Halloween Inspirations

Welcome to Day 4 of Papertrey Ink's August release countdown. Today is all about Halloween! We have some spooky, but absolutely adorable goodies to introduce today: Tiny Town: Spookville by Betsy Veldman, another look at yesterday's Autumn Pumpkins by Heather Nichols, only this time with some added Pumpkin Expressions, and, finally, Shaped Sayings: Halloween by Maile Belles.

All of the new products will be available at 10 pm ET on August 15 in the Papertrey Ink store.

First up is Maile's Shaped Sayings: Halloween. Like the previous Shaped Sayings, the sentiment is in that loose circle shape, but with this set, Maile has also added some additional shapes -- a moon, stars, and bats. It's one of those die sets that truly makes for some quick, easy projects. 

My tags all begin with a Tag Sale: Quilted die-cut, topped with some torn and scored vellum. Next I added the die-cut sentiment, then embellished with bats and stars. Those bats are the cutest!

Dies: Shaped Sayings: Halloween, Tag Sale: Quilted

Paper: Green Parakeet, Amethyst Allure, Canyon Clay, True Black, White, Silver Luxe Adhesive Sheets, and vellum

Other: wood veneer stars, True Black and Orange Zest baker's twine, Plum Pudding ribbon, white mini clothespins

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Here's a fun card idea: Halloween wishes from the whole pumpkin family! The pumpkins were done with Autumn Pumpkins and Pumpkin Expressions.

I began by ink blending a dramatic sky using green and blue inks. I added a tree and fence, both from Tiny Town: Spooky Yard.

Then I layered the five pumpkins in a grouping to finish the scene.

"Halloween" is from the Pumpkin Expressions set. There is a "happy" included in Pumpkin Expressions, but mine went AWOL on my craft table yesterday, so I borrowed this "happy" from another set. "From all of us" is a sentiment in the Keep It Simple: From All Of Us set. 

Stamps: Autumn Pumpkins, Pumpkin Expressions, Keep It Simple: From All Of Us

Dies: Autumn Pumpkins, Tiny Town: Spooky Yard

Ink: Limeade Ice, Simply Chartreuse, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Royal Velvet

Other: white embossing powder

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And last is the oh-so-adorable Tiny Town: Spookville. I seriously do not know how Betsy comes up with these ideas! The detail dies in this one are amazing!

I constructed my little house with a detached roof so that the box could be opened and closed and filled with treats. I then attached the house to a wooden door hanger and added the word "boo" to turn this into one of those "you've been booed" gifts. These would be cute to hang on the teachers' doors for Halloween. Or kids rooms, too! A small bag of candy, a stack of Ghirardelli squares, a handful of truffles or other bite-size candy, a good-size handful or two of candy corn would all fit nicely.

I cut one of the roof top die-cuts in half and adhered to either side of the box's roof, just for some added color.

Dies: Tiny Town: Spookville, Tiny Town: Spooky Yard

Paper: Smokey Shadow, Soft Stone, Canyon Clay, Amethyst Allure, Green Parakeet and White card stock

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For more Halloween inspiration, visit the Papertrey team:

Nichole Heady

Ashley Newell

Betsy Veldman

Danielle Flanders

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Lizzie Jones

Melissa Phillips

Visit Maile, Erin, and Lexi for more ideas with their new products, too!

Thanks for visiting!

Thanksgiving Inspirations

Today is Day 3 of Papertrey Ink's August release countdown and our first group post for this release. We have a number of autumn and Thanksgiving products to introduce today:

Color Pop: Autumn by Betsy Veldman

Splits: Giving Thanks by Maile Belles

Paper Clippings: Thankful For You by Betsy Veldman

Give Thanks by Dawn McVey

Autumn Pumpkins by Heather Nichols

Be sure to hop around to all the designers (links are below) for a look at everything!

All of the new products will be available at 10 pm ET on August 15 in the Papertrey Ink store.

Just like Betsy's previous Color Pop kits, Color Pop: Autumn includes stamps, dies, stencils, and a paper assortment that includes both stencil-ready patterns and die-cut ready designs. My card focuses on the pre-printed die-cut shapes and the patterned paper. 

As you can see, I opted to leave the background paper as-is and not color it in with the stencils. I love how that subtle print allows the bold die-cut shapes to really stand out.

I also brought in some metallic gold, both with the sentiment, which I die-cut from a Luxe Gold Adhesive sheet and the chevron gold foil paper, which is from the Gold Luxe Foil Patterned Paper collection.

I usually prefer my fall creations to be more on the natural, rustic side, but I've gotta say, I'm really loving the elegance and sophistication of these colors, especially with the gold!

Stamps: Color Pop: Autumn

Dies: Color Pop: Autumn, Noted: Scalloped A1

Ink: Canyon Clay

Paper: White card stock, Luxe Gold Adhesive Sheet, Gold Luxe Foil Patterned Paper collection, Color Pop: Autumn paper collection

Other: foam tape

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Next is a look at Paper Clippings: Thankful For You, Paper Clippings: Thankful For You Details, and Inspired: Blessed.

 I've stamped and die-cut the detail images, and arranged them onto a napkin ring for a pretty, easy, and inexpensive way to dress up your Thanksgiving table.

Stamps: Paper Clippings: Thankful For You; Inspired: Blessed

Dies: Paper Clippings: Thankful For You; Inspired: Blessed

Ink: Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Americana, Scarlet Jewel, Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Simply Chartreuse

Paper: Rustic White card stock

Other: natural jute twine

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Last is a simpler, sweeter, more country card project using the sweet Autumn Pumpkins stamps and dies. The pumpkins are stamped, die-cut, and watercolored, then layered over a wreath that I stamped using the previously released Twig Wreath. The leaves and branches are from Autumn Pumpkins, with the exception of one floral image from Twig Wreath.

I kept this super simple and just rounded the bottom corners and added a touch of Aqua Mist gingham patterned paper to the top.

Stamps: Autumn Pumpkins, Twig Wreath

Dies: Autumn Pumpkins

Ink: Cocoa Bean, Soft Stone, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, 

Orange Zest, Canyon Clay

Paper: watercolor paper; Fresh Snow Linen and Soft Stone card stock; 

Chicken Scratch paper collection

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For more Thanksgiving inspiration, visit the Papertrey team:

Nichole Heady

Ashley Newell

Betsy Veldman

Danielle Flanders

Dawn McVey

Heather Nichols

Kay Miller

Laurie Willison

Lizzie Jones

Melissa Phillips

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Introducing Lucky Break

Welcome to Day 2 of Papertrey's August release countdown. I'm excited to share some projects that I made with a new set by Lizzie Jones called Lucky Break. This is such a fun little set!

All of the new products will be available at 10 pm ET on August 15 in the Papertrey Ink store.

Lucky Break features a wish bone image as well as several related sentiments. There is also a coordinating Lucky Break die for the wish bone.

I had fun with some layering on my first card. The gold embossed Lucky Break wish bone is layered onto a leafy die-cut from Kay Miller's new Stylized Autumn stamp set. I repeated that image on the card base for extra color. 

The main panel is die-cut with one of the Noted: Scalloped A2 dies for that stitched border, then mounted onto a panel of new Saffron Spice card stock color. I'm really loving this new color! It pairs nicely with so many of the other Papertrey colors. I especially like it with Smokey Shadow, which I used for my card base. 

I'm also loving the gold embossed and embellished wish bone. I think these would make pretty tag focal points too. Or they would look pretty as napkin rings, too.

Stamps: Lucky Break, Stylized Autumn

Dies: Noted: Scalloped A2, Lucky Break, Stylized Autumn

Ink: Versamark, Spring Moss, Canyon Clay

Paper: white, Saffron Spice, Smokey Shadow

Other: True Black baker's twine, enamel dots, foam adhesive

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For this next card, I used the wish bone image to stamp a background pattern in Aqua Mist and Ocean Tides. A stamp positioning tool really helps with this!

I added an embellished sentiment strip to the bottom right corner for a simple, clean design.

Stamps: Lucky Break, Stylized Autumn

Dies: Stylized Autumn

Ink: Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado, Ocean Tides

Paper: White, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow

Other: white thread, white embossing powder

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Last up is a quirky, fun card featuring Lucky Break and Give Me A Hand. My original idea was to have two hands pulling on the wish bone, but when I saw the Keep It Simple: From All of Us sentiment, I had the idea to add a whole bunch of hands and make it a group card. 

