One of the things that we make a priority is listening very closely to customer suggestions. Ever since we introduced our own exclusive cardstock last February, we have received countless requests for a sampler pack, allowing you to try all of the colors first before committing to the purchase of larger individual packs. 
We are pleased to announce the official introduction of the 2008 Papertrey Cardstock Sampler Collection. This sampler will be added to our store on February 15th, along with all of the other new products for this release. It contains all of our cardstock colors up to date except for three neutrals (white, vintage cream & classic kraft). Specific contents included in this collection:
3 SHEETS EACH OF:
summer sunrise
lemon tart
spring moss
ripe avocado
plum pudding
spring rain
aqua mist
berry sorbet
lavender moon
sweet blush
AND 4 SHEETS EACH OF OUR MOST POPULAR COLORS:
pure poppy
raspberry fizz
ocean tides
dark chocolate
true black
This highly anticipated sampler pack contains a total of 50 sheets, retailing for a mere $9. That's 18-cents per sheet! You'll be hard-pressed to find another cardstock with our superior quality and weight at that price elsewhere! Order a few other products after you put this sampler in your cart on the 15th to bring your order to $55, and you'll get free shipping as well!
We hope that this new cardstock option will also encourage some of you to try our cardstock for the first time and see what everyone is talking about!
Every stamper needs cardstock and plenty of it. And I don't know about you, but just looking at the stacks of colors together gets me inspired! In honor of our most loved supply, we've put together yet another special prize package just for you…
SMILE real big & wide if you could use over $100 worth of cardstock in YOUR stash! Caught ya smiling, didn't I! What do you need to do to win, you ask? Simply play along with our first ever Papertrey Color Challenge!
Even if you do not have those specific PT colors, please feel free to play along with similar substitutes of another brand. You can even throw in an additional spectrum of the rainbow or two, like yellow, pink or purple, if you wish. This is SUCH a fun color scheme that I have been using a lot lately. It's just so fun, cheerful & bright!
(You can click on the photos below for full supply lists and details)
Now that you have a bit of inspiration, go grab some stamps & ink and create! But be sure to play along before 3am EST (midnight
PST) Feb. 7th when the contest & challenge officially closes! Link
your project to this post by using the Mr. Linky Widget installed
below.
You MUST provide a link DIRECTLY to your project.
Any links that do not adhere to this stipulation will be deleted.
If your link has been deleted, feel free to submit again and add your corrected link to the list
One
of the linked participants will be randomly selected to win the Year of Cardstock Prize Package! The lucky winner will be
listed on our Anniversary Prize Page after 12noon EST Feb. 7th. Good luck to everyone!!!
A few of our talented design team members have already completed a project meeting this challenge to offer even more inspiration! Be sure to check them out!
wow great prize!! Ive heard so many great things about your cardstock! Will give this a go later today (its 5am here). Having problems seeing Mr Widget again though! argh!
OOOh fun! Love the idea of a sampler. I just bought my first PTI cardstock last month (Poppy, black, and white) and I’m quite smitten. Can’t wait for the assortment…now if only there were spots…hmmmm. 😉
This is FANTASTIC news!!!! I can’t wait to try the sampler pack!
Our first color challenge, yeah!! These colors will make me work for it that is for sure.
Oh boy – what a great prize. I LOVE your cardstock and really love the idea of the packs.
PTI cardstock is absolutely fabulous! It truly is such quality and love the way it embosses with the Nestibilities. I feel like I am looking at a rainbow with the colors stacked together.
I will definitely be purchasing this!!! Can’t wait to see what else is coming in the next few days 🙂
Very excited about the cardstock sampler – I only discovered Papertrey Ink a little while ago and have been putting off what I wanted to order because I couldn’t decide what color cardstock to choose. Now you’ve made it easy!
Lou
I like the sound of the sampler set. Thats definately going into my cart. Never ordered from PTI before, but have heard good things and will be placing an order mid Feb.
