Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label anniversary. Show all posts

Friday, February 12, 2016

Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals...

Welcome to day 8 of Papertrey Ink's anniversary festivities! Today we have a new mini kit to show you that will be released on Feb. 15th at 10pm EST called Color Pop Florals by Betsy Veldman. It's gorgeous!

On the first card, I used the background paper from the mini kit (gray linen). The pre-printed papers have white spaces where you place the flowers, so if you need a tiny bit of help figuring out where to place everything, it gives you a design to go by!

You have four different options with these pre-printed papers:
1. You can stamp the flowers directly onto the paper,
2. You can die cut your own flowers and leaves to add over the top with the stamps and dies in the kit,
3. You can die cut the preprinted flowers from the papers in the mini kit, or
4. You can use the stencils in the mini kit over the blank flowers!

On this card, I chose to die cut the preprinted flowers and adhere them to my card over the white spaces -the design has already been done for me, the hard part is just choosing the colors to use for the flowers! The larger flowers are popped up with dimensional adhesive. The "Celebrate Today" is also die cut from the dies in the mini kit.

Gray Celebrate Today card: 
STAMPS: none
INK: none
PAPER: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals
DIES: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals
OTHER: sequins - Pretty Pink Posh.
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The second card also uses the preprinted papers, but this time I stamped the flowers and leaves directly onto the paper with the Color Pop Florals stamps. I used Sweet Blush and Raspberry Fizz inks for the flowers and for the leaves, Stormy Sea and True Black.

The "Celebrate Today" is die cut from Aqua Mist cardstock with the dies in the mini kit. Which card do you prefer? They were both so quick and easy. Love that!


Celebrate Today card:
STAMPS: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals
INK: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Stormy Sea, True Black
PAPER: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals
DIES: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Florals
OTHER: sequins - Pretty Pink Posh.
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Visit the rest of the team to see more with this mini kit! These products will be available on Feb. 15th at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink!

Wednesday, October 15, 2014

One more...

All of us at Gossamer Blue thought it would be fun to show you one more project each made with the October kits, since you may be receiving your kits from October in the mail now! We wanted to give you one more touch of inspiration. I made 4 cards previously that you can see HERE, but I have one more to share with you today made with a mix of the Life Pages kit and the main Oct. scrapbook kit.
The circle floral rub-on is from October's main kit and is from Crate Paper's Notes and Things line. I added it to a piece of vellum from my stash with a little bit of white paint on the vellum, then the other goodies on top. I LOVE rub-ons and also added one to the wood veneer banner.

Just wanted to say that I LOVE Gossamer Blue. This is the first time I've found a scrapbooking kit club that absolutely is my style (feminine, yet modern)! Everything they choose to put in the kits are awesome. If you haven't checked out Gossamer Blue, please do, I promise you won't be disappointed! Now hop on for more inspiration!
xo,
Danielle
Danielle Flanders (you are here)

Monday, March 17, 2014

A luxe card set...

I had some time to play around with some of the new March goodies from Papertrey Ink again today and came up with a little card set using Wet Paint and Polka Dot Basics III stamps using a gold and black color combo. Really like how it turned out!

The cards in my set are pretty much all the same...I stamped and embossed the gold circles first, just a few on top of each card. Then I added a piece of gold tape from the Make It Market Luxe Letterpress kit over the top edge. Last I used all of the big sayings from Wet Paint, one on each card in black. Quick and simple and makes a really great card set for someone special!

Next I made a little note card by adding the gold tape around the edge and just a little bit of stamping in the corner.





The Polka Dot Basics III stamps were stamped in black (the small dots) and also in gold on the coordinating envelope. The leaf is from Embellished Elegance and the sentiment is from Mat Stack 2 Collection. The little seal is cut with the seal die from the Make It Market Letterpress kit, which will be perfect for the outside of my envelope!

The card fronts are popped up on the bases to make them look a little more pronounced. Oh, and you might have noticed that the black dots on the envelopes look a little different than the Polka Dot Basics III? What I did was cut apart the rows of dots. I wanted my rows to be further apart, so I cut my stamp and just stamped one row of dots at a time. (I figured I can always fit the two rows back together on my stamping block if I want to use them as rows really close together again sometime.)

Never thought I'd be into gold again, but it's so luxe and elegant, isn't it? The cards look so pretty all together. I think these would even work for a manly card.

Thanks for stopping by!

Wet Paint card set and notecard:
STAMPS: Wet Paint, Polka Dot Basics III, Mat Stack 2, Embellished Elegance
INK: Versamark, True Black
PAPER: Stampers Select White cardstock
DIES: seal die from Make It Market Letterpress kit, Embellished Elegance dies
OTHER: envelopes, gold embossing powder, gold foil tape from Make It Market Letterpress kit by Papertrey Ink.

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Papertrey & Project Favorites...

Papertrey Ink is celebrating its 7th Anniversary this February, can you believe that? There will be so many fun festivities and prizes to be had. Hope you'll stay tuned to Nichole Heady's blog all this month! 

I've been in the Papertrey Ink family for exactly 3 years now! I started designing for Papertrey Ink February 2011. I say "family" because it really is like a family to me! Everyone is so supportive of one another, and it's really just an amazing group. Designing for Papertrey Ink doesn't feel like a "job" to me, it feels more like a community where I am welcomed and encouraged for what I love to do the most, create. A family is a community that cheers you on, a family supports you, a family gets you when you need something and encourages you to be your best. This group, with Nichole very much included and leading us, makes me feel at home and really inspires me to be a better designer. I love that, and I'm so thrilled to be included in the Papertrey Ink family for another year. I can't wait for you to see what we have in store this year! We hope to inspire you as much as we inspire each other! This team inspires me like no other. 

Here are some of my favorite Papertrey Ink projects from 2013.
Let me tell you a little about these (from top left to right). You can click on the links to see them in better detail!


I chose this as one of my favorite projects, because it was super fun to make. Washi tape is high on my trends list right now and so easy to work with! And the Happy from the One Liner dies....oh my goodness. I think these dies were my favorite from the whole entire year. A super easy project with a lot of bang!

This card is one of my favorites from the year also. The stitching die that pokes the holes for you? ...What a great idea. Papertrey Ink thinks of everything, don't they? They sure know how to make crafting fun. I used a different color of twine for each letter with some simple stamping in the corners and love how it turned out! It's very "one-layer", not bulky, easy to mail, yet has that wow factor that will have you yearning to mail it out to a special friend.

Doodlie-Do card: 1/14/14
I chose this card because I really loved the technique and the look of the embossing with white embossing powder on the vellum Really creates a "doily" sort of look...and light and airy! Vellum is so trendy these days, and adding sequins peeking out from underneath adds a feeling of depth and excitement to see want to peek under to see what all the fuss is about.

Apple Prints cards: 9/10/13 
I don't know what it is about apples, maybe that I was once a teacher and have a soft spot for that type of thing, but I just loved creating the little apple tree, mixing the Mighty Oak tree with all of the cute apple patterns.

Watercolor Feather cards: (last ones in post): 1/13/14
First of all, the feather stamps are just gorgeously (is that a word?) done with the fine detail built right into the stamps. You can't really go wrong with this set! Second, I loved trying a more "mixed media" technique on them by painting the stamps with reinkers. Love the effect. The 2-step stamping with the dots embossed in gold gives you yet another layer of beautiful detail!

Sending Birthday Hugs & Wishes card: (1st card in post): 3/15/13
This card definitely has ALL my favorites in one. I love white on white. I love doilies, butterflies, the Rosie Posie stamp set, twine and the pretty swirly font in Stylish Sentiments: Birthday. Put it all together and voila! A recipe for a beautiful and feminine "modern vintage" card!

With Love card: (2nd card in post) 12/15/13 
Last, but not least, this card surprised me as I was making it recently. Stamping the frame in multiple colors was something I hadn't tried before. I love the soft colors and the vellum hearts and the dimension. The Cover Plate: Happy Hearts is so useful for so many different things!! With one cut, you get so many hearts to play with! 
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Now visit Nichole's blog for color swatches and sketch recipe cards based on the team's favorites! All you have to do is make a card based on one of these to be entered to win your Papertrey Ink wish list (up to a $300 value)! See her blog for more information. Have fun creating and good luck!

Saturday, December 14, 2013

Love is in the details...

Papertrey Ink has a few new dies coming out on the 15th that we are previewing today! Let's get started, shall we?

