JustRite November Release

This month, JustRite Stampers has a new release of products. To celebrate, JustRite is doing a little blog hop to showcase some of the new products. And be sure to check the JustRite website for some big sales on Christmas themed stamps.

Today I'm using the Just A Note Centers and Borders stamp set to make some simple notecards. I started out by stamping my *just a note* and *just because* sentiments and circle borders onto cardstock. I really like these types of generic sentiments for notecards. They can be used for thank you notes, birthday cards, get well cards, etc. I then cut out the sentiments with a Spellbinder's Circle Nestabilities die template. I used a scallop punch to cut the bottom layer circles.
My paper that I used today is Nook and Pantry from Basic Grey. I love the fresh colors. I paired the yellow up with Papertrey Lemon Tart ribbon and the green is complimented by Papertrey New Leaf ribbon. For the *just because* notecards, I colored the tiny flowers in with Copic markers. Here's my green versions...

I love the scripty fonts on these stamps, so fresh and fun! Lots of different combinations you can make with the sentiments and circle border stamps.

And if you love the butterflies, here's what I did: Using my new Martha Stewart butterfly punch(I found mine at Michael's), I punched butterflies from Papertrey Spring Moss cardstock. Then I used scraps from the Basic Grey Nook and Pantry paper collection to punch more butterflies. I adhered two butterflies together just in the center. Then I flipped up the butterfly wings a little to make them 3-D. Green sequins finish off the butterfly bodies. Sooooooo pretty, don't you think?

Okay, be sure to do a little flitting around of your own and visit the other designers' blogs. I'm sure you'll be inspired:

JustRite Blog

Barb Schram

Debbie Olson

Heidi Blankenship

Kathy Jones

Kellie Fortin

Angela Barkhouse

Lauren Meader

Lisa Somerville

Michele Kovack

Sharon Harnist

Sharon Johnson

Copic Winner Announced!

Good morning everyone. I'm a little late announcing the winner of the Copic prize drawing. I was at a scrapbook retreat all weekend....but without further delay, the winner of the Copic prize is:

Stefanie Staniak said...
I've been hooked on Copic's since my 2009 retreat where I had the opportunity to try all the colors and just play. I took a certification class and haven't looked back since. Marianne's blog has taught me so much that now I too feel like an artist!

Congratulations Stefanie!! Please contact me at stamplady@satelephone.com and I will let Marianne know which prize you prefer....the set of markers or the airbrush system!

Home Made

This month's Timeless Template was so special that Nichole asked the entire Papertrey Design Team to join in on the fun. The template is called Home Made and is just the most adorable little house ever. The roof comes off to turn this into a box to use as gift wrap, a special place for treasures, treats and more. Jordan helped me assemble my little Christmas box and we're going to use it as our advent countdown box this year. The template will available with the regular Papertrey release on November 15th.

For my box, I used Ripe Avocado cardstock for the roof and Kraft cardstock for the house base. Pine's Rustic Snowflake patterned paper was used for the sides of the house and to stamp all the little doors and windows from the Home Made stamp set. Ribbon striped with an R29 Copic red marker ties up the rooftop, along with a glittery chipboard tag from K and Company that reads *Santa's on his way*. Just adorable and I can't wait to display this for the girls this holiday season.

The Home Made stamp set can also be useful when creating cards. I paired the door image with a sentiment from the Home for the Holidays stamp set to create a whimsical holiday greeting card. I used a new paper from Basic Grey to tie in the *homey* feel of the card.

Sweet Blush Luxe Satin ribbon and pink sequins finish off the card, along with some shimmery Stickles to create frosty door panels.

If you're looking to do some Christmas crafting this holiday season, the Home Made Timeless Template and accompanying Home Made stamp set is just the ticket! Have fun!!

For even more inspiration, check out the other Papertrey Designers' creations:
Nichole Heady
Becky Oehlers
Heather Nichols
Lauren Meader
Lisa Johnson
Dawn McVey
Debbie Olson
Geny Cassady
Betsy Veldman
Melissa Phillips
Niki Estes

Communique Curves Inspiration

Hi everyone! It's group post time again for the Papertrey team and today we're working with a new set by Alli Miles called Communique Curves. This set will be released on November 15th.

While mass production is my usual style for holiday cards, sometimes I need a few extra cards here and there during these hustle and bustle months. By using sets like Communique Curves & Sentiments you can easily double up and produce holiday cards as well as general greeting cards. Just keep your cards simple and repeat the design elements.

As you can see with my two cards below, I kept the design of the cards the same.....I used patterned paper (Rustic Snowflakes) that can easily work for holiday cards and non holiday cards......I kept my ink colors to just two.....and switched out embellishment colors like the ribbons and buttons.
This first card is a Christmas card that features one the very pretty sentiments from Communique Curves. I love the combination of fonts. I also took a little polka dot border stamp from the set and repeated that to make a polka dot line underneath the patterned paper. This repeats the dots in the patterned paper and the dots in the sentiment. I did the same thing on my second card.
For this card, I switched things up and did a birthday card using the additional sentiment set that coordinates with Communique Curves. Both cards feature the leafy wreath stamp image also, I just switched up the ink colors and the buttons that are inside.

