Project Inspiration {Pumpkin Spice and Everything Nice}

Hello Friends! It's been awhile, but I'm thrilled to be here today with this weekend's Papertrey Ink Project Inspiration! It's that time of year when I feel caught; caught between looking forward to autumn, but clinging to the last bits of summer! Do you ever feel that ways? I decided to embrace both worlds with this floral pumpkin design.

I've combined florals and foil along with the die cut pumpkin to bring this card to life!

This card comes together in six easy steps, including the sentiment on the inside!

Step 1: Foil an A2 panel of Autumn Rose cardstock with Spellbinders Glimmer Hot Foil-Champagne. Add ink around the edges with a blender brush. Attach it to a top-folding A2 card base using liquid glue.

Step 2: Attach the mat, cut using the Love to Layer: Whimsy Die, to the center of the background using foam squares.

Step 3: Cut and color the pieces for the pumpkin using the Into the Blooms: Pumpkins Die. Omit the middle piece and stamp the sentiment on the second smallest piece using the Thankful For Fall Sentiments. Cover the sentiment with a small Post-It Note and spritz the pumpkin using Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Spray. Attach it to the mat using foam squares.

Step 4: Cut and color the flowers using the Into the Blooms: Mixed Bouquet Die. Assemble the flowers with foam squares and liquid glue. Spritz them with distress oxide spray as well. Arrange them around the pumpkin.

Step 5: Add glitter with a 2-way glue pen.

Step 6: Stamp the greeting using the Larger Than Life: Fall Sentiments inside the card!

I always thank myself for stamping an inside greeting when it comes time to send the card! ha ha!

I really like how the leaves from the bouquet layer over the leaves for the pumpkins. It really gives the card some added depth.

 I hope you've found today's post informational and enjoyable! Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Project Inspiration {So Happy For You}

Hello friends! I've been clinging onto the last few bits of summer vacation with my kids so I've been a bit MIA around here lately, but I'm back today with this weekend's Project Inspiration feature for Papertrey Ink! Weddings are never out of season, so I'll be sharing step-by-step photos and steps  on how I created this floral wedding design. 

I used so many new products from the latest release that worked perfectly for this wedding card.

This card comes together in six easy steps!

Step 1: Cut a panel of Pinefeather cardstock measuring 4 by 5 1/4 inches and add some black ink around the edges for depth.

Step 2: Cut the frame using the Rooted in Love Frame Die three times and glue them together with liquid glue. Attach it to the background and then adhere the panel to a Vintage Cream card base using foam squares.

Step 3: Cut the middle size mat from Sweet Blush cardstock using the Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops Die. Attach it to the background using foam squares. Cut the bow and glue it together and add it to the bottom of the frame with additional foam squares.

Step 4: Cut the flowers and foliage from Vintage Cream cardstock with the Into the Blooms: Gardenia Die. Assemble them using liquid glue and foam squares. Attach them to the focal mat.

Step 5: Cut the YOU three times from white cardstock using the This is Big Sentiments: You Die. Stamp one and stack the other three using liquid glue. Heat emboss the "So Happy For" portion with gold powder onto a strip of Sweet Blush cardstock.

Step 6: Add glitter and a trio of sparkling clear sequins for sparkle and shine!

This card could be used for more than just a wedding, but that is how I will be using it with an upcoming wedding next month.

Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Project Inspiration {Sweet as Pie}

Hello friends! It's my turn for this weekend's Project Inspiration feature for Papertrey Ink! There's something so wonderful about the sweet summer harvest and celebrating the delights of the season! This card was created with that in mind; juicy raspberries, sweet cream, and the shimmer of foil make this card look good enough to eat! 

I've chosen quite a potpourri of products to bring this card to life!

I will be sharing steps and detailed instruction on how I put this card together!

Step 1: Foil an A2 panel of Raspberry Fizz cardstock with champagne foil and the Merry Motifs Hot Foil Plate. Ad some Raspberry Fizz and Scarlet Jewel ink around the corners with a blender brush.

Step 2: Adhere the background to an A2 white card base using liquid glue. Add the Scalloped Ovals to the center with foam squares.

Step 3: Cut and color the pie using the Sweet as Pie Die. Glue it together and add it to the center of the background using foam squares.

Step 4: Cut and color the berries and leaves. The berries are from the Build-a-Teapot Die and the leaves are from the Into the Blooms: Spring Basket Die.

Step 5: Cut and color the flowers. Add the with liquid glue and foam squares.

Step 6: Stamp the sentiment using the Feathered Friends Mini 3 Stamp Set. Cut it using the Just Tags Die and attach it to the card using foam squares.

Step 7: Add glitter to the berries, flowers, and leaves for some sparkle and shine!

I like using three shades of ink on the berries to create realism: Pale Peony, Raspberry Fizz, and Scarlet Jewel.

I like using a 2-Way Glue pen to adhere the glitter, but make sure you clean it off after you swipe anything with red ink, because it will transfer to the other things like leaves and the flowers. Thank goodness it doesn't happen with the other colors.

This card was so much fun to put together! Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Papertrey Ink July Release Countdown Day 4

And just like that, we're at the 4th and final day of the Papertrey Ink July release countdown! I have three projects to share today; up first are two cards using the new Framed in Flowers Stamp/Die/Stencil set. 

There are two different flower images included: Peony and Sunflower with coordinating stencils to color the flowers and leaves. To begin, I stamped the image using Vintage Photo distress ink making sure to leave the stamp in the MISTI. I used the coordinating stencils to add the color and then stamped it again with Versamark and embossed it in gold.

Once that was done, I set it aside to work on the background and details. I cut a panel of Tropical Teal cardstock measuring 4 by 5 1/4 inches. I then cut the new Rooted in Love Frame three times from the same cardstock and then glued them together. I left the opening at the bottom and glued it to the background panel with liquid glue.

I cut the flower from white cardstock using the Freshly Picked Die that was showcased yesterday. I only used the smallest peony flowers and the leaves are from the Into the Blooms: Mixed Bouquet; I felt they matched the shape of the leaves of the focal image.

I arranged them with liquid glue and foam squares. The sentiment is from the new This is Big Sentiments: You stamp set that was featured on day 1.

This card uses the other image in the Framed in Flowers set. For this one, I stamped it in the same Vintage Photo distress ink and then did the stenciling. Once that was done, I added some details with alcohol markers for added depth. I also added some Crystal Stickles glitter glue. These images remind me of stained glass windows so I wanted to add some sparkle.

The background is cut from Saffron Spice and then I added the pierced detail using the Nesting Basics: Pierced Rectangles Die. Next, I foiled the Ripe Avocado panel using the Regal Flourish Frame Hot Foil Plate with champagne foil. 

The sentiment is from the Just Sentimetns: Wish You Were Here Mini Stamp Set and is embossed in gold. I cut it using the Hold That Thought Die and then added it to the focal point using foam squares. I added a trio of sparkling clear sequins for additional sparkle and shine!

My final project uses a few of my favorites from the release: This is Big Sentiments: You and the Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops. To begin, I die cut the cut scallop box using the Scalloped Treat Box Die from Pure Poppy cardstock. I also cut a piece of Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper. I glued it to the box along with the middle sized mat included in the Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops Die. Don't forget to stamp the sentiment before attaching.

I cut the flowers from white using the Into the Blooms: Mixed Bouquet die (linked in first project). I just can't stop with this beautiful set. I added the flowers and leaves using foam squares and liquid glue.

The YOU sentiment is stamped and stacked three times for a sturdy piece.

I added glitter to the flowers and leaves.

Everything will be available for purchase beginning at 10 am EDT tomorrow! Thanks for fluttering by!

 

Papertrey Ink July Release Countdown Day 3

It's day 3 of the July release countdown for Papertrey Ink! I have two projects to share with you today using some gorgeous new products! My first card features the beautiful new Freshly Picked Die set along with the previously showcased Love to Layer: Sweet Scallops Die.

To begin, I foiled a panel of Coastal Blue cardstock using the Regal Flourish Frame Hot Foil  Plate with silver foil. I trimmed it down just slightly larger than the foiled design and then added some silver metallic ink around the edges with the direct-t0-paper technique.

I layered the middle sized mat included in the Love to Layer: Sweet Scallop Die using foam squares. I cut and colored all of the flowers and foliage included in the Freshly Picked Die set. I arranged them on the mat using foam squares and liquid glue.

I forgot to mention, but I did spritz them with Hickory Smoke Distress Spritz before I added them to the card.

The sentiment is heat embossed in silver using the Just Sentiments: Friendship Mini Stamp Set and then cut it using the Just Tags Die. I added it under the flower arrangement using foam squares. I layered the foiled panel on an A2 panel of Mint Julep cardstock (same ink around the edges) and then glued it to a top-folding A2 card base using liquid glue.

My next card features this month's Reflections stamp/die set. To begin, I used the beautiful new Leaf Garden Stencil Collection. I only used the first step, but added some ink splatter in two colors of green ink before I removed the stencil.

I cut the panel using the Reflections: Matthew 6 Die, keeping both pieces. I mounted the outer portion onto a top-folding A2 white card base using liquid glue. The middle portion is adhered using foam squares. 

I cut another mat from the smaller die from New Leaf cardstock and then added it with foam squares. The scripture verse is heat embossed in gold embossing powder and then cut with the outline die. I layered that slightly below the center of the green piece to show off the detail at the top.

I cut the flowers from white cardstock using the Into the Blooms: Mixed Bouquet and then colored them with dye ink and blender brushes. I glued them together with liquid glue and small foam squares and then arranged them around the focal points.

I added a trio of sparkling clear sequins for additional sparkle and shine! Thanks for fluttering by!

P.S. Join me tomorrow for the 4th and final day of the countdown!