Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall. Show all posts

Friday, August 26, 2016

Adding a feminine touch to your autumn cards...

Happy Friday to you all! As I was looking for inspiration for today's design team tips post, I found a scrapbooking page that really inspired me, which isn't out of the ordinary! I can always find little design details on scrapbook layouts that translate well to cards. 


While studying this inspirational layout below, I realized that the reason I was drawn to it was because it had a feminine, light, layered feel to it. I usually tend to lean towards adding a feminine look to my cards and thought it would be fun to show you ways to add this look and feel to any card theme, including the autumnal cards that I've made for today's post! 
First, how do you define feminine?  To me, it's florals, light soft colors, layers, details, cheerful prints and patterns, swirly fonts, texture, gold/shiny accents, ruffles, soft curves, asymmetry.

I was drawn to the circular piece on the layout and loved how it was white on white, loved how the doily was folded over and clipped. I also liked the layers of the flower and sentiment and how it was all tucked together. Instead of the scalloped circle, I immediately thought of a doily. Papertrey Ink has the Parisian Lace Doily die, which is what I used here. There's nothing quite as feminine as a doily, right! You can also find them pre-made in big quantities in the baking section at the craft store. I die cut some of these and gathered some gingham paper. I also gathered my Color Pop Autumn mini kit and used the dies in the kit to trim out some of the leaves and flowers.

What makes a doily feminine? Lots of fine detail and the soft, round shape. I love the color of the wooden clothespin with the pink on the layout, but I wanted something flatter to allow for mailing, so I found some gold paper clips that I thought would work well for a fall card.


The doilies were simply folded over and clipped with the paper clip, then I tucked in a couple of flowers, leaves, a bountiful die cut and sentiment.

Inspired by the white-on-white in the layout, I added a Vintage Cream "Bountiful" die cut over the white doily and stamped a sentiment to go with it in gray with the Color Pop Autumn kit, very soft and subtle. Then to add a bit more color, I wanted to try the gingham in the background.

You can add a doily and a few layered details to a card on any occasion to make it feminine! Change out the backgrounds if you'd like to make them even softer and more dreamy and romantic. I hope you enjoyed this post. Have a creative day!

Bountiful cards:
STAMPS: Color Pop Autumn
INK: Stormy Sea
PAPER: Color Pop Autumn, Chicken Scratch Gingham, white and Vintage Cream cardstock
DIES: Color Pop Autumn, Parisian Lace Doily die
OTHER: paper clips, enamel dots.

Thursday, August 13, 2015

Introducing Choose Joy + Twig Wreath...

Today we are previewing more new beautiful fall products coming out on August 15th at Papertrey Ink! My cards today are made with two new stamp sets, Choose Joy and Twig Wreath.

I've used the Twig Wreath die in white over the kraft paper that I stamped on with Choose Joy. I added some very fine glitter to the twig wreath, although it's hard to see in the photos. An Autumn Chicken Scratch Gingham Paper in navy brings out the orange flowers.


In Your Heart card:
STAMPS: Choose Joy, Twig Wreath
INK: Canyon Clay, Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft
PAPER: Classic Kraft, Autumn Chicken Scratch Gingham paper pad
DIES: Twig Wreath, corner rounder
OTHER: fine glitter, seam binding.
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Next up, I used a kraft tag that I had on hand and stamped part of the Twig Wreath onto the tag. The twig wreath is embossed with pink embossing powder, the sentiment from Choose Joy is embossed in white, and I added red embossed flowers over the top. 

Had a difficult time getting a good picture of this one, but it's really pretty in real life!

Joyful card:
STAMPS: Choose Joy, Twig Wreath
INK: Versarmark, Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft
PAPER: Classic Kraft, white, Autumn Chicken Scratch Gingham
DIES: none
OTHER: pearls, Zing embossing powders.
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All of these new products will be available August 15th at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink. Thanks for stopping by, visit the rest of the team to see more twiggy and joyful inspiration:

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Autumn style...

Is it really August already? Wow, how the summer flew by! My kids started school this week, and I just can't believe our summer break is over. At least we have fall to look forward to! Speaking of fall, we have some beautiful autumn products coming soon at Papertrey Ink! Let me show you a few of them...
First up, I used the new Brushed Off stamp set to create a colorful border on the card below and added a piece of the new Autumn Chicken Scratch Gingham paper to the top.
A new leafy die called Branching Out was cut in Classic Kraft cardstock and a sentiment from the Tucked In: New Home stamp set was added to the bottom. Any type of sentiment could be used with this card though.


Sending Heartfelt Congratulations card:
STAMPS: Brushed Off, Tucked In: New Home
INK: Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy
PAPER: Autumn Chicken Scratch Gingham, Classic Kraft, white
DIES: Branching Out die
OTHER: Pure Poppy button, floss.
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Next another quick card made with Brushed Off, which I stamped in blues, oranges and greens in the background.
Don't you just love these leaves? I cut them out with a new die collection called Leaf Silhouette dies. A Canyon Clay button and a sentiment from the new Scribbled Sentiments stamps finishes it off! So easy!

For You card:
STAMPS: Brushed Off
INK: Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, Canyon Clay
PAPER: Aqua Mist, white
DIES: Leaf Silhouette Dies
OTHER: Canyon Clay button, floss.
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Is there a product you can't wait to get? All of the new products you see here today will be available for purchase August 15th at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink. Thanks for stopping by, see you back here tomorrow for more previews! Visit the Papertrey Ink team to see more ideas:

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

more Monthly Moments: September...

Hello! I'm back with one more project made with the Monthly Moments: September stamps, dies and Journal Card Collection by Papertrey Ink. If you'd like to see all of the products separately, you can see them here. With the cooler nights and all of the back-to-school events lately, I was in a mood to create a fall-ish thankful mini album. I haven't added photos yet, but photos will be easy to insert, just punch holes at the top and add them in between the pages on the binder ring!

Along with the Monthly Moments products, I've also used the Autumn Adornments stamps on the front cover, stamped and embossed it with gold embossing powder onto a Monthly Moments Journal card. I cut a Phrase Play #7 die from watercolor paper and then just painted some color right over the top and used the Monthly Moments: September stamps in the cut out ("falling leaves, harvest, hay rides"). The thankful was cut from gold paper.

The second page is another Monthly Moments: September Journal Card. I stamped "fall" with the stamp set and embossed it in gold again, trimmed it out and added a leaf die cut from the Doodlie-Do dies.

The third page is a little pocket cut with the Journal Pocket 3 die using vellum and is stamped/embossed with gold again ("Autumn"). You could add photos, journaling, etc. in the pocket.

Aren't these journaling cards cute? I love all the sayings on them.
On the fourth page, I made my own little pocket made with two of the Journal Cards and used some of the stamps on the front, also added a tag made from vellum to tuck inside.

The leftover leaf cut out from the "thankful" piece on the front cover works well here.

On this page, I used the Monthly Moments: September die to cut out the word, then glued the word back on over the top, offsetting it slightly. I like how you can see through the cut out word. "Autumn days" was stamped with Dark Chocolate ink.

Here I attached two journaling cards together to make one long page. This would be a good spot for journaling.

On the last page I'm going to show you, I cut an Apple Prints opening in the journal card and backed it with red dot washi tape and added another "thankful" die cut over the top cut with Phrase Play #7 die.
Would anyone like to give this little mini album a home? Please leave a comment if you are interested, and I'll choose a winner by the end of this week. So glad you stopped by!

