SO, here we are on the last day of sneak peeks before the big Release Night at Papertrey Ink! Have you been to Nichole's blog yet to see what SHE has created with Damask Designs??? :) So much inspiration from that girl!
I've got a few more cards to share with you....I've saved some of my favorites for today. I LOVE this card! I'm not sure if it's because I love the color combo or if it's because the damask looks like more fabulous vintage wallpaper or what, but I dig this one! Ha! The tag and sentiments are all from the new Tags for Spring stamp set. I used my Heidi Swapp edge distresser to rough up the bottom edge of the kraft card stock which I think just adds to the vintage feel of the card.
This card combines Nichole's new Friends 'Til the End stamp set (flower & sentiments) with Damask Designs and some groovy vintage book print that I distressed and sewed to the card front. I think the touches of New Leaf ribbons and buttons really set this card off and the bit of damask pattern adds a splash of elegance.
And lastly, I doubt this card could be more simple but I think that it is so elegant and lovely. This card shows you once again, just how easy it is to mix Damask Designs images with those that you may already have in your stamp stash. This has a damask pattern across the bottom of the card, combined with the fabulous flourish image from the With Sympathy set and two sentiment stamps from the new Friends 'Til the End stamp set. The strip of dark chocolate Bitty Dot Basics patterned paper is actually a strip I had left over from a SU! top note die shape, that I had cut up. I love how I was able to mix 3 different inks on this single layer card just by layering the images and sentiment.
So, now that you've been looking at images from the Damask Designs stamp set all week, have you been noticing damask patterns on things when you're out and about?? It seems like every time I go shopping these days, I see a damask pattern on SOMEthing......it makes me smile every time! ;)
So let's do a giveaway!! Papertrey is giving a Damask Designs stamp set to FOUR lucky winners!! Want to know how to get entered to win? You have TWO ways to enter!! The first is by participating in a color challenge!! You can pick a color combo from ANY of the 18 Damask Designs cards I've shared with you this week, make a card using that same color scheme, post it on your blog or online gallery and head over to Nichole's blog to post the link to your card in the Mr. Linky box. The second way to win is by chatting about Damask with me! Just leave a comment on THIS post telling me if you've seen a damask pattern on something when you've been out and about lately! Was it a damask journal? A damask rug? Did your Grandma have some cool damask wallpaper or a damask dress? ;) Or if you're just getting into damask, you can tell me that too!
There will be two winners randomly selected from the color challenge entries and two winners randomly selected from the blog comments here at my blog. If you make a card for the color challenge AND you leave a Damask comment here, then you'll double your chances at winning!
Contest ends tonight (Feb. 14) at midnight EST. FOUR winners will be randomly selected! Winners will be announced shortly after midnight on the official Prize Winners List on Nichole's blog as well as in the Papertrey forum.
You'll also want to pay a visit to Papertrey's first ever Guest Designer, Maggie Holmes, who has some fun PTI projects to share with you today! And don't forget to visit Heather Nichols and Melissa Bickford who have more peeks at their new stamp sets to share! Lauren Meader has more fun Timeless Template projects to show you and Becky Oehlers is sharing some more Damask Designs goodies with you too!
And just think, the fun's not over yet! Don't forget about Papertrey's big release party TONIGHT which will be more fun than ever, with so many new Papertrey goodies to chat about this month! SO, after you've had a yummo dinner and snuggled with your sweetie for a bit, bee-bop over to the Papertrey forum and join in the fun! The party goes from 10pm EST till midnight. I'll be there (after a hot dinner date with my hubs - wink!) and would love to get the chance to chat with you! And don't forget that at midnight EST, all of the stamp sets (including Damask Designs!) will be available for you to purchase on the Papertrey website. It'll be a night of great fun so grab a cuppa or maybe a bowl of popcorn and settle in at the computer for a couple hours of chatting with girlfriends, laughter and shopping! Hope to see you then!!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Dawn
For more info about the Release Night festivites, visit Nichole's blog.
{Friend Supplies}
Paper: vintage cream, dark chocolate, kraft
Stamps: Damask Designs, Tags for Spring
Ink: dark chocolate
Other: new leaf buttons, new leaf classic grosgrain ribbon, linen thread, hemp twine, 1 3/4" circle punch, Super Jumbo scalloped circle punch
{Sending Hugs Supplies}
Paper: raspberry fizz, dark chocolate, vintage cream, vintage book print
Stamps: Damask Designs, Friends 'Til the End
Ink: dark chocolate, raspberry fizz, versamark, Tim Holtz distress ink
Other: Filigree detail clear embossing powder, new leaf topnotch twill ribbon, new leaf classic grosgrain ribbon, new leaf buttons, vintage cream button, linen thread, sewing machine/thread
{hello Friend Supplies}
Paper: raspberry fizz, bitty dot basics-dark chocolate
Stamps: Damask Designs, Friends 'Til the End, With Sympathy
Ink: raspberry fizz, dark chocolate, vintage cream
Other: SU! top note die, vintage cream button, hemp twine
