Transformation Tuesday - Happy Easter

Good morning, friends! Welcome to Transformation Tuesday with Papertrey Ink. Today, I'm taking a design I created last fall and transforming it into a card for Easter. This design was a bit different for me, but I was so  happy with the end result that I wanted to create it again!

Here is my original card. You find the full post right HERE!

Here is my transformed card. I started with a piece of Bitty Big: Harvest Gold paper and attached that at an angle on the front of my white card base. After attaching it, I thought it needed a bit more color, so I added a strip of Hibiscus along the bottom and side.

Using both Nesting Basics: Ovals and Nesting Basics: Pierced Ovals Dies, I created a base for my sentiment. 'Happy Easter' is from the Huggables: Bunny & Chick Mini Stamp Set. 

I added flowers from Lilies of the Field around my sentiment. Those were all stamped in pinks, yellows and purples and die-cut with the coordinating Lilies of the Field Die Collection. I wanted to add a few more leaves and ended up using a few I had stamped and die-cut from a previous project. Those are from the Botanical Bounty collection.

I popped the whole thing up with dimensional foam and added a few colorful sequins to complete it!

Thank you for visiting with me today. I hope you enjoyed and hope you have a wonderful day!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Lilies of the Field, Botanical Bounty, Huggables: Bunny & Chick Mini
INK: Harvest Gold, Hibiscus, Orange Zest, Lovely Lady, Lilac Grace, Lavender Moon, Green Parakeet, Simply Chartreuse, True Black
PAPER: Stampers Select White, Hibiscus, Hawaiian Shores
PATTERN PAPER: Bitty Big: Harvest Gold
DIES: Lilies of the Field, Botanical Bounty, Botanical Bounty ll, Nesting Basics: Ovals, Nesting Basics: Pierced Ovals
OTHER: sequins

Saturday Showcase - Better Together

Hey friends! Happy weekend to you. I'm joining in today for Saturday Showcase over on the Papertrey Ink Blog. This week we are creating projects with the gorgeous set, Better Together. Pretty florals + uplifting and thoughtful sentiments … two of my favorite things in one stamp set!

I created two cards for today … same color combo, just different layouts!

I started by stamping a variety of the flowers and stems/leaves onto the following cardstock colors … Hawaiian Shores, Bright Buttercup, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet and Pure Poppy. After die-cutting them all I began assembling my cards. 

For the first one I chose a simple row of colorful flowers. I attached those to a white card panel that I had trimmed down to 4" x 5.25". Above my flowers I added one of uplifting sentiments.

I then attached the panel to the front of my Bitty Big: Smokey Shadow card base. I used circle punches to create the centers of my flowers. It's hard tell from the photo, but each of them was filled in with Glossy Accents.

My second card features more of the flowers tucked around my sentiment. I did some layering on this one, placing the smaller flowers over the larger. Again I filled in the centers using my circle punch and white cardstock. 

I wanted to add a bit more color and chose to replace a few of the words in the sentiment with colorful sentiment strips. I just love how this one turned out!

Be sure to visit the Papertrey Ink Blog for more inspiration. Have a wonderful day!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Better Together

INK: Hawaiian Shores, Bright Buttercup, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Green Parakeet, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Bright Buttercup, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Green Parakeet

PATTERN PAPER: Bitty Big: Smokey Shadow

DIES: Better Together

OTHER: glossy accents

Transformation Tuesday - Just Because

Good morning to you, friends! I'm popping in today to share a card for Transformation Tuesday with Papertrey Ink. I always tend to lean towards clean and simple designs, so that's what I did again for today. I chose an older CAS card and did a very simple transformation into yet another CAS card. 

Here is my original card that I created back in July. You can find it right HERE!

For today, I simply switched up my sentiment and swapped out the heart on my original card for a butterfly. 

I used Sentiment Staples: Just A Note and stamped the sentiment in the following colors … Pale Peony, Bright Buttercup, Raspberry Fizz, Hawaiian Shores and Green Parakeet. Next, I stamped 'because I miss you', in True Black, onto a strip of white and attached it with dimensional foam.

