introducing Bountiful Banners...

Hi there! The Papertrey Ink team is introducing a beautiful new stamp set to be released in a couple of days, it's called Bountiful Banners.

Each of us were to choose an inspiration piece first to get us started with ideas, and I found this wonderful scrapbook layout by Wilna Furstenberg. Her work ALWAYS inspires me! It's so fresh and carefree and happy.

Scrapbook pages can certainly inspire you to make a card (or TWO in this case). I'll explain my process...

First, I was inspired by the text on the scrapbooking layout and how everything was layered over it, so I grabbed Papertrey Ink's Background Basics: Text Style stamps and started at the bottom stamping with True Black ink and stamping again as I went up the card without reinking. It created an ombre effect from dark to light. Both cards began this way with the text portion stamped first.

I was inspired also by the light, fresh colors in the page: the pinks, blues, yellows and whites. I found this pretty brad in my stash by Crate Paper that had the look I was going for. I loved her little word banners on her layout too, so next was the banner.

I die cut a banner from the Bountiful Banners dies with Aqua Mist cardstock and stamped/embossed thank you in white with the Bountiful Banners stamps. I added the "Wonderful Friend" stamp from the Think Big Favorites #4 stamps. Then I felt like the top of the design was a little bare, so I found this swirl stamp in the Vintage Labels stamp set to add some visual weight to the top of the card.

Thank You Wonderful Friend card:

STAMPS: Bountiful Banners, Background Basics: Text Style, Think Big Favorites #4, Vintage Labels
INK: True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Fresh Snow, Harvest Gold
PAPER: Stampers Select White, Aqua Mist and Soft Stone cardstock
DIES: Bountiful Banners dies
OTHER: Crate Paper brad.

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On the second card, I used the Think Big Favorites #4 set again to stamp the "Thank You" and placed it on a vertical. The layering of everything on the layout inspired me to die cut "you" from the Wonderful Words dies and add it over the top. Using white assures that it doesn't take over the design, but just adds some dimension and interest.

Soft Stone cardstock is so pretty with these colors, so I trimmed a partial banner down to add to this card in Soft Stone. I LOVE gray right now. It goes with everything!

A couple of pearls finish it off (and help hide any smudges I might have left behind with my fingers)!

I love the paint splatters on the original page, however I'm not very good at adding paint in that fashion. I chose to instead add the heart stamps from Bountiful Banners to add a similar feel that the paint splatters would add... little splashes of color.

Thank You Hearts card:
STAMPS: Bountiful Banners, Think Big Favorites #4, Background Basics: Text Style
INK: True Black, Soft Stone, Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz, Spring Moss, Harvest Gold
PAPER: white, Aqua Mist cardstock
DIES: Bountiful Banners dies, Wonderful Words dies
OTHER: pearls.

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Would you like to see more Bountiful Banners? I think this is going to be one of the most versatile sets. The banners could really be used with anything! Birthdays, anniversaries, weddings... you name it. Here are the other team members' blogs:

Betsy Veldman

Cristina Kowalczyk

Dawn McVey

Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols

Jessica Witty  

Maile Belles

Melissa Phillips

Nichole Heady

introducing Quick Stitch Sentiment Dies...

Papertrey Ink has lots of new goodies this month that will be released March 15th! Only a few days away! I was asked to feature these fun new dies called Quick Stitch Sentiments today. Here is a little sample...

The Quick Stitch Sentiments are a set of 4 dies. You get "thanks, hello, wish and love" in the set. What they do is punch holes in your project for you to stitch the word! How cool is that! Here I used some twine to stitch each letter a different color on my card.

I added some flowers and leaves from last month's Mini Blooms stamp set. I think Mini Blooms is becoming one of my favorite sets ever! It goes with everything!

A little peek at the dies...

And the twine colors I used on the card (just 'cause they are so pretty!) Twine is from The Twinery and the colors go great with the stamping ink colors by Papertrey Ink that I used, which were Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Spring Moss.

Thanks To You card:
STAMPS: Mini Blooms
INK: Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss, Harvest Gold
PAPER: white cardstock
DIES: Quick Stitch Sentiments
OTHER: twine from The Twinery.

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On my next card, I stitched on a birthday tag with a more neutral color scheme and tucked it inside a homemade pocket.

I used Fine Linen cardstock with white embossing powder. The leaves are stamped with Turning a New Leaf, the flower is made with a new set this month Rosie Posie Step 2. I used Soft Stone ink with Fine Linen on the flower, love how it turned out!

("Birthday" is from a new stamp set, Wonderful Words: Birthday. It has a chevron look to it, so pretty.) I stamped the word "birthday" first and then die cut the holes for the word "wish" over the top, so I would have a layered look when I stitched over the stamping.

My husband saw me creating these projects and he said, "why are you sewing on paper?" I had to laugh. He just doesn't understand the paper crafting world. :) I'm a big quilter and sewer, so a hand-stitched sentiment on a card would be like giving a little part of your heart and creativity to someone special!

Floral Birthday Wish card
STAMPS: Turning a New Leaf, Rosie Posie, Rosie Posie Step 2, Wonderful Words: Birthday
INK: True Black, Fresh Snow
PAPER: Fine Linen, white
DIES: Quick Stitch Sentiments, Rosie Posie, Buttoned Up #2 die
OTHER: washi tape, pearls, pin, felt, pom pom trim, embossing powder, Lily Resin Flower, floss.

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On my last project, I tried the dies with Papertrey Ink felt and it worked perfectly! I punched "love" out of Melon Berry felt and used the felt piece on the front cover of a mini album.

This time I didn't back stitch, just put my needle through every other hole, which was very fast with the felt, because the felt bends easily to allow your needle to go up and down quickly and grab more than one stitch at a time. I used a Jenni Bowlin small mini album and some Crate Paper stickers behind the felt. The twine I used was Papertrey Ink's Rustic Twine.

I added "with all my heart" from this stamp set.

Love With All My Heart mini album:
STAMPS: With All My Heart
INK: True Black
PAPER: none
DIES: Quick Stitch Sentiments
OTHER: Jenni Bowlin mini album, Crate Paper stickers, White twill ribbon and Melon Berry felt by Papertrey Ink, button by Pink Paislee, Rustic Twine by Papertrey Ink, floral pin.

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That's it for me! For more sneak peeks today, see Nichole Heady's blog and Melissa Phillips!

eBook winner...

Wanted to pop in really quick! Thank you ALL for your sweet comments!! I truly hope you like my book, so much hard work and love went into it, and it really means a lot to me to hear your kind words. xo

Now to announce the random winner of the Embellishing Handbook.... Justasiam, please email me: dflanders71@hotmail.com for your copy!

justasiam said...16

My favourite way to embellish is with buttons...all kinds of buttons. But I am not very good with embellishments and would love some more ideas, techniques and inspiration!

MARCH 6, 2013 AT 11:25 PM