Today I am revisiting an old technique with a bit of a fresh twist! Stamping with bleach has been around for years, but in this video tutorial I show you how you can take it a step further and stamp over the bleached areas with color for additional fun looks.
Here are some still shots of today's projects...
(Complete supply lists shared at the end of the video above)
If you are joining along this week, here are the details concerning the Make It Monday Challenge.
--A new Make It Monday Challenge 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 some form of stamping with bleach.
--Post your project on your blog, in your gallery or on any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
--You will have until 7am, Monday, August 6th, 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.
--One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, August 6th, after 7am. The winner will be posted here on this blog post, on Twitter and Facebook. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!
EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:
Congratulations Andrea Smith.! You have been randomly selected to receive a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however you choose! Please send a note to customer service with the email address you would like the gift certificate sent to. And thank you to EVERYONE who played along with this week's challenge!
This month's inspiration is all about pairing up beautiful summer colors as this wonderful season begins to come to a close. Put together some citrusy hues along with some pretty floral images to create the perfect project that embodies everything summer. We look forward to seeing your creations!
I have included an inlinkz list below for you to add your link to your blog hop project. This 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 11:30pm EST tonight (July 25th) to add your link to this list. THREE random participants will be selected to win a $25 PTI Gift Certificate to spend however they choose. They will be announced and highlighted here, on my blog, tomorrow morning. We look forward to seeing all of your creations!
EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS:
Amber Kroening kept it simple with a polka dot pattern that followed along with the color inspiration provided in the photo. I love how she maintained the clean look of her card, but added texture with the Simple Stripes Impression Plate. The three small hears stamped at the end of the sentiment helped to tie everything together too.
Carol S. made a beautiful floral card using a Flower Fusion bloom. It really inspired me the way she added the subtle background to help add balance to everything. I also like the way she added her sentiment in pink, sometimes I forget to try stamping colored ink on colored cardstock, especially when it comes to sentiments.
cards by cara opted to make a shaker card. I love how she incorporated all the bits of inspiration colors with the "confetti" inside the shaker. Also, embellishing the exterior of the shaker window took the whole project up a notch.
Congratulations to all of the winners. Please email Customer Service and provide the email address that you would like your $25 gift certificate sent to. And thanks to everyone else who played along. It was fun seeing some of you even incorporate some of the things you learned at Stamp-a-faire! Have a great rest of the week!
Tomorrow we are excited to present the BIG monthly Blog Hop that Papertrey Ink hosts for all of its talented customers to show off their skills! The Blog Hop is an ALL DAY EVENT! An Inlinkz 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 tomorrow! I look forward to seeing all of your creativity!
A day dedicated to seeking inspiration through projects utilizing Papertrey Ink products. This event allows all of our customers who enjoy sharing inspiration & artwork with their peers do so through their personal blogs.
The actual Blog Hop will take place tomorrow, July 25th, beginning @ 10 am EST and run until 11:30pm EST.
This month's inspiration is all about pairing up beautiful summer colors as this wonderful season begins to come to a close. Put together some citrusy hues along with some pretty floral images to create the perfect project that embodies everything summer. We look forward to seeing your creations!
-Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am EST and 11:30pm EST on July 25th within the InLinkz 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 in the 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 the following morning.
-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 tomorrow and we hope to see you there!
Well, I think it's official! Stamp-a-faire 2012 was a great success and fun was had by all! One of the best parts of the event was all of the wonderful memories made! Some of you captured those moments and shared them with the world! I have assembled just a few of those photos in a little slideshow to commemorate our first online event. Also, to serve as a thank you to all of the wonderful customers who enthusiastically participated all day...
I also have a couple customer videos from the day to share with you. They just made me smile ear to ear, and I know you will thoroughly enjoy them too!
This one is from Tracey & Linda, coming to us from Perth, Australia. The slideshow they put together really summarizes their whole experience nicely. Because of their location all the way on the other side of the globe, it makes it even more special to see their experience!
The enthusiastic stamping duo Anna & Ginger from northwest of England created a fun video while they were trying the Marbleized Tie-Dye technique with shaving cream. The video (as well as their fantastic accents!) reminded me that this event really brought people together from around the world. How many of you were trying out this technique at the same time as Anna & Ginger? Dozens or perhaps hundreds!
As a reminder, all of the videos & tutorials from Stamp-a-faire will be permanently archived here on the blog. They can all be accessed with the "Stamp-a-faire" link in the right side bar under Categories. I have also summarized them below for you for easy reference...
Before I sign off, I wanted to be sure and mention that ALL of the winners from the Stamp-a-faire event have officially been listed. You can find the link to the list below:
Looking for this week's challenge? We're taking a bit of a rest and recooperating from this weekend's Stamp-A-Faire and will be returning with another fabulous video next Monday. In the meantime, just scroll down and click play on over 25 videos from Saturday. There's still lots of fun to be had, so get crafting!
