Release Day: February...

Today is release day when all of the new products for the month will be available (10pm EST) at Papertrey Ink. I have a few more new sets to show you. What fun it's been with the 8th Anniversary festivities, hasn't it?

First up is the new Etched Easter Eggs, and I made some little gift tags for Easter with the stamps and dies.

The tags are cut with the new Enclosed: Basic Folded Tag, then I stamped the vines with Lovely Laurels. I tucked some Etched Easter Eggs dies into the stamped leaf sprigs.

Sequins are from the Lovely Laurels mini kit. Love these! Pink twine finishes off the tags. The eggs are actually backed with acetate cut with the Egg die, so they kind of shine and resemble stained glass, even though it's hard to see in the photos.

Easter Tag Set:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Etched Easter Eggs, Lovely Laurels
INK: Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, New Leaf, True Black
PAPER: White
DIES: Etched Easter Eggs dies, Egg Die, Enclosed: Basic Folded Tag die
OTHER: Twine, sequins from Lovely Laurels mini kit.
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Next up, an Easter card with Easter Alleluias!

Love the big fonts in Easter Alleluias! I used Lovely Laurels again in the background and just inked up half of it at a time, so I could stamp the leaf sprigs going "out" instead of in towards each other, then tucked a "He is risen" sentiment inside. Added some stamped flowers and sequins from Lovely Laurels. Then I wanted a paper to add to the top that had all the colors in it that I used on my card to tie them all together, so I decided to make my own with Background Basics: Super Stripes.

Alleluia! card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Easter Alleluias, Lovely Laurels, Background Basics: Super Stripes

INK: Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold

PAPER: White

DIES: Lovely Laurels

OTHER: sequins - Lovely Laurels mini kit.

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Here are Blue Skies stamps and dies.

The rays are cut with Cover Plate: Blue Skies Rays die and stamped with the stamp set with Summer Sunrise ink.  Then I die cut and stamped the cupcakes. A fun little birthday card!

Sunny With a Chance of Sprinkles card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Blue Skies

INK: Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Pure Poppy

PAPER: Raspberry Fizz Pattern Pack, Harvest Gold and White cardstock

DIES: Blue Skies, Cover Plate: Blue Skies Rays

OTHER: pearl by Melissa Frances, corner rounder, Martha Stewart scalloped circle punch.

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Here is Monthly Moments: Year Round Mini stamp set (February stamp). I also used the Birthday Classics: September set to add "happy" and "birthday".

The flowers are cut and stamped with Bitty Bouquets. Paper is from the new Luxe Silver Foil papers. I really like the purples and silver together!

 Happy February Birthday card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Monthly Moments: Year Round Mini, Bitty Bouquets, Birthday Classics: September

INK: Plum Pudding, New Leaf, Lavender Moon

PAPER: Lavender Moon cardstock, Luxe Silver Foil papers

DIES: Bitty Bouquets, 2" circle punch - Fiskars

OTHER: pearls by Melissa Frances.

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This is Keep It Simple: Mother stamp set that I stamped and embossed onto Sheer Basics Vellum. 

These pretty papers are the new Luxe Gold Foil papers (A2size), all I did was add a few things in the center, a 2" punched circle from Sweet Blush cardstock, a vellum circle cut with Limitless Layers 2 1/2" Circle die, a Swoosh die cut from Luxe Gold Cardstock and a flower cut with Bitty Bouquets.

With Love on Mother's Day card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Keep It Simple: Mother, Bitty Bouquets

INK: Pure Poppy, Spring Moss

PAPER: Sweet Blush, Sheer Basics Vellum, Luxe Gold Cardstock, Luxe Gold Foil papers (background)

DIES: Bitty Bouquets, 2" circle punch, Limitless Layers 2 1/2" Circle, Swoosh

OTHER: pearl by Melissa Frances, white embossing powder.

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Here is one more with Quilted: Spring stamps and dies. 

Isn't it pretty? A quilt lovers dream and a great set for getting to add lots of different colors. 

 Love Is the Tie Quilted card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Monthly Moments: Year Round Mini

INK: Lavender Moon, Scarlet Jewel, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, Sweet Blush, True Black

PAPER: white

DIES: Quilted: Spring dies

OTHER: twine, clear sequins - Pretty Pink Posh.

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Everything will be available on Feb. 15 at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink. 

Want to see more ideas with the new products? Visit the PTI team:

Amy Sheffer

Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Lauri Willison
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Honoring Moms!

For today's group post, we are highlighting some of the new Mother's Day products that are coming out this month at Papertrey Ink! I can't tell you how much I love the new Bitty Bouquets stamps and dies! I stamped a few different ones here and tucked them around the new Keep It Simple Frames dies. I can see so many uses for these!