Get out! Ripe Avocado isn’t one of your most popular??? What is wrong with people?! LOL This is a good idea for newbies and new business, I think…I would totally use this to give as gifts…..as I know the colors and buy the big packs of everything; go big!
very nice! I must get that paper …such a deal too! TY TY TY
I love the idea of the Card Sampler…but even more excited about seeing the ideas that other gals come up with using the colors in the color challenge. Come on the 15th…
p.s. This anticipation is almost like Christmas!
I just can’t wait until the 15th. The anticipation is getting to be too much!!!
This is going to be an expensive month! The sampler is perfect!!!
Love the idea of a sampler pack – I’ve been really impressed with the colors I’ve tried so far…you’re a marketing genius Nichole!
oh, how awesome!! a sampler pack – this is exactly what i was hoping for 🙂
I LOVE THIS! THANK YOU!!! I have only bought a few colors and have been hoping for this. This is such a great idea!!
I love the idea of a sampler. I have a few colors and this will be the perfect way to get a few more for my birthday. Now if there was a matching ribbon sampler that would be over the top!
Yippee!! I have been wanting PTI to get something like this. Thanks Nichole.
I have never tried these before but I love the colors. now what do I want??
Can you please tell me where the online gallery is located? Thanks!
Fabulous idea! Although I would buy the individual packs anyway, because I KNOW I will love them all!
thanks for the chance. i have loaded mine up. I love this idea of a mixed assortment!
OH I AM SOOOOO buying this new sampler set on the 15th!!!
…which means then, that I HAVE to get the matching ribbon!!! Yay!!!
I am so excited about this cardstock stampler as I was forever torn on what colors to purchase.
Great color challenge..this was fun! Thanks Nichole! 🙂
A million THANKS!! This is a fabulous idea. Can’t wait to try them all!! I’m so excited for todays challenge, 1st because I love that color combo another reason is because I’ll be uploading my image from my blog which went live today for the very first time. Thanks to you ladies at PTI- the inspiration was too much to keep to myself {huge smile on my face}.
Hi Nicole!
I just linked to my entry…what a great color combo!
Great prize and I am so happy to hear you will have a sampler pack…..It will be perfect for me so I can see all your luscious colors at once. Hurry up Feb 15!
Not only did I step up to the challenge…my first one! But I posted it on my own blog…first one! Created the blog in December, but haven’t done anything with it. This is a good reason to start! 🙂 I’ve been waiting for Feb. 15 for 30 days…ahhh! Going crazy, but LOVING the anticipation. Thanks Nichole!
HOW EXCITING!!!! I can’t wait!
oh–fantastic! I have wished for a sample pack–I can’t wait to get one! Great color scheme too!
This is a fabulous idea, Nichole! Now I can sample all of them!
I have been thrilled to play with the colors I have, and can’t wait to add them all to my collection. Your lavendar got me hooked…and I’m not really a lavendar girl, usually!
Can’t have enough PTI cardstock! Finger crossed!
What an awesome prize! And the price is great! Crossing my fingers to win this but if I don’t I’ll definately be purchasing the samler pack! Great challenge and love the colors! Everyone has such fantastic artwork!
I think this is brilliant to have a sampler pack. I just uploaded my entry to try and win this great prize. How fun!
Nichole this was super duper uper shmuper big FUN! (My kid is into Sid the Science Kid, that is where that “super uper” business came from.) I just discovered PTI and I am super excited about it. Your blog is fabulous! You have the best samples. What a great way to sell a product. I’ll have to get an idea book with my first order. Thanks, this really was fun.
steph
It was so much fun to participate in this challenge. Thanks Nichole!
These challenges are really FUN – Love the idea of the multi-pack cardstock!
Great contest! I love the idea of a cardstock sampler! :o)
Sampler pack is an AWESOME idea! Thanks for the color challenge. . . it came just in time for me to make a birthday card for my firstborn who is turning 7 next week! Thanks for the chance to win the paper, Nichole! You are so fantastically generous!
A Sample Pack sounds perfect! I’m always hesitant to buy different colour packs KWIM?
But a sampling of different colours sounds just so delicious!
I’ve uploaded! This techno stuff is darned tough for a blonde, ya know, but I did it!
How cool!! Thanks for the chance to win!
What a fun challenge. I love this color combo.
