Papertrey Ink's new releases for February...

Today we are sharing the last few new stamp sets coming out this evening for February at Papertrey Ink! The new sets I used on this card are Leave It Be, A Little Inspiration, Monthly Moments: Slide Frame, and Monthly Moments: Library card, as well as Four Square and The Sweet Life.

On the Leave It Be leaves, I used Blush Zing embossing powder onto Classic Kraft cardstock. I really like the mix of the modern design in the Four Square frame and the black mixed with the soft colors of the felt and leaves. Eclectic, maybe you could call it?

Love You No Matter What card:

STAMPS:  Leave It Be, A Little Inspiration, Monthly Moments: Slide Frame, Four Square, The Sweet Life, Monthly Moments: Library card
INK: True Black, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado by PTI, Versamark, Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: white cardstock, vellum
DIES: Monthly Moments: Slide Frame, The Sweet Life, Leave It Be
OTHER: enamel dots by MME, Melon Berry felt by PTI.

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This one is made with Be Happy stamp set! Of course, I had to use happy colors to go with the Be Happy stamps. I stamped the background with the flowers and leaves and then added a layer of vellum in the center for a light, airy feel behind the butterflies.

I stitched the vellum and butterflies right onto the stamped pattern on the card front before adding it to the card base. This way I didn't have to use any adhesive on the vellum and have the adhesive show through.

Someone Who Mean So Much card:
STAMPS: Be Happy 
INK: New Leaf, Spring Moss, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise
PAPER: White, Lemon Tart, vellum
DIES: Be Happy dies
OTHER: machine sewing, resin by Melissa Frances, sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

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Last is more of a bold card stamped with Sweet Speech.

The Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal die was used in the background with Soft Stone cardstock and is backed with Enchanted Evening cardstock.

Hello card:
STAMPS: Sweet Speech
INK: Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise
PAPER: Soft Stone, Rustic White, Enchanted Evening
DIES: Cover Plate: Horizontal, Sweet Speech
OTHER: seam binding by Zipperstop.

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I have one more thing to share with you. It's a little sneak of a new CARD KIT by Papertrey Ink!!! Yes, a card kit! And you are not going to believe who is behind the design of this...Ms. Betsy Veldman herself, card maker extraordinaire! I love her style and am so happy to see her designing the stamps, dies and every little piece of these kits! I will have more to show you of this kit on 2/28, the last day of the month. You are not going to BELIEVE all the goodies in the kit! Everything single thing you see here to make this card was in the kit....and so much more. Click HERE to read more.

Don't forget to order tonight at 10pm EST to grab all of the new products for February at Papertrey Ink! For more inspiration, visit the rest of the PTI team:

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

Introducing Special Delivery...

Beep, beep! We've got a special delivery for you.

Whether it's a flower truck delivering flowers for a special occasion, an ice cream truck for a summer or birthday card, or a school bus...this little truck from Special Delivery can be customized so many different ways! I chose the flower delivery truck to work with (I know, big surprise, right?)...

The oval is from the new Limitless Layers: Labels, and I die cut and stamped the Special Delivery truck as a focal point inside the oval. The ribbon stamp is from Ribbons & Bows. A super quick (almost) one-layer card.

Flowers Just For You card:

STAMPS: Special Delivery, Limitless Layers: Labels, Ribbons & Bows

INK: Fine Linen, Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening, Classic Kraft, Simply Chartreuse

PAPER: white, Aqua Mist

DIES: none

OTHER: corner rounder, pearl by Melissa Frances, seam binding by Zipperstop.

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The second one is more detailed using the Special Delivery truck as a border. I used the Garden Grace stamps and die, and the Congrats All Ways stamp set. I love mixing sentiments from different sets, need to remember to do this more often.

See the dot from the truck design? I used it on the top border of my card as well. Another thing I did was instead of use the flowers from Special Delivery on the truck, I used a couple of flowers from Garden Grace, so the flowers from the truck would match the big bouquet of flowers on my card.

Congrats card:

STAMPS: Special Delivery, Garden Grace, Congrats All Ways
INK: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Classic Kraft, True Black
PAPER: Rustic White
DIES: Garden Grace
OTHER:  Sweet Blush button, Button Twine by Papertrey Ink, seam binding by Zipperstop, corner rounder.
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The rest of the Papertrey Ink girls have more to show you with Special Delivery, hop on over to see more!

Ashley Cannon Newell

Betsy Veldman

Cristina Kowalczyk

Dawn McVey

Erin Lincoln

Heather Nichols

Laura Bassen
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Introducing Building Blocks...

The Papertrey Ink team is previewing a new stamp set today called Building Blocks. This and the coordinating dies will be available on Feb. 15th at 10 pm EST. Here is an image that inspired my work today...an ombre stair step!

(Source)

Step 1: On my first card, I began by cutting three of these A2 sized cover plates with a new die called Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonal. I want to use all three colors on my card.

Step 2: I placed the outer piece of the Tropical Teal one on a piece of Aqua Mist cardstock, and taped it down with washi tape, so it wouldn't move around. I'm just using this as a template to place the stripes back in, and will be removing it when I'm done adhering all the stripes.

Step 3: Starting at the top, I adhered the stripes back into the pattern with Scor-Tape. I used the three top stripes from the first cut (Tropical Teal cardstock - new!), three of the second cut in the center (Hawaiian Shores cardstock) and three from the third cut shown above on the bottom (Aqua Mist cardstock), just placing them back in the die cut, adhering them to the Aqua Mist paper. You'll end up with an ombre striped effect. Remove the template. Die cut the Sketched Stars from vellum. Place stars and stamp sentiment.

Here is the finished card!

You're Amazing card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Building Blocks
INK: True Black, Hawaiian Shores
PAPER: Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist
DIES: Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonal, Sketched Stars
OTHER: vellum, gold stars by Studio Calico, pearls by Melissa Frances.

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On my second card, I used the Building Blocks sentiment with a Garden Grace floral piece and the Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonal die.

Really love the mix of the Aqua Mist, Enchanted Evening and Simply Chartreuse.

Something to Be Thankful For card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Building Blocks, Garden Grace
INK: Enchanted Evening, Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse
PAPER: Aqua Mist, white
DIES: Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonal die, Garden Grace die
OTHER: sequins by Pretty Pink Posh.

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Last, I put the Building Blocks dies to work. I stamped them with the Building Blocks stamps in Pure Poppy, Raspbery Fizz, Sweet Blush, Summer Sunrise and Harvest Gold inks.

Step 1: I drew a pencil line on my card and adhered the blocks along the bottom pencil line, spacing them out as evenly as I could.

Step 2: I cut two pieces of white cardstock about 2" each. I placed them over the top and the bottom to cover up the edges of the stamped Building Blocks pieces. I added vellum heart borders with the Heart Border die. 

Here is the finished card! The sentiment is stamped with Building Blocks as well. I used the new Phrase Play #1 die cut to create the "you" in Classic Kraft cardstock.

Smile You Gave Me card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Building Blocks
INK: Pure Poppy, Raspbery Fizz, Sweet Blush, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores
PAPER: white, Classic Kraft, vellum
DIES: Building Blocks, Phrase Play #1, Heart Border die
OTHER: pearl by Melissa Frances.

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I have the opportunity to provide you with your fourth "building block" for the card you can create today for Papertrey Ink's latest challenge.  Each Design Team member has a basic "building block" options for card making to share with you. The intent is for you to visit each blog and collect all of the building blocks necessary to create a beautiful card. 

Each team member, including myself, has six numbered selections for a specific category. Roll a die or use a random number generator to select which item number you will need to work with from their list. If you do not have the supplies for the item you end up with, feel free to roll again. Collect nine item selections total, one from each team member, and get to work creating your masterpiece! Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with these products and gather your other Building Blocks for the challenge!

Ashley Cannon Newell

Betsy Veldman

Cristina Kowalczyk

Dawn McVey

Erin Lincoln

Heather Nichols

Laura Bassen

Melissa Phillips

Nichole Heady