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Introducing Sweet Speech & Keep It Simple

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Fun speech bubbles are all the rage these days, and we're excited to show you our take on this hot trend.  And not only that, but we've got a couple other surprises in store for building your sentiment stash as well as a little something for the vintage lover! 

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New-products

Sweet-Speech-dies

Melissa Bickford has designed Sweet Speech, a fresh and fun word bubble set that will allow you to create bold cards using a variety of different sentiments. They could be stamped individually onto your projects or grouped and layered together for unique look that will really POP. Dies have also been created to coordinate with the images, making it even more versatile to create with.

The Details:

  • Sweet Speech will be available for purchase on February 15th.
  • It will retail for $15.
  • Sweet Speech contains a total of 8 images.  The ‘HELLO’ speech bubble measures approximately 2-1/4” wide x 1- 1/2” tall. The ‘THANKS’ speech bubble measures approximately 1-1/2” wide x 1-3/4” tall. The ‘CONGRATS’ speech bubble measures approximately 1-3/5” wide x 1-3/10” tall. The small leaves each measure approximately ½” wide by ¼” tall.
  • A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $11.  This collection includes a single die (8 wired shapes).  5-1/4" x 3-5/8" total (each individual word bubble averaging 1-1/2" to 2" wide)

 

 

Keep It Simple: Birthday is the first in a series allowing you to build a collection of basic, medium-sized sentiments in a nice variety of fonts that you can turn to again and again.  With this edition we are focusing on "happy birthday".  The font choices will cover everything from modern to elegant, masculine to feminine and even cards for kids!

The Details:

  • Keep it Simple will be available for purchase on February 15th.
  • It will retail for $5.
  • Contains six "happy birthday" sentiments, each in a different font.
  • Keep it Simple contains a total of 6 images.  All of the "happy birthday" sentiments measure 2-1/2" wide and between 1/4" and 1/2" tall.

 

 

Button-Stacks-die

All of these elements are designed to be stackable in different formations so you can create your own vintage-styled buttons with card stock or patterned paper.  The whole button once assembled could even be covered with glossy accents for a realistic look.  It's as simple as lining up the button holes with each layer.  And just imagine them cut out of felt too!

The Details: 

  • Button Stacks die collection will be available for purchase on February 15th.
  • It will retail for $7.
  • Button Stacks die collection contains a single die (9 wired shapes).  2-3/4" x 3-1/2", creates button about 1" in diameter

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Cover-Plate-Stripes-Vertical

We are SO excited to bring you these new basic Cover Plate dies!  Stripes are so popular right now and with these new products, you will be able to add them to your projects with ease!  As is the case with many of our Cover Plates, there are a lot of techniques you can do with these classics!

The Details: 

  • The Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonal, Cover Plate: Stripes Vertical and Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal will all be available for purchase on February 15th.
  • They will retail for $16 each.
  • Each of the Cover Plate dies measures 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

Now that I've made all of the formal introductions, let's get onto the projects!

Ombre Happy Birthday Card

For my first project I decided to replace the spaces in this striped Cover Plate with a range of grays to create an ombre effect.  I love how easy this is to do, no measuring or anything, because of the Cover Plate!  The bottom two stripes are Soft Stone, the middle two are a medium gray from my scrap stash and the top stripe is Smokey Shadow.

Felt flowers

So, I will totally try my best not to gush TOO much about the new Button Stacks dies.  But, oh my goodness, SO in love with these things.  I could experiment with different techniques and materials for days!  For this project I die-cut the peces from Lavender Moon felt.  I played around with a few of the pieces and decided how I wanted to stack them before stitching them together.

Sentiment

Here the completed accents are!  Aren't they adorable!  The detail is so amazing, I can hardly wait for you to try these out in person!  The sentiment from Keep It Simple: Birthday was heat embossed with White Filigree Embossing Powder on the center stripe.

Third button

Here is a closer look at the third button accent I created.

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Love how this turned out an I can hardly wait to try the same design in other colors!

Gingham Birthday Card

I have a fun little technique to share with you on my next card.

Gingham step 1

I die-cut the Cover Plate: Stripes Vertical from scrap paper and temporarily adhered it on white cardstock to use as a mask.  I then spritzed my homemade Aqua Mist spray mist over the mask.  I let it dry for a minute and removed the mask.

Gingham step 2

I also die-cut the Cover Plate: Horizontal die from scarp paper and lined it up over the original stripes, adhering it in place temporarily.  I spritzed again then let it dry.

Finished gingham

Using the two cover plates as masks and layering them in this way creates a GORGEOUS large scale gingham pattern.  Compeltely gorgeous!

Speech bubble

To finish my card I die-cut this speech bubble from white cardstock and stamped it with the coordinating image in Sweet Speech using Limeade Ice ink.

Flowers

And the Button Stacks again!  Love, LOVE, love!!!!  I die-cut them this time from Linen Vellum and the smallest layer from Harvest Gold cardstock.  They were tied together with white crochet thread.

Border

I added the sweet little scalloped border from the Be Happy die collection in Melon Berry, tied with white crochet thread and finished with a bow.

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One last detail I wanted to point out was that I trimmed the outside edge of the gingham layer with pinking shears.   I thought that kind of added to homespun look.  

Congrats Card

A little something a bit more bold now!  One of the great things about Sweet Speech is that you can leave it as is, like I did in the card above, or you can add color to the floral accent to make things more interesting and give you more options.

Speech bubble

I stamped this one with Orange Zest ink, then added the die-cut floral elements stamped with Raspberry Fizz and Ripe Avocado.  To create a bit of dimension, I die-cut the Sweet Speech die from four layers of Raspberry Fizz cardstock and adhered them together to form this fun frame.  I left the white cardstock that I stamped the speech bubble on larger than the frame to help set it off from the background.

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I adhered it to this Classic Kraft card front that was edged with the stripes from Special Delivery, using Fresh Snow ink.

Bold Birthday Card

There is something that just catches your attention with a black and white card, and this birthday greeting does just that!

Creating stripes

I started with the Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonals die, cut from True Black cardstock.  Here is a little tip on an additional way you can use these Cover Plates.  After cutting the stripes, ditch the frame part and just use the cut outs on a smaller rectangle of cardstock.  The result gives you even more options.

Sentiment

This is one of my favorite sentiments from the new Keep It Simple: Birthday set.  A nice clean font combo.  I added it with True Black ink to an extra strip of cardstock that I adhered in place with bits of foam tape.

