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Back Pocket Basics, World's Greatest & Heart-2-Heart #2 - Day 4

**I have two posts for today so be sure to scroll down :)**

Welcome back everyone for day 4 of the March Papertrey Ink countdown. I have a lot to share with you today so I'm going to jump right in.

Up first is this card using a few of the images from Back Pocket Basics. There is a small trio of posies included in the set that I stamped around the border of the Summer Sunrise & Hawaiian Shores cardstock. I also used the tiny tag die that is part of the Back Pocket Basics die collection and stamped the coorinating 'sunshine' image on the inside and then attached it along the side of my card.

I just adore this sweet little sun image. It is 3 different images...a solid sun, a outlined & dotted sun and the little smiley face. To create my cheeks I used one of the solid circles from Tree Tops and stamped it in Sweet Blush. To finish it I stamped 'Sending you a pocketful of sunshine' in Dark Chocolate ink.

'Happy Birthday Sunshine' is up next. I created another sweet sun image and used it along with the pocket from Back Pocket Basics. I stamped SUNSHINE on the bottom part of my card using Hawaiian Shores ink.

I stamped 'Happy Birthday', from Heart-2-Heart #2, in Pure Poppy ink and then added some red string and a tiny pink flower to finish it.

Next up is World's Greatest. For this card I stamped the large 'WORLD'S Greatest' in Dark Chocolate and then added my tie below that I die cut using the coordinating World's Greatest die.

Grandpa is one of the many masculine images in the set. That was stamped in Dark Chocolate and then a Pure Poppy button and twine were added to this one.

For this one I started by die cutting a piece of white cardstock using the Button Card die. I added a piece of polka dot paper along the side and then added my balloons. Those were all die cut with the Heart-2-Heart #2 balloon die.

I stamped the 'Happy Birthday' repeatedly on the Summer Sunrise cardstock. A Sweet Blush bow and doily completes this one!

More Heart-2-Heart #2 on this one. The hearts on the balloons were all die cut using the Love Lives Here die collection.

Another Sweet Blush bow, glitter and a few pearls are the finishing touch.

And last up for today is this little baby card. These balloons fit so well with SO many different stamp images. I love it when you can use different sets together!!

That completes day four for me. I still have so much to share with you tomorrow and will be back in the morning with another post. Still lots to see so be sure to stop by and see what these ladies have to share...

Enjoy your day and thanks so much for stopping in! :)

Pocketful of sunshine

Stamps: Back Pocket Basics (available March 15th)

Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, white

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Ink: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores

Accents: Sweet Blush ribbon

Tools: Back Pocket Basics dies (available March 15th)

Happy Birthday

Stamps: Back Pocket Basics, Heart-2-Heart #2 (available March 15th)

Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, Sweet Blush, white

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Ink: Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores

Accents: lace doily, Jolee's flower, pearl

Tools: Back Pocket Basics dies (available March 15th)

World's Greatest Grandpa

Stamps: World's Greatest (available March 15th)

Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, white

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Ink: Dark Chocolate

Accents: Pure Poppy button, twine

Tools: World's Greatest tie die (available March 15th)

Balloon Trio

Stamps: Heart-2-Heart #2 (available March 15th)

Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, Sweet Blush, white

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Sweet Blush

Accents: Sweet Blush ribbon, lace doily

Tools: Back Pocket Basics dies (available March 15th), Love Lives Here dies

Happy Birthday Balloon Trio

Stamps: Heart-2-Heart #2 (available March 15th)

Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, white

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores

Accents: Sweet Blush ribbon, glitter, pearls

Tools: Back Pocket Basics dies (available March 15th), Love Lives HEre dies

Special delivery

Stamps: Heart-2-Heart #2 (available March 15th), Bundle of Love

Cardstock: Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, white

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon

Ink: Summer Sunrise, Dark Chocolate, Hawaiian Shores

Accents: Sweet Blush ribbon

Tools: Back Pocket Basics dies (available March 15th), Copics

Posted on Tuesday, March 13, 2012 in Back Pocket Basics, Bundle of Love, Cards, Heart-2-Heart, Papertrey Ink, World's Greatest | Permalink | Comments (12) | TrackBack (0)

Bundle of Love & Flower Fusion #5 - Day 4

Hey there everyone! Welcome back to day 4 of the Papertrey Ink countdown for June. The group post yesterday....AMAZING, wasn't it! All of the projects using Sweet Baby and Bundle of Love were truly stunning!!

So, for today I have a couple more projects for you using Bundle of Love and Flower Fusion #5.

For the first project I started by die cutting 6 of the Tag Sale #4 tags in Vintage Cream cardstock. I then stamped the stork image on the front of each one in Dark Chocolate ink. I made sure to stamp the stork more to the right so I had room for my baby image.

Next, I stamped the stork 6 times in Dark Chocolate again...this time on a sheet of Aqua Mist cardstock. If you like to paper piece like I do the stork is pretty easy to trim out. These were then adhered over the stork images on the tags using foam adhesive.

After they were all embellished this is the end result! For each of the cloth pieces I started with a sheet of the 2009 Bitty Dot Basics patterned paper...the Soft Stone. I stamped the baby image onto that 6 times and then using the small flower in Tag It's #3 I stamped each of the cloths in various colors....Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus, Plum Pudding, Ripe Avacado, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet & Hawaiian Shores. They were then trimmed out and adhered over the baby image with foam adhesive.

I also created a matching card. These could easily become birth annoucements by adding all of the babies info to the inside of your card. Or you could create something like this for a baby shower....use the tags to hang off a gift or favors.

Here are the tags all together. It's hard to tell from the photo but in the impressed circle around the tag I added glitter. I used my glue pen and ran it along the indentation and then sprinkled glitter. Also, on the storks wing I outlined it using a coordinating Copic marker and then added a bit of glitter to that as well.

I had a few flowers left over from when I created the card set from day 2 and thought I'd make another card using those. Berry Sorbet, Hibiscus and Scarlet Jewel are the colors of the flowers.

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Berry Sorbet cardstock was the base for my Distressed Dots patterned paper. I trimmed the left side with my pinking shears and then sewed Simply Chartreuse ribbon down the side.

To finish it I added a fabric bow, Simply Chartreuse felt leaves and one of the sentiments from Healing Touch.

I'll be back tomorrow with my final projects using all three sets. Be sure to stop by and see what the rest of the Papertrey crew have to share...

And Lizzie Jones also has more to share using the new set she helped create, Rhythm & Soul!

See you all tomorrow!! :)

Posted on Monday, June 13, 2011 in Bundle of Love, Cards, Flower Fusion, Papertrey Ink | Permalink | Comments (13) | TrackBack (0)

Sweet Baby & Bundle of Love - Day 3

We're half way there...welcome to day 3! Are you all ready? There is so much to see today both here and on the design teams blogs so let's not waste any time and get right to todays projects.

I have a few cards to share today using two of my new sets that will be released on the 15th...Sweet Baby and Bundle of Love! Let's start with Sweet Baby....

I love, love, love the dies that coordinate with the set! LOVE! If you visit my blog regularly then you know how much I love to add dimension to my cards. I'm a bit of a dimension freak and have quite a stash of foam adhesive in my craft area. These dies are a big time saver!

For todays first card I started by die cutting the 3 animals that are included in the Sweet Baby set. Were any of you thinking the third animal would be a lion?! If you notice in the die above the lion has two different images....one complete body and one head. This will give you the option of using the full body to stamp both the main body of the lion as well as his head. Or if you'd rather you could stamp his body and then stamp his head onto the separate head image. Doing it separately gives you the chance to add that dimension I was talking about! :)

All that talk of dimension and I didn't even add any to this first card. Using my 1.25" square punch I punched 4 different colored squares....Spring Moss, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores. I just attached my animals to the front of each square and trimmed off the over hang. I used the Polka Dot Basics ll impression plate on my Kraft cardstock. 'For the birthday boy' is from Make A Wish.

An example of how Sweet Baby can be used for more than just baby cards.

Here is another card using Sweet Baby. I die cut my giraffe with Terracotta Tile felt and then attached her over a doily. I cut 3 strips of cardstock....Lemon Tart, Terracotta Tile and Aqua Mist and stamped them using one of the floral images from Background Basics: Botanicals.

