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Hello! The Papertrey Ink team is back again to share with you a new stamp set called Gratitude Journal designed by Dawn McVey. Perfect for this time of year, to reflect on all that we're grateful for! I wanted to make a little mini book that I can add pages on to, and I really wanted to try an unusual color scheme - something other than the traditional "fall" look. I chose to use Pink Paislee's Nantucket line of papers! Here you can see I've used some new Pink Paislee wooden alphas and stamped "life is beautiful" across them with the Gratitude stamps. One of my favorite things Pink Paislee came out with this month is these beautiful Vintage Vogue Spool Buttons, so I couldn't wait to try them on a project (the black wooden circle). I added a tab to the front that is cut from one of the patterned papers and stamped with, "gratitude, a journal". The tabs were cut with a new set of dies called Journal Tabs, then I stamped on them and stitched the bottoms of the tabs for an extra detail. Page 1: I used a sheet of vellum for journaling and layered it over a large photo of my daughter Taylor. I had a lot to say, so I decided this would be a good way to fit a lot of journaling without blocking the photo all together. Page 2: My girls are getting so close now that they are getting older. They are 11 (almost 12) and 6 years old. I love how well they play together sometimes, and this photo really captures that! I'm grateful for all of the little happy moments we have together. On this page, I stamped the "Give Thanks" twice - once in a lighter brown and once in a darker brown, then layered them on top of each other. The doilies are just purchased from the craft store in the baking supply section. Page 3: Here I stamped onto the envelope and sprinkled white paint over the top. There is a little note (journaling) tucked into the envelope. Watching my girls dancing in the rain makes me so happy! More of the Vintage Vogue wooden spools and a Papertrey Ink button and twine! I stamped "treasure" 3 times, stitched and then shabbied it up with paint. LOVE the chevron paper that Pink Paislee came out with! I could use it on everything! The last page is one of my favorites, because I really love the mix of patterns and colors here, sort of an eclectic feel. I used a vintage book paper for my journaling and folded it up 3 ways, then punched a hole and tucked it into my book. The brown polkadot paper is a paper by October Afternoon, floral button is Crate Paper and sticker/twine/other papers are Pink Paislee. Ribbon is Papertrey Ink. One of my favorite things when creating mini albums is making little "fun finds" inside, little surprises like this folded page of vintage book paper that I journaled inside. Love repeating a stamp on a background. I left the bottom open for journaling. I think I'm going to add more open pages that are ready for journaling, so I can add MANY more pages to my book this month! There is so much to be grateful for! When finished, I tied the book together with embroidery floss, an inexpensive way to bind your own books. Gratitude Journal: STAMPS: Gratitude Journal, Simple Circles (star on front cover) by Papertrey Ink INK: True Black/ Dark Chocolate by PTI, light brown by Ranger, pink is Chewing Gum by Jenni Bowlin PAPER: Nantucket line by Pink Paislee, (brown polkadot) October Afternoon DIES: Journal Tabs by Papertrey Ink OTHER: ribbon/twine/buttons by Papertrey Ink,white floss, doilies, Vintage Vogue wooden spools by Pink Paislee, white flower by Pebbles, envelope by Maya Road, seam binding. Thank you for visiting! Please visit the other ladies to see what they have made with the Gratitude Journal stamps and dies! Betsy Veldman Dawn McVey Erin Lincoln Heather Nichols Jessica Witty Lisa Johnson Maile Belles Melissa Phillips Michelle Wooderson Nichole Heady
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Hi everyone! Kelly here bringing you this month’s picks from the press gallery. I cannot believe the first month of 2014 is already coming to an end! Talk about flying by. But here we are a…
Hello! The Papertrey Ink team is back again to share with you a new stamp set called Gratitude Journal designed by Dawn McVey. Perfect for this time of year, to reflect on all that we're grateful for! I wanted to make a little mini book that I can add pages on to, and I really wanted to try an unusual color scheme - something other than the traditional "fall" look. I chose to use Pink Paislee's Nantucket line of papers! Here you can see I've used some new Pink Paislee wooden alphas and stamped "life is beautiful" across them with the Gratitude stamps. One of my favorite things Pink Paislee came out with this month is these beautiful Vintage Vogue Spool Buttons, so I couldn't wait to try them on a project (the black wooden circle). I added a tab to the front that is cut from one of the patterned papers and stamped with, "gratitude, a journal". The tabs were cut with a new set of dies called Journal Tabs, then I stamped on them and stitched the bottoms of the tabs for an extra detail. Page 1: I used a sheet of vellum for journaling and layered it over a large photo of my daughter Taylor. I had a lot to say, so I decided this would be a good way to fit a lot of journaling without blocking the photo all together. Page 2: My girls are getting so close now that they are getting older. They are 11 (almost 12) and 6 years old. I love how well they play together sometimes, and this photo really captures that! I'm grateful for all of the little happy moments we have together. On this page, I stamped the "Give Thanks" twice - once in a lighter brown and once in a darker brown, then layered them on top of each other. The doilies are just purchased from the craft store in the baking supply section. Page 3: Here I stamped onto the envelope and sprinkled white paint over the top. There is a little note (journaling) tucked into the envelope. Watching my girls dancing in the rain makes me so happy! More of the Vintage Vogue wooden spools