Bells & Boughs Day One

Welcome friends to the first day of the September Papertrey Ink Countdown! Today I'm super excited to be sharing with you a couple samples using my new set for this month, Bells & Boughs...

Bells & Boughs:

• features 17 images and 11 sentiments
• will retail for $24
• can be purchased through Papertrey Ink, beginning September 15th
• has a coordinating set of dies

How about a couple samples?...This card features a number of the images included in the set. I began this card by stamping a few rows of music notes, from Background Basics: Sheet Music, in Chia Vintage Touch ink. Stamped the three bough branches, in Spring Moss and Simply Chartreuse, and then layered a few Pure Poppy berries.

Die cut and stamped the large bell, small bell and a bow in Summer Sunrise and Plum Pudding. Arranged and attached to the card base at different hights. Embellished the bow with a Dark Chocolate button.Finished the card of with a couple Bells & Boughs setiments, "Merry Christmas" "& Happy New Year", in Dark Chocolate. This next card features additional images, two poinsettia flowers and one of the other bows. I started this card by die cutting a frame, using the Mega Mat Stack #1 and Layerz Mat Stack #1 dies, from Spring Moss cardstock. Stamped with the three bough branches in Spring Moss & Simply Chartreuse and berries in Pure Poppy. Attached to the card base with dimensional adhesive and stamped the sentiment (from the new Think Big Favorites #8 also available Sept. 15th) with in the frame.Stamped, hand cut the large and small poinsettia flowers and attached together. Die cut, stamped and attached the bow behind the poinsettias. Embellished with rhinestones and then adhered to the card base.

Well, that concludes my first look at Bells & Bough and the coordinating dies. I truly hope that you've enjoyed! I'd love to know what you think, so please share!

Now, be sure to visit Nichole Heady and Besty Veldman for a peek at Holiday Lights & Stylish Sentiments, Danielle Flanders will bring you Candy Cane Christmas. Also, Dawn McVey, Lisa Johnson, Heather Nichols, Tiffany Pastor & Melissa Bickford have peeks to share with you of their newest sets for the month.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Maile


Merry Christmas & Happy New Year:

• Stamps: Bells & Boughs & Background Basic: Sheet Music
• Ink: Chia Vintage Touch, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Plum Pudding & Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Kraft & Rustic White
• Accessories: Dark Chocolate Button, Rustic Jute Button Twine & Bells & Boughs Die Collection

'Tis The Season:

• Stamp: Bells & Boughs & Think Big Favorites #8
• Ink: Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Dark Chocolate, Pure Poppy & Summer Sunrise
• Cardstock: Kraft, Rustic White & Spring Moss
• Accessories: Green Rhinestones, Mega Mat Stack #1 Die, Layerz Mat Stack #1 Die & Bells & Boughs Die Collection

September Sneak Peek

The Papertrey Ink September countdown is quickly approaching and this months release brings you a great assortment of Christmas and Holiday goodies! My contribution to this festively filled release is Bells & Boughs. Here's a sneak peek!...With a name like Maile Belles I couldn't help but create a stamp set that included a set of bells! I'm super excited to share Bells & Boughs samples with you starting on September 10th, I hope you'll join me then!

Maile

Nuts About You

Hey everyone! Long time no speak. I'm headed out for a camping trip today and I thought I would quickly pop in and share a card for once. Here is a card I created during the last Papertrey Ink Countdown, although I never had a chance to post it during the countdown. So, I'll share it with you now...

Here's a fun assortment of colorful acorns from the new Autumn Acorns set. Stamped them in Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Plum Pudding, Hawaiian Shores & Dark Chocolate onto Rustic Cream Cardstock.Arranged and attached the acorns on top of a die cut Parisian Lace Doily. Stamped the center with a Autumn Acorns sentiment and embellished with rhinestones.Then finished the card off with a wrapping of 1/8" silk ribbon.

That's it from me today, I'm off to finish packing. Hope you enjoyed today card and thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful one!

Maile

Nuts About You:

• Stamps: Autumn Acorns
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Plum Pudding & Hawaiian Shores
• Cardstock: Rustic White
• Accessories: 1/8" White Silk Ribbon, Brown Rhinestones, Autumn Acorns Dies, Parisian Lace Doily Die