To finish her off I attached a tiny pearl, a Prima flower and some PTI twine.

And lastly for today I have another adorable card using Bundle of Love. This one was inspired by my sweet friend, Melissa Ladd. She mentioned yesterday about using the little baby in the set with a couple of other Papertrey Ink sets...Out On A Limb was one of them. I think they work perfectly together. What do you think?

Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus and Sweet Blush were the colors I used. The baby cloth is another one that is included in the set.

'It's a girl' is also a part of Bundle of Love.

Nichole and the design team have lots to share today using both Sweet Baby and Bundle of Love. I was able to take a little peek at what a couple of the ladies created....believe me....you won't want to miss it!

Thanks so much for stopping by today and for your comments during the past few days! I appreciate you all so, so much!!

Happy Sunday!

Posted on Sunday, June 12, 2011 in Bundle of Love, Cards, Papertrey Ink, Sweet Baby | Permalink | Comments (24) | TrackBack (0)

Introducing Bundle of Love plus Flower Fusion #5 & Sweet Baby

Welcome to day two of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. I loved reading all your comments yesterday about Sweet Baby and Flower Fusion #5. I showed you just a little peek of those two sets but there is still lots to see. Plus, I have another set to introduce you to today....

Bundle of Love

featuring 12 images - a stork, a baby in a cloth, 5 sentiments, 2 hearts and 3 patterned cloth pieces
will retail for $15
will be available starting June 15th on the Papertrey Ink website

Up first is a sweet baby girl card featuring the baby bundle in the set. I love how this little image can be used with the stork or all by itself. The colors I used for this...Hibiscus & Summer Sunrise along with Distressed Dots patterned paper. I stamped the baby bundle onto a circle of Vintage Cream cardstock. There are 3 different patterned images for the front of the bundle. For this card I used the flower print. I stamped that in Summer Sunrise onto a piece of cream cardstock and then cut it out. This bundle is so super simple to trim...just a few quick snips and that's it. I attached it to the front of my baby using foam adhesive. I used Copics to color in the other parts of the baby and cloth. I die cut a scalloped square Nestability to adhere my circle to.

The sentiment 'Bundle of LOVE' was stamped in Dark Chocolate ink. There are two hearts in the set. I used the larger of the two to stamp the heart in LOVE. I added a little glitter to that as well as the baby's cloth.

Next up is another sweet animal for you that is part of the Sweet Baby stamp set. An elephant...love this little guy! :) I started by die cutting 3....1 each of Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist and Melon Berry.

I then stamped the polka dot elephant image onto each die in it's coordinating colors. One thing I've found that may help you if this set ends up in your cart on release night....when stamping the dotted image into the die I line up the curved part between the legs. If I focus on that part the rest tends to fall exactly where it needs to be. This goes for all the animals in the set.

Kraft cardstock was my base for this card. I used my pinking shears to trim the sides of my white cardstock and then adhered the elephants using foam adhesive. 'Congratulations on your special delivery!' is from the Bundle of Love set.

To complete this I added glitter to the elephants' ears and hearts. The flowers are from Prima.

And lastly for today another peek of Flower Fusion #5. I ran the coordinating flower die through my Cuttlebug with Berry Sorbet, Scarlet Jewel and Hibiscus cardstock.

I then stamped one of the flower images in the set onto each one. Before we go any further I wanted to mention a couple of things about these Flower Fusion stamp sets or any flower stamp set for that matter. Because each one is very unique and sometimes not so simple to line up the very first thing I do before stamping with them is THIS. Check out Nichole's video about lining them up. It will save you a ton of time and frustration when it comes time to stamp with them! You will be so glad you did it! :)

I created these three cards using a few of the flowers.

I used more of the Distressed Dots patterned paper for each of them. On this first one I added a Berry Sorbet flower and a scallop border - created with Papertrey's medium scalloped border die. 'Thank you' is from Flower Fusion #4. For the centers of each of the flowers I stamped Background Basics: Gingham onto Kraft cardstock and then punched them out with a 1/2" circle punch.