Just underneath my sentiments I added a strip of Bright Buttercup cardstock. 

And last, but not least, I added a die-cut butterfly from Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Butterflies. I added dimensional foam behind that before attaching it and then finished my card off with a few colorful sequins. 

I'm thinking that creating a set of all occasion cards with the entire Sentiment Staples collection would be a great gift idea. And with this CAS design it would take no time to mass produce them! What do you think? 

Thank you for taking the time to stop by today, friends. I hope you have a happy Tuesday!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Sentiment Staples: Just A Note

INK: Pale Peony, Bright Buttercup, Hawaiian Shores, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Hawaiian Shores, Bright Buttercup

DIES: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Butterflies
OTHER: sequins

Saturday Showcase - Lilies of the Field

Good morning and happy weekend to you! Today, a few of us on the Papertrey Ink team are popping in to share a few projects using the beautiful Lilies of the Field set. This is another stunning floral set that you can't help but love creating with! 

I created two cards using the same color palette … you can find all of the colors in my supply list below.

Up first is a sweet congrats card created with a mix of Lilies of the Field and a sentiment from Penned Elegance. But first, I added a white frame for my flowers and sentiment to sit on by die-cutting a piece of white cardstock using the Shape Shifters: Oval 2 Die.

After the frame was die-cut and attached to my Hibiscus card base I added my flowers and sentiment. I could have easily stamped the flowers directly onto the oval frame, but I always love to add a little dimension to my cards, so I die-cut and added dimensional foam behind them.

I added a few clear sequins around the lilies to complete my first card.

Using the same colors for my second card, I simply die-cut and stamped multiple lilies and attached them across a white cardstock panel. Some I attached directly and others were again popped up.

I added another sentiment from Penned Elegance … a simple hello! And also added a few more clear sequins before attaching the panel to the front of my Hibiscus card base.

Pop on over to the Papertrey Ink Blog to see the beautiful projects the other gals created for you today! 

Thank you for stopping by. Have a wonderful Saturday!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Lilies of the Field, Penned Elegance

INK: Pale Peony, Hibiscus, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, Lilac Grace, Lavender Moon, Limeade Ice, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Hibiscus
DIES: Lilies of the Field, Penned Elegance, Shape Shifters: Oval 2
OTHER: sequins

Throwback Thursday - Happy, Happy Mother's Day

Happy Spring, friends! I love Throwback Thursday with Papertrey Ink, as it pushes me to reach back and pull out an older set that I haven't inked up in awhile. There are so many sets that I love, but having the time to create with them all isn't always easy. This is the perfect chance to show some older sets the love they deserve!

A year ago this month Simple Stems was released … a fresh and cheerful floral set with a variety of sentiments perfect for so many occasions. I didn't use them on my card for today, but these flowers fit beautifully inside Vogue Vases.

Let's jump right in...

On a white card base, I added a Stitch in Time Borders frame that was die-cut and stamped in Aqua Mist. That was attached and then set aside so I could work on my flowers.

I've listed all of the colors I used for the flowers below. After they were all stamped and die-cut, I placed them on the Aqua frame until I had them right where I wanted and then adhered them. I popped some of them up with dimensional foam and others I attached directly to the frame.

I stamped 'Happy Happy' in the upper left corner and then stamped 'Mother's Day' on a strip of white and attached that below my flowers. In the corners of the frame, I added tiny flowers that I stamped and die-cut using the Stitch in Time Borders Die Collection.

I hope you enjoyed this throwback, friends. Thanks so much for popping in. Have a wonderful day! 

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Simple Stems, Stitch in Time Borders

INK: Aqua Mist, Pale Peony, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus, Melon Berry, Lilac Grace, Simply Chartreuse, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Aqua Mist

DIES: Simple Stems, Stitch in Time Borders

OTHER: sequins

Saturday Showcase - You Make Me So Happy

Happy Saturday! The Papertrey Ink team is back for the next Saturday Showcase. Today we are featuring the beautiful Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Butterflies. I'm smitten with this little kit...the butterflies, the patterned papers and the scripty font. I love it all!