Papertrey Ink - August Release Projects

Since the Papertrey Ink August release has come to an end, I've got the rest of my release cards to share with you today. So, let me get started!...First up, Nichole Heady's stunning set, Harvest Berries. Started this single layer creation by stamping both the solid and outlined ginko leaves, in Simply Chartreuse and Spring Moss, onto a Rustic White card base. Layered Scarlet Jewel berries, then glazed them over with some Glossy Accents. Finished it off with a sentiment from the same stamp set.Next up, Melissa Bickford's new Flower Fusion #7. I paired this set with a few vine stripes, from Background Basics: Vines, stamped in Scarlet Jewel, Sweet Blush and Orange Zest.Created an image panel by stamping the flower, stem and sentiment onto a Rustic White Layerz Mat Stack 1 die cut. Created and attached a thin Scarlet Jewel frame, created by die cutting a Mat Stack 1 die from a Layerz Mat Stack 1 die cut.Next, Think Big Favorites #7, featuring a few sentiments from Melissa Bickford's Asian Fusion. Stamped the birthday sentiment onto a Kraft card base.Paired it with one of my new stamp sets from the month, Autumn Acorns. I die cut, stamped, trimmed and attached the acorn tops onto a few buttons. Then attached them to the card base over a few stamped leaves.Another set designed by Nichole Heady, Table Service. This set is a fun one, so many possibilities and I can't wait to play with it again! Started by stamping a sort of table runner, using vines from Background Bascis: Vines stamped in Orange Zest.Die cut, stamped and attached a table setting and finished it off with a perfect little banner sentiment. All in a fun color combo of Orange Zest, Blueberry Sky, Hibiscus Burst and Smoky Shadow.Here's one of Heather Nichole's new sets for the month, Tag-its #7, combined with Modern Wood Mats by Nichole Heady.Embellished this simple card with a small Scarlet Jewel Bloom Builders #3 (used only a couple of the bloom layers to create a smaller version of this gorgeous bloom) and a few Dark Chocolate buttons.And finally, Simply Sunflower also by Nichole Heady. I die cut and attached a couple Leafy Vine Border die cuts onto a Rustic White card base.Stamped a couple sunflowers, using the Rock and Roll technique, attached over the vines and embellished with Dark Chocolate button centers.

That's all from me today. All supplies will be listed below soon. Thanks for stopping by and have a great one!

Maile

Autumn Acorns & Background Basics: Houndstooth Day 5

Yay! It's day five of the Papertrey Ink Countdown! And that means.... all that you've seen peeks of these past few days (Aututmn Acorns, Autumn Acorns Die Collection & Background Basics: Houndstooth) will be available tomorrow, August 15th, at Papertrey Ink. I've got a couple more creations to share with you before this Countdown comes to an end...First up a sweet friendship card using Autumn Acorns.I began this card by lightly drawing, by hand, an outline of a heart onto a Rustic White cardstock block. Inked the smallest leaves in Spring Moss and stamp around the heart. I then moved up a leaf size and began to stamp around the small leaves. Then erased the heart.Within the heart space I stamped a outline heart image (from the 2010 Love Tags set), a sentiment and two small acorns (from the Autumn Acorns set). Embellished with rhinestones and white silk ribbon and then attached to a Rustic Cream card base.This next single layer card pairs Autumn Acorns with Background Basics: Houndstooth.I began by stamping an acorn bottom in spring moss onto a Rustic White card base. Cut out and placed a Post It Note mask and then stamped with polka dots (from Bitty Background Blocks) in Ripe Avocado.I then stamped the acorn top and leaf. Next, I masked off both the acorn bottom and leaf and then stamped the frame (from the Fillable Frames Additions 2 set, also available August 15th).Removed the masks and stamped with the greeting. Once the ink was completely dry, I stamped a couple of houndstooth rows, in Versamark ink, across the card front and embossed with clear embossing powder.I love the shine that the clear embossing powder add. Then finished the card of with a Simply Chartreuse button.

That's it from me today! But don't forget, tomorrow (August 15th) is the day to get your hands on my newest stamp set and coordinating die at Papertrey Ink!

Thanks for stopping by!

Maile

Nut'n Better Than A Friend Like You:

• Stamps: Autumn Acorns & 2010 Love Tags
• Ink: Spring Moss & Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Rustic White
• Accessories: 1/4" White Silk Ribbon & Brown Rhinestones

Greetings:

• Stamps: Autumn Acorns, Background Basics: Houndstooth, Fillable Frames Additions 2 & Bitty Background Blocks
• Ink: Versamark, Spring Moss, Dark Chocolate & Ripe Avocado
• Cardstock: Rustic White
• Accessories: Simply Chartreuse Button, Cream Twine & Clear Embossing Powder

