Introducing All Things Spring

We're excited for Spring and today's post is all about this much-loved season and all that comes with it!  Whether you craft for springtime holidays and occasions or you just love crafting with gorgeous spring-inspired images, we've got you covered!

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Quilts have a classic, timeless beauty!  Now you can recreate one of the most beloved quilt patterns, the Wedding Ring, using the new  Quilted: Spring stamp set.  Combining the Quilted: Spring stamps with the coordinating die collection will allow you to quickly and easily create beautiful paper quilts to use on your handmade cards and gifts.  The sentiments in this set complement the theme of the Wedding Ring, and will be perfect for creating lovely wedding and anniversary cards. 

You can look forward to three more sets to be released in the future, making this a seasonal series!

The Details:

• Quilted: Spring will be available for purchase on February 15th.
• It will retail for $15.
• Quilted: Spring contains a total of 13 images.  The main circular quilt image measures just over 2 ¾” wide and 2 ¾” tall.  The assembled quiltblock, including the die, measures 3 1/8” x 3 1/8”.  The assembled flower bouquet measures just under 2 ¼” wide and 2” tall.  The “Together is a beautiful place to be” sentiment measures 3” wide and 7/8” tall.
• A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $13.  This collection includes a total of 4 dies.  3" square (quilt block), 2-3/8" x 1-7/8" (floral cluster), 7/8" x 3/4" (flower), 1/2" x 1/2" (leaves)

 

 

This collection of beautiful sentiments will help you bring the joyous message of Easter to your friends and loved ones through handmade cards and gifts.  The sentiments are joyful and exuberant, done in a stylish mix of fonts that will give your Easter cards a fresh new life, just like the Easter season itself!  There is a nice mix of larger and smaller sentiments, allowing you some mix and match options.  There are also a few accent pieces with which you can further embellish the sentiments.

The Details:

• Easter Alleluias will be available for purchase on February 15th.
• It will retail for $15.
• Easter Alleluias contains a total of 12 images.  The large “He is Risen…” sentiment measures just over 2 1/8” wide and 1 ¼” tall.  The “Alleluia!” sentiment measures just under 3” wide and 1 ½” tall.  The “He is not here…” sentiment measures just over 1 ½” wide and 2 ¼” tall.  The sunburst image measures just under 1” wide and 3/8” tall.

 

 

This set of detailed Easter eggs was inspired by the beautifully decorated eggs popular in Eastern Europe. Etched Easter Eggs features five elegant eggs and a variety of sentiments that can be mixed and matched for a wide array of meaningful messages. These sophisticated images would be equally gorgeous whether watercolored or embossed in glittering metallics. Pair this set with the previously released, coordinating Egg Die as well as the Etched Easter Eggs Die Collection for even more possibilities.

The Details:

• Etched Easter Eggs will be available for purchase on February 15th.
• It will retail for $15.
• Etched Easter Eggs contains a total of 15 images.  The eggs measure 1 1/5” wide by 1 5/8” tall.  The script “Easter” sentiment measures just under 1” wide by just under 1/2” tall. The “He is risen” sentiment measures just over 1 1/2” wide by just over 1/4” tall.
• A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $9.  This collection includes a total of 5 dies.  1-1/8" x 1-5/8" (individual egg)

 

 

This new cover plate is inspired by a vintage vine quilting pattern.  This plate is actually a tad bit smaller than our standard cover plates so you will be matting it when you adhere it to an A2 card base.  This also does not do any interior "cutting".  It just adds the stitching line detail.  By just adding a sentiment to the interior frame portion you can have a quick and easy card.  But the stitching is also subtle enough that you can add stamped embellishments and focal points without it being too busy.

The Details: 

• Cover Plate: Stitched die will be available for purchase on February 15th.
• It will retail for $16.
• Cover Plate: Stitched die measures 4" x 5-1/4".

 

 

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

First up is a quilted card that took very little effort thanks to Betsy's ingenious die and stamp designs!

I die-cut the block from a few different colors of cardstock and selected pieces from each cut to creates a multi-color quilt block.  The pieces were stamped with the coordinating stamps from the stamp set.

The floral accents in this set are just stunning!  And easy to work with too!  After stamping and assembling I added a few dots with a white gel pen.

The sentiment, also from the set, is heat embossed with white filigree embossing powder, which really pops on the kraft background.

I think this would be wonderful for a bridal shower, wedding or even anniversary!

The new Cover Plate: Stitched die is a bit different than the other Cover Plates we have released in the past.  It cuts the overall block just slightly smaller than an A2 card cover and it cuts a stitched design rather than shapes.  The detail in this practically steals the show!

