Just Dandy

Happy Birthday Bloom

These cold temps we've been having make me want to do nothing but stay inside, drink warm tea and work in the studio! I know we've got a ways to go before the warmer temps hit but I am so ready. Ready for flip flops...gardening...the sandy beach...flowers blooming and so much more!

So since the flowers aren't blooming outside I thought I'd make them bloom inside! :) This card I have to share with you today was created with polka dot washi tape, the Button Card die and the Bloom Builders #3 die.

I first added my washi tape ( I purchased this at Target in the scrapbooking section ) around the edges of my card. Next, I added a piece of Berry Sorbet cardstock in the center. I stamped my Button Card using the images from the Button Boutique stamp set. My flower was die cut out of Sweet Blush cardstock and then attached to my button card. I added a Pure Poppy button and leaves that were die cut from the Sending You die collection and stamped with the Sending You stamp set. I also tucked a Peaceful Poinsettia leaf in there.

 

The sentiment 'Happy Birthday' is from the stamp set Delightful Dahlia. Lastly, I added a row of pearls on either side of my card.

 

I hope you all have a wonderful day! Thanks for stopping in!

~Melissa

 

*ALL SUPPLIES ARE PAPERTREY INK UNLESS NOTED OTHERWISE*

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

STAMPS: Sending You, Peaceful Poinsettia, Delightful Dahlia, Button Boutique

CARDSTOCK: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Stampers Select White, Spring Moss

INK: Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss, True Black

ACCENTS: Pure Poppy button, Washi Tape (Target), Pearls 

TOOLS: Button Card die, Sending You die collection, Bloom Builders #3 die collection, Double Ended Banner die

Heart-2-Heart #12 - Day 2

Welcome back for day two of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. I loved hearing all of your thoughts on this new set...thanks everyone for taking the time to give me your feedback! :) My new set, Heart-2-Heart #12, will be available starting the 15th on the Papertrey Ink website. Until then, I have a few more projects to share with you today using this new set.

First up is a fun and cheery set of invitations. I cut 8 pieces of 3.5x5 cardstock and then began stamping my images. I used the By Invitation stamp set and stamped the information image in True Black and the 'You're invited' in Orange Zest. Next, I pulled out one of my past sets (and one of my favorites), Sending You, and stamped the two largest flowers using Lavender Moon, Orange Zest and Pure Poppy ink. 

Now, let's talk the circle dots in the center of the flowers. That is one of the images included in the Heart-2-Heart #12 set. Another versatile little image that can be used with mulitple floral sets. 

I added a strip of Bitty Dot Basics patterned paper along the bottom of each invite. I also decorated each of my envelopes using the same images I used on the invites as well as the frame image from Button Boutique. 

And lastly a bit of rustic twine to hold them all together!

Up second for today is a happy and simple little card. I die cut two of the flower stems and stamped them with Simply Chartreuse ink. I added them to the side of my card and then added my flowers. The 2 circle images are from Heart-2-Heart #12 and the larger red flower is from Beautiful Blooms ll #1 die collection. 

I stamped my sentiment, 'Thinking happy thoughts of you!' in Pure Poppy and then underneath stamped one of the 'You' images from Simply You in Lavender Moon.

And that completes day two for me but be sure to check out what these ladies have to share with you...

 

• Nichole Heady
• Heather Nichols
• Dawn McVey
• Maile Belles

 

 Have a great day and I'll see you all tomorrow!

~Melissa

 

INVITATIONS:

STAMPS: Heart-2-Heart #12 (available January 15th), By Invitation, Sending You, Button Boutique

CARDSTOCK:  Stampers Select White

INK: Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Lavender Moon, Simply Chartreuse, True Black

PATTERNED PAPER: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics

TOOLS: Heart-2-Heart die collection (available January 15th)

 

HAPPY THOUGHTS OF YOU:

STAMPS: Heart-2-Heart #12 (available January 15th), Simply You

CARDSTOCK: Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Stampers Select White

INK: Pure Poppy, Lavender Moon, Orange Zest, SImply Chartreuse, True Black

TOOLS: Heart-2-Heart die collection (available January 15th), Beautiful Blooms ll #1 die collection

 

Day 5 - Sending You & Flower Fusion #2

Welcome to the final day of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. WOOHOO! Thank you all so much for sharing your excitement with me over the past week. Tonight is the night where you can see all of the sets that have been previewed in full, including both of mine...Sending You and Flower Fusion #2. Before we get into todays projects I thought I'd give you a little run down of both sets again....

