Papertrey Ink's new releases for January...

Tonight at 10pm all of the new stamps and dies for January will be released at Papertrey Ink! We've been sharing a few things that are new, and today we get to show you the rest. This card was made with Wonderful Words: Friends stamps.

I stamped the big "friends" onto vellum, embossed and cut it out. Yes, I'm so addicted to the vellum look! I also used another one of the flowers from Doodie-Do on vellum and backed it with Harvest Gold patterned paper. The background of the card was just made with strips of washi tape.

Friends Make the World card:

STAMPS: Wonderful Words: Friends, Doodlie-Do

INK: Melon Berry, Harvest Gold, Versamark
PAPER: white, Harvest Gold Pattern Pack

DIES: none

OTHER: white embossing powder, seam binding, washi tape.

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Next is Boutique Borders: Friends. I also stamped the background of the tag in Background Basics: Diagonal Additions.

I created a petal card with patterned paper and tied seam binding around to hold it closed, then added a quick tag.

My Dear Friend Envelope and Tag:

STAMPS: Boutique Borders: Friends, Background Basics: Diagonal Addtions
INK: Harvest Gold, True Black by PTI, Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: Rustic Cream, patterned paper by Crate Paper's Bundled Up line
DIES: Tag Sale #9
OTHER: seam binding, button, twine.
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Last, but not least is Life's Music on the front of a little notebook.

I added "just a note" from Think Big Favorites #22.

 Just A Note Notebook
STAMPS: Life's Music, Think Big Favorites #22
INK: True Black
PAPER: white
DIES: none
OTHER: washi tape, chipboard stars by Studio Calico, seam binding by Zipperstop, 
glassine bag from Michael's.
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Guess I was in a polka dot mood when creating these. Ha. Want to see more? Visit the other Papertrey Ink team members, and don't forget all of these new items will be available for purchase tonight!

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

release day...

The Papertrey Ink team is back to show you what other products are new this month! All of the new products will be released tonight at 10 p.m. EST. 
The frame on the first card was done with the new Boutique Borders: Thinking of You stamps and dies. I stamped the bottom with Mini Blooms.

Thinking of You card:
STAMPS: Boutique Borders: Thinking of You, Mini Blooms
INK: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Spring Moss
PAPER: Aqua Mist and White cardstock, Pure Poppy Pattern Pack
DIES: Boutique Borders: Thinking of You
OTHER: ribbon from Michael's, pearl by Melissa Frances, white embossing powder.
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Next is the new Tis the Season Sentiments and the new Cover Plate Center Stage that I cut out of Soft Stone cardstock. I stamped the Joy from Tis the Season Sentiments right over the cut cardstock with black ink.

I added "merry" cut from the Wonderful Words: Holiday set, some punched circles and twine to finish it off.

Joy Merry card:
STAMPS: Tis the Season Sentiments
INK: True Black
PAPER: Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, White cardstock, blue stripe is from Candy Cane Prints Pattern Pack
DIES: Cover Plate Center Stage, Wonderful Words: Holiday dies
OTHER: twine from Papertrey Ink.
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This is made with Rustic Wreath. I added the wreath over the Fancy Flake die and just colored the wreath in with a Copic marker to shade it a little bit.

Joyeux Noel card:
STAMPS: Rustic Wreath, Background Basics: Houndstooth
INK: Scarlet Jewel, Sweet Blush, Classic Kraft
PAPER: white, cream, Pure Poppy
DIES: Fancy Flakes, Rustic Wreath
OTHER: glitter, twine, flair- A Flair For Buttons on Etsy, Copic marker.
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This one's made with the new 2013 Holiday Tags. I repeated the holly motif from the tag onto the card with the Mistletoe & Holly set, used Spring Moss and Scarlet Jewel for this card - love this combination!

Little Something card:
STAMPS: 2013 Holiday Tags, Mistletoe & Holly
INK: Spring Moss, Scarlet Jewel, True Black
PAPER: Cream, white, Classic Kraft Pattern Pack
DIES: Fancy Flakes
OTHER: glitter, twine.
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On the Let It Snow card, I used the new Wonderful Words: Snow die and stamps, Background Basics: Evergreens (this is actually a long border that I trimmed down) and Background Basics: Christmas Joy (the word stamping on the bottom piece).

After I cut the word "snow" out, I kept the bottom piece and fit it back in. Love how that looks! I popped the front piece and the snow up, so you could see how the snow word fits into the bottom better. I didn't want it to blend into the striped background.