I chose to keep my focus on the stamps and coordinating dies, but the other gals are sharing projects using more of the items in the kit, so be sure to check their blogs out.

A green and aqua color combo is what I went with. I started by stamping and die-cutting all of my butterflies. All of the colors I used will be listed in the supply list at the bottom of my post.

Before attaching all of my butterflies I die-cut and adhered the 'So Happy' sentiment. That was die-cut out of Tropical Teal cardstock. I then stamped 'You Make Me' in True Black, die-cut it with the banner die and popped it up with dimensional foam.

Next I attached all of the sweet little butterflies. I attached some directly to my card base and some I popped up with dimensional foam. To complete my card, I simply added a few green and aqua sequins around my sentiment.

You won't want to miss what the other gals created. Their projects are just amazing, as always! Pop on over to the Papertrey Ink Blog for more inspiration!

Thanks for visiting with me today. I hope you have a wonderful Saturday, friends!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Butterflies

INK: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Simply Chartreuse, Vintage Jadeite, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Tropical Teal

DIES: Make It Market Mini Kit: Color Pop Butterflies

OTHER: sequins

Saturday Showcase - Just Because You're Sweet

Happy weekend, friends! It's time for another Saturday Showcase with Papertrey Ink. Today we are featuring Bite Size Tags. This was the first time I ever created with this set and I'm wishing now that I had purchased it a long time ago. It truly is such a sweet set with such a variety of images!

Sweet + simple, with lots of color, is what I chose to create for today. Using the striped arrow in the set I created a border along the left side of my card. I used the following colors … Sweet Blush, Green Parakeet, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz and Melon Berry.

On the right side, I stamped the apple in Melon Berry and leaves in Green Parakeet. And just below that I stamped my sentiment. 'Just because you're' was stamped directly on my white card base and 'sweet' was stamped in Raspberry Fizz onto Sweet Blush cardstock and then popped up with dimensional foam.

I added a few sequins around my sentiment to give my card just a bit more color and then finished it off with a little white thread tied around the side.

I didn't even begin to show all the possibilities with this set, friends. Mix this with the Bite Size Tags Dies and you will end up with some super sweet projects. Pop on over to the Papertrey Ink Blog where the rest of the gals are sharing more inspiration with you!

Thank you for visiting. Have a happy Saturday!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Bite Size Tags

INK: Sweet Blush, Green Parakeet, Summer Sunrise, Raspberry Fizz, Melon Berry, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Sweet Blush

OTHER: sequins, white thread

Saturday Showcase - Caring Heart

Hello, friends! I hope you are all enjoying your Saturday. There is more snow expected in our forecast which I'm bummed about, but that only means more creative time in my studio which makes me very happy. :) 

Today is Showcase Saturday over at Papertrey Ink and a few of us are sharing projects using Seasonal Borders: Spring. You will want to head over to the Papertrey Ink blog to check out what the other gals have created. Trust me, you won't want to miss it … their projects are stunning!

Anytime I get to create a card with flowers I am a happy stamper, so when this was the chosen set for today I couldn't wait to start working on my project. I love how this set has so many bits and pieces to it and with the coordinating Seasonal Borders: Spring Die Collection the ideas for creating with it are endless.

My colors for today … Harvest Gold, Pale Peony, Hibiscus, Orange Zest, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice. A perfect spring palette! 

I started by die-cutting two white borders. Now, I'll be honest, when I first created with this set it took me a minute to figure out exactly where each image fit inside that border, but once I did everything just fell into place. There is a great video that Papertrey shared last year with tips on creating with it that you can find right HERE. 

I chose to create a border along the bottom and left side of my card, leaving room for my sentiment in the upper right. I attached the borders with dimensional foam and then trimmed the edge off the bottom border.

My sentiment is from Words to Live By: Caring and the tiny heart is from the Bear Hugs Die Collection.

Enjoy your day and thank you for visiting with me!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Seasonal Borders: Spring

INK: Harvest Gold, Pale Peony, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus, Limeade Ice, Orange Zest, True Black, Fresh Snow

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Pale Peony, True Black

DIES: Seasonal Borders: Spring, Bear Hugs

OTHER: sequins