Release Day: May...

It's release day...the day Papertrey Ink releases its new products for the month tonight at 10pm EST. I have a few more projects to show you with the new releases!

First up is Splat. I stamped the "celebrate" from the Splat stamp set in Versamark and embossed it with gold on Classic Kraft cardstock. I placed the Framed Love die over the top (in Vintage Cream cardstock) and then wrapped it in Rustic Cream twine.

On the envelope, you can see I just stamped the two corners with Background Basics: Super Stripes.  I don't know why, but I love black lately. It's elegant for an anniversary card with the gold and warm colors.

The little flag embellishment was made by me, I stamped a piece of Classic Kraft with Background Basics: Postmarks, cut it into a banner shape, then punched a hole to tie it onto the twine. The heart is made with gold foil paper from Betsy's first Make It Market kit, Luxe Letterpress.

Celebrate Love anniversary card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Splat, Background Basics: Postmarks, Background Basics: Super Stripes
INK: True Black, Versamark
PAPER: Classic Kraft, Vintage Cream, gold foil paper
DIES: Cover Plate: Hearts die, Framed Love die
OTHER: burlap, rustic twine, pearl by Melissa Frances, gold embossing powder from craft supply.
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Here is Oopsie Daisy. I used the stamps on the leaves and the die to cut the flowers.

This cute chipboard is by Elle's Studio, and I've been dying to do something with it. I found this washi tape that is clear with little flowers and layered strips of it over the wood veneer. I love how you can see the wood through it!  Over the arrow, I used die cut vellum flowers made with Oopsy Daisy dies and stamped the Oopsy Daisy leaves.

Yes, I stitched right on the wood veneer with my machine! It works great!

Hello Friend card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Oopsy Daisy

INK: New Leaf

PAPER: Vintage Cream and white cardstock, vellum, gold foil paper from Luxe Letterpress kit by PTI

DIES: Oopsy Daisy

OTHER: Wood veneer by Elle's Studio, gold glittery brad by Creative Cafe, rustic twine by PTI, machine stitching, washi tape from stash (old SC kit).

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This card is made with the new Phrase Play #4 stamps and dies.

The Circle Scribbles dies make gorgeous flowers!! To make the flower, I cut two of the new Circle Scribbles dies and layered them, along with two leaves from the Ruby Rose dies. 

Such a quick and easy card to make! I backed it with Aqua Mist cardstock and added it to a Soft Stone base.

Enjoy Your Birthday card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Phrase Play #4
INK: True Black
PAPER: Aqua Mist, Vintage Cream, White, Tropical Teal, Soft Stone; Floral paper by Crate Paper
DIES: Phrase Play #4, Ruby Rose, Circle Scribbles
OTHER: twine.

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Here is Ballerina Beauty. When I saw this sentiment, I thought of her twirling around, which immediately made me think of the swirls in Stitches & Swirls stamps! I stamped them in Pure Poppy ink and colored a few of them in with watercolor paints onto the Sweet Blush cardstock.

Also cut the little ballerina from watercolor paper, stamped her outline with Sweet Blush ink, then painted her in with watercolors (since I don't have Copics...well, I do have 3 but they disappeared. I think Kati may have "borrowed" them. lol) Can't see her face real well in these pics, but it's there. :)

Dance & Twirl Birthday Girl card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Ballerina Beauty, Stitches & Swirls
INK: Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush
PAPER: Sweet Blush, watercolor paper - craft supply
DIES: Ballerina Beauty
OTHER: pearl by Melissa Frances, watercolors - craft supply.

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On the Little Angel card, I started with the Text Block: Baby die. It was hard to get pics of, but the front die cut is backed with clear cardstock.

On the inside, I used the Monthly Moments: May papers and stamps and the Memory Clips dies.

Little Angel card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Monthly Moments: May
INK: Sweet Blush
PAPER: white cardstock, Sweet Blush Pattern Pack, Monthly Moments: May Journal cards
DIES: Memory Clips, Ballerina Beauty (flower)
OTHER: pearl -Melissa Frances, seam binding - Zipperstop, machine stitching, watercolors (on flower) - craft supply.
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Next is Summer Sweetness, Birthday Classics: June and Background Basics: Super Chevrons.

The stamped popsicle background is just a simple one layer card.

June Birthdays Are the Most Fun:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Summer Sweetness, Background Basics: Super Chevron, Birthday Classics: June
INK:  Sweet Blush, Lemon Tart, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Pure Poppy, Classic Kraft, True Black
PAPER: white and Harvest Gold
DIES: none
OTHER: none.

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The second card has a few more steps and layers. I used the Cover Plate: Modern Cross Quilt die in Classic Kraft cardstock layered over white. Then I added a frame cut from the Instant Photo 2 die, which I stamped with Background Basics: Super Chevron. Last I added some popsicles with Summer Sweetness and a Birthday Classics: June sentiment on Soft Stone cardstock.

Wishing You Summertime Fun:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Summer Sweetness, Background Basics: Super Chevron, Birthday Classics: June
INK: True Black, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Classic Kraft
PAPER: Classic Kraft, white, Soft Stone, Harvest Gold 
DIES: Instant Photo 2 die, Summer Sweetness dies, Cover Plate: Modern Cross Quilt die
OTHER: circle punch.

