Papertrey Ink Color Challenge – Hello Tulips Card

Posted on February 16, 2018 by dannscraftingwhims

Good evening and welcome!

Papertrey Ink’s 11th Anniversary Party continues and this time they have a Color Challenge. I chose this color scheme:

Since I just picked up some tulips today at the grocery store for a buck, I had tulips on my mind. This is the card I made:

Love those tulips! I also cut down the quatrefoil background to make that interestingly patterned fence. The background is stencil blended ink, I just taped off the borders.

To jazz up the sentiment and the butterfly, they each got a coat of Wink of Stella.

Materials used:

Papertrey Ink Tulip Time stamps and dies; Quatrefoil Cover Plate, Swoosh die
Papertrey Ink dye inks: Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz & Aqua Mist
Ken Oliver Crafts Color Burst Ink: Chartreuse
Tsukineko Memento Dye Ink: Pear Tart
Kuretake Zig Wink of Stella – clear
Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst cardstock
Core’dinations white cardstock
Scrapbook adhesives by 3L foam adhesive squares & tape runner
SMS ‘Stay Put’ glue

If you want to join the fun and see what prizes are available at the Color Challenge, click HERE for more info.

I’m glad you could stop by today. Please feel free to leave a comment – I’m always encouraged when I read them!

~D.Ann

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pps: Some more orchids have started blooming!

Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary Celebrating… 2016 – Trellis Tulip Hello Card

Posted on February 20, 2017 by dannscraftingwhims

Well, we’ve made it to the end of this series! Thanks for hanging in there with me! Today is Papertrey Ink’s final anniversary review… Celebrating the Past, Present and Future: 2016.

It’s been a fun trip down memory lane with them. Can’t wait to see what’s in store for tomorrow!!

Well, they released Tulip Time in 2016, so I get to come up with my own card for a change. Hope you like it:

Ahhh…. you can just feel the warmth of spring! That trellis is made from the Quatrefoil die… if you cut it in half, you can then mix and match the pieces to form all kinds of nifty patterns.

I glue the edges together first, then snip off the ends and tuck them under the edge if needed. Again, I like using a flower shaping tool on these for dimension.

Materials used:

Papertrey Ink Tulip Time stamps and dies
Papertrey Ink Quatrefoil Cover Plate die
Papertrey Ink Swoosh dies
Papertrey Ink cardstock: Summer Sunrise & Terracotta Tile
Core’dinations cardstock: white
Papertrey Ink dye inks Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise & Terracotta Tile
Memento dye inks: Bamboo Leaves & Pear Tart
Misc. adhesives

I’m playing along with the following challenges… click on any one of them for more information on how you can join the fun:

Papertrey Ink: Celebrating the Past, Present and Future: 2016
Cropstop Linky Party #25: Anything Goes (Core’dinations & Memento)

Whew! What a frenzy of activity these past few days! I’ll give you a rest for a while and be back next month with an exciting special surprise! I’m about to burst keeping the secret!!

~D.Ann

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Papertrey Ink 10th Anniversary Celebrating… 2015 – Tulip Thank You Card

Posted on February 20, 2017 by dannscraftingwhims

Hello, again! I hope you like this next card as much as I do. It’s for Papertrey Ink’s 10th Anniversary – Celebrating the Past, Present and Future: 2015.

I liked the edging and layout of these cards by Michelle Leon:

So, I used that as a springboard for my card:

Hahaha! I just noticed that the GOLD, pink & white stripes are kind of doing the same thing as that famous viral dress photo of 2015! Is it gold? black? green? lol!

I love those layered tulips! This time I gave them some dimension and texture using flower shaping tool on the back side. Hope I get to see some tulips this spring!

Supplies used:

Papertrey Ink Tulip Time stamps and dies
Papertrey Ink Big & Bold Wishes stamps
Papertrey Ink dye inks: Aqua Mist, Hibiscus Burst, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Tropical Teal
Papertrey Ink Lovely Lady cardstock
Core’dinations white cardstock 110# & 65#
DCWV Hello Darlin’ stack cardstock
Misc. twine and adhesives

I’m playing along with the following challenges… click on any one of them for more information on how you can join the fun…

I’ll be back later today with the final card of this series… see ya soon!

~D.Ann

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PTI Make It Monday #256 – Spritzed Stamps – Thinking of You Tulip Card

Posted on July 24, 2016 by dannscraftingwhims

One last post for today.. While I was playing with my Papertrey Ink stamps, I decided to give this past weeks Make It Monday challenge a try… Spritzed Stamps.

Yes, it gave a little extra texture, but it wasn’t as smashing as the examples in the tutorial. Perhaps I tried the wrong kind of stamp.

I also tried using my Nuvo Crystal Drops in alternating colors and drawing a line through them with a straight pin… pretty nifty! I need to practice this to get it down perfect.

Supplies:

Papertrey Ink Tulip Time & Floral Sketches stamp sets
Papertrey Ink dye inks: Hibiscus Burst, Lovely Lady, Ocean Tides, Raspberry Fizz
Memento dye ink – Pear Tart
Canson cold press watercolor paper
Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops – Gloss: Bublegum Blush & Carnation Pink
Recollections shimmer card
Tombow Xtreme permanent adhesive
Misc. twine

I’m playing along with Papertrey Ink’s Make it Monday #256 Challenge: Spritzed Stamps. Click on the highlighted challenge to learn more about it.

I’m done in for today. Hope to finish up the Stamp-a-Faire posts tomorrow. See you then!

~D.Ann

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Ombre Stenciled Background Friendship Card

Posted on March 2, 2016 by dannscraftingwhims

Hello, and welcome!

There’s a lot going on today that influenced this card, so let me tell you about some of it…

First, I took a leap into unknown territory as Simon Says Stamp’s Monday Challenge encouraged us (HERE) by custom blending my own background and using a stencil with my inks, following the great Instructional video on Papertrey Ink’s Make it Monday #241 (HERE). I wanted to join Darnell’s NBUS Challenge #6 (HERE), so I pulled out some of my NBUS (Never-Before-Used-Schtuff) – a Heidi Swapp stencil and my new Papertrey Ink Tulip Time stamps and dies. And, since Simon Says Stamp’s Wednesday Challenge is Touchy-Feely (HERE), I pulled out some adhesive foam tabs to pop up the flowers and butterflies for some added texture.

First, I blended my Ombre background.

Ombré: having colors or tones that shade into each other

Then I stenciled in the hearts using more ink for a tone-on-tone look:

And I added in the stamped and die-cut tulips and butterflies. I keep forgetting that solid dies like these are tricky to work with and get lined up well, but they came out tolerable…

And, yes, if your eyesight is particularly good, there do appear to be some aphids and gnats flying around the tulips. I can’t find my Tombow mono sand eraser to fix it, so I’m going to leave them for a more ‘natural’ (read: imperfect) look. lol! I like how this turned out and will probably make a few more of these in the near future.

Materials used:

Papertrey Ink Tulip Time stamps and dies, Boutique Borders: Friends mini stamp set
Papertrey Ink Dye Inks: Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Lovely Lady, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz
Simon Says Stamp Hybrid Ink: Goldenlocks
Memento Dye Inks: Bamboo Leaves, New Sprout, Tuxedo Black
Heidi Swapp Confetti Stencil
Core’dinations cardstock – white & pink
Recollections Craft It gold card
Tombow mono adhesive
American Crafts This to That adhesive foam tabs

I’m playing along with the following hops and challenges, in case you’d like to join the fun: