Heartfelt Creations Wednesday - Laugh Often

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Welcome to my first Heartfelt Creations post of the New Year! I know that you will love the new collections coming this year! Check HERE for your sneak peek of the January Collection, releasing on January 14th. The team will start to share the new collection next week, so watch for that! For now, I am giving some of the older collections a bit of love! 

My inspiration this week is a photograph I found online (I am not sure of the photographer of this vintage photo, unfortunately). Every time I see this photo, I start to laugh out loud. These ladies remind me of my aunts. In fact my daughter said, "Mom, they look like your people!" So, I created a layout for my "found relatives." 

I love to mix and match paper collections, mostly because it gives a whole new look to a collection when you combine it with other papers. I mixed Celebrate the Journey, Once Upon A Time, Countryside Evening, and a bit of All Geared Up Paper Collections! I love the vintage tans and creams combined with the teal. I also did a lot of "grunging" on this layout. I love to mix grungy elements with flowers.

For the step-by-step directions to this layout, click here to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog. Did you know that you can PRINT the tutorials from the Heartfelt Creations Blog? There is a option for each designer's tutorial to PRINT or PIN the tutorial!

I created some flower clusters with hand-made flowers, using the Tattered Blossoms stamps and dies. I tucked some "found items" into the blooms. I love the cream soda vintage bottle cap. 

I have been using paint on my flowers recently. It gives them a soft, grunge look that is perfect for vintage projects.

Here is a close-up of some of the crumpled paper edges, plus another look at the flowers.

Creating stacked flowers is so easy when you have the Heartfelt stamps and matching dies! The center of these flowers is made with the Spellbinders Bitty Blossoms template. 

I love all the layers and dimension! Make sure to visit the Heartfelt Creations Blog to see what the rest of the team has made!

Heartfelt Creations Products Used:

HCDP1-248 All Geared Up Paper Collection

HCDP1-242 Celebrate the Journey Paper Collection

HCDP1-241 Once Upon A Time PaperCollection

HCDP1-229Countryside Evening Paper Collection

HCD1-745 Luggage and Tags Die

HCPC-3468Tattered Blossoms Cling Stamp Set

HCD1-722Tattered Blossoms Die

HCPC-3545Open Leaf Cling Stamp Set

HCD1-736Classic Leaf Die

459222Paper Blossoms Tool Kit

Other products used: 

Other dies: Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Bitty Blossoms

Cardstock: Bazzill Basics Lakeshore, American Crafts Olive

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black; Ranger Distress Vintage Photo, Weathered Wood, Black Soot

Paint: Decoart Americana Chalkboard, Ranger Distress Picket Fence

Twine: Really Reasonable Ribbon black hemp twine

Chipboard letters: Imaginarium Designs

Light bulb: Prima

Brads: Prima, Teresa Collins

Bottle cap: vintage

Wood buttons: Prima

Tools: Prima paper distressing tool, Fiskars border punch, Sizzix Big Shot

Adhesive: Scotch 3M tape, Scrap Perfect Best Glue Ever, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Foam Squares