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September 2025 Release Day

Nutcracker Magic Stamps & Dies + Designer’s Free Space

Project Inspiration: Happy Halloween by Brenda Noelke

Build-An-Angel + Angelic Sentiments + Love to Layer: Soft Ridges + The Bigs Christmas Sentiments

October 25, 2024      Papertrey Ink      Leave a Comment

Penny here, and I’m so excited to be here with you today as we kick off our delightful October Countdown!   I will be your guide as we countdown to Christmas with angels, a nativity, the most beautiful foiled Christmas tree, sentiment dies, and oh, so much more!  Our products this month are perfect for not just cardmaking, but can dress up pretty packages and make unforgettable tags and ornaments.

Here at Papertrey Ink, it’s our passion to bring you designs that you will love creating with.  If you like a more simple style, every product we release has elements that can take center stage to create a simple, yet designed, focal point.

If you like a little more detail, we pack each set with as many images as possible so you have the freedom to create exactly what you want.

Each of our newly released products can be used in many different ways to fit your particular style, and I can’t wait to show you these inspiring designs.

Cozy up in a blanket, add some spice to your hot cider, and let’s take a look at what our featured designers created for us today.  We’ll begin with our new Build-An-Angel dies and Angelic Sentiments…just wait until you see what we’ve prepared for you!

Look at this beautiful card our designer Melody created using our Build-An-Angel dies.  This new collection of dies comes with one angel body and several different styles of wings to choose from when building your angel.  You can select solid wings, ornate wings, and wings that can be positioned in different ways, and a halo you can die cut from glittered or metallic cardstock to add an extra touch of shimmer.

TIPS:

  • Use our Border Bling:  Twinkle die to create a magical, starry background that compliments perfectly with our Build-An-Angel dies.
  • Softly sponge Aqua Mist ink around the edges of your angel to help it stand out just a bit from the background, and also add a soft touch.

SUPPLY LIST:

STAMPS: Angelic Sentiments

DIES: Build-An-Angel, Love to Layer, Soft Ridges, Border Bling: Twinkle, Build-A-Stocking

INK: Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado

PAPER: Aqua Mist, Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, Stamper’s Select White

OTHER: Glittered Cardstock, Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Spritz, Red Gems

 

Notice the delicate, intricate wings Melody has used on this lovely card.  She die cut them and the halo for her angel from metallic rose gold foil and they look so stunning!  You’ll love die cutting our wings from many different mediums such as vellum, glittered and metallic cardstock, patterned paper, even felt for our solid wings.

This sentiment Melody used is one of my favorites and is absolutely perfect for sharing with your favorite friends!  I love that our angels can be used not just during the holidays but all year round.

SUPPLY LIST:

STAMPS: Angelic Sentiments

DIES: Build-An-Angel, Love to Layer: Soft Ridges, Love to Layer: Rectangle, North Pole Mail: Candy Cane Frame Post Card

INK: Smokey Shadow, Sweet Blush

PAPER: Smokey Shadow, Stamper’s Select White, Sweet Blush

OTHER: Rose Gold Foil, Patterned Paper, Pink Gems

 

I instantly fell in love with Melody’s trio of tags created with our Build-An-Angel dies.  Don’t these make the sweetest gift tags and even ornaments?  Notice that Melody used our new Love to Layer:  Soft Ridges dies to create her tag base.  These are the perfect size and shape, aren’t they?  Her circular tag cut using our Love to Layer:  Stitched Circle is an added bonus and uses another, new angel die that you’ll be hearing more about very soon!

TIPS:

  • Use our hot foil plates to create tag bases that coordinate and accent our Build-An-Angel dies perfectly!  You can never have enough shimmer and shine when it comes to the holidays.
  • Cut your sentiments into strips or stamp on our Double Ended Banner when adding sentiments to your tags.
  • Experiment with different types of paper for the wings. Glittered, Foil, Vellum, and Patterned Paper add interest and texture.
  • Look at the dies you already own and see if you could use them for tags.
  • Cut the body of the Angel twice and glue to the two layers together to add more dimension.

