Papertrey Ink / What Do I Do With This?

Hi crafty friends!  

I'm here and I am excited to share this card using a much older Papertrey Ink product in a new updated way. 

I dug deep for this die as my stash has been packed away for some time.  Anyone remember the Rainbow Stripes Die?  I've used it with Soft Stone cardstock for a soft background element for the blooms from Into the Blooms: Dahlia Die. 

The blooms and leaves were ink blended with Distress Oxide Inks and die cut.  Shading and white pigment ink were added for dimension.  After arranging the blooms, they were adhered using liquid glue and foam tape.  A stacked sentiment from Perfect Pairs: Essentials was done in bold black ink along with a supporting sentiment strip.  To finish the card, white gems were added and then the whole card was spritzed with Shimmer Spray. 

Supplies
Stamps:  Perfect Pairs: Essentials
Dies:  Into the Blooms: Dahlia , Rainbow Stripes, Perfect Pairs: Essentials 
Paper:  Stampers Select White, Soft Stone
Ink:  Distress Oxide Inks, VersaFine Clair Nocturne
Misc:  Foam Adhesive, Shimmer Spray, White Pigment Ink, White gems

--Amy ♥

Papertrey Ink / The Great Cover Up

Hi crafty friends!  

Dana and I are co-hosting today's post over on the Papertrey Ink blog for the feature "The Great Cover Up".  We love our Cover Plates and Border Bling Dies so our challenge is to use them!  They make for beautiful background whether you inlay (like Dana did) or use them for a backdrop for some of Papertrey's gorgeous Into the Blooms Dies.

I used the Border Bling: Blooming Hearts Die done in all white.  It has such fun whimsical border cutouts!  For my focal point, I began die cutting the pieces to the Into the Blooms: Roses.  They were inked up with various shades of the new Distress Oxide color Saltwater Taffy and Distress Oxide color Peeled Paint.  Once colored, they were all spritzed with water and then white pigment ink.  These two techniques really soften the look of the blooms!  After arranging the roses, a sentiment strip that was white heat embossed, with Inside Greetings:  Happy Hello, was added with foam adhesive.  To finish, white pearls were the perfect touch!

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**Fun note--This card was actually made back when the roses were released but I just wasn't happy with it!  I set it aside and moved on.  Here, I deconstructed it (ripped the rose and leaves off) and the remade roses for a much softer, feminine look.  I love my second version so much more!

--Amy ♥

Papertrey Ink / The Great Cover Up

Hello!

I have a card share for a feature over at Papertrey Ink called The Great Cover Up.

Foiling has become very popular.  Foiling your already present dies whether they are sentiment dies or in this case the new Border Bling: Snow Flakes Die, is a way to get more out of your dies.  Using smooth cardstock, the Border Bling: Snow Flakes Die was foiled using Skybright foil from Spellbinders.  It's such a pale shade of blue and perfect for this wintery card!  

While I had great intentions of creating a scene for this frame, I decided to change course and create a snowy shaker card!  The center of the Border Bling: Snow Flake foiled panel was die cut using a standard rectangle and backed with clear cardstock to create the shaker.  It was filled with chunky glitter.  To tie in with the foiled snowflakes, the "Let it Snow" sentiment dies included with the Border Bling: Snow Flakes Die were done using a piece of foiled cardstock and then die cut. 

 

Paper: White, Clear Cardstock

Dies: Border Bling: Snow Flakes Die

Other: Foam adhesive, Skybright Foil, Chunky Glitter

--Amy ♥

Papertrey Ink / The Great Cover Up

Hello!

I am up over at Papertrey Ink with 'The Great Cover Up' feature this week.  