Button 1

I tried a differnt Button Stacks treatment with this project.  I die-cut the pieces from Pure Poppy cardstock, then pressed each of them into a VersaMark pad and heat embossed them individually with Clear Embossing Powder.  After letting them cool for a mintue, I tied them together.  The final look is jsut stunning.

Button 2

I die-cut a few Leave It Be leaves from Simply Chartreuse cardstock and stamped them with the coordinating stitching lines using Ripe Avocado.  A few of them are placed around the two button accents.

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Everything is adhered to a True Black card base.

Triple Button Birthday Card

I have yet another technique with the new Button Stacks to share with you!

Button 1

This time I die-cut the pieces from Tropical Teal, adhered them together and covered the whole thing with Glossy Accents.  It took them about an hour to dry, but the finished result looks just like real buttons!

Button 2

I was able to create three different styles and I don't think I could even begin to pick a favorite!

Sentiment

I used another sentiment from Keep It Simple: Birthday, this time a more elegant script stamped in True Black.

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I die-cut the Turning a New Leaf die from the white card front and Simply Chartreuse cardtock, so I could next the two together.  Before adhering the Simply Chartreuse leaves in place, I stamped the whole die-cut with Polka Dot Basics using Ripe Avocado ink.

You Are Amazing Card

I have one last card for you today, showing how the Sweet Speech die can be paired up with any of the creatures in your collection to create fun, playful cards liek this!

Owl

I stamped the Polka Dot Parade owl towards the side of a block of white cardstock.  I followed this up with die-cutting the Stitching Lines strip and stitched along the holes with white crochet thread.

Speech bubble

I added clouds (Up, Up & Away) to the top portion of the white block using Aqua Mist ink.  Then I die-cut the Sweet Speech die from Aqua Mist cardstock and stamped it with the coordinating image in Hawaiian Shores ink.

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The Classic Kraft card base is stamped with Polka Dot Basics using Fresh Snow ink.

Fall Creek Falls layout

I have another Monthly Moments layout to share with you today, this time a 12×12 design using a six horizontal pocket page protector.  It was fun to incorporate some of our previously released sets in with the new ones as I documented a camping trip my family took a few months ago.

Fall creek falls card

The title block started with a 4×6 white card.  I stamped the top and bottom edges with a diagonal stripe border found in the new Special Deleivery set (more on this set later in the week) using Tropical Teal and New Leaf inks.  I used the dotted line from Teacher Tickets down the center of the card with Soft Stone ink.  This helped give me a place to line-up my title letters.  I pulled out the Headline Alphabet stamp set to add the title in New Leaf.  "Falls" was hand-lettered using a black pen.  "Road trip" from the Road Trip stamp set was tucked underneath that with Tropical Teal ink.

Paperclip

I created this little accent using the new Sweet Speech set.  I die-cut the shape from white cardstock and then stamped the coordinating image using Tropical Teal ink.  A small paperclip was added, wrapped with a piece of washi tape that was trimmed with pinking shears.

Adventure awaits

I stamped directly on this photo using some bits and pieces from Summer Camp and Road Trip.  

TIP>>>  The Noir Palette ink pad is my choice for this kind of stamping.

Slide frame card

This card was created with Classic Kraft cardstock to provide a bit of contrast.  I stamped it with the World Map image in Fresh Snow ink.  One of the rounded labels from Summer Camp was added to the side using New Leaf ink.  It was the perfect place to add the date stamp from Monthly Moments: Slide Frame.  

Slide frame

After seeing how my photo would look in the slide frame, I decided I wanted it to have a bit more dimension, So I die-cut it from white cardstock four times and glued them all together.  The top layer was stamped with the coordianting image in Tropical Teal, with the arrow accent added in the lower corner with True Black.  I cut a small narrow piece of New Leaf cardstock into an arrow and heat embossed it with one of the tiny sentiments from Monthly Moments: Slide Frame.

TIP >>> A wallet size print is the perfect width for this frame after trimming a little from the top.

We were here

I die-cut this pinked edge circle from Tropical Teal cardstock and stamped it with the coordinating label from Limitless Layers: Labels using Fresh Snow ink.  The sentiment (from Road Trip) was added with True Black.  I stapled this to the top edge of my photo block.

Field notes card

Last, but not least, my journaling card.  I used Classic Kraft cardstock as my base and added a border made from Tropical Teal cardstock.  It was stamped with Fresh Snow ink and Polka Dot Basics, finished with a pinked edge using scissors.  Note the white journaling strips.  

TIP>>>  Save the strips leftover from the Cover Plate: Horizontal or Vertical dies to use as journaling strips!

Stripes

 

The strips were stamped with numbers found in Teacher Tickets, using Tropical Teal and New Leaf.  I then added my journaling with a black pen.  The heading "field notes", found in the Summer Camp set, was the perfect thing to add to the top of the card in True Black.

I hope you have enjoyed all the creations that I have shared with you today!  What did you find particularly inspiring?  Was it a certain project or perhaps one of the new products we introduced?  We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced!  Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think of the new products and you will be eligible to win big!

Creative-clicks

Melissa Phillips will be showcasing Sweet Speech.

Danielle Flanders will be featuring Button Stacks die collection.

CLICK HERE to see more from Dawn McVey.

CLICK HERE to see more from Erin Lincoln.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather Nichols.

CLICK HERE to see more from Lizzie Jones.

CLICK HERE to see more from Melissa Bickford.

The-challenge

Today's challenge is all about the stripes!  We want to see your best project that incorporates stripes in some way!  From bold to subtle, wide and thin, diagonal to horizontal and more!  Be creative and impress us!

How-to-win

1. Create a new project that incorporates stripes in some way!

2. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product.

3. Upload a photo of your project to your blog, online gallery or any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).

4. Add the direct link to your project on our InLinkz list below.

5. You may create as many projects as you like for the challenge, but each project should have a separate link.

6.  And/or you can leave a comment here to be eligible to win.  What did you find particularly inspiring?  Was it a certain project or perhaps one of the new products we showed you today?  We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced!    (Just click the small "comments" link in blue beside the date in the footer of this post.  If you are reading this as an email subscription, be sure to click through to the actual blog to leave an eligible comment)

7. You have until 7am EST, Thursday, February 13th to add your project link or comment and qualify for the contest.

8. SEVEN randomly selected winners will be announced on our February Release Winners page no later than noon EST, February 13th.

Grand-giveaway

SEVEN randomly selected winners will each receive a $70 Papertrey gift certificate to spend however they choose! Thank you for joining us today and best of luck with the contest!