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Everything we've shown you the past few days will be available tonight at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink! Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with these products:

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

Life Is Beautiful...

Welcome to Papertrey Ink's second group post to share some of the new items coming out this month! My first card set is a sympathy set, and I kept the butterflies and design very simple, yet I think it has a nice design to it with some special details for the recipient. 

Two butterflies were die cut from Life Is Beautiful, and I stamped only the top one in Soft Stone ink leaving the bottom one white. I layered these, offsetting them slightly, onto vellum. The sentiment is stamped with Keep It Simple: Sympathy onto the vellum. (If you do stamp on vellum, be sure to let it dry thoroughly before handling the vellum.) Then I layered the vellum over a cardstock piece and a design cut from a new die set called Delicate Details.

The vellum and Delicate Details die are adhered in the back center of the butterflies (to hide the adhesive), and then I added a bit of machine stitching on top to hold the vellum on even more.

With Sympathy card set:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Life Is Beautiful, Keep It Simple: Sympathy
INK: True Black, Soft Stone
PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss, Harvest Gold cardstock
DIES: Life Is Beautiful dies, Delicate Details dies
OTHER: vellum from craft store, machine stitching.

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Next, I tried a few more techniques on a card with the butterfly set. I die cut the butterfly off the edge of a piece of white cardstock. Then I used a new stamp set called Background Basics: Venice on the background (removing the butterfly, so I could keep that white.) When finished with the background, I placed the butterfly back in and stamped the sentiment with Life Is Beautiful. 

Here you can see the in-laid die cut detail a little better. Love this technique, need to remember to do this more often!

Wishing You a Beautiful Day card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Life Is Beautiful, Background Basics: Venice
INK: Summer Sunrise, True Black by PTI; Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: Stampers Select White, Soft Stone
DIES: Life Is Beautiful
OTHER: thread, machine stitching.

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Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with these new products! Everything will be available at Papertrey Ink on 5/15 at 10pm EST. Thanks for swinging by!

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

Ultimate Baby Inspiration...

((UPDATE: HERE is a video on how to make the felt roses that I've done on these booties.)) 

I have a sweet little baby ensemble to show you today! My project started out with these baby booties and then I made the tag to match and the card to coordinate also! Let's start with the card...

This is made with a new stamp set called Rattled. I used the new Instant Photo 1 die to cut the frame around it and stamped the dots with Polkadot Basics III. I popped it up with foam adhesive and tied seam binding around the frame before attaching. In the center, I used the Rattled stamps and dies. I used Glossy Accents on the rattle to make it shiny and dimensional. 

Oh Baby! card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Rattled, Polkadot Basics III
INK: Plum Pudding, Lavender Moon, Simply Chartreuse, True Black
PAPER: Vintage Cream
DIES: Rattled, Instant Photo 1 die
OTHER: pearl by Melissa Frances, Glossy Accents - craft supply.
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Next, we have some baby shoes made with the new Baby Booties dies and Baby Bootie Detail dies! Aren't they adorable? I can't wait to see what everyone else made with these. Erin Lincoln came up with these dies, and they are so creative! Now I really want to go to a baby shower (girl, of course!), so I can give them away!

The felt colors I chose for my booties were Vintage Cream, Lavender Moon and Spring Moss. These were WAY easier than I thought they were going to be to make. Erin's videos explain it perfectly! Not hard at all, just takes a little bit of time to get them all stitched up. I think this pair took me about an hour at the most, but I had so much fun and was amazed at the result when I was finished! (I ran to show my hubby, but he gave me a funny look! HA!) To be so excited about something like this...I guess men just don't "get it", do they?

To decorate the tops of these, I used the "Spatted Bow" with the scalloped edge. (Except I didn't use the bow piece on top, just the scalloped piece.) Instead of the bow, I made my own felt flower with a strip of felt and die cut leaves with the The Sweet Life dies. 

To add a little tag for the recipient, I cut the same scalloped die I used on the shoe, except this time I cut it out of cardstock instead of felt, so I could stamp on it. I stitched it up with cream floss to coordinate with the booties, then I used Rattled stamp set for the sentiment and bow on the tag.

Erin Lincoln has posted a video on how to use these dies to create baby booties. Watch it HERE. She shows you how to make all of the different kinds: Fringed Moccasins, Penny Loafers, Mary Janes, etc. Be sure to watch the main video first on making the basic bootie!

Baby Booties and Just For You Gift Tag:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Rattled
INK: Lavender Moon, Simply Chartreuse
PAPER: Vintage Cream
DIES: Baby Booties dies, Baby Booties Details dies, The Sweet Life dies (leaves), Rattled (bow on tag)
OTHER: Vintage Cream felt, Lavender Moon felt, Spring Moss felt, cream floss, safety pin, pearl by Melissa Frances.

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What do you think, will you be getting these dies? They'll be available in just a couple of days, May 15th at 10 pm EST at Papertrey Ink. Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more baby booties!

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