July Papertrey Ink assignments...

Just popping in to share some of my extra projects by Papertrey Ink this month! Such cute stamp sets this time, you can see everything that is new at the main Papertrey Ink site, www.papertreyink.com.

This card uses the new Sweet As Can Be stamp set and dies. I stamped the ice cream in different colors and added a Melissa Frances swirl at the top, with a piece of pom pom trim!

 Sweet As Can Be card

Stamps: Sweet As Can Be

Ink: Summer Sunrise

Paper: Hometown Summer by Pink Paislee

Dies: Sweet As Can Be dies

Other: Spring Mix buttons by PTI, Lemon Drops ink by JBS, Chewing Gum ink by JBS, Brown ink by Ranger Industries, die cut – Hometown Summer Punchouts by Pink Paislee.
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This one was made with the Friendship Jar Summer Fillers. The jars were stamped, then the pink dots inside the jar and lastly those cute straws! Happy is cut with the Wonderful Words die.

Happy Summer card:

Stamps: Friendship Jar Summer Fillers
Ink: Smokey Shadow, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise
Paper: Pink Paislee, cardstock by PTI
Dies: Wonderful Words die
Other: distress ink. 

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Next, I worked with some Pink Paislee Mistables papers - inked them with my stamp pads, then punched circles out of the paper. I was inspired by a gift bag I had at home with large polkadots on it.

Thanks for all you do is a stamp from the new Think Big Favorites.

Thanks For All You Do card:

Stamps: Think Big Favorites

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartruese, True Black

Paper: Hometown Summer by Pink Paislee, Mistables paper by Pink Paislee

Dies: 2" and 1" circle punch, scallop punch - Fiskars

Other: Lemon Drops ink by JBS, pop dots, PTI twine.
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This one was SO much fun to make.  I used the Spiral Notebook die with kraft paper, then combined 2 new stamp sets, the Congrats All Ways and Tag-its #6. Love how it turned out!

By adding some of the little stars to 3 places on the card, it draws your eye down to all of the elements of the card and creates flow.

Congrats, You Passed the Test card:

Stamps: Congrats All Ways, Tag-its #6

Ink: Pure Poppy, True Black

Paper: white and kraft cardstock

Dies: Spiral Notebook

Other: 2" circle punch.

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Another Congrats card! Here I've used the Background Basics: Vines, along with the Congrats All Ways again. I cut the Background Basics: Vines die in half and adhered it along the edge of the card.

 Congrats On Your Achievement card:

Stamps: Background Basics: Vines, Congrats All Ways
Ink: Lavender Moon, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, True Black
Paper: white cardstock
Dies: Background Basics: Vines
Other: Chipboard is Crate Paper, button is PTI, twine is the Twinery.

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This one is called Peaceful Garden. I love the sentiments that come with it!

 May Peace Fill Your Soul card:

 Stamps: Peaceful Garden

Ink: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, and yellow by Jenni Bowlin (Lemon Drops)
Paper: PTI cardstock
Dies: border punch by Fiskars
Other: Dark Chocolate Swiss Dot 5/8" ribbon by PTI.

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These Little Label stamps are adorable. I stamped them on different papers and arranged them in a group here. The gray color makes it feel serene and calm.

Thinking of You card:

Stamps: Little Labels

Ink: Smokey Shadow, Scarlet Jewel

Paper: Melissa Frances and Pink Paislee

Dies: Little Labels

Other: grey cardstock, PTI buttons.
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Here is a baby card made with the new Hanging Out stamps and dies! How cute are those little clothes? There are boy clothes and girl clothes in the set, along with different sentiments. I stamped onto the text paper, which is actually a holiday paper by Melissa Frances that came out last winter.

Welcome Little One card:
Stamps: Hanging Out
Ink: Chewing Gum by Jenni Bowlin, Summer Sunrise by PTI, Simply Chartruese by PTI,
brown is Ranger Industries, Smokey Shadow by PTI (sentiment).
Paper: Melissa Frances
Dies: Hanging Out
Other: Spring Mix buttons by PTI, seam binding, clothespin, Melissa Frances pom pom trim.
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Here I made a little gift bag and card set. To create the little gift bag, I simply made a card out of kraft cardstock, stamped the front piece, added it to the front of the kraft card and then stitched the sides! I used the scraps to create a card also. These are the Flower Fusion #6 stamps! I am in love with the plaid leaves.

From Me to You Gift Bag and card:

Stamps: Flower Fusion #1

Ink: Lavender Moon, Simply Chartruese

Paper: Butterfly Garden by Pink Paislee, cardstock by PTI

Dies: none

Other: floral pins, Spring Mix buttons by PTI, seam binding.

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Tranquility Trilogy...

I love that name! We're back to show you our newest stamp set featuring triangles! So many fun things you can do with them. My assignment was to use them as a pennant/banner on something other than a card. I decided to make a mini album cover for my daughter, Kati, who just had her 6th birthday! I thought...why spend SO much time working on each page for a mini album, just decorate the cover super cute and fill it up with all of the cute pictures from her birthday party! That's what I am going to do.

Here is the cover all decorated. I used chipboard for the cover and back and a Maya Road chipboard for the part the banner is hanging off of. Paper is by Crate Paper with the exception of the numbers paper - By the Numbers- and the pink plaid is Hometown Summer by Pink Paislee.  I used a new stamp for the Celebrate that is coming out on the 15th and the set is called Half & Half.

Birthday albums should be fun, right? So I wanted to add lots of color.

I like the pop of the teal seam binding. I added little bits of pink pom pom trim to the top of the banner, Prima flowers and a Melissa Frances resin swirl. When I get time, I will get all of the photos printed out and added inside. My printer is on the fritz right now!

Celebrate mini album:

STAMPS: Tranquility Trilogy, Half & Half

INK: Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy

PAPER: Crate Paper, Pink Paislee, By the Numbers by PTI

DIES: Tranquility Trilogy

OTHER: resin swirl by Melissa Frances, flowers by Prima, 

twine by Twinery, circle punch, chipboard by Maya Road.

Thank you for visiting! Now hop on over to visit the other ladies to see what they've done with this set! 

Betsy Veldman  

Dawn McVey  

Erin Lincoln  

Heather Nichols  

Jessica Witty  

Lisa Johnson  

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips
Michelle Wooderson
Nichole Heady

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