The Sweetest Thing with Jana+Danni

We think that The Sweetest Thing is truly the sweetest collection around right now. The variety of prints,patterns,and colors is just beautiful. We hope you think so too!

Today Jana and Danni are here to share projects using The Sweetest Thing. Enjoy!

 

Jana Says:I LOVE the mixture of patterns of The Sweetest Thing collection! I love the way the casual polka dots & plaids play off the trendy chevron and hexagon prints, as well as the elegant florals, doily and damask prints.

Supplies:The Sweetest Thing-Honey: Damask patterned paper, Notable patterned paper,Cheerful patterned paper, Fond patterned paper, Flawless patterned paper, die cut title,layered stickers,tiny word stickers,decorative brads,decorative tape;The Sweetest Thing-Lavender:stamps;Miss Caroline-Dilly Dally:Planks patterned paper;Misc-cardstock,vellum,letter stickers,journal block,ink,embossing powder,journaling pen,adhesive

The number pattern from the Honey collection especially caught my eye! On this page, I chose to cut out the number eight from the One of a Kind Notable paper to signify my daughter's age in this photo. But I can think of so many other ways I want to use this paper!

A countdown calendar or daily type of mini album would be fun! So would a "Top 5 or 10 Reasons I Love You" page. Or how about including one of those cute numbers on a birthday card?!

I used the Lavender Cutie Pie stamps to create a raised doily accent. The heat embossing on the vellum paper adds a bit of shine to the page along with the decorative brads. I love how bright and fun the NEW enamel dots are!

I wanted my title to go across the bottom of my photo, but found that the letter stickers were getting lost in the image. I added a couple of strips of the decorative tape to fade and soften a section of the picture, allowing the letter stickers to show up better. Almost like a beautiful strip of patterned vellum. Love it! 

Danni says:Hi everyone!  Danni here to share some cards created with the new enamel dots in The Sweetest Thing line.  I was giddy to see these new enamel dots in the CHA summer releases.  I love the colors, sizes and texture.They are perfect for cards and layouts to add the extra little something without adding a lot of bulky embellishments.  My favorite part about these enamel dots is how you can use them to accentuate your card, as a subtle embellishment, or as the main focal because of the fun colors. 

On the first couple of cards, I wanted to use the dots to accentuate my sentiment, adding the little extra splash of color while still allowing the cards to be mailed easily.  I love that you have so many sizes to choose from in each package to add the perfect amount of color.

On the next two cards, I was excited to create focal embellishments using the dots.  I really wanted to play with the colors on the first card, a bright, cheery card for someone special so I pulled out the new stamp set and matched my inks to the enamel dots.
 
Aren't those dots the most cheerful little things?  I just love them.  After creating this card, I had an idea to use them as flower centers because...well,they just HAD to be used this way! I punched a few flowers and added them as focals.  I love them against this background patterned paper, it really allowed the colors to pop.

As you can see, even with the larger dots, you could still mail these relatively easily, without a lot of hassle. 

I really hope you'll give these new enamel dots a try, they are so much fun and really add a lot of color to your projects.

Supplies: The Sweetest Thing-Tangerine:Sunny patterned paper,Woodsy patterned paper,Dandy patterned paper, Blossom patterned paper,Round patterned paper, Chevron patterned paper,enamel dots,tiny word stickers,stamps;The Sweetest Thing-Lavender:Swatch patterned paper,Misc: Cameo File cuts, lace trim from stash, Jenni Bowlin and Papertrey Ink ink pads, Lil Inkers label die