First up, I made a little "Love to Read" Book Pillow for my daughter Kati's bed. She loves reading, so I thought this would be a great gift for her for Valentine's Day...a new Junie B. Jones chapter book, complete with coordinating bookmark.
Those of you who don't have little girls...WAIT, don't tune this post out just yet! All you need to do is change the fabrics out for a boy's bed or use more elegant fabrics for a Book Pillow for your mother, friend, teacher or coworker. 

To create the pillow, I used two 8.5 x 11" pink felt pieces and one polka dot felt piece cut in half the long way. Sandwich them together with the polka dot one in the middle. Machine stitch around 3 sides, leaving the top open for stuffing the pillow. Turn it inside out. (Which will actually be right side out.) Stuff with quilt batting. Fold the top edges down and hot glue or stitch them shut. To dress up the pillow front, I die cut a One Liners die and hot glued it onto the pillow. I used hot glue for everything on the font, to attach the pom pom trim, hearts, gem, etc.

Here's the pillow without the book:
The heart is a new die called Limitless Layers: Heart Stitches, which I also used it to make a bookmark with seam binding for the tail. The little flower is made with seam binding also using hot glue and just folding it over, gluing and working my around the flower. I used some of the pom pom trim balls in the center.

The tag is cut with the new Tag Sale #9 die and stamped with the new The Best Is Yet To Be and The Best Is Yet To Be Sentiments stamps and adhered to a glassine bag. I thought the "fairytale" sentiment would go great with the book idea!

Love to Read Book Pillow:
STAMPS: The Best Is Yet To Be, The Best Is Yet To Be Sentiments

INK: Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, True Black
PAPER: white
DIES: Limitless Layers: Heart Stitches, One Liners, Tag Sale #9
OTHER: felt by Creative Cafe, twine by The Twinery, pom pom trim by Melissa Frances, glassine bag from Michael's, seam binding.
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This wedding card uses the Limitless Layers: Heart Stitches dies again on the big heart. I used a new stamp set in the background called Solid Stitches and Swirls with Sweet Blush ink. Then I used an older set that coordinates with it over the top (the stitched look) from Stitches and Swirls in Melon Berry ink. Love the pink and melon color combo!
A friend gave me the wide ribbon yesterday when we got together for a little crafty exchange! Over the top of the big heart die, I used a sticker from Crate Paper from their Close Knit Adhesive Layered Embellishments.

And here's a coordinating gift tag with the Tag Sale #9 dies. The little label die is called Stitched Pinked Edge Label. I stamped more of the leaves from the card above and trimmed them out.
Best Wishes card:
STAMPS: Stitches and Swirls, Solid Stitches and Swirls

INK: Sweet Blush, True Black, Melon Berry
PAPER: white
DIES: Limitless Layers: Heart Stitches, Tag Sale #9
OTHER: vellum, white enamel dots, layered sticker by Crate Paper's Close Knit line, ribbon by Ribbon Carousel.


Congratulations Tag:
STAMPS: Stitches and Swirls, Solid Stitches and Swirls

INK: Sweet Blush, True Black, Melon Berry
PAPER: Crate Paper
DIES: Tag Sale #9
OTHER: Maggie Holmes floral embellishment, Crate Paper sticker.
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Last is an anniversary card. The arrow is from the new Valentine Stitches dies. 

In the background again, I used the Stitches and Swirls and Solid Stitches and Swirls stamp sets in green and gold...something different, but I like it! The wooden veneer is by Amy Tan. Was going to paint it white, but decided to leave it plain so it shows up a little better against the white backgound. The chipboard is thick, but I stitched right over it with my sewing machine and it worked!!
Best Thing in Life card:
STAMPS: Stitches and Swirls, Solid Stitches and Swirls, Inside and Out: Love

INK: True Black, Spring Moss, New Leaf, gold by Tsukineko
PAPER: white, Classic Kraft
DIES: Valentine Stitches
OTHER:  wood veneer by Amy Tan, gold flower by Maggie Holmes/Crate Paper, enamel dots, lace.
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I'll be back tomorrow with a few more :) 
Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with these new products!

Tuesday, February 5, 2013

Papertrey & Project Favorites...

