Trimming the Tree...

Good morning! Welcome to another blog hop for Papertrey Ink! We have some ornament inspiration for you today. First up are the new What the Doodle: Ornament stamps and dies! I used the two-layer dies to create the ornament and also used the greenery from this set as well. I stamped it and colored it in with a green Copic marker.
The sentiment is from this set also, it's stamped on a Tremendous Tags die, then trimmed down a bit skinnier to fit. The berries are from the new Holiday Greens stamps and dies. I created this as an ornament to hang on a tree, but I think these would be gorgeous on the cover of a mini book, or as home decor as well!

Merry and Bright Ornament:

STAMPS: Holiday Greens, What the Doodle: Ornament

INK: Pure Poppy, Lovely Lady, New Leaf

PAPER: Holiday Plaid, white

DIES: Holiday Greens, What the Doodle: Ornament, Tremendous Tags

OTHER: twine, seam binding, resin frame - Melissa Frances.

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The second ornament is made with Vintage Ornaments II and What the Doodle: Ornament.

These Vintage Ornaments are multi-step, so you can add more than one color to them! So pretty! I started with the dark outline and then filled in the pieces with the other stamps.

Love and Laughter Ornament:

STAMPS: Vintage Ornaments II, What the Doodle: Ornament

INK: New Leaf, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy

PAPER: Holiday Plaid, white

DIES: Vintage Ornaments II, What the Doodle: Ornament, Tremendous Tags

OTHER: twine, seam binding, resin frame - Melissa Frances, Copic markers, sequins.

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Next up are the new Stitched Ornaments: Classics dies (middle snowflake) and Stitched Ornaments: Sequins dies (pink background). These dies will cut the holes and the shape of the ornament. I didn't make a traditional ornament, as you will see on Nichole's blog with Erin's video, but I decided to make flat ones instead utilizing a big snowflake die!

The large felt teal snowflake center is made with the Stitched Ornaments: Embroidered die. I just stitched certain holes to create my own design. Behind the felt centers are Fancy Flakes dies, then I used Rustic Cream Button Twine as hangers at the top.

Here you can see the stitching up close. A bunch of these would make a cute set, don't you think? Or hang a tiny tag on them with a sentiment and use them as gift tags!

Felt Snowflake Ornaments:

PAPER: white

DIES: Fancy Flakes, Stitched Ornament: Classics, Stitched Ornaments: Sequins, Stitched Ornaments: Embroidered

OTHER: Rustic Cream button twine, white floss, Tropical Teal and Sweet Blush felt, sequins.

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Don't forget to shop 9/15/16 at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink to get all of the new products we have been previewing this week! Stop by each of these blogs to see more: 

Amy Sheffer
Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Kay Miller
Laurie Willison
Lizzie Jones
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Make It Market: All Through the House...

"...not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse!" The next Make It Market Kit will be released on October 1st and it is entitled "All Through the House".  This is Betsy's much anticipated big holiday kit for the year. 

There are actually two kits, a main kit with the basic dies, stamps and paper. Then a Trimmings Kit will all kinds of fun extras. The kit revolves around a basic matchbox design and dozens of options for customizing and altering them!  Betsy has integrated SO many amazing details into everything here, not only will your projects be gorgeous, but quick and easy to put together too.  From gift card holders to tree ornaments, dimensional gift tags to place card holders, and even just intriguing card accents, you will never run out of options with this kit! You will have fun experimenting and playing with all of the contents once they show up at your door.

ALL THROUGH THE HOUSE KIT CONTENTS:
All Through the House stamp set                           
All Through the House die collection
All Through the House: Base die collection
All Through the House: Frame die collection
All Through the House: Box Top die collection
All Through the House paper pad
Total Retail Cost: $115

TRIMMINGS KIT CONTENTS:

Petite LED Lights, set of 4
Miniature Cardinals, set of 2
Miniature Wooden Mice, set of 3
1" Miniature Sisal Wreaths, set of 3
1-1/2" Miniature Sisal Trees
Miniature Lamposts, 2
Small Silver Knobs,set of 6
Cotton Snow, 0.75 oz.
Wide Eyelets, one whole package
3 yds. 1-1/2" Red Twill Chevron Ribbon
3 yds. Red Shimmer Baker's Twine
1 yd. Parrot Green 1/8” velvet ribbon
1 yd. Red Scalloped Trim
1 yd. Light Blue Velvet Ribbon
1 yd. Red/Silver Pom-pom Trim

1 yd. Silver Tinsel Trim
Total Retail Cost: $49

There will be a limited number of these exclusive kits available, so be sure to get yours on Thursday! The "All Through the House" Kit will be available for sale beginning on October 1st at 10pm ET, only at Papertrey Ink. Read all the details on Nichole's blog or contact Customer Service with any questions.

Let's get onto projects! First up is a matchbox gift card holder. 

The matchbox die from the kit was used to create the box base from Aqua Mist cardstock and the frame die was used to trim the top piece. It creates slits in the paper for the ribbon to slide through. There is also a die that creates a sleeve for the box, which the joy top is adhered to.

Insert a gift card and tie the ribbon at the top of the box by the bird, and you've got a nice gift card box in a matter of minutes! The little bird from the Trimmings kit is hot glued onto the top.

Next up is an ornament.

The matchbox die was used once again to cut out the box, then I added a paper from the kit inside the box, ribbon from the kit around the edges and two die cut presents with snow! There is a grommet put into the top of the box to hang the tinsel.
The presents even have little die cut tags. The box is backed with a patterned paper frame.

Last, I have two cards to share.

First, the Merry Little Christmas card. This one was trimmed out with the frame die using the patterned paper in the kit. I slipped a piece of the kit paper in through the frame slits, then backed it with the gray snowflake paper. Added some stamped and die cut pieces, a wreath and a bird and added some glitter to the snowy rooftop. Most of the hard work is done for you here with the pretty papers!

The ribbon at the bottom of the card was in the Trimmings kit and is sticky-backed! That made it super easy to attach it to the card. On the Holiday Cheer card, I did the same thing, cut the paper out with the frame, slid the striped paper through. Added some dimensional die cuts and fine glitter for the snow.

Can't wait to make more projects with this kit!

Be sure to check out Betsy, Melissa, Heather, and Amy for more All Through the House projects! And grab your kits on Oct. 1st at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink!

cookie cutter ornaments...

Today is Day 5 of Pink Paislee's Winter Wonderland Event. I hope you'll stop over to the Pink Paislee blog to read how to make these four little cookie cutter ornaments. There is a PDF to download the instructions and free digital ephemera pieces like the ones I used here, along with a chance to win a prize pack!

I found a 4 pack of cookie cutters all nestled together in a package in the baking section at AC Moore and thought they would make fun ornaments or table decor.

Some of these are backed with Pink Paislee's Snow Day paper, the one below is backed with a photo of my girls, and the last one is backed with a Snow Day die cut. 

I added lots of pom pom trim and glitter for a snowy effect. You could keep these up all winter!

Don't forget the Winter Wonderland Event runs for 7 more days, so check back to the Pink Paislee blog each day for your chance to win! I am off to spend a day of shopping with my husband to pick up the rest of our Christmas gifts while the girls are at school, can't wait to spend some time with him! Have a great day! xo

decoupaged handmade ornaments...

I'm so excited to show you some handmade ornaments I created the other day for one of my Papertrey Ink projects. They are sort of shabby and vintagey in feel. These were made very simply with a few wooden items from the craft store, some chandelier crystals and tinsel by Melissa Frances, tissue paper and stamps/ink!

Here are the supplies I used for one ornament (in this order from top to bottom):

I have 1 small chandelier crystal from Melissa Frances, a small wooden ball (1/2"), a wooden acorn (1 1/8"), a toy wheel (1"), a large wooden ball (2"), another toy wheel (1"), a medium ball (1"), and a long skinny chandelier crystal by Melissa Frances. These are all hot glued together in this order, and then I painted the whole thing white with acrylic paint. (Don't paint the crystals!) You can find these wooden pieces in the wooden section of your craft store. 

The crystals actually have a hole in the top of them, perfect for tying a string on for hanging. These are the tops of the ornaments.

These are the bottoms. I just love these crystals.

After I hot glued all of the pieces together and painted it white, I had to figure out a way to add the sentiment. If I stamped directly on the curved surface, it wouldn't work out so well. So, I thought I'd stamp onto a piece of white tissue paper and glue it on the front. I used Papertrey Ink's Christmas Blessings stamp set for the sentiments and the Holiday Photo Finishers for the swirls. I stamped the swirls first in a lighter color, such as gray or brown, then the sentiment in black, then tore out the image from the tissue paper.

Next, I added some wet glue to the center of the ornament on the large ball. The stamped tissue paper is placed over the glue and pressed down, making sure to press all of the edges down. Then I added more wet glue over the top of the image as well to seal it to the ornament. I used Tombow Mono Liquid Glue, but Mod Podge would work as well.

It's ok if the image gets a little wrinkled in the gluing process. To me, that's all in the charm of this piece! Here is the stamping on the other ornament before I applied it.

After adding the sentiments, hot glue a strip of tinsel around the top of the large ball.

The stamping does seem to get a bit lighter when you add the glue over the top, so be sure to do a darker stamping than I did here for the swirls....unless you want them to be subtle.

The finished size of these are almost 8" long. I think they'd be adorable as a set for Christmas, hanging over a mirror, hanging from a mantle!