Design Team Tips - Colorful Sentiments

YAY for Friday! It's time for a Design Team Tip with Ink to Paper. Today I'm sharing how I created colorful and eye catching sentiments using the new Frame It Out: Wishes Stamp and Die Collection. I love creating with word and sentiment dies and this is just one more way to stretch the use of them!

I started by stamping the Loosely Woven Background Stamp along the left side of each of my white card bases. One in Berry Sorbet and the other in Hibiscus. I set those aside and then moved onto my sentiments.

To create the colorful background for my sentiment I simply used strips of colorful cardstock that I had in my leftover pile. I attached the strips to a piece of white cardstock and then die-cut them using larger shadow 'Smile' die.

I did the same with the 'Be Well' die. After attaching the bold and colorful sentiments to my card fronts, I stamped the rest of my sentiment onto a strip of True Black.

I added a few die-cut leaves and sequins around each of the sentiments to complete my card!

This is such a great way to use up those leftover strips of cardstock that we always have laying around!

Thanks so much for visiting!

Melissa

STAMPS: Frame It Out: Wishes, Loosely Woven

INK: Berry Sorbet, Hibiscus, Limeade Ice, Fresh Snow

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, Hibiscus, True Black

DIES: Frame It Out: Wishes

OTHER: sequins

Saturday Showcase - Many Anemones

Hi there, friends! Today, the Ink to Paper team is sharing a whole lot of eye candy with projects created with the new Many Anemones Stamp and Die Collection. This is such a gorgeous set and the possibilities when creating with both the stamps and dies are endless. The team has truly put together a variety of different examples and ways you can create cards with these beautiful images!

I chose a fresh color combo and layout for today. I started by stamping one of full outlined flowers directly onto my white card base. I stamped three along the left side and then filled the petals in using the solid images in the following colors … Pale Peony, Summer Sunrise and Melon Berry. I then stamped the leaves surrounding the flowers in Green Parakeet and the leave veins in True Black. Along the right side of my card, I stamped the Fully Woven Background in Pale Peony.

Next, using the Many Anemones Die Collection, I die-cut three more flowers and stamped them in the same colors as the first ones. I attached all three to the front of my card using dimensional foam.

I love the handwritten sentiments in this set … so, so beautiful! I stamped 'beautiful you' in True Black and then to complete my card I added a few clear sequins!

For more inspiration using this beautiful new set, be sure to visit the Ink to Paper Blog!

Thanks so much for visiting with me today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Many Anemones, Loosely Woven
INK: Pale Peony, Summer Sunrise, Melon Berry, Green Parakeet, True Black
PAPER: Stampers Select White
DIES: Many Anemones
OTHER: sequins

Transformation Tuesday - You Will Move Mountains

Good morning, sweet friends! Today I'm hosting Transformation Tuesday on the Ink to Paper Blog. I chose one of my clean and simple designs from the recent release and transformed it into yet another clean and simple card. We have many graduations we'll be celebrating in the coming weeks and I thought this would be the perfect chance to stock up on a few cards for the occasions. Clean and simple designs are always a go to for me, especially when I need to mass produce.

Here is my original card using Simply Sweet: YOU. You can find the full post right HERE!

I kept my transformed card very similar to my original, I just switched up the image around the border and used a sentiment that was perfect for a graduate. 

I used the sunburst around the border and stamped it in the following colors … Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest and Hibiscus. I used the Simply Sweet: YOU Die Collection to create my images in the center. I attached the mountain scape that I had die-cut and stamped in Harvest Gold and just above added a sunburst that was die-cut out of white cardstock.

I die-cut and stamped the YOU and then popped it up with dimensional foam and then added the rest of my sentiment, will move mountains, underneath. To complete my card, I added white Nuvo drops inside each of the sunbursts around the border!

Thanks so much for visiting with me today!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Simply Sweet: YOU

INK: Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Hibiscus, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Hibiscus

DIES: Simply Sweet: YOU

OTHER: sequins, white Nuvo Drops

Saturday Showcase - Rustic Brick

Happy Saturday to you, friends! The Ink to Paper team is coming together today to showcase one of the new sets that was just released on the 15th … Rustic Brick Background Stamp Set. This is such a fantastic set and perfect for creating masculine cards, as well as more feminine cards, like my card I created below.

To begin, I cut a white card panel down to 3.75 x 5. On that panel, I stamped one of the Rustic Brick Backgrounds that I had inked up with the following colors … Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus, Orange Zest and Summer Sunrise. I just love the variety of cheerful colors that were stamped with just that one image.

The large 'hello' was die-cut using the Frame It Out: Wishes. I stamped the rest of my sentiment, 'my dear friend', using the coordinating Frame It Out: Wishes Stamp Set. Those were both attached with dimensional foam.

The flowers and leaves are a mix of two new sets. The flowers are from the You Are My Happy Die Collection and the leaves from Tag Creations: Blooming Indulgence. I added those around my sentiment and then finished it off with a few colorful sequins inside my flowers!

There is so much more to see from the rest of the team. Pop on over to the Ink to Paper Blog for more inspiration!

I hope the sun is shining wherever you are today. We've had so many rainy, gloomy days here lately that the sun shining today is a very welcome sight!

xo,

Melissa

STAMPS: Rustic Brick Background, Frame It Out: Wishes

INK: Hawaiian Shores, Hibiscus, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Hawaiian Shores, True Black

DIES: Frame It Out: Wishes, You Are My Happy, Tag Creations: Blooming Indulgence

OTHER: sequins

Ink to Paper Countdown - Day 4

Hello there! Day 4 of the Ink to Paper Release Countdown is here and today I have two cards to share with you using the following new products … Tag Creations: Blooming Indulgence, Just Sentiments, Many Anemones and Loosely Woven. 

**All of the new products you see will be available on the new Ink to Paper website on May 15th at 10pm EST!*

Many Anemones and Loosely Woven are the products featured on my first card. I started by stamping the new background, Loosely Woven, along the top of my white card base. Then I stamped one of the beautiful sentiments in Many Anemones, in True Black, on the left side of my card. 

Now for that beautiful bloom! I chose to use the coordinating die collection to create my flower. I used the inlaid technique and filled in each of the flower petals with the following colors … Pale Peony, Summer Sunrise and Melon Berry. 

I die-cut the flower stem and stamped and die-cut two leaves before attaching them all. I popped up my flower with dimensional foam and added a few sequins to complete it!

I just love everything about this new floral set! The options with both the stamp set and die collection make creating endless and that font … just gorgeous!

More beautiful flowers for card #2. Another new product that I'm smitten with ... Tag Creations: Blooming Indulgence. This die collection is FILLED with so many bits and pieces for creating your own beautiful cards and tags!

Everything you see on my card is part of the die collection, minus the sentiment. That is from Many Anemones.

I used Aqua Mist cardstock to die-cut the tag for my flowers to sit on. The flowers are a mix of Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush and Pure Poppy. The banner is two separate pieces. I stamped my sentiment and attached that with dimensional foam and then die-cut the two ends out of Bitty Big: Pale Peony paper and tucked them underneath each side!

That wraps up the countdown for the very first Ink to Paper Release. Tomorrow night is when all of these beautiful new products will be available to you! 

For more inspiration today head on over to the Ink to Paper Blog. Thanks so much for visiting!

xo,

Melissa

YOU MEANS SO MUCH TO ME - 

STAMPS: Many Anemones, Loosely Woven

INK: Pale Peony, Green Parakeet, True Black

PAPER: Pale Peony, Summer Sunrise, Melon Berry, Green Parakeet, Stampers Select White

DIES: Many Anemones

OTHER: sequins

YOU'RE AMAZING -
STAMPS: Many Anemones
INK: True Black
PAPER: Aqua Mist, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Green Parakeet
PATTERN PAPER: Bitty Big: Pale Peony
DIES: Tag Creations: Blooming Indulgence
OTHER: sequins

Ink to Paper Countdown - Day 3

Hello, sweet crafty friends! Welcome to Day 3 of the Ink to Paper Release Countdown. Before I jump into today's post I just want to take a minute and thank those of you who have left comments and sent messages to me about designing stamp sets again. I appreciate your kindness and support so very much!

There have been some pretty amazing introductions so far, haven't there? We have a few more sets to share before everything you've seen over the past few days will be available. Today we have a new mountain set that I designed, a sentiment set that's all about dad and a fun brick background.

**All of the new products you see will be available on the new Ink to Paper website on May 15th at 10pm EST!**

My first card for today features the first set in a series that I designed … Simply Sweet: YOU is a clean and simple mountain set filled with a variety of images and sentiments perfect for building your own mountain scene.

I used the masking technique to build my card, and then die-cut a few extra mountains to add above the masked ones to give my card a little dimension. I'll list all of the colors I used below.

I stamped the sunburst image above three of the mountains and filled in more of the empty white space with the heart arrow!

Let's go on an adventure together was stamped in white onto black cardstock and then attached with dimensional foam.

I went one layer for my next card. I used that heart arrow once again to create a border around my white card base. I filled in each of the outlined hearts with a rainbow of colors.

In the center of my card front I stamped a single mountain and the sunburst just above. In the center of the sunburst I added a tiny die-cut heart.

And lastly, I added my sentiment. I think positive, uplifting words are so important in life and tried to add many to this new series. I'm very excited to share each of these new sets with you over the coming months!

My last card for today features World's Best Dad and Rustic Brick Background. I'm going to be honest here … masculine cards intimidate me a bit. I don't have many sets geared towards men in my crafty stash. These two new additions are very welcome and much needed in my life! 

I started by trimming down five strips of cardstock in the following colors … Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet and Simply Chartreuse. After cutting them all, I stamped them with the Rustic Brick Background. They were all attached to my white card base and then I moved onto my sentiment.

I used the Nesting Basics: Oval Die Collection to die-cut the base for father, paper and dad. I added those to the front of my card with dimensional foam and then added the rest of my sentiment just below. To complete my card, I added three die-cut hearts from the Simply Sweet: YOU Die Collection.

There is still so much more to see from the other ladies. Be sure to pop on over to the Ink to Paper Blog to have a peek!

Thanks so much for visiting today, friends!

xo,

Melissa

ADVENTURE TOGETHER -

STAMPS: Simply Sweet: YOU

INK: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus, Vintage Jadeite, Hawaiian Shores, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Lilac Grace, Pale Peony, Green Parakeet, Fresh Snow

PAPER: Stampers Select White, True Black

DIES: Simply Sweet: YOU

OTHER: sequins

HIGHEST MOUNTAIN - 

STAMPS: Simply Sweet: YOU

INK: Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Lilac Grace, Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding, Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, Hibiscus, Raspberry Fizz, Melon Berry, Berry Sorbet, True Black

PAPER: Stampers Select White, Berry Sorbet

DIES: Simply Sweet: YOU

FATHER PAPA DAD - 

STAMPS: World's Best Dad

INK: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Simply Chartreuse, True Black, Fresh Snow

PAPER:Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Simply Chartreuse

DIES: Nesting Basics: Oval, Simply Sweet: YOU

OTHER:

Ink to Paper Countdown - Day 2

Welcome back for Day 2 of the Ink to Paper Release Countdown! Today we have 3 more amazing new sets to share with you ... You Are My Happy, Frame It Out: Wishes and Celebrating You. All three of these sets are jam packed with so many stamping possibilities!

**All of the new products you see will be available on the new Ink to Paper website on May 15th at 10pm EST!**

Up first is a set that I designed … You Are My Happy! I'm so happy to be back to designing and what better set to kick off this new release with then one filled with lots of happy! It's filled with a mix of fun sentiments, both big and bold and script. And flowers, lots of sweet flowers!

I chose the following colors to use on my first card … Melon Berry, Hibiscus, Orange Zest and Hawaiian Shores. I stamped the large HAPPY, in each of those colors, down the center of my card. Along the left side, I stamped 'wishing you a' vertically, in black. To finish my sentiment, I stamped 'BIRTHDAY' underneath, also in black.

Around my sentiment I added flowers that I had stamped and die-cut using the coordinating You Are My Happy Die Collection. Those were popped up with dimensional foam.

I added a few die-cut leaves and die-cut circles for my flower centers to complete my first card!

Up next is Frame It Out: Wishes. 

I started by die-cutting the two leave bundles in the set and stamped the outline in black. I then went back and filled each leave in with the following colors … Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet and Simply Chartreuse. 

I arranged those around my white card base, leaving room for my sentiment in the center. I love that this set comes with a sentiment shadow die!

To complete my second card I simply added a few orange sequins around my wreath! 

My final card for today features the new Celebrating You set. There are so many fun elements to this set. I chose the heart balloon to use on my card!

Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist and Hawaiian Shores are the colors on this one. I simply cut down a white card panel and stamped the balloon outline across the front. I filled in each of those with the colors I just mentioned and then stamped the strings.

To create polka dot balloons, I stamped the two circle images in Fresh Snow ink. I added die-cut bows to each of the balloons and the large Happy Birthday sentiment. That was stamped on an oval I die-cut with the Nesting Basics: Oval Die Collection.

I hope you enjoyed my projects for today. Is anything standing out to you so far this month? I would love to know! 

Pop on over to the Ink to Paper Blog for more details on all of these wonderful new sets!

Have a wonderful Sunday and Happy Mother's Day to all of you wonderful moms, stepmoms grandmas, sisters, aunts and friends!

xo,

Melissa