Introducing Friendship Jar Fall Fillers Dies

Welcome to Day Two of Papertrey Ink's August release countdown. Today it's my pleasure to introduce the Friendship Jar Fall Fillers dies. How fantastic that Papertrey is revisiting the classic Friendship Jar collection and offering the companion dies -- we love our dies, don't we?

Friendship Jar Fall Fillers dies, along with all of the August release, will be available at 10 pm EST August 15 in the Papertrey Ink store.

I have a few different projects to share today. First up is a warm and cozy fall-themed project featuring a pair of die-cut caramel apples:

Both the apples and the sticks are die-cut with the new Friendship Jar Fall Fillers dies and colored with Copics. The apple die is separate from the pair of sticks die, which allows you both to place other shapes on the sticks (pumpkins, ghosts) and to use the apples (and other shapes) separately. 

My apples are placed in a Friendship Jar shaker, which I created using the previously released Friendship Jar stamps Jar & Lid die, Friendship Jar Shaker die, and Jar Toppers die. 

Can you spot the other new item on this card? The Ripe Avocado gingham pattern is part of a new Autumn Chicken Scratch paper collection. Yep, there are now six more colors of that fabulous chicken scratch gingham paper! 

The seniment is die-cut with Wet Paint Cuts and the little leaves are die-cut with an Enclosed: Apple die and stamped with an Enclosed: Apple image.

After coloring the caramel apples with Copics, I added Glossy Accents to the caramel. Doesn't it almost look like the real thing?

STAMPS: Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Fall Fillers, Enclosed: Apple

DIES: Jar & Lid, Jar Toppers, Friendship Jar Shaker, Friendship Jar Fall Fillers, Wet Paint Cuts, Enclosed: Apple

INK: True Black, Fresh Snow

PAPER: Vintage Cream Linen card stock, white and Pure Poppy card stock, Autumn Chicken Scratch Paper Collection, Bitty Dots Patterned Paper

OTHER: vellum, jute twine, buttons, Copic markers, doily, Glossy Accents, buttons, sequins

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Next up is what I'm fondly calling Self-Portrait #1:

I'm the one in boots {wink}.

Before I talk about this project, let's first talk about this particular die. In case you're not already familiar with this Fall Fillers image, it's witch boots next to a broom surrounded by all sorts of swirls and stars. You can see the full image HERE. Can you even imagine trying to fussy cut something like this? All those swirls -- forget about it!

For my candy corn tag (die-cut with Tag Sale #5), I stamped and colored and die-cut the image first, then decided to have a little fun with the witch boots and the pile of candy corn (also a die in the Fall Fillers set). I simply snipped the image in two, trimmed off just a tiny bit of broom handle that was next to one boot, then turned the boots upside down and layered them behind the candy corn pile. Adding the broom too was kind of an after-thought, but I just love how it looks like she parked her broom and dove head-first right into that candy corn. 

The label is die-cut with the Jar Label die, stamped with a frame and sentiment from Friendship Jar Fall Fillers, and colored with Copics.

STAMPS: Friendship Jar Fall Fillers

DIES: Friendship Jar Fall Fillers, Jar Label, Tag Sale #5

INK: True Black

PAPER: white and kraft card stock, Bitty Dots Patterned Paper

OTHER: black and white baker's twine, milk bottle, candy corn

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My last project of the day really shows off the effortless layering you can do with all of these dies.

I've stamped and die-cut four jars out of vellum using Friendship Jar stamps and the Jar & Lid die. Two have lids that were die-cut out of Luxe Silver Adhesive Sheets. The candy corn, ghosts, pumpkins, and sticks are all die-cut with the new Fall Fillers dies.

Layering all the die-cuts was a breeze, and the vellum jars are translucent just enough to see the jar contents. I'm loving the fun corner cluster design, too!

STAMPS: Friendship Jar, Friendship Jar Fall Fillers

DIES: Friendship Jar Fall Fillers, Jar & Lid, Jar Toppers

INK: True Black, Jet Black Staz-On

PAPER: white card stock, Bitty Dots Patterned Paper

OTHER: Copic markers, ink blending tool, white linen thread, black Sakura glaze pen

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Thanks so much for joining me today! 

Be sure to visit the following designers for more countdown projects and product introductions:

Nichole Heady

Betsy Veldman

Dawn McVey

Melissa Phillips
Erin Lincoln
Heather Nichols
Lizzie Jones

Reverse Confetti August Creative Hop

Welcome to Reverse Confetti's August blog hop. Here we are in the dog days of summer, so what better hop theme than Summer ABC (anything but a card)? Hope you'll join us today for some sizzling and sensational project ideas!

