Saturday Showcase - Just A Note

It's Saturday, friends and time for another Saturday Showcase with Papertrey Ink. Today we are showcasing the gorgeous floral set, Botanical Bounty. If you know me or have been following me for awhile then you know how much I love creating with flowers. This set is one that has a permanent spot on my desk … I love it THAT much! 

I stamped and die-cut a variety of the images in the set … I listed all of the colors I used in my supply list at the end of my post. I wanted all of those colors to POP off my card front, so I chose to use a white card base for them to sit on. I attached some directly to my card base and some I popped up with dimensional foam. I think just popping a couple of images up on any card adds just that little 'extra' you need on a project.

The sentiment 'just a note' was stamped and die-cut using the Botanical Bounty Sentiments Stamp Set  and Botanical Bounty Sentiments Die Collection.

A few clear sequins complete it! No matter if you are creating a sweet and simple card with this set, like I did for today, or something a bit more embellished and layered, you will end up with a beautiful end result!

I hope you enjoyed todays showcase, friends. Wishing you a happy day ahead!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Botanical Bounty, Botanical Bounty Sentiments
INK: Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, True Black
PAPER: Stampers Select White
DIES: Botanical Bounty, Botanical Bounty Sentiments
OTHER: clear sequins

Design Team Tips - Word Die Background

It's Friday... YAY! I'm here today to share a Design Team Tip with you for Papertrey Ink. Let's talk word dies this morning. I think we are all big fans of creating with them and most times they are used just to complete your project by adding a sentiment. I'm stretching one word die a little bit further today ...

How about using that one word die to create a whole background for your card base? I've done this in the past a few times and always love the end result. The die I chose is from Word to Live By: Inspire, but Papertrey has such a wide variety of word dies that you could do this with. You can see some of them HERE!

It may be a bit time consuming to attach all of the die-cuts to your card base, but it was easy peasy to create this 'inspire' background. I chose to do white on white and then added lots of color to my butterfly, from the Butterfly Folk Stamp Set and Butterfly Folk Die Collection.

I added dimensional foam behind my butterfly to give my card a little dimension and then layered her with flowers, leaves and the rest of the sentiment, from the Words to Live By: Inspire Mini Stamp Set.

I hope I've inspired you a little and you'll try creating your own die-cut background. I would love to see what you create! 

Have a wonderful Friday, friends!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Butterfly Folk, Words to Live By: Inspire Mini

INK: Pale Peony, Melon Berry, Hibiscus, Green Parakeet, Fresh Snow

PAPER: Stampers Select White, True Black

DIES: Butterfly Folk, Words to Live By: Inspire

OTHER: clear dew drop

Transformation Tuesday - Hello Beautiful

Hey there, friends! I'm happy to be back hosting Transformation Tuesday with Papertrey Ink! My card for today is pretty CAS and was inspired by the card you see below.

You can find my original post right HERE!

The colorful stripes I created on my original card just make me so happy that I thought I would recreate it and turn today's card into a card you could send any day of the year.

I chose rainbows colors and used the Skinny Mini Banners to create my background. I listed all of the cardstock colors I used in the supply list below. 

After all of my banners were attached to my card base, I stamped and die-cut the flower and leaves, from Stitching Garden. The flower was attached with dimensional foam and the leaves were then tucked underneath.

Hello, Beautiful was stamped and die-cut using the Penned Elegance ll Stamp Set and Penned Elegance ll Die Collection. That was popped up with dimensional foam, as well.

I love how happy this card is and can imagine using so many different images in place of the flower or tree. Just goes to show how far one simple little card layout can be transformed and recreated for so many different occasions! 

Pop on over to the Papertrey Ink blog where you can link your own Transformation Tuesday card for a chance to win a gift certificate!

Thanks so much for sharing part of your day with me!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Stitching Garden, Penned Elegance ll
INK: True Black, Pale Peony, Limeade Ice
PAPER: Stampers Select White, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Limeade Ice, Hawaiian Shores, Lilac Grace, Pale Peony
DIES: Stitching Garden, Penned Elegance ll, Skinny Mini Banners
OTHER: sequins

Happy, Happy Easter

Hello, friends! I have a bit of Easter inspiration for you today. A few of us on the Papertrey Ink design team are sharing projects with you using Bunny Blessings. Such a sweet, sweet set filled with bunnies, butterflies, flowers and eggs … all the things you need to create your spring time cards.

I started by creating a border around my white card base using one of the flowers in the set. I stamped it in four different colors … Lovely Lady, Hibiscus, Aqua Mist and Harvest Gold and then filled in around them with Limeade Ice leaves. 

I stamped my bunny in Aqua Mist and butterfly in Hibiscus. Those were both die-cut and popped up with dimensional foam. 'Happy' is from the Bold Borders: Flare Die Collection. 

To finish, I die-cut white flowers, layered two together and attached them around my border. A few colorful sequins were added to complete it! 

Thanks so much for visiting today. Pop on over to the Papertrey Ink blog to see more inspiration from the rest of the gals!

Have a wonderful day, friends!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Bunny Blessings

INK: Fresh Snow, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Lovely Lady, Hibiscus, Limeade Ice
PAPER: Stampers Select White, True Black
DIES: Bunny Blessings, Bold Borders: Flare
OTHER: sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

Throwback Thursday - Apple Prints

Good morning, friends! It's Throwback Thursday with Papertrey Ink and it's also Valentine's Day. I'm a girl who is a big, big fan of hearts and creating with them. That's just what I think of when I think of a day dedicated to all things love. But Valentine's Day doesn't have to just be filled with hearts! 

Today, I'm reaching waaaay back to a stamp set that is near and dear to my heart. One that I designed many years ago, but is still one of my favorites, Apple Prints. I created two cards for you today that would be perfect for giving to someone special, so let's jump right in.

I kept my first card sweet + simple. A white background with colorful apples popping off the side that were stamped and then die-cut using the Apple Prints Die Collection. I attached a few of them directly to my card front and the other two I popped up with dimensional foam.

I stamped my sentiment, in Fresh Snow ink, onto a piece of True Black cardstock and popped that up with more dimensional foam.

Above my sentiment I added 'Love' that was die-cut using the Bold Borders: Love Die Collection. To finish off my first card, I added a few colorful sequins.

I stuck with the same color combination for card #2. I used the Pierced Feature Frames and die-cut them out of the following colors … Bright Buttercup, Orange Zest, Raspberry Fizz and Sweet Blush. Those were all layered and attached to my white card base. 

I added my die-cut apples … a plain white one and a Sweet Blush one on top and then the flowers next. To create the leaves for my flowers I simple stamped and die-cut the apple stem a few times and then trimmed the leaves off and tucked them underneath the flowers.

More colorful sequins complete my second card!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! If you have the Apple Prints Collection, I hope that I've inspired you to pull it out again and do a little creating with it.

xo,
Melissa

APPLE OF MY EYE:
STAMPS: Apple Prints

INK: Fresh Snow, Sweet Blush, Bright Buttercup, Hibiscus, Orange Zest, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet
PAPER: Stampers Select White, True Black
DIES: Apple Prints, Bold Borders: Love
OTHER: sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)

TO THE CORE:
STAMPS: Apple Prints

INK: Fresh Snow, Sweet Blush, Bright Buttercup, Raspberry Fizz, Green Parakeet
PAPER: Stampers Select White, True Black, Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup
DIES: Apple Prints, Pierced Feature Frames
OTHER: sequins (Pretty Pink Posh)