Desktop Design...

The Papertrey Ink team is back again today with a couple of new things to show you that will be released this month on the 15th, the Desktop Design stamps and dies! My favorite thing about this set is this adorable little typewriter. It actually has a tiny piece of paper that you can stamp a saying on and slide into the slot! So cute!

I stamped the background with this set also. Kept this one a little bit on the simpler side with just a small focal point in the center.

 Thank You card:

STAMPS: Desktop Design
INK: Tropical Teal, True Black, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Aqua Mist by Papertrey Ink, and Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: white
DIES: Desktop Design
OTHER: none.

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On the next card, I added a few more steps with die cutting the desk and changing out the sentiment.

You know how when you were younger, the teacher would stamp little sayings in red on your paper? I tried to recreate that look by stamping the "teacher" in red ink on the background notebook paper that I made. :)

 Teacher, Happy Birthday card:

STAMPS: Desktop Design
INK: Tropical Teal, True Black, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Aqua Mist by Papertrey Ink, and Soft Granite by Hero Arts
PAPER: white, Aqua Mist by PTI, red polka dot by Crate Paper
DIES: Desktop Design
OTHER: chipboard stars - Studio Calico.

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This stamp set will work for secretaries, bosses, co-workers, friends, miss you cards, and hello cards as well as teacher cards! Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with Desktop Design:

Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Lauri Willison
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Monthly Moments: April...

Hi! I'm back to share a few of the new Monthly Moments products for April and a couple other new things coming out on the 15th at Papertrey Ink. First up, a layout that was inspired by the umbrellas in the Monthly Moments: April stamp set!

I was looking for April pictures and found this fun pic of my girls in April of 2009. It cracks me up! The journaling tells about what I see in this photo, very indicative of their relationship...Taylor's humor and poor Kati has to deal with it. Ha. Sibling love.

Under the photo, I added a pocket to hold more pics. (I completely forgot to insert the extra photos in the pocket before I took the pics of my layout- sorry!) It's cut with the Monthly Moments: Journal Pocket 1. I have a series of cute pics from this day I want to tuck inside.

I was in the mood to paint something to add to my layout, so I painted some raindrops with watercolors on a scrap piece of paper, painting them darker at the top, making them smaller and lighter as I painted down. When dry, I printed my journaling over the top and trimmed it down to fit on my page.

The "hello" and arrow were cut with the new Phrase Play #3 die and the big words were stamped with the new Wet Paint II stamp set. The sayings in the Wet Paint II set are perfect for layouts and pocket pages! I used a couple of the yellow journaling cards from the April Monthly Moments kit, and the new Cover Plate: Modern Cross Quilt in white (under the hello). "Remember This" and the umbrellas and rain drops are from the Monthly Moments: April stamps.

Hello layout:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Monthly Moments: April, Wet Paint II, Simply Framed

INK: True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Lavender Moon

PAPER: Stampers Select White and Classic Kraft cardstock, Monthly Moments: April journaling cards

DIES: Cover Plate: Modern Cross Quilt, Phrase Play #3 Simply Framed, Monthly Moments: Journal Pocket 1

OTHER: twine by PTI, wooden stars by Studio Calico, washi tape.

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Here I've stamped some one-layer pocket cards that you could use in your scrapbooking/pocket pages! The "remember this" is from the Monthly Moments: April stamp set, and I left lines to write journaling or important dates and notes in between the colors. The "&" is from the Simply Framed set and the umbrellas and sentiment were stamped with the Monthly Moments: April set. This is a super fast and easy way to dress up your pocket pages in between the photos!

April 3" x 4" pocket page cards:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Simply Framed, Monthly Moments: April

INK: Melon Berry, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Tropical Teal, Aqua Mist, Spring Rain, Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist - all by PTI. Soft Granite by Hero Arts.

PAPER: Stampers Select White

DIES: none

OTHER: none.

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Visit Heather Nichols, Melissa Phillips and Ashley Newell for more Monthly Moments inspiration for April! Thanks for visiting me today. Hope you are having a great weekend!

Simple Stars...

Our first group post for Papertrey Ink this month is with a new stamp set called Simple Stars! 

These stamps make it so easy to add color and pattern to any project. I've also used a new die called Cover Plate: Stars. All of these new products will be available on April 15th at 10pm EST.

On the first card, I die cut the cover plate from Rustic White cardstock, then backed it with a piece of Hawaiian Shores cardstock. Then I stamped a few of the little stars that fell out of the cover plate and tucked them back in. The larger ones are stamped with the Simple Stars stamps.d

Last, the card front is added to a Summer Sunrise card base. I love adding another color to the card with a different cardstock base.

I've been stamping with a couple of friends here in Colorado, and one thing they told me was that they were surprised by how I just create a card front and later add it to a base. Do you do this? Or do you create a whole card and then stamp directly on the front of that? The reason I do this is because I make a lot of mistakes, and it's just easier for me to adhere the card front later when I'm done. If I mess up, I can toss it and start over with just a front and not ruin the entire card. Plus it's fun to add more color to the inside of the card!

Stars Shine Brightest card:
(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Simple Stars
INK: True Black, Pure Poppy, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores
PAPER: Rustic White, Hawaiian Shores
DIES: Cover Plate: Stars
OTHER: seam binding - Zipperstop, wooden stars - Studio Calico.

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This one was intended to be a little more masculine, although I'm not sure how good of a job I did on that! Masculine is so hard for me! I trimmed the Cover Plate: Stars again from Enchanted Evening patterned paper and trimmed it down a bit. I backed it with Tropical Teal cardstock, then added a saying from Simple Stars over the top on Hawaiian Shores cardstock with Tropical Teal ink.

Then I felt like it needed one more color to brighten it, so I added a bit of purple.
The wooden stars are by Studio Calico and a stamped star was added as a focal point from Simple Stars in Lavender Moon ink.

Entire Night Sky card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)
STAMPS: Simple Stars
INK: Tropical Teal, Lavender Moon
PAPER: Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist cardstock, Enchanted Evening Pattern Pack
DIES: Cover Plate: Stars
OTHER: wooden stars - Studio Calico, twine - The Twinery, sewing machine thread.

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Visit the rest of the PTI team to see more with these products:

Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Laura Bassen
Lauri Willison
Maile Belles
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady