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Tomorrow night is what you have all been anxiously awaiting for!  At midnight EST the updated Papertrey website & brand NEW products will go live!  So now for the BIG announcement!  I want to invite EACH and EVERY one of you to the official Papertrey Release Party!  At 11:00pm (EST) I will host a special thread on Splitcoast Stampers in their General Stamping Forum.  We can all share in the excitment during the hour leading up to the reveal!  I can answer any questions you may have and we can just have FUN!  So if you are waiting up on Tuesday night like the rest of us, please be sure to stop by! 

As I was looking back through my projects for this particular countdown, I noticed I had been using a lot of orange!  So I decided to break away from that color and go in the complete opposite direction with purple!  The patterned paper on this bag uses several images from Papertrey’s new floral set.  I LOVE how purple hydrangea VersaMagic ink turns out when used on kraft paper.  It is so vibrant.  I also used the New Canvas Palette ink.  It is a soft white and really helped to tie in my accent color in a muted way.

If you haven’t met them before, I would like to introduce you to the "Got Flowers?" Deux Series from Prima.  Most of the flower images in our new floral set were designed to coordinate with these itty-bitty cuties!  They fit perfectly in the stamped flowers center, adding both dimension & detail.  They are availabel in 18 colors, and we got ’em ALL!  Couldn’t you just die over those polka dots!  There are around 200 flowers in each jar, retailing for $5 (this breaks down to a mere 2-1/2 cents per flower!  Who says a nickel can’t get you anything these days! *wink*)

This project also uses one of our NEW small frosted tin tie coffee bags.  I love the translucent look of them and they always match EVERYTHING since they reflect whatever color they are paired with!  Speaking of COFFEE BAGS, a lot of you have been asking the cost/size availability.  Here are ALL the details.  (Be sure to note that we even have some with lined windows!) If you are anything like me, you like to plan your purchases in advance!

—> SMALL FROSTED BAG(3 x 2 x 6 inches)

10 bags per package

PRICE: $3

—> LARGE FROSTED BAG(5 x 2.5 x 9.5 inches)

      10 bags per package

PRICE: $4

—> SMALL WHITE COFFEE BAG(3.375 x 2.5 x 7.75 inches)

      5 bags per package

PRICE: $2

—> LARGE WHITE COFFEE BAG(4.25 x 2.5 x 9.75 inches)

5 bags per package

PRICE: $3

—> SMALL KRAFT COFFEE BAG(3.375 x 2.5 x 7.75 inches)

5 bags per package

PRICE: $2

—> LARGE KRAFT COFFEE BAG(4.25 x 2.5 x 9.75 inches)

5 bags per package

PRICE: $3

      —>

SMALL WHITE WINDOW BAG (4.75 x 2.5 x 9.5 inches)

5 bags per package

PRICE: $3

—> LARGE WHITE WINDOW BAG (6 x 2.75 x 9.25 inches)

5 bags per package

PRICE: $4

—> SMALL KRAFT WINDOW BAG (4.75 x 2.5 x 9.5 inches)

5 bags per package

PRICE: $3

—> LARGE KRAFT WINDOW BAG (6 x 2.75 x 9.25 inches)

5 bags per package

PRICE: $4

Now moving on to our new Halloween set!  Remember how I told you that this set is geared towards packaging treats?  What classic technique did you do at one of your first Stampin’ Up! workshops and led you to fall in love with the versatility with stamping?  The answer of course is the ol’ Avery address label wrapped around a Hershey’s Nugget!  Well take a look at this…

I designed this stamp to specifically coordinate with the Avery address labels!  It is just slightly smaller so there is a nice, clean white border left around the edge!  Isn’t that just the coolest!  I used Cognac & Raw Sienna Palette inks with these.  I was really happy with how vibrant & crisp the color remained.

Here are the finished nuggets, wrapped with their little labels, sitting in one of our new tins (this one is called our Hinged Clear Top Tin, retailing for only $2 ea.).  This particular tin holds a perfect DOZEN of these little nuggets!

After I had filled the tin, I created a simple band for my box by layering some ribbon and cardstock on top of one another.  The finishing touch was a label using some other images from the set along with the dotted oval from Borders & Corners.  The extra jumbo scalloped oval punch was used to punch it out.

I have a few more fun things to share tomorrow, so y’all come back, you hear!

GRATITUDE BAG SUPPLIES:

ink- purple hydrangea VersMagic, New Canvas Palette

stamps- Papertrey Ink

paper- kraft cardstock from SU!

other- Flower from Prima, brads from Paper Studio, white paper clip from Office Depot, frosted bag from Papertrey

TRICK OR TREAT TIN SUPPLIES:

ink- Cognac & Raw Sienna Palette inks, old olive from SU!

stamps- Papertrey Ink

paper- more mustard cardstock from SU!, White from Papertrey

other- ribbon from We R Memory Keepers, extra jumbo scalloped punch from Marvy, Hinged clear top tin from Papertrey, Chocolate Nuggets from Hershey’s.