For the full hop order, as well as a chance to win a $15 Reverse Confetti gift certificate, head over to the Reverse Confetti blog. If you're making your way along the hop, you should have arrived here from Amy Tsuruta. When you're finished here, you'll head next to Leigh Penner (I'll link again at the end).

I scratched my head for a project idea for a few mojo-less days, but just couldn't get excited about anything. And then this idea to make a pineapple treat holder came to mind. That was something I could get excited about!

I started with two Tag Me, Too die-cuts, then added a rectangular base piece for a bottom. For a bit of added interest, I adhered a Geometric Background layer to the tags.

The fronds are made out of four green Tassel die-cuts. I folded the first one in half, and then sandwiched the next one around the first, positioning it a little lower. The third and fourth tassels are added in the same way, each positioned a little lower. Last, I gently curved and twisted the individual strands to resemble pineapple fronds. 

Here's a look during the frond assembly (sorry for the poor, low-light cell phone photo!):

Note: If you have the Tagged Tote die set, you could use that for the pineapple base too. I preferred the shapeliness of the Tag Me Too die-cut (thank you, Jen, for the suggestion!), but I did try out both and they're both cute!

The tag is die-cut using the small tag die in the Tag Me Confetti Cuts set and is stamped using sentiments from Sweet Thing.

For a coordinating card, I naturally reached for the Pineapples Aplenty stamps and coordinating Pineapples Aplenty Confetti Cuts dies.

Though my card design is somewhat clean and simple, I've still managed to work in some enamel dots, a split panel, vellum, patterned paper, a doily, and some ink blending on the card base.

At the top I tied on some white linen thread and clipped on a mini clothespin just for fun.

STAMPS: Pineapples Aplenty, Sweet Thing

CONFETTI CUTS DIES: Tag Me, Tag Me, Too, Geometric Background, Tassel, Pineapples Aplenty

INK:  Papertrey Simply Chartreuse, Harvest Gold, Berry Sorbet, Aqua Mist; Memento Tuxedo Black

PAPER: yellow, gold, green, and white card stock; Crate Paper Flea Market 6x6 collection

OTHER: button, enamel dots, white linen thread, vellum, mini clothespin

 

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That's it for me today. Your next stop on the hop is the super talented Leigh Penner!

Enjoy the hop!

Faith > Fear

Happy Thursday, friends! Is summer flying by or what? 

Today I have a card to share that features a beautiful sentiment from Reverse Confetti's God Is Good stamp set. The font combos in this set are absolutely gorgeous, and the sentiments are so powerful and meaningful and encouraging. 

I heat embossed the sentiment in white on a black pattern from Authentique's Harmony 6x6 collection.

The flag accent pieces were die-cut using the Stitched Flag Trio Confetti Cuts.

I embellished with a pair of wood veneer birds.

Lots of sanding and distressing on this one!

STAMPS: God Is Good

CONFETTI CUTS DIES: Circles 'n Scallops, Stitched Flag Trio

PAPER: Authentique Harmony 6x6 collection, Rustic White card stock

OTHER: Papertrey patterned vellum, black enamel dots, ivory linen thread, Studio Calico wood veneer birds, sanding block, distressing tool

  

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Thanks for stopping by!

Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge: Orchard

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

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We hope you'll play along! The LEAD of this challenge will be invited as a Guest Designer in a future challenge! Please visit the Curtain Call Challenge blog for all the challenge info and deadline.

I pulled out Papertrey's Enclosed: Apple stamps and Enclosed: Apple dies to make a gift enclosure card. The base piece is watercolored (I used Worn Lipstick, Twisted Citron, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Inks), then die-cut with the Enclosed: Apple solid die. The black frame was die-cut from Papertrey's True Black Bitty Dots Basics pattern and adhered with liquid glue. I popped up the sentiment strip on foam tape and added a trio of sequins to embellish a little.

Here's a look at the Basic Folded Tag die that makes the base card that fits all of the shaped dies in the Enclosed series.

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

Celebrate Designers

Amy Kolling
Amy Sheffer
Amy Tsuruta
Betty Wright
Kim Singdahlsen
Laurie Willison
Lisa Henke
Marisa Ritzen
Maureen Plut
Melody Rupple
Monika Davis
Sheri Gilson
Stacey Schafer
Tenia Nelson
Tracey McNeely

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Stop by the Curtain Call Inspiration Challenge:  Celebrate for the challenge details and to play along with us!

Enclosed: Apple Mini Stamp Set Papertrey Ink - Enclosed: Apple Die Papertrey Ink - Enclosed: Basic Folded Tag Die 2008 Bitty Dot Basics Patterned Paper 8"X8" (45 sheets) Perfect Match True Black - Inkpad Paper Basics - Stamper's Select White Cardstock (40 Sheets)

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