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Saturday, November 27, 2021

Guest Designing for PaperTrey Ink!

 Hello!  Hope everyone here in the US had a great Thanksgiving!  As my blog title indicates I'm guest designing for PaperTrey Ink this month using products from the November release.  I was so excited when I was contacted by Melissa Phillips back in October about guest designing.  I immediately said yes!   I have several cards to share with you today.  


This first card is very clean and simple.  I used the new PTI Adorned Trees stamps and dies along with a sentiment from an older PTI stamp set called Botanical Blocks IV.  The colors I used for the tree are from Color Throwdown and the layout is from Freshly Made Sketches.  I die cut the tree and the zig-zag garland from white cardstock.  I left them in place so I could stamp the images without a lot of trouble.  This was actually my second time stamping the images the first time I stamped and then die cut... that didn't work so well, lol!  Lesson learned!   The little stars and the snowflake are also in the set.  They were stamped and then die cut... that was much easier!  I trimmed down a strip of silver glitter cardstock for some additional sparkle, adhered it to my white panel and then stamped the sentiment.  The tree was popped up with thin foam strips.  I added the garland and the stars.  Morning Dew Nuvo crystal drops were added to the stars for shine and a little gem to the star.  



The second card uses the new Corner It:  Festive Holiday.  I used the inspiration photo from the current Fusion challenge for the color scheme.  I also sort of used the Fusion sketch.  The background was created with an older PTI cover plate die called Bold Border: Yuletide (no longer available) that I die cut from light gray cardstock and adhered to my white cardstock base.  I used PTI's Pinefeather ink for the pine boughs and Altenew inks in shades of gray for the poinsettia and pinecones.  The bow was die cut from white cardstock and a little bit of shading was added with a Cool Gray Copic marker.  I die cut the white panel, stamped the sentiment from the Just Sentiments: Heaven & Nature Sing mini stamp set in a gray ink and then added all my elements.  That panel was then popped up on my background.  I did add a little gem to the center of the bow and some Nuvo drops in a silvery color to the poinsettia.  I really love how this card turned out!  Will be adding this one to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge.




The next two cards I had already shared on Instagram, but thought I would share them here, as well.  The first one uses the Joyful Floral stamps and dies along with another older (no longer available) PTI die.  I stamped all the various images and then die cut.  I die cut some woodgrain vellum that I had along with the piece of white cardstock and adhered those together to give the vellum more stability.  I used the larger background die to cut some woodgrained patterned paper and adhered that to a red cardstock rectangle.  I then layered up all the elements on the card front.  The sentiment is in the Joyful Florals.  I die cut that, left it in place, stamped it and then adhered it to my card. 


The final card was created with the Feather Friends 17 die set.  This one happens to be a turkey!  I used distress oxide inks for my Tom Turkey.  I first die cut all the elements from bristol smooth cardstock and then left them in place.  I then inked everything with various distress inks.  Once the inking was done I removed all the pieces and assembled my turkey.  I created a little scene for him by using the fence die and what is supposed to be a little puddle of water from the Joyful Snowman stamps and dies, also part of the November release.  The sentiments are from the older PTI Color Pop: Autumn stamp, die and stencil set.  


I will have more projects to share using the November release so stay tuned!  Thanks for stopping by and have a lovely day!

11 comments:

Jen Mitchell said...

What a beautiful assortment of cards! From fun to elegant you've got some terrific designs here. So glad you included Freshly Made Sketches and Fusion as part of your inspiration!

TK said...

What a great foursome -- each individually awesome, but that second is stunning and gorgeous!

Laurie Unger said...

Wonderful assortment of cards. The one you did with the sketch from the Fusion Card challenge is awesome. thanks for joining us.

Jen Brum said...

Oh wow! That is one gorgeous assortment of cards! Love that tree with the sweet little stars! The clean white background is so lovely as well! Thanks for joining us this week at Freshly Made Sketches!

Linda W. (ScrappinBari) said...

Wow, Rosemary - gorgeous cards, each & every one!! Especially love the pinecone corners card. Hope you had a happy thanksgiving! Love the turkey card too :)

Wanda Cullen said...

So excited to see you guesting at PTI! Love all your creations using the November products! The tree looks great in the Throwdown colors!

Lisa Elton said...

Oh wow, yay you and congratulations!! Your cards are all marvelous, Rosemary. I love the second one, especially the sentiment and that little touch of deep green!

Greta said...

The turkey card is darling--love how you colored him! The other cards are great, but the neutrals with hunter green makes such a wonderfully classy card--my favorite! Love the 3rd card, too!

Faith A at Daffodil Cards said...

WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! I know you only have 4 cards, but they deserve lots of WOWs, stunning set of cards Rosemary. Love those dies and the colours you used. Fab designs also.
Faith x

Linda Callahan said...

A feast for the eyes here! Beautiful holiday cards!

Claire Grantham said...

What a lovely collection of beautiful cards. I might be biased, but the Fusion one is SO beautiful, the soft colour palette is wonderful. Thanks for joining us at The Fusion Card Challenge. Claire DT