Sending You

• 23 images (7 flower images, 6 leave images, 1 frame, 9 sentiments)
• it will retail for $24
• there are coordinating dies for the frame & two of the leaves which will retail for $7
• it will be available for purchase on the Papertrey Ink website starting tonight at midnight EST


Flower Fusion #2

• there are 7 images - 2 large flowers, 2 small flowers, 1 leave/stem image, 2 sentiments
• it will retail for $5
• there is a coordinating flower die which will retail for $3
• it will be available for purchase on the Papertrey Ink website starting tonight at midnight EST

  

OK - are you ready for more flowers! :) I'm really excited about today's cards! I started by pulling out my Distressed Dots patterned paper collection and ran a piece of each color through my Cuttlebug with the frame die that coordinates with the frame image from Sending You.

 

After they were all die cut I stamped the frame image in Dark Chocolate ink.

 

I knew each of my cards were going to include the leaves from Sending You so I went ahead and die cut them all ahead of time with the coordinating leave die. I really love how both sizes of leaves are on one die.

 

A shot of my first 3 cards!

 

The flowers on this first card are a mix of a couple of different dies. The larger turquoise and white flowers were created out of tissue paper using the Beautiful Blooms ll #2 flower dies. The smaller flower was made out of cork using the Flower Fusion #2 die. 'I appreciate you' is from Flower Fusion #2.  

 

For the second card I used the Flower Fusion #2 die once again. This time doing something a bit different.....

 

I first started by running a piece of Harvest Gold felt & my die through my die machine two times.

 

You'll want to leave the first flower as is but on the second one you will want to cut out one of the stems. Don't throw it out though because we're going to use that little piece.

 

Next, you'll want to fold one of the stems over the other and adhere it. I use my glue gun for this. You just need a little dab to hold it in place.

 

Now this is where that little piece comes in. You will need to add another dab of glue and fold it in the center of the folded flower. Then you are going to adhere that over the very first flower so they look like they do below...

 

I love making these flowers! Just another way to use those flower dies!

 

Beautiful Blooms ll #2 flower dies again here as well as the Flower Fusion #2 die. The white flowers were made with tissue paper and the blue with Blueberry Sky felt. I made a little cut in between each petal for this one.

 

A shot of my next 3 cards for today. 

 

The smaller flower from the Delightful Dahlia collection was used to create this flower.

 

For this next one the large red flower was created with the Beautiful Blooms ll #1 die collection. The white flower was made with one of the Cuttlebug flower dies and was stamped in Pure Poppy ink with the medium sized flower from Sending You.

  

And last but not least...these cute little flowers were made again with the Flower Fusion #2 die. I used Aqua Mist cardstock and then stamped the outline flower image in Pure Poppy.  

Well, that completes my projects for this months countdown! I have had so much fun using these two new sets and I hope I've inspired you just a smidge ;) ! I hope to see you all tonight at the release party. Don't forget it starts at 10PM EST in the Papertrey forum!

Don't forget to check out the amazing projects Nichole, Heather and Maile have to share with you today as well!

Have a great day everyone!

 

 

 

Day 4 - Sending You & Flower Fusion #2

Welcome back for another day of this months Papertrey Ink countdown. How are you all doing? Just one more day until you will be able view my new sets, Sending You & Flower Fusion #2 in full, as well as the rest of this months Papertrey Ink goodies!  I have a few more projects for you today using both sets so let's get right to it, shall we?

 

Here is a shot of all of my projects for today. Color combo for today.....Pure Poppy, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist & Spring Moss.

 

This first card features images from both sets. I started by stamping my card base with two of the leave images from Sending You. Next, I stamped my sentiment 'You are so thoughtful' onto a piece of white cardstock in True Black ink and then stamped the stem and leave image, from Flower Fusion #2, next to it in Ripe Avacado. I used the coordinating flower die with some Pure Poppy felt to create my flower and finished it off with an Aqua Mist button and some bakers twine. And of course a little glitter!! :)

 

I created the same flower for this next card and attached it to a white circle Nestability. I stamped the scalloped circle Nestability underneath it with the leaves like I did on the first card. 'Sending you my gratitude' is one of the sentiments from Sending You. A strip of Aqua Mist ribbon finished this one.