In my mind, the hands are not meant to be pulling on the wish bone, but that does sort of beg the question what ARE they doing then? Maybe giving a token of luck? It actually looks more like the laying of hands than anything!

I don't have the dies for Give Me A Hand (yet), so the hands are all fussy cut. The wish bone is die-cut with the Lucky Break die. With some creative masking, you could definitely pull something like this off as a one-layer card.

Stamps: Lucky Break, Give Me A Hand

Dies: Lucky Break

Ink: Sweet Blush, Melon Berry, Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Saffron Spice, Cocoa Bean, Limeade Ice, Tropical Teal, Summer Sunrise, Hibiscus Burst, Real Red, Aqua Mist, True Black

Paper: white card stock

Other: corner rounder

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For more August release product introductions, visit the Papertrey team:

Nichole Heady

Danielle Flanders

Dawn McVey

Melissa Phillips

I'm sure Betsy, Kay, Maile, Erin, Lizzie, and Lexi will have more ideas for their new products too!

Thanks for visiting today!

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Reverse Confetti August Release Hop

Reverse Confetti's August release is now available, and the Confetti Crew and friends are blog hopping to celebrate! I hope you'll join us!

All of the new products are now available in the Reverse Confetti store.

Today's card is a tribute to the amazingly talented Kay Miller, who recently stepped down from the Reverse Confetti team to pursue other fun adventures. While I'm super excited for her, I am also going to miss her unique Reverse Confetti creations. As I was working with Toucan of Friendship, and imagining the bright colors I would use to bring it to life, I thought of Kay and her bright, colorful creations and decided to make a Kay-inspired card!

I started with a turquoise and green watercolored and splattered background, then layered Copic-colored Toucan of Friendship images in all sorts of bright colors. Last step was to add a stamped sentiment and a few clear sequins for some sparkle.

Stamps: Toucan of Friendship

Dies: Toucan of Friendship

Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Versafine Onyx Black

Paper: watercolor paper, white card stock

Other: Copic markers, white gel pen, watercolors, foam tape, clear sequins

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For lots more new release inspiration, visit the Reverse Confetti Crew and special guests:

Reverse Confetti blog

Amy Kolling

Teri Anderson, Fetti Friend

Heather Pulvirenti

Diane Jaquay

Lisa Henke

Veronica Zalis, Fetti Friend

Amy Rohl

Heather Hoffman

Amy Tsuruta

Audrey Tokach

Amy Sheffer (you are here)

Leigh Penner

Jeanne Jachna

Laurie Schmidlin

Susan Liles

Thanks so much for visiting!

Countdown to Confetti - Elephant, Toucan, and Worm Cuties!

Welcome to the third and final day of Reverse Confetti's August countdown peeks! Today we have THREE adorable Dawn Machell sets to share -- Toucan of Friendship, Worm Wishes, and Coffee and You. Dawn's sweet and whimsical illustrations have earned their way into so many RC fans' hearts; you're sure to love, love, love these!

All of the new products will be available in the Reverse Confetti store

 tonight at midnight ET.

Be sure to visit the Reverse Confetti blog for links to all the designers posting peeks today. Leave comments on each designer's blog for a chance to win a $15 Reverse Confetti gift certificate. Also, head over to the Reverse Confetti Facebook page for an additional giveaway.

I'm sharing cards with two of the three sets today (saving the third for tomorrow's hop!). First up is Coffee and You. How adorable are these mice and the elephant?! I'm absolutely smitten!

I stamped, die-cut and colored the different images with Copic markers. The hill was done with one of the Edgers Confetti Cuts dies.

For the cloudy sky, I sponged around the Double Edge Wonky Scallop Border die-cut first, then popped up a few cloud die-cuts from the Weather It Together Confetti Cuts die set.

  

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And next is Worm Wishes, a super sweet set for back to school and so much more! I stamped a bunch of pencils next to each other, then colored them in rainbow colors before adding the sentiment and the stamped and die-cut worm.

I definitely prefer my rainbow cards to be more CAS. Let all that color really stand out! I layered everything onto a white card base and then added one of the All Framed Up Confetti Cuts frames for a subtle white-on-white detail.

 

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 For links to all the RC designers posting today, visit the Reverse Confetti blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and do make plans to join us for our blog hop tomorrow! Can't wait!