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Papertrey Radio

Just popping in to say that Papertrey Radio #14 will be delayed a week. The next episode will air on Saturday, August 6th at 10:00 AM. We will also be changing to an once a month schedule for new episodes following the next airing. As always, thanks for your interest, participation, and euthusiam in what we hope is a fun addition to Papertrey Ink. 

Stamp-a-faire Winner: Challenge #10

I apologize for this being a day late.  Right after returning home from Stamp-a-faire, I had to jump right into school preparations for my three little ones.  This is their first year at a new school since moving, so there were lots of extras to take care of, along with meetings and oodles of paperwork.

Today was their very first day... this will be the first year that all of them go all day.  I already miss little Ethan!  He's in Pre-K, Hannah is in Third and Owen is in Fourth.  They were excited for all of their new adventures to begin!  This is a quick pic I took with my iPhone (pardon the image quality) before I dropped them off.  They just get so big so fast!

Now onto the REAL reason you are stopping by today!  Without further ado, here is the last Stamp-a-faire challenge winner!

CLICK HERE to read more from Ree.

Big Congratulations to Ree for her win!  She will be receiving a free Iconic Images stamp set along with the official Stamp-a-faire tote!  Ree, be sure to email customer service with your shipping info so we can get that out to you!  And thanks to everyone who played along with this last challenge!  I swear our customers get more and more talented as the months go by!

P.S. Cath over at the Moxie Fab World blog is featuring several of our stamps today and is doing a HUGE giveaway that you may want to check out!  Tell her Nichole sent ya!!! *wink*

Stamp-a-faire Winners (Challenges 1-9)

As promised, here are all of the winners for the Stamp-a-faire Challenges we provided on Saturday! 

 

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Victoria.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Debby Hughes.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Carol R.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Lynn Put.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Sharron.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Stephanie Mino.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Rema Timm.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Ngan R.

CLICK HERE to read more about this project from Janice Boon.

Congratulations to each and every one of you!  Your projects are all amazing!  Please be sure to email customer service with your shipping information so that we can get your FREE Iconic Images stamp set out to you!  And thanks so much to EVERYONE who played along!  Everything was just so inspirational and it was fun to see everyone's take on each challenge!

As a reminder, Challenge #10 went up a bit later than the rest so you still have a chance to play along!  See THIS POST for all the details!

July 2011 Blog Hop

Welcome everyone to the July Papertrey Blog Hop!  We are so thrilled to see you here!  First, the challenge...

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We have another amazing inspirational photo for you this month that we just know will bring out the very best in your creativity!  Look closely and there are so many directions to go in!  you can choose to focus on the colors, the motifs or the overall design!  We look forward to seeing your projects!

I have included an inlinkz list below for you to add your link to your blog hop project.  This new type of link list will allow you to select a thumbnail to go along with your link, making it easy to go back and find a project later that might have perked your interest.  

You have until 11:00pm EST tonight (July 25th) to add your link to this list.  THREE random participants will be selected to win a FREE Papertrey Ink stamp set of their choice.  They will be announced and highlighted here, on my blog, tomorrow.  We look forward to seeing all of your creations!

P.S. If you complete this project and still need another challenge, be sure not to mention the belated Stamp-a-faire #10 challenge I added earlier this morning HERE.

EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS:

Laura Isham wowed me with the embossing she created with the Parisian Doily die to frame up her sentiment.  The large ribbon makes such an unforgettable statement as well!

Elena created an impressive ruffled focal point underneath the frame opening on the cover of her gorgeous card, which mimics some of the pillows in the inspiration photo.

Laurie W. kept things simple with her design, but the pop of color she added with Mehndi Medallion on the butterfly die-cut is just unbelievable.  Will definitely have to try this!

Congratulations to all the winners!  Please be sure to email customer service with your shipping information and your free stamp set selection!  And thank you to everyone else who played along!  All of the submissions were absolutely amazing and I am just thrilled to see so many participants.  Have a wonderful rest of the week!

