Category Archives: Papertrey Ink

New Home

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My brother recently bought an old home and has spent much time fixing it up. I know he isn’t done, but I wanted to get a card in the mail to him.

I knew I wanted the card to feature the home from Boards & Beams. Since the image is so large, I needed a layout that was simple. I colored the image the same as the real house. I really love how this turned out!

Congratulations
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Boards & Beams;
Colors: Pinefeather, New Leaf, White;
Other: Leaf ribbon; Scallop border punch (SU); markers (Copics);

Insert Title Here

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I needed a couple quick/flat cards to mail out some gifties to some of my Secret Sister players. There was a challenge last month from my blog group to use supplies that hadn’t seen ink. I bought Just the Ticket a week or so after it came out, but hadn’t used it yet. So I decided that would be my starting point. Thankfully a few sentiments worked for my purpose. Next I decided a star was the perfect accent. I used one of the new star dies – the middle one, which doesn’t have any stamp associated with it. To help give the star some pizzaz, I stitched a border around the inside. Finally some embossing to finish up the card.

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Congrats
All supplies Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Just the Ticket;
Colors: White, Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz;
Other: Sunshine impression plate, Just the Ticket border die, Seeing Stars die; thread (DMC);

Birthday Rose

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This flower stamp is why I started buying Copic markers! To do this flower I started with colored card stock, stamped the image three times, and cut out the layers. Then I created the shadows with the Copics. I put it all together with pop-dots. I love how it turned out!

Once I had the flower done, I had to figure out the rest of the card. I wanted the flower to be center stage, so I kept the card very simple. A trend I’m just getting around to is incorporating text/book-print papers. I used the PTI background stamp to create this card base (though I wish the stamp was longer so I didn’t have to worry about the overlap). I added the rhinestones to finish off the card.

Birthday Wishes
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: In Bloom, Giga Guidelines, Background Basics – Text;
Cardstock: Soft Stone, White, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado;
Ink: River Rock, Basic Grey (SU); Black (Memento);
Other: markers (Copic), Rhinestones (Kaiser), Labels 4 die (Spellbinders);

With Gratitude

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To create my background, I embossed 3/4 of my top layer with the Guide Lines impression plate. Since the lines didn’t stand out enough for me, I went back with the Faux Ribbon set and stamped white ink. Now some folks are able to ink up their impression plate and embossed thus accomplishing both steps at once, but I do to much futzing with my paper – I’d end up with ink everywhere.

Recently, there was a discussion on the PTI forum about favorite anniversary sets. This Round & Round set is the latest and I hadn’t inked it up yet, so I thought I should. Since I decided to use the image as my focal point, I found a small butterfly in Butterfly Dreams that worked. That way I could stamp the Round image in one color and not worry about trying to color just the butterfly piece different.

With Gratitude
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Round & Round, Butterfly Dreams, Faux Ribbon;
Colors: Spring Moss, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, White;
Other: Guide Lines impression plate, Lavender ribbon, Mat Stack #1 die, Limitless Layers: Circles die, Rhinestones;

Serene Sympathy

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This week’s CAS challenge at SCS is about sympathy cards (cas91). Unfortunately, I needed to make one. I know I should have sympathy cards on hand because it is so hard to make them when I need them, but at the same time, I like making a card while the receiver is on my mind – kinda like weaving the love into the card.

I knew I wanted to keep it very neutral and calming. I just purchased the Life stamp set and decided to ink it up. When it came for choosing the ink, I was debating between Sahara Sand and River Rock. I ultimately chose River Rock because it is a warm shade, whereas Sahara Sand is cool.

With Sympathy
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Life, Comunique Curves Sentiments;
Colors: White (PTI); River Rock (SU);
Other: Wood Grain impression plate; Ribbon (SU); Label die (Cuttlebug);

One Sketch, Three Cards

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I was selected to be a Guest Designer for the CAS challenge at SCS. And I got the first week (good thing I like working under a tight deadline, lol). This week’s challenge is a sketch based on Denise’s card (cas83).

When I first saw her card, this leaf card came right to mind. I love it when tools make life easy! With the leaf die and impression plate, this card came together quickly. The layout is a little different from the original, but I think you can still see it: the 4-square leaf is pretty obvious, but the twine knot is in the same position as the ghost; and the sentiment under it all.