and a Papertrey Ink button and twine! I stamped "treasure" 3 times, stitched and then shabbied it up with paint. LOVE the chevron paper that Pink Paislee came out with! I could use it on everything! The last page is one of my favorites, because I really love the mix of patterns and colors here, sort of an eclectic feel. I used a vintage book paper for my journaling and folded it up 3 ways, then punched a hole and tucked it into my book. The brown polkadot paper is a paper by October Afternoon, floral button is Crate Paper and sticker/twine/other papers are Pink Paislee. Ribbon is Papertrey Ink. One of my favorite things when creating mini albums is making little "fun finds" inside, little surprises like this folded page of vintage book paper that I journaled inside. Love repeating a stamp on a background. I left the bottom open for journaling. I think I'm going to add more open pages that are ready for journaling, so I can add MANY more pages to my book this month! There is so much to be grateful for! When finished, I tied the book together with embroidery floss, an inexpensive way to bind your own books. Gratitude Journal: STAMPS: Gratitude Journal, Simple Circles (star on front cover) by Papertrey Ink INK: True Black/ Dark Chocolate by PTI, light brown by Ranger, pink is Chewing Gum by Jenni Bowlin PAPER: Nantucket line by Pink Paislee, (brown polkadot) October Afternoon DIES: Journal Tabs by Papertrey Ink OTHER: ribbon/twine/buttons by Papertrey Ink,white floss, doilies, Vintage Vogue wooden spools by Pink Paislee, white flower by Pebbles, envelope by Maya Road, seam binding. Thank you for visiting! Please visit the other ladies to see what they have made with the Gratitude Journal stamps and dies! Betsy Veldman Dawn McVey Erin Lincoln Heather Nichols Jessica Witty Lisa Johnson Maile Belles Melissa Phillips Michelle Wooderson Nichole Heady
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I hope you have enjoyed this fun cross promotional week we have had with the folks at Pink Paislee! Today, I want to share my main project that I created for this week. There were some really amazing projects created by the Scor-Pal team and the Pink Paislee team. Be sure you see them through each of the team blogs!! I have made a project called a Cardfolio, a folding box to hold four to eight cards and envelopes. The supplies you will need are: One 12"x12" piece of paper Scor-Pal Scor-Tape Scissors Corner rounder Embellishments First, cut your 12" x 12" piece of patterned paper. You will need to trim a 2" x 12" piece off; cut that in half ending up with two 2" x 6" pieces. Then trim off a 1" x 12" piece off; cut that piece in half ending with two 1" x 6" pieces. Finally, trim remaining piece to 9" x 11 1/2". I have used a piece of Pink Paislee patterned paper from the Portfolio collection named Unbelievable. Place your 9" x 11 1/2" piece of paper into your Scor-Pal with the 11 1/2" side against the top fence. Score at 1/2", 5 1/4", 6 1/4" and 11". Turn your paper 90 degrees and align the 9" side against the top fence. Score at 1" , 1 1/2", 7 1/2" and 8". Take one of the 2" x 6" pieces of paper and place the 2" side against the top fence. Score at 1/2". Repeat on the second 2" x6" piece. Returning to the 9" x 11 1/2" piece of patterned paper. Trim out the four corners as marked. You will cut on the 1/2" score line until it meets with the 1 1/2" score line. Cut on the 5 1/4" and 6 1/4" score lines until they meet the 1 1/2" score line. Cut on the 1" score line between the 5 1/4" and the 6 1/4" lines, leaves a 1/2" tab. Round the corners of the four inside flaps of the project , as shown below. Round the corners opposite the 1/2" scored section of both 2" x 6" pieces of patterned paper. Adhere Scor-Tape to the inside 1/2" scored sections of the 2" x 6" pieces. Adhere Scor-Tape to the center of one 1" x 6" piece of patterned paper. Discard the other 1" x 6" piece of paper. Place you project base desired pattern side down, remove adhesive backing on the 1" x 6" piece and adhere in the center. This will reinforce what is to become the spine of your cardfolio. Place your project base desired pattern up, remove adhesive backing on the 2" x 6" pieces of paper and one to each 1/2" flap on the right and left sides of the project. Burnish all your folds. Adhere Scor-Tape to the small spine tabs and to both sides of each flap as shown. Remove adhesive backing on the small spine tabs and adhere then to the inside of the project. Remove the adhesive backing on the right and left flaps, fold the top and bottom flaps in and adhere the side flaps down. This will create pockets on each side of the spine. Embellish as desired. I wrapped two lengths of twill tape and one length of lace around the center of my cardfolio. Then I die cut two label shapes from some more patterned paper from the Pink Paislee Portfolio line, specifically Amazing and Remarkable. I muted the Portfolio alphabet stickers with some tea stain ink and created a sentiment. Finally, I added an Artisan Collection Flower which I personalized with some again ink and sparkle. I finished my floral embellishment with some die cut leaves, silver cording and colored rhinestones. I want to give you a look at the inside of the cardfolio which has plenty of room for cards and envelopes. Here you can see that I used some velcro to keep my cardfolio closed. Thanks for hanging with me to the end! Details - Paper: Portfolio Collection (Pink Paislee); Ink: Tea Stain, MM aging ink, crumb cake; Accessories: Scor-Pal, Scor-Tape, Portfolio alphabet stickers (Pink Paislee), Artisan Flowers (Pink Paislee), yellow twill tape, Victorian crocheted lace trim, silver cording, Nestabilities, sanding block, corner chomper, rhinestones, Touch Twin marker, glue dots and velcro.
If you ask me, crochet baby sandals are one of the cutest things you can make with your crochet skills. There's just something about the dainty yarn on an adorable baby foot! With summer on our doorstep, it's the perfect time to crochet a set of sandals for all the babies in your life!
