Papertrey Ink May Release Countdown Day 1

Hello and welcome to day 1 of the Papertrey Ink May release countdown! I have quite a few projects to share with you today using some of my favorite new products! Up first is a summery card using the new Into the Blooms: Wild Wood die collection.

For this card, I die cut the wood slice pieces from Vintage Cream cardstock and everything else from white cardstock.

I chose to use Vintage Cream for the wood slices so I could use a light hand with the ink and allow some of the light color to show through without it being stark white.

The sentiment is from the previously released Blooming Beauties Stamp Set and is cut using the Just Tags Die.

For the background, I used two of the stencils from the Elegant Notes Stationery Kit with Aqua Mist ink. I also added some Hawaiian Shores ink splatter for added detail.

I added the wood slices using foam squares as well as the sentiment. Once that was done, I had fun arranging the flowers and leaves.

One of my favorite pieces in the set is the cute little bee! Of course I just HAD to add two because they're just too cute!

Speaking of too cute, I'm also in love with the new Baby Steps Die Collection and coordinating Baby Steps Stencil Collection.

I went for a gender-neutral color combo with this card; mostly because I'm completely out of baby boy cards, but I could always add some flowers if I ended up using it for a girl. 

I die cut all of the pieces for the shoes from white cardstock with the exception of the grommets to lace the shoes and the itty-bitty "metal" pieces at the bottom of each of the shoe laces. Those are cut from Antique Gold cardstock and attached using liquid glue.

A few tips to note: I used my quilling tool to "round" the laces before I attached them to the grommets. You could use a pencil or paintbrush as well, but I just happen to like the with of the quilling tool for projects like this. Once they each had a bit of curvature to them, I added a drop of glue to each of the ends and then used crafting tweezers to gently place the end into the grommet area. The other side goes in just the same way, but there is a bit of an arc as you guid it in.

The background was created by using the Border Bling: Tin Stitch Die and then I rounded the corners using a corner rounder punch. I also stamped a panel using the Nifty Plaid Stamp Set with Classic Kraft ink.  

I stamped the sentiment, which is from the Baby Elephant Stamp Set, onto an oval cut from Kraft cardstock using the Love to Layer: Ovals Die collection. I attached it to the plaid panel using foam squares.

The foliage is from the Into the Blooms: Wild Wood Die Collection and I tucked it here and there around the oval piece. The pacifier is also included in the Baby Steps Die Collection.

My last two projects of the day feature the Cowboy Reverie Stamp Set paired with the new Cover Plate: Banana Die. I also snuck in some florals that are being showcased tomorrow called Wild Petals; I just love how well they accent this Cowboy Reverie Stamp Set.

The Cowboy Reverie Stamp Set includes a boot, horseshoe, rope/lasso, jar, crate, hat and foliage.

I mentioned a few weeks ago that our Teacher Appreciation theme was Wild West and oh, how I wish I had all of these amazing new products; stay tuned tomorrow for even more western inspiration!

I used distress oxide inks for the boot because I love the velvety texture they give which makes the boot look more realistic.

There are three sentiments included in the set as well; I chose the cute "Howdy Friend" for this card.

This card is a little bit more masculine, but could definitely work for a female as well.

One of my sweet friends is a cowgirl, so I'm planning on gifting her all of the western style cards I make for the release!

The background for this card was cut using the Cover Plate: Bandana Die from Americana cardstock.

I really love the size of the images included in this set; not to hard to stamp with my aging eyes! ha ha!

I added a few more Wild Petals florals to this card as well.

Well, this concludes today's post, but join me again tomorrow for day 2 of the release; a little more baby, a little more cowboy/cowgirl and some other fun surprises! Thanks for fluttering by!