Papertrey January Release in Review

I've got a few more fun projects to share using Papertrey's January release.
All of the new products will be available tonight at 10 pm EST in the Papertrey Ink store.

Lizzie's Go For the Goal and Nichole's Thanks, Coach pair up beautifully. I had so much fun filling the Comic Strip Cover Plate sections with different images and die-cuts. In the center, the word "coach" is die-cut twice, once in New Leaf and once in white, then layered and offset to create the highlight effect. I LOVE the little field image for diagramming plays -- so clever!

I layered a couple of the Comic Strip Cover Plate die-cuts so that the individual panels would be recessed.

It's always fun to pull design element images from other sets and make them work in new ways. The arrows in the top left panel are from the Ribbon Slider Sentiments stamp set.

STAMPS: Go for the Goal, Thanks, Coach, Ribbon Slider Sentiments DIES: Thanks, Coach; Cover Plate: Comic Strip, Scene It: Skyscapes (clouds) INK: Aqua Mist, New Leaf, True Black, Versamark PAPER: Fresh Snow linen, Stamper's Select white, New Leaf and Aqua Mist card stock; True Black Bitty Dot patterned paper OTHER: white embossing powder, ink blending tool

This next card features Nichole's Keep It Simple: Baby and Lizzie's Background Basics: Splats. I modified one of the splats borders into an animal print pattern. Super easy to do: first, I stamped the large splats pattern in Dark Chocolate, then I added the black spots with a black marker. Think of all the different color combos you could do!

The felt onesie was die-cut from Sweet Blush felt using the Bitty Baby Blessings dies. The faux snap bottom was a fun detail -- I diecut a small circle with stitch holes using one of the dies in the Stitched Medallion I set, then placed the die-cut at the "bum" end of the onesie die, overhanging so that it would cut just that little semi-circle. Little details like that are always so fun to do!

On the inside, I added a sentiment from Dawn's Tucked In: Baby set. For a little touch of color, I added the pink decorative image, which is from the Center Style: Feminine stamp set. The sentiment has a tiara!

STAMPS: Keep It Simple: Baby; Background Basics: Splats; Center Style: Feminine DIES: Tag Sale: Quilted; Shaker Shapes: Circle INK: True Black, Dark Chocolate Sweet Blush PAPER: Stamper's Select white; Black & White All Over paper collection OTHER: ink blending tool, black Copic, Dark Chocolate buttons, True Black baker's twine, Sweet Blush and white felt

I used Nichole's Outlined stamp set to create an abstract background. I stamped, heat embossed in white, and then watercolored.

The sentiment was done with Wonderful Words: Hello stamps and dies.

STAMPS: Outlined, Wonderful Words: Hello DIES: Wonderful Words: Hello INK: VersaMark PAPER: watercolor paper, white cards stock, vellum OTHER: white embossing powder, watercolors, True Black baker's twine, black enamel dot

When I first saw Dawn's Bold Blossoms set, with both the solid and outline images, I knew I wanted to try the offset look. Verdict: I think it's fun and looks cool, but I sure hope it's obvious that it was on purpose! Otherwise, that would be some really, really bad stamping :D
You know, it's funny, I come from a print publication background, where something like this would be a major disaster. Here in the artsy world, though, anything goes!

I added some very subtle Background Basics: Splats stamping in Soft Stone along the left border.

STAMPS: Bold Blossoms, Background Basics: Splats INK: Simply Chartreuse, Soft Stone, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, Winter Wisteria, and True Black PAPER: Stamper's Select white and Raspberry Fizz card stock; True Black Bitty Dots patterned paper OTHER: True Black baker's twine, clear sequins

That's it for now. What a great release! For more release wrap-ups, visit the Papertrey team:

Nichole Heady Ashley Newell Betsy Veldman Danielle Flanders Dawn McVey
Erin Lincoln Heather Nichols Kay Miller Laurie Willison
Lizzie Jones
Melissa Phillips

Thanks so much for visiting!