While I feel the first card qualifies as Clean and Simple, I know others may not. So I made another card. This one is a one-layer card. It was so fun to make (I love bright colors). I’ve had the arrow set since it came out but hadn’t gotten around to using it. Again, the sketch is there, though a little muddier this time. The circle with “10” in it is in place of the ghost, and this time the sentiment is off-set to the left like the original. Even though there aren’t 4 arrows, I still feel they fit the sketch.

For the final card I still kept close to the layout, but it is flipped horizontally – the witch being the ghost and the sentiment hanging off the right-side instead of left.

I don’t think I’ve ever done more than 1 card for a specific challenge before. Great sketch Denise!

Thank You
Stamps: Giga Guidelines (PTI);
Colors: Dark Chocolate, Rustic Cream, Orange Zest (PTI);
Other: Bitty Dot DSP, rustic twine, leaf die, woodgrain impression plate, orange twill (PTI);
Happy Birthday
Stamps: Get to the Point, Birthday Bash Sentiments, Borders & Corners: Circle (PTI);
Colors: Tempting Turquoise, Melon Berry, Green Galore, So Saffron (SU); White, Black (PTI);
Other: circle die (Coluzzle);
card
Stamps: Halloween Dingbats (CTMH), Grateful Greetings (SU);
Colors: So Saffron, Pumpkin Pie (SU);
Other: Notations No 2 DSP; chipboard (?); Copics (coloring on witch);

Hug a Tree

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I know, Earth Day is months and months away, but I believe every day should be Earth Day!

The latest One-Layer Wednesday challenge (olw18) is all about trees.

About the only reason I purchased this set when it came out was for this tree image – I love it!

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Happy Earth Day
All supplies PaperTrey Ink unless otherwise noted.
Stamps: Wonderfully Whimsical;
Colors: White;
Other: Copic (YG13); Raspberry Rhinestones (Kaiser);

Turkey Dinner

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I’m a little behind in my challenges. This week’s Clean and Simple challenge at SCS was an inspiration challenge: be inspired by the word “delicious” (cas82). Well, I haven’t had a proper Thanksgiving meal in years (mostly because I am not good at cooking and I don’t want to cook for only 4 people, 2 of whom are picky).

I’m sure it helped that this cute little turkey was sitting on my desk fresh from unpacking my latest PTI order 😉 I love this new set! It is so adorable! I think one of my favorite parts of the set is the “gobble gobble” sentiment.

To make the tail feathers, I started with wet watercolor paper. I dropped a few different colors of reinkers onto the paper and used a wide brush to blend them. I ended up with more uniform color than I wanted, but I still like it. I *was* going to add a bit of sparkly with some glimmer mist but my bottle is clogged and I’m not sure how to fix that.

Gobble Gobble
Stamps: Gobble Gobble, Faux Ribbon (PTI);
Paper: Dark Chocolate, Cream (PTI); Watercolor paper (from Ms);
Ink: various Earth Elements reinkers (SU); Cocoa (Memento);
Other: turkey die (PTI); googlie eyes (Ms);

Tiny Pumpkin

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Hrm. I’m just not too sure of this one. There is just something about it I don’t like. I tried different pattern paper, but this was definitely the better. I’m pretty sure the punched edge should be on the left, not the right (but stuck is stuck). But there is something else. Oh well – not only is stuck stuck, but done is done (I feel I say that a lot, lol).

I love that PTI came out with a Halloween Tiny Treat set, but the frame is a bit too overwhelming for me. Next time I will try it with muted colors and maybe no DSP.

Happy Halloween
Stamps: Tiny Treats Halloween (PTI);
Colors: Orange Zest, Black, White (PTI); Copics;
Other: Creepy Crawly DSP (SU); edge punch (EK Success); Mat Stack 4 die (PTI); twill (PTI);

Fall Fashion

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The next round of competition for the CAS DT at SCS has begun – actually, it took me so long to come up with a card the round is almost over! The challenge was to use pattern paper. You would think with the amount of pattern paper I own and love that I would use it, but after looking at my cards – especially the clean-and-simple ones – it becomes obvious that I enjoy looking at the paper more than using it!

The optional part of the challenge was a theme – fashion. Um, didn’t get that worked in – unless you count the title of this post 😉

Made My Day
Stamps: Leaf Prints, Simple Little Things (PTI);
Paper: Rustic Cream, Vintage Cream (PTI); Autumn Vine DSP, Brushed Bronze (SU);
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU);
Other: Leaf dies (PTI); Fancy Tags die (Spellbinders); clear rhinestones (Kaiser) colored with Copic;