Embroidered Blooms...

Welcome back to another Papertrey Ink countdown. We are so excited to show you a few new stamp sets coming out this month. Today we're featuring Embroidered Blooms and Ribbons & Bows. My first card uses the Embroidered Blooms on the leaves/stems and the sentiment. It's a 2 part stamping on the flowers and leaves in the set, and those are becoming my favorite type of stamps - the layered look you can achieve is amazing!

I used Sweet Blush ink first and then the tips of the leaves are stamped in red, Pure Poppy. It's one big stamp, so it's easy to line up with the first one. This set coordinates with the Turning a New Leaf dies also - a favorite of many people!

The frames were fun to work with! These are the new Mat Stack 6 dies. I cut the center of the frame with white cardstock and the outer 2 layers of the frame with Soft Stone cardstock. The outside layer was then stamped with Background Basics: Newsprint. See how if you cut the 2 inside frames at the same time, you get the skinny border like I have? So many cutting possibilities with these.

The hearts are all from Framed Out #11 (stamps and nested heart die). The polkadot paper is Smokey Shadow Pattern Pack, the border is the Filigree Border. I scrunched up a small bit of seam binding and stitched it together. I didn't want a huge bow to take over the small details on my card.

Thanks So Much card:
STAMPS: Embroidered Blooms, Background Basics: Newsprint
INK: True Black, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy
PAPER: Smokey Shadow Pattern Pack, Sweet Blush/white/Soft Stone cardstock, Linen Vellum
DIES: Mat Stack 6 (frames), Framed Out #11 (hearts), Filigree Border
OTHER: seam binding, pearl, My Mind's Eye Lost & Found Ruby Enamel Dots.
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One more! This one uses Embroidered Blooms flowers with the new Ribbons & Bows set. I stamped the bow in New Leaf, then the flowers using Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, Melon Berry and Soft Stone. A "celebrate" sentiment was used from Ribbons & Bows and "you" is from Embroidered Blooms.

Only one flower is stamped red to draw your eye right to the saying. I love the font! After stamping, the whole piece of cardstock was run through the Cuttlebug with a Simple Strips Impression Plate to create the raised lines in the white cardstock and add dimension.

This card just makes me happy! Hmm....who to send it to...

Celebrate You card:
STAMPS: Embroidered Blooms, Ribbons & Bows
INK: True Black, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Melon Berry, Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, New Leaf
PAPER: Sweet Blush/white cardstock
DIES: Simple Stripes Impression Plate
OTHER: pearl.
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These new stamp sets and dies will be available on the 15th at PapertreyInk.com. Stop by the rest of the team's blogs to see what they've made with these same products!

Ashley Cannon Newell 

Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk

Dawn McVey

Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols

Jessica Witty  

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips

Nichole Heady

gift card wrap...

I'm back with a quick card that was on the Lily Bee blog today. Pocket cards are my favorite, especially during the holidays - tuck in a gift card, holiday photo, candy canes, shredded paper... whatever your heart desires to make it fabulous for the recipient!

First, I cut two Mega Mat Stack 4 pieces from Lily Bee's Christmas Cheer paper. I just run the die over my paper in my Cuttlebug machine to cut the front and back pieces. Next they were adhered on all sides to create the pocket, leaving the top open.

A Christmas Cheer journaling card was used on the front - it's hard to see in my photos, but it's a tan polka dot card with a blue snowflake on it. I simply added twine, a punched heart, a floral pin and felt photo corners. A Chrismtas Cheer stamp was added for the sentiment.

Voila! Hang it on your tree if you'd like until Christmas- makes a cute ornament as well. Stop over to the Lily Bee blog to see more holiday card ideas.

countdown to christmas...

Hi there! Did you think I'd fallen off the face of the earth? I can't believe it's been so long since I posted last. My parents came for a week for Thanksgiving and we had a wonderful time together - our first one together in 12 years. It was just as comfortable together as it was 12 years ago! We usually travel during the summer instead to see them, because the holidays can be daunting for travel plans. While they were still here visiting, I became sick with the flu. The flu this season is AWFUL, please get a flu shot if you haven't already!! I forgot to get mine this year. It will completely knock you down for the count for at least a week. I felt like a train ran over me, and I'm not exaggerating what-so-ever! It hurt, hurt, hurt! Then - if that wasn't enough to complete my November - my husband and I traveled to Denver, CO to check out the area for a week. We might be moving there for a job opportunity soon. Scary, but exciting at the same time! I will keep you posted! :)

I wanted to pop in and share an awesome event we've put together at Pink Paislee - an ENTIRE month of Christmas inspiration - our annual Countdown to Christmas EVENT! Each day on the Pink Paislee blog, you'll find a new and exciting project with the City Sidewalks collection! We hope you'll stop by and check it out!

I have SO much to share with you soon, including some very fun news I will finally get to share next week - a huge project and labor of LOVE I've been working on!!  Please stop by again soon, as I will be back to creating also as the next Papertrey Ink countdown starts again in a few days!