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Project Inspiration: Fall Greetings with a Feathered Friend by Kelly Lunceford

Project Inspiration: Pumpkins from the Patch by Kelly Lunceford

Project Inspiration: Fall Harvest Blessings with a Feathered Friend by Brenda Noelke

Win it Wednesday: April 24 – May 1

April 24, 2019      Papertrey Ink      9 Comments

Welcome to Win it Wednesday where we share challenges, contests and giveaways all in one place!  Each Wednesday, you have the chance to win a gift certificate ranging anywhere from $25 – $100.  You may be asked to create a card, leave a comment, post a photo on Instagram or find a hidden message.  Who knows what the challenge will be, we just want to make winning gift certificates fun!

Join Laurie Schmidlin this Wednesday as she shares her favorite shaped card base. Choose your favorite shaped card. You have the opportunity to join along for a chance to win a $100 gift certificate. One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Wednesday, May 1st, after 6am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post.

“One of my favorite things to do when I’m feeling in a creative rut, is to create a shaped card!  This can include just changing the size of the card (tall & skinny) to actual shapes such as a heart, balloon, or circle.  This week we are challenging you to create a new project featuring a shaped card base.  This can by anything except the regular A2 (4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″) size.  You can definitely take advantage of shaped dies such as I did with my card, if you want!”

Supplies:

  • STAMPS: Expressions of Empathy
  • INK:  Harvest Gold, Spring Moss, Pure Poppy, Versamark
  • PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Kraft, Harvest Gold, Pure Poppy, Spring Moss
  • DIES:  Grand Botanicals, Mix & Mat: Pinked Edge
  • OTHER:  White detail embossing powder, Stencil Basics: Dots, Wooden heart

CLICK HERE to visit Laurie’s blog to see more!

 

EDITED TO ADD THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:

Congratulations, Luanne Ford! Please send an email to customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. Thanks so much to everyone for playing along!


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Saturday Showcase Contest!

 

Your mission is answer two questions on the entry form (not in the comments):

  1. What Patterned Paper did Michelle use?
  2. What type of New Leaf ribbon did Kelly use?

If you need to view the post to find clues, click here.  When you have gathered all of your evidence and are ready to post your answers, please be sure to click the “Enter Contest Here” button below to submit your answers.  Answers posted to the comments on this post will not be considered. You will have until next Wednesday, May 1st at 6:00 AM ET to enter to win a $25 gift certificate.

One randomly selected winner with the correct answers will be chosen from ALL the entries on Wednesday, May 1st, after 6am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post.

Good luck, everyone!

EDITED TO ADD THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:

Congratulations, Laurie Black! Please send an email to customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. Thanks so much to everyone for playing along!


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Instagram Giveaway!

 

Win a $25 gift certificate if you post this photo of Melissa Bickford’s card from our Transformation Tuesday feature to your Instagram account. Double your winnings to $50 by making a project using any of the products Melissa used to create her card.  Please see additional rules below.

If you are joining along, here are the details for this Instagram Giveaway:

  • Post the above photo by Melissa Bickford to your Instagram account (if you don’t know how to add this photo to your account, instructions are listed below).
  • Your Instagram account must be public to participate in this giveaway.
  • If you choose to make a project, please be sure it is included in the same post. Add it as the secondary image in the same post.
  • Click the giveaway entry button below to add your Instagram link.
  • You will have until 6am ET, Wednesday, May 1st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.
  • One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Wednesday, May 1st, after 6am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 – $50 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!

Don’t have an Instagram account?  You can sign up HERE.

Instagram instructions:

  1. Download the Instagram App to your cell phone or other device and log into your account.
  2. Go to the Papertrey Ink blog using your cell phone or other device.
  3. Click on the Instagram Giveaway photo and choose “Save Image.”
  4. Open the Instagram App, click on the plus sign (next to the search icon) to add a new post.
  5. Choose the image(s) (Instagram Giveaway photo + optional project photo) from your photos.
  6. Click “Share.”

EDITED TO ADD THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:

Congratulations, June Swart! Please send an email to customer service and provide them with your full name and the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. Thanks so much to everyone for playing along!

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Annette Gordon says

    April 24, 2019 at 10:12 AM

    I love love shape cards. I hope I have time this month to create a card for the challenge. Shape cards are so fun! And I have been wanting to make a oneis card set to give away to a friend that goes to lots of baby showers.

    Reply
  2. Lynda White says

    April 24, 2019 at 10:12 AM

    For the challenge, can we use ONLY PTI products, or can we use products from other companies?

    Reply
  3. CAROL W BLAISDELL says

    April 24, 2019 at 10:45 AM

    Is the link working for the Saturday Showcase contest? I see “page not found” when I click the link…

    Reply
  4. Meghan Kennihan says

    April 24, 2019 at 10:46 AM

    For the Saturday Showcase Contest… you get a 404 error when you click to enter the challenge……

    Reply
  5. Mel H says

    April 24, 2019 at 10:49 AM

    The link for the Saturday Showcase Giveaway is returning a 404 Entry.

    Reply
  6. Rachael B says

    April 24, 2019 at 12:41 PM

    I can’t get to the Saturday Showcase contest link. It keeps saying 404 page not found.

    Reply
  7. Andre M. says

    April 24, 2019 at 5:52 PM

    Shaped cards are always fun to make.

    Reply
  8. Adele Holcomb says

    April 25, 2019 at 3:23 PM

    The link is not working to the Saturday Showcase contest.

    Reply
  9. Kathy Mc says

    April 25, 2019 at 10:32 PM

    And Melissa Bickford’s link above takes us to Rebecca’s website. Beautiful cards by the gals!

    Reply

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