Hey, crafty friend! Today I'm celebrating the release of Cherry Sweet, a juicy new collection from Frank Garcia and Prima Marketing! This collection has a ton of wonderful papers and ephemera, so I wanted to focus in on those paper elements for my first project with this collection. 

So for this tutorial, I'm sharing how to show off layers of paper using tearing and rolling. This adds dimension and texture to your layers of paper. And of course, I share how I layered on all the moulds, paper flowers and the pretty butterfly, cherry and bow ephemera in this super sweet collection. 

I've got a step-by-step video tutorial for you on the Prima Marketing YouTube channel which you can watch above. But I wanted to talk about a few extra things here! 

First, you can find a similar wooden heart shape on Amazon (I got mine from a local craft store over a year ago) and that you can paint with Finn's White Gesso! That will take care of your base for this project. 

Now on to the collection itself. If you hate fussy cutting, but you love ephemera, you will really enjoy this collection! There are 4 packs of ephemera with this collection--yes, you read that correctly, 4 packs of ephemera! There's frames, butterflies and bows and 2 packs of a bunch of different elements. And the best part, the white halo is nearly non-existent! 

That means you can just get down to the business of creating. For this project, I did cut out some of the white internal bits between the cherry stems, but honestly, it got covered with flowers later so, it's really not necessary when creating your own version of this project. 

I really love the papers for this collection. There are Frank's usually collage style designs on the A sides, but on the B sides are some wonderful shabby chic style backgrounds with lots of butterflies, flowers and cherries (of course)!

There are several packs of flowers in this collection, ranging in size from medium to small. There's the more dimensional roses, but plenty of smaller/flatter flowers that are perfect for cards--like those sweet ones with the diamond centers! 

I especially love the deep red flowers, but there's also white, pink and aqua! 

This collection also really looks great with the flourish style moulds from Redesign with Prima. I paired this particular project with the Majestic Flourish mould. I can't wait to try other pairings, though! 

And as always, I highly recommend pairing Frank's collections with lace/trims. His shabby chic style is perfect for touches of lace, pom pom trims, ribbons and more. 

I can't wait to see what you create with is juicy and sweet collection! As always, check out the full supply list below and until next time, happy crafting!

Adrienne

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Scrapbook.com, A Cherry On Top, Spellbinders, Sizzix, Etsy & Amazon

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Below are products that I used for this project.