Supplies

GRAY OMBRE BIRTHDAY CARD

  • STAMPS: Keep It Simple: Birthday (available February 15th)
  • INK: VersaMark
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, gray scrap from stash
  • OTHER: Cover Plate: Stripes Vertical die, Button Stacks dies, Lavender Moon felt, White Filigree Embossing Powder, white crochet thread
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

GINGHAM BIRTHDAY CARD

  • STAMPS: Sweet Speech (available February 15th)
  • INK: Limeade Ice, homemade Aqua Mist Spray Mist
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Melon Berry, Harvest Gold, Linen Vellum
  • OTHER: Cover Plate: Stripes Horizontal die, Cover Plate: Stripes Vertical die, Button Stacks dies, Be Happy (border) die, Sweet Speech die, pinking shears, white crochet thread
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

CONGRATS CARD

  • STAMPS: Sweet Speech, Special Delivery (available February 15th)
  • INK: Fresh Snow, Orange Zest, Ripe Avocado, Raspberry Fizz
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Raspberry Fizz, Classic Kraft
  • OTHER: Sweet Speech dies
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/4"

BOLD BIRTHDAY CARD

  • STAMPS: Keep It Simple: Birthday, Leave It Be (available February 15th)
  • INK: True Black, Ripe Avocado, VersaMark
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Simply Chartreuse, True Black, Pure Poppy
  • OTHER: Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonal die, Button Stacks dies, Leave It Be dies, Clear Embossing Powder, white crochet thread
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 6"

TRIPLE BUTTON BIRTHDAY CARD

  • STAMPS: Keep It Simple: Birthday (available February 15th) Polka Dot Basics
  • INK: True Black, Ripe Avocado
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Classic Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, Classic Kraft
  • OTHER: Button Stacks dies, Turning a New Leaf die, glossy accents (Ranger), white crochet thread
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

YOU ARE AMAZING CARD

  • STAMPS: Sweet Speech (available February 15th) Polka Dot Parade #11, Up Up & Away, Polka Dot Basics
  • INK: Berry Sorbet, Simply Chartreuse, Summer Sunrise, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Fresh Snow
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist, Classic Kraft
  • OTHER: Sweet Speech die, Stitching Lines die, white crochet thread
  • FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

FALL CREEK FALLS LAYOUT

  • STAMPS: Monthly Moments: Slide Frame, Sweet Speech, Limitless Layers: Labels, Special Delivery (available February 15th) Road Trip, World Map, Teacher Tickets, Polka Dot Basics, Headline Alphabet, Summer Camp
  • INK: New Leaf, Tropical Teal, Noir Palette, Fresh Snow, Soft Stone, VersaMark
  • PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Tropical Teal, New Leaf, Classic Kraft
  • OTHER: Sweet Speech dies, Limitless Layers: 1-3/4" Circle die, pinking shears, White Filigree Embossing Powder, paper clip and washi tape, stapler
  • FINISHED SIZE: 12" x 12"

Reader Interactions

Comments

  4. Wow again! Love love love the new button dies – such a great concept. Your sample cards are all so gorgeous. The stripe cover plates are great too – will be hard to decide which one to get!

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  7. Todays release is the best by far! I think the striped cover plates are something we’ve all been waiting for without really knowing it. Love it.

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  14. The button die cuts are on the TOP of my list!! AND your felt…!! I’ve seen it before but have never purchased it – I GOTTA have it now : ) Thank you for another great day of fun!!

    Patti

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  18. The speech bubble set looks so cute, and the birthday greeting set will be a must-have. I’m also eyeing the diagonal cover plate!

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  19. I love the Button Stacks and the ones you covered with Glossy Accents. The black and white diagonal card was so stunning. I always forget how much I love black and white together.

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  22. I just love it all!! i especially love the button stacks and how you made “buttons” out of them! so very clever. love the glossy accents one esp. love the flower with the felt too and how you used the leftover strips to form journaling strips on a layout! clever!love the cover plates too.

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  24. The buttons, oh the buttons! Love them! Gotta have them! Love Sweet Speech, also! AND love all the projects you talented ladies made for us!

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  26. I found a couple things interesting, inspiring – first the masking of the die was ingenious – makes me think of another way to use the quatrefoil die and some new iridescent spray I have. I also liked the pocket pages with the “Hello” phrase – just getting into this type of scrapbooking so it was great to see some examples.

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  28. I cannot tell you how much fun I have been having with felt since I learned from your site that you could cut felt with the dies. These new button dies are wonderful!

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  29. Do you think we were waiting to pounce on this post?!
    today’s items (Button Stacks & Sweet Speech) are two of my most favorite sets you’ve ever released. The teams projects using these have me grinning ear to ear. I keep being relieved when I can live without an item (at least for the moment,) but I sure hope there are no technical glitches standing between me and my order on the 15th! Could trigger the making of a new Ms. Hulk. Come on 15th and spring – in that order.

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  30. I did not see those stripe cover plates coming!! Now to decide: horizontal, vertical and/or diagonal! Gosh those button stacks are adorable. Love the ones that create an impression in the petals – too cute!!

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  35. I love all the ways you can use the buttons. I especially like the look after you put Glossy Accents on. They look like real buttons. Really cool.

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  37. Im loving all the striped cover plates and your samples today!! I don’t know how my budget’s going to manage when my wishlist from this release is so HUGE!

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  40. Every day just gets better and better. How will I ever decide my final shopping list? There is so much to choose from this month. Love the button stack dies. You showcased them so beautifully.

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  45. I love all of the products shown today! It’s going to be so hard to stick to my budget for this months order. I may have to break down & use some of those extra reward points I’ve been saving after I use some of them to get the new set.

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  46. Oh man, you’re killing me!

    As if it wasn’t bad enough with PTI doing the stamps, now you are gearing towards scrapbooking too!! I have LOVED every single one of your layouts! I have now added Teacher Ticket to my cart and I have NO littles! How sad is that? My husband thinks it is pathetic!

    All I know is, after this order, I better hope the mailman or UPS never deliver a package to my door, only behind lock and key!!

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  47. Wow – there are so many possibilities here! The buttons are really inspiring – I have never been able to figure out how to use real buttons on projects effectively, and I love that these really look like actual buttons, especially when covered in GA or embossing powder!

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  54. What is NOT to love!! I love all the striped plates, seems I can never cut perfectly straight strips of paper! And the button dies are fabulous, especially with versamark or the glossy accents over them!

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  57. I love the Button Stacks and the Stripe Cover Plates! How do choose between the three? Answer: Put all three in your cart! 🙂

    Nicole’s scrapbook pages are beautiful. I love her clean and crisp style. Thanks for all the tips today too!

    What a fabulous anniversary day today!

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  60. oh.my.word!!!!! I can understand why YOU’RE so excited about those buttons- I’M SO EXCITED TOO!!!! Love all the products today! Can’t wait to see the full reveal!!! 😀

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  61. The large scale gingham made with the two new coverplates is GENIUS!!! LOVE LOVE LOVE!! Also, Fall Creek Falls is near my neck of the woods and was one of my favorite vacation spots as a kid. Thanks for all the inspiration!! 😀

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  63. I love the buttons and the cover plates. It’s going to be next to impossible to whittle my list down after this release.

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  67. You just keep coming up with more great products and such imaginative ways to use them! I can’t decide just which products I want the most. This is an amazing reveal!

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  68. Sweet Speech has me speechless! So very clever and fun! The button stacks just look amazing and I love the look you got with the Glossy Accents! So much fun! TFS!

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  73. The button dies are fabulous! Those will definitely be going on my wishlist. I also really liked the way you used the stripe coverplate to make the plaid background.

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  75. I find everything you are releasing this month to be inspiring! In particular, my heart just leapt through my throat when I saw Coverplate: Diagonal, Horizontal, and Vertical. I am in love with PTI coverplates. These are all must haves for my collection.

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  77. Those cute stacked button were very inspirational got me thinking which I will be die cutting first , burlap,felt ,paper or maybe wood paper I have in my stash .

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  80. Love the new cover plates. I don’t know which is my favorite one. I know I am going to like the new Keep It Simple series. Most definitely I need this birthday set.

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  81. Oh, my goodness those black and white stripes and the red and green button/leaf accents – so Mary Engelbreit – which I dearly love. Not a big button fan but goodness, these look like you could certainly control the bulkiness! LOVE these. Thank you!

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  83. Love the Button Stacks dies! They look so authentic yet seem to be thinner than actual buttons…solves my “buttons in the mail” problem! Thank you!

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  89. Since the slide frame is one of my favorites so far this release, seeing Heather use it again makes me want it more! The stripes are another eye catching item to me. Thanks.

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  93. those buttons stacks dies are just too cute! And sweet speach is just that — so sweet and dainty!

    I love the checked technique on your daisy card! Just precious!

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  94. I’ve always loved stripes and the buttons are divine…especially loved the one coated in glossy accents that looks like a real button!

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  102. Fabulous post today. I think I am most excited about either the buttons or sweet speech. Can’t decide, and glad I don’t have to choose in real life–I can just get both.

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  103. I love the idea of buttons out of soft materials, so buttons are my inspiration today!! The striped cover plates and sweet speech are also SO tempting! Love all the projects from the designers!

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  106. LOVE everything today. The button dies are awesome. The Striped plates are amazing. The speech bubbles are cute. What’s not to love?! Your pocket pages are great. Love the white striped journal lines. So much goodness!

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  108. as a long time button collector, i would have to say the button stack die is my favorite. however, everything this release is amazing. thanks.

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  109. I am just amazed that you keep coming up with new stuff!?! The new button dies are so cute and you made them look like real buttons – amazing. Love the bubble dies too.

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  113. I am so in love with the buttons! They are so cute! I can totally see myself using these in so many different projects!

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  115. Excuse me while I go rob a bank, because I want EVERYTHING! And, may I say, your design team is outdoing themselves this time!

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  116. The button stacks are a must-have. I love them cut from felt and vellum. Your scrapbook is about Fall Creek Falls – I’ve been there, and it is truly beautiful. Thanks for the chance to win a gift certificate.

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  119. I love all the products you have shown today. The button stacks & Sweet Speech Dies are on my must have list. I also think it great that you have been showing scrapbook projects using all the new products. It really shows how versatile all the Papertrey Ink stamps and ink are.

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  120. The buttons are soooo cute.That’s my kinda thing! the cover plates are really so versatile .Another great day of fabulous products.

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  121. Wow another day of fabulous features and products. What I find most inspiring is the monthly moments. Really love how the products are being used to create interest as our life stories are being documented. I find that so meaningful since I’ve realized is that time will just pass u by.

    Awesome features by DT as always. There are just so many products I’m loving.

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  122. OMG not only am I obsessed with the new strip die plates but that black and white stripped card is stunning. Gorgeous new products can’t wait until the release.

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  123. OH.MY.GOODNESS! Love, love, love the new coverplate dies! All 3 will be in my cart for sure. Today’s projects were really fantastic, I’ve read through this post several times already trying to let it all sink in!

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  124. Button Stacks, Button Stacks, Button Stacks!!! I’m so excited for the Button Stacks dies. I can’t wait to try your technique for using Glossy Accents over the entire stack; looks so amazing!

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  129. I love Sweet Speech–so cute! I also love how you made your own buttons–just looks really cool. And thank you for sharing your Monthly Moments layout–I think this is the first time I have ever been tempted to try a pocket scrapbooking approach, I just love what all of you are making!

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  132. That button die is just fab-I’d love to use it with Glossy Accents and felt just like you have, and I’m already thinking of all the fancy projects I could do with it! TFS!!!

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  135. Totally worth the wait for all these incredible projects today. Buttons and stripes – what a terrific combo. This release is going to be scary expensive!

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  138. Wow!!! … those buttons leave me speechless! The different techniques you showcased are amazing. I cannot wait to get my hands on that die to try them out!!!!

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  142. The button stacks are OMG amazing!!! I love the stripes too. I cannot believe the amazing products this anniversary has shown so far. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE!!

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  143. You sold me on the buttons…
    it was the glossy accents that pushed me over the edge!
    And the stripes…
    LOVE them all and now I have to figure out which to get first…
    I want them all!
    And on a side note…
    I haven’t been to FCF’s since I was a kid!
    My daddy was one of the engineers when they built the lake a few years before he met my mama…
    and I think you just gave me an idea for a day trip this summer! 🙂

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  145. Oh my crafting goodness! I love everything I’ve seen today – the buttons, cover plates… It’s almost overwhelming. Lots of great inspiration from PTI!

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  147. I love the buttons. They turned out darling on your samples. I also like the scrap book page that you created…great ideas for using the new release in other ways. Like the horizontal stripe die…especially the way you used them for journaling. What GREAT new products you’ve come out with this month.

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  149. I love the idea of Keep it Simple sentiments. The font on the sample card is lovely. I really love the buttons you created with Crystal Effects too.

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  150. Love all the possiblilites. Really…what else can you come up with? Love the buttons that are NOT buttons. I think I am in LOVE…and really loving the addition of the new color. Cannot wait to get my hands on some.. Thanks for the chance to win. I love PTI

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  151. No wonder you’re not introducing Tropical Teal buttons – we’re gonna have too much fun making our own! Love, love, love those cover plates – oh, the possibilities!

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  154. My first thought was why make buttons when you can use real buttons. Then it hit me, color, layers, style, color, color. Da, a simple moment. Boy am I going to go broke this month.

    stitchin’ & gettin’ inky…

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  156. I’m really excited about the Keep It Simple: Birthday stamp set and the Button Stacks dies. The different looks of those buttons – wow! After seeing your beautiful cards I’m getting the point of the new cover plates, too. My wishlist is suddenly very long!

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  158. I am in love with the button die, can’t wait to use it myself, love the felt buttons on your first card, I honestly don’t know how I’m going to choose what I want/need in my cart this release!!

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  161. Those buttons are so darn cute! Love the speech bubbles, honestly–I don’t think there is a single thing in this release that I don’t love and need!

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  162. Totally inspired by the embossed buttons!(and GA!) they really do look like vintage buttons. I also love the speech bubbles, usually they do nothing for me but these are super cute!
    This is just such a fabulous release! Just one great thing after another…what a way to celebrate and anniversary!! TFS

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  163. I absolutely LOVE the new striped cover plates! I have a wee bit of a weakness for PTI cover plates! Especially since they also coincide with my other recent wee bit of a weakness for stencils! All these new products are going to break my bank if I don’t learn to practice some restraint really soon! Now would be a perfect time to win the lottery…………………

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  165. Another great day to celebrate PTI! So impressed by the button dies and super excited about Sweet Speech! Can’t wait to see more!!!

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  169. I love everything you have introduced but the buttons are my favorite! They remind me of playing in my Granny’s button tin when I was a little girl 🙂

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  179. Those button stacks are SO cute! And I didn’t think I would “need” the striped coverplates until I saw your samples, Nichole. OH.MY.GOODNESS. I am in love with them!

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  188. Your new cover plates are a MUST HAVE!!
    And the buttons, they are so lovely. Thanks for your products and your inspirations.

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  198. I just love how you stacked the buttons and glazed them together! BRILLIANT! of course the embossed stack is pretty awesome too!

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  200. Gotta have Sweet Speech! And the Button Stacks! Oh my, is my wallet in trouble this month. But, then I say that every month! I LOVE Papertrey Ink.

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  201. I LOVE the stripes cover plates!!! I think the diagonal one is my favorite! I really like the new button dies too. This release is full of soo many goodies! 🙂

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  203. What an awesome release today!!! I can’t choose just one – they all will make it on to my wishlist and eventually my collection. The black and white diagonal striped card really caught my attention!

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  208. The button dies are for sure going in my cart!! Vintage buttons are great, but sooooooo expensive, so now I’ll be able to make my own with paper and Glossy Accents! Yay! They also look great in felt.

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  209. I love the stripes cover plates!! That Keep it Simple birthday sentiment is just what I’ve been looking for and I love the spray technique with the cover plate!

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  210. WOW!!! Seriously, I want it ALL! Nichole, you and the design team should be applauded for all of the AMAZING projects you’re presenting.:) I love release time, and I really, really love PTI’s anniversary celebrations. I’m torn because I don’t want the celebration to end, yet I cannot wait to have the goodies here with me!

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  212. Those button dies are so beautiful! Such great projects to showcase all the wonderful new products this month, I am going to have a hard time deciding this time!

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  214. Everything is going on my wishlist. The Button Stacks completely blew me away – so much fun with the embossing & glossy accents.

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  215. Oh my goodness! Completely in LOVE with those new buttons! Love the Glossy Accents technique. Wow, is really all I can say.

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  217. OMG, I’m going to have to sell my plane ticket in order to cover this month. The cover plate cards/ideas are blowing my mind, but the buttons are also needed!!! Everyday is getting better and better (or harder and harder on the checkbook)!

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  218. The dies are calling my name. From the stripes to the button stacks. I have to put some felt in my cart so I can start making my own. I love the stripes, too, because they come in handy when making masculine cards.

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  220. I am in love with the button stacks and the striped cover plates! All of the projects today were amazing! I especially like the grey ombré card by Nicole. Thank you all for a fun filled birthday celebration.

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  224. When I first heard buttons I thought, “oh,I don’t need those, I have lots of buttons.” Then I saw them and now I not only NEED them I must HAVE them. And all the striped cover plates? Oh yes! And the Sweet Speech is so adorable. Gotta go sell some stuff on eBay.

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  227. The Button Stacks are amazing as are the striped cover plates. Oh my, how will I choose?! Your pocket pages are remarkable and I am so excited to see that PTI has ventured into this area of the hobby. Thanks for the chance to win and get a few of the goodies on my wish list!

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  229. I love the buttons!! They are so versatile & sooooo cute! Of course, I like everything & am having a hard time deciding which to buy first! All the cards are so amazing & the scrap layout is great!

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  230. Nichole showed us so many different ways to use the Button Stacks…loved them in felt -soft and easy to mail. The Keep it Simple Birthday looks like a keeper!

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  237. Oh for the love of sewing! It’s the Button Stacks dies that have caught my attention! When they are embossed, they look like the bakelite buttons from my childhood!
    Love to play with them.

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  240. The Button Stacks will be in my cart. I love to use buttons when I’m scrapbooking but find them a little too bulky to mail. These dies will work perfectly with the PTI felt that I’ve been hoarding! Thanks PTI,

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  241. Loving all of the new cover plates! I don’t think I can get them all though so now I will have to decide which one(s) to get (not good). I also really like the button stacks, so many use for cards and barrettes!

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  242. I’m loving the speech bubbles, button stacks (can’t believe all the different things you did with them this morning!) and, most especially, the Keep it Simple: Birthdays stamps. I know they are not the most exciting thing, but it’s something that I really need in my stash. Love the fonts you chose! I will be collecting the whole series!

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  244. The button stacks are just a delight, love the flowery layers and the stripe cover plates are just in your face amazing. But how do you pick just one – or two even!

