PTI October Release Day #2

 

Welcome back to day two of reveals from the October release at Papertrey Ink! Today, we are introducing you to Vase Collection 13 stamps and dies + Elegant Edges: Snowflakes dies + Geometric Snowflakes Stencils + Inside Greetings: Believe + Fanciful Snowflakes Hot Foil Plate + Fanciful Snowflakes Background Hot Foil Plate + Into the Blooms: Gardenia dies. Whew...that's a lot to see in just one day!

I have a clean and simple design today featuring this gorgeous new snowflake hot foil plate. I used turquoise foil on Spellbinders' Glimmer Specialty card stock. It is a wonderful smooth paper that really helps to get consistent great results with foiling.

It works perfectly on a 5" square card base. I could have left the snowflake by itself, but decided to layer the smaller circle with snowflake die. I struggled with where to place a sentiment but this small tag came to the rescue and was added with some twine - available at PTI.

STAMPS: Larger Than Life: Peace Sentiments
INK: Pure Poppy
PAPER: White, Pure Poppy; Glimmer Specialty card stock; Patterned paper
DIES: Love to Layer: Scalloped Circles, Layered Snowflakes: Flurries
OTHER: Fanciful Snowflake Hot Foil Plate, Turquoise foil, Red/white twine

SUPPLIES

That's a wrap for today. See you tomorrow with more new goodies to show you!    ~Wanda

PTI October Release Day #1

 

Welcome to day one of the October release reveals at Papertrey Ink! There is a huge variety of new goodies that includes stencils, hot foil plates and the usual stamps and dies! Today, we are introducing you to Sweet Stockings stamps and dies + Holiday Berries Stencils + Rustic Wood Star dies + Just Sentiments: Believe. 

I had so much fun creating this holly and berry background using the new stencil! I used a post-it note to mask off the stems when I stenciled the berries and I also used a very tiny blending brush. 

I added vellum behind the frame to soften the look yet it lets you still see the patterned background. I combined the new stencil with some older released items (Into the Blooms: Pine and Sprigs & Sprays: Holiday).

STAMPS: Merry Berry Wreath (sentiment), Sprigs & Sprays: Holiday
INK: Pure Poppy, Limeade Ice, Pinefeather, New Leaf, Ocean Tides, Classic Kraft, Cocoa Bean; Versamark
PAPER: White, Pure Poppy, Vellum
DIES: Into the Blooms: Pine, Skinny Frames: Diagonal Border, Sprigs & Sprays: Holiday, Merry Berry Wreath
OTHER: Queen's Gold embossing powder, May Arts ribbon

SUPPLIES

 

 

Check back here tomorrow to see more new items! Have a blessed day!      ~Wanda

Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge

Hope you are having a great Saturday! Between laundry loads, vacuuming and a trip to the PO, I'm working on this entry for the Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge #10. I went with a fairly large tag that could be gifted with some yummy local coffee that I get at Micah's Coffee.

I used Gina K. Designs Gnome for the Holidays stamp 'n stencil craft kit. It's easy and fun to assemble and all I needed was a coffee cup. I went into my stash of Verve stamps and pulled the Always Time set. Don't you like how the gnome is balancing the cup on his right foot - lol?!

INK: Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, True Black, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Cocoa Bean, Pinefeather, Ocean Tides (dye inks by Papertrey Ink).  

DIES: Gnome for the Holidays (Gina K Designs); Rounded Banner STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things), Always Time (Verve).

 

Thanks for stopping by and commenting!  ~Wanda

Fusion Card Challenge

It's time for a new Fusion Card Challenge! I went with the sketch plus I was inspired by the pumpkins in the photo. I used the Into the Blooms: Pumpkin dies from Papertrey Ink for the circle element. I let the patterned papers do most of the work in this layout.

STAMPS: Larger Than Life: Fall Sentiments (Papertrey Ink).

INK: True Black, Canyon Clay, Classic Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, Olive Twist dye inks (Papertrey Ink).

PAPER: Lost and Found Halloween (My Mind's Eye); Rustic Cream (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Pumpkins (PTI); Banner Flags STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

OTHER: Oval punches (Stampin' Up). 

 

 

So now it's up to you. Will you use just the sketch? Just the photo? Or will you fuse the two together for your entry? Hope to see you in the gallery!  ~Wanda

Color Throwdown #714

Another week has rolled around and it's time for a new Color Throwdown challenge. Amy Rohl is hosting and has chosen blue, mustard and brown for the colors. I initially "saw" kraft in the inspiration photo then realized it was to be more of a honey or mustard color so I brushed some Fossilized Amber distress ink over the background. 

The card size is 3 1/2" x 5 1/2" which is not quite A2 and not quite mini slimline. I custom made the base to fit the Wood Plank Background stamp. I found a VERY helpful video tutorial by Tina Smith on YouTube that shows how to make snowy pinecones from Papertrey Ink's new Into the Blooms: Pine die set. You can check it out HERE.  I sneaked in a few dark red berries which aren't in the color palette. The bird and one snowflake were cut from a leftover water colored piece in my scrap pile.

STAMPS: Merry Berry Wreath (sentiment), Wood Plank Background - both from Papertrey Ink.

INK: Classic Kraft, Dark Chocolate, Scarlet Jewel (PTI); Prize Ribbon distress ink by Ranger.

PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface (Strathmore); White (PTI).

DIES: Into the Blooms: Pine, Merry Berry Wreath, Festive Birds, Layered Snowflakes: Drift, Crystal (Papertrey Ink).

OTHER: Coarse glitter, Glossy Accents, Jute twine

 Thanks for stopping by and we hope to see you in the gallery!  ~Wanda

Farewell Reverse Confetti

I have been a Reverse Confetti fan (aka "fetti fan") from the beginning and was terribly sad to hear Jen was closing the business after 10 successful years. She has some new goals in mind, so I'm excited to hear what might be in store. Everything is 40% off in the store but it's been several days since the announcement so things are very much picked over. She is having an Instagram blog hop where fetti fans can join in with a card. Here is one I made with a more recent favorite set - Poppies.

I used other faves such as the stone color card stock used on the base. The Sentiment Essentials set is also a great option for having matching dies with the sentiments.

INK: Coral, Flamingo, Salsa, Lime Green, Avocado (RC dye inks).

I will miss RC's fun designs and will continue to use some of my many past purchases!  ~Wanda
 

Freshly Made Sketches

There's a great new sketch by Amy up on the Freshly Made Sketches challenge blog and I knew I wanted to use it for a couple of Christmas cards. I'm in love with this fun new wreath stamp/die set just released this month at Papertrey Ink. If you want a quick and easy way to mass produce cards, this is a great option!

 

I used the small snowflakes that resulted when I die cut the Border Bling: Snowflakes die. I always save these inlay pieces for use as embellishments. I like to add fine glitter to them for some sparkle. 

I used Lovely Lady and Raspberry Fizz ink for the berries and used Limeade Ice, New Leaf and Simply Chartreuse (all dye inks from Papertrey Ink) for the wreath. I wanted to get a hint of variegated colors in the wreath. 

STAMPS: Merry Berry Wreath (Papertrey Ink).

DIES: Merry Berry Wreath, Border Bling: Snowflakes (PTI); Stitched Rectangle and Banner Flags STAX Die-Namics (My Favorite Things).

PAPER: Year Round Plaids (Pink & Main), White (PTI).

OTHER: Fine glitter by Martha Stewart; Queen's Gold embossing powder by Ranger.

That's it for today! Hope you are enjoying a glorious fall day like we are having in VA!  ~Wanda