Hummingbird Floral Wreath

Hello, everyone! It’s Samantha here happy to be guest designing for the new Pretty Pink Posh release and I’m so excited to share a friendship card featuring some of my favorite products from the latest release. 

I love hummingbirds and I knew I wanted my design to feature the new Stitched Hummingbirds Die Set. I also couldn’t wait to try out the new Floral Wreath Builder and I knew they would be a perfect pairing for my sweet bird.  I wasn’t sure about colors, so to get me started, I decided to go through my stash of specialty paper to see what inspired me. 

When I came across some citron-colored cardstock I knew that I wanted to go with bright, bold colors and that this would be the perfect base color. Next, I selected a shimmer paper in orange and another card stock in magenta because I love these two colors together. For my bird I was looking for just the right blue when I found a light aqua textured paper that I was so excited to use. For my leaves I selected a shimmer paper and a solid paper in a green that would complement my citron background and lastly a dark teal to finish of my bird.  I was ready to get started. 

I die cut all the elements for my hummingbird and my wreath, and also die cut my background panel using the new Scallops Pierced Plate. The plate added the perfect amount of subtle pattern to the scene. I adhered my wreath base and leaves together first.   

PRO TIP: Dimension is everything! For added dimension with this card I die cut two extra wreath bases to prop the wreath up off the card base. I also curled my leaves with my pickup tool, and intermittently used a little bit of thin foam tape to prop up some of my leaves.  

Next, I assembled my hummingbird and used him as a guide to help determine where I wanted to place my flowers making sure my arrangement was balanced and symmetrical. After adhering everything down with a combination of glue and thick and thin foam tape, I decided to top my wreath of with a bright pink glitter bow die cut.  

All that was left was to white heat emboss my sentiment from the new Friend Greetings stamp set onto magenta cardstock, die cut it and add it to my card panel. I then glued everything to an A2 folding card-base and now I have something pretty in my stash to send to a friend. 

Thanks for stopping by!