Thankful Mini Album:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Monthly Moments: September, Autumn Abundance
INK: Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy, Classic Kraft, Versamark
PAPER: Monthly Moments: September Journal Card Collection, gold paper - Luxe Letterpress kit, white and Classic Kraft cardstock, Fine Linen Bitty Dot patterned paper
DIES: Journal Card 3 die, Doodlie-Do dies, Phrase Play #7, Apple Prints
OTHER: vellum, gold twine - Michaels, washi tape by MT, gold dot paper on front cover/gold stars- Heidi Swapp Project Life, watercolor paper, watercolors, corner rounder.
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To see more September projects with the Monthly Moments collection, visit: 

Friday, September 12, 2014

Monthly Moments: September...

This month, the Monthly Moments products are all about fall...back-to-school, harvest, leaves falling, hayrides, football and autumn days. I've done a scrapbook layout and a pocket page with the Monthly Moments: September products. Here are some sneaks of the stamps, dies and pretty papers available on Sept. 15th at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink.

On this 8.5 x 11" page, I used some of the Monthly Moments: September Journal Cards in the background.

Then a pocket was die cut with the new Monthly Moments: Journal Pocket 3 die to hold photos of Kati on her first day back to school this year. I used the lined stamp in the Monthly Moments: September stamps to stamp lines for the journaling.

The cute little chalkboard shapes were made with a die and chalkboard paint! I cut some Tremendous Tags out of thin chipboard and painted them with Martha Stewart Chalkboard paint. Found the paint at Michaels for $1.99. They dry quick and are hard like little chalkboards! So fun to make!

Then the Monthly Moments: September stamps and Tag-Its #6 stamps were used on the little chalkboards - stamped with white ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder to really make the white stand out. To create the "chalk" look, I dipped my finger in white stamping ink and rubbed it over the embossed sayings.

The book saying was stamped with the new Book Club stamp set coming out this month also. Kati loves to read, and I thought it would be cute to add this saying onto a back-to-school page!

Back-To-School scrapbook layout:
STAMPS: Monthly Moments: September, Tag-Its #6, Book Club
INK: True Black, Fresh Snow by PTI; Soft Granite by Hero Arts\
PAPER: Monthly Moments: September Journal Card Collection, White/Sweet Blush/Pure Poppy cardstock, Fine Linen Bitty Dot Patterned Paper
DIES: Monthly Moments: September die, Monthly Moments: Journal Pocket 3, Tremendous Tags\
OTHER: twine, chipboard stars by Studio Calico, embossing powder - white, chalkboard paint, chipboard, hole punch, washi tape.
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The next one is a 2-pager/pocket style scrapbooking layout from our apple picking days when the girls were little. I used the Monthly Moments: September die and stamp set and the coordinating Journal Card Collection.


From the Journal Card Collection, I chose 3 of my favorite papers from the pack. They make it easy to do a quick page, just fill some of the pockets with these, some pockets with pictures, then embellish a bit if you want, and you're done!

Some of the little chalkboards were used on this layout too, using the same idea of stamping on them and embossing. The long, skinny photo was trimmed down to 2x7" from a 5x7" picture. The pocket was cut with Monthly Moments: Journal Pocket 3 to hold my journaling. I couldn't resist adding an apple and some sayings from Apple Prints ..."I love you to the core" and "I pick you" were perfect for this!
Washi tape always adds a little bit more pattern and interest to my pages. (I forgot to round the corners of the Fall card like the rest of the pages, will go back and do that.) Anyway, that's it! A quick and simple page.

Fall Into Fun pocket page:
STAMPS:  Monthly Moments: September, Apple Prints
INK: True Black, Fresh Snow, Canyon Clay by PTI; Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: Monthly Moments: September Journal Card Collection, Vintage Cream cardstock
DIES:  Monthly Moments: September, Tremendous Tags, Monthly Moments: Journal Pocket 3, Apple Prints
OTHER: washi tape, chalkboard paint, chipboard, twine.

Monday, October 28, 2013

autumn bursts of color...

Wanted to pop in and say hello to everyone out there. I know I don't post much as far as personal things go, and I want to change that. Tell me, do you prefer to see just scrapbooking work? Or other things as well? I've often wondered. I want to blog more as well...I know the 'ole blog has not been very busy around here. Feels like I haven't gotten to craft just for fun in a long time. Hoping to change that too!