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  245. Those button die cuts with glossy accents are so realistic; that project may have sold me on the dies. I’ve really enjoyed today’s projects 🙂

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  250. the most inspiring are the stripe cover plates – especially love how you created the checkered layout using them and your ombre grey background is great. guess i’ll NEED all three of those!

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  254. Wow, I love the stripes and how you did you gingham! So cute. And those do look like real buttons. So many options with those. Really neat!

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  256. The black and white card is so bold and fun. I like the stripe cover plates. They’ll make such great cards. I also really like the button stack with Glossy Accents. It *does* look like real buttons! So very cool!

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  257. The button stack dies are fabulous. The glossy ones look so real but will not add bulk. So pretty, and practical too. Perfect!

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  259. Sure glad I don’t have to pick a favorite card because they are all stunning. Gotta love the results of your button stacks though – glossy, yes and no, and even felt. Since I’ve always loved stripes, the new cover plates are right up my alley. The black & white-striped card is very striking. What a month of fabulous releases!

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  265. I love the gingham look you created with the vertical and horizontal lines cover plates. I can wait to give that technique a try myself. I also love the buttons. The new coverplates and the button dies will be in my cart the moment they go on sale.

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  266. The button stacks dies have wowed me! I love the look of vintage buttons so these dies are right up my alley! Their versatility is great — paper and felt, as well as glossy accents on paper for a real button look.

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  268. I am totally inspired by those button dies. I skimmed right past the first time but as I looked at all the projects I could see so much potential. I have buttons galore but never use as they never seem to be the colours or sizes I want and this new die set solves both these problems. Brilliant

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  269. This first project for today with grey ombre effect is really inspiring. I love the color combo and flowers are super cute 🙂

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  272. I am excited to see all the stripes cover plates, and I think the button stacks dies look like a lot of fun. I love the projects that show the variety of ways to use them, too. Can’t wait to try them when they arrive at my door!

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  276. The button dies are FABULOUS and I love the technique that makes the cutouts look like real buttons. Dying to try this–no pun intended!!!

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  277. Love the speech bubbles and the journaling strips that are included on your pocket page layout. It is so fun to be able use all of these in such fun ways, not just on cards! Thanks for the inspiration!

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  278. I like the new cover plates for stripes, diagonal, vertical and horizontal, but what really caught my eye was the Button Stacks. At first, when I saw the dies I wasn’t too interested. But when I saw Nicole’s creations they quickly moved up to the must have list. I couldn’t believe how just using clear embossing powder could make the cardstock buttons look like plastic buttons. And the glossy accents make the cardstock button look like molded plastic. I was truly impressed. Thanks to all for sharing your creativity.

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  281. Holy moly, probably one of my favorite PTI releases ever! Love those button stacks and the cover plates and the adorable speech bubbles, and, and…well you get the idea!!

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  282. Looking forward to the diagonal stripes cover plate, and the button stacker dies seem to have a lot of fun possibilities. Thanks for the inspiration; my shopping list is growing longer!

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  283. Oh My Gosh! This is going to be one amazing release. The buttons are awesome!!! The simplicity of the stripes are beyond words.

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  287. Oh goodness…..you are killing me with these new coverplates. I can’t decide which ONE to get so might have to get them all!

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  288. Well now, the Button Stacks dies seem to have my name written all over them … so cute! Can’t wait to try them on my own! Thank you for the inspiration, as always. I love PTI countdowns.

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  297. Really love your Gray Ombre Birthday Card! Wonderful stripes and adorable buttons. I also like the Sweet Speech bubbles and those darling little flowers and leaves. There’s just so much to love!

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  298. I am so amazed how real your buttons look Nichole – have to get the Button Stacks! Be Happy looks like a must have too!

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  299. Loving the button stacks especially the ones covered in glossy accents! The felt ones are pretty cute too..adding felt to my wish list! Thank for the inspiration!

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  301. I’m still a little overwhelmed with all the goodies & extremely excited about the new color. Can’t wait to see the rest of your (Nichole) set with the flower image that’s been featured on the Anniversary Week post!

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  302. Love, love, love the new cover plates. One of my favorite cards to make uses diagonal background strips of card stock. Now it will be quick and easy with the new cover plate.

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  303. My favorites of the day are the button stack dies — I especially liked them covered in glossy accents. I just discovered today that I can cut craft foam easily with your dies — that would make cute buttons too!

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  307. OMG! Love the new button stack dies and stripe cover plates! This is an AMAZING release! Have a wonderful day! 🙂

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  311. Those little buttons you made with Glossy Accents are absolutely adorable…can’t wait to try that! The button dies themselves are very cute. I love the embossed detail in some of them.

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  315. Oh my gosh – I thought those heat embossed button shapes were real buttons! LOVE that idea! Love the look of bold stripes too! Hope I get to play along with your challenge. Thanks for so many chances to win!

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  319. I love the stripe cover plates and I love the button stacks! I particularly love the button stack with the glossy accents on them and how much they look like real buttons! Awesome!

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  323. All the new products are so great…I especially love the buttons…heat-embossed and the Glossy Accents give them such a unique look! Can’t wait to have these!!

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  326. Oh My Goodness! How could anything be cuter than the button stacks!!! Love the cover plates too but seriously, I am in love with the button stacks! On my list for sure!

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  330. Totally lovin’ all the stripey goodness! I have so say, I am in love with gingham and totally see the potential for the creation of my own gingham with some of these fabulous products!

    Happy Birthday PTI!

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  331. Love, love love the Button Stacks! Can’t wait to use them on barrettes! The speech bubbles are so versatile – can be used with sentiments I already have too!

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  333. I LOVE the buttons! Actually I love everything today so it is getting harder to choose what to buy. If only I had a larger budget. But the buttons are staying on the list.

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  337. The stripe pattern are great but I love the cute little owl with the heart 🙂 but actually, in general everything looks amazing!!! Thanks again for all the inspiration!!! xx

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  338. Thanks for the opportunity to win. Love the Button Stacks and the all the stripes. Thanks for sharing all your wonderful ideas.

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  341. Sweet speech and the button stacks are so sweet! But, that diagonal striped cover plate has been on my product wish list! So glad it is finally available for me to use – SO excited!!

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  344. What an exciting release!! So many more wonderful stamps and dies…my wish list is ever growing. The projects you’ve created are such an inspiration – gorgeous. Thank you for including us in your celebration.

