petal pusher blooms

Hello and happy Friday! Betsy here! It’s been a bit since I’ve had a chance to create just for the fun of it, but I’ve been trying to be a little more intentional about doing just that. I have a few projects to share with you today. I’ve been having so much fun turning our Nordic Tree upside down to create some adorable baskets. I’ll get to that in just a minute (along with a how-to video), but first a little update!

I know many of you have been waiting and inquiring about out of stock dies – our virtual die shelves are feeling a little bare! I just wanted to let you all know that we’re experiencing some longer restock times due to (the unexpected!) transitioning to a new die manufacturer. We are working hard on getting our large catalog of dies transferred over. This process takes some time as everything has to be re-proofed and re-sampled. Although it all came out of the blue and threw us for a bit of a loop, we’re making great progress and I’m confident that soon we’ll be back to smooth sailing. We should start to see some restocks rolling in in the next 2-4 weeks.

New Release Update!

Due to all of the craziness mentioned above, we are slightly behind our anticipated schedule for the year, but our spring release is coming soon. Myself and the team are busy creating beautiful things to share with you using a brand new collection called Bunnies & Bows. Sweet designs for babies, spring, Easter and more, and we can’t wait to show you everything! We’re thankful that like us, Easter is also really late this year, lol. We’ll be showcasing everything here on the blog the week of March 17. We’re confident that we will have all of our new products in hand and ready to go for the release (including some fun new dies), so I’m super excited about that!

Now for today’s project, or should I say projectS! And a video 🙂

Like I mentioned, today’s projects are all about turning our Nordic Tree die upside down to create some sweet baskets. So fun for shaped notecards, tags, or a focal point on a regular card.

I put together a little how-to video for you showing how to put together some basket-shaped notecards. I’ll also talk about the other projects shown here!

Here are some close-ups photos of each one as well.

I talk about most of these details in the video, but here are some notes and links to supplies and such!

• The Hoopla Oval die is perfect for creating a handle on the largest basket that uses the largest section of the Nordic Tree die. The small oval hoop from the Hoopla Mini set is great for the smaller baskets. I like that they have the embossed woodgrain, but if you have a set of nesting oval dies in your stash that might work as well!
• The Takes the Cake Stand or Takes the Cake Mini works perfectly for a little base for the baskets.
• The flower strip from the Springtime stamp set and matching die is perfect for filling the baskets. It’s just right for the largest, and can be trimmed down for the smaller ones.
• Looking to add a bow? The bow from our Ribbon Frame die is great for the large basket, the bow from our Ornamental Tag die is great for the smaller.
• The banner sentiments used here are from the Springtime set, cut with the banner die from the Christmas Time Sentiments set, which also coordinates with these sentiments in the Springtime set.
• The large basket makes a great focal point on a regular card, too! The card shown here uses a scalloped base cut with the A2 Stitched Scallops die.
• Instead of using the flower strip from the Springtime set, play around with building your own bouquets. I filled my basket with a mix of blooms cut with a few different dies – Petal Pusher Blooms, BotaniCuts Lilacs (leaves), BotaniCuts Forget-Me-Nots, and also a few flower embellishments from our Garden Mix Bits. The “spring” sentiment is from the Spring Snowdrops set.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I loved sharing these projects with you! 😊