TGIF – Spring Pine Blossom with Heather

Heather is here today with a fun TGIF project using Pine Blossom. It’s not surprising to hear that the Pine Blossom set is one of Heather’s favorites. She’s known around the crafting world by her online name Pinefeather, and her style is quintessential rustic, so this set is just perfect for her! Read on to see how she turned this “holiday” set into spring just by changing up her color choices…

The Pine Blossom stamp set is one of my very favorites that The Greetery has released! It was designed for the winter season, but with just a few color changes it can work for any time of the year.

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I stamped the large cluster along the side and edge of a piece of watercolor paper in colors perfect for springtime. The leaves are stamped in bright yellow-green tones, I added the larger flowers in yellow, the smaller flowers in pink, and added a pretty golden brown color for the flower centers.

I couldn’t resist adding just a few splatters of a light tan ink and then added some stitching with my sewing machine across the top.The sentiment is die cut with the “thinking” word from the new Sentiment Starter dies. (These dies have been delayed just a bit from our manufacturer, but click the “notify me” button so you will get an email when we get them in stock. They will be worth the wait, I assure you!) I die cut the word three times from kraft cardstock and adhered the layers together so that the word send out a bit more on the card. The “of you” part of the sentiment is from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You stamp set. I cut the stamp I wanted to use apart to stamp jus those two words from the original “thinking of you sentiment”. If you don’t want to cut your stamp apart, you can use selective inking to stamp that part of the sentiment.

I added the stamped panel to a kraft card base along with a few sequins that I sprinkled around the sentiment for a bit of sparkle. I used the striped Flappable stencil to create coordinating envelopes and even I stenciled stripes onto some cream cardstock and cut strips that I tucked under the bottom edge of the stamped panel on the card.These cards are ready to pop into the mail to bring a little springtime to someone’s mailbox!