Let It Snow card:
STAMPS: Wonderful Words: Snow, Background Basics: Christmas Joy, Background Basics: Evergreens
INK: Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse
PAPER: Candy Cane Prints Pattern Pack, white cardstock
DIES: Wonderful Words: Snow, Fancy Flakes, Background Basics: Evergreens, Card Base-ics 2 die
OTHER: twine, wood veneer by Studio Calico, pearls by Melissa Frances.
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Next is Confetti Garland Borders. Aren't they adorable! You get circles, hearts, stars and snowflakes - 4 borders in the set! I cut the circle ones from white cardstock, then stamped the circles in all kinds of fun colors. Last, I punched matching cardstock colors, sprinkled on the dots and adhered them pretty much where they landed.

Sentiment is from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday. 

Wish Big card:

STAMPS: Confetti Garland Borders, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday
INK: Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry
PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Pure Poppy
DIES: Confetti Garland Borders
OTHER: hole punch.
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And last is Polka Dot Parade #9. I used the little star and the saying from this set. The bigger star stamp and the star border die are from the Confetti Garland Borders!

I stamped the Background Basics: Houndstooth in Scarlet Jewel and them cut out the One Liner from it. I wanted this card to kind of look like a gift, so I made 2 sides and separated it vertically with the Confetti Garland Border die and then separated the horizontal center with the One Liners die and the seam binding. 

Joy From Our Home to Yours card:
STAMPS: Confetti Garland Borders, Polka Dot Parade #9, Background Basics: Houndstooth
INK: Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate, Versamark
PAPER: Rustic Cream, Smokey Shadow, Scarlet Jewel Pattern Pack
DIES: One Liners, Confetti Garland Borders
OTHER: Seam binding.
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Visit the rest of the team to see more of the new products:
Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn McVey
Debbie Olson
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

9pm EST: "Sweet sugar coated embellishments"

I have another video to share with you, this time on making your own Sugar Coated Embellishments for your cards and projects. I am working with the Wonderful Words: Holiday dies and will show tips and techniques to adding fun glittery stripes and polkadots to dress up your die cuts!

You'll need:
1. some words die cut out of cardstock,
2. Ultra Fine Prisma Glitter and
3. 1/8" Scor Tape to create the striped effect you see here on this "peace" word on my holiday card set.

I've prepared a video for you showing my technique. I think it will be easier to explain by showing you instead of just pictures!

Let me know if you have any questions. Hope you've enjoyed Stamp-a-Faire so far!

Peace Be Still cards:
STAMPS: Peace Be Still, Mistletoe & Holly, Bountiful Banners, Think Big Favorites #9
INK: Soft Stone, Sweet Blush, True Black, New Leaf, Pure Poppy
PAPER: Soft Stone, Rustic White
DIES: Wonderful Words: Holiday, Bountiful Banners, Mistletoe & Holly
OTHER: Ultra Fine Prisma Glitter, 1/8" ScorTape, Martha Stewart Glue Pen.

a thank you card set...

I made a little card set just for fun today! It felt good to make something just because I wanted to and just because I felt creative, not for any assignments. :) I didn't get a chance to play with the new Mini Blooms stamp set and dies as much as I wanted to when they first arrived, so I wanted to sit down and play with them a bit.

On my first card, I used the banner from Papertrey Ink's In Stitches dies and wanted to layer it over the Mini Blooms flowers, so I cut some of the Mini Blooms and stamped them in Melon Berry, Pure Poppy and Sweet Blush inks. The leaves are stamped in New Leaf and Spring Moss inks. You can even layer the blooms like I did here by the banner.

I cut the "you" from the Wonderful Words dies with a dark gray cardstock from my stash and stamped "thank" from the Wonderful Additions Words in Soft Stone ink. I backed the Aqua Mist banner with Hawaiian Shores cardstock for more of a shadow effect on the banner.

The second card is very similar in that I used almost all of the same products, just a little bit different placement of them. I stamped "thank" in Hawaiian Shores and Aqua Mist inks (stamping them twice, not re-inking in between) to get the different shades of blue, starting at the bottom with the darkest color.

A few Mini Blooms flowers were added over the top and another "you" cut with Pure Poppy cardstock.

"So Much" is from the Mini Blooms set. When finished with the front, I added a little strip of Pure Poppy cardstock and a Melon Berry patterned paper card base. Hope you enjoyed these today!