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I've been stamping with a lot of florals lately and thought a Holiday twist would be fun! I was super inspired by Melissa's beautiful pastel holiday creation over on the PTI blog, so I decided to enter the challenge with this little number. I'm sort of loving the switch up of colors and materials here! Such a fun card to make, with plenty of layers. So let's break it down! To start, I stamped a half card base with 1canoe2's Twilight  floral stamp set, in Archival ink colors of Violet, Tea Rose , Sky Blue , Viridian, Leaf Green,  and  Cornflower Blu e. Just at the top and bottom, I added a stitched detail using PR's Positive Thoughts stamp border. I adhered this piece onto a my card base, so it could act as a pocket. On the side of the base, I stamped candy canes, hearts and bonbons and added a few melted Perler beads (tutorial  here ) as well as a dash of Nuvo Jewel drops in Rose Water . Inside the pocket, I tucked in a little tag with more soft layers. At th...

I can't believe it's that time of year again. Our streets are still covered in snow, and the temps this week are freezing! But I am very much looking forward to Easter - it holds such a special place in my heart and I love everything it represents. I also love that everywhere you look, Spring colors pop up right about now, and it's the only time of year, when my favorite pastel palette can be found everywhere...From home decor shoppes, to craft stores. It's a feast for the eyes! This Easter, we are not coloring eggs in the traditional sense of the word, but I couldn't possibly go without coloring something ...So I was inspired by a few decorative pieces I found, to color a variety of small styrofoam eggs...A messy, but fun task! And I love how they turned out...imperfect speckles and all :)  They just happened to make the perfect addition for all the little Easter gift baggies I made.  To make the tag for the baggies, I stared with the Scene It: Basic Backer die , f...