Ultimate Birthday Inspiration...

Howdy! The Papertrey Ink team is back with another group post. We are sharing a bunch of new birthday inspired stamp sets and dies that will be available July 15th at www.papertreyink.com!

Here I've used the By the Numbers Border die (for the 9), the Suffix Style dies (th), and the Balloon Bash dies. The sentiment is from Inside and Out Birthday II, which I stamped first. Then I used heart stamps from Balloon Bash to sprinkle down the card. Next, I added the balloon and almost left it at that, but I decided to add a number to the top. My daughter Kati will be 9 next year, and I'm sure we'll have birthdays to attend to this year!

Sending You Love and Laughter card:
STAMPS: Inside and Out Birthday II, Birthday Bash
INK: Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, True Black
PAPER: white, Aqua Mist, Smokey Shadow
DIES: Balloon Bash, By the Numbers Border Die, Suffix Styles dies
OTHER: gems.
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The next card is more retro, a different style for me. :) It uses the new Rainbow Circles dies and the By The Numbers Bordie die, along with the Suffix Style dies. To go with the retro style, I chose some fun colors for a sweet 16 card.

The colors I chose were Melon Berry, Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist and the Shimmery Gray cardstock for the stripes.

You'll have to cut two of each color to actually make this card. (Here in the picture you can see I've only cut one of each so far.) Next you'll choose what color order you'll want the stripes, break them apart and arrange them on your card.

On the inside, I added a sentiment from the Inside and Out Birthday II set.

16th card:

STAMPS: Inside and Out Birthday II
INK: True Black
PAPER: Shimmery Gray, Soft Stone, Aqua Mist Pattern Pack, Raspberry Fizz, Harvest Gold, Melon Berry
DIES: Rainbow Circles, By the Number Border die, Suffix Style
OTHER: none.
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Visit the other team members to see more with these birthday products!
Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Cristina Kowalczyk
Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Jessica Witty
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Scrolling Script...

Papertrey Ink is counting down to its new stamp set releases for July, and today I get to feature a new stamp set called Scrolling Script and the matching Mat Stack 7 Collection dies, which will be released on July 15th.

On my first card, I began by stamping a background with the hexagon stamp from the set.

To create the focal point, I cut 2 of the hexagons with the Scrolling Script dies, then stamped the hexagon over the top to create the framed look on the hexagons. The little flowers were made with another new set called Polkadot Parade #6 stamps and dies.

Here you can see the smallest die of the set of 3. I cut one from Harvest Gold cardstock and trimmed it in half, and then made a matching one with the Aqua Mist patterned paper. 

A note about the hexagon stamped background: when I was practicing on scratch paper and had hexagons stamped all the way down an 8.5 x 11" paper, I got to thinking it would be SUPER cute to use the hexagon die to cut out photos to fit inside some of the hexagons for a scrapbook layout! If you give it a try, send me a link. I'd love to see how it turns out!

You're Sweet card:

STAMPS: Scrolling Script, Polkadot Parade #6
INK: Pure Poppy, Enchanted Evening, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold
PAPER: White, Harvest Gold cardstock, Aqua Mist Pattern Pack
DIES: Scrolling Script, Polkadot Parade #6
OTHER: gems, twine.
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On the Mr. & Mrs. card, I used the new Mat Stack 7 dies to cut the hexagon shapes. The flower is a new set called Delightful Dahlias Additions, and it makes a great addition to a simple wedding card.

I used some patterned paper from my stash (by American Crafts) to cut the outer shape with the largest hexagon in the die set. Then used the 2 inner hexagons to cut the center frame - see photo below for a how-to.

The frame is open in the center. I created this by die cutting the largest hexagon first and then cutting out the center with the smallest hexagon. The sentiment is stamped on the white card base in the center.

To create the skinny frame in the center, I used the 2 smaller hexagons and put them together like this, taped them down, so they didn't move around and then cut it with my Cuttlebug machine.

This created the skinny frame in the middle!

For the Mr. & Mrs. card:

STAMPS: Scrolling Script, Delightful Dahlias Additions
INK: Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst, Sweet Blush, True Black, New Leaf, Vintage Cream
PAPER: White, Smokey Shadow cardstock, stripe paper by American Crafts
DIES: Scrolling Script, Delightful Dahlias Additions
OTHER: none.
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Last, I embossed one of the Scrolling Script sayings onto Fine Linen cardstock and cut out with the smaller hexagon. I made another skinny frame like above, this time with Harvest Gold cardstock.

I kept this one simple, because the sentiment has a lot going on with the swirls, and I wanted to keep the focus on the pretty sentiment.

Thank You card:

STAMPS: Scrolling Script
INK: Fresh Snow
PAPER: Smokey Shadow, Harvest Gold and Classic Kraft cardstock
DIES: Scrolling Script dies
OTHER: white embossing powder.
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Thank you very much for swinging by today! Visit a few others to see more sneak peeks: Nichole Heady, Melissa Phillips and Ashley Cannon-Newell.

Pink Paislee sneak peeks!

The Craft and Hobby Show is right around the corner, and we at Pink Paislee have a few peeks for you of our new lines coming out this month at CHA. I cannot wait to show you the whole reveal! Here are a few little snippets to whet your whistle...

SNOW VILLAGE is absolutely gorgeous, slightly shabby but with fun patterns!! I simply can't decide which line will be my favorite, but this one MIGHT be it. You should see all the fun extras that are coming with this line! I'm so flipping excited!!

Next, we have the COLOR WASH line! The watercolor trend is so hot, hot, hot right now!

You will absolutely love some fun surprises that come with this line!!! There may or may not be stamps and vellum involved - wait, WHAT? Shhhhhhh. Don't tell.

A peek at one of the embellishments that go with the Color Wash line, some die cut tags you can customize to your liking! If you don't have the Cameo machine yet, these tags will come in handy to hop on the "cutting" bandwagon without actually having to do the cutting WORK!

When Rebecca asked us for our wildest scrapbooking dreams and desires, I had to chime in with "more sentiments!" As a card maker, I'm always on the lookout for ways to add sayings to cards. And layout people, you can use them too. I will let you. 

Here is a sneak of the SENTIMENT SERIES! Yeah. I'm excited for this one too.

And last, but not least, a line catered for boys...and girls, really. I can't wait to get that floral and those chevrons, and the circles. Oh my! 

This is the HEY, KID collection!

I hope you are as excited as I am. There's so much more to these that you can't see. TRULY! Fun surprises await!! So stay tuned for more peeks beginning next Monday, July 15th!

Tell me ~ which one is your favorite so far?