So if you're looking to make both Christmas cards and keep up with your regular greeting cards, try stamping with papers and stamps that help you keep it versatile, simple yet very unique.

For even more inspiration, visit the other Papertrey Designers' blogs below. Enjoy!

Nichole Heady
Becky Oehlers
Heather Nichols
Lauren Meader
Lisa Johnson
Dawn McVey
Debbie Olson
Geny Cassady
Betsy Veldman
Melissa Phillips
Niki Estes

Copic Fun!!

How about a little Copic fun today? First I have a fun new card to show you, then I have some Copic prizes to talk about. Let's get to the card first. Today I've used Karen Lockhart's new Candy Wreath stamp to create a whimsical holiday card. This image is chock full of wrapped peppermint candies. I colored the candy stripes with a Copic Sketch R29 red color and then finished up the twisted wrappers with a Copic Sketch BG11 color. To make the candies shiney, I added Ranger Glossy Accents. My image is cut and layered with Spellbinders Square and Scalloped Square Nesties die templates.

For some fun finishing touches, I cut Papertrey Rustic Snowflake patterned paper into strips and adhered them to my card front at a diagonal....keeping with my peppermint stripes theme. Finally, I took my same R29 Sketch marker and drew a red line down a long strip of white satin ribbon. It looks just like peppermint candy, don't you think? Love that look!

Now for the prizes. Copic has added some new regional certification instructors and is celebrating by giving away prizes on each of the blogs listed below!

Winner gets their choice of either an ABS-1 or any 12 Sketch Colors.

Please leave us a comment letting us know either how you use Copics/which Copic products you use/why you love them or why you wish you had Copics. One winner will be chosen randomly from each blog. In addition, Copic will be reading through the comments as well. From those comments, a few other winners will be selected based on a testimonial that we really like. That person will be contacted to use their story for our CHA booth and they would then be given an equal prize to the random winners. Make your comments good! There will probably be 2 or 3 winners chosen total. These will not be announced right away. The drawing begins on Wednesday, November 11, and ends on Saturday, November 14 at 9pm, CST. Good luck!

You can enter for the prizes by visiting and leaving comments at the following blogs:

Marianne Walker http://www.ilikemarkers.blogspot.com/
Debbie Olson http://debbiedesigns.typepad.com/muse_and_amuse/
Sherrie Siemens http://sherrie-cardcreme.blogspot.com/
Sally Lynn MacDonald http://www.inkyheart.typepad.com/
Sharon Harnist http://paperfections.typepad.com/paperfections/
Lori Craig http://loricraig.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Colleen Schaan http://www.distinctivetouches.com/

me......right here :)

Note: If you left comments on my previous Candy Bar Wrapper post, I will make sure that those get to Marianne also. :)

Chocolate Bar Wrappers

Need something quick and easy to give as little gifts this holiday season? Then try out my chocolate bar wrappers. Homemade fudge is wayyyyyyy over rated......Hershey bars are easy peasy! :) I've used Pine's adorably sweet Rustic Snowflakes patterned paper and Scor-Tape to wrap up the chocolate bar. For the little fancies, I used Papertrey Pure Poppy Luxe Satin ribbon, an Aqua Mist punched snowflake (the yellow punch, Extra Jumbo), Aqua Mist button, Rustic Twine and a stamped and punched tag from the 2008 Holiday Tags Collection. It doesn't get much easier than this!

I've put together a few kits for you try out in my Etsy shop too. The papers have adhesive on them, so all you need for this little project is 4 Hershey chocolate bars and a pair of scissors to trim the ribbon and twine.

Hope you're getting a head start on the holiday gift giving. I think these and notepads are going to be my little gifties for the holidays, how about you?

Vintage Ornaments

Cath Edvalson is celebrating the one year anniversary of her Moxie Fab blog today. She has teamed up with the Papertrey girls to showcase some fabulous stamp sets and samples......and some fabulous prizes too. Be sure to visit Cath's blog for all the details. Here's my sample that is showcased on Cath's blog today:I used Dawn's Vintage Ornaments paired up with Pine's fabulous new Rustic Snowflakes patterned paper. The ornament is all decked out with shiny sequins and a silver ribbon. Image is cut out with Spellbinder's Labels 1 die templates. I first stamped the label image from Vintage Labels in Pure Poppy ink.

The card is finished off with a pretty bow in Aqua Mist.

Congratulations to Cath on her fabulous first Moxie Fab year!!!

Holly Gift Card Envelopes

A box full of pretties........ Stamped 4 x 4 envelopes, using a Hero Arts background stamp.

Tied up with wide vintage lace, a glittery holly leaf, Christmas tag, button, leaf ribbon and twine.......perfect little envies for gift cards or cash this holiday season.

Just uploaded to my Etsy shop, see link at the left. Hope you're having a great Sunday afternoon! Off to visit with my company more. :)