Framed

Hello, and welcome to the second day of the Papertrey Ink countdown! Today I am super excited to share with you the soon to be released, Framed. A set created by Becky Oehlers and inspired by all the hand drawn frames used on projects these days. It's a great tool for not only creating perfectly simple holiday projects but year around ones too! Let me show you what I'm talking about...

How about a couple simple Christmas cards to start, perfect for recreating in multiples and flat for mailing...Started by flipping the rectangle frame upside down so the opening was at the top. Stamped it onto an Aqua Mist card base in True Black ink. Stamped "Joy", from Snowflake Serenade, in True Black into the bottom corner.

Inside the frame, I created a little burst of a frosty breeze by heat embossed three snow flakes (also from Snowflake Serenade) in white. Inked the largest flourish, from Fancy Flourishes, in Versamark and stamped it onto the card base, through the opening and over the embossed snowflakes. Finished it off with a few clear rhinestones.

I found that this sentiment, from Winter Swirls, is a perfect fit for the frame opening. Stamped both the frame and sentiment in True Black onto a Simply Chartreuse card base.

Stamped three ornament toppers, also from Winter Swirls, into the frame and hung them by hand drawn lines. Hand cut Plum Pudding, Pure Poppy & Spring Rain stamped ornaments and attached them with dimensional adhesive. Finished it off with a swirl of glitter onto each ornament.

Framed is a perfect fit for any occasion as well...

Hand stamped my own patter paper, onto a white card base, using "Happy Birthday" from Say It With Style in Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst & Summer Sunrise.

This time I stamped and heat embossed the square frame in black. Covered the frame opening with a white punched circle stamped with "to you" and embellished with True Black buttons and some crochet twine.

I thought this one would do for a wedding...

With this card I hope to share a neat idea with you. I've been dying to try the letter press technique that Heather Nichols came up with and shared here. I wanted to combine it with a new technique I've been trying my self, dry emboss masking.

Here's a closer look.

Here's a fun idea: Started by creating a double cardstock mask. Stamped and cut out the square frame from cardstock twice and adhered the two together. With removable adhesive, adhered the mask onto the center of the kraft card base. Making sure to adhere it ink side up.

Inked up the Impression Plate in Fresh Snow. Laid the card front face down onto the inked impression plate, created an embossing sandwich and then ran it through my Die Cutting Machine.

And this was the result.

Once done with the embossing, stamped the frame and sentiment with in and embellished. I've embellished my card with a die cut and hand stamped felt Dahlia from Delightful Dahlia. Here's A Tip: I've been asked many times how I adhere felt to a card. Well, here's how. I start by figuring out the arrangement of my felt pieces. When I'm ready to adhere, I usually try to adhere my adhesive directly to the cardstock first. The glue dots in the picture above are placed for the leaves.

Once the leaves are firmly pressed into place I adhere the glue dots for the flower, as pictured above.

Then firmly press the flower into place and embellish with a button and twine.

So what do you think? Wouldn't it be fun to pull out your PTI sets and see what other sentiments fit into the frame?! You'll get your chance soon, Framed is available September 15th.

That's it from me today. But, for even more Papertrey Ink Countdown goodness stop by and see what these talented ladies have in store for you...

• Nichole Heady
• Becky Oehlers
• Heather Nichols
• Lisa Johnson
• Alli Miles
• Beth Silaika
• Dawn McVey

Thanks for joining me today! Have a wonderful weekend!

Maile

Joy:

• Stamps: Framed, Snowflake Serenade & Fancy Flourish
• Ink: True Black, Fresh Snow & Versamark
• Cardstock: Aqua Mist
• Accessories: White Embossing Powder & Clear Rhinestones

Peace On Earth:

• Stamps: Framed & Winter Swirls
• Ink: True Black, Plum Pudding, Pure Poppy & Spring Rain
• Cardstock: Simply Chartreuse & White
• Accessories: Stickles Glitter Glue & Fine Tip Black Sharpie

Happy Birthday to You:

• Stamps: Framed & Say It With Style
• Ink: Pure Poppy, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise & True Black
• Cardstock: White
• Accessories: True Black Vintage Buttons, White Crochet Twine, Black Embossing Powder & 2" Circle Punch

Bliss:

• Stamps: Framed & Delightful Dahlia
• Ink: Fresh Snow & Palette Noir
• Cardstock: Kraft
• Accessories: Vintage Cream & Fine Linen Felt, True Black Vintage Button, Cream Rustic Button Twine, Background Basics Diamond Impression Plate, Delightful Dahlia Die Collection & Glue Dots

Embellish Color Challenge with Paper Piecing

Time for another Embellish Color Challenge! Check it out... The challenge: To use the colors pictured above, along with a paper piecing technique in your projects. The fabulous sponsor: My Favorite Things. Check out there amazing line of stamps and supplies here.

Here is what I came up with using the Sheltering Tree stamp set and Sheltering Tree & Leaf Trio Dies...
Started by stamping a white panel with the tree and colored the woodgrain with two shades of brown. Die cut leaves from Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss & Harvest Gold and attached to the ends of the tree branches. Hand cut a couple hills from Simply Chartreuse and Spring Moss and attached them at the base of the tree. Attached the tree panel to a Simply Chartreuse card base (measuring 4 3/4" square).

Cut a circle from a kraft cardstock square and attached it over the tree panel with dimensional adhesive. Stamped the sentiment onto white cardstock, cut it out and attached. Stamped acorns onto scrap cardstock (SC, SM & Kraft), cut out acorn tops and bottoms, assembled together and then attached.

Now it's your turn to join in on the challenge fun! Look here for the challenge details, the Design Teams amazing inspiration and a fabulous prize. Hope to see your challenge creations soon!

Thanks for stopping by, have a great one!

Maile

Friendship is a Sheltering Tree:

• Stamps: Sheltering Tree
• Ink: Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Kraft, White, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss & Harvest Gold
• Accessories: Sheltering Tree & Leaf Trio Die, Coluzzle Circle Cutter & Copics

Masked Thanks

Hello, all! Hope you had a great weekend! How about some Papertrey Ink goodness...Today's card is another Paper Crafts magazine reject. I submitted it to the latest Stamp It! Techniques call, masking category. Anyways, I started by rounding the top corners of the card base. Then, stamped the tree trunk from Falling Leaves in Dark Chocolate. Punched a circle from a large Post It Note and used it to mask off the top of the tree. Stamped the polka dots, from Polka Dot Basics II, in Spring Rain and then removed the mask.

Stamped the leaves in Simply Chartreuse and embellished with a Harvest Gold flower button. Finished the card off with a sentiment, hand cut hills, chocolate baker's twine and a couple more buttons. Here's A Tip: To give your hand cut hills a little more pop, attach the larger hill directly to the card base and use dimensional adhesive to attach the smaller hill slightly over lapping the larger hill.

That's it from me today, have a great day!

Maile

Masked Thanks:

• Stamps: Falling Leaves, Polka Dot Basics II & Take Three: Fall
• Ink: Spring Rain, Dark Chocolate & Simply Chartreuse
• Cardstock: White & Hillary (Bazzill)
• Accessories: Dark Chocolate Baker's Twine, Harvest Gold Vintage Buttons, 2" Circle Punch & Post It Notes

I'm Here For You

Hello all! Just popping in to share a quick one!

Pulled out my Flutterby Friends set for today's card. I've actually had this card created for a while now and since it was never picked up for any magazine calls, I thought it would be perfect to finally share with you all.

Stamped the stems (in Simply Chartreuse) and flowers in (Spring Rain) onto a white cardstock strip. Attached a strip of Dotti Biscotti pattern paper to the flower strip. Then onto a kraft card base stamped with a Fillable Frames #7 frame (in Versamark) and a sentiment also from Flutterby Friend (in Plum Pudding). Finished it off with a Plum Pudding satin ribbon bow and clear rhinestones.

Thanks for visiting today, hope you have a wonderful one!

Maile

I'm Here For You:

• Stamps: Flutterby Friends
• Ink: Simply Chartreuse, Spring Rain, Plum Pudding & Versamark
• Cardstock: Kraft & White
• Patter Paper: Dottie Biscotti
• Accessories: Clear Rhinestones & Plum Pudding Satin Ribbon

Wplus9 September Release: Group Post

Hooray! Today is the day! The newest addition to Wplus9, Ever After, is now available for purchase. Get your set here!

Here's my last card of this months release... Stamped a white cardstock strip with the small and large solid gardenia images and a sentiment in Ranger Distress Ink in Frayed Burlap.

Wrapped the stamped strip with Harvest Gold twill ribbon, embellished with Harvest Gold buttons and attached to a kraft card base with dimensional adhesive.

Thought I would share my inspiration for today's card...

This gorgeous photo is from the July-August issue of Country Living. Every once and a while, when I have some free time, I love to turn to home decor magazines for inspiration. I am loving this neutral combo with a pop of color! Thinking of switching out the Lemon Tart for other Papertrey Ink colors. What do you think?!

The other girls of the Wplus9 design team have even more to share with you today. Stop by and check it out...

• Dawn
• Elise
• Hannah
• Jinny
• Kerrianne
• Savitri

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed! Have a great day!

Maile

Neutral Congratulations:

• Stamps: Ever After
• Ink: Frayed Burlap (Ranger Distress Ink)
• Cardstock: Kraft & White
• Accessories: Harvest Gold Twill Ribbon & Vintage Buttons & Rustic Jute Button Twine

wplus9 September Release: Full Reveal

Today is the day of the full reveal of Ever After! Stop by here for a look.

How about another sample...This time I went with a simple design, that's both gorgeous and easy to create recreate. I love that this set stamp includes both solid and linear images. Combining the two is a great way to add interest and depth to a simply stamped design.

Started by stamping (onto Plum Pudding) the linear images in Versamark then, layered the solid flowers and leaf in Fresh Snow. Stamped the sentiment in True Black and finished it off with a few perfectly placed rhinestones in both light & dark purple.

I was so pleased with the simplicity and beauty of this card that, I went ahead and made a couple more to complete a set. One in Kraft and another in Berry Sorbet.

Here's a Tip: To help with the recreating process, once the arrangement is figured out, arrange and place the linear images into one side of a large acrylic block and the solid images onto the other. This way your able to ink up, in Versamark, and stamp the linear images in one step. Then, flip the block over, ink and stamp the solid images in Fresh Snow.

The other girls of the Wplus9 design team have even more to share with you today. So stop by and check it out...

• Dawn
• Elise
• Hannah
• Jinny
• Kerrianne
• Savitri

Thanks for stopping by, hope you enjoyed! Have a great day!

Maile

Happy Ever After:

• Stamps: Ever After
• Ink: Fresh Snow, True Black & Versamark
• Cardstock: Plum Pudding, Kraft & Berry Sorbet
• Accessories: KaiserCraft Rhinestones

Wplus9 September Release: Ever After

It's time for another Wplus9 release! This month, Wplus9 is releasing one stamp set and it's a stunner!!! Today the entire design team brings you each a sneak peek of Ever After.

Ever After is a gorgeous collection of fabulously designed gardenias. They are so realistic, you can almost smell them! At least they always remind me of one of my favorite smells, the one that emanates from these real life blooms. Ever After includes 10 images and 4 sentiments. Today I have focused on the stemmed gardenia image... It's been a while since doing so but, I pulled out my Prismacolor color pencils just for this set. I knew I wanted try my best at capturing the color of these beautiful white blooms. So I went with a white color pencil on top of colored cardstock, for a pop of white. Started by stamping the image in Palette Noir onto Simply Chartreuse cardstock. Colored using white with a bit of orange for the blossom and buds, and greens for the stem.

Die cut a vellum frame, using Mat Stack #4 & Fillable Frames #7 dies, and attached around the flower. Then embellished with clear rhinestones. Finished it off with a embossed sentiment. I just love this sentiment. My favorite sentiments are usually the single word phrases, and this one is a stunner. The size and font makes for sentiment perfection!

I hope you have enjoyed today's sneak peek! Be sure to see the rest of the amazing creations brought to you by these talented ladies...

• Dawn
• Elise
• Kerrianne
• Savitri
• Hannah
• Jinny (This is her first release, be sure to leave her a warm welcome!)

Thanks for taking the time to stop by and visit! Hope you have a wonderful one!

Maile

Congratulations:

• Stamps: Ever After (Available on the Sept. 1st)
• Ink: Palette Noir & Versamark
• Cardstock: Simply Chartreuse & Vellum Cardstock
• Accessories: Clear Rhinestones, Prismacolor Color Pencils, White Embossing Powder, Mat Stack #4 Die & Fillable Frames #7 Die