Wanderlust inspirations...

Today we have quite a few new travel themed stamps, dies and papers to share with you! All of the new products will be available for purchase on July 15th at 10pm EST at papertreyink.com. First up, I have a travel journal to show you.

To create the journal, I used the new Traveler's Journal: Outer Cover dies for the cover and words, and the new Travelers' Journal Pages for the inside pages. Heather will have a full tutorial on how to assemble these books on Nichole Heady's blog. I love that the pages are already cut the correct size and holes are already punched for easy assembly. I used the dies, stamps and papers on the front cover, along with some shipping tags and burlap stars from my stash.

The stamping on the front cover is done with What the Doodle: Map (adventure) and Traveler's Journal: Adventure (stripes).

Here is a view from the top of the book with the pen holder I made and stitched into my book. (Made with fabric that I will show you more of later in this post!)

On one of my page spreads, I made a vellum envelope with the Sheer Basics Vellum and the new Traveler's Journal: Envelope die. It comes with the circle die also to create the fun clasps! You can hold tickets, memorabilia or even small photos inside. Added some stamping, chipboard star, washi tape and a fun die cut arrow from the envelope die.

On the right side, I added a "travel" die cut, some stamping and then a star pin...I thought it would be fun to attach a small photo with the pin on this page, or a little piece of memorabilia. The little sayings on this page spread were stamping with Traveler's Journal: Typed Notes.

Here you can see a pen holder that I made on the back of the inside cover. I folded a Moda fabric swatch in half and machine stitched it onto the page to hold a pen.

For another page spread, I wanted to create lines for journaling and a frame for either a photo or memorabilia. I used the inside of the cut out frame on the left page and Journal Accessories stamps to create the dotted lines. "Adventure awaits" and the stripes were stamped with Traveler's Journal: Adventure stamps.

The stars are stamped with Background Basics: Galaxy. I love the different sizes of stars and will be using those often!

"We were here" was stamped with Traveler's Journal: Adventure and the little "happy place" was stamped with Traveler's Journal: Typed Notes.


Of course you could leave many of the pages blank too to write in your travel plans or journal about your day! So many fun possibilities for decorating these adorable journals!

 Travel Journal supplies:

STAMPS: Traveler's Journal: Typed Notes, Traveler's Journal: Adventure, 
Background Basics: Galaxy, What the Doodle: Map

INK: Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Enchanted Evening, Aqua Mist

PAPER: Traveler's Journal paper collection, Sheer Basics Vellum

DIES: Traveler's Journal: Outer Cover, Traveler's Journal: Envelope

OTHER: Traveler's Journal Pages, twine, burlap stars, star pin, fabric squares by Moda, shipping tags, gold thread, Pink Paislee chipboard star, washi tape, paper clip, enamel dot, Studio Calico shiny star.

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Last is a little card I made for a congrats...I thought it would work well for a graduation card. I used the Traveler's Journal: Adventure stamps, along with Postmarks and Some Like It Hot (flower).

The square is cut with Traveler's Journal: Outer Cover dies, and the scalloped base is cut with Noted: Scalloped Square die collection that was previously released.

Life Is An Adventure card supplies:

STAMPS: Traveler's Journal: Adventure, Postmarks, Some Like It Hot

INK: New Leaf, Tropical Teal, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening

PAPER: Aqua Mist, white

DIES: Traveler's Journal: Outer Cover dies, Some Like It Hot

OTHER: enamel dot.
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Don't forget to shop July 15th at 10pm EST at PapertreyInk.com to get all of the new products we have been previewing this week! Stop by each of these blogs to see more ideas!

Amy Sheffer
Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Kay Miller
Laurie Willison
Lizzie Jones
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

our trip to the Black Hills...

Hey there! I'm back from vacation and I have so much to tell you! Sorry for my blog absence. It was nice to get away, take a break from everything and just spent time with family. We visited my family in South Dakota for about 10 days and then had a couple days home and left again for Maine with my husband's family to the beach. So many great memories made once again! I LOVE summer!!

I wanted to share a few pics from our trips and I'll post more on Facebook soon! Many of you know I'm originally from the Black Hills in South Dakota and lived there for almost 30 years. There is just nothing like it there...if you ever get a chance to visit the area and love to be outdoors, you need to hike Harney Peak. It's amazing. A brochure I read there said it's the highest peak between the Colorado Rockies and the Swiss Alps. It's 6 miles round trip and SO BEAUTIFUL! This is me and my daughter Taylor on our way to the top. It takes about 3-4 hours to get to the top and is quite a grueling hike (well for me. ha), but so worth the views. Coming back down only took about an hour. I was surprised she wanted to go, but she actually did better than I did! :) I wish I had as much energy as her again.

Here we are getting ready for the hike. My aunt and uncle from Minnesota came with their kids, my brother and his family and us.

The path was simple at first (and a little misleading), but it turned very rocky. We saw gorgeous wildflowers everywhere we looked in differing colors, shapes and sizes...

My guy and my brother in the background checking out the views...

My brother and his cute family. He has two boys, so they love to do this hike every year.

Here's a view from the top. You can see for miles!

I loved how the trees looked from above...

At the top...

See the little people in the middle (below)? That was our clan. We sat on the rock, rested and had our snacks to re-fuel.

There is an old tower at the top that they used to use for a fire look-out. Last year when we hiked it, a storm hit right when we got to the top, and we had to hang out in the tower until it passed. The clouds were literally right over our heads!

My mom's side of the family had a reunion while we were there in the Black Hills, so we all stayed in two cabins in the hills together for 4 nights.

We ate lots of good food, played cards, went horse back riding, swimming, mini golfing, visited the Flintstones Village, Storybook Island, Wind Cave, Reptile Gardens, saw buffalo and the cutest little prairie dogs.

We traveled around and did lots of sight-seeing, Mt. Rushmore, etc.

I am really going to miss everyone... and just being there in South Dakota. It's tough coming back to New York, but I look forward to next time I get to see everyone. It's so different there, so peaceful and beautiful. I've seen it a million times, but I will never tire of the beauty of it.

I think I'll have to come back with a separate post with some beach pics! :) Thanks for swinging by today,