Monday, June 15, 2015

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Flip Flops

Second post for today. Please scroll down or click HERE if you're looking for my Papertrey June Release in Review post - thanks!



It's time for a new Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge!

source: scrap-pygovka.blogspot.com

The LEAD for the Flip Flops challenge will be invited as a guest designer for a future challenge.

So many possibilities with this image -- the turquoise and sand colors, the bokeh, flip flops, summer. Have fun with this one!

I pulled out some new Taylored Expressions' goodies for today and made a super quick card. The flip flops are from the new Flip Flop Garland dies and the waves are from Build A Scene - Rolling Waves. The sand was done with the Build A Scene - Rolling Hills dies. 


I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark and heat embossed in white. Papers are from Carta Bella's Ahoy There 6x6 collection. I totally meant to have that ombre sky go the other way, darkest at top, so that my white sentiment would stand out better. But that was the last sheet, so no re-do's this time.

Make sure you visit each of the designers' blogs for more inspiration!

Flip Flops Designers:

Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer
Amy Tsuruta
Gayatri Murali
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Lisa Henke
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Monika Davis
Sarah Gough
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tenia Nelson
Tracey McNeely


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Papertrey Ink June Release In Review

Today is an exciting day: it's Release Day at Papertrey Ink! All the new products will be available in the store tonight at 10 pm EST.

I've been quite the mad crafter these last few days. I loved this month's products so much, I just couldn't stop creating. Here's a sampling of what I've been whipping up. 


We'll begin and end with the lovely papers in Betsy's Make It Market Mini Kit: Still Life: Summer. I'll take a whole ream, please!


Here I've paired the beautiful background papers with some of the items from the pre-printed, ready-to-die-cut sheet. Super easy to align the dies to the shapes, and look, it makes you look like an artist!

Stamps: Make It Market Mini Kit: Still Life: Summer 
Dies: Still Life: Summer, Layered Banner 
Ink: New Leaf, Limeade Ice 
Paper: Rustic White and Autumn Rose card stock; Still Life: Summer patterned papers



Here's Heather's Good Times stamp set. I love this set! So easy to get dramatic, bold results with minimal effort! 


I got a little carried away with the yellow and gold confetti -- it makes the card look so festive! As a little extra, I dotted on some diamond glaze for that lacquered look. 

Stamps: Good Times
Ink: Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, Lemon Zest, Summer Sunrise, True Black
Paper: white card stock
Other: black and white baker's twine, diamond glaze, corner rounder



Someone in my immediate family turns 50 later this month (and it's not me!). I love the sentiments in Lizzie's Hooray stamp set, especially "hope you love your new age." I do hope my husband loves 50, and has the best year ever!


The streamers are from the Hooray patterned paper pack, but the Hooray stamp set also has streamer stamps in different sizes and patterns so you can create your own color combos, too. The word "hooray" is a die-cut from a die in the Shaker Shapes: Balloon die set. I used Erin's new Sew Stylish Numbers to cut the "5" and "0." Also making an appearance is Lexi's super clever Caution: Another Year Older stamp set (and dies). I can't wait to play around with that set some more!


I also really liked another sentiment in Hooray -- you're not a year older, you're a year better. I think this is the perfect sentiment for the big decade birthdays. It really is just a number! I stamped and decorated the inside, pretty much just so I could use both sentiments!

Stamps: Hooray, Caution: Another Year Older
Dies: Sew Stylish Numbers, Shaker Shapes: Balloon, Small Sketched Stars
Ink: Summer Sunrise, Pure Poppy, Versamark
Paper: Enchanted Evening, New Leaf, Pure Poppy, and white card stock; Hooray paper collection
Other: white embossing powder. heat tool



Here's a fun one using just Hooray stamps, ink, and sequins. I love the warm tones of this color combo: Lemon Tart, Orange Zest, Limeade Ice, New Leaf and Terracotta Tile.


I added a little interest to the bottom by splitting the panel and placing the second part of the sentiment on the card base.

Stamps: Hooray 
Ink: Lemon Zest, Orange Zest, Terracotta Tile, Limeade Ice, New Leaf, True Black 
Paper: white card stock
Other: green, orange, and yellow sequins


 I mixed quite a few new products with this card, too. The streamers (from Hooray) are stamped in white on Limeade Ice, then I added the falling confetti image from Good Times along the left. The black and white lined paper is from the Black and White All Over paper collection. The focal point die-cut is Lizzie's Text Block: Horizontal Birthday die. I did the watercolor smooshing using Aqua Mist and Limeade Ice to get the variegated look.


I stacked the watercolored layer onto a few extra layers to build up bulk and to help minimize the warping from the smooshing.


On the inside, I stamped a few more streamers and added a sentiment from Tucked In: Birthday.

Stamps: Hooray, Good Times
Dies: Text Block: Horizontal Birthday
Ink: Aqua Mist, Limeade Ice, Fresh Snow
Paper: White, Limeade Ice card stock; Black and White All Over paper collection
Other: vellum, black glaze pen, black and white baker's twine, silver star sequins



Mixing and matching going on here, too. The flowers are from Dawn's Bloomers. You can stamp these one-layer, or use the die-cuts to build layers and dimension. 


The sentiment is die-cut from Scripted. The script font is beeeeeeautiful!


The Limeade Ice Center Style: Feminine panel is stamped repeatedly in white ink with a sentiment from Keep It Simple: Praying For You.

Stamps: Bloomers, Keep It Simple: Praying For You
Dies: Bloomers, Center Style: Feminine, Scripted
Ink: Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, Fresh Snow
Paper: Smokey Shadow, Soft Stone, Rustic White, and Limeade Ice card stock; Soft Stone Bitty Dot patterned paper
Other: white linen thread, sequins, foam adhesive



Betsy's new Petite Places: Happy Camper is so crazy adorable! The little extras she includes get better and more with each release! The little camper, the chairs (there's even a fire!) are just as sweet as can be. I went with a very outdoorsy look, using lots of neutrals, greens, and navy blue.



I die-cut the camper out of Luxe Silver cardstock, then stamped it in VersaMark using Maile's tip for a mirror finish.

I can't wait to show you a funky, pink camper next time!

Stamps: Petite Places: Happy Camper
Dies: Petite Places: Happy Camper; Shaker Shapes: Circle; Scene It: Mountain View dies
Ink: Night of Navy, VersaMark, white, Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise
Paper: Rustic White, Soft Stone, Ripe Avocado, Simply Chartreuse, Spring Moss, Enchanted Evening, Summer Camp paper collection
Other: white linen thread



And that brings us to the end and back around to the beautiful background papers in the Make It Market Mini Kit: Still Life: Summer. 


Here, I've combined a background and die-cut cherries with a stamped sentiment from the Stacked Statements stamp set. I love these sentiment arrangements!

Stamps: Stacked Statements
Dies: Stacked Statements, Make It Market Mini Kit: Still Life: Summer
Ink: Ripe Avocado, Autumn Rose
Paper: Make It Market Mini Kit: Still Life: Summer papers; White and Rustic White card stock
Other: vellum, white linen thread, sequins


That's it for me. Thanks for hanging in there 'til the end!
For lots more June release in review projects, visit the design team blogs:



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Sunday, June 14, 2015

Big Balloon Ideas



Welcome to the third group post for Papertrey Ink's June release, featuring .... balloons! What's more fun and festive than balloons? They work for everything from birthdays and graduations to anniversaries, weddings, and all sorts of holidays. The design team has all sorts of balloon ideas to share today. 

Remember, all of the June release products will be available June 15 at 10 pm in the Papertrey Ink store.