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  345. I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE the “BUTTON STACKS,” when I first saw the dies! THEN when I saw what you did with them Nichole, I KNEW they were FOR ME!!!!!!!:) I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE what you did with them!!!!:)TOTALLY FABULOUS!!!!!!;)CAN’T WAIT TO PLAY WITH THEM!!!;)

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  346. The stackable buttons die!!! So cute and can see so many possibilities! Also, I love the striped cover plates. 🙂

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  353. I’m loving how you are showing some layouts of your pocket scrapbook each day! It’s really showing me how to use all the PTI products with mine!

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  355. I am excited for the Keep it Simple series! Having these basic sayings in a variety of fonts is just what I need!

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  356. Oh boy! I wasn’t expecting so many new cover plates to choose between. They all look great! And I’m very pleased with the medium sized birthday sentiments. A great basic!

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  360. Love Sweet Speech and the Stripes cover plates…wow! You don’t know how many times I have looked at everyone’s sites over and over again. Amazing work!

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  362. Love the new button stacks! I really like the sweet speech happy birthday card too! Makes me happy. Thanks for the beautiful projects!

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  364. I am not a button girl. Never have been. Well, never say never.
    I feel I need these button stack dies. Oh boy, I’m in deep trouble!!!

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  367. I so want those button dies! I also like the stripes, at first glance I wasn’t getting to excited BUT then Nicole showed how she made that stencil/mask and sprayed ink in the paper. Genius!!!

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  373. It’s a tie! I can’t pick between the button stacks (love the clear emboss idea) or the Cover Plate: Stripes dies! The projects today were gorgeous! This is turning out to be quite the anniversary celebration. Lucky 7, indeed!

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  377. I have resisted the urge to buy a ton of buttons because I will never have the size or color I need. Now, I can make my own! LOVE this die option!

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  381. I love the buttons stacks covered in glossy accents and cut in felt. The stripes are a must have, the speech bubbles, and happy birthday greetings. This release party is very fun.

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  383. The STRIPES Are very striking! If I had to pick one orientation for the stripes, I don’t know which I like best. They are all pretty and give a completely different look to the card. I love the impression plates because of all the options for using them! Great job again!

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  388. I LOVE the buton dies! I’m not really a button person, but these may make me rethink that! Thanks again for such great inspiration!

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  390. I love buttons and have a huge amount of real buttons, but like the fact that we can stack and make our own with interesting designs. A must have.

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  395. Today’s reveal was awesome! I love, love, love the Button Stacks Die Collection…..what fun it will be to play with these! The new cover plate collection is great…..I really like all 3 of them! My “must have” list is growing each day!!

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  396. Loving the button stacks and the new cover plates. Will probably start off with the diagonal and vertical cover plates. So many awesome new products being introduced!

    And I have to say that I LOVE everything you made with the button stacks today…especially the stacks with the glossy accents. They all look so real!

    Linda

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  401. OMG! The buttons are totally a must. Simply MUST have them. Cannot stop thinking about what I can do with them. Great job you talented ladies! Cheers.

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  402. Loving the striped cover plates and what a great way to dress them up, with homemade Buttons!! Are you hiring? I need another job to pay for my wish list! 🙂

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  407. I love the cover plates!!!! The black and white bday card is VERY inspiring! It caught my eye right away…it’s a STUNNER! Love how you used the diagonal cover plate to create the background 😉

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  412. Oh my goodness! I just HAVE to have the Button Stacks and I wish they could be on my doorstep tonight. They are so delightful and I could see using them over and over, and then over and over. Thanks for ALL the great projects and this might be my favourite product EVER from PTI and I have a houseful of items… Thanks so much!

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  413. Love it all! The new speech bubbles and Sweet Speech are just so “SWEET”!! Really looking forward to trying them out.

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  418. I am so inspired by the button dies and all the cool things you can use them for. I also LOVE the speech bubbles. They are a favorite of mine and I own a ton. The cover plates ROCK. The way you did the gingham is so cool.

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  423. Oh my goodness! I love the buttons–the glossy accents make them looks so real! The cover plates just keep getting better and better! I love that you made them all different stripes! Thanks!

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  424. I love everything, as usual. Today the button dies are my favorite. Thanks for the amazingly generous chances to win!

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  425. Ooooooo! I love Button Stacks!! It will be on my list to purchase! Awesome, fabulous projects today, I can’t pick a favorite! I love all the stripey stuff too!

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  426. Fantastic items: I especially love the speech bubble dies and the button dies: can’t wait for the realease!!!

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  429. These Cover Plates speak for themselves. Awesome!!! And the Button Stacks look really neat. The grey paper you used between Soft Stone and Smokey Shadow looks like a super NEW color for PTI. What do you think?

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  431. The buttons are just amazing. I cannot believe how real the ones covered in glossy accents look. I also love the cover plates. They give a simple, yet very pretty touch to the cards.

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  436. Those button stacks dies are amazing. And the techniques you showed! Wow. Used with glossy accents they really do look like real vintage buttons! Can’t wait to play with those.

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  441. I love the new cover plates. I was just thinking how cool some horizontal and vertical plates would be and once again (I swear this has happened more than once!) there they are! Lol. PTI rocks! 🙂

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  445. At first I wasn’t sure I would be interested in the Sweet Speech set but after seeing Nicole’s samples today-I’ve completely changed my mind-how cute are they?!?!? And I’ve said it before, but I LOVE the new color!

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  449. I love the new Button Stack dies and Stripes Coverplate, especially the diagonal! This is an amazing release month and we still haven’t seen the anniversary stamp set! Looking forward to seeing it!

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  452. Button Stacks look fabulous! Danielle Flanders really outdid herself showcasing these dies. Way to go! Gotta have ’em!

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  453. The Button Stack dies are beyond adorable – love them and can’t wait to use them!
    Really enjoyed seeing all the fresh color combos- the grays and Lavender Moon, New Leaf and Tropical Teal. Great bunch of new products today!

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  461. I really like these cover plates! Such a simple concept, but so many possibilities. I was really inspired by the ombre card. I can imagine this card in so many colour schemes! Love it!

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  462. Ooo . . .stripe cover plates!!! LOVE them!! And I love those button dies!! The white vellum ones look like flowers and the glossy accented ones? Look just like buttons. Awesome!

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  470. Love, love, love the button dies! And stripes die cutting plates, and the speech bubbles, and, and, and… Oh my, this is going to be an expensive month!

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  472. I NEED these buttons! They are so so so pretty! I especially love the buttons that you layered together and covered in glossy accents.

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  474. Love the button stack!! Oh my – awesome. Also love the new line plates! Amazed at how you keep outdoing yourselves at Papertrey!

