Beautiful Inspiration...

Today we are previewing a new stamp and coordinating die set called Better Together, a lovely floral set that works well colored, or just stamped on cardstock and patterned paper like I did on this first one!

The background here is made with the new Leaf & Sprig Frames, which you can use individually, but I kept them all together and just embossed the cardstock with all of them. The yellow frame was cut with the new Fill in the Blank dies, and the sentiment was stamped and embossed with red embossing powder. I need to remember to use colored embossing powder more often!

I Can't Thank You Enough card:

STAMPS: Better Together

INK: Versamark

PAPER: Sheer Basics Vellum, white, Lavender Moon pattner pack, 
Harvest Gold pattern pack, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist

DIES: Better Together 

OTHER: 

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This card was stamped with Better Together also, with no coloring. 

I stamped the sentiment in the center and embossed it with white embossing powder, then stamped the florals in the corners. Simple and quick and can be made in any color!

People In Your Life card:

STAMPS: Better Together

INK: Hawaiian Shores

PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal pattern pack

DIES: none

OTHER: white embossing powder.

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Last up is a card with the Better Together large flower cut from watercolor paper, then stamped and embossed. To color it, I painted it with watercolor paints. The sentiment is from the new Inspired: Mercy stamps and dies.

I tapped a few little drops of watercolor in the background as well. This one is really pretty in real life.

Mercy card:

STAMPS: Better Together

INK: Versarmark, True Black

PAPER: white

DIES: Better Together, Inspired: Mercy

OTHER: watercolor paints, sequins.

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Better Together will be available at 10pm EST at Papertrey Ink, along with the other new products shown today! Stop by each of these blogs to see more of this stamp set: 

Amy Sheffer
Ashley Cannon Newell
Betsy Veldman
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Kay Miller
Laurie Willison
Lizzie Jones
Melissa Phillips
Nichole Heady

Splits: Happy Birthday...

Today I get to show you a new stamp set by Papertrey Ink that is way funky and cool, a little out of my norm, but I had fun with it! It's called: Splits: Happy Birthday and will be available on Nov. 15th at 10pm EST for purchase at Papertrey Ink!

First up, I used the stamp set on vellum. It's hard to see in this photo, but I used the big striped vellum from this package of Sheer Basics Vellum underneath and stamped the Splits over the top. I added the new Big Basics: Wish Big die over the top with some red enamel dots and shiny blue stars from Studio Calico that I had in my stash. I also used a new die set to create the "stitches" called Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical dies, coming soon! I really love how it frames out the design!

What do you think about the colors on this one? I kind of love them!

Wish Big card:

STAMPS: Splits: Happy Birthday

INK: Versamark

PAPER: Stormy Sea, Sheer Basics Vellum, Orange Zest

DIES: Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical dies, Big Basics: Wish Big die

OTHER: enamel dots, white embossing powder.

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On the next card, I die cut and stamped the Splits: Happy Birthday frame with red ink and cut it in half. I added half of it on the top portion of the card and the other half on the bottom. I used the Noted dies again to cut the red portion and trimmed out the middle to form a focal point for the "Wish Big" sentiment.

This card would be easy to make in any color, for a boy or a girl.

Wish Big card:

STAMPS: Splits: Happy Birthday

INK: Pure Poppy

PAPER: Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold pattern pack, Enchanted Evening pattern pack

DIES: Big Basics: Wish Big, Splits: Happy Birthday, Noted A2 Vertical

OTHER: chipboard star by Pink Paislee, enamel dot.

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Last, but not least a more masculine card. I tried, folks! I tried!! This is as simple as I could get. Ha! I stamped and colored in the Splits frame die and added an Enchanted Evening patterned paper behind it with a white embossed saying with the Splits stamp for the sentiment.

Happy Birthday card:

STAMPS: Splits: Happy Birthday

INK: Enchanted Evening, Versamark

PAPER: Stormy Sea, 

DIES: Splits: Happy Birthday

OTHER: 

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Don't forget to shop tonight at 10pm EST on November 15th at Papertrey Ink to get all of the new products we will be previewing this week! Stop by Nichole Heady's blog to see more, and I'll be back each day through the 15th with more cards and things!

Table Service revisited...

Here is an "oldie, but goodie" masking technique using the Table Service stamps by Papertrey Ink. I hope this will inspire you to break out your stamps and get creative! Masking off the sentiment is easy to do and creates a professional look to your cards. I'll show you how...

Step 1: Stamp sentiment in the center of the card first. I'm using the Table Service stamps by Papertrey Ink.

 Step 2: Use a strip of thin paper to cover the sentiment.

Step 3: Stamp circles overlapping the sentiment. You can stamp a few, or fill in the whole card front with them.

Step 4: Remove the paper strip and stamp the flowers in all of the centers. (You can keep the scrap paper on if you need to, if there is not enough room for the flowers on the two ends.)

Step 5: Fill in all of the circles with the floral stamp and lace borders. (Mask off the sentiment again, if you need to, for any of the remaining lace borders inside the circles.)

On my second card, I just used 3 circles for a quick card, but used the same idea with a new color palette.

Simple, yet effective!

Visit the other Papertrey Ink senior design team members to see more with Table Service: 

Betsy, Dawn, Heather and Melissa.

Also, see below for the October release post which has more projects made with the new stamps and dies that already came out on October 15th at Papertrey Ink!