Supplies: (all PTI unless specified) Card stock: Kraft, Rustic Cream, Sweet Blush Ink: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Spring Moss Stamps/Dies: Feather Finery, Rosie Posie Step 1 & 2, Sketched Shapes (banner die), Chevron Coverplate Other: Clear Wink of Stella, MME Enamel Dots, Versamark, Gold Embossing Powder, Spritzer Tool w/Distress Marker for misted background

I can hardly believe that December is actually here! Christmas too will be here before we know it. How many of you are ready?! Not I. Well, for this months Papertrey Ink Senior Design Team Challenge our focus is on the fast approaching holidays by putting Vintage Ornaments and Vintage Ornaments Additions to good use. I have yet to acquire the Additions set, but today I bring to you a fun embossing idea using Vintage Ornaments... Here's a coordinating card and tag in a color combo of Soft Stone, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss and Pure Poppy.First up the card. I started with a die cut Half & Half strip, stamped it with a Vintage Ornament sentiment and attached to the card with dimensional adhesive.Check out these hand made frosted glass ornaments, created from cardstock and clear embossing powder. Here's How: I die cut the ornaments from white cardstock, stamped the icing (in Pure Poppy and Aqua Mist) and then heat embossed the solid ornament image using clear powder.Next up... the tag. I started by trimming, stamping and attaching a sentiment strip to a Soft Stone tag. Then, using the same technique as above, I stamped, embossed and attached the ornament.Next step was to attach the ribbon tab. Here's How: Thread twine through the button, then thread twine ends through the hole at the top of the tag. Flip the tag over, place the ribbon and tie securely into place with the twine ends.Here's a nice shot of the frosted glass look. I finished the tag off with a couple die cut Spring Moss holly leaves, one stamped with Background Basics: Circles and the other with Background Basics: Gingham. Well, that's it from me today. Now be sure to visit the other Papertrey Ink Senior Design Team girls for more Vintage Ornaments goodness... Dawn McVey Betsy Veldman Heather Nichols Lisa Johnson Thanks for stopping by today! Maile May Your Christmas Be Merry & Bright: Stamps: Vintage Ornaments Ink: Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Smoky Shadow & Versamark Cardstock: Soft Stone, White & Spring Moss Accessories: White Embroidery Floss, 1/4" White Silk Ribbon, Clear Embossing Powder, Half & Half Die Collection, Vintage Ornaments Die Collection & Holly Jolly Die Collection 'Tis the Season Tag: Stamps: Vintage Ornaments, Background Basics: Circles & Background Basics: Gingham Ink: Aqua Mist, Smoky Shadow & Versamark Cardstock: Soft Stone, White & Spring Moss Accessories: Soft Stone Saddle Stitch Ribbon, Pure Poppy Baker's Twine, Pure Poppy Button, Clear Embossing Powder, Tag Sale 5 Die, Vintage Ornaments Die Collection & Holly Jolly Die Collection

Happy April everyone! We are enjoying an earlier than normal spring here in Minnesota - I hardly know what to do with all of the plants coming up in my yard this early! Today is the Papertrey Ink senior design...

Since the Papertrey Ink June release is over, I've got a bunch of cards to share with you today. So let me get started!...First up, a simple yet elegant card using Tag-its #5 by Heather Nichols (which happens to be my favorite of this series so far!).I stamped the doily circle in lavender moon, the flower bunch in Plum Pudding and a sentiment in True Black. Mounted the stamped circle onto a Mat Stack #5, which was impressed with the new Damask Design Impression Plate.Next, a creation using Daydreamer by Nichole Heady. Started this card by stamping the grassy image, in Versamark, onto a kraft card base.Created a focal image by stamping a the grassy image and two stems, in Spring Moss, onto a die cut Sending You frame. Stamped the flower tops in lavender moon, one directly onto the frame and the other I stamped, cut out and attach with dimensional adhesive. Then wrapped with ribbon and embellished with rhinestones. Then stamped the sentiment in True Black.Here's a card perfect for the party animal in your life, using It's A Jungle Out There by Dawn McVey. I impressed a Soft Stone card base with the Animal Prints Impression Plate.Stamped the zebra in True Black and topped him off with a Raspberry Fizz party hat.How about a little Flower Fusion #5, by Melissa Bickford, fun!I stamped the flower tops, in True Black, and then drew a few stems by hand with a black marker. Hand cut a few leaves and attached with dimensional adhesive. Finished the card of with a sentiment and a few colorful buttons in Orange Zest, Raspberry Fizz & Harvest Gold.Here's a simple card using Lizzie Jones' new Rhythm & Soul set.I stamped the guitar images in Chai Vintage Touch ink and a sentiment (from Embellishments) in Hawaiian Shores ink onto Rustic Cream cardstock. Attached a strip of Basic Grey Sweet Threads pattern paper and embellished with a stitch button and wrapped twine.Last but not lease, another stunning set by Nichole Heady, Mehndi Medallion. The sentiments are from Gracious Vases.Stamped panels in Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise & Enchanted Evening, onto white cardstock. Mounted the panels onto a Soft Stone card base and wrapped with Enchanted Evening Baker's Twine. That's it from me today. Thanks for stopping by and have a great one! Maile

Hi everyone. Today I tried out a technique I saw on Jennifer McGuire's blog. She embossed onto vellum and colored her image with markers, using a soft cloth to blend the inks. The only difference is that I colored on the front of the image so that the colors were more vibrant. I love how it turned out. I made a few of the flowers and leaves (leaves are simply stamped in ink and fussy cut), so also made a tag (below). This card is for the latest challenge at Simon Says Stamp - Emboss It! ... and for SCS Free For All Challenge (F4A230 - bright and beautiful) from last week (just catching up!). The colors used for the flower are bright (orange, pink and red). And the tag below is for a couple of challenges ... Tag, You're It! Challenge #2 - to create a CAS tag inspired by Lauren Bassen's beautiful tag (I kept the same colors and used a grid for my background, along with vellum accents) ... and for SCS Mix-ability Challenge #78 - summer tags (I used markers for coloring the vellum, and sponged ink for the background grid). Here's the tag ... Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral (SU!); Lots of Thanks (Simon Says); A Little Sentimental (Clearly Besotted) Paper: White; Vellum (Bazzill) Ink: Daffodil Delight, Pear Pizzazz, Pumpkin Pie, Melon Mambo, Real Red, Smoky Slate (SU!) Accessories & Tools: White embossing powder, heat tool, soft cloth, harlequin stencil, sponge, Tangerine Tango 1/4" satin ribbon Challenges: Simon Says - Emboss It! SCS Free for All #230 Tag, You're It! - #2 SCS Mix-ability #78

Hi there! Today I’m back with Papertrey Ink to share my final release projects with you. All of the new product that I’m sharing today will be available tonight in the Papertrey Ink sto…

I have some new news. Maybe you've already seen it. I'm kinda freaking out a little. Here is a little story... So, I'm on the treadmill the other day and figured I would check my email. (Obviously not going that fast but don't tell anyone.) I started skimming through and briefly saw an email saying Papertrey Ink. When I first saw it, I thought it was a newsletter. So I scrolled. Then I gasped....pretty much fell off the treadmill, quickly regained my footing and then attempted to scroll back up to find what I had just skimmed past. (Do you have a good visual? Go ahead and laugh.) The email was from Nichole Heady....asking me to join the Papertrey Ink Design Team. WHAT? Me? NO way. I emailed her back to tell her YES and also to share with her, my reaction when I saw her email... First, I gasped. (Insert close call with the treadmill story) Then I laughed out of nervousness. Next, I checked to see if this wasn't spam....or a joke. hehe! Then I screamed, called my husband and started blubbering to him like a fool. Really? Me?! I had to process all of this and still am, really. But I also knew that with a spot opening on the DT, that meant someone amazing would be leaving. Then I found out it was Cristina. She and I said years ago, we were stamping soul mates. She is such an amazing person and so talented. I am incredibly proud of her and so happy for her new adventure but so sad to see her go. Not to mention, incredibly nervous and pretty much terrified because there is NO way I will ever come close to filling those talented shoes of hers! I am extremely excited to be joining the girls at PTI. They are all so talented and bring such amazing inspiration each month. I hope I can show up with half the creativity they bring! I know I will learn a lot from them! I want to say thank you to Nichole for this hugely awesome invitation! Definitely a dream come true. I thought I would look back through Flickr and share some favorite PTI cards from the past several years. I couldn't narrow it down to a few, so I put a bunch in. Sorry, it may be photo overload! Thanks for stopping by today so I could share my fun news with you!

Feathered Friends is one of our most popular series, and Feathered Friends 9 is no exception! Join Shauna as she takes you through a step-by-step tutorial bringing this gorgeous cockatiel to life! STAMPS: Wreath Box Sentiments, Brighter Days, Effor

Hey everyone! Thanks for joining me today, for the March Papertrey Ink Senior DT challenge. This time around we are bringing back Friends 'Til the End! It's been fun pulling out this unique and lovely set. Friends 'Til the End is a timeless set. It's in a class of its own, one that can fit into pretty much any different style. Today, my projects are done more in a trendy/modern style, incorporating a touch of gold. And this set gets the job done just right. Have a look!... First, my inspiration found here. For today's little duo, I found inspiration via the pink and gold combo. As well as the polka dots on the very pretty bowl above. A simple and modern card with fun elements and techniques all over it. Just the way I like 'em. The large Friends 'Til the End flower was stamped in pigment gold ink and then heat embossed in gold powder onto some sweet blush pattern paper. A couple of glitter tape strips were tucked under the flower panel. Then two cardstock strips were trimmed at two different widths. The wider strip was heat embossed with a sentiment and then attached with some dimensional adhesive. The smaller strip was adhered directly to the flower panel, for more of a flush look. Last (but not least) the tag. This sweet tag was created in a very smiler fashion as the card. Here's How: Three tags were die cut using the Tag Sale #5 die. One from pattern paper and two from white cardstock. The pattern paper and one white tag were both trimmed into two pieces and then reassembled back onto the remaining die cut tag. The large flower was then stamped and heat embossed in gold. A circle was punched from some gold glitter tape and place onto the flower center. Then the tag was finished off with a sentiment strip and tied with some silk ribbon. Well, that's it from me today. Now be sure to visit the other Papertrey Ink senior design team girls for more Friends 'Til the End goodness... Dawn McVey Betsy Veldman Heather Nichols Melissa Phillips Thanks for stopping by today! Maile Card and Tag Duo Supplies... InLinkz.com

It’s time for the "Same but different" March challenge. For more information about this challenge, click HERE . ...

Yup, just a tad obsessed with my new Wplus9 florals (which arrived in two days)!! Although I should be packing, sorting, and tossing in preparation for our upcoming move I just could not resist...... All Wplus9 Fresh Cut Florals, with a few PTI sentiments thrown in!

Happy Saturday! I had a few moments to get crafty today and decided to play along with April's Papertrey Ink's Blog Hop! I just love inspiration challenges. I started with rustic white card

Three card challenges in one. Players can use a sketch an inspiration photo or combine the two to create a Fusion.

It's time again for another Fusion Card Challenge ! This time I didn't use the sketch and was primarily inspired by the colors and ch...

CAS design is in full bloom here at CASology, so we thought we'd let you cultivate good CAS design habits this week while focusing on FLOWER, our brand new cue word! We know you'll impress us again with even more CAS beauty! Before we take a look at the design team and guest designer creations, we'd like to welcome back Serendipity Stamps as our generous sponsor! There's lots going on over at Serendipity! They have a new challenge theme up on their challenge blog and, guess what?! It's FLOWERS this month, so if you've got some Serendipity stamps or dies in your stash, head on over and link up this week's creation not only here at CASology, but over on the Serendipity Challenge Blog! They recently added lots of new spring themed images to their store, so you'll want to go check them out! This week's winner will win a $20 gift certificate to the online store! Now let's see what the design team and this week's guest designer created for your inspiration! Guest Designer: Hazel design defined: Keep the colour palette minimal & add interest by offsetting a panel. Meghan design defined: Lots of white card stock says clean and simple to me! Melissa design defined: Create a visual triangle with your design elements. Tracey design defined: A larger and bold image has big impact on your CAS card. Ardyth design defined: A CAS white-on-white design can have fun, hidden surprises! Gillian design defined: One layer cards are a great way of keeping your cards CAS Jen design defined: Replace a letter in your sentiment with an image for a clean and graphic feel. Joyce design defined: Paper piece your main image to add color and interest, while keeping your overall design CAS. Judy design defined: Big embellishments on small images can still be CAS and fun. Kimberly design defined: Clustering your images together, using a one layer approach, and keeping your embellishments to a minimum, will have you CAS-Happy in no time! Now go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the challenge blog by Monday at NOON (CDT)! An InLinkz Link-up

Hi everyone! Can you believe another month has rolled around and it's time to reveal the March release at Papertrey Ink?! We have 4 days of reveals then release day will be Tuesday, March 26. Today, we are introducing you to Pro Stamper's Box: March 2024 and Just Notes stamps, stencils, dies + Love to Layer: Notebook dies. I really love the new line that PTI is introducing called Pro Stamper's Box. This first one is really lovely with fun background elements, frames, beautiful simple flowers and awesome sentiment dies! I cut doubles of the frame and sentiment to make them more sturdy and to add dimension. STAMPS: Pro Stamper's Box: March 2024. INK: Villainous Potion distress oxide; Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado. PAPER: Stampers Select White, Amethyst Allure. DIES: Pro Stamper's Box: 2024. OTHER: Raindrop embellishments; Stitched Rectangle STAX die. This Just Notes set is so much fun to assemble! Who needs to buy washi tape when you can just stamp different patterned strips and then tear them into whatever size you need?! It's hard to see in the photo but, I silver embossed the clip so it looks metallic. I aged the edges of the notebook die cut layer (it's a really fun set with 3 different sizes of notebook paper!) by using a distressing tool and also by curling up the corner. STAMPS: Just Notes. INK: Pure Poppy, Harvest Gold, Honey Nut, Aqua Mist, Weathervane, True Black; Versamark. PAPER: Stampers Select White, Bitty Bi: Pure Poppy; Patterned paper by Recollections. DIES: Just Notes, Love to Layer; Notebook. OTHER: Silver embossing powder; Staples; Stitched Rectangle STAX die. Another card using the fun elements in this set! STAMPS: Just Notes. INK: Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Sweet Blush, Classic Kraft, Pure Poppy, True Black. PAPER: Silver metallic; Stampers Select White, Pure Poppy, Hawaiian Shores. DIES: Just Notes, Border Bling: TIn Stitch. OTHER: Stitched Rectangle STAX dies; Enamel dots. SUPPLIES That's it for day one reveals. Stay tuned for some incredible new florals and Mother's Day items tomorrow! ~Wanda