For this week's 'The Great Cover-Up Feature', I decided to do some layering and impressing of dies from Papertrey Ink.  I started with the background.  The Cover Plate: Ornate Die was impressed into a piece of Sweet Blush cardstock.  Next the layering element, the largest Delicate Doilies Die was die cut from white cardstock and the next largest Delicate Doilies Die was impressed into that layer for a subtlie look but not too busy.  An assortment of blooms from Sprigs & Sprays were added to the pitcher element from Abundant Blooms.  As finishing touches, a simple hello, from Just Sentiments: Happy Hello, was stamped and a few pearls added.

Supplies

Stamps:  Sprigs & Sprays, Abundant Blooms, Just Sentiments: Happy Hello
Dies:  Cover Plate: Ornate Die, Delicate Doilies Die
Misc:  Pearls, Foam Adhesive

--Amy ♥

Ink to Paper / Papertrey Ink / What Do I Do With This

I am up over at Ink to Paper / Papertrey Ink with 'What Do I Do With This' feature this week.  

The Cover Plate: Birthday Die is such a fabulous die to use as a cover for an ink blended background!!  The possibilities of colors for a background for a BIRTHDAY are endless!  A bonus?  Your background doesn't have to be perfect......the cover die covers the imperfections!  This combination uses Distress Oxide inks on Bristol Smooth Cardstock.  The ink just glides and blends so well on this paper!  Over this panel, Shimmer Spray was added.  A separate panel was also ink blended with the same colors and the cover plate was die cut from this.  The sentiment from inside of the die was hand trimmed from the frame and stars and added over the white Cover Plate: Birthday Die.  As finishing touches, rainstones were added across the card.  What is fun about clear rainstones is that they take on the colors of the cardstock behind them but also add dimension and shine!  

Supplies

Dies:  Cover Plate: Birthday Die
Ink:  Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide Inks
Accents:  Rainstones, Shimmer Spray

--Amy ♥

Ink to Paper / Papertrey Ink / The Great Cover Up

I am up over on the Ink to Paper / Papertrey Ink blog with 'The Great Cover Up' challenge this week.  There is a $25 gift certificate available to one random participant!

I thought it would be fun to get back to my roots with direct stamping to paper using pigment inks specifically Distress Oxide inks from Ranger.  I often forget that these inks are amazing to stamp solid images.  The Sidewalk Chalk Flowers from Ink to Paper are so fun!  

--Amy ♥

Ink to Paper (Papertrey Ink) / What do I do with this?

There is a new challenge over at Ink to Paper/Papertrey Ink called What do I do with this?

We were challenged to use some WOW! Embossing Powders that are now available in the shop!

Adding accents with embossing powder is such a great way to add texture.  Here on the bloom from Lush Bloom, the "third" layer would normally be a darker color of ink but here I've added Versamark,  the Sunburst WOW! Embossing Powder, and heat embossing.  This gives this third layer some shine and texture!  

I've added my bloom to the largest doily from Delicate Doilies Die set with foam adhesive.  The doily was added to a white notecard that was scored to have a raised border around the perimeter. To finish, the sentiment was added to fit in below the bloom along with some sparkling gems.

Ink to Paper (Papertrey Ink) / What do I do with this?

There is a new feature over at Ink to Paper (Papertrey Ink) called "What do I do with this?"  Ink to Paper recently started carrying WOW! Embossing Powders in the shop.

I had some fun experimenting with how to use this colorful embossing powder called Sunburst.  So I pulled out Cake Please because it has this amazing layering image that I thought would be perfect for this embossing powder!  I also embossed the centers of the sparkler images.

The cake stand and 'happy birthay' were heat embossed with WOW! Metallic Silver Ultra High Embossing Powder.  Love how this embossing powder gives a full raised look!  The cake was added to background that was impressed with the Border Bling: Dainty Deliveries Frame Die.  The cake was embellished with some florals from Cake Please and some clear droplets.

Supplies:

Cake Please

Cake Please Dies

Sunburst WOW! Embossing Powder

Metallic Silver Ultra High WOW! Embossing Powder

Border Bling: Dainty Deliveries Frame Die

Ink to Paper / January Release Day

Hello!  

I am so excited to be back with this month's Ink to Paper release.

  You will not be disappointed in this month's release!  Make sure to join me all month long!

You can find all of today's new product information on the the Ink To Paper Blog and just remember the New Release will be available tonight at 10:00 PM EST. 

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There is so much to love about this new cake set!  There are sentiments and this amazing layered cake image!  Additonally, there are a new set of number dies.

I created a sparkly pink cake using two shades of pink ink.  Florals from the set were added with foam adhesive along with the greenery.  The cake was added to a Border Bling: Believe......this die is useful year round!  Notice the background was lightly ink blended with pink ink.  Two picks were added as fun cake toppers along with the finest white glitter.

Don't forget to set your clock for the release tonight!!

Ink to Paper / From My Heart

Hello!

Did you catch the latest Ink to Paper release?  

There's a fabulous new large sentiment die!!!

♥ Never Too Far Die ♥

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I created this simple card using this large sentiment that is perfect for a focal point on a CAS card.  I layered it over a panel of vellum that was layered over the Brushed Plaid Stamp Set stamped in red ink.  I added a red die cut frame using Skinny Heart Frames Die.

Ink to Paper / XO

Did you catch the latest Ink to Paper release?  

There is a fabulous new set that coordinates with a new favor box die.

♥ Wreath Favor Box Sentiments ♥

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To start, I created my own polka dot pattern on the blue card stock.  Using a random circle stamp from an older Papertrey Ink set, I stamped the circle over and over using Versamark ink.

After creating for the holidays for months, I wanted to use some fresh colors!  So I went with blues and yellows for the blooms on the florals.  I added the florals to a wreath stamped in grey ink.  I love the neutral look.  To keep this simple, I added a die cut sentiment using the XO Heart Frames Die.

Ink to Paper / So much love

Did you all catch the latest Ink to Paper release?  It's all about LOVE and I'm in LOVE!

There are so many great sets centered around love but the set I'm featuring can be used all year round.

♥ Branches of Love ♥

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I started by die cutting the Border Bling: Believe in white cardstock.  The center of this has a pierced detail and I like to highlight this by masking this section off and ink blending.  This serves as a perfect place to center your focal point and sentiment.

All the pieces of the Branches of Love were stamped and die cut.  It was fun to arrange this and I decided on a landscape oriented card.  The sentiment was selectively stamped to fit in the space around my vase and branches.  Aren't those danging hearts so fun?  The details you see on them happen when you die cut them!  I added some glitter to half of the small hearts for fun!

Ink to Paper / December Release Day

Hello!  

I am so excited to be back with this month's Ink to Paper release.

  You will not be disappointed in this month's release!  Make sure to join me all month long!

You can find all of today's new product information on the the Ink To Paper Blog and just remember the New Release will be available on the 15th at 10:00 PM EST. 

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This year has brought on so many emotions and feelings of when will this end.  So it seems fitting to share this first card with you that I made for the December Ink to Paper release.  

This features the Life Me Up stamp set and coordinating dies.  A simple and adorable set.  I created some soothing pink clouds for my images.  The images were Copic colored, die cut, and added to the note card with foam adhesive.  Here's the sentiment that brings my feeling of this year into light........

"sometimes life seems upside down".  

Ink to Paper / November Release Countdown Day 4

Welcome to Day 4 of this month's Ink to Paper release.

  Today we have a fabulous trendy set called Vintage Lantern.  I am all about vintage in my decor so I love this gorgeous set!

You can find all of today's new product information on the the Ink To Paper Blog and just remember the New Release will be available on the 15th at 10:00 PM EST. 

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Seriously, this release was made just for me!  Florals, vintage, and patina......perfect.  Old pitchers with florals just gives me all the warm fuzzies.  This set is Abundant Blooms.  I love the detail stamp for the pitcher making it appear vintage!