Category Archives: Papertrey Ink

FYI – Fall Tree

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It is time for another For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI38.

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This is such a beautiful picture. Orange/yellow trees are my favorite in the fall. I definitely wanted to recreate that!

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I needed a sympathy card and feel the fall tree works well with that sentiment.

I embossed the card base with a woodgrain texture.

The tree image is stamped offset to leave room for the twine.

To ink up the leaves, I started with my lightest color then added the next shade and then the darkest. I went back over the lighter color (with the lightest ink) to help blend (then I just smooshed the pad onto scrap paper to get the darker color off the pad).

As a final touch I decided to add a tag with a little heart in it.

Thanks for stopping by!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Debbie
Michelle
Mynnette
Regina
Rochelle
Rudlis
Sara
Steph
Vicki

I hope you join us at For Your Inspiration!

A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the first and third Thursday of every month; each challenge is open for two weeks. To play, use the photo to inspire you and create a card – very simple! Make sure you tell us in your blog post how you were inspired!

With Heartfelt Sympathy
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Through the Trees;
Ink/Card Stock: Dark Chocolate, Rustic Cream, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile, Kraft;
Other: Tiny Tags die, Twine;

Birthday CASADIA

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Have you been following Wida’s CASADIA project? If not, go check it out!

Wida started a CASEing chain! It all started with this card by Laura Bassen:

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There are many awesome projects in this chain, but the one right in front of me is by Tasnim Ahmed:

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Her card is so adorable (you definitely need to check out her blog)! The pieces that I pulled for my inspiration were: (1) clouds, (2) trio of train cars, and (3) blue and yellow colors.

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Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday to You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Butterfly Dreams, Movers & Shapers Sentiments, Bird Watching (“to you” sentiment);
Colors: Spring Rain, Harvest Gold, White, Smokey Shadow;
Other: Butterfly die, Cloud dies, Sunrise impression plate; Rhinestones (Hero Arts);

Yellow Rose

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This is my final sympathy card I created recently. All three cards are for the same family – a family dear to my husband.

I was going to do a blue rose, but my husband suggested yellow/brown. Though I was skeptical and did decide, after experimenting, that kraft was the wrong shade of brown, I tried again. This time I used Fine Linen as the brown and it really turned out well.

I totally meant to emboss/impress the vanilla layer, but completely forgot until I had it tapped down, but really I think it is fine without.

Thanks for taking a peek!

With Sympathy
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: The Sweet Life, Botanical Silhouettes;
Colors: Vanilla, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Fine Linen, Spring Moss, Avocado (old ink), Dark Brown;
Other: Fine Linen Patterns paper, Sweet Life dies;

Never Be Forgotten

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This is another sympathy card I needed recently.

This one is for a man so I tried to keep the froufrou down (though I needed to add the ribbon).

I did use more color on this card, but I kept it to muted colors.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Never Be Forgotten
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Willow;
Colors: Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Kraft, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Silk Ribbon, Willow die, Quatrefoil die, Everyday Blessings paper; machine stitching;

May Hope Sustain You

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Sadly I needed a few sympathy cards. This is the first one I’m sharing.

I suppose I was inspired by PTI’s recent blog hop – white on white, but I did want a very clean and subtle cards so I went with clear embossing on white card stock. I added a pink butterfly, but kept the color very pale. I think it is perfect for the recipient.

Thanks for taking a peek!

May Hope Sustain You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: With Sympathy, Fillable Frames Additions 1 (PTI);
Colors: White (PTI); Pink Pirouette (SU); Gray Flannel (Memento);
Other: white organdy ribbon (stash); clear embossing powder (Filigree); Fillable Frames #4 die (PTI);

It’s Your Day

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It is time for another CAS Colours & Sketches challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> #6 – colours.

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The color scheme is very earthy. To make the card light, I used the colors in little bits and kept lots of white space.

Thanks for stopping by!

Make sure you check out the other design team members:
Jacqueline
Kylie
Louise
Sandie

I hope you join us at CAS Colours & Sketches!

A Little About the Challenge: Posted every Thursday, the challenges alternate between color and sketch (if there is a 5th week you get the double dose of color & sketch).

It’s Your Day
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Happy Hexagon, Think Big Favorites #2;
Colors: White, Black; Crumb, Gumball, Starfruit (SU);
Other: Hexagon Cover Plate die;

Special Birthday

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I have 11 nieces and nephews – it is hard to keep track of them all! One of my nieces turned 18 a few days ago (oops!). She is a beautiful young lady who is a wonderful musician. I created this card to send to her.

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I also found a new challenge – all about birthdays!! Seize the Birthday is a weekly sketch challenge (starting on January 10th) – the twist being you must make a birthday card (and one week is feminine and the next, masculine). I’m so looking forward to those challenges!

The nice thing about this new challenge – for me – is that it isn’t CAS restricted. Yes, CAS is my preferred style, but sometimes you just need more (like with the card above).

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All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Stitches & Swirls;
Colors: Hibiscus Burst, White;
Other: Sweet Blush (stripe) pattern paper, Raspberry Fizz (Sweet Symphony) pattern paper, Parisian Lace die, By the Numbers die, Chocolate Satin ribbon;

Making a Difference

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My husband requested I make some cards he could give out at the office. They are doing a charity drive and the cards are for the top givers.

This is a government office so I went with a patriotic color scheme. Since the cards could go to either gender, I stayed away from frou-frou.

I did try 3 predominately red stars and I really liked having one white star – now if I just understood why! I think it just feels more dynamic and less predictable.

In addition, he wanted one card that was “more”. I have a hard time with more – especially if I don’t know the gender! I ended up adding a few touches and created this one:

I’m not sure anyone but a crafter would notice the “more” but at least it is different.

This is the inside of all the cards:

For the inside I used the Super Star border die, Seeing Stars die, and an image from Military Stars.

If you are interested, here is the card I did last year.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Making a Difference – First Card
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Star Prints, Think Big Favorites #2, Teach & Inspire;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, White;
Other: Seeing Stars die;
Making a Difference – Second Card
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Star Prints, Super Stars, Think Big Favorites #2, Teach & Inspire; Framed Greetings (MFT);
Colors: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Spring Rain, Blueberry Pie, White;
Other: Seeing Stars die, Simple Stripes impression plate; star rhinestone (?-stash); Framed Greetings die (MFT);

Tea for Three

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This is another clean and simple card I created a couple months ago.

I’m always in awe of folks who can write blog posts. Me, I just think, well, here it is. I never know what else to say.

Anyway – I’m just thankful for your peeks at my blog!

Thinking of You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Two for Tea Additions;
Colors: Ripe Avocado, Aqua Mist, Lemon, Cream;
Other: Aqua button, machine stitching;

Cameo

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I’m quite fond of this card; I think because of the colors. And I’m such a sucker for cameos.

I finally used the Lace Bouquet set that after a couple months of wanting I finally broke down and bought – only to have it sit. I love it, but find the images intimidating.

Thanks for stopping by!

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All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Simply Jane, Lace Bouquet;
Colors: Fine Linen, Cream, Aqua Mist, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Simply Jane dies, Aqua Mist ribbon, machine stitching;