Welcome Spring with Pretty Bloom Clusters!!

Spring is here! And what better way to welcome it in than to share a fun little paper flower cluster tutorial!  I don't know what the weather is like where you all are but here in Cambridge, it's soooo beautiful!  It's more like summer rather than spring!  I've got my window open, listening to the birds chirping and it's a balmy 77 degrees out!...the kids actually wore shorts to school! (that's very warm for this time of year in Canada!)

So I worked on a couple of fun little flower tutorials over the weekend and I'm sharing the first one with you all today (stay tuned for another one later in the week).  I pulled out my new Websters Pages 'Everyday Poetry' collection pack, a couple new Martha Stewart punches I picked up and got started!  ...I love the cherry blossom design in the new Everyday Poetry collection so I thought I would create some 3D Cherry blossoms for my page.  Here are the simple steps to make up this design... 

I like to add the smudges of ink behind the blossoms, I find it gives a unity to the page and doesn't leave your blooms just hanging there, they seem to 'belong' to the page better.  ....In the lower part of the page I made a little Hydrangea pot another flower cluster design. 

Here is a close up of the finished Hydrangea pot..... 

I also had a little fun playing with the new Websters Pages 'In Love' collection over the weekend (my second bloom tutorial will be done using the In Love collection.....I had some pretty scraps left and wanted to make a tag with them....here is the tag I made with these scraps and the punched bloom method.... 

Thanks so much for stopping by!  And again, thank you for the sweet comments you all leave here at my blog...I read every one of them.  I did want to comment on a question I often get with regard to my work as to how to store it.  I have to admit that I'm wayyyy behind on getting my pages into albums and sometimes have them sitting in plastic storage boxes waiting for their albums.  But here are a few things you can do with your more 3D style pages.  I have 12 x 12 frames that I hang in my scrap room inwhich I like to rotate out some of my more 3D style pages.  As for albums, there are a couple of ways to store them.  If you are using the post bound style, I like to put in lots of 'spacers' (these are the cardboard strips that often come with the plastic sleeves (K&Company makes these)....this allows for room between your pages so they don't get too squished).  Another very good option is to use 3 ring binders, these allow your plastic sleeves lots of room so that again your elements down get too squashed.  Hope this helps! :)

At Websters Pages we've been celebrating shipping week!  Yep! All the newest collections are now shipping to the stores so watch for your local store to get them in!  Failing that you can also order online at the Websters Pages Website!  And while you're there, check out Brandin's cute cute video clip, it will put a smile on your face! (If you are anything like me and are stalking the mailman when you know a scrapping package is coming, you will totally 'get' this video clip! lol!)