 

For this next card I started with a few post it notes that I ran through my Cuttlebug with the Beautiful Blooms #2 flower dies.  

 

Next, I placed the flowers on my cardstock and using my paper piercer and foam pad poked holes along the border of the flower.  

 

After placing the flowers where I wanted them and poking the holes I stamped the flowers from Sending You in the center of each one using Spring Moss ink. Then using DMC floss I stitched around the border of each one.

 ****A while back I created a DMC floss chart with all the colors that matched the Papertrey Ink colors. I haven't updated it in a while but there are quite a few on there. The ones I used above are....

• Ocean Tides - 926
• Aqua Mist - 3811
• Pure Poppy - 347

 

I added a few leaves and stamped a second, smaller flower inside each one. A strip of Pure Poppy ribbon and rhinestones completed it!  

 

That's all I have for today but there is still more to see from Nichole, Heather and Maile. I'll see you right back here tomorrow with my final projects for this months countdown!

Thanks so much for visiting today! :)

 

Day 3 - Sending You & Flower Fusion #2

Welcome back for day 3 of this months Papertrey Ink release countdown. I have more projects to share with you today using Sending You & Flower Fusion #2. Both sets will be available starting March 15th! Only a couple of short days away. 

I have enjoyed reading all your comments both on my blog and on Nichole's blog over the past few days about Sending You. The flowers in this set have been compared to quite a few different things and I have gotten such a kick out of hearing them....from fuzzy & hairy to fireworks and porcupines! :)

For todays first set of projects I went back to my favorite color combo....

 

pinks and greens.... Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush & Ripe Avacado! I also wanted to show you that this set not only works well with flower dies but also with flower punches. I know we all have some of these in our crafting supply stash. I don't use mine all that often but I know I will be using them a lot more now that I have Sending You to use with them. The flower punches you see above are from EK Success.

 

To start I stamped the smallest flower in the set in Fresh Snow ink onto Ripe Avacado cardstock.

 

I then turned my punch upside down so that I could see the flower below and center it in my punch.

 

And here you can see it punched out and adhered over a larger flower punch. I love just that little bit of added detail that these stamps give. I like to give my flowers a little curve so I used my paper piercer to wrap them around. You could use any anything round though...a pen, pencil etc.

 

And here is a shot of all my projects together.

 

This first card uses one of the flowers I created above. I placed that in the center of the frame image and then added a couple of leaves that are a part of the set. A little reminder....both the frame and leaves have coordinating dies.

 

It has been quite awhile since I created a set of embellishments and I thought these flowers would be perfect for just that! I cut a piece of clearly creative cardstock to measure 4.25 X 5.5 and attached each flower with a glue dot.

 

Here is another card, again using the frame image (LOVE this), and a few other images from the set. Notice on this frame...I placed the flowers and leaves on the bottom and sentiment on top. On one of the cards from Day 1 I did just the opposite and placed the flowers and leaves on top and sentiment on bottom. Just an extra option you have when stamping with this set.

 

For todays last card I used Flower Fusion #2. After creating my Scarlet Jewel flowers with the coordinating die I stamped the outlined flower image in Fresh Snow ink. On the second flower you'll notice that there is a small flower stamped on the inside. That is one of the smaller flower images included in the set.

 

Next, I moved onto my card front. I wanted to keep it a little cleaner and simpler than the cards in my first project so I chose a crisp sheet of white cardstock. I added two strips of Scarlet Jewel cardstock across the front. I wanted to add glitter to the center of those and added a strip of red line tape.

 

Really love the look of this after the glitter has been applied!

 

And here it is after all the finishing touches have been added. The patterned paper is from the Distressed Dots collection. Both that and the white square were created with a square Nestability. The stem of my flower was stamped in True Black and glitter was added to the leaves as well. The sentiment 'I appreciate you' is part of this set! And if you notice I also added the patterned paper to the inside of my card for a little something extra!

 

That's all I have for today! Be sure to stop by and visit the other Papertrey ladies....

• Nichole
• Heather
• Maile

I'll have more to share tomorrow! Until then have a wonderful Saturday! :)

Day 2 - Introducing Flower Fusion #2

Hi everyone and welcome to day 2 of this months Papertrey Ink release countdown. I am so, so happy that you are all excited about Sending You. I have been having a ball stamping with it and keep thinking of new ways to use it. I have a list on my desk of ideas and it seems to keep growing and growing. Gotta love that! Still so much to share with you using that set!!  

