards! Wonderful new release so far.
What a way to kick it off – the pansies are gorgeous and so realistic!
I am so in love with the birds.. You have the best selection of little birds of anyone and these are the nicest. Love the pansys too.
The pansies are lovely. Fantastic cards from the team.
I love all of it! Can we skip winter and go right into spring please!
Love the Pansies, they make me smile! Thanks for all the amazing inspiration!
The pansies are gorgeous! And those birds!…..
That cover plate is just gorgeous!!!
Love the into the blooms: pansies. So beautiful!
Everything showcased today is outstanding and might have to go in my cart!❤️
So many great things today! Love the pansies, love the Elegance Cover Plate, love the new sentiments! The projects are wonderful–so much beautiful shading on the pansies!
The DT has blown me away!
There is so much beauty here….so in love with the elegant cover plate!!!
Love the pansies! I’m ready for Spring.
This is the most exciting PTI release this year. Pansies are my favorite flower so these are beautiful. Can’t wait to order
Great work by the design team. The pansies are great!
Love the pansies which make me wish that spring was around the corner.
I love pansies and you have captured it beautifully.
Wow, so beautiful! I am absolutely loving all those gorgeous pansies by the design team!
Another great feathered friend. Great inspiration!
Pansies are my favorite flowers!!! They are just so adorable and come in so many beautiful colors!! These dies are fantastic and so realistic! I think I NEED this die set!
How fun to see those beautiful pansies in so many different color combinations! Those Feathered Friends are mighty colorful also. Off to a great start, PTI!
Oh I love the pansies! Wonderful cards showcasing them!
Beautiful flowers! I love pansies so much!
Great look to all the layers for the flowers. The birds make such a great pair.
That pansy is absolutely lovely!
Wow! Absolutely gorgeous! Ooo, but that pansy die! Oh my goodness! That’s a must have.
Great addition to the bird series.
What a beautiful cover plate and I love how the designers used it.
Can’t wait to see more!
Another great release!
The Into the Blooms: Panies are beautiful!
Beautiful projects for the first day of the release! Pansies are such a happy flower, how fun to create with them!
Beautiful Pansies and LOVE the sweet new Birds! Fab projects from everyone!
Great so far, love the New Coverplate, so elegant and perfect for Valentines.
Oh! These pansies are so pretty. Love all the different ways they’ve been showcased.
Love the pansies, the coverplate and the birds! Can’t wait to see more of this new release. Thanks for the inspiration. 😀
I love the pansies dies!
The pansies are beautiful.