Category Archives: Papertrey Ink

Winter Scene

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I created this card as soon as I received my In the Meadow stamps & dies. I never did play in the PTI Make it Monday where you layered dies to create frames…so I did that for this card.

The card is pretty straight-forward. I did hand-cut the hill.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Merry Christmas
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In the Meadow, Mixed Messages;
Colors: Rain, Melon, Pinefeather, White;
Other: Mat Stack 1 Mega die, Mat Stack 5 die, In the Meadow dies; Polka Dot embossing folder (CB);

Christmas Bells

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I really love this color scheme and layout for bells!

Using the PaperTrey Ink dies made this a very easy card to pull together. Also, instead of using a wheel or other “border” type set to create the music background, I pulled out an old StampinUp background – just one quick inking and the background was done!

This is the last of my mailable Christmas cards – I hope you enjoyed them and maybe even got some inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas
Stamps: Bells & Boughs (PTI); Musical Score Background (SU);
Colors: Saffron, Pear, Vanilla (SU); Black, Poppy (PTI);
Other: Bells & Boughs dies (PTI);

Relaxing Atmosphere

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This week’s Clean & Simple Challenge on SCS is to Chill Out. Instead of doing a winter themed card (because it is winter!), I went with the relaxing theme.

I really love the soft blue and green combo for relaxing, so that is where I started. My favorite way to relax is to read, so I stamped up a little scene to create my relaxing atmosphere.

Oh and I have to say, I used Soft Stone ribbon. You can’t tell this is a shade of grey. White was too stark on this card, but the Stone color really helped keep the warm and cozy feel.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Time to Relax
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: On My Couch;
Colors: Aqua Mist, Black;
Other: Everyday Blessing DSP; Soft Stone ribbon;

Christmas Lights

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I have been wanting a Christmas light strand set. I had one on my wish list for a couple years, but never bought it – and I’m so glad I didn’t. I love this set by PaperTrey.

I have lots of ideas for this set, but for this card, I kept it very simple.

Thanks for stopping by.

Merry & Bright
Stamps: Holiday Lights;
Colors: Black, White, Poppy (PTI); Daffodil, Garden, Pacific (SU);

Simple Pergamano

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I had to get one more card in today (tomorrow I really must get the teacher gift cards wrapped up).

This card was created for the new Runway Inspired Challenge.

The dress reminded me of paper piercing so I tried my hand at a simple pergamano. I stamped the image using Sahara Sand ink then pierced the vellum. Using a Spellbinders die I turned the Oval Doily into a frame. The vellum is glued to the back of the frame, then I added dimensionals and backed it all with white (so that what is going on in the background didn’t interfere with the piercings).

The side panel is Damask Designs stamping with the old Lemon Tart ink onto Fine Linen card stock.

I finished it all off with rhinestone swirls. Those were a *pain* to get on. If anyone has suggestions for how you get them from the backing sheet to the project, I’d love to hear them!

Thanks for stopping by!

Happy Birthday
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Stitches & Swirls, Damask Designs, Birthday Basics;
Colors: Lemon Tart, Fine Linen, White, Chocolate;
Other: Oval Decorative Doily die (MFT); Rhinestones (Basic Grey); Vellum (SU); Oval dies (Spellbinders); Lemon ribbon;
Layout: Sketchbook Saturday #4

Inspired Christmas

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This card is a mash-up of cards by Nicole Heady and Maile Belles. I really loved Nichole’s layout on this card (see original post). I changed up the colors as a starter.

The make-up of the wreath is pulled from Maile’s card (see original post).

To finish up the card, I impressed the bottom inch of the vanilla panel to add a bit of texture.

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wreath for All Seasons, Bells & Boughs, Holiday Photo Finishers;
Colors: Celery (SU); Chocolate, Kraft, Poppy;
Other: Bells & Boughs die, Picnic Plaid impression plate;

Pretty Garden

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I created this card for the weekly CAS challenge on SCS (cas146) which was a sketch. I’ve been doing lots of bright fun cards lately so I decided I’d make a pretty one today.

I started by picking the paper which then of course provided my color palette. Then I just needed to find the right stamp set. I ordered this set months ago because I love it, but it actually hadn’t seen ink yet. You can’t see it in the photo, but the card base is embossed with a “line” texture.

Thanks for taking a peek!

Happy Birthday
Stamps: Flutterby Friend, Birthday Basics (PTI);
Colors: River Rock, More Mustard, Vanilla (SU);
Other: Le Jardin DSP (SU); River ribbon (SU); Linen impression plate (PTI);

Silver Bells

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It is the 25th of the month – that means PTI Blog Hop time! Like last month, PTI selected an inspiration photo as the challenge. This month’s photo is a very pretty scene of Christmas decorated home.

 
I was inspired by the wood and white colored stairs, the silver bucket, the big red bow, and the hanging skates. All those items went into creating my card.

I pulled out my much loved Bells & Boughs set to emulate the hanging skates. I embossed the large bells with silver powder.

The background was stamped with lots of Christmas greetings (the current Make-It-Monday technique).

Thanks for stopping by!

Merry Christmas
All supplies PTI unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Bells & Boughs; sentiments from all sorts of PTI sets!
Colors: Garden Green (SU); Kraft, White, Poppy;
Other: Poppy ribbon; Silver EP (Filigree);

Penguin Party

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I created this card for the heck of it. The idea to put a party hat on the penguin came to me when I was trying to come up with a winter themed card (that I posted yesterday). It took 5 stamp sets to make this simple card! But I’m so happy they all worked so well together!

As I’ve said many times before, layout is not my strong point, so for this card I used a technique that Maile has used a lot recently (check out the last card in her post).

Thanks for stopping by!

Make a Wish
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Winter Penguin, Tag Its 2, Birthday Bash Sentiments (candle), Cupcake Collection (sentiment), It’s a Celebration (hat);
Colors: White, Summer Sunrise; Pool Party (SU);
Other: Number DSP; bling (K&Co);

Bright Cupcake

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I created this card for the CAS challenge at SCS (cas144). The challenge was a theme challenge – “party”. I always need birthday cards, so I jumped on this challenge!

The cupcake is paper pieced. The candle is from the sentiment set, but seemed well proportioned for this. The layout came after much contemplation. I hardly ever use twine and this seemed like a perfect time.

Thanks for taking a peek!

it’s a Celebration
Stamps: Baby Button Bits, Birthday Bash Sentiments (PTI);
Paper/Ink: Pure Poppy, White, Black (PTI);
Other: Flamingo DSP (SU); Twine (?); yellow Stickles (Ranger);
Technique: Paper Piecing;