More April Release: Day 5

Here we are, the last day of our blog series highlighting additional projects created with the amazing April Release from Papertrey Ink! There are some AMAZING creations from the team today, so take notes and enjoy!

Gran's Garden in now available in the store HERE, and the coordinating dies HERE.

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

1. Create card base from linen cardstock.  Blend Harvest Gold ink on top half.  Lay lace stencil over top and use blending tool to ink with Bright Buttercup ink.
2. Diecut lace medallion from Lovely Lace kit.  Adhere.  
3. Stamp sentiment inside lace frame
4. Diecut flowers and stamp with coordinating images.  Arrange and adhere as shown.  

• STAMPS: Gran’s Garden, Inspired: Hope
• DIES: Gran’s Garden, Make It Market Mini: Lovely Lace
• INK: Harvest Gold, Bright Buttercup, Stormy Sea, Ocean Tides, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Lovely Lady
• PAPER: Fresh Snow Linen, Stamper’s Select White
• OTHER: Lovely Lace stencil, Ink blending tool

 

To see more from Dawn McVey, CLICK HERE.

1. Blend ink over stencil on card front.
2. Die cut and stamp flowers.
3. Die cut banner and stamp sentiment.
4. Adhere flowers and sentiment to card front.

• STAMPS: Gran's Garden, Give Thanks
• INK: New Leaf, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Ranger Jet Black
• PAPER: Aqua Mist, New Leaf, Stamper's Select White
• DIES: Gran's Garden, Double-ended Banners
• OTHER: Lovely Lace Mini Kit stencil

 

To see more from Heather Nichols, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut the notched banner from kraft cardstock for the tag base.
2. Stamp the letters on the right end of the tag in Fresh Snow ink.
3. Stamp the flower details on the uppercase letter.
4. Stamp the flowers and leaves on white cardstock and die cut with the corresponding dies.
5. Attach the die cut flowers and leaves to the left side of the tag.
6. Punch a hole and set an eyelet through the flowers on the left side of the tag. Thread ribbon through the hole and tie into a loop.
7. Attach a few sequins around the stamped name on the tag.

• STAMPS: Gran’s Garden, Botanical Letters, Botanical Lowercase
• INK: Fresh Snow, Cocoa Bean, Pale Peony, Berry Sorbet, Prairie Grass
• PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, kraft
• DIES: Gran’s Garden, Notched Star Banner
• OTHER: ribbon (Stampin’ Up!), eyelets (Recollections), sequins

 

To see more from Keeway Tsao, CLICK HERE.

1. On watercolor paper, loosely paint a neutral color.
2. Once dry, heat emboss sentiment in bronze or dark brown.
3. On white cardstock, stamp flowers and leaves from Gran’s Garden and die cut with coordinating dies.
4. Arrange and adhere bouquet in the bottom right corner with foam adhesives. 

• STAMPS: Gran’s Garden, Pen & Ink
• DIES: Gran’s Garden
• PAPER: Stamper’s select white, Watercolor paper
• INK: Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Ocean tides
• OTHER: Watercolors, Versamark ink, Bronze embossing powder

 

To see more from Laurie Schmidlin, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp and die cut flowers/leaves
2. Cut patterned paper layer 
3. Cut white background layer same size as patterned paper and then trim off bottom third
4. Stamp sentiment on patterned paper
5. Adhere white layer on top of patterned paper using dimensional foam
6. Adhere flowers to white cardstock along cut edge
7. Adhere dew drops
8. Adhere top layer to A2 card base

• STAMPS: Gran’s Garden, Pen & Ink
• DIES: Gran’s Garden
• INK: True Black, Pure Poppy, Scarlet Jewel, Summer Sunrise, Bright Buttercup, Harvest Gold, Canyon Clay, Berry Sorbet, Tropical Teal, Smokey Shadow
• PAPER: White, Patterned paper
• OTHER: Clear Dew Drops

 

To see more from Melissa Phillips, CLICK HERE.

1. Create card base from Fresh Snow Linen, round bottom corners.
2. Attach a strip of patterned paper at top of card.
3. Die cut Mix & Mat:  Scallops from Aqua Mist cardstock, adhere to card front using dimensional adhesive.
4. Stamp Gran’s Gardens flowers, die cut, and adhere to card front.
5. Stamp sentiment on Double Ended Banner and adhere across card front.
6. Stamp Initial Sentiments:  Birthday, die cut, and tuck under Double Ended Banner.
7. Embellish with glitter and sequins.

• STAMPS:  Gran’s Garden, Initial Sentiments:  Birthday, Ways to Say:  Birthday
• INK:  Harvest Gold, Aqua Mist, Fine Linen, Lavender Moon, Lilac Grace, Berry Sorbet, Sweet Blush, Spring Moss, Simply Chartreuse, Hawaiian Shores
• TOOLS:  Mix & Mat:  Scallops, Double Ended Banners, Gran’s Garden
• PAPER:  Fresh Snow Linen and Aqua Mist

 

To see more from Stephanie Gold, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut watercolor paper with the floral lace die from Mix & Mat: Scallops. Position the die right next to where it was just cut and die cut it again.
2. Watercolor the lace window with Raspberry Fizz and Lavender Moon Ink. Set aside to dry.
3. Stamp step 1 and step 2 flowers from Gran’s Garden in Raspberry Fizz and Plum Pudding Inks. Stamp leaves in Enchanted Evening and Spring Rain. Die cut pieces using coordinating dies.
4. Using the Botanicals Lower Case, stamp “hugs” onto a small banner of white cardstock.
5. Cut a square out of the center of the front of a Soft Stone card base. Adhere the watercolor lace window to the inside of the card base.
6. Adhere the flowers, leaves, and sentiment banner to the card.
7. Finish card off using a bit of black paint splatter.

• STAMPS: Gran’s Garden, Botanical Lower Case
• INK: Smokey Shadow, Lavender Moon, Raspberry Fizz, Plum Pudding, Enchanted Evening, Spring Rain
• PAPER: Soft Stone, White, Watercolor
• DIES: Gran’s Garden, Mix & Mat: Scallops
• OTHER: Black Paint Splatter

 

To see more from Wanda Guess, CLICK HERE.

1. Die-cut and stamp flowers and leaves.
2. Splatter card front with white ink, stamp white flowers.
3. Adhere flowers and leaves in place.
4. Finish with clear rainstones.

• STAMPS: Gran's Garden, Pen & Ink
• DIES: Gran's Garden
• INK: Fresh Snow, various
• OTHER: White Gouache Ink, Clear Bubbles

 

CLICK HERE to see the original Release Countdown post for Gran's Garden.

 

Quoted: Start Again is now available in the store HERE.

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim an A2 panel of Lilac Grace cardstock.  Use a brayer to ink the stencil with Amethyst Allure ink.  Mist with water and place ink side down onto Lilac panel.  Run through diecut machine with embossing mats and appropriate embossing sandwich.
2. Diecut stitched/scalloped rectangle from linen cardstock.  Stamp sentiment and emboss with white embossing powder.
3. Use ink pads and small sponges (such as make-up sponges) to add color to the sentiment.  
4. Adhere finished sentiment panel and embossed panel to an A2 linen card base.

• STAMPS: Quoted: Start Again
• DIES: Mix & Mat: Scallops
• INK: Aqua Mist, Spring Rain, Berry Sorbet, Amethyst Allure, Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Versamark
• PAPER: Fresh Snow Linen, Lilac Grace
• OTHER: Lovely Lace stencil, ink brayer, embossing mats, white embossing powder

 

To see more from Dawn McVey, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut watercolor card stock with Mix & Mat dies.
2. Stamp watercolor card stock with sentiment and heat emboss with white embossing powder.
3. Watercolor sentiment with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers and a water brush.
4. Die cut tag from Tropical Teal card stock and adhere behind watercolor panel.  
5. Adhere watercolor panel to card front and top with threaded button.

• STAMPS: Quoted: Start AgainINK: Versamark
• PAPER: Saffron Spice, Tropical Teal, watercolor card stock
• DIES: Mix & Mat: Scallops, Made With Love Tags 1
• OTHER: Ripe Avocado button, baker’s twine, White Embossing Powder, Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers

 

To see more from Laurie Schmidlin, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut white layer and stamp sentiment
2. Color banners and flowers with Copic markers
3. Trim patterned paper to 5” x 3 ¾”, cut yellow strips
4. Cut A2 card base
5. Adhere yellow strips to patterned paper, tie string.  Adhere other layers using dimensional foam.

• STAMPS: Quoted: Start Again
• DIES: Noted: A2 Scallop Vertical
• INK: Memento Tuxedo Black
• PAPER: White, True Black, Harvest Gold, Lemon Tart, Patterned paper (MIM: Lovely Lace)
• OTHER: Copic markers, Glitter pen, String

 

To see more from Lizzie Jones, CLICK HERE.

