Category Archives: Papertrey Ink

Trigger Spots

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I really loved this week’s Tuesday Trigger at Moxie Fab World (apricots in a bowl).

It is pretty straight forward from the inspiration photo. I ended up using pink instead of peach because I didn’t have any peach pattern paper.

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All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Dot Spot, Big & Bold Wishes;
Colors: Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow; Baja Breeze (SU);
Other: By the Numbers PP, Sig.Series Butterfly die, Block Alpha die; Rhinestones (K&Co);

Blue Green Foliage

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Unfortunately I needed a sympathy-esque card. This is what I came up with.

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Thinking of You
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Larger than Life, Tag Its 5, Little Labels;
Colors: Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Simply Spring Moss, White;
Other: Aqua ribbon, Life dies;

For Your Inspiration

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Oh my! This is my first post as a design team member for the For Your Inspiration challenge. Check out the latest challenge -> FYI25. This month’s challenge is sponsored by Your Next Stamp.

Beautiful! I figured the photo was from Greece so I started out thinking about using some cool Moroccan shapes, but when I was browsing my stamp index and saw Mehndi I knew I wanted to use it (ok, I *know* all those things don’t really belong together, but a stamper is allowed creative license, yes??).

For my card, I was inspired by the colors. My card base is Pacific Point. I layered a strip of Melon card stock along the side and then the white panel is on top. The rhinestone brad only goes through the white panel (I don’t like stuff showing on the insides).

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A Little About the Challenge: The For Your Inspiration challenge is posted the First and Third Thursdays of each month. Steph, the challenge coordinator, will post a photo and you make a card – however the inspiration hits you. The first challenge each month is sponsored and will have a prize!
Happy Birthday
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mehndi Medallion, Think Big Favorites #12;
Colors: Melon Berry, Chocolate, White; Pacific Point (SU);
Other: Rhinestone brad (Am.Crafts);

Willow

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I created this card for the For Your Inspiration challenge (fyi24). The inspiration photo is a lush garden scene – all greens with a pond and willow tree. I would love to spend the day there!

I really loved the willow tree (many childhood memories). So I started with that. I did decide not to make my whole card green (though it was very tempting). I needed a sympathetic thinking of you card, so I wanted more muted tones. I trimmed the card down to make it a touch narrower (4″ instead of 4 1/4″).

The ribbon is PTI silk ribbon that I colored with a Copic. That was SO quick easy and really turned out wonderfully. I can see me doing that again.

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Thinking of You
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Willow, Simple Little Things; Timeless Tags (The Craft’s Meow);
Colors: Ocean Tides, Rustic Cream, Simply Chartreuse, Kraft;
Other: Woodgrain impression plate, Willow die, White silk ribbon; Grommet Tags die (Spellbinders); BG11 Marker (Copic);

Just a Number

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I made it to the second round of the CAS DT spring search at SCS. The next challenge was an inspiration challenge (here). The photo was a bright playground scene. The numbers across the bars are what really drew my eye.

I decided to make a card for my sister – her birthday is in a couple weeks (I can post this now because she doesn’t read my blog).

I wanted to keep the bright colors, but make them a little trendier than bold primary. The “it’s just a number” sentiment was the first thing I thought about using. The bars in the picture kept jumping out at me so I decided to add a line of text behind the number die cuts.

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it’s just a number
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Birthday Bash Sentiments, Around & About Sentiments;
Colors: Berry Sorbet, Harvest Gold, Simply Chartreunse, Hawaiian Shores, White; Going Grey (SU); Charcoal (Palette);
Other: Block Alphabet Numbers dies; dimensionals;

Dreams Take Flight

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It is CAS design team search time again at Splitcoast (here). The first challenge is an encouragement card using nature elements.

I spent many hours just trying to figure out what I wanted to do. I think not having stamped in a couple weeks had my mojo on the edge!

I finally decided to use PTI’s Happy Trails which hadn’t seen ink yet. The butterfly ended up being too small, so I added a second die-cut behind it. The card base has a touch of embossing.

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Dreams Take Flight
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Happy Trails;
Colors: Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, White; Going Grey (SU);
Other: Mat Stack 1 Mega die, Happy Trails die, Butterfly Dreams die; Texture Plates #4 (Sizzix); rhinestones (Hero Arts);

Love Mail

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I created this card for PTI’s Day 7 challenge – to use hearts. I chose to use the Mailbox Greetings set because it has a cute heart bunch, but then I ended up not using it, lol.

I re-used yesterday’s sketch too. I can see me using that a LOT! 🙂

The card is pretty straight foward.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thinking of You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Mailbox Greetings, Background: Text Style;
Colors: Kraft, White, Spring Moss; Blushing Bride (SU);
Other: Heart Border die; markers (Copic); sewing machine;

Owl Be Yours

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This card started a few days ago for the PTI color challenge. I had chosen to use Lisa’s colors: Kraft, Poppy, Moss, Aqua. But I couldn’t get it to work, so I set it aside.

Then I decided to catch up on my normal weekly challenges – like the Clean & Simple challenge at SCS. This weeks is to use hearts (cas156).

When stamping the bough, I did not ink one of the sub-branches because I knew the owls would be sitting there. It is hard to see in the photo, but I used the wood grain impression plate on the card base.

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owl be yours
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wise Owl, Out on a Limb;
Colors: Aqua, Vintage Cream, Kraft, Moss;
Other: Poppy felt, Wood Grain impression plate;

Stitched Thoughts

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I created this card for PTI’s Day 6 festivities. I chose to use sketch 2 – and stuck exactly to it.

I chose to use the Stitches & Swirls set because it hadn’t seen ink yet. Also, it seemed to go with the stitched border in the sketch.

This card is for Operation Write Home, so I wanted this to be very mailable (flat).

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thinking of you
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Stitches & Swirls, Botanical Silhouettes (sentiment);
Colors: Chocolate, White, Hibiscus, Spring Moss;
Other: sewing machine

Inspired Wish

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Well, I missed yesterday’s PTI challenge (color challenges are not easy for me, not sure why). But I definitely had to join in today’s – it was all about Pinterest. I love Pinterest (read ‘I spend way too much time on Pinterest.’) 🙂

I recently pinned this little beauty. I found it through Pinterest, but it originally came from Minted.

I was really drawn to how the circles overlapped and their darker heart images.

To do my stamping, I inked up the circle and stamped it on scratch paper first and then stamped onto my project. The stars are fully inked when stamped.

I’m actually quite pleased with this card – I have a real hard time with one-layer cards and this one doesn’t feel lacking!

If you are interested, here is a link to my Pinterest boards.

Wish Big
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Beautiful Blooms 2 (largest circle), Big Bold Wishes, Around and About Sentiments (star);
Colors: White, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus Burst; Grey (Palette); Saffron (SU);
Other: nada!