Hopefully you can see the beautiful embossed stitched detail on the frame. And the Sheer Basics Vellum paper pack is new to Papertrey Ink too! You get 3 sheets of 6 different patterns in an 8.5 x 11" format. I'll be using these quite a bit, love them! :)

Don't you think the card above could be used for so many occasions? I was thinking Mother's Day, but now that I look at it more, it reminds me of Easter. The "enjoy" is embossed with white embossing powder. I tried to stamp onto the vellum with permanent ink, but the polkadots resist the ink, so embossing is the way to go on this sheer vellum paper if you are going to be stamping on it!

Enjoy card:

STAMPS: Bitty Bouquets, Mini Blooms (tiny light pink flowers)

INK: Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, Simply  Chartreuse, Spring Moss

PAPER: Sheer Basics Vellum, Raspberry Fizz cardstock, Summer Sunrise Bitty Dot

DIES: Bitty Bouquets, Keep It Simple Frames

OTHER: white embossing powder.

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Next if you have a mom that's not really a pink person, I have one more that has a little more modern color combination, yet still feminine. :)

This card utilizes the Keep It Simple Frames dies again, love these. And the Bitty Bouquets. And the Sheer Basics Vellum. The sentiment is from a new stamp set called Tucked In: Mother, meant to be tucked inside, but you can see I used it on the front of the card instead of the inside! Works both ways, if you ask me!

The vellum can be easily attached under the flower bouquets where you won't see the adhesive. I tied the seam binding around the frame to hold it on.

Words Can't Express card:

STAMPS: Tucked In: Mother: Bitty Bouquets

INK: True Black, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss

PAPER: white and gray cardstock, Sheer BasicsVellum Paper Pack

DIES: Bitty Bouquets, Keep It Simple Frames, Edgers #4

OTHER: seam binding by Zipperstop.

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Visit Nichole Heady's blog for more details on these products and how you can win a year of free stamps! Also, you can be entered to win an $80 gift certificate by building a bouquet on a card cover by combining more than one floral set like I did on my first card.  Good luck and have fun with it!

Spring Fling ...

Papertrey Ink will be releasing its new products for February on the 15th at 10 pm EST. Here are a few more fun things coming out this month...today it's all about SPRING! See Nichole's blog for the Scavenger Hunt information if you want to play along!

This card was made with the new Garden Grace stamps and dies. I first die cut the big floral piece, then stamped the leaves, which is all one stamp. I used Harvest Gold and Sweet Blush ink for the flowers, Aqua Mist ink on the leaves, and Fine Linen around the edges of the flowers. To create the flowers all different colors, I stamped them individually onto the die cut.

The new Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal die was cut from white cardstock, and I wrapped the seam binding around it before attaching it to the white card base. To adhere the the cover plate, I used 1/8" Scrappy Tape, which is just like Scor-Tape. Worked like a charm to hold all of the strips down!

Every card looks naked without sequins now to me...I've got a problem. :) Sentiment is stamped on vellum with the Garden Grace stamp set. Vellum, another addiction of mine!

Happy Mother's Day card:

STAMPS: Garden Grace

INK: True Black, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Fine Linen

PAPER: White, Sweet Blush Pattern Pack

DIES: Bunny Bag die (heart), Garden Grace, Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal

OTHER:  sequins by Pretty Pink Posh, vellum, clothespin by Pebbles, seam binding by Zipperstop.

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Next is the Bunny Bag die, which makes a cute little favor/gift bag!

The bunny bag when put together is roughly 4" high (with the ears about 6 1/2" high) and about 2 1/2" wide. I cut this one from Sweet Blush Patterned Paper and added Classic Kraft felt for the nose and inner ears and twine for the whiskers. (Holes are already cut for you when you cut the bag! All you have to do is slide in 3 pieces of twine, wire or pipe cleaners for the whiskers!) There are also dies included to stitch the ears and nose if you'd like to add stitching. I bent one of her ears over for a floppy ear.

You can position the arms, so that the bunny can hold something. I randomly stamped some flowers with the new Garden Grace stamp set, trimmed around them and tucked them under the bunny's arms. Then I made a little sign to hang over her arm. To hang it, I made a loop with twine and taped it onto the back of the sign with washi tape. Sentiment is from the new Hippity Hoppity stamp set.

Some Bunny Loves You gift bag:
STAMPS: Hippity Hoppity, Garden Grace
INK: True Black, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist, Fine Linen
PAPER: Sweet Blush Pattern Pack
DIES: Bunny Bag die
OTHER:  twine and Classic Kraft felt by Papertrey Ink, pearls by Melissa Frances.
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Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with these fun spring products, available on 2/15 at Papertrey Ink.

Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady