Category Archives: Papertrey Ink

Thanks to the PE Teacher

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This card is for the physical education teacher at our school.

I don’t have any sports stamps, so when it came time to make a card for the PE teacher, I thought I would have to do quite a bit of improvising. After lots of failed attempts, I went back to looking through my stamp collection for inspiration. I decided to use the Simple Circle die and use punches to create the different sports balls.

I went looking for layout inspiration to use the die and found, of course, an awesome card on Maile’s blog (last card).

I ended up finding a font to make the soccer ball – doing your own is much harder than it looks! I did make the basketball, baseball, tennis ball (yellow paper and white gel pen), hockey puck (in case you didn’t know what the small black circle was for), and a red kick ball (embossed with the canvas impression plate!!).

I didn’t have high hopes when starting this card, but I’m really happy how it finished!

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Thanks
Stamps: Background Basics: Text, Fillable Frames Additions 1 (PTI); sentiment (old All Night Media);
Paper: Black, Kraft, White, Harvest Gold (PTI); Pumpkin, Riding Hood (SU);
Ink: Crumb Cake (SU); Black (PTI);
Other: 0.5 Pen (CTMH); Fillable Frame 1 die, Simple Circles die (PTI);

Teacher Gifts

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So last week my blog was pretty quiet. The reason was I was working on teacher gifts – the ones I needed to get into the mail to send back to our old school….before school got out for the year!

In that school my girls switched classes for different subjects, so there were many teachers. For one group I did note cubes with matching pens. For the other set I did acrylic sticky-note holders with matching pens. I kept it simple and used the same design for all of them.

Then for the card that accompanied the gifts, I continued the same design. I did break out the felt to create the flowers and then used the vine stamp from Background Basics for the leaves (because at some point I lost the leaf stamp that I was using, but PTI, being an awesome company, is replacing that image – for just the cost of a stamp!).

Stamps: Beautiful Blooms 2, Background Basics, Think Big #2 (all PTI);
Colors: Royal Velvet, Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Blueberry Sky, Simply Chartreuse (all PTI);
Gifts: Acrylic picture frame, sticky-note pads, note cubes, Pentel RSVP pens;

Monday Post

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I had a hard time getting started with the latest Make it Monday (mim14) – selective inking – because PTI does such a good job of breaking up stamps already. Often stems are separate from flowers, etc.

As I was browsing my stamp index I was so excited when I realized that Mailbox Greetings provides the perfect opportunity for selective inking. I’ve actually done a “single mailbox” from this set before, but I got it by cutting it out. This time I used tape to mask my image before inking. Then after inking, I remove the tape and presto – a perfectly inked partial image. Here is a link to the original stamp image; and below is a look at what the tape method looks like.

Thinking of You
Stamps: Mailbox Greetings (PTI);
Cardstock: Pure Poppy, White, Lemon Tart, Simply Chartreuse( PTI);
Other: Copics; Button die (PTI); Grass die (MFT); Circle cutter (CM); deco scissors; machine stitching;
Sketch: WMSC1

Guided Background

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By accident I have 2 packs each of the Guidelines and Guidelines II paper by PTI. Needless to say, I am trying hard to use it. Of course, making my own patterns with the Guideline stamps isn’t my forte. Thankfully I found an awesome card to case (by Debbie Olson). The colors were perfect for my step-mother, so I completely copied the original background. I changed up the rest though.

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Mother’s Day
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Giga Guidelines, Guidelines II, Fillable Frames 8; sentiment (TAC);
Colors: Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, White;
Other: Guidelines II paper; Blush ribbon, Fillable Frames 8 die; Rhinestones (Kaiser), Scallop Border punch (Fiskars);

Impression Trickery

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This week’s Make-it-Monday challenge (mim13) is to use the PTI impression plate and die trick. The technique is pretty cool.

For my card I used the Circles border die with the Picnic impression plate. Unfortunately the circle stamp set was sold out when I ordered, so I just went through my stash to find images that would fit – I ended up using Dot Spot, but I did find out that Guidelines II also fits in the big circles.

Thanks for taking a peek!

For You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Dot Spot, Tiny Tags;
Colors: Lemon Tart, White; (I used Daffodil & Lilac inks by SU);
Other: Picnic impression plate, Simply Circles border die, Sending You die (for the leaves), Sig.Series Flower die, Tiny Tags die, Velvet & Chartreuse felt, Lemon button, Rustic White twine;

VSN Cards

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As my previous post stated, there was a mini-VSN at SCS. I wanted to do a few more challenges, so on Sunday I stamped, stamped, stamped. Upload deadline is today, so I’m posting them all at once.

First up is my card for the third challenge which was an inspiration challenge (may11vsnmini3). The photo was a beach scene – very calming. I wanted to keep the relaxing feel, so I went with subdued colors and a “relax” sentiment.

Next up is the fourth challenge (may11vsnmini4) – a color challenge . I always have a hard time with color challenges, so my normal attack method is to find pattern paper that has the required colors and then let the paper determine the “theme” of the card. This paper screamed fun to me, so I went with a cupcake and sprinkles. I even broke into my stash of baker’s twine finally!

The fifth and final challenge (may11vsnmini5) was to use wood on a card – either as an image or a material. I wasn’t sure what I’d do, so I looked through my stamp index and saw the ruler image. Perfect – this week is Teacher Appreciation week. The ruler is stamped on a thin wood.

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Relax
Stamps: Day at the Beach (PTI), Sensational Scenery (SU);
Colors: Bashful Blue (textured), Barely Banana, Crumb Cake, River Rock (SU);
Other: dimensionals (SU);
Thank You
Stamps: Cupcake Collection (PTI);
Colors: Apricot Appeal, Gable Green, Daffodil Delight, Tempting Turquoise, White (SU);
Other: Rainbow Sherbert DSP (SU); baker’s twine (?); glitter (Doodlebug); cupcake dies (PTI); Border punch (Fiskars); machine stitching;
Teacher
Stamps: It’s Official, Teacher’s Apple (PTI); Stamp of Authenticity (SU);
Colors: Aqua Mist, Black, White (PTI); Ruby Red (SU);
Other: wood (SU);

Blue Bird

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I created this card for the SCS CAS challenge – Rule of Thirds (cas116). The challenge was to use three – however you interpret that. I did colors (blue, white, black) and images (bird, wire, sentiment).

My hubby is going on a business trip next week, so I needed a “miss you” card. To do the bird was a bit tricky. I figured it would take a few iterations to get right, so I stamped it on another piece of paper and cut it out. I inked up the bird and then kissed a tiny heart stamp to the image (multiple times) to remove ink. The heart I used is NOT a clear stamp, so getting the heart into the same spot multiple times took a steady hand. I think it also helped that I used a pigment ink, so it sorta smooshed itself right. I’m just glad I got it to work!

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missing you
Stamps: Birds of a Feather (PTI), Perfect Plaid (SU);
Colors: Not Quite Navy (SU); White (PTI);

Inspired Bloom

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During my blog perusing this month, I saw this post at a creative mint and thought it would make a great card.

So I made one 🙂 It is very simple (my favorite kind).

Thanks for taking a peek.

Friend
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In Bloom, BB: Argyle;
Colors: Spring Rain, Berry Sorbet, White, True Black;

Berries Framed

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This weeks’ Make it Monday challenge at PTI (mim12) is to make a card with a pen frame. Such a fun technique!

I always need thank you cards, so I went with that idea. I had seen a card done once using strawberries and the With Sympathy leafy vine. I added little white flowers, not too visible in the layout but after obtaining a few opinions, we all agreed the card was better with them included. My final touch was to use the polka dots on the card base (note – must grab the gingham next time I’m shopping…a picnic feel would have worked with this very well).

Thanks for taking a peek!

Thank You
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Green Thumb, With Sympathy, Polka Dots;
Colors: Raspberry Fizz, New Leaf, White, True Black;
Other: pen (Zig Millennium);

Cup of Support

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I was in a stamping mood on Saturday (I did 4 – that *has* to be a record for me!). I haven’t played the CAS challenge at Splitcoast in a long time, so I thought I’d give it a go. The latest challenge is an inspiration (cas114). The pic was of some adorable baby bibs, but since I do not need any baby cards any time soon, I went with the colors.

Normally I have a hard time with just color challenges and have to pair it with a sketch, but no sketches were talking to me. Instead I just pulled out my color swatches and paged through my stamp index. Eventually something caught my eye – and it brought an idea with it!

After that original idea didn’t work out, I just moved my already cut & stamped cups around on my paper until another idea hit.

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When, oh when, with Papertrey finish with their ink redesign??
Diminish Troubles
Stamps: Tea for Two Additions, Tea for Two (PTI);
Colors: So Saffron, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Marina Mist, White (SU);
Other: Teacup die (PTI); Polka Dot embossing folder (SU); silver brads;