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I used every Flower Fusion set that I have. ;) PTI Cardstock - SS White PTI ink - Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Sweet Blush, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Plum Pudding PTI Dies - Flower Fusion #1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, Stem PTI Stamps - Flower Fusion #1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, Faith & Hope Other - Twine

I love most everything Betsy Veldman creates http://scrapbookgirl.typepad.com/paper_scissors_and_superh/2011/02/february-papertrey.html, which inspired me to create these three cards: Cardstock: PTI white and rustic cream Stamps: Flower Fusion #1, Communique Sentiments,Simple Stationery (all PTI), Verve-Thankful Accents Ink: Colorbox Pigments and Chalks, PTI Hibiscus Burst 

Sharing a card + video tutorial. Please be sure to stop by my blog for a full supply list and a video link. TFL! www.zrobysama.com.ua/?p=41821&lang=en

It's day #1 of reveals for the January release at Ink to Paper. The USPS held up the design team by "losing" our packages so we were all late getting them. Instead of a release on the 15th, it will be the 20th instead. Today, we are introducing Sprigs & Sprays stamp set and dies + Antique Wishes stamp set and dies + Cake Please stamp set and dies + Delicate Doilies dies. I had a smooshing good time with the background using distress oxide inks! The florals in this set can be paired with a variety of containers from previously released sets and I chose the pitcher from Abundant Blooms. I love that the Cake Please set has 3 different floral or cake "picks" images - birthday, anniversary and baby - making it a fun option for adding a sentiment! STAMPS: Sprigs + Spays, Cake Please, Abundant Blooms INK: Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Ocean Tides, Green Parakeet, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, True Black; Picked Raspberry Mustard Seed, Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey distress oxide inks (used on background). PAPER: Watercolor, White. DIES: Border Bling: Tin Stitch, Pierced Feature Frames, Sprigs + Sprays, Cake Please, Abundant Blooms. There is an awesome new farmhouse style frame die and stamp set that is so much fun to create with! I chose to stencil Soft Stone ink over Soft Stone paper using the largest Hexagon stencil that can be found in the Papertrey Ink store. It's hard to see the dry embossing of the frame die that gives it added texture. The frame width is 3 3/4" wide which I like as it seems a bit like a small slimline card (length is 5 1/2"). STAMPS: Antique Wishes, Sprigs + Sprays. INK: Soft Stone, True Black, Pale Peony, Sweet Blush; Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather. PAPER: White, Soft Stone. DIES: Antique Wishes, Sprigs + Sprays. OTHER: Hexagon stencil by PTI. My last card for the day uses a really fun cake set that is so versatile for a variety of occasions! I love this new large doily die (it's the largest of three in the set). I used some patterned papers in two of my favorite ITP colors - Sweet Blush and Aqua Mist and dusted off some seam binding that reminded me of my early stamping days when I added ribbon very frequently. STAMPS: Cake Please INK: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, True Black, Lemon Tart, Summer Sunrise, Green Parakeet, Ocean Tides, New Leaf, Simply Chartreuse, Sweet Blush, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet PAPER: Bitty Big: Sweet Blush, Bitty Big: Aqua Mist, White DIES: Delicate Doilies, Cake Please OTHER: Seam binding Supplies Don't forget to stop by tomorrow when you'll more new products on the second of four days! ~Wanda

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Welcome back to another day of reveals of the June release at Papertrey Ink! Today, we are showing you Vintage Blooms stamps and dies + Inside Greetings: Friendship stamp set + Feathered Friends 24 dies + Just Sentiments: Friendship. Remember the Penciled Outlines I mentioned yesterday? Here you can see two of the stamps that add a fun detail to geometric shapes. I recommend starting with the outline stamp of the flowers and ink them up first. It will make the next several steps much easier to line up! A pop of yellow paired with black and white is one of my fave color combos. STAMPS: Vintage Blooms, Penciled Outlines, Just Sentiments: Friendship INK: Lemon Tart, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, True Black, Canyon Clay, Terracotta Tile, Limeade Ice, New Leaf PAPER: Bitty Big: True Black, White DIES: Vintage Blooms, Penciled Outlines OTHER: Stitched rectangle die, Raindrops Next on board is another card using the Vintage Blooms. I color blended four distress inks on the base panel (see supply list below). I then stenciled the script using white pigment ink. I like that's it's very subtle. It's helpful to adhere two of the diagonal skinny frames together to make it more sturdy and easier to adhere to the card. STAMPS: Vintage Blooms, Inside Greetings: Friendship INK: Wild Honey, Ripe Persimmon, Fired Brick, Dusty Concord (distress inks used for background); True Black, Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Fresh Snow PAPER: Bristol Smooth Surface, White DIES: Vintage Blooms, Skinny Frames: Diagonal Border, Delicate Doilies Next is a fun little corner bookmark that is perfect to use the sweet scroll die that is part of the Vintage Blooms set! I started with a 5" square of patterned paper and scored it in half, turned it and scored another half so that it had four sections. I then cut out one of the four scored squares then on the opposite corner, I cut off half of the square. After folding it together, I cut a plain white square to insert into the folded corner and stamped the sentiment from Graceful Butterflies. I thought this fit so well with the idea of escaping into a good book to go beyond the ordinary! STAMPS: Graceful Butterflies INK: Dark Indigo, Honey Nut PAPER: Bitty Big: Dark Indigo, White, Honey Nut, Dark Indigo, Share Your Heart patterned paper DIES: Vintage Blooms Last, but not least, is the introduction of a new feathered friends die. This toucan is such a fun tropical bird and very easy to put together. Some stenciled dots and splatters add interest to the background. SUPPLIES Stay tuned tomorrow for more of the new release. There will be some really fun new summer stamps and dies you won't want to miss! ~Wanda

New Release Countdown: Day 4 April 14, 2021 Good morning friends and welcome back to the final day of product reveals for the new release at...

.........On Your Special Day. Happy Birthday, Marybeth! I hope you enjoy your {belated} birthday blog hop. A few of your friends have gotten together to create projects celebrating YOU! I had a few pieces left over; just the right amount to embellish the inside of the card. Make sure to see what everyone else has created for you! Joyce Cathy Ally Bev Bonnie Carol J. Carol S. Christina Darnell Helen Jeanne Jill Kara Kelly Kim Lisa Nancy Renee Sharron Sue Tracey Vickie {Don't forget to check out this week's Friday Inspiration File.......#131} Cardstock: PTI White, Harvest Gold Stamps: WP9 Fresh Cut Florals Ink: PTI Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest Dies: WP9 Fresh Cut Florals, PTI Mat Stack 5 Other: Polka Dot Embossing Folder, Ripe Avocado Saddle Stitch Ribbon

Welcome to Group Post day #1 for the Papertrey Ink December countdown! Today the team is featuring a new floral set designed by Nichole called Rosie Posie. The set contains a ton of different bold floral images along with lots...

It is my day for posting an Inspired By Stamping card. Since Valentine's Day seems to be the trend right now, I went with a Valentine's Day card. I used the new Color Palette challenge over at My Favorite Things. I used the fun digi paper from Spring Lilacs, along with the ticket image from Tickets. Behind the ticket is a small die from Fancy Labels Die 1. I also used a couple of Small Flowers. I'm thinking this works. Thanks for stopping by~

Hello Friends! I am super excited to be guesting on the Wplus9 blog today! I have been a huge fan of Dawn's for several years, ever since I discovered Wplus9. I have a card to share with you today using some gorgeous products that I just love! I don't think I'm the only one who fell head over heels in love with the Free Hand Florals stamp set. I am also using an older set, Lacey Layers, which I've had in my stash for a long time that I dearly love! It's so great for layering and building collage type cards. So for my card, I started by watercoloring the background using a light tan dye ink on watercolor paper. When this was dry, I splattered some more of that same color ink around. I let this dry well. I then stamped two of the medallions from the Lacey Layers set with that same tan dye ink that I used for the watercoloring. I adhered these to my watercolored panel with foam tape. I then stamped the roses in three different shades of pink and the leaves in two shades of green. I cut those out with the matching dies. After arranging them just perfectly, I adhered them with foam tape. The sentiment is from the Strictly Sentiments 2 stamp set. I stamped it in the same tan dye ink that I used on the medallions, and cut it out with a banner die. I adhered this just under my cluster of roses with foam tape. I felt like my card still needed something under the banner for balance, so I added one more bunch of the green leaves just underneath. I adhered this whole panel to an A2 size top folded white card base and added a few clear sequins. I hope you have enjoyed my post today and are inspired to create something beautiful! Thank you so much for stopping by, and a huge thanks to Wplus9 for having me for a guest! Kay :)

