Papertrey Ink October 2017 Blog Hop

Hello everyone! It's the 25th of the month so that means it's time for the Papertrey Ink Monthly Blog Hop.  As soon as I saw the inspiration image from Nichole, it reminded me of many botanical and gift wrap prints that I admire from Rifle Paper Company and their ability to put color combinations together that are just not what I would routinely think of.  I found a Recollections Paper Pad called "Midnight Garden" that has some similar style prints in it. I really enjoy finding new images to add to my Pinterest page where I have lots of their stuff pinned already.

One of the colors I used to create this card was a little gift from a friend, Cindy. Cindy sent me several 1/4 sheets in many colors I did not yet have in Papertrey Cardstock and this particular card uses one of those although it will not be very obvious because I placed a vellum layer over it.  The very front cardstock panel on this card is Stamper's Select Vellum over Honey Nut Cardstock.

I mistakenly had this cardstock labeled as Saffron Spice.  I didn't realize my mistake until I did a bit of bartering with Cindy to get a couple of sheets of "Saffron Spice".  Until the additional sheets came in the mail, I hadn't realized I had the labels switched.  It's not a big deal, I'll just add a small package of Honey Nut to my next order so that I have that perfect color.  One of the nice things about the Rifle Paper Company Prints (and this pack of  patterned papers that are similar in style) is that I have other colors of cardstock that also match.  Don't get me wrong, I realize that the two styles are very different but there's no telling what particular thing will make you think of another so I've learned to go with the flow to see where that exploration will take me. You can see many more of these prints, calendars, and gift wrapping papers by doing a search on Pinterest like the one I did here.

For my card, I stamped the saying from Quoted: Start Again in Versamark and heat embossed the sentiment in Antique Gold Embossing Powder on to Stamper's Select Vellum Cardstock then die cut it with a Double Stitched Rectangles Die from MFT.  I cut another rectangle the same size from Honey Nut Cardstock and applied the embossed vellum to the rectangle cut from Honey Nut Cardstock. I love how it is the right color but softened up from the vellum overlay.  Next I die cut a larger panel from the same Double Stitched Rectangles Die Set out of Sweet Blush Cardstock which is a perfect match to the colors of the patterned paper.  I die cut the patterned paper with WPLUS9's Gift Card Layers Die and affixed all the layers to a top folding card base made from Stamper's Select White Cardstock. 

For a little touch of color on the vellum I used a Zig Clean Color Real Brush Marker in Light Pink with a Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush Pen to color in the ribbon and help tie all the pink elements together. I really love how this card turned out and I have in mind a particular friend I want to send it to.  

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see my project.  I have so many projects in my head that I want to create but the trouble is finding enough hours in the day to do that. Hopefully, I won't have any distractions for the rest of the week and can get to a few more of those ideas.  Be sure to head over to Nichole Heady's Blog and see what everyone has created for this challenge. I promise, you'll leave inspired.  

Papertrey Ink June 2017 Create Along With Us

Each month during Papertrey Ink's release week, we are invited to create a project of our own that is inspired by one of the projects we've seen during the release previews. On the 10th through the 14th of each month, we get lots of previews of the projects and on the 15th we get a full release reveal.  There's lots of anticipation going into it and at 10:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the 15th, these items become available for purchase in the Papertrey Store.

There have been lots of projects from Nichole and the Design Team that have inspired me already this month including this one on the left from Heather Nichols and the one on the right from Keeway Tsao.  I wish they would let us enter more than one project as I already have one in each style completed and it's hard to pick only one favorite.  But I selected Keeway's project which features the new Year of Psalms - June.  For my card, I used the Quoted - Start Again Stamp Set.

To begin my card, I started with a 4.25 x 5.5 inch rectangle of Stamper's Select White and using one of the Modern Background Stencils, I added Hawaiian Shores Ink to that panel with a stencil brush.  Then I die cut the panel with a large stitched rectangle die and mounted it to a top folding white card base made from Stamper's Select White.

Next I cut the mat from Mix and Mat Scallops out of watercolor paper and watercolored the two stripes using Hawaiian Shores and Vintage Jadeite Inks. Once that panel was dry, I used my Mini MISTI to stamp the quote in Versamark and heat set it with Antique Gold Embossing Powder.

I popped up the front panel on a piece of fun foam cut to slightly smaller than the stitched rectangle of the panel.  That finishes off my card for this month's Create Along With Us Challenge.  Be sure to stop over and see all of the beautiful creations at Nichole Heady's Blog.

I'm also going to be entering this card in the challenge at Word Art Wednesday.