I used the sweet floral cluster from Quilted: Spring on this project too, this time in shades of orange.

"Enjoy" is embossed in the center using white filigree embossing powder.

This card uses very few supplies to achieve a really pretty look, just a post-it note and some ink!

I marked my center point with a pencil and then just rotated the post-it on that point and inked after each rotation using a sponge dauber.  The colors are changed up a bit with Summer Sunrise on the bottom portion, Berry Sorbet on the sides and Orange Zest at the top.  You could even work in more colors than that if you wished!

After the masked background was done I heat embossed the beautiful sentiment from Easter Alleluias right in the center.

The bottom portion of the card is wrapped with gold thread and finished with a bow.

This technique would work well with many of the sentiments from Betsy's new set!

Next up, another gorgeous easter greeting courtesy of Lizzie's new Etched Easter Eggs die set!  These dies are SO detailed you hardly need anything else added to your project!

I die-cut all five of the egg designs from various pastel cardstocks and then strung them onto some crochet thread.

I adhered the eggs onto the card front and then tied the ends of the string in place using holes punched in the card edges.

I added a simple little sentiment to the lower corner from Easter Alleluias.

Whether you go bright and bold, or stick with pastels like I did here, you can't go wrong with how easy this card is to whip up!

Of course I had to put Lizzie's Etched Easter Egg stamp set to good use as well!

I stamped one of the fabulous eggs onto white cardstock and colored it in with Copic markers.  A banner made from Limeade Ice cardstock was heat embossed with a sentiment from the set.

 

A block of Sheer Basics polka-dotted vellum adorns the top of this card.  Just under the edge of the vellum I added the word "Easter" with the Block Alphabet dies.

Now, just take a look at what some of the other gals have done with these amazing products!

 

 

 

Melissa Phillips will be featuring Quilted: Spring and Cover Plate: Stitched die.

Heather Nichols will be showcasing Easter Alleluias and Etched Easter Eggs.

CLICK HERE to see more from Ashley Cannon Newell.

CLICK HERE to see more from Betsy Veldman.

CLICK HERE to see more from Danielle Flanders.

CLICK HERE to see more from Dawn McVey.

CLICK HERE to see more from Lizzie Jones.

Seeing how the theme of today's post was spring, we thought it would be a good time for you to "spring" into action!  It's time to take charge of your stamp collection and ink up a set that has yet to see ink!  If you don't have one of those, then pull out a set that hasn't been used nearly enough!  Make a project using that set for your chance to win!

1. Create a new project that uses a stamp set from your collection that hasn't seen ink!

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. ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PLEASE!

6.  And/or you can leave a comment here to be eligible to win. Is Spring your favorite season?  Do you create cards for Springtime holidays?  Is there a particular product that you just have to have from today's line-up?  (Just click the small "comments" link  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, Sunday, February 15th to add your project link or comment and qualify for the contest.

8. EIGHT randomly selected winners will be announced on our February Release Winners page no later than noon EST, February 15th.

EIGHT randomly selected winners will each receive an $80 Papertrey gift certificate to spend however they choose! Thank you for joining us today and best of luck with the contest!

QUILTED TOGETHER CARD

• STAMPS: Quilted: Spring (available February 15th)
• INK: VersaMark, Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores, Fresh Snow, Orange Zest
• PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice, Classic Kraft
• OTHER: Quilted: Spring dies, White Filigree Embossing Powder, white gel pen
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

ENJOY CARD

• STAMPS: Quilted: Spring (available February 15th)
• INK: VersaMark, Ripe Avocado, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest
• PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy
• OTHER: Cover Plate: Stitched die, White Filigree Embossing Powder, black pen
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

HE IS RISEN CARD

• STAMPS: Easter Alleluias (available February 15th)
• INK: Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Berry Sorbet, VersaMark
• PAPER: Stamper's Select White
• OTHER: gold thread, White Filigree Embossing Powder, post-it note, sponge dauber
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

EASTER EGG BANNER CARD

• STAMPS: Easter Alleluias (available February 15th)
• INK: Charcoal Palette
• PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Spring Rain, Aqua Mist, Winter Wisteria, Lavender Moon, Sweet Blush
• OTHER: Etched Easter Egg dies, white crochet thread, 1/8" hole punch
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

JOYOUS EASTER CARD

• STAMPS: Etched Easter Eggs (available February 15th)
• INK: VersaMark, Charcoal Palette
• PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Limeade Ice, Aqua Mist, , Sheer Basics Vellum (polka dots)
• OTHER: Egg die, Block Alphabet Upper dies, White Filigree Embossing Powder, Copic Markers (BG11, Y32, YG11, YG25), white gel pen
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"