Gratitude Journal

Hello all! Today is the second Group Post day at Papertrey Ink. This time around each of us, on the design team, are showcasing the set Gratitude Journal, designed by Dawn McVey. Our assignment is to create a project that embraces an "attitude of gratitude". For today's project I've decided to focus on an "attitude of gratitude" while at the Thanksgiving table with family and close friends. It all begins with these autumn designed die cut seed packets turned into blessings place cards. Appropriate for placing at each seat at Thanksgiving dinner for family to fill out and turn into keepsakes and an annual tradition.Inside is a "so blessed because..." card that's all ready to be filled out. Stamped these using images from both Gratitude Journal & Autumn Acorns.Each card is placed at it's proper place setting.The seed packet was die cut from kraft cardstock. The frame (created by die cutting a Fillable Frames #7 from the center of a die cut Button Card) was die cut from Spring Moss Bitty Dot Basics pattern paper and attached with dimensional adhesive. Stamped the Gratitude Journal sentiment with in the frame and emellished with a die cut acorn, leaf and twine bow.For an added detail to each place setting, I created a coordinating napkin ring. Simply tied the napkin with a Fine Linen ribbon bow, trimmed the ends (keeping them fairly long) and hot glued a few Autumn Acorns to the ribbon ends. Super simple, yet cute and can easily be mass produced.

Well, that's it from me today. Be sure to see what the rest of the Papertrey Ink design team has in store for you today...

• Nichole Heady
• Betsy Veldman
• Dawn McVey
• Heather Nichols
• Lisa Johnson
• Melissa Phillips
• Michelle Wooderson
• Erin Lincoln
• Jessica Witty
• Danielle Flanders

Thanks for stopping by!

Maile

Blessings Place Cards:

• Stamps: Attitude Of Gratitude & Autumn Acorns
• Ink: Dark Chocolate, Spring Moss & Versamark
• Cardstock: Kraft, Rustic White, Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry, Spring Moss & Harvest Gold
• Pattern Paper: Spring Moss & Kraft Bitty Dot Basics
• Accessories: Cream Twine, Seed Packet Die, Button Card Die, Fillable Frames #7 Die & Autumn Acorns Dies

Acorn Napkin Ring:

• Accessories: Fine Linen Twill Ribbon, Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry, Spring Moss & Harvest Gold Felt

Autumn Acorns & Background Basics: Houndstooth Day 4

It's Day 4 of the Papertrey Ink Countdown and I've got some more projects to share with you today that showcases my newest sets & dies... Autumn Acorns, Autumn Acorns Die Collection & Background Basics: Houndstooth (available begining August 15 at Papertrey Ink).

Since this months release is all about the autumn season, I've been gravitating into color combos more fitting for the season. For today projects, I've been having fun with a new to me autumn color combo of Melon Berry, Spring Moss, Kraft and Dark Chocolate. Usually a combination of green and melon colors have more of a springy look to them, but I've found that if you down play the colors (use them sparingly) and play up the neutral, the colors seem to be fitting for fall creations. I'm really liking!See what I mean? I love this Melon Berry Autumn Acorn! Started this card by stamping a Mat Stack #5 mat from Modern Wood Mats (available August 15th), in Fresh Snow, onto a kraft card base. Then let it set aside to dry.Once the ink was completely dry, I stamped the sentiment and flourish (also from Modern Wood Mats) in Dark Chocolate. Die cut an acorn from Dark Chocolate and Melon Berry Bitty Dot Basics pattern paper, stamped the top with Versamark ink and pieced together. Die cut, stamped a Spring Moss leaf, layered behind the acorn and then attached to the card base. Easy peasy!Next up, a card utilizing the same basic color combo, but without the Spring Moss. An element I love to use in my cards is color blocking. For this card I've pieced together a few stripes of Melon Berry, Dark Chocolate and Kraft cardstock to create a houndstooth embossed color block strip, using Background Basics: Houndstooth.Die cut and trimmed a Fillable Frames #4 die cut, stamped with a sentiment from Modern Wood Mats and attach with dimensional adhesive. Wrapped the strip with brown embroidery floss. I originally wanted to tie a bow but I ran out of thread. Bummer. Then attached the strip to a Rustic Cream card base.

Don't forget that all of the new goodies you're getting peeks at this week will be available for purchase at Papertrey Ink, beginning on August 15.

That's it from me today, but for even more sneak peek goodness, be sure to visit Nichole Heady , Dawn McVey, Heather Nichols, Melissa Bickford, Michelle Wooderson & Jessica Witty.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Maile

The Most Special Thing:

• Stamps: Modern Wood Mats & Autumn Acorns
• Ink: Fresh Snow, Dark Chocolate & Versamark
• Cardstock: Kraft
• Pattern Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics
• Accessories: Autumn Acorns Dies

Because Of You:

• Stamps: Background Basics: Houndstooth & Modern Wood Mats
• Ink: Versamark & Dark Chocolate
• Cardstock: Rustic White, Kraft, Melon Berry & Dark Chocolate
• Accessories: Brown DMC Embroidery Floss, Clear Embossing Powder & Fillable Frames #4