Tonight is the night when all of the new releases (stamps, dies and such) are available for purchase at www.papertreyink.com! I have a few new sets to share with you.
Here I've used the new Dress Up Dolls: Winter Fun (snowflakes, snowman, mittens, scarf and snowballs) and the new Fill in the Blank stamp set (thank you background).
The background stitching die is cut with Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical dies. "Warm Winter Wishes" was stamped with an older set, Two Feet Deep. I thought the saying would be cute with the snowman.
Warm Winter Wishes card:
STAMPS: Dress Up Dolls: Winter Fun, Fill In the Blank, Two Feet Deep
INK: Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores,
PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, white
DIES: Noted A2 Vertical
OTHER: twine, dimensional adhesive.
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Next is the new What the Doodle: Piece of Cake and Keep It Simple: Birthday III stamps!
I've tucked the little cake inside the Window Cut Tag die.
Happy Birthday card:
STAMPS: What the Doodle: Piece of Cake, Keep It Simple: Birthday III
INK: Pure Poppy, Versamark
PAPER: Lavender Moon, New Leaf pattern pack
DIES: What the Doodle: Piece of Cake, Basic Cut Tag, Window Cut Tag
OTHER: white embossing powder, Copic markers.
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Also, I have some news to share with you all...
With great sadness, and after 6 years with Papertrey Ink, 10 full years of blogging and 1295 posts, I've decided to step down from crafting and all of my design teams.
As some of you might know, I went through a horrible, unexpected divorce last year. It was the roughest year of my life. Since then, I've hung on to crafting, as it was one of the things I enjoyed the most, and although it was very difficult to craft many days when I had to come up with my monthly projects...it did get me through some very hard times.
Since then, I've been picking up the pieces one day at a time. I bought my home and refinanced it in my name. I paid off my car. I met a wonderful guy who showed me that I'm worthy of being loved as I am. An unexpected opportunity came to me a couple of months ago, working with breast cancer patients. This past weekend, they asked me to become full time, working with these patients, scheduling their surgeries and following them for months as they go through their mastectomies and reconstructions. I love my patients! I feel as though my situation, having changed, is driving me with this desire to help others get through their difficult times! I hope to still have time here and there to make things when the inspiration strikes me, and will continue to post my projects when I'm able. I don't want to give up crafting all together. I hope you will continue to stop by now and then to say hello. I will miss my Papertrey Ink family tremendously! Papertrey Ink has been my life the past 6 years!
Paper crafters are the most kind and amazing people, and I'm so thankful for the friendships I've made over the past 10 years through this hobby.
Visit the amazing design team to see more projects with the November release! Love this group of girls!!