 

Make It Monday #25: Coloring With White Ink

It's Christmas in July with this holiday project by Heather.  Put the idea aside until you are ready, but use the technique of coloring with white ink today on your next project. It's a double whammy creativity-wise today. Here's the video:

And some still shots of her amazing projects.

If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.

--A new Make It Monday Challenge & video will go up every Monday morning at 9am EST.

--Create a project utilizing your take on the challenge.  Your project must use at least one Papertrey product and features coloring with white ink. 

--Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).

--Add your project to our --->InLinkz List HERE<---

--You will have until 7am, Monday, August 1st, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win.  And you can enter as many times as you like.

--We will be tweeting and posting on our Facebook page every night (between 5-9pm EST) highlighting a Featured Project.  These tweets/Facebook postings will just be a shout-out regarding projects that caught our eye.  The tweets/Facebook postings no longer have any special merit regarding the actual contest.

--One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, August 1st, after 7am.  The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook.  The randomly selected winner will get to select a FREE Papertrey stamp set of their choice!

 Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!

EDITED TO ADD THE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:

Congratulations to Lee Anne!  Her fabulous project was randomly selected as this weeks winner!  Lee Anne, be sure to email customer service with your free stamp set selection as well as your shipping information!  And thanks to everyone else who played along!  Everything you created was truly inspirational!

 

July 2011 Blog Hop today!

Today we are excited to present the BIG monthly Blog Hop that Papertrey Ink hosts for all of it's talented customers to show off their skills! 

The Blog Hop is an ALL DAY EVENT!  A new link list will be posted here on my blog at 10am EST and you can add your link anytime up until 11:30pm EST.  And don't worry if you aren't going to get a chance to make a project and play along, there will be a contest for non-participants as well over in our forum in the designated thread. I hope that I will see many of your familiar faces over here today! I look forward to seeing all of your creativity!

 
All of our customers who enjoy sharing inspiration & artwork with their peers through their personal blogs.

 
The actual Blog Hop will take place today, July 25th, beginning @ 10am EST. 

 
You will explore individual blogs through a thread here, on my blog, beginning at 10am EST today. 

 A day dedicated to seeking inspiration through projects utilizing Papertrey Ink products. 

 

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We have another amazing inspirational photo for you this month that we just know will bring out the very best in your creativity!  Look closely and there are so many directions to go in!  you can choose to focus on the colors, the motifs or the overall design!  We look forward to seeing your projects!

 

 -Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am EST and 11pm EST today, July 25th within the link list that will be posted.The title of your post should be "Papertrey July Blog Hop Challenge".

-Customers & participants alike can peruse all of the links and absorb all of the amazing inspiration that will be shared!

-After you have made your way through the list, simply return to our forum and participate in all of the fun!

-You can chit chat with everyone in the Blog Hop forum! Take this time to praise your peers efforts, discuss anything new you might have learned and which projects really offered something unique!

-The three random blogger participant winners will be announced Tuesday morning on our forum and highlighted here on my blog!

-You can enter our Blog Hop Forum contest. There will be a special thread posted in our forum specifically for this purpose asking a question. Please only post once, as the winner will be picked via the Random Number Generator. The forum contest will end at midnight EST and the winner announced in the morning within the thread.

-Create a project while you are here, using the new inspiration you have gathered from the Blog Hop. You can post your projects in the gallery, even if you do not have a blog! We are looking forward to all the fun a bit later today and we hope to see you there!

Stamp-a-faire Challenge #10

Hello, everyone!  I just returned home late last night to find that for some reason, the Challenge #10 that I prepared for Saturday and that was pre-scheduled, did not go live!  My apologies!  I have edited the end time & date for you so you can still play along with this last challenge.  AND...I've sweetened the pot just a bit more with a larger prize package!

Just as a quick note, for those of you that asked, I have already been categorizing all of the posts related to Stamp-a-faire and they are accessible on the right side bar under "Categories" and Stamp-a-faire, HERE.

