Release day at Papertrey Ink...

Today is the 15th, which means all of Papertrey Ink's new products are being released for the month at 10pm EST tonight. I'd love to show you a few more new things coming out! These sentiments are stamped with the new Wonderful Words: Congrats stamp set.

To make the background, I pulled out an oldie, but a goodie...the Background Basics: Super Stripes stamps! I forgot about this set, but I love how it turned out with the gray stripes. I used a Hero Arts ink pad called Soft Granite. The flowers are cut out and stamped with Bigger Blooms stamps and dies.

Last, I made two tiny little notches in the sides of the cards to wrap the twine around in the center with a hole punch, just punching half way in. This way, the twine will stay on the card at an angle.

Congrats card:
STAMPS: Wonderful Words: Congrats, Bigger Blooms, Background Basics: Super Stripes
INK: True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Harvest Gold, New Leaf by PTI, Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: white
DIES: Bigger Blooms
OTHER: twine, hole punch.
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The next set is sooooo adorable. I can't wait to use it again. It's called Stitched With Love. I also used a new stamp set in the background with Dark Chocolate ink called Background Basics: Needlepoint. I also used the Rustic Wreath die, can't seem to get enough of that one lately. Sorry I've been using it so much! I didn't realize how much I've been adding it to my cards until this morning. lol

The spool is die cut and stamped, then I wrapped twine around it.

Sew Glad card:
STAMPS: Stitched With Love, Background Basics: Needlepoint
INK: Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, True Black by PTI, Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: white, Classic Kraft, Aqua Mist
DIES: Stitched With Love, Rustic Wreath
OTHER: twine by The Twinery, pearl by Melissa Frances.

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Sometimes when I start on a card, I'm inspired by colors I see on my table. This one was pretty simple, I had this peach tag by Fancy Pants that I just bought recently and loved how it looked with the gold stars and the Fine Linen dot paper! I used the new Congratulations stamp set, the sentiment and gray stars.

Congratulations card:
STAMPS: Congratulations
INK: Dark Chocolate by PTI, Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: Classic Kraft Pattern Pack, white
DIES: none
OTHER: tag by Fancy Pants, chipboard stars by Pink Paislee, gold stars by Studio Calico.
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This card utilizes a new die called Tipped Tops. I cut the white cardstock at an angle with Tipped Tops and nestled it right up to the top of the Aqua cardstock. I used my Copic Markers to color in 3 shades of color, then stamped the new Fancy Footwork stamps over the top.

Always a Reason to Dance card:

STAMPS: Fancy Footwork

INK: none

PAPER: white, Aqua Mist

DIES: Tipped Tops

OTHER: Copic Markers R39, R20, BG10.

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Here I used the Boutique Borders: Congrats to create a frame and then a bunch of colorful sentiments inside.

Congratulations You Did It! card:
STAMPS: Boutique Borders: Congrats
INK: Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores
PAPER: white, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores
DIES: none
OTHER: chipboard stars by Pink Paislee.
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Last, I used the Background Basics: Super Stripes once again with the new Polka Dot Parade #10 stamp set and some Rosie Posie flowers. I also used Rosie Posie Step 2 to add the shading. I am freakishly in love with Rosie Posie. I think I'm going to make a big stash of cards with a similar design as this one for birthdays also.

Where Your Story Begins card:
STAMPS: Congratulations, Polka Dot Parade #10
INK: Harvest Gold, Melon Berry, Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Spring Moss, Hawaiian Shores, Dark Chocolate
PAPER: white
DIES: Rosie Posie, Polka Dot Parade #10
OTHER: none.
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Want to see more? Visit the other Papertrey Ink team members:

Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn McVey
Debbie Olson
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Inside & Out: Get Well Wishes...

We're back with group post #2 for Papertrey Ink's November countdown. Today we are showcasing a new set called Inside & Out: Get Well Wishes. There are so many pretty sentiments in this set that have just the right words you might need during a difficult time when you aren't sure what to say. This set will be available on Nov. 15th.

I stamped the Inside & Out: Get Well saying on graph paper and cut a Rustic Wreath from text paper to put around it. Some Rosie Posie flowers are stamped in the background and on the Rosie Posie dies to add over the wreath, with polka dot leaves from Mighty Oak tucked in as well.

The inside of the card is stamped another sentiment from this set...

I'm Here For You card:

STAMPS: Inside & Out: Get Well Wishes, Rosie Posie, Mighty Oak
INK: True Black, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Aqua Mist
PAPER: white, Aqua Mist, patterned paper by Crate Paper, graph paper
DIES: Rustic Wreath, Rosie Posie
OTHER: pearls by Melissa Frances.
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On the second card, I tried my hand at more of a masculine feel, so instead of stamping flowers in the background, I stamped the leaves from Rosie Posie in Classic Kraft ink. I kept this card very similar, just changing a few colors.

The blues, greens and browns add a more masculine feel.

Inside of Feel Better Soon card:

Feel Better Soon card:

STAMPS: Inside & Out: Get Well Wishes, Rosie Posie, Mighty Oak
INK: True Black, Classic Kraft, Enchanted Evening, Ripe Avocado
PAPER: white, Classic Kraft, graph paper
DIES: Rustic Wreath, Rosie Posie
OTHER: none.
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Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with these products:

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

release day...

The Papertrey Ink team is back to show you what other products are new this month! All of the new products will be released tonight at 10 p.m. EST. 
The frame on the first card was done with the new Boutique Borders: Thinking of You stamps and dies. I stamped the bottom with Mini Blooms.

Thinking of You card:
STAMPS: Boutique Borders: Thinking of You, Mini Blooms
INK: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Spring Moss
PAPER: Aqua Mist and White cardstock, Pure Poppy Pattern Pack
DIES: Boutique Borders: Thinking of You
OTHER: ribbon from Michael's, pearl by Melissa Frances, white embossing powder.
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Next is the new Tis the Season Sentiments and the new Cover Plate Center Stage that I cut out of Soft Stone cardstock. I stamped the Joy from Tis the Season Sentiments right over the cut cardstock with black ink.

I added "merry" cut from the Wonderful Words: Holiday set, some punched circles and twine to finish it off.

Joy Merry card:
STAMPS: Tis the Season Sentiments
INK: True Black
PAPER: Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, White cardstock, blue stripe is from Candy Cane Prints Pattern Pack
DIES: Cover Plate Center Stage, Wonderful Words: Holiday dies
OTHER: twine from Papertrey Ink.
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This is made with Rustic Wreath. I added the wreath over the Fancy Flake die and just colored the wreath in with a Copic marker to shade it a little bit.

Joyeux Noel card:
STAMPS: Rustic Wreath, Background Basics: Houndstooth
INK: Scarlet Jewel, Sweet Blush, Classic Kraft
PAPER: white, cream, Pure Poppy
DIES: Fancy Flakes, Rustic Wreath
OTHER: glitter, twine, flair- A Flair For Buttons on Etsy, Copic marker.
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This one's made with the new 2013 Holiday Tags. I repeated the holly motif from the tag onto the card with the Mistletoe & Holly set, used Spring Moss and Scarlet Jewel for this card - love this combination!

Little Something card:
STAMPS: 2013 Holiday Tags, Mistletoe & Holly
INK: Spring Moss, Scarlet Jewel, True Black
PAPER: Cream, white, Classic Kraft Pattern Pack
DIES: Fancy Flakes
OTHER: glitter, twine.
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On the Let It Snow card, I used the new Wonderful Words: Snow die and stamps, Background Basics: Evergreens (this is actually a long border that I trimmed down) and Background Basics: Christmas Joy (the word stamping on the bottom piece).

After I cut the word "snow" out, I kept the bottom piece and fit it back in. Love how that looks! I popped the front piece and the snow up, so you could see how the snow word fits into the bottom better. I didn't want it to blend into the striped background.

Let It Snow card:
STAMPS: Wonderful Words: Snow, Background Basics: Christmas Joy, Background Basics: Evergreens
INK: Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse
PAPER: Candy Cane Prints Pattern Pack, white cardstock
DIES: Wonderful Words: Snow, Fancy Flakes, Background Basics: Evergreens, Card Base-ics 2 die
OTHER: twine, wood veneer by Studio Calico, pearls by Melissa Frances.
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Next is Confetti Garland Borders. Aren't they adorable! You get circles, hearts, stars and snowflakes - 4 borders in the set! I cut the circle ones from white cardstock, then stamped the circles in all kinds of fun colors. Last, I punched matching cardstock colors, sprinkled on the dots and adhered them pretty much where they landed.

Sentiment is from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday. 

Wish Big card:

STAMPS: Confetti Garland Borders, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday
INK: Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry
PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Pure Poppy
DIES: Confetti Garland Borders
OTHER: hole punch.
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And last is Polka Dot Parade #9. I used the little star and the saying from this set. The bigger star stamp and the star border die are from the Confetti Garland Borders!

I stamped the Background Basics: Houndstooth in Scarlet Jewel and them cut out the One Liner from it. I wanted this card to kind of look like a gift, so I made 2 sides and separated it vertically with the Confetti Garland Border die and then separated the horizontal center with the One Liners die and the seam binding. 

Joy From Our Home to Yours card:
STAMPS: Confetti Garland Borders, Polka Dot Parade #9, Background Basics: Houndstooth
INK: Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Scarlet Jewel, Dark Chocolate, Versamark
PAPER: Rustic Cream, Smokey Shadow, Scarlet Jewel Pattern Pack
DIES: One Liners, Confetti Garland Borders
OTHER: Seam binding.
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Visit the rest of the team to see more of the new products:
Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn McVey
Debbie Olson
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady