May 2016 Blog Hop

Today we are excited to present the BIG monthly Blog Hop that Papertrey Ink hosts for all of its talented customers to show off their skills! The Blog Hop is an ALL DAY EVENT!  An Inlinkz list is posted below and you can add your link anytime up until 11:30pm ET.  And don't worry if you didn't get a chance to make a project and play along, there is a contest for non-participants as well over in our forum in the designated thread. I look forward to seeing all of your creativity!

A day dedicated to seeking inspiration through projects utilizing Papertrey Ink products.   This event allows all of our customers who enjoy sharing inspiration & artwork with their peers do so through their personal blogs.

Today, 10am ET until 11:30pm EST.

 

artwork from the Sarah Langtry from Just the Bees Knees 

I love the way Sarah layered the gray text over the watercolored images here, and I thought how lovely the same design principles would look applied to a card! Replace the popsicles with butterflies, florals, hearts, stars or anything else you dream up. Pick one of the color palettes to base your entire card on, or try using all of them! Look for big sentiments that featured a mix of serif and script. Really experiment and have fun stepping out of your comfort zone!

 

 -Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am ET and 11:30pm ET on May 25th within the InLinkz list below. The title of your post should be "Papertrey May Blog Hop Challenge".

-Only one entry per person please.

-Customers & participants alike can peruse all of the links and absorb all of the amazing inspiration that will be shared!

-After you have made your way through the list, simply return to our forum and participate in all of the fun!

-You can chit chat with everyone in the Blog Hop forum! Take this time to praise your peers efforts, discuss anything new you might have learned and which projects really offered something unique!

-The three random blogger participant winners will be announced Thursday morning on our forum and highlighted here on my blog!

-You can enter our Blog Hop Forum contest. There is a special thread posted in our forum specifically for this purpose asking a question. Please only post once, as the winner will be picked via the Random Number Generator. The forum contest will end at midnight ET and the winner announced Thursday morning.

-Create a project while you are here, using the new inspiration you have gathered from the Blog Hop. You can post your projects in the gallery, even if you do not have a blog! We are looking forward to all the fun today!  Thank you for joining us!

EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS:

A.Pearcy created a simple card that is high on style. The yellow and blue combination is fresh and fun. The clever arrangement of birds perfectly balances the sentiment.

Wanda Guess used this year's anniversary set Painted Petals to create her stunning card. The splatters added around the focal point bouquet are a great way to add balance and style.

Karen B. made this watercolored beauty. Loving how she stamped the images in gray and kept the colors to pastels, which really carries through the theme from the original inspiration picture.

Congratulations to all the winners! Please email customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate to. Thanks to everyone for playing along and creating so many beautiful projects!