Release Day...

Tonight is the night all of the new products will be up for grabs at Papertrey Ink at 10pm EST! Have you seen something you can't live without? I have a few more things to show you today.

Here is Enclosed: Wreath. It's a two-step process really, with the top "Peace" circle that lays over the top of the stamped wreath portion. The wreath is glittered with fine glitter.

The background was stamped with the new Fair Isle Borders stamps. Love these! I didn't want it to compete too much with the wreath, so I added a strip of vellum under the center to tone down the spot where the "Peace" was.

Peace card:

STAMPS: Enclosed: Wreath, Fair Isle Borders
INK: Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado

PAPER: white, vellum

DIES: Enclosed: Wreath

OTHER: fine glitter.

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Here is Cup of Cheer and Keep It Simple: Gift Thanks.

The frame is die cut with Center Style: Feminine Die. I love how you can add a little scene in the center of the card, and it just frames it nicely. The cups were die cut and popped up for a little dimension. "Thank you for the gift" is stamped with Keep It Simple: Gift Thanks.

Thank You for the Gift card:

STAMPS: Cup of Cheer, Keep It Simple: Gift Thanks
INK: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, New Leaf, Versamark

PAPER: True Black and white cardstock, Holiday Plaid paper pad

DIES: Cup of Cheer dies,  Center Style: Feminine die

OTHER: white embossing powder.

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This is the new Joyful Christmas stamp set (pretty bottle brush trees!). I used Christmas Cheer stamps and dies on this card as well ("Happy Holiday to you").

The Joyful Christmas trees were heat embossed with white embossing powder, and I've added some pretty faux snow to the bottoms of the trees for sparkle.

Happy Holiday to You card:

STAMPS: Joyful Christmas
INK: True Black; Versamark - craft supply, Soft Granite - Hero Arts

PAPER: Holiday Plaid paper pad, Aqua Mist cardstock; other - gray cardstock from craft store

DIES: Center Style: Feminine Style

OTHER: Faux snow, twine.

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On the last card, I've used Warmest Wishes (let it snow) and Snowflake Sparkle (snowflakes).

The large JOY letters are die cut from the new Wet Paint Alphabet Upper dies.

Joy card:

STAMPS: Warmest Wishes, Snowflake Sparkle
INK: Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Tropical Teal, Aqua Mist, True Black

PAPER: Aqua Mist/white cardstock, Enchanted Evening Pattern Pack

DIES: Wet Paint Alphabet Upper

OTHER: Wood stars - Make It Market Mini Kit: Holiday Folk.

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The new products you see here today will be available tonight, October 15th, at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink. Here are the other design team members' wonderful blogs...stop by and visit them to see more!

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

Creative Cardmaker: holiday cards...

Are you getting a jump start on your holiday cards yet? I went to the Scrapbook Expo last Friday with my friends Claudia and Laura and picked up the super cute Claus & Co. line by Simple Stories. I couldn't wait to make some fun cards with it.

So today on the Scrapbook Expo blog, I have a tutorial up to show you how to make FIVE holiday cards! CLICK HERE for the tutorial link. I'm also going to be putting these five cards up for sale in a little card set soon. Be looking for these and more on the "shop" tab at the top of my blog.

Supplies: Simple Stories – Claus & Co. 31 Chipboard Stickers, Chipboard Frames, Wood Veneer, Washi Paper Tape, Interactive Elements. Other: Super Star Borders die by Papertrey Ink, Wet Paint Holiday stamps and dies by Papertrey Ink, twine by the Twinery, clear 6 MM sequins by Pretty Pink Posh and gray cardstock from the craft store. 

Thanks for swinging by! The next Papertrey Ink countdown will begin soon, and we have LOTS to show you, so stay tuned!

Quick + Easy Holiday Wraps...

We have another group post today for Papertrey Ink today, this time it's all about quick and easy holiday tags, wraps, gift card holders, bags and boxes. All of the new products we share peeks of today will be available for purchase at Papertrey Ink on Sept. 15th at 10pm EST.

First up are the Minute To Make: Holiday Tags 1 stamps and Minute To Make Holiday Tags die. I love these! They are really quick and easy to make a ton of tags in no time!

I've found a couple of cute, inexpensive gift card boxes at Target to match my tags. I think you can get them at Walmart even cheaper (for $1) when the holiday boxes and gift wrappings come out. The tags are super quick and easy.

Joy & Peace Tags:

STAMPS: Minute to Make: Holiday Tags 1

INK: Pure Poppy, Tropical Teal, Simply Chartreuse

PAPER: new tag cardstock

DIES: Minute to Make: Holiday Tags dies

OTHER: seam binding.

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Next up are the new Ribbon Sliders stamps, dies and papers. These are ones I cut out of the patterned paper pack.

This is a gift box from Target that had the dots already printed on it, but I wanted to dress up the top with some stamping with the arrow from Ribbon Sliders and added a preprinted slider that I cut out with the dies.  Quick, right?!

The box had pre-cut holes for the ribbon, which was perfect, but you could make your own by using a paper piercer to punch holes in the sides of a box for the ribbon to tie your ribbon slider on.

A Little Something Gift Box:

STAMPS: Ribbon Sliders

INK: Fresh Snow

PAPER: Ribbon Sliders

DIES: Ribbon Sliders

OTHER: gift box - Target, white embossing powder.

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Next is Christmas Tree Change Up stamps and dies.

Mine is a little bit different. It's not a box. I created a wrap instead and added a cellophane bag in the middle full of mints. The front and back are stapled at the top with the bag stapled right in between, then the twine is added and a star to cover the staple.

