Half & Half...

Today I'm back with Papertrey Ink and another group blog post! We are highlighting the very cool new stamp set and dies called Half & Half, which are coming out on the 15th. What I love about these is that they are like tags that you cut yourself with your die cutting machine, they have all different pretty ends on them and stamps to go with the dies to decorate the tags! These are longer than a normal tag, so you could certainly use them on scrapbook pages for a cool look also.

Here I have cut three of them and did some layering with them, two in the background horizontally and one on top vertically, and just trimmed them at different lengths.
I added some trims to soften the tag and add dimension. The pretty pom pom trim is by Melissa Frances. I put it on my card upside down so the little pom poms would fall over like little wild flowers. The stamps I used on the white portion of the tag are new this time also, and are called Flower Fusion #6.

Grateful For You card:

Stamps: Half & Half, Flower Fusion #6
Ink: Smokey Shadow, True Black, Lavender Moon, Simply Chartruese
Paper: Gray and creme cardstock
Dies: Half & Half
Other: pom pom trim and resin by Melissa Frances, other trim by Prima, Papertrey Ink twine

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This card has a tag cut with the Half & Half dies and stamped with Raspberry Fizz ink with the Half & Half stamp set. I cut a 4" star with my Cricut. Can't get enough stars lately!

I love the different swirls and ends to decorate the tags with. This stamp set also comes with sentiments, as you can see the Celebrate one here.

Celebrate card:

Stamps: Half & Half
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, True Black, Pure Poppy
Paper: Raspberry Fizz cardstock, white cardstock, yellow by October Afternoon, orange by Crate Paper
Dies: Half & Half
Other: flower by Maya Road, button is Holiday Mix by Papertrey Ink,
twine from the Twinery, Pure Poppy ribbon by Papertrey Ink.

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Lastly, I thought I should try a boy-ish card, so I kept it simple and just embossed the tag with the Vineyard Impression Plate, then stamped the sentiment and bracket on the end.

Joy and Happiness card:

Stamps: Half & Half
Ink: True Black, Hawaiian Shores
Paper: Papertrey Ink cardstock, Pink Paislee - Hometown Summer (green)
Dies: 2" circle punch, star punch, Vineyard Impression Plate, Half & Half dies
Other: Holiday Mix button, twine, corner rounder.

Thank you for visiting! Hop on over to visit the other ladies to see what they've done with this set of stamps and dies!  I'll be back tomorrow with another group blog post.

Betsy Veldman  

Dawn McVey  

Erin Lincoln  

Heather Nichols  

Jessica Witty  

Lisa Johnson  

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips
Michelle Wooderson
Nichole Heady