I love the idea of a sampler pack. I only have 4 colors (so far) but I am hooked!!! I am definitely getting the sampler next time I place an order. That way I’ll have all the colors a bit faster. =) Loved the challenge too. I never use that much color so it was a great project for me to try out!
I am so looking forward to that paper sampler! Each day gets better and better on your blog!! Can’t wait to see what’s next!
Thanks again for all the great chances to win such great prizes. You really are a great woman and you are surrounded by great people.
I have been wanting to try PTI cardstock and this is perfect! I will definitely be getting one of these packs-thank you!
What a fantastic challenge (and prize!)!!
posted my card (Kristin R.)… would love to win!! thanks so much for the opportunity!
I am so excited about all of the goodness coming from Papertrey Ink!! I love the cardstock you sell and to have some of every color you offer would be wonderful! Thank you for the opportunity to win this awesome prize package! Blessings~Barb
I love the paper sampler – definately going on my wish list!
I love your cardstock! Thanks for the chance to win!
Oh, I could use that luscious pack of paper!
Thanks for the great challenge!
This challenge was fun. I always like to make myself think outside of the box….I would have never paired these colors together, but now that I have I like them! Thanks!
The cardstock sampler is awesome!! Is it ok if I cross my fingers for a ribbon one next? 🙂 I am so glad I had time today to do the challenge. Such a great prize and fun to be able to join in!
Considering I only have ONE of PTIs Perfect match colors I would LOVE more! What an awesome challenge and prize. Thanks Nichole!
WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL idea! Better stock up on a lot – I think the response will be huge! Way to go!
Oh, man… Create a card to submit to Nichole Heady and Co. under time constraints?!? Such pressure! 🙂 Perhaps I should ask if we can submit more than one to alleviate some of the stamping stress… 😉
hi Nicole, im having problems linking up my card, I have tried twice and failed 🙁 people have emailed me with instructions and still im getting it wrong 🙁 I dont want to keep typing it in as its taking up at lot of your time and space. Please can you help
many thanks Nicole
Marlou 🙂
http://www.scrappingwithlove.blogspot.com/
Hi Nichole, got it sorted 🙂 thanks 🙂 sorry for the mix up 🙂 love your products sooo much 🙂
I do not own any of your paper, so of course it will be wonderful if I win. This is the second time I have ever shared my work….scary!!! Thanks for a great product.
THis is awesome! I posted my entry. I love th colors PTI offers! and the sampler is a fab idea!
I love th sampler package!!! Great idea Nicole. I played the challenge and I replaced the CS, but I used PTI stamps.
I hope you like my creation.
God bless
Giovana
YAHOOO 🙂 I got play two days in a row! Thanks for the opportunity – what a fabulous color combo!!!
Your challeges ROCK! I just posted my card.
Love the idea of a sampler.
I love the idea of a cardstock sampler. Brilliant. My entry is up and linked.
Oh, this is a great challenge. Inspiring enough to upload my first ever card to my first ever gallery! Hope it worked, and hope the colours were close enough – took FOREVER to find the right scraps since I don’t have any PTI cardstock!! Yet! If I’m not lucky enough to win the CS package, I’ll definitely buy this sampler.
Sorry! I posted to my gallery accidentally instead of the card and when I tried to correct it it double posted. It looks like your software will catch the double. Hopefully the wrong one will be deleted! This has been so fun this week to see all the talent on the designer blogs. Thanks for all the hard work!
What a great deal to get to try all of your colors! I only own Plum Pudding, so desperately need to win!!!
Thanks for the chance!
Thanks so much for the challenge—it’s been fun~~ I love all these colors and would love the opportunity to win some—so I could spend more money on stamps and ribbon!!!! wink
I’m very excited about the sampler. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
Oh my word, these prizes just keep coming and it is sooo generous of you, and so exciting, too! Can’t wait to get a sampler package of my own…and hope Lemon Tart hits the top ten soon, it’s sooo purty people, buy some up, hee!!
I love these colors together! What a wonderful opportunity! Thank you!
Thanks again for a greta challenge! I printed the little circles onto cardstock and placed my butterflies on top! Hope you like my card!