All good things have to come to a close and this post is our official "wrap-up" for the night. We hope that all of you have enjoyed the festivities today!
Don't forget! You have until Monday, noon EST to enter all the challenges! So feel free to revisit all the content we have shared today and create some more projects tomorrow!
We wanted to give all of you another opportunity to share your day with other stampers from around the world. Below you will find a Farewell InLinkz List that you can add to if you like. This allows customers to share projects they might of made that did not fit into a challenge or "departure" pics, with groups or individuals holding all of the projects they made that day, etc... We can't wait to see more of the fun you had!
The entire team and I also want to take this opportunity to thank each and every one of you for participating in this new online event. It wouldn't have been nearly as successful without your participation, and all of us our grateful that you chose to spend the day with us. Here is a little farewell from all of us to you...
Thank you again for joining us! We leave you with the final Farewell InLinkz List!
We wanted to give all of you another opportunity to share your day with other stampers from around the world. Below you will find a Farewell InLinkz List that you can add to if you like. You can share extra projects, "departure" pics, your group holding all of their creations, you in your studio with that messy craft desk, or whatever else you want to share! We would also just love to hear about all of your fun in the comments section! We will be giving away two $25 PTI gift certificates! One for an InLinkz post and one for a comment!
Earlier in the week, we had customers post projects that they had created in the past that they felt needed just a *little* something. Design Team Members selected a project to give "first-aid" to and makeover the project, making changes that they feel benefits the card. We are excited to showcase the team selections and their presentations of their new projects featuring the changes. Here you go!
I chose to work with a project created by Terri E. Here is the video she put together showing you the "first aid" I administered to the card.
And here are some still shots of my completed project.
I really like the way that Terri used the frame from Tag-its #10 on her background, but I felt like the bold contrast of black on white kind of took away from the focal point. I opted to make the background less prominent and added the frame to Pure Poppy cardstock with VersaMark ink.
I just loved the way Terri used the banner image with the larger stamped "75th", but thought that they just weren't quite prominent enough to take center stage. I opted to switch out the stamped "75th" for one that was die-cut so that I could really pop it up and make it the main focus. Because of the large numbers, I also needed to use a larger circle to ground everything. So I die-cut the Limitless Layers 2.5" circle from white cardstock and the scalloped layer from Hawaiian Shores. I used the same banner image that Terri did, stamped in Noir Black Palette ink which was colored with Copic Markers. The "75" was die-cut with the By the Numbers dies from Summer Sunrise polka dot paper. The "th" from Simply Chartreuse cardstock using the Block Alphabet dies. The numbers & letters were adhered with foam tape so that they could be popped up from the cover for dimension.
As you can see, I maintained many of the same design aspects that Terri used on her original card. Now that you have seen the tips & tricks I had to offer to Terri, take a peek at what the rest of the team has done!
Ashley chose to work with a project created by Magdalene Yeo. Here is the video she put together showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Betsy chose to work with a project created by Kirsty Vittetoe. She has put together a detailed blog post showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Danielle chose to work with a project created by Cathy Weber. She has put together a fabulous blog post showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Dawn chose to work with a project created by Jamie Greene. Here is the video she put together showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Erin chose to work with a project created by Gladys Chia. She has put together a informative blog post showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Heather chose to work with a project created by Kim Heggins. Here is the video she put together showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Jessica chose to work with a project created by Sara. She has put together a fantastic blog post showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Maile chose to work with a project created by Pamela. She has put together a wonderful blog post showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
Melissa chose to work with a project created by Barbara Martin. Here is the video she put together showing you the "first aid" she administered to the card.
We hope that you will be able to learn a lot from the tidbits of knowledge shared here by the team. It is always so insightful to have a little peek into someone else's creative process!
We also want o shout out a BIG thank you to the following customers who contributed their cards to receive the make-over treatment. It's not easy sharing your creations that you weren't thrilled with! Each of them will be receiving a $25 Papertrey Ink gift certificate for participating!
Terri E. (Just What I Do)
Magdalene Yeo
Kirsty Vittetoe
Cathy Weber
Jamie Greene
Gladys Chia
Kim Heggins
Sara (My Little Paper Addiction)
Pamela (Miao - A Design Blog)
Barbara Martin
For all the winners, please be sure to contact Customer Service and provide the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. Thank you to everyone for joining us in this extra special challenge!
When shopping in trendy crafty stores, all of the beautiful embellishments certainly provide amazing eye candy. But sometimes your wallet can feel a bit intimidated by the costs of all those beauties, and that tends to make you a bit hesitant to actually use them if you actually purchase them. today we have a series of EIGHT tutorials from some of your favorite team members on how to create custom embellishments for just mere pennies. All with basic supplies that you probably already have on hand!
