Category Archives: Papertrey Ink

Birthday Carnival

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Even though I am neglecting so many responsibilities, I am loving all the stamping time I’ve had this week.

Today I created a card for the latest Fall-To-Layout (ftl184).

While I did manage to keep the card itself clean and simple – my colors are a bit overwhelming….but it is a birthday card 🙂

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Happy Birthday
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Just the Ticket, Ad Sense;
Colors: White, Hibiscus, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian, Chartreuse, Smokey Shadow;
Other: Ad Sense die, Just the Ticket die;

True Friend

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Oh how I love the In Bloom stamp set! This flower is stamped onto Blush cardstock and then the shadows added with Copic markers. I love coloring!

The striped pattern paper is from PTI’s new pattern packs. I love this new packaging and can’t wait for more colors. You get lots of different patterns all in the same color (and you can get each pattern separately too). I have really come to love the Aqua color – it is such a soothing color.

The card base is narrower than a typical A2 card. However, I’m pretty sure even with the narrower card base, this would not fit into a regular envelope. But I knew this card was going into a puffy mailer, so I didn’t worry too much. (It is already long gone otherwise I would measure it for sure.)

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True Friend
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In Bloom;
Colors: Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Spring Moss; Black (Palette);
Other: Aqua ribbon, Aqua pattern paper; markers (Copic);

Birthday Greenery

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My third Masculine Motifs post today. All three cards have fussy-cut images – I do hope PTI comes out with dies for this awesome stamp set!

This is probably my favorite of the three. I was very much inspired by Dawn’s card.

This card is headed to a dear friend, who really could care less that the card is handmade. That means I was not about to put 3 wood buttons on it! Instead I decided to make the buttons. This was SO simple and the fact that they are much thinner means I may be doing this much more in the future! I used a wood laminate (from StampinUp) and die cut it with a Button die. The laminate is more golden, so I rubbed some dark brown ink on the buttons to get the tone I wanted (I can see pink and green buttons in my future!!).

The handmade buttons are being entered in the Moxie Fab challenge – DIY Handmade Items challenge 🙂

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Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Labels Basics;
Colors: New Leaf, Spring Moss, Early Espresso;
Other: Woodgrain Impression plate, Rustic jute, Button die, Label die; wood laminate (SU);

Rockin’ the Boat

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Another of my Masculine Motif cards.

This little boat rocks – literally 🙂 I used the Tilt Card tutorial on SplitCoast so the boat would move!

I was going to have a sentiment on this card – and even though I thought about the fact I needed to do it before I embossed – I still forgot! Oh well.

Thanks for taking a peek!

{no sentiment}
All supplies Papertey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Vintage Labels;
Colors: Aqua, White, Ocean Tides, Kraft;
Other: Kraft ribbon; Stripes embossing folder (SU);
Technique: Tilt card;

Birthday Koi

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In the first week of April there are three male birthdays in my family! Thankfully none of them read my blog so I can post 🙂

I recently purchased Masculine Motifs (PTI) from a forum friend so I decided to break it in by creating all three cards with the set.

For this card I was very inspired Emily Leiphart’s card. I really loved the Retro background with the fish!

I really wanted the cool bubble lines to continue across the card, and I thought about the split negative technique. The stamping isn’t perfectly aligned but hopefully not so off as to be distracting.

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Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Masculine Motifs, Background Basics: Retro;
Colors: Enchanted Evening, White, Orange Zest (am I the only one that wants to call this Orange Crush???), Summer Sunrise;
Other: white embossing powder;
Technique: Rock-n-Roll, Split-Negative (sorta);

Butterfly Spritz

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I was very inspired by a recent ColourQ challenge (cqc129). I didn’t use quite the same colors, but I would never have come up with this on my own!

The main panel is a shimmer paper with ink/water spritzed on it. The Autumn Rose (pink) is done with a mini spritzer, but the Plum Pudding is done with a toothbrush because I wanted larger dots.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Butterfly Kisses, Little Labels;
Colors: Autumn Rose, Plum Pudding, Hawaiian Shores, White;
Other: Autumn Rose ribbon, Little Labels die, Butterfly Kisses die; Shimmer paper (SU); White embossing powder, Versamark, mini spritzer, toothbrush;

Sunshine and Blue Birds

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It is the 25th of the month and that means PTI Blog Hop! This month is an inspiration challenge. The photo is full of fun patterns in sunshine yellow with touches of aqua.

I really wanted the card to be upbeat and happy since that was how I felt looking at the inspiration.

I kept most of the card yellow (yay for Harvest Gold ink!) in lots of patterns. The ribbon had to be aqua (is there anything prettier than aqua satin ribbon?).

I futzed with the bird positions – I didn’t want them to be at the same height, so I tilted one a bit. I just felt it gave the card a bit of interest for them not to be “mirrored”.

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Sunshine & Blue Skies
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bird Watching Additions, Background Basics: Retro, Fillable Frames 7, Signature Series: Flower;
Colors: Lemon Tart, White, Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides;
Other: Aqua ribbon, Fillable Frames 7 die, Sunshine impression plate;

Sympathy Poppies

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I created this card a few months ago for a friend.

Three of the flowers are cut-out and popped-up. I added the black detailing to the flowers with a pen/marker. The card base is embossed.

Thanks for taking a peek!

With Sympathy
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Botanical Silhouettes;
Colors: Spring Moss, Pure Poppy, White;
Other: Giga Guidelines impression plate, Mat Stack 5 die, Spring Moss ribbon;

World of Thanks

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I created a few of this card for my husband to use in his office – as thanks to those that donated for the charity drive.

Thanks for taking a peek!

You
Stamps: Year of Flowers: Rose (PTI);
Colors: Night of Navy, Real Red (SU); White (PTI);
Other: pattern paper (SU); Textile Rectangle die (MFT); Wonderful Words die (PTI); ribbon (PTI or stash);

Reverse Applique

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I made this card months ago for the Papertrey Make-it-Monday: Reverse Applique (mim40).

I used the Leaf Prints dies and Fall Prints & Patterns paper. I faux-stitched along the edges with a brown Copic marker. This was a masculine birthday card, so I kept it simple and just added a bit of twine.

Happy Birthday
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Birthday Basics;
Colors: Rustic Cream, Kraft, Dark Chocolate;
Other: Leaf Prints dies, Fall Prints & Patterns paper; twine (stash); marker (Copic);