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  476. There are so many exciting things being shown as part of this anniversary release that I am giddy with anticipation! I don’t know how the PTI team consistently creates and produces such innovative and creative products, but it truly sets the bar. Thanks so much

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  478. Once again PTI has outdone themselves because I LOVE all of the new releases. Today if I had to pick a favorite it would be the Cover Plate: Stripes Diagonal die. Thanks again for all your hard work and sharing your designs with us!

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  479. I cannot wait to get my hands on button stacks! so cute! I love the flower buttons and the variety of sizes! I also love how they fit on top of each other to get that fancy/vintage/detailed button look! You always have the most versatile products and I really do appreciate it as a crafter and customer! I feel like I always get so much from your products!

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  480. Oh my goodness! Those button stacks are so awesome! Can’t wait to get them! I love the effect with the embossing and the glossy accents. I also love the new tropical teal cardstock. Wow!!

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  489. I love the button stacks and they looked like real buttons when you added glossy accents to them, great idea! I really liked everything so far and all of you always do such a great job coming up with ideas to use all the new items.

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  491. Love the Buttons Stacks. They look like real buttons. And I can always use more coverplates. Love the stripes.

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  493. I love the Button Stacks… Nichole’s flowers with the Linen Vellum and Harvest Gold cardstock center is just too cute!

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  494. The Button Stack die is Fabulous!
    They look like they would be so fun to work with!

    Love the gray stripes and lavender ones!
    The heat embossed ones look great too
    oh, and the glossy accents are awesome!

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  497. Oh my goodness….I want all three of those stripe plates!! How will I ever choose among them?? The text boxes are adorable too! This is such a fantastic anniversary release!

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  499. Love the new button flower dies. Amazing. The new cover plates are fabulous too. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  502. I am super excited about all the items from today – especially the BUTTONS and COVERPLATES! The cards are AMAZING and give me so many ideas! I love buttons and to be able to make felt or even faux buttons would make the options endless!!! Loving all the new releases- my list is very big!!

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  504. Love everything. Those button dies are sweeeet. Also love the sweet speech dies, great for cards, project life and scrapbooking!!

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  508. I love the Bold Birthday Card – black and white (Cover Plate: Diagonal Stripes) with a splash of red and green (using Button Stacks and Leave It Be dies). I’m going to make this as soon as I get the products to do so!

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  510. I love everything black and white and that beautiful card just knocks me out. The new cover plates are so great..I wish could get every one. Oh heck, just sign me for everything!!!

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  512. I love the button stack dies. They will be so much fun to play with! Love the look of a card with buttons and twine!!!

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  514. Wow, the button dies can be used to make the most amazing projects! I also love the masking technique with the cover plates. It would be awesome to combine the masking technique with embossing!

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  515. I absolutely cannot wait to get the Diagonal, Horizontal and Vertical Cover Plates. I have so many ideas on how I could use these with cards, scrapbook pages etc. What a wonderful idea. Every release always has so many great items. Thank you!

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  519. Don’t think there were any products today that I did not LOVE! The Sweet Speech is such a fun way to add a sentiment or focal message to a card and the Button Stack dies are an awesome way to add to my ever-growing button stash 😉 Great projects from you and the DT (as usual!

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  522. I loooooove the DIY buttons!! Love all the shapes and that there are so many possibilities!
    Great cards and scrapbook layout, too!

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  524. I love the new cover plates! That technique of using the two to create a unique background is one I am tucking away to use very soon!

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  525. Really like the new button stacks and all the different things you can do with them. Button Stacks will be on my wish list.

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  531. Wow – those faux buttons you created with the glossy accents are fabulous! It’s amazing how much they look the “real thing”. What a cool technique!

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  534. Oh I really like the cover plates! The Gray Ombre Happy Birthday card is stunning! I like the button stacks too!

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  539. Really loving the buttons and the new cover plates. Those buttons covered in glossy accents are simply stunning and so very creative. So many things to put on my list!

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  541. So excited about the new series of mid-size sentiments! I’ve been wanting these for a long time. All the ones you showed today look great!

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  542. Sweet speech is sweet!! Love speech bubbles for crafting. And the new cover plates are awesome too! Love the graphic possibilities for cards. 🙂

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  546. Today, as I scrolled through the projects with the striped cover plates, I thought once again how brilliant of Papertrey to design a tool that makes so many design possibilities so simple and easy. Oh, and those buttons… {love sigh}…

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  550. It looks like every card I make from here on out will have BUTTONS all over it since I will be totally obsessed with trying all the combos. You may make me into a scrapper after all with the pocket monthly layouts! My wishlist is getting way too long with this February release. I guess it will be both my Valentine’s Day gift AND anniversary gift from my husband…..

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  551. Well, I am just head over heels with today’s items. Love those “Button stacks” stamps and dies. Clever idea to stack them and cover them with the glossy accents, they look very real. The stencils are beautiful. Very curious about your “homemade spritz”, Nichole. Cheers!

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  556. I love it all. The Stripe cover plates are wonderful. The Button Stacks are adorable, the speech bubbles – worthy of exclamation! There are just too many wonderful products to choose from this month. Thanks for the incredible inspiration.

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  565. It’s the buttons! OMG are these the cutest things or what? The speech bubbles are great but the buttons are tops on my list.

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  566. I especially love the buttons that Nichole did for the cards she showcased today. But the dies for creating stripes are a must have also! ! ! ! Happy Anniversary!

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  570. Wow the buttons dies are really cool. Such a great little embellishment, and you could have any color button you want! Really like how you added the glossy accents!

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  575. Love , love , love the buttons. The glossy accents and the felt applications inspired me to move out of my comfort zone. Always shy about using non paper materials.

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  584. Love those layered felt flowers. I like all the things you did with the stripes. Lot’s of uses with those. Also the layout was really nice with all the elements (slide frames, washi tape cut with pinking scissors) just really cute touches.

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  585. The buttons are so cute! I really like the examples where each button was either coated in embossing powder or glossy accents. They really look like real buttons! No need to search for the perfect color button anymore. I will make my own!

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  588. The button dies are so cool, love the different looks. I also need to say that I was a scrapbooker before the cardmaking & it has been very hard to go back to srapbooking. With all the examples you’ve been showcasing & the tips you’ve been sharing, it really helps me get my head wrapped around this new way of doing things. It’s not so overwhelming & I’m excited about getting back to it ~ thx!!

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  596. The Button Stack is …priceless! Yippee, I can’t wait to create with them!
    Thank you Ladies for the inspiration.

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