Your challenge is to create some custom embellishments using inspiration from one of the tutorials above. Then create a project using them. You can choose to re-create an exact project from one of the team members or design something of your very own.
Here's a look at the fabulous ideas the team has developed for some fantastic embellishments you can make yourself!
Here is the exclusive Stamp-a-faire video that Ashley has created showcasing her homemade stitched embellishments.
CLICK HERE to read more from Ashley Cannon Newell.
Danielle has put together a tutorial showing how she made custom washi tape from patterned papers and scotch tape.
We hope you have been inspired to create some homemade embellishments of your own! It is fun & easy to do, not to mention an inexpensive way to build up your paper crafting supply stash as well!
--Create your own embellishments using inspiration from one of the tutorials showcased above. Then create a project using them. You can choose to re-create an exact project from one of the team members or design something of your very own. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
--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 the InLinkz list below.
--You will have until noon EST, Monday, July 23rd, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
--One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, July 23rd, after noon EST. The winner will be posted on our Monday night Stamp-a-faire winners page at 10pm EST. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!
The art of letter writing seems to be disappearing with the arrival of fast-pace technology, texting & email. We invite you create a card set today, to give as a gift or to keep for yourself, in an effort to keep the tradition of a handwritten note alive!
Your challenge is to create a card set using components showcased in one of the tutorials provided below or develop your own design. You can give them as a gift or keep them for yourself. To make things a bit more fun, you can collect addresses from fellow camp mates or forum members and become pen pals.
Five team members are sharing their favorite ideas for creating set of cards. Each of them is so unique and there is definitely something for everyone, no matter your style! Here's a look at the amazing ideas they came up with!
Here is the exclusive Stamp-a-faire video tutorial Jessica created for her card set.
We hope you have been inspired to create a card set of your own with all of these beautiful presentations! All of these are great ideas just in time for the holidays!
--Create your own card set using inspiration from one of the tutorials showcased above or develop your own design. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
--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 the InLinkz list below.
--You will have until noon EST, Monday, July 23rd, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
--One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, July 23rd, after noon EST. The winner will be posted on our Monday night Stamp-a-faire winners page at 10pm EST. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!
It's always fun to just "play" with your supplies an experiment with really artsy techniques. Exercises like that can really get the creativity moving at full throttle! Today I have prepared a really cool collection of three techniques that you can use to incorporate tie-dye effects into your backgrounds.
Your challenge is to create a tie-dye background using one of the techniques showcased in the video below.
I have created a set of three tutorials to help show you step-by-step how to create these fun & amazing backgrounds! I think you will have a lot of fun with them AND love the results!
My first project uses just some basic supplies that you most likely already have on hand.
DYE INK TIE-DYE SUPPLIES NEEDED:
3 dye ink pads (I am using Aqua Mist, Blueberry Sky & Winter Wisteria, however you can use alternate colors as long as you have a light, medium & dark)
small paintbrush
water
Without further ado, here is the video showcasing the Dye Ink Tie-Dye technique.
Here are some still shots of my first tie dye project...
Next I have a technique that results in a much more saturated look using Copic Markers (or any alcohol-base markers) along with rubbing alcohol.
COPICS TIE-DYE SUPPLIES NEEDED:
3 Copic Markers or any alcohol-based markers (I used YR12, RV19, YR18)
rubbing alcohol
small paintbrush
Here is the video showcasing this Copic Tie-Dye technique.
Here are some still shots of this fun tie-dye project...
For my last technique, I adapted a marbleized-type craft I learned years ago in Girl Scouts. Using ordinary shaving cream as a stabilizer, drops of ink "float" on the surface and can be swirled to create unique tie-dye backgrounds.
MARBLEIZED TIE-DYE SUPPLIES NEEDED:
shaving cream (be sure you use regular shaving cream, not shave gel)
2 re-inkers or food coloring (I specifically used Hawaiian Shores & New Leaf)
a small paintbrush or stick
And here is the video showcasing this the Marbleized Tie-Dye technique.
Here are some still shots of my last tie-dye project...
We hope you enjoyed this little "artsy" presentation and learned a thing or two that you are anxious to try! A few of the Design Team members decided to play along with this challenge as well! Here are their results!
Now it's time for YOU to get inky and give one of these techniques a shot so we can see your results!
--Create your own tie-dye background using one of the tutorials showcased above. Your project must incorporate at least one Papertrey product and the tie-dye background you create.
--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 the InLinkz list below.
--You will have until noon EST, Monday, July 23rd, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
--One randomly selected winner will be chosen from ALL the entries on Monday, July 23rd, after noon EST. The winner will be posted on our Monday night Stamp-a-faire winners page at 10pm EST. The randomly selected winner will get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
Good luck to everyone and we look forward to seeing your projects!