Yay! Just in the nick of time! I wasn’t sure about what I was going to make since I didn’t want to do a card (so many others did!) so I did a quick (and I mean quick!) bag. Turned out cute for doing it in less than a half hour. Thanks PTI for such a great anniversary celebration! Its my wedding anniversary on Valentines Day, too! Yay!
I am sooo looking forward to this sampler pack!!! I have a few colors, and this will help me decide which I use the most!!!!
I love the card stock and the colors! I finally posted my card. Thanks for the chance to win a HUGE assortment of great card stock!
Awesome challange! I had a bit of scrappers block after a long day at work, but I like the card I came up with.
CARDSTOCK!!!! Hurray! Well, I guess I kinda already have most of my PTI “sampler” pack. I have large samples! 😉 This challenge is the first one I have done online.
Oh Nicole, this is so much fun! I am all over that new Cardstock Sampler Collection ~~ what a fabulous idea! I actually had my DH help me set up a BLOG for this exciting chance to win today. my blog needs some (actually lots) of tweaking but I hope it got me entered. Thank you again and again and again for the chances to win.
I love these colors! Thanks for offering such fabulous prizes! I can’t wait to see what’s next!
This is the first time I have linked something and I did it wrong in the first entry! I redid it, but don’t know how the get rid of the wrong one! Jenn Fontaine 140-wrong! 142-right!
I added my first picture to the PTI gallery! Thanks for the chance to win this great prize! If I don’t win, I’ll definitely be buying the sampler pack!
my shopping list grows longer by the day- yikes
What a fun challenge…I’ve never put all these colours together. And what a great idea to have a sampler pack. This has truly been an exciting week! Thanks so much to you Nicole and everyone at PTI…YAHOOOOO!!! Now back to looking at flights to Florida!!
Wow, way to go PTI! And wow, way to go all of us, lol! Amazing how many people you have inspired in one day, Nichole!
Yey! How exciting! I love doing challenges! Keeps my wheels turning in my brain! I hope these challenges continue….they’re soooo much fun to do and especially when they involve goodies!
I’m number 166!!! Wow the line is long!
Hugs!
Yaneri
ooops! take that back! im #167! Lol!!
What a fun challenge! Definitely got me to use a color combo that I wouldn’t normally!
Thank you for the chance to participate…you are always so generous!
You know I would love to win a prize but mostly I would love if you keep issuing these challenges! Love them!
http://deespapertree.blogspot.com/2009/02/over-rainbow.html
This is so amazing – thank you for making things so exciting for all of us.
I am so happy to hear about the sampler pack. It will make a great gift for my sister-in-law to introduce her to PTI’s yummy paper.
Great prize! Love your cardstock. I have all the colors except for Raspberry Fizz. But since I am always trying to play and create something with cardstock and stamps I can always use more. Plus, this gives me an opportunity to put the money I would use for cardstock on more PTI-STAMPS!!!
Great challenge! Mine is posted. Thanks!
Wow, finally what I’d been waiting for – the cardstock sampler! And I must say at a very reasonable price.
Great colors together!!!!!!! I love the idea of a sampler pack even though I’ve just ended up getting all the colors 🙂
My blog is brand new and this is my first color challenge. I look forward to participating in many more. I am a huge fan of PTI paper. Thanks!!
Carol
What a great idea to have a sampler!! I can’t wait to order it.
I am so excited to see what’s coming up for the 15th! I think the cardstock sampler is a great idea! This lead-in to your 2nd anniversary is so much fun. I actually posted a card for the challenge today. First time I’ve been this brave! Hope I can win the cardstock – I love all of your colors!
I’m so sorry that I erroneously posted my bag challenge on the color challenge Linky! There was apparently no way to delete it, so I hope you will. I’ve now posted my correct color challenge entry. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
I am excited about this new option. I have all the colors so far, but for me this will be great for gifts. I would love to turn some of my stamping friends on to PTI cardstock!
I’m all linked up, what a fun, splashy color combo! thanks for the inspiration and for the chance to win!