 

SUPPLY LIST:

STAMPS:  Angelic Sentiments, All Around Christmas

DIES:  Build-An-Angel, Love to Layer: Soft Ridges, Love to Layer: Stitched Circle

INK:  Dark Indigo, Sweet Blush, Pure Poppy, Versamark

PAPER:  Dark Indigo, Pinefeather, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Stamper’s Select White

OTHER:  Stargazing Hot Foil Plate, Fanciful Snowflake Background Hot Foil Plate, Bakers Twine, White Foil, Gold Foil, Blue Gems, Pink Gems, White Embossing Powder, Patterned Paper, Glittered Cardstock, Foil Cardstock

 

Aren’t Betty’s soft, ink blended wings gorgeous?  They just glow and add the perfect elegant touch to highlight her angel.  I love the tiny details across the bottom of our Build-An-Angel.  They add just the right amount of soft, subtle detail.

TIPS:

  • Use border bling as a textured background instead of a die cut.
  • Layer the two different size angel wings to create a fuller look.

 

SUPPLY LIST:

STAMPS:  Angelic Sentiments

DIES:  Build-An-Angel, Border Bling: Frame In Nature

INK:  Aqua Mist, Bright Buttercup, True Black

PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Hawaiian Shores

OTHER:  Stickles Crystals

 

Betty’s next project is the perfect Christmas card..filled with beautiful Pure Poppy, stark white, soft vellum, and accents of gold.  Those tiny vellum, die cut wings have my heart!  Don’t you love how each set of wings creates such a different look and feel to each angel?

TIPS:

  • Create fun backgrounds using the large sentiment stamps and heat embossing for added texture.

 

SUPPLY LIST:

STAMPS:  Angelic Sentiments, The Bigs Christmas Sentiments

DIES:  Build-An-Angel, Love to Layer: Soft Ridge

INK:  Pure Poppy, Versamark

PAPER:  Pure Poppy

OTHER:  gold embossing powder, vellum, gold foil card stock

 

Notice how Betty die cut her Build-An-Angel body from patterned paper with subtle snowflakes and text across the front.  Her die cut gold, metallic wings create the most enchanting look and feel, don’t they?  And I love how Betty added back in a gold halo…such a perfect added touch.

TIPS:

  • Layer soft pattern papers even with the die cuts to keep a themed softness to the card.
  • Add gold touches to the focal point to help them pop.

SUPPLY LIST:

DIES:  Build-An-Angel, This Is Big Sentiments: Merry Christmas

PAPER:  Christmas pattern paper

OTHER:  gold foil card stock, metallic gold pearls

I just love our new The Bigs Christmas Sentiments stamp set and coordinating dies.  They are the perfect size to take center stage on your cards and tags and come with such fun, additional, decorative images such as leaves, berries, sprigs, and even a heart!  Our Love to Layer:  Soft Ridges dies are the most beautiful shape and perfect size for cards, tags, and ornaments.  They come in three different sizes, large to small.  The smallest is the perfect size for sentiments and are a favorite of mine!

Seeka’s beautiful card uses one of the many sentiments found in this set, layered over our new Love to Layer:  Soft Ridges die cuts.  She’s added fun detailed floral images to add a perfect pop of color.  This card could easily be mass produced to create a bundle of holiday cards to pass out for Christmas.  I love Seeka’s clean and simple style and layering!

TIPS:

  • Add white splatters of paint over an Ocean Tides card base to create a lovely, snowy background, perfect for Christmas.
  • Use foam adhesive behind your sentiment to elevate it up and off the base.  This adds depth and dimension in a fun and easy way.

SUPPLY LIST:

STAMPS:  The Bigs Christmas Sentiments

PAPER:  Ocean Tides, Stamper’s Select White

DIES:  The Bigs Christmas Sentiments, Love To Layer: Soft Ridges

 

I hope you have enjoyed all the beautiful projects that we’ve shared with you today!  We would love to hear what you think of everything we have introduced!  Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you like the most and why, and you will be eligible to win big!

Leave a comment today and you will be automatically entered to win a $50 Papertrey Ink gift certificate! You have until 10am ET, October 26th to leave your comment and be eligible to win.  Only one comment per person please.  One randomly selected winner will be posted on the October Release Winners Page by 12 PM ET on October 29th.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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