This month marks the 6th anniversary of Papertrey Ink, one of my very, very favorite companies. To celebrate, we'll be having some fun festivities for you over the ten days! Today the design team members are each to choose 6 of their favorite projects. You will choose one that inspires you to create something. One lucky winner will win their wish list (up to $300 value)! Visit Nichole's blog for more information!
Choosing just SIX projects is really hard. My very favorite projects are mostly the ones that I put so much heart and soul into like my mini albums, my Garden Variety mini album, my Teach & Inspire mini album, the Strawberry Patch basket, my Desktop File project, etc. BUT having said that, I think for today's post I am going to choose SIX CARDS to inspire you. The reason being that I already shared a lot of those other big projects as my favorites last year, and I want to share something different for today's post!

Here we go, SIX of my favorite cards!



1. This first card from May 2012 is made with Rosie Posie, one of my very favorite sets by Papertrey Ink! I also used a Doily Details die. Loving this combination! The Doily Details really is a great backdrop for any die and has great layering potential. Here is the post that tells more about how I made this card: Rosie Posie revisited.
2. Next I have some "berry sweet" invites that I made for my daughter's 7th birthday in June 2012. LOVE that she wanted a strawberry party after she saw these cute stamps and dies arrive at our doorstep! (Strawberry Patch and Strawberry Patch Sentiments!) These were so easy to make and everyone loved them!
My daughter was so excited about her strawberry themed party, so we made a list together of all of the fun strawberry related things we could do and make for the party. HERE is my post from her party. And HERE is the post about the party favors. We had fun making everything together - felt strawberry rings, strawberry headbands, strawberry pencil toppers and little notebooks, etc. It was wonderful to get her involved in making her own party favors.

3. This XOXO card makes me smile. I love how the colors just pop out against the gray cardstock and the gradient of color. You can never have too much color. I used the XO Border die with strips of Papertrey Ink cardstock to create the colorful border! You can read more about this card and the technique HERE.

Of course I had to add a die cut word from Wonderful Words, another one of my favorites!

4. The "I'm Here for You" card was made with Beautiful Blessings and Think Big Favorites #4. I took 2 pieces of patterned paper and stitched them together to form a flat pocket for a tag to slide into. Love how the felt adds softness and a comforting feel. Such a great set for sympathy and thinking of you cards.





5. This was one of the first cards I made after joining the team. I love how it turned out! It also began my love of Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores and Pure Poppy together!

Dies are the Doily Details die collection. HERE is my post explaining more about this card. I love the tone-on-tone effect you get with Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores!!


6. Last but not least, a more recent card made in June of 2012. Hmmm. I am seeing a trend here. Many of my favorite cards were made in the spring/summer! I think my happiness and creativity really come alive when spring arrives. I used Background Basics: Rainbows in different colors and We Go Together sentiment, along with a cloud die and a heart die from Tiny Tags!
HERE is my post about this card!


I have been with Papertrey Ink for exactly 2 years now, since February 2011. Being on this team has really helped me grow as a designer and pushed me in creative ways I never thought possible. Each month I am still so excited to see what's new. To me, Papertrey Ink really drives the trends in the paper crafting industry - the trendy, elegant stamp designs are one of a kind that you just don't see in other companies. I have truly loved getting to know the girls on the team, between the phone calls with Dawn and emails with Melissa and Jessica and the other team members! Jessica and I are always reminding each other of the deadlines and helping each other out, and of course having lots of laughs. She is awesome. The comradery of the team is amazing, and I can tell you that each one of the Papertrey Ink ladies is as genuine as can be. I lift my hat to Nichole as well, she continually amazes me with her talent and devotion.

I hope these cards make you happy and inspire you -- and to Papertrey Ink, may you have many more years of creating products that inspire us all!



Monday, October 15, 2012

Release day...

Today is the 15th, and that means the new products for October go up for sale tonight at Papertrey Ink!

First, I want to apologize for the photos...my good camera is broken, so I'm using a camera that is not as good, and it's been raining and raining here, so these were taken in my basement with florescent lighting...so sorry. I will take new photos soon. Also, I kept some of my cards on the simpler side this month, since I spent so much time on the December Daily! :) I ran out of time to make them more elaborate. I hope you like a simple card now and then.

This card is made with Layered Postmarks: Holiday.