For today's project, I chose to work with the new Shaker Shapes: Balloon dies. These are so FUN! I love the confetti-filled balloons that I see all over Pinterest, and now I can make paper versions, filled with die-cut confetti, glitter, sequins, beads, you name it.

I wanted my balloons to have a translucent look, so I die-cut two backer pieces out of Sheer Basics Vellum. Next I cut two acetate pieces. Since I was filling with glitter, which doesn't need much depth, instead of popping up with foam, I added the glitter and stitched the layers closed. The frame pieces were die-cut from Luxe Silver Cardstock and adhered on top to cover up the stitching and give the balloons a nice finished look.


I also die-cut some of the balloon confetti (which comes with the Shaker Shapes: Balloon die set), and added some white tone-on-tone streamers and stars to the background panel. The balloon strings are also die-cut using the new Balloon Strings dies. Last, I added a gold foil die-cut sentiment. This sentiment die is included in the Shaker Shapes: Balloon die set. You can't see in the photo, but I coated all the white background pieces with a clear Wink of Stella pen.

For more inspiration, visit the design team blogs:

Thanks for visiting today!


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Saturday, June 13, 2015

More Birthday Inspiration


Today is the second day of Papertrey's June release group posts, and we have some fabulous birthday products to share with you today. I'll be featuring the Enclosed: Cupcake stamps and dies, Party Hat and Trims dies, and an adorable Favor It: Cupcake Box die.

All of the May release products will be available in the Papertrey Ink store June 15 at 10 pm EST. Stop by Nichole's blog for product details, giveaway info, and inspiration.

We were challenged to find a photo to inspire our creations today, and I chose this adorable and festive fabric tutu from the Lullaby Bird etsy store.


I love the colors, the fabric strips, and the polka dots (the cowboy boots are darling too!)

And here's my ensemble:



The card features Dawn's Enclosed: Cupcake stamps and dies:


The white cupcake base is spritzed with aqua, lime, and gold mists, then layered with a Limeade Ice cupcake wrapper, and a Luxe Gold Adhesive frame. The numbers were die-cut out of Tropical Teal felt using the new Sew Stylish numbers dies.



In the background is a layer of of Sheer Basic Vellum in the star pattern, a Tropical Teal layer, and a Stitched Rectangle white layer.



For the Favor It: Cupcake Box, before assembling, I stamped a row of birthday candles in Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice, and Harvest Gold using a candle image from Enclosed: Cupcake.  Along the bottom, there is an Eyelet Lace border in Tropical Teal felt, topped with a Harvest Gold button and some Black and White Baker's Twine. 

I added some small gold sequins above and around the candles. To the top, I adhered a Limeade Ice satin ribbon bow and a Tiny Tags die-cut stamped with "enjoy" from Enclosed: Cupcake.



The Party Hat die is so fun! I die-cut a hat out of Tropical Teal and Sheer Basic Vellum and layered them together. The scallop border along the bottom is part of the Party Hat Trims die set. A little pom pom trim seemed perfect for the bottom, as well as a white pompom for the top.


For the medallion piece, I first die-cut several layers of the fringed circle out of teal tissue paper, stitched them together, and ruffled the edges. Next I cut a fringed border out of lime tissue paper, formed it into a circle and adhered it behind the teal fringed circle. The word "birthday" was die-cut from white card stock and topped with gold tickles. 

That's it for me today! Aren't these new products fabulous?

For more inspiration, visit:


Thanks for visiting today!




SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Enclosed: Cupcake
DIES: Enclosed: Cupcake, Party Hat, Party Hat Trims, Favor It: Cupcake Box, Stitched Rectangles, Eyelet Lace Border, Sew Stylish Numbers, Tiny Tags
INK: Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, True Black
PAPER: white, Tropical Teal, Limeade Ice, Harvest Gold
OTHER: Sheer Basics Vellum, black and white baker's twine, Harvest Gold buttons, Luxe Gold Adhesive, gold embroidery thread, Tropical Teal felt, gold sequins, Limeade Ice Satin Ribbon, white pompom, yellow pompom trim, gold stickles, teal and lime tissue paper, sewing machine, metallic gold thread

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Friday, June 12, 2015

Inspiration By The Sea


I'm excited to begin sharing projects from Papertrey Ink's upcoming June release. Today's focus is on two nautical-themed stamp sets and coordinating dies: Ahoy designed by Maile Belles, and Guiding Lights, designed by Nichole Heady.

All the new products will be available in the Papertrey Ink store on June 15 at 10 pm. Be sure to visit Nichole's blog today for product details, giveaway info, and inspiration.

I adore Maile's trendy, clean style, and her flair with graphic elements. She brings all that to the classic nautical theme in her new set Ahoy. There's a little something traditional, sailboat and anchors; a little something graphic, super cool wave images; and a whole bunch of fantastic sentiments in a unique font.


Inspired by Maile, I went with a more clean, graphic look for today's card: lots of white space, skewed panels, plus a few fun extras with the jute twine and star sequins.


Next up is Guiding Lights, an absolutely gorgeous lighthouse set! Nichole has said that she's been working on the designs for this set for a while, and I'm so glad it came together because it is brilliant! 

I have two lighthouse cards to share today. Both are scenes - the first is straightforward stamping and die-cutting; the second features watercolor elements.


For this first card, I used the same color combo as I did for the Ahoy card: Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, Pure Poppy, Kraft, and Smokey Shadow. I started with a white panel that I die-cut and embossed using the Blue Skies Cover Plate. Next, I added some land and sea elements -- the land, in kraft, was die-cut using the Sentiment Splits: Curve Horizontal die; the sea, or waves, were done with the new Cover Plate: Waves die. I stamped and die-cut the West Chop Lighthouse and popped it up with dimensional foam adhesive. Last, I added a Scripture sentiment, from the new Light of Life stamp set, before mounting everything to an Enchanted Evening card base.




For my watercolored scene, I started with a watercolor panel that I first die-cut with the Blue Skies Cover Plate  then die-cut with one of the Stitched Rectangles dies.



For the lighthouse rays, I first created a stencil by die-cutting three rays out of a piece of scrap cardstock using the big ray die from Blue Skies. I positioned my stencil where I wanted it on the watercolor panel, and used it to watercolor the rays.

I did the same sort of thing for the grassy hill. This time, I die-cut a piece of scrap card stock using the Sentiment Splits: Curve Horizontal die, and used that curved edge as a guide for where to paint. Last I added the ocean, using a straight edge as a guide. 

All of these background scene elements were painted with traditional pan watercolors (I used Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors).


To get the watercolor look with the lighthouse, I used Zig Clean Color brush pens to color directly on the stamp, then spritzed with water and stamped onto watercolor paper. Last, I added some seagulls, a sentiment, and some linen thread.

For lots more Inspiration By the Sea, visit the design team blogs:

Thanks for visiting today!




SUPPLIES

Anchor Card
STAMPS: Ahoy
DIES: Ahoy
INK: Pure Poppy, Blueberry Sky, Smokey Shadow
PAPER: Kraft, White, Comic Strip Patterned Paper
OTHER: white clip, jute twine, distressing tool, foam adhesive

Lighthouse Scripture Card 
STAMPS: Guiding Lights, Light of Life
DIES: Guiding Lights, Blue Skies Cover Plate, Sentiment Splits: Curve Horizontal, Cover Plate: Waves
INK: Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow
PAPER: Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, White, Kraft

Lighthouse Watercolor Card
STAMPS: Guiding Lights
DIES: Guiding Lights, Blue Skies Cover Plate, Stitched Rectangles, Sentiment Splits: Curve Horizontal, Blue Skies
INK: Smokey Shadow, True Black
PAPER: watercolor paper, white card stock
OTHER: Kuretake Gansai Tambi watercolors, Zig Clean Color Brush pens, foam tape, white linen thread


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