Heartfelt Creations Wednesday and Release Date for the Tropical Paradise Collection!

Good morning everyone!  Join me this morning to welcome a brand new release from Heartfelt Creations!

Escape to an exotic paradise where the air is warm, lush rain forests are filled with the calls of outlandish birds of paradise, and the day begins and ends with the most spectacular array of colors!  Heartfelt Creations invites you to slip away to utopia with the new Tropical Paradise Collection!  Filled with bright and vibrant colors, the exquisitely designed paper collection will transport you to a tropical island with its fiery sunset reds, dazzling sunny yellows, deep ocean blues and rich leafy greens!  Discover the unique and breathtaking birds that call this exotic place home, from toucans to parrots, flamingos and cockatoos which have all been beautifully illustrated and assembled into three dynamic cling stamp sets and coordinating dies!  Further your equatorial escape with realistically shaped Plumeria flowers most commonly known for their inclusion in traditional Hawaiian leis boasting blossoms in pinks, whites, reds and yellows amid their large, leafy foliage.  Join us as we walk the warm, sandy beaches and the glistening ocean laps at the shoreline and help us bid a warm Aloha to the new Tropical Paradise Collection!

Heartfelt Creations Products and Products Carried in Their Shop:

HCDP1-277 Tropical Paradise Paper Collection

HCPC -3783 Tropical Paradise Cling Stamps

HCD1-7137 Tropical Paradise Die

HCPC-3781 Tropical Cockatoo Cling Stamps

HCD1-7136 Tropical Cockatoo Die

HCPC-3782 Tropical Plumeria Cling Stamps

HCD1-7135 Tropical Plumeria Die

HCD1-7138 Tropical Parrots Die

Designer Dries Clear Glue

#85 Crystal Art Glitter

HCST1-401 Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit

Memento Ink – Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout, Rich Cocoa, Tuxedo Black

Other Supplies: Purple and White Cardstock, Canson Watercolor Paper, Spellbinders Standard Circles Large, Ranger Archival Ink – Chrome Yellow and Rose Madder, Dimensional Tape, Memento London Fog Ink, Seam Binding

Instructions:  

You can watch this video to help you to learn how to shape the beautiful Plumeria flowers:  https://youtu.be/x_ehd8QAPnI

My card is 6 X 6.  Make card base out of the watercolor paper for strength and stability; set aside.  Pick one of the 6 X 6 card fronts and using the Circle Dies cut out a circle in the center then cut a smaller opening circle out of a coordinating piece of the paper collection.  Glue these two pieces together and then back with purple cardstock.  I used some of the dimensional tape around the opening to give it a bit of depth.  Next I stamped, cut out and colored the Cockatoo and then added some of the glitter to some of the plumes around it as well as to the Cockatoo.  I slipped it down in between the yellow frame and the purple cardstock.  I added some dimensional tape to the Cockatoo and then glued it down. Next stamp, cut out, color and glitter some of the ferns and fronds and set them aside to dry.  Stamp, cut out, color and shape the flowers.  Add glitter to the edges and set aside to dry.  Next I stamped, cut out and colored the flamingo and added glitter on him and set him aside to dry as well.  I used ink to stain the seam binding and scrunched it and set it aside to dry.  Once dry I tied a bow and adhered to the bottom corner of the card.  I decided on the placement of all the elements and glued them down.  I cut out the word using purple cardstock and then glued it to the upper corner of my card.  My card is now finished.

Now if you would love to see more just head over to the Heartfelt Creations blog to see what the other designers made.  I just know you will be truly inspired!