I cut out the tree with the Layered Postmarks: Holiday die and stamped the tree in the center of the opening.

A Merry Christmas to You card:
STAMPS: Layered Postmarks: Holiday
INK: Ripe Avocado, True Black
PAPER: Jillibean Soup - Christmas Eve Chowder (dot) and Pink Paislee's City Sidewalks (stripe), Ripe Avocado Pattern Pack by PTI, Pure Poppy Pattern Pack by PTI
DIES: Holly Jolly die collection
OTHER: twine, brad by MME.

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I really like how this one turned out, it's made with the new Peaceful Pinecones stamp set. I used a Mat Stack die to cut the center out and popped the Ripe Avocado cardstock up for dimension. It's all stacked onto a Card Base-ics die.

I also used brown flocking on the tops of the pinecones. Remember flocking? A little bit of glue was dabbed onto the tops of the pinecones and then the flocking was sprinkled over the top. Let it dry before adding it to your card!


Merry Christmas Pinecone card:
STAMPS: Peaceful Pinecones
INK: Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, True Black
PAPER: Ripe Avocado, Dark Chocolate Pattern Pack, white cardstock, LilyBee (stripe)

DIES: Mat Stack 4 die, Card Base-ics #2 die
OTHER: button, twine, flocking.

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Here's a quick card made with Heart-2-Heart #9 for a wedding or anniversary. I stamped the little pink heart string three times and die cut the birds, stamped them with Soft Stone ink and popped them up for dimension. Added a saying and two little hearts from the set also. Everything is on cream cardstock for a soft look.










Mr. and Mrs. card:
STAMPS: Heart-2-Heart #9
INK: Soft Stone, Sweet Blush, True Black, Pure Poppy
PAPER: Vintage Cream cardstock
DIES: Heart-2-Heart #9
OTHER: none.

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This one is made with Snowflake Flurries. I used them as ornaments instead of snowflakes and stitched the strings onto the card with my sewing machine.

Pink and green make a cute retro-looking card. My girls saw a pink Christmas tree at Target the other day and want one for their bedrooms, which was the inspiration for this card!

Have a Joyous Holiday card:
STAMPS: Snowflake Flurries
INK: Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, True Black
PAPER: white cardstock, Limeade Ice Pattern Pack
DIES: none
OTHER: twine, Melissa Frances pearls.

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Snowflake Flurries was used once again as pretty accents to a birthday card, along with the Over Under Easy set. This set has many nice sentiments with some pretty swirl accents to add!


The Best is Yet to Come card:
STAMPS: Snowflake Flurries, Over Under Easy
INK: Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain, Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush
PAPER: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, white, Aqua Mist
DIES: Layerz Mat Stack 1 die, Pinking Shears Border die,

OTHER: Doodlebug brads.
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Last is a Hanukkah card, and I struggled with this one a little bit, because I am not very familiar with this Jewish holiday. I wasn't sure if the Star of David should be a particular color? Forgive me if it is. I thought the Enchanted Evening, Aqua Mist and Autumn Rose colors were pretty together.
Happy Hanukkah card:
STAMPS: Menorah Medley
INK: True Black
PAPER: Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening, Vintage Cream
DIES: Menorah Medley
OTHER: Autumn Rose button and felt, Vintage Cream ribbon, Lily Bee paper, corner rounder, floss.

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Visit the Papertrey Ink team to see more projects made with October's new releases. All of these products will be available tonight at Papertrey Ink.

Ashley Cannon Newell 

Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Earn free stamps

Did you know you can earn free stamp sets each year at Papertrey Ink?
Why, yes you can!
You can earn this pretty set I used here with your Customer Reward Points -- it's called "Pretty Peonies", and it's oh, so beautiful!
To create this card, I started with stamping the flowers with Summer Sunrise ink and the leaves in Simply Chartreuse. I added a strip of Pink Paislee paper from their new London Market line and cut a border out of Aqua Mist cardstock with the Edgers #3 die. A frame and sentiment were stamped from the set with True Black ink and then brushed over with a Vintage Cream ink pad. A tiny heart from the Love Lives Here dies in Raspberry Fizz cardstock finishes it off nicely!

Visit Nichole's blog for more information on how you can earn this stamp set for yourself. For more inspiration, visit the other team members: