Release Day...

Tonight is the night all of the new products will be up for grabs at Papertrey Ink at 10pm EST! Have you seen something you can't live without? I have a few more things to show you today.

Here is Enclosed: Wreath. It's a two-step process really, with the top "Peace" circle that lays over the top of the stamped wreath portion. The wreath is glittered with fine glitter.

The background was stamped with the new Fair Isle Borders stamps. Love these! I didn't want it to compete too much with the wreath, so I added a strip of vellum under the center to tone down the spot where the "Peace" was.

Peace card:

STAMPS: Enclosed: Wreath, Fair Isle Borders
INK: Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado

PAPER: white, vellum

DIES: Enclosed: Wreath

OTHER: fine glitter.

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Here is Cup of Cheer and Keep It Simple: Gift Thanks.

The frame is die cut with Center Style: Feminine Die. I love how you can add a little scene in the center of the card, and it just frames it nicely. The cups were die cut and popped up for a little dimension. "Thank you for the gift" is stamped with Keep It Simple: Gift Thanks.

Thank You for the Gift card:

STAMPS: Cup of Cheer, Keep It Simple: Gift Thanks
INK: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, New Leaf, Versamark

PAPER: True Black and white cardstock, Holiday Plaid paper pad

DIES: Cup of Cheer dies,  Center Style: Feminine die

OTHER: white embossing powder.

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This is the new Joyful Christmas stamp set (pretty bottle brush trees!). I used Christmas Cheer stamps and dies on this card as well ("Happy Holiday to you").

The Joyful Christmas trees were heat embossed with white embossing powder, and I've added some pretty faux snow to the bottoms of the trees for sparkle.

Happy Holiday to You card:

STAMPS: Joyful Christmas
INK: True Black; Versamark - craft supply, Soft Granite - Hero Arts

PAPER: Holiday Plaid paper pad, Aqua Mist cardstock; other - gray cardstock from craft store

DIES: Center Style: Feminine Style

OTHER: Faux snow, twine.

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On the last card, I've used Warmest Wishes (let it snow) and Snowflake Sparkle (snowflakes).

The large JOY letters are die cut from the new Wet Paint Alphabet Upper dies.

Joy card:

STAMPS: Warmest Wishes, Snowflake Sparkle
INK: Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Tropical Teal, Aqua Mist, True Black

PAPER: Aqua Mist/white cardstock, Enchanted Evening Pattern Pack

DIES: Wet Paint Alphabet Upper

OTHER: Wood stars - Make It Market Mini Kit: Holiday Folk.

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The new products you see here today will be available tonight, October 15th, at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink. Here are the other design team members' wonderful blogs...stop by and visit them to see more!

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

Holiday Style...

Welcome to another Papertrey Ink group post! Today we are previewing the new Wet Paint Holiday Tags stamp set, Star Scribbles and the Folded Tags dies. First up, a set of tags. I used the Wet Paint Holiday Tags stamp set.

The new Folded Tag die was used as the bases for these. Super quick and easy to make assembly-line style!

Gift Tag Set:

STAMPS: Wet Paint Holiday Tags
INK: Hibiscus Burst, Pure Poppy, Tropical Teal, Aqua Mist, New Leaf, True Black

PAPER: white

DIES: Folded Tags

OTHER: twine.

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Next a quick card using the Star Scribbles stamps and dies and the Wet Paint Holiday Tags dies.

The pretty paper at the top is from the new Pure Poppy + White Basics paper pad. I cut out, stamped and embossed the gold Star Scibbles. Maybe a fun card for a guy? 

For You card:

STAMPS: Star Scribbles
INK: True Black; Gray -Soft Granite by Hero Arts

PAPER: Pure Poppy + White Basics, black, white

DIES: Wet Paint Holiday Tags, Star Scribbles

OTHER: gold embossing powder, gold tape - Luxe Letterpress kit.
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That's it for me for today! The new products you see here today will be available October 15th at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink. Here are the other design team members' wonderful blogs...stop by and visit them to see more!

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

Creative Cardmaker: Quick cards in a pinch...

Today is another Creative Cardmaker post over at The Weekly Scrapper! I'm showing a quick way to create birthday cards in a pinch..."repeat a sentiment". Super easy, and you can die cut the words ahead of time to have on hand. I'm always in a pinch for a birthday card at the last minute, so here's a quick idea.

Stop over to The Weekly Scrapper to read more about these cards. I used the Wet Paint III stamps and dies by Papertrey Ink and several of their cardstocks and clear sequins by Pretty Pink Posh. Have a good day!

Creative Cardmaker: Using fabric swatches...

I have a new post up all about adding fabric swatches to your greeting cards over at the Scrapbook Expo Weekly Scrapper blog, hope you'll swing by and check it out...

I’m always on the lookout for something fun and different to use on my projects, so when I saw these little swatches, they stole my heart and were very inexpensive. I bought several different bundles of these 2.5″ x 2.5″ squares by Moda (Marmalade, Happy-Go-Lucky, and Aspen Frost). The designs were modern, cute, tactile and colorful… just what I love! I had to figure out a way to use them on my cards. 

I've used a white-on-white technique in the background to add some texture, but allow the fabric swatch and sentiment to be the focal point with the Cover Plate: Circles die and the words are cut from Wet Paint Cuts and Wet Paint Cuts III dies.

Stop by the Weekly Scrapper for the full tutorial!

Gossamer Blue Feb kits and a process video...

The February kits at Gossamer Blue are now available! This month the colors are more primary and bold...and fun!

The "Hugs, Hugs and More Hugs" card is made with the February main kit only. I used the bold stripe paper and added "hugs" words that I die cut with a Papertrey Ink die called Big Hugs using my Cuttlebug. I trimmed it out two times from the floral patterned paper and the one from the sun ray pattern. I used the Snap! die cuts (label and heart) and a Pebbles enamel dot from the kit. Printed out "and more" with my computer to add to the die cut.

The next card is a mix of the Feb. main kit and the Bits & Pieces kit.

Loved the frames and the clip in the Bits & Pieces kit from the Pebbles Banner Kit and wanted to use one on a card! (There are 12 of these frames in the package, so you could make a lot of cards with it!) I added a few of the Snap! paper washi tapes around the edges, then backed it with patterned papers from the main kit. I stamped "absolutely love this" with the stamp from the main kit (gorgeous font!), and die cut "thanks" with a die by Papertrey Ink from the Wet Paint Cuts Die Collection.

Also, I decided to make a process video take one of the kits that I received, open it up on camera and create two cards with it! You can watch the VIDEO here at Gossamer Blue. To make these, I've used the February Life Pages kit.

The little project life cards are so stinkin' adorable. Who says they have to be used on scrapbooking pages? There's no rule that we can't use them on cards, right?

Everything here is in the kit except the machine stitching and the seam binding.
Hope you enjoyed seeing a peek into my process. I always pick my favorite things from the kits and then figure out how they work together, for example the floral project life card with the floral chipboard. Um hello, perfect! You can use them as borders, like I did with the striped card too. Make the products work for YOU! :) 

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.

New releases for March!

We have been counting down to the 15th (when all of the new stamps and dies are released at Papertrey Ink), and today I have a few more things to show you. Everything will be up for sale tonight at 10pm EST.

First is Gatsby Glamour. I used the gorgeous frame and embossed it in white on vellum and die cut it with the coordinating die. I also cut it with Soft Stone cardstock again and inserted the Soft Stone center into the middle. The background is stamped with Background Basics: Art Deco. And yes, if you are wondering, I did put the frame upside down on purpose! It think it looks like a tag this way, don't you? I like it a lot.

The "thank you" if from a new stamp set called Keep It Simple: Thank You.

Thank You card:

STAMPS: Gatsby Glamour, Keep It Simple: Thank You, Background Basics: Art Deco, The Sweet Life

INK: Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal and True Black by PTI; Soft Granite by Hero Arts

PAPER: White and Soft Stone

DIES: Gatsby Glamour, The Sweet Life

OTHER: pearl by Melissa Frances.
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The swirls on this card are from the Putting Down Roots set. I wanted to use them in a different and unique way. The spiky cactus would look great as a sun ray too! I tried that at first, but ended up with this instead. You can use so many unique things to create a frame for your focal point. Try looking at your stamps differently to see what would make a cute frame! It's heat embossed on vellum. 

Behind the vellum is a stamped background made with Background Basics: Art Deco. I love these little diamonds that look almost like raindrops! The flowers are from Just Smile, the banner and sentiment is from Stitched Sentiments, and the "you" letters were cut with Script Alphabet dies. I cut the banner in white cardstock and just dipped my finger in Sweet Blush ink and rubbed it across the banner to color it. Creates a soft effect.

You Always Make My Heart Smile card:

STAMPS: Putting Down Roots, Just Smile, Background Basics: Art Deco, Stitched Sentiments

INK: Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Tropical Teal, Versamark

PAPER: Aqua Mist, white, vellum, Harvest Gold Pattern Pack

DIES: Just Smile, In Stitches

OTHER: white embossing powder; pearls by Melissa Frances.
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Next is Just Smile. I made some little cookie bags and stamped the background, folded the edge up to create a ledge to hold the cookies in place and wrapped it up with acetate, then a coordinating tag finishes it off!

To make these, I cut a piece of white cardstock 5 1/2" x 3". Then I scored it at 1/2" from the end and 1 1/2" from the end and folded the paper to create a little nook for the cookies. This allows you a little more than an inch to slide the cookies in. I used 3 cookies. (No, I didn't bake them, they are Chips Ahoy! HA!)  Here is a little peek at my process. You can stamp the backgrounds, or just use patterned paper. I stamped the pink and aqua floral ones.

Clear cellophane bags would have worked better than the cellophane on the roll, not so much bulk at the top when you tie them. But the roll of cellophane worked ok! Measure out how thick the cookies are and make sure the bottom of the holder will fit your cookies.

Cookie Bags:

STAMPS: Just Smile

INK: Harvest Gold, Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Tropical Teal, Aqua Mist

PAPER: Harvest Gold Pattern Pack, Sweet Blush Pattern Pack, white

DIES: Just Smile

OTHER: pearls by Melissa Frances.
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Last is Wet Paint. I painted some backgrounds with my watercolors and added these cute brush stroke stamp sayings on top! To get the drip look, I used a lot of water and held the card up, let the paint drip down and let it dry. Artsy!

Thanks for Everything card:

STAMPS: Wet Paint

INK: True Black by PTI, Soft Granite by Hero Arts

PAPER: white, watercolor paper

DIES: none

OTHER: sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.
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The other Papertrey Ink team members have a ton to show you also, so stop by and say hello!
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Laurie Willison
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady