Papertrey Ink September release-in-review
We've come to the end of the road for the Papertrey Ink September release, which means that everything you've seen will be available for purchase in the store starting tonight at 10pm EST.
And now, for the rest of my projects this month!
First up, a little pillow box dressed up with a tag of sorts from Boutique Borders: Holiday.
I embossed the frame in gold and then stamped a sentiment from the set, along with tiny holly leaves and berries. The chevron ribbon underneath was a recent gift from a blog friend. :)
I started by stamping the birds, which are from Through the Trees. Then I made the teeniest masks ever for the birds, covered them up, and stamped the trees. I popped up that center tree after stamping it again in a light shade of green (limeade ice).
This next one might be one of my favorites from this release. I used Holiday Home to stamp a townscape along the bottom of some smokey shadow cardstock.
I added a sentiment embossed in white -- along with the year (I can't tell you how much I LOVE that touch) -- and some snowflakes that I made using a white gel pen.
Here I kept it CAS again (of course) and stamped the focal image on vellum. I embossed it, so that the lines look like actual leaded glass, then colored with Copics. It's set back in a window that I die cut using the coordinating dies. The sentiment is embossed in gold.
I stamped some images from Snowflake Flurries in aqua mist, melon berry, sweet blush, and harvest gold, then I overstamped with a sentiment I put together from Grand Ampersand. I added glitter to a few of the stamped dots and then two stripes of glitter at the bottom that I did using Scor-tape.
I used Autumn Pattern Pieces to stamp the houndstooth background (it's scarlet jewel ink on pure poppy cardstock) -- and yes, I used my Stamp-a-ma-jig. :) Then I embossed "peace, love &" in white and die cut "joy."
The tiny leaves are actually from Mini Blooms, and then I added a few small red rhinestones.
Also: Credit where credit is due. I was inspired by the bold background on this card and by the placement of the leaves on this card.
From one holiday to another... Rewind to Halloween!
I used Polka Dot Parade #8 to dress up this little treat pouch.
I die cut some orange zest patterned paper using the Wine Bottle Tag die (I use that thing all the time!), and then cut another "tag" out of kraft paper.
The outer pouch is just a strip of vintage cream cardstock that I cut to 4" x 10". I scored it at 4 3/4" and 5 1/4", then folded along my score lines to create a flat bottom. That sleeve wraps around a glassine envelope that I filled with candy corn, and a simple hinge clip at the top keeps the whole thing together.
Moving on to Kid Kudos. My daughter is in first grade this year, and she's staying for lunch at school now. I've apparently been a bad mommy so far because I've neglected to put any notes in her lunchbox. Not that she's complained at all, but the way the other moms go on about their lunchbox notes, you would think they had written War and Peace.
Kid Kudos to the rescue! I die cut a few Lunchbox Note dies from patterned papers in colors my daughter likes, then die cut a few squares with the Limitless Layers 2 1/4" Square dies, which I was psyched to learn fit perfectly in the Lunchbox Note die.
Each one features a sentiment from Kid Kudos.
Here I paired the sentiments with some images from Polka Dot Parade #2 and Little Bitty Bird.
And last but not least, I made a card using Scent-imentals during Stamp-a-faire last month, but now that the set will be available for anyone to purchase, here's another for you.
I stamped the cherries image on PTI's linen vellum. Don't let the name fool you; it's not like the vellum you're used to. It has a texture to it, and a totally different opacity. It's brighter and whiter than traditional vellum, too. But I love it because it still provides a certain translucency. So, for example, in my card here you can see the patterned paper coming through the linen vellum.
I also did a little shading after I stamped with some colored pencils.
I used the Pinking Shears Border die to get my edges nice and straight because Lord knows, anytime I try to use pinking shears for paper longer than an inch or two, things start getting crooked.
Then a little stitching, to go with the homespun feel, and I overstamped the sentiment.
And that concludes my September projects!
As always, check out the rest of the team:
Nichole Heady Heather Nichols
Ashley Newell
Danielle Flanders Maile Belles Melissa Phillips
Erin Lincoln
Laura Bassen Dawn McVey Betsy Veldman
Have a great release night!
Supplies (all from Papertrey Ink unless noted)
Happy Holidays Tag
Cardstock: vintage cream
Stamps: Boutique Borders: Holiday
Ink: simply chartreuse, pure poppy, Versamark, Versafine (onyx black)
Dies: Boutique Borders: Holiday, Pillow Box
Other: cotton twine, chevron ribbon from stash, American Crafts (gold embossing powder)
Peace, Love, Joy
Cardstock: rustic white
Stamps: Holiday Cheer, Through the Trees
Ink: simply chartreuse, limeade ice, pure poppy, Versamark
Other: American Crafts (silver embossing powder), Hobby Lobby (silver star sequin)
From Our Home to Yours
Cardstock: smokey shadow, pure poppy, white
Stamps: Holiday Home
Ink: Versamark, Versafine (onyx black)
Other: American Crafts (white embossing powder), Uniball (white gel pen)
Joy to the World
Cardstock: vintage cream, plum pudding
Stamps: Stained Glass
Ink: Versamark, Versafine (onyx black)
Dies: Stained Glass
Other: American Crafts (gold embossing powder), Copic markers
Merry & Bright
Cardstock: rustic white
Stamps: Grand Ampersand, Snowflake Flurries
Ink: melon berry, harvest gold, aqua mist, sweet blush, Versafine (onyx black)
Other: Prisma glitter, Scor-tape, glue pad
Houndstooth Joy
Cardstock: white, pure poppy
Stamps: Wonderful Words: Joy, Mini Blooms, Autumn Pattern Pieces
Ink: scarlet jewel, simply chartreuse, Versamark
Dies: Wonderful Words: Joy, Mini Blooms
Other: American Crafts (white embossing powder), Queen & Co (red rhinestones)
Cutest Little Pumpkin
Cardstock: kraft, white, vintage cream
Patterned paper: orange zest patterned paper pack
Stamps: Polka Dot Parade #8
Ink: orange zest, simply chartreuse, dark chocolate
Dies: Polka Dot Parade #8, Wine Bottle Tag
Other: Tim Holtz (hinge clip)
Lunchbox notes
Cardstock: white
Patterned paper: lavender moon, plum pudding, and hibiscus burst patterned paper packs
Stamps: Kid Kudos, Polka Dot Parade #2, Little Bitty Bird, Instant Photo: Holiday
Ink: lavender moon, limeade ice, hibiscus burst, Memento (tuxedo black), Versafine (onyx black)
Dies: Limitless Layers 2 1/4" Square, Lunchbox Note
Other: Copic (markers)
Sweeter Life
Cardstock: pure poppy
Specialty paper: linen vellum
Patterned paper: Lily Bee Designs (Double Dutch 6x6 pad)
Stamps: Scent-imentals
Ink: pure poppy, simply chartreuse, Versafine (onyx black)
Dies: pinking edge
Other: Prismacolor (colored pencils)
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