Stampin' Up! Fifth Avenue Floral 12" x 12" Scrapbook Pages

Did you know Fifth Avenue Floral is on sale in April? I liked this set immediately and was especially tickled when I received from a friend as a birthday gift. You could say I was tickled pink.

Speaking of pink, how do you like my shades of pink and black? I started with the 12" x 12" Pink Passion card stock. My first attempt at my scrapbook pages was stamping the roses in Basic Black on White Naturals card stock and watercoloring them in Pink Passion. Then I thought it would look so bold and vibrant if I stamped the rose in Basic Black on the Pink Passion card stock. Loved it! I also knew because I wanted to cut the flowers out too; it probably saved my scrapbookers from turning into a lynch mob! Always a great bonus. 🙂

I needed another color to display my pretty, Pink Passion flowers against. Pink and black is such a pretty combination. From there I came up with the idea to do gradient colors of black. So, the black scheme is Basic Black, Basic Gray and Going Gray.

While on the thoughts of gradient colors of black, why not the pinks too? My pinks are Pink Passion, Pixie Pink and Pretty in Pink. It is so much fun to see how one stamp set and one color can lead to such a colorful and pretty project. I have the greatest job!

How about those great letters for my title snuggled in with all those flowers? I used my beloved Big Shot (huge time saver!) and my new Stampin' Up! Billboard Sizzlits Decorative Strip Die. Both upper and lower case alphabets on one die for only $21.95! Time and money savings all in one!

While I had my Sizzix Big Shot out, my photo mat on the first page needed something to showcase it. Out came the lovely Bigz Top Note die. A lovely die for lovely flowers. Just part of it sticking out to give the photo mat that little something extra.

My card stock color and sizes are

Pink Passion: (2) 12" x 12" and 8-1/2" x 11" to stamp and cut out six flowers

Pixie Pink: (4) 4-1/4" x 6-1/4" for photo mats; scrap to stamp and cut four flowers

Pretty in Pink: scrap to stamp and cut four flowers

Basic Black: (2) 1" x 12", (3) 2" x 12" for die-cut letters and 4-1/4" x 5-1/2" for Sizzix Top Note Bigz die-cut

Basic Gray: (2) 2" x 12"

Going Gray: (2) 4" x 12"

The stamping supplies you will need to duplicate my projects:

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