1. Sponge watercolor paper with Aqua Mist ink. Once dry, stamp and heat emboss sentiment.
2. Color with Copic markers.
3. Use a stiff bristle brush and Aqua Mist reinker mixed with a bit of water to add speckles.
4. Adhere watercolor layer to a card base.
5. Die cut the Noted oval from the center of a Classic Kraft panel. Add texture with the Woodgrain impression plate. Attach to card front with foam tape.

• STAMPS: Quoted: Start Again – Papertrey Ink
• PAPER: Classic Kraft – Papertrey Ink; Watercolor Paper – Ranger; White
• INK: Aqua Mist – Papertrey Ink; Onyx Black – VersaFine
• OTHER: Noted: Scalloped A2 Die Collection, Woodgrain Impression Plate – Papertrey Ink; Clear Embossing Powder – Filigree; Foam Tape – Scotch; Markers – Copic

 

To see more from Melissa Phillips, CLICK HERE.

1. Create card base and cover in coordinating patterned paper.
2. Tie a strand of trim around seam.
3. Die cut tag from Fresh Snow Linen.  Stamp sentiment to center of tag using watermark ink.  Heat emboss using two colors of embossing powder.
4. Color ends of banner with Copic markers.  Adhere to center of card.
5. Embellish with die cut Lovely Lace corners, stamped Beautiful Berries:  Spring, and sequins.

• STAMPS:  Quoted:  Start Again, Beautiful Berries:  Spring
• INK:  Fine Linen, Pale Peony, Spring Moss, Ripe Avocado
• DIES:  MIM Mini Kit:  Lovely Lace, Beautiful Berries:  Spring, Basic Bookmark 2
• PAPER:  Fresh Snow Linen

 

To see more from Michelle Leone, CLICK HERE.

1. Create card base from Vintage Cream, trim down to 3.75” x 4.25”. 
2. Cut additional card front from cream, emboss stitched rectangle and trim top.
3. Die cut two layers from Made with Love Tags 2, trim tops, attach dimensional tape.
4. Stamp Quoted: Start Again on top (cream) tag, taping off the lower portion of stamp. Stamp a second time and fussy cut banner.
5. Color flowers with Zig Markers
6. Adhere banner with dimensional tape.
7. Attach all layers. Tie natural twine.      

• STAMPS: Quoted: Start Again
• PAPER: Vintage Cream
• INK: Versafine Onyx Black
• DIES: Made withLove Tags 2, Mix & Mat: Scallops
• OTHER: pink/red cs, cream twine, Zig markers

 

To see more from Stephanie Gold, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp Quoted: Start Again onto front of Melon Berry card base in black ink.
2. Stamp again onto white cardstock. Fussy cut the top banner out using scissors. Adhere to card base using dimensional adhesive.
3. Tie a bow with Natural Twine around the top of card.

• STAMPS: Quoted: Start Again
• INK: Black
• PAPER: White, Melon Berry
• OTHER: Twine

 

To see more from Wanda Guess, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp image twice, watercolor the banners on one impression, and the flowers on the other. Trim out banners and adhere them over the other image using foam tape.
2. Layer patterned paper to create background.
3. Sample small banner scraps to upper corner, finish with twine.

• STAMPS: Quoted: Start Again
• INK: Brown
• PAPER: Vintage Creamm We R Memory Keepers Indian Summer paper pad
• DIES: Banner dies
• OTHER: Twine, Gem, Copic Markers (BG70, BG72, Y26 AND W2)

 

CLICK HERE to see the original Release Countdown post for Quoted: Start Again.

Thank you for joining us for the last ten days of exciting projects and new products! We hope you are leaving feeling inspired more than ever! Is there a particular project today that really left an impression on you? Are either one of these products on their way to you now?

Join us tomorrow for an all new Throwback Thursday post, Friday we will be featuring some special DT Tips from Betsy Veldman, Monday brings you another Make It Monday and Tuesday will be our highly anticipated Blog Hop (you can see this months' inspiration photo HERE). It will be a busy week here at Papertrey Ink, so be sure to come back and visit often! Enjoy the rest of your week! 

NOTE: Originally we had announced that the new anniversary set "Grand Finale" would be featured along with new project samples tomorrow, April 21st. Because of all of the other things going on here on the blog the next few days, we have decided to wait and post those projects on Wednesday, April 26th.