It's time for a new Color Throwdown Challenge and Amy Rohl, our hostess for the week, has chosen a fabulous color palette based on this yummy cake photo! I went very literal with my interpretation and inked up these berries from WPlus9's Fresh Picked stamp set. Here's my take on it... I started with a Ranger watercolor CS base and added a light pink watercolor border using Spun Sugar distress ink (I seem to be addicted to adding watercolor details to all my cards lately 😜). Then, I inked up the strawberries using Festive Berries distress ink and rocked and rolled the edges in Cranberry Crush dye ink by WPlus9. Here's what else I used... STAMPS: Fresh Picked (WPlus9). PAPER: Winter Dots and Stripes by Echo Park, Real Red, Ranger watercolor CS. ACCESSORIES: Fresh Picked dies by WPlus9; Red twine. Congratulations to our guest star stamper - the talented Tenia Nelson! You'll want to stop by her blog and check out her beautiful creation HERE. To get all the details on how to play along with the challenge, please go to the Color Throwdown blog and check out the info on the right sidebar! You can also check out the rest of the design teams' creations for more inspiration on the CTD blog... or you can clink on their blog links below. Amy Rohl Barbara Anders Broni Holcombe Joan Ervin Jodi Collins Lisa Henke Lori Tecler Lynn Put Vickie Zimmer Wanda Cullen (you are here) Jill Hawkins - May Guest Designer

Can you believe another month has rolled around and we are beginning the reveals of the February release at Papertrey Ink? I think I may have squealed when my package arrived and I saw the awesome new stamps and dies! So...let's get this party started! Today, we are introducing you to Weave a Basket dies + Grassy Edge dies + Spring Greetings stamps set + Vase Collection 7 stamps and dies + Thank You Florals stamps and dies + Delicate Circles dies. Check out this gorgeous basket die where you literally weave the strips yourself! I also love the new grassy border die that can be added to ground the basket. I color blended over a stencil for the card base using Prize Ribbon, Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers distress inks and a hexagon stencil. The grassy filler was die cut from vellum. STAMPS: Spring Greetings INK: Prize Ribbon, Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers, Mowed Lawn, Evergreen Bough distress inks; Versamark PAPER: Vellum, Bristol Smooth Surface, White, Family Ties patterned paper (Pebbles) DIES: Jar Accessories, Pattern Party, Weave A Basket, Grassy Edges OTHER: Gold embossing powder, Hexagon stencil, Glitter enamel dots The new vase is my new favorite in the collection plus I love the fun new florals that pair with it so well! How about that elegant new doily die layered over a Pattern Party circle from last month's release?! I'm trying to use some of my older embossing folders since I love to add texture to my cards. Adding a button is also a "blast from the past" which seemed like a great accent for an added pop of color. STAMPS: Thank You Florals, Vase Collection 7, Pattern Party. INK: Misty Coast, Rocky Slope, Warm Buff, Gathered Twigs; True Black; Versamark. PAPER: X-Press It Blending Card, White, Stone. DIES: Delicate Circles, Vase Collection 7, Thank You Florals, Pattern Party. OTHER: Square Lattice embossing folder, Copics, White gel pen, Clear embossing powder, Button/thread. SUPPLIES That's all for day one. Stop by tomorrow for some really unique spring and Easter stamps and dies! ~Wanda