Oh yeah!!! I love PTI multi-packs of cardstock!!!! My card is done and posted….crossing my fingers!!
This was a fun one to work with. Thanks so much for the challenges, Nichole!
I’d love the sampler even though I have almost every color already!! I entered the link to my card for the color challenge:
http://www.splitcoaststampers.com/gallery/photo/1225292?cat=500&ppuser=18530
Very fun color scheme. Sadly, I don’t have these inks but I was able to just just cardstock. Awesome challenge! Thanks for the opportunity.
Love Love Love the sampler! THANK YOU for adding this to your product line!
I love all these colors and I love that you have a sampler now!
I love this colour combination. What an awesome prize. It’s been so much fun hearing all the announcements!
What awesome celebration posts and challenges! Can’t wait for the rest.
hope i made it in time!
I don’t usually do color challenges, but I just had to try this one – FUN! Love that you have the sampler available now – thanks so much!
I am so excited by all these news!!!!
My first link didn’t work. Sorry about that!
This is the first ever contest or online challenge I have participated in so far. As you can see I only have 2 posts on my blog as well. It was a fun experience and I already know I’ll be doing a lot more. Thanks for inspiring me Nichole.
I am so glad you’re going to do a sampler of all your wonderful paper. How nice to have all the colors to play with at the same time!
WOW!!!!!!!!!! what a offer on the card stock. Is it Feburary 15th YET??? Thanks for sharing such a great deal. Just to let you know the new set for January With sympathy; Loss of Pet is a great item. you can do some great things with this wonderful little stamp set. Thanks for sharing the perfect stamp.
Here’s my entry Nicole, pick me, pick me.
The sampler is a great idea!! Thanks for thinking of us ditherers!!
What great challenge I love these colors.
Stephanie
Thanks for the great contests … my first entry today though…love the product always, and new releases look yummy!! Thanks so much for the narrower ribbon to come! Karen
What a great challenge, thanks for a chance to win it. BTW, the sampler packs are a great idea, thanks!!!
Great challenge, unfortunately I can’t find the link to post my card………
Oh dear. I can tell you guys are going to have ALL my money from now on! I’m SO EXCITED! 🙂
I accidentally entered twice – please delete my second one! I was so excited about the contest, and couldn’t find my name when I came back so I thought it got deleted. Of course I found it as soon as I re-entered.
I linked a card. I’m thanking God it’s random and not based on the card. It’s not my best. Love your ENJOY Card Nichole. Simple & Clean.
Fun color challenge to play with! Love all your color palettes.
Fun sketch, and what an AWESOME prize!!
Nichole, this is the first challenge I’ve ever participated in. Thanks for the inspiration and the great prizes! I have my fingers crossed that I’ll win. I sure could use that cardstock!
Sampler packs will be a great way to replenish my paper as I get low! Thanks for listening to your customers!!
Hope I’m not too late to enter this challenge! 🙂
I linked mine! Great color challenge!
OOPS..misread the date/time..congrats to the winner!
I love all your cardstock colors! Thanks for your generosity in all that you are giving away!
I hope this is a Perfect Blend of Color! Wouldn’t it be fun to have the rainbow of papers?
Love the bitty dots paper and ribbon. Thanks for the chance to win such a wonderful prize!
I just added my card, but I’m not taking any chances. The sampler pack will be in my cart on Feb. 15!
The sampler package is a wonderful idea! And this prize package is fantastic! I would LOVE to have all this yummy paper at my disposal. I’ve linked my project above. Thanks for the chance to win 🙂
I am loving all the new products you’ve been introducing. Can’t wait to see all the new releases.
I’ve finally had a chance to whip up a card for the challenge and load it to my blog.
I can’t wait to see everything, and to buy everything. So exciting! Thank you for the great contests!
Oops! I double posted two separate challenge responses to this day. The correct one is #250 (color challenge) and the wrong one is #332 (its the connect the dot challenge). Hope that’s not a problem…
Oops! I double posted two separate challenge responses to this day. The correct one is #251 (color challenge) and the wrong one is #333 (its the connect the dot challenge). Hope that’s not a problem…
your cardstock is awesome love the colors