January Papertrey Blog Hop

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Today is Papertreys January blog hop!
The challenge was to use a black background.
I never would have chosen black as a background but I LOVE how
clear embossing looks on it!
Happy Hopping!

Make It Monday #100: How to Package Cards with Oversized Embellishments

 

 

 

 

Make It Monday #100: How to Package Cards with Oversized Embellishments
This was a super fun challenge! Its been a while since I've made a card and it was hard to get
back into the grove.
The items used to make the card are Papertrey Ink and October afternoon paper: Farm Girl.
 

6x6 Paper Scraps & Ink Storage

 I thought I would share with you how I store some of my supplies today. Since I have taken up card making I have been collecting 6x6 paper pads. They fit perfectly in this basket I bought at Hobby Lobby. Its very sturdy and has a great handle. It has held up really well for all the traveling back and forth from shelf to table. Those paper pads may be small but all added up can weigh quite a bit.

 Now I really like to save every tiny scrap of paper. But, I also want to know what paper pad it came from. I take a glassine resealable bag and attache it to the back of the paper pad using my ATG gun making sure the top or flap is on the front. Now I have a pocket to store all my scraps in! So far this has worked really great for me.

 I thought I would also show you my current ink storage. I'm not in love with it because its not portable but its doing the job of seeing all my ink easily. I bought a Expandable Shelf Organizer from Lowe's. I just put it in my shelf and added ink. It also works great for storing wood stamps.

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Make It Monday #41: Essential Glue Pad Tips

Wow my make it Monday is actually on Monday for once! This Papertrey Ink challenge was to use glitter, flock, or Perfect Pearls with an Essential Glue Pad. I made several attempts before I was happy with the results. Glue pads seem to be a little finicky. I think this tag looks so pretty on this Kraft wrapped package. I also added the handmade frosted pine cones and glittered fern clothes pins. I really love how the tag turned out and I think I will be using this technique more. Thanks for stopping by!

Shimmery Holiday Tag Recipe (all items PTI unless specified)

Stamps: Tag-Its #3, Love Lives here: Holiday

Dies:

Love Lives Here: Holiday Die Collection, Damask Snowflakes Die Collection

Other: Martha Stewart Clear Glitter, Pearl Ex Powder, Pearls
Paper: Cream Coaster Board, Avocado Card stock

Make It Monday #39: Multi-stamp Background Building

This is my card for the Make it Monday Challenge. I used Tag Its # 8 for the background paper. Such a great little stamp set for only $5.00! All the paper is Papertrey Ink too.

What!? Its November!?

I hope you all had a wonderful Halloween! Ours was superb! I must say however I am ecstatic it is over! Halloween is the busiest time in my shop. I start on it in the early summer. So as you can image I am SO over it. I'm late with my Christmas holiday items as usual but I will start listing them very soon! This year besides my Banners, cards, and tags I have lots of handmade supplies perfect for card making, scrapbooking, and gift embellishing. I am only offering a limited quantity this year. I really want to have time to enjoy the season and my family. I will leave you with a few peeks

Happy 4th of July!

Today is Make It Monday #22: Multi-Color Stamping with Ink Refills. I thought I would post a card and wish y'all a happy 4th of July!
Recipe
(all items Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted)
Paper: Rustic cream, Spring Rain, The Girl's Paperie-Kitch Collection
Stamps: Tag its #3
Dies: Fillable frames#4, Mat Stack 4, Angled Labels, Circle
Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Avocado
Other: Buttons-spring Rain, vintage-twine & trim, clear embossing, Red Brick & Paper- distress ink, cuttlebug-swiss dot embossing folder

Papertrey Ink

Through my new found love of card making I recently found the company Papertrey Ink. I was absolutely blow away at the quality of their products. Its like someone saw my wish list for paper crafts and it magically appeared. All of their items color coordinate, their stamps are amazing, and they have 110 lb cardstock in the perfect colors. They are having a crazy huge giveaway right now so I made this card to enter it. By the way I have not been paid or compensated in ANY way for this post. I'm just super impressed with Papertrey Ink. I was planing on a future post about them and thought this would be as good time as any. The stamp I used is Mat Stack 3. So far its my favorite!

 Supplies:

Ink: Versafine-Onyx Black, VersaMark-Watermark (used to wet emboss)

Stamps: Papertrey Ink- Mat stack 3, Papertrey Ink- Mega Mixed Messages

Dies: Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 3, Marvy- small butterfly

Other: Pearls, Vintage button, seam binding, paper doily, Glossy Accents, Provo Craft Embossing Folder- Swiss dots, Stamp N Stuff-White embossing powder

Valentine Give Away

Yay the Valentine give away is here!! I thought it would be the perfect time to show my LOVE and appreciation for my blog followers. In order to win #1 you must be a follower #2 you need to comment on any post from now until January 27th. New followers are WELCOME! If you do not follow me and want too, the FOLLOW button is at the top left side of my blog. If you are shy don't worry about leaving a witty comment or anything. Just a simple hi is good enough!Winner will be announced Friday January 28th. Good luck and thanks so much for following me!