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Make It Monday #55: Creating Large Frames With Smaller Frame Stamps

Dawn McVey is here to brighten up your Monday morning with a new tutorial video. Ever resourceful, she'll teach you how to stretch your imagination and supplies by creating larger sized frames from smaller ones. Might just help you out in a pinch. Click play to learn more:

 

Here are some still shots of Dawn's project:

f 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 Dawn's frame stretching technique.

--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, March 5th, 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, March 5th, 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: Kathy Mc, #96, is this week's winner! Congrats, Kathy! Please contact CS with your stamp set choice and your mailing information. Thanks to all the participants for the creative interpretations of this challenge.

February 2012 Blog Hop

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

This month, it's all about being interactive! Show us how you take your cards to the next level, whether you have received your Movers & Shakers dies, or you're just inspired to create a pop up or swinging card without them. There are so many options for this theme, and we can't wait to see what you have to share!

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 11:30pm EST tonight (February 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 morning.  We look forward to seeing all of your creations!

EDITED TO ADD THREE RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNERS:

Sherrie M. created a fun spinner card using Up, Up & Away.  I just love the colors she chose and the way she used patterned paper with the hot air balloons.  

Luanne made a zipper card with the new Pretty Peonies anniversary set.  The black polka dot paper used as a mat for the focal image is so bold and really makes the red used in the flowers pop.

Lori Tecler created a fun frog card showcasing her amazing coloring skills.  I love how she cut the clouds from felt to add a bit of fun texture.

Congratulations to all three of the randomly selected winners!  Please be sure to email customer service with your shipping information and free stamp set selection so we can get your prize out to you.   A special thank you so much to all that played along.  You certainly showed off your interactive cards with skill and creativity!  I apologize for the inLinkz list closