Background Basics: Circles Day Five

It's day 5 of the Papertrey Ink November Countdown and that means everything that you've been getting peeks at during this week will be available for purchase tomorrow, through Papertrey Ink!!! For this final day of the Countdown I've got a couple more projects and a stamp storage solution to share with you.

Let me get started with today's cards first...My first card features a fun cut out idea that I happened to come up with by accident. Once I stamped the dragonfly and sentiment (both from Happy Trails), my original intentions was to trim and cut away the right edge around the dragonfly (just like I had done on the Genuine Friend card I previously posted here).

But, my first cut just wasn't right, so I cut again. At this point I decided to just trim away the excess between the first and second cuts. Once trimmed, I carefully attached to a Melon Berry card base, after stamping a row of Background Basics: Circles dots. I love that this is an easy technique which adds a lot more to a card than just attaching a simple strip of cardstock or pattern paper.

Next up, a colorful creation. I pulled out the small dot background building strip and stamped a rainbow of rows onto a Rustic White card base. Die cut a Quatrefoil Cover Plate from Rustic Cream cardstock and attached to the front of the card base.Then embellished the card with a colorful butterfly. I die cut and stacked a rainbow of die cut butterflies and topped them off with a sentiment from Happy Trails.Nichole had noted on the first day of the countdown...

"PLEASE NOTE: The length of the patterned strips in this set was increased to allow for an extra wide base for easy placement and lining up per customer request. However, because of this change, Not all of the strips will fit in a CD case for storage. An index label and CD case will still be included with the set, but we do suggest finding an alternate storage method for this specific set."

The photo above gives you an idea of the sizes and how I have chosen to store them. I've crammed them into a CD case, but a more suitable option would be to store these stamps in a DVD case, which would provide plenty of room. I hope this info helps!

That's it from me today! But don't forget, tomorrow (November 15th) is the day to get your hands on Background Basics: Circles and all else from this months Countdown, at Papertrey Ink!

Now, be sure to visit Nichole Heady, Heather Nichols, Dawn McVey, Beth Silaika & Melissa Bickford for even more countdown goodness.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Maile


Celebrate Today:

• Stamps: Happy Trails & Background Basics: Circles
• Ink: True Black, Smoky Shadow & Versamark
• Cardstock: Melon Berry & Rustic Cream

You Color My World:

• Stamps: Happy Trails & Background Basics: Circles
• Ink: True Black, Plum Pudding, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Summer Sunrise & Pure Poppy
• Cardstock: Rustic White, Plum Pudding, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Summer Sunrise & Pure Poppy
• Accessories: Cover Plate: Quatrefoil Die & Signature Series: Butterlfy Die