Hello and welcome to our 2nd Year Anniversary!! We are so excited as we have each invited a Guest to join us for this challenge! Each guest has inspired us and we know they will inspire you today!!! We hope you will join us! PROCEDURES: 1. Play with just the sketch challenge. 2. Play with just the inspiration photo challenge. 3. Or you can create FUSION by combining BOTH challenges into one card. 4. Use the challenge graphic and link back to Fusion in your post. 5. Please read the other considerations on the Our Rules Page before playing along. Here are some fabulous cards by our design team showing you how it works! Sandie Munro's card Kylie Purtell (Sandie's Guest Designer) I chose to invite Kylie as my Guest Designer as I admire her ability to create cards in all styles from CAS to mixed media and every card is incredible. She is not only an amazing card designer but a wonderful friend, owner of a number of challenge blogs and now runs her own stamp company Happy Little Stampers. Michelle Lupton Kelly Latevola (Michelle's Guest Designer) I chose to invite my friend, Kelly Latevola because she's just awesome. And I saw the photo inspiration and knew that she would come up with something fabulous! She's funny, smart, and her skills at colouring are Just.The.Bomb. And she can do any style she sets her mind to - she's a superstar! Julia Aston's card Loll Thompson (Julia's Guest Designer) I invited my lovely stamping/blogging friend, Loll Thompson, to be a Fusion Guest Designer because I am in total awe of her stamping style. She is all about discovering and using new techniques on her creative card designs and yet her cards still remain beautifully and stunningly Clean and Simple! Karren Johnson's card Sonja Kerkhoffs (Karren's Guest Designer) I invited Sonja to be my Guest Designer as I am constantly amazed by her gorgeous cards and artwork. As well as being fantastic at coloring, Sonja also creates her own beautiful art journal pages. Her card-making style is clean and fresh and her cards are frequently seen in the gallery here at Fusion. Michelle Williams' card Michele Ferguson (Michelle's Guest Designer) I invited my friend Michele as my Guest Designer because, firstly I really like her (she's funny and friendly and super sweet), and secondly because she inspires me constantly with her beautiful CAS cards and amazing creativity. Michele made two cards for this challenge and because I couldn't choose just one, I'm sharing both! Lyndal Higgins Card(s) Kelly Griglione (Lyndal's Guest Designer) I couldn't resist inviting our gorgeous ex-teamie and my birthday twin, Kelly Griglione, to join us for our two year FUSION celebration! I have long been a fan of Kelly's inspiring creations, she always thinks outside the square for her card creations, and is a fabulous photographer and scrapbooker as well! Kimberly Wiener Diane Jacquay (Kimberly's Guest Designer) I chose Diane Jacquay as my inspirational guest as she is a challenge player after my own heart! Diane's clean crisp cards inspire me to look at things a whole new way and inspire me to join in too! Lynn Mangan Maureen Plut (Lynn's Guest Designer) I chose Maureen as my guest designer as she is one my dearest blogging friends and we were lucky enough to meet in person a few years ago. I adore her style; she can layer and add a touch of bling to her cards and the end result is always amazing. A little about Moe: She's a St. Patrick's Day baby with a passion for card marking. Wife to Tony, Mom to Jake and Grandmoe to Ashlynn. A grade one teacher and recent Master's graduate from Gonzaga. An all around incredible person! Brandi Hall Annette Allen (Brandi's Guest Designer) I chose to invite Annette to play along with us because she is a true card artist in every sense of the word. Her layouts and color schemes are always spot on in my opinion, and I find her work so inspiring! Stephanie Severin's Card Lydia Fiedler aka Understand Blue (Stephanie's Guest Designer) I adore Lydia's amazing ability to create using a wide-range of design styles and products (and her great videos share her creative process). She always inspires me, makes me laugh, and shares great recipes too. Jeanne Jachna's card: Marybeth Lopez (Jeanne's Guest Designer) First Marybeth is a very special friend - we share the love of crafting and she has been a blessing in my life. I love her clean style with just enough embellishments to satisfy! Her designs are always classy and elegant. She has a beautiful eye for color and design and I always look forward to seeing her creations. Deanne Kay Tenia Nelson (Deanne's Guest Designer) Tenia's cards speak for themselves!! Every time I blink she posts another fantastic card and I am inspired and amazed. I don't know how she does it! Tenia's style is clean, fresh, and always trendy! Katie Brooks Tracey McNeely aka In My Creative Opinion (Katie's Guest Designer) Do you know Tracey McNeely? If not you should! :) Tracey and I have come to know one another through crafting and blogging. I consider myself very lucky as she is a very sweet and dear person. We have a lot in common. Tracey makes the most amazing creations! I am in awe at her ability to make wonderful clean and simple cards. Case in point.... Shannon Jaramillo Sandy Mathis I met Sandy through our mutual love of stamping. Her designs are crisp and clean while staying detailed and ornate. I love the way she combines color and patterns and as you can see below, her coloring is amazing! I'm always excited to see her next creation! Betty J. Betty's Guest Designer: Ren-Yi Lo I chose Ren-Yi, because I like her cardmaking style. She is a very lovable person and I have met her a few times in Germany. Welcome ladies and thank you so your amazing projects! Come and join us! This challenge ends on Tuesday, January 20th at Noon (PST). An InLinkz Link-up

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It seems I am needing far too many sympathy cards lately, so once again...I brought out this sentiment from Ink to Paper's Wild Fields set. I don't know about you, but I have loads of patterned paper and thought I'd use some up with this card. It's a busy week with planning for Easter weekend and getting cards in the mail today! This Lush Bloom stamp set is so simple to layer up so it fit the clean, easy style I was aiming for. I cut out 3 button dies from black cardstock and adhered them together and added thread. It's more mailing friendly than a real button! STAMPS: Lush Bloom, Wild Fields (Ink to Paper). PAPER: Classique: Pretty 6x6 pad by Authentique; White by Ink to Paper. INK: Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Autumn Rose, Aqua Mist, Mint Julep, Ocean Tides, True Black dye inks by Ink to Paper. DIES: Border Bling: Postage, Pierced Feature Frames, Lush Bloom (Ink to Paper); Blueprints 27 and Buttons Die-Namics by My Favorite Things. I'll be running errands today since tomorrow looks like lots more rain then colder (only up to 41) on Thursday. Enjoy your day! ~Wanda

Where do I even start tonight? There is so much to say about the new Papertrey Ink Holiday Photo Finishers. Have to collect my thoughts. OK...so here's the deal. I'm a Shutterfly girl. I get pre-printed photo cards with extra photos and messages printed inside (I believe they are called Storybook cards). It's been a bit of a no-brainer for me. Easy-piesy lemon squeezy...they are done without much hassle. But I've always felt just a wee bit guilty not making something homemade. I'm mean...come on...I'm the professional crafty type. Where's the love when I really need to show it? Reminds me of the cobbler's children going without shoes and all. This year, I'm going homemade. And that's because of this set of stamps and the dies. Oh...and the fabulous tri-fold card! I'm a bit wordy when it comes to catching everybody up to our yearly activities. And there is nothing I like better than getting a nice letter in the mail from loved ones and holiday time. The tri-fold lets me be wordy and crafty and just a wee bit clever because it is so darn easy. Let me show you. Here's the photo front of my card. I used Dawn's Candy Cane Christmas paper and stamped with this lovely sentiment. I LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE these dies. So many uses. The embossed lines are so money. Just for a bit of crafty goodness--not much mind you, this has to be easy to make it multiples--felt holly leaves. The glittery center "berry" is from some Stickopatomus stickers I got at Michael's. Flip the card over and you have a sentiment from Inside/Out: Holiday. It fits inside the Mat Stack 1 Layerz. Additional holly serve as brackets. As a personal touch, I signed our name. For the first flip of the card, you get a photo of my favorite buddy and a little ditty about him. I created all of this on my computer (including the red label) and just printed it out on printer paper. When opened all the way, photos and info for the rest of us. A few holly just for color. All four "people panels" were printed on one sheet of paper. How easy would it be to print as many as you needed? Really, most of the work is done at once on these. Multiples are easy when you print and cut the majority of it and just add a few special paper crafting touches. For another project, I went with something non-holiday themed and used Flutterby Friend. Did I mention I love the Photo Finisher dies? Imagine the possibilities. There are so many sentiments that fit in them. This one is from Little Labels. A close up. There's the Mat Stack 1 shape. Which had me pulling out Mat Stack 1 Collection to reinforce the theme. Fits nicely. There's a bow from Maile's Bells & Boughs. Oh my good gravy. Those bows are on a lot of my projects this month. The perfect touch for somebody who doesn't use a lot of ribbon. I hope you are as excited as I am over this set this month. And are already thinking about your holiday cards. Start them now--avoid the stress and rush in December. And kick back with a mug of hot chocolate instead of pulling your hair out trying that done during the hustle and bustle of the holiday. Looking forward to seeing everyone else's projects. Down right giddy about it. Hop on over to see what they are up to as well: Nichole Heady Jessica Witty Betsy Veldman Dawn McVey Heather Nichols Lisa Johnson Melissa Phillips Michelle Wooderson Maile Belles Danielle Flanders Supplies: Holiday Card Stamps: Holiday Photo Finishers, Inside/Out: Holiday, Library Ledger Year Additions Cardstock: Simply Chartreuse PTI Tri-fold card Dies: Mat Stack II Layerz, Holly Jolly Ink: True Black, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado Patterned Paper: Candy Cane Christmas Felt: Simply Chartreuse Other: Digital labels (my own design), glitter epoxy stickers by Stickopatomus Hello Friend Stamps: Flutterby Friends, Bells & Boughs, Mat Stack 1 Collection, Little Labels Cardstock: Scarlett Jewel, Autumn Rose, Stamper's Select White Ink: True Black Dies: Edgers #4, Photo Finisher Strips, Bells & Boughs Button: Blueberry Sky Copic Trios: Scarlett Jewel, Enchanted Evening, Ripe Avocado

Hello there! You have probably already seen WPlus9 March 2017 release (if you haven't yet, be sure to check out my video here) and I’m excited to share some more inspiration using Modern Petunias stamp set. Like this project? Pin it and save for later! CARD DETAILS As soon as I spotted Modern Petunias stamp

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