Hi there!
Time for a Papertrey Group Post! Today, we're focusing on a couple of different stamp sets that are gem and birthstone related. I've got a couple cards to share with you, that feature a new stamp set by Betsy Veldman, called You're a Gem. (Love that name!)
All of the new products you're getting peeks at this week will be available for purchase at Papertrey Ink beginning on December 15 at 10pm EST.
I was inspired by the amethyst -- February's birthstone, so these two cards feature purple tones and a bit of shine. For this first one, I stamped one of the gem stone images on watercolor card stock, in a repeating pattern. I heat embossed the gems and then watercolored them with my Zig markers and a water brush.
The sentiment is a pair of stamps from You're a Gem and I stamped them on a Happy Day die cut. I used that die because of all it's curves, to help break up all of the straight lines from the gems. To further soften the design with more curves, as well as add some shine, I added a little nest of silver thread spilling out from behind the sentiment.
For this card, I used the new Cover Plate: Gem Stone die, also by Betsy, and die cut it from plum pudding card stock. Then I covered it with glossy accents to give it some gem stone shine.
The sentiments and little gem die cuts are all from You're a Gem. I stamped the die cuts with plum pudding ink on plum pudding card stock and then heat embossed them with clear embossing powder over the top.
To keep with the gem stone theme, I was excited to whip up this card! There just happens to also be a fun gem image in my Be Mine, Valentine stamp set! I die cut three of the large gemstones and stamped them in different ink colors before heat embossing with clear embossing powder right over the top.
The sentiment is two separate stamps from Be Mine, Valentine, and I stamped them on a new frame die by Erin Lincoln, called the Charmed Frame die. Both the tropical teal and white layers are all from that same die!
Be sure to see what the rest of the team has come up with to inspire you!
Betsy Veldman
Melissa Phillips
Danielle Flanders
Ashley Newell
Heather Nichols
Laurie Willison
Amy Sheffer
Lizzie Jones
Kay Miller
Plus, Erin Lincoln & Maile Belles will have another peek or two at their newest stamp sets!
Thanks for dropping by!
xo,
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{You Are a Gem supplies -- click on thumbnails}
{I Treasure Our Friendship supplies}
{You're a Real Gem supplies}