Hi-ya Peeps!! Ahhhh........it's release time at Papertrey Ink and what a fun countdown it's been, huh? All of the new goodies you've been seeing on my blog this week are now available for purchase at Papertrey Ink!!
I've been so busy showing you Aloha and Color Couture projects this week that now I've got a few projects to share with you that feature some of the other stamp sets from this month's release. First up is the beautiful Up, Up & Away stamp set designed by Nichole Heady.....how I love this one. Whether you're a "colorer" or not, this set has images to suit your preferences. For this card, I used the solid balloon images -- I love the slight distressing Nichole added to these images when she designed the set.
I went for a soft and sweet little color combo of berry sorbet, melon berry, dark chocolate and a few little sweet blush clouds in the background. I also used the new coordinating hot air balloon die to cut out the balloons, but I cut the basket portion off the bottom of each balloon since I chose to stamp the baskets on the layer behind the balloons.
Next up is another set designed by Nichole Heady -- Year of Flowers: Lily of the Valley. I stamped the image on raspberry fizz card stock and then went back over it with a Copic marker for a bit of shading and then I stamped the flowers again on rustic cream card stock so I could cut them out and layer them on the fizzy card stock. Now, some of you may think I'm a little crazy to cut those teeny flowers out but believe me when I say it wasn't hard at all! I just adhered each one directly to the raspberry fizz layer as I cut them out so I could keep it straight as to where each flower went. ;)
I added a bit of raspberry fizz Dotty Biscotti patterned paper over on the left, that I cut with the medium scalloped border die. I stamped the sentiment as well as the flower image in dark chocolate ink to coordinate with my dark chocolate ribbon.
Ahhh....next up is a fun card for a guy. We have a family member turning 30 in a couple weeks and I used Beth Silaika's new Get To The Point (& Sentiments) stamp sets to create a hip little birthday greeting for him. The sentiments, numbers and arrow are all from the set. I stamped the "happy birthday" greeting inside the frame image from Luck of the Irish and I created the stripey paper along the bottom with the Distressed Stripes stamp set.
The "BIG" and "30" are stamped on rustic cream card stock that I die cut using the new Mat Stack 2 die (designed by Lisa Johnson). I love how perfectly the rectangle frame from Luck of the Irish fits on this die cut! All that was left for me to do was distress up the edges of everything with vintage touch tea dye ink.
Lastly for today is a thank you card I created using Alli Miles' new Take Three: Summer stamp set. The sentiment, birds and background flower are all stamps from Alli's set. You can also see a bit of scallop-ness peeking out from the left side of the birds. That was created from plum pudding card stock with the new Eyelet Lace Border die (also designed by Lisa Johnson). Lastly, I added a few little purple rhinestones to the bird images to give them a bit of bling.
I hope that you've enjoyed this week and all the fun projects that we've been sharing with you. The new website and gallery aren't quite up and running yet (See notice on Nichole's blog) so the Design Team members have the rest of their release projects posted on their blogs today so you can enjoy some more crafty inspiration!! Head on over and pay 'em each a visit! :)
Debbie Olson
Erin Lincoln
Lisa Johnson
Kim Hughes
Betsy Veldman
Melissa Phillips
Mish Wooderson
Niki Estes
Maile Belles
Heather Nichols
Have a fabulous weekend Peeps!
{Thanks For the Lift supplies}
Paper: rustic cream, berry sorbet, melon berry
Stamps: Up, Up & Away
Ink: dark chocolate, melon berry, berry sorbet, sweet blush
Other: melon berry buttons, rustic jute button twine, medium scallop border die, hot air balloon die
{Thank You supplies}
Paper: vintage cream, raspberry fizz, Dotty Biscotti
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Lily of the Valley
Ink: dark chocolate
Other: medium scallop border die, dark chocolate grosgrain ribbon
{Big 30 Happy Birthday supplies}
Paper: rustic cream, kraft, hawaiian shores
Stamps: Get to the Point, Distressed Stripes, Luck of the Irish
Ink: dark chocolate, spring moss, hawaiian shores, vintage touch tea dye
Other: dark chocolate topnotch twill, mat stack 2 die, corner chomper
{Many Thanks supplies}
Paper: lavender moon, plum pudding, stamper's select white
Stamps: Take Three: Summer
Ink: plum pudding, versamark
Other: eyelet lace border die, rhinestones