The last make-n-take our Stamp-a-faire attendees got the opportunity to make was this little gem using the mini $5 set that was up for grabs for free with a $100 purchase at the show.  (Don't forget, it will be available for sale to ALL of you during our August release coming up shortly!)

Sometimes I forget that layering patterns under focal points, all on one-layer, can provide amazing results with a lot of depth!  Here, I layered Polka Dot Basics under the sunflowers and leaves.  The most important thing to keep in mind is to stamp the background in a lighter color than your focal point!  And, just as a final note about this card, the sentiment is from the Half & Half set that we released last month!

So, your last challenge is to add a stamped focal point over a stamped background, all in the same layer!  There is really a lot of opportunity here for some fun mixing and matching!

You have until 11:59pm EST, Tuesday, July 26th, to add your link to the list below.  Only one link per person please.  One randomly selected winner will be announced no later than 7am EST, Wednesday, July 27th and announced here on the blog.  The winner will receive a FREE copy of the new Iconic Images stamp set along with a FREE tote bag, just like the ones we handed out as goodie bags at the show!

I have one more little tidbit for you before I wrap up this post...

I wanted to thank all of the amazing customers who came out to join us at our Stamp-a-faire event!  You have made this experience unforgettable and all of us here at Papertrey Ink were so happy to have the opportunity to meet you and put on this shindig for you! 

I will be preparing a blog post about this event over the course of the next few days and would LOVE to see any photos you have from the event!  Especially shots of you & your friends together and photos that showcase all the fun you had, your goodie bag load, Dessert Reception moments and more.  If you would like to possibly see your photos added to the post I am preparing, please feel free to link to them here in the comments section and I will add as many as I can!

Stamp-a-faire Challenge #9

Here we are for Challenge #9 for the night!

We gave all of the Stamp-a-faire attendees the adorable little Forest Friends & Forest Friends Sentiments sets in their goodie bags and BOY, were they ever excited!  This is a little project I put together using the set!  I loved the bright unconventional colors and I think it was a little unusual to use the Half & Half strip upside down.  Your challenge is to look at your stamps in a new way, turn them, rotate them at new angles and see if YOU can come up with anything unique!

You have until 11:59pm EST tonight (July 23rd) to add your link to our list below.  Only one link per person please.  One randomly selected winner will be announced Monday afternoon.  The winner will receive a FREE Iconic Images stamp set, the exclusive set for Stamp-a-faire!   We are looking forward to seeing your projects!!!!

Stamp-a-faire Challenge #8

We have another little project I designed using the exclusive Iconic Images set that is one of my personal favorites from the day!

I paired up the beautiful sentiment & bird from Iconic Images with the fern from Peaceful Garden.  I love the way the fern & the bird layered together for this.  I cut a thin strip of Vintage Cream cardstock and stamped it with one of the small medallions from Iconic Images repeatedly.  I've said it once, but I'll say it again, those little pieces are one of the most amazing parts of this exclusive stamp set!

I thought I would challenge you to create a card with an front cover that is cut back by an inch or so.  The extra lip invites you to add a sentiment, a strip of patterned paper, a bit of glitter, just so many opportunities!

You have until 11:59pm EST tonight (July 23rd) to add your link to our list below.  Only one link per person please.  One randomly selected winner will be announced Monday afternoon.  The winner will receive a FREE Iconic Images stamp set, the exclusive set for Stamp-a-faire!   We are looking forward to seeing your projects!!!!

Stamp-a-faire Challenge #7

Betsy Veldman makes magic with this beautiful card that is being used as a make-n-take at Stamp-a-faire as we speak!

Betsy was clever enough to combine Mehndi Medallion & the leaf images from Sending You to create this amazing background!  Your challenge is to have a "play date" with your stamps and discover 2 or 3 images from different sets that layer together in a surprising way, just like Betsy did here!

You have until 11:59pm EST tonight (July 23rd) to add your link to our list below.  Only one link per person please.  One randomly selected winner will be announced Monday afternoon.  The winner will receive a FREE Iconic Images stamp set, the exclusive set for Stamp-a-faire!   We are looking forward to seeing your projects!!!!