Our fall has been extremely busy! Seems like this time of year goes so fast with school functions, activities after school, homework, my daughter's birthday is coming up (her 14th!), Halloween and Thanksgiving. Before you know it, Christmas will be here! Eeek! We are getting adjusted to life in Colorado and just love it SO MUCH! The people here are wonderful. I'm feeling at home and getting settled. We went home to visit my family over fall break recently, and it was refreshing to get a little dose of my mom again. The girls are meeting friends and having sleepovers. Seemed like it just took some time to feel like we were "home" in our new home and area. Now I'm working on getting my scrap room going and getting organized. THEN I will really feel at home and can start crafting just for fun again. I'm getting there! Promise to start blogging more with projects just because. Most of all, I wanted to say thank you for sticking with me during the past six months of this transition in our life. It was a big one, but we are so happy! xo

Saturday, September 7, 2013

mum's the word and basket of blessings....

Working on catching up with my August projects, and I have a couple of new things to share with you today. The first one is made with Mum's The Word stamp set and dies, and the Envelope Liner die.

First, I cut out the mums and leaves and stamped them in Scarlet Jewel, Canyon Clay and Melon Berry with Ripe Avocado leaves. Then I attached them to a Classic Kraft piece of cardstock and stamped the stems in Classic Kraft.


I added a tiny bit of red by adding a few Mighty Oak leaves. I love the extra color it adds. Then I stamped the Mum's the Word sentiment in Dark Chocolate. The sentiment is recessed and the rest of the card is popped up for dimension. I used the Envelope Liner die to match the envie to my card! Love how it looks! This works with any A2 sized envelope.

The finished card front is set onto a Soft Stone cardstock base.

My second card is made with Basket of Blessings. I stamped the basket onto white cardstock and then filled it in with all of the little stamps to fill in the flowers. For inks, I used Pure Poppy (red), Harvest Gold (yellow), Spring Moss (light green), Ripe Avocado (dark green) and Canyon Clay (orange).
The large text stamp is done with Classic Kraft ink and then I used Dark Chocolate ink for the "Grateful" over the top. Love the layered look of the text!

The button at the top was handmade by me with PaperClay (tutorial here) and stamped with Background Basics: Woodgrain. I just adore these two stamp sets! I'll be back with more soon, thanks so much for swinging by.



All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Happy Fall card and envelope:
STAMPS: Mum's The Word
INK: Scarlet Jewel, Melon Berry, Canyon Clay, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft inks
PAPER: Classic Kraft, Soft Stone, and white cardstock
DIES: Mum's The Word dies, Envelope Liner die
OTHER: Twine by Papertrey Ink, pearls by Melissa Frances.


Grateful card:
STAMPS: Basket of Blessings
INK:  Canyon Clay, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate, Classic Kraft, Harvest Gold inks
PAPER: White cardstock
DIES: none
OTHER: Twine by Papertrey Ink, handmade PaperClay button.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

mighty oak and latte love...

Hi everyone! As some of you may know, my Papertrey Ink box was lost in the mail last month, and I didn't receive my Papertrey Ink goodies in time to participate with the design team group posts. I was so bummed that I missed out on all the fun - but loved seeing all of the other beautiful projects! I was anxious to get started when a new box arrived at my step! So today I'm sharing a few things made with the last release. You can see all of these new stamps sets and dies HERE on the main page.

My first set of cards (I have three) were all made with the Mighty Oak stamps and dies. I LOVED working with this set! So many amazing things you can do with it!

It's so easy to get this card right because of the die.

All you do is cut one time, and then pop out the leaves and stamp them, then place them back in. I layered the white cut out over a white base. For the sentiment, I inked up the whole stamp with Classic Kraft, then dipped the top of the sentiment in Dark Chocolate to get the 2-toned look.

I used lots of warm tones, but left the tree white to keep it simple. And now after looking at it again, I think this would make a gorgeous holiday card in some soft, cool, wintery colors with a bit of sparkle, don't you think?! Must make more of these!

For my second card, I wanted to try something different with the leaves.


I started by stamping the background in Background Basics: Morocco in True Black and added the Harvest Gold centers. Then I stamped a few leaves with Melon Berry, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores and Smokey Shadow inks and placed them in a circle pattern. I chose colors that I thought would go well with the black and yellow. (The Smokey Shadow ones were "stamped off" once to get a lighter gray.)

After all the circles were attached, I tied a piece of seam binding around it and wet the top of the ribbon to crinkle it up. Added a frame that was cut and stamped with Boutique Borders: Sympathy. The pin is by Crate Paper, Maggie Holmes' collection. (Punch a hole and slide it right onto your card.)

The last one was really quick and easy.

I pulled out Melon Berry, Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores and Ocean Mist inks and stamped a few falling leaves. I added some swirls in Soft Stone ink from the Happy Trails stamp set. Then a Mighty Oak tree die cut over the top, trimmed at the edge.

A quick card when you're in a hurry!
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Here are a couple of things made with the new Latte Love stamp set and the Coffee Cozy dies! See Nichole's blog here with a video on how to make the Coffee Cozy. I used Papertrey Ink felt for mine.

It fits right around a Starbucks cup perfectly, and would make a cute little gift! I thought maybe by inserting a gift card into an empty, clean mug and then wrap the cozy around it with a tag, it would be great for a gift for the holidays for that coffee lover in your life.

You can even fold it flat for easy mailing. I cut a Wonderful Words: Holiday die from Classic Kraft felt to attach to the front and stitched up the side with twine, tying it in a bow at the top and adding one of my PaperClay buttons I made here.

And here is a card that could be given along with the Coffee Cozy. This was made with the new Latte Love stamp set. First I used the Autumn Pattern Pieces stamps to stamp the background in Aqua Mist ink. (I thought the diamonds would go well with the design in the last coffee cup!)


Then I stamped the coffee cup stack in white, embossed it with white embossing powder and colored the little cups in with Copics! My first Copics I've purchased...and I really enjoyed coloring the images in with them. Now I know what all the fuss is about - it IS fun!

Please stop back to my blog again in a few days, and I'll try to have more projects finished and posted with the last release goodies! All products listed below are by Papertrey Ink, unless otherwise noted. Have a great one, friends!!




All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.

Every Leaf card:
STAMPS: Mighty Oak
INK: Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Terracotta Tile inks
PAPER: white cardstock
DIES: Mighty Oak dies
OTHER: none.


Here For You card:
STAMPS: Mighty Oak, Boutique Borders: Sympathy, Background Basics: Morocco
INK: True Black, Harvest Gold, Melon Berry, Simply Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow, Hawaiian Shores, Soft Stone inks
PAPER: white, Rustic Cream cardstock
DIES: Mighty Oak, Boutique Borders: Sympathy dies
OTHER: seam binding, pin by Crate Paper.


Friends Like You card:
STAMPS: Mighty Oak, Happy Trails
INK: True Black, Soft Stone, Melon Berry, Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores, Ocean Tides, Dark Chocolate dies
PAPER: white cardstock
DIES: Mighty Oak dies
OTHER: none.


Merry Coffee Cozy:
STAMPS: Bitty Blocks II (button)
INK: Pure Poppy ink
PAPER: none
DIES: Coffee Cozy dies, Coffee Cozy Details dies
OTHER: twine, Papertrey Ink.


Homemade Just For You card:
STAMPS: Latte Love, Autumn Pattern Pieces
INK: Aqua Mist, True Black, Fresh Snow inks
PAPER: white, gray cardstock- craft supply store
DIES: none
OTHER: white embossing powder, Copic Markers: R20, R39, BG10.