For todays project I mixed a little of Sending You and a little of Flower Fusion #2. Both sets will be available for purchase starting March 15th on the Papertrey Ink website. Here's a bit of info for you about the next installment in the Flower Fusion series:

• there are 7 images - 2 large flowers, 2 small flowers, 1 leave/stem image, 2 sentiments
• will retail for $5
• has a coordinating flower die
• available March 15th

Lets get started...

 

Using the die that coordinates with the frame image from Sending You I created these 'tags'. The frame image was stamped in True Black ink.

 

The stems from Flower Fusion #2 were stamped in Chartreuse Palette ink in various different angles on each one.

 

Next, I wanted to create tags out of these so I marked the top center of each frame with a  little dot and then flipped my punch upside down and lined the dot up in the center of the hole and punched it out.  

 

Here they are stamped with some of the sentiments from Sending You.

 

I chose to work with blues for this project...shocking, isn't it? Not a single bit of pink in this whole thing. :)

I ran my chosen papers and cardstock through my die cut machine with the coordinating Flower Fusion #2 die.

 

And then stamped them all with one of the two large flowers in the set.

 

And here they are all together. A simple little tag set that would be perfect for many different occasions. I really love how you can use this frame image in more ways than one.

That's a wrap for day 2! More to come tomorrow using Sending You! And there is still more to see today....

• Nichole
• Heather
• Maile

all have lots to share!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Supplies:

**All supplies are Papertrey Ink unless noted otherwise**

Stamps: Sending You & Flower Fusion #2 (available March 15th)                              

Cardstock: Kraft, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores

Ink: True Black, Chartreuse Palette

Patterned Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics & 2009 Bitty Dot Basics

Accents: rhinestones, jute button twine

Tools: Flower Fusion # 2 die & Sending You frame die (available March 15th), EK Success circle punch

Introducing Sending You

It's that time again! Time for this months Papertrey Ink countdown and I couldn't be more excited to share my new sets with you. Today I'm going to focus on just one of the two sets I have coming out this month....Sending You. I adore this set! So much fun and so many possibilities when stamping with it. You will see as I share my projects with you over the next 5 days!

Before we get started with todays projects here are a few details about this set:

• 23 images (7 flower images, 6 leave images, 1 frame, 9 sentiments)
• it will retail for $24
• there are coordinating dies for the frame & two of the leaves
• it will be available for purchase on the Papertrey Ink website starting March 15th

Let's jump right in, shall we?!

 

Here is a shot of all my projects I made for day one. I used one sheet of Dotty Biscotti patterned paper to create all of these along with some Orange Zest, Kraft and white.

  

Now one of the best things (I think) about this set is that it works perfectly with many of the flower dies that Papertrey Ink offers. For this first card I used the Beautiful Blooms #2 die collection.

  

After running the flowers through my die machine I stamped them with Versamark ink using three of the flower images in the Sending You set. 

 

Each one was sprinkled with embossing powder and heated up.

  

The leaves & sentiment (part of the set) were stamped in Dark Chocolate ink. The leaves have a die which will make creating super fast!

 

For my next card I used the frame image that is included in the set! I already know I am going to be using this A LOT! This also has a coordinating die!!

 

After die cutting and stamping my frame I stamped the leaves, flowers and sentiment. There is a solid and outlined leave image, that you see above, that is part of Sending You.

 

For todays last project I used the Beautiful Blooms #1 die collection! 

 

I stamped the largest flower in the set onto a piece of white cardstock and then lined it up underneath the Dotty Biscotti patterned paper so it would be right in the center of the die cut flower. I attached the white cardstock to my cardfront and then used foam adhesive under the patterned paper and attached it over the white.

I also created a tag using the frame image and die!

 

That wraps up day one! Both Nichole and Betsy will be sharing projects with you all today using Sending You and Heather and Maile have projects using their new sets too...be sure to stop by! 

I'll see you tomorrow with lots more to share including a project using Flower Fusion #2! :)

 

  

March Papertrey Ink Peeks

Hi everyone! Popping in today to share peeks of two sets that I have coming out this month through Papertrey Ink. Very excited about both of these and can't wait to share my projects with you all!

 

 

Peeks will start Thursday, March 10th! See you then! :)