 Merry Christmas Treat Wrap:

STAMPS: Christmas Tree Change Up

INK: Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush

PAPER: white

DIES: Christmas Tree Change Up Box

OTHER: twine, sequins, cellophane bag, mints.

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Last are the new In the Bag stamps and dies. I didn't do a holiday project this time.

The In the Bag stamps and dies make a cute little bag to add to the front of a card to slide a gift card into. (I totally forgot to add a gift card before taking my photos, sorry about that!)

Thanks card:

STAMPS: In the Bag, Vintage Linens

INK: Simply Chartreuse, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, True Black by PTI; Soft Granite by Hero Arts

PAPER: Mood Mix collection from Stamp-a-Faire2015

DIES: In the Bag

OTHER: twine, enamel dot.
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All of the new products you see here today will be available Sept. 15th at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink. Here are the other design team members' wonderful blogs...stop by and visit them to see more!

Amy Sheffer
Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln
Laurie Willison
Lizzie Jones
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Make It Monday...

I'm up at Papertrey Ink today (Nichole's blog) with a new video for our weekly Make It Monday tutorial! I decided to try something a little bit different and talk about a particular style that my friend Wida Miller has coined, "Modern Whimsy". She tells me this is what my style is called! So I've been thinking about this a lot and what defines the style I'm most drawn to. I made a video to share a few tips on achieving this look. I hope you enjoy the video! And thank you to Wida for helping me figure out what my style is. I didn't know it had a name! :) It really helped to hear her view of what my style is, and how others view it...

You can watch the video HERE. To me, the Modern Whimsy style is a little carefree, not perfectly straight, light and airy, yet colorful with a lot of detail. Layered with hints of items peeking out from the back. Vellum and light backgrounds are always great additions to this style!

I did make a Pinterest board with more examples of what I feel this style looks like if you want to take a peek at more samples: Modern Whimsy on Pinterest. I get a lot of inspiration from scrapbooking pages. You can do anything on a card that you can do on a layout. Please let me know if you have any questions, I'd be glad to answer them. Have fun with this challenge! One winner will be chosen on Nichole's blog for a $25 gift certificate to use however you'd like at Papertrey Ink. Give it a try!

Peace card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Holiday Button Bits, Layered Postmarks: Holiday

INK: True Black, Versamark

PAPER: Pure Poppy Pattern Pack, Sweet Blush Pattern Pack, Aqua Mist cardstock, vellum

DIES: Damask Snowflake, Half & Half, Fancy Flakes, One Liners

OTHER: twine, stars by Studio Calico, white embossing powder, washi tape.

Quick and easy holiday photo cards...

Happy countdown, everyone! We're back with another group post, this time we are showing you some new ways to create holiday photo cards.

All photos you see today were taken by my talented friend, Becky Novacek. Her photography is unbelievable, and I'm honored she allowed me to use some of her amazing photos today for my projects! WAIT 'til you see all these cute families...

For the first card, I chose a fun design in a watercolor look that's so popular right now. Since the photo was so fun and energetic, I wanted a fun look to go with it, and the "Merry & Bright" sentiment just seemed fitting! I used the new Instant Photo: Holiday stamps and the Instant Photo Pull Out Die mixed with an older set called Watercolor Wonder. The die creates a pocket for your 2.5" photos and a tag that slides out.

I chose ink colors that I thought would work well with the photo on the front: Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice and New Leaf. I stamped the Merry from Instant Photo: Holidays, curving the stamp a bit on my block to match the curve of the Watercolor Wonder stamps. Then two more stripes in Limeade Ice and New Leaf. Last I stamped "& bright" with Versamark ink over the bottom stripe and embossed it in white.

On the inside of the tag, I chose a larger sentiment from Instant Photo: Holidays in Hawiian Shores, then added a few more stripes from Watercolor Wonder over the top to make the look cohesive. (I didn't use New Leaf on the inside, because it would have been too dark and would have covered up the sentiment, so I opted for Harvest Gold instead.)

Next up are the One Liners dies.

THESE are my favorite item of the whole release this month!!! Here I've cut one to place on the 5x7" photo with white cardstock. It fits perfectly and is adhered with 1/8" Scor-Tape directly onto the photo. Easy! Save all that money you would put into getting them printed like this and GET this die! I'm so doing this after we get our holiday picture taken.

Here's a One Liner on a 4x6" photo. I just snipped off a little bit of the left side of the line to make it fit the 4x6" photo. Added a piece of twine.

You can also put these One Liner dies to use on cards! These aren't JUST for photo cards, oh no! They also work great for regular greeting cards too. Can you tell I love them? This one is cut in Aqua Mist and layered over a Crate Paper patterned paper.
I used Dawn's new Background Basics: Stitching stamp set with Melon Berry ink on the bottom of the card. (Melon Berry + Aqua Mist = love.) I wish I could get better photos for you! It's been raining cats and dogs here.

And the two little leaves are stamped in Melon Berry with Mighty Oak stamps/dies from last month, with a Studio Calico chipboard star added over the top.

I really enjoyed these products, hope you will too. Visit the team to see more:

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

All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Merry & Bright card:

STAMPS: Instant Photo: Holidays, Watercolor Wonder

INK: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Soft Stone

PAPER: White cardstock

DIES: Instant Photo Pull Out Die

OTHER: twine.

Photo cards with One Liners:
STAMPS: none
INK: none
PAPER: white cardstock
DIES: One Liners
OTHER: twine.

From Our Family card:
STAMPS: Mighty Oak, Holiday Cheer
INK: Melon Berry, True Black
PAPER: white and Aqua Mist, patterned paper by Crate Paper
DIES: One Liners
OTHER: seam binding by Hug Snug, chipboard star by Studio Calico.