Maile Belles Returns

We've got a treat for you today……our beloved Maile Belles is back as a stamp designer for 2015 and we know many of you will be thrilled to hear this news!  

We're excited that she's back and we can't wait to show you what she's releasing in February……take a look!

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This set was designed to coordinate with the previously released Beautiful Butterflies stamp set.  Use the pieces in this set to add color and detail to the simple Beautiful Butterflies silhouette images and die cuts. Each of the large original butterflies have either one or two matching pieces, making it easy to create uniquely colored and styled pieces.

The Details:

• Beautiful Butterflies Layers will be available for purchase on February 15th.
• It will retail for $15.
• Beautiful Butterflies Layers contains a total of 11 images.  The largest butterfly layer image measures 2-1/8" x 1.7/8", the smallest butterfly layer image measures 1" x 3/4", the smallest butterfly body measures 1" x 1/2".
• A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $3.  This collection includes a total of 3 dies.  1" x 1/2" (small), 1-3/8" x 5/8" (medium), 1-3/8" x 7/8" (large)

 

 

Swoosh is a wonderful stamp set that features five versatile and beautifully scripted sentiments.  Supporting these swooshes is additional wording, made for mixing and matching to create the perfect phrase. Let these swooshes take center stage or create whimsical backgrounds with ease. This set will pair perfectly with almost any stamp sets already in your collection!  So many possibilities you'll never grow tired of this beautiful, yet useful set.  

The Details:

• Swoosh will be available for purchase on February 15th.
• It will retail for $15.
• Swoosh contains a total of 14 images.  The "hello" swoosh measures 5-1/2" x 3/4", the "thanks" swoosh measures 5-1/2" x 1/2", the "from me to you" sentiment measures 1-1/2" x 1/8" and the "xoxo" sentiment measures 1/5" x 1/8".
• A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $13.  This collection includes a total of 5 dies.  individually about 5-1/2" wide x 1/2" to 5/8" tall.

 

Maile Belles has also designed a beautiful collection of A2 pattern paper, perfect for creating quick and easy cards!  Using elements from her popular Watercolor Wonder set, she created stripes, splats and other "brushed" accents on the linen pages.  With nine patterns in an amazing color scheme, you will find yourself reaching for these all the time!

The Details:

• Watercolor Wonder paper pad will be available for purchase on February 15th.
• It will retail for $10.  
• Watercolor Wonder Patterned Paper Collection contains a total of  36 sheets, 4 each of  9 designs.  The papers are A2 (4-1/4" x 5-1/2") and printed on our famous white linen paper.
• This paper collection coordinates with the following Papertrey colors: Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, Melon Berry, Sweet Blush.

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

For my first project I pulled out the new Beautiful Butterflies Layers stamp set from Maile!  It is always fun to bring new life to some of your old favorites like Maile has done for her Beautiful Butterflies stamp set + dies!

I wanted to layer two different butterflies together for contrast, so I did just that using a smaller cardstock butterfly over a vellum butterfly both die cut with the original Beautiful Butterflies dies.  The cardstock layer was accent with the coordinating image found in Beautiful Butterflies Layers.

I created the butterflies in three monochromatic schemes:

Hibiscus Burst + Raspberry Fizz

Limeade Ice + Simply Chartreuse

Summer Sunrise + Orange Zest

The sentiment (from Meadow Greens) was stamped in the lower corner of the Classic Kraft card base using black ink.  I used a ruler and white gel pen to add a frame around it.  This additional white element also helps balance out the white found on the vellum butterflies.

I used narrow Scor-tape to adhere just the centers of the butterflies to my card front, folding the wings upward for dimension. 

If you want to talk about a quick and easy card, this one fits the bill!  It literally takes ten minutes, so it's great for when you need something quickly.  You can make it for a variety of occasions because of all the sentiments covered in the new Swoosh stamp set!

I die-cut the butterfly from Hawaiian Shores Bitty Dot paper, then die-cut it in half with the "thanks" Swoosh die, reserving both halves.

The "thanks" sentiment from Swoosh was stamped onto a white card front at a slight angle using Tropical Teal ink.  I then adhered each half of the butterfly around the stamped sentiment.  

The coordinating dies for Swoosh offer up so many design opportunities like this!  I am looking forward to playing with them some more over the next few days!

Of course I had to make something with Maile's new Watercolor Wonder paper pad.  Y'all, this collection id just amazing and something you definitely need to add to your collection  I just love it and can see myself getting a lot of use out of it.  One sheet is like pulling out a mostly completed card front!  Just add a little sentiment or focal point and you're done!

For this card I die-cut the Beautiful Butterflies shape from the patterned paper sheet.  I then placed it on my card front so I could trace the shape of the opening with a pencil.  I removed the paper and stamped the sentiment in Summer Sunrise.   I used a Copic Marker to color in the center of the heart and followed up with a hint of glossy accents.

The die-cut Watercolor Wonder paper was adhered with foam tape to create dimension for the opening.

 

I accented the opening with a few wraps of crochet thread.  Now that I has shown you a few things that I have created, take a look at some of the team creations!

 

Danielle Flanders will be featuring Beautiful Butterflies Layers, Swoosh and Watercolor Wonder paper pad.

CLICK HERE to see more from Ashley Cannon Newell.

CLICK HERE to see more from Betsy Veldman.

CLICK HERE to see more from Heather Nichols.

CLICK HERE to see more from Laura Bassen.

CLICK HERE to see more from Laurie Willison.

CLICK HERE to see more from Maile Belles.

CLICK HERE to see more from Melissa Phillips.

 

I think it is safe to say that we ALL admire Maile and her incredible sense of style!  Take a few moments and peruse through her blog to explore all of the amazing projects she has made over the years.  Select a project that you find particularly inspiring and make your own project using elements from her card.

1. Create a new project that is inspired by one of Maile Belles' creations.

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. Are you one of the many who are thrilled to have Maile back as a stamp designer this year?  Do you already own Beautiful Butterflies and are anxious to get this new set to use with it?  Was there a particular project that jumped out at you today?  (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!

LOVE + LAUGH CARD

• STAMPS: Beautiful Butterflies Layers (available February 15th) Meadow Greens
• INK: True Black, Raspberry Fizz, Simply Chartreuse, Orange Zest
• PAPER: Hibiscus Burst, Limeade Ice, Summer Sunrise, Classic Kraft, Sheer Basics Vellum (bitty dot)
• OTHER: Beautiful Butterflies die, white gel pen
• FINISHED SIZE: 4" x 5-1/2"

BUTTERFLY THANKS CARD

• STAMPS: Swoosh (available February 15th)
• INK: Tropical Teal
• PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Hawaiian Shores Bitty Dot
• OTHER: Beautiful Butterflies die
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

WATERCOLORED WITH LOVE CARD

• STAMPS: Swoosh (available February 15th)
• INK: Summer Sunrise
• PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Watercolor Wonder Paper Pad
• OTHER: Beautiful Butterflies die, Copic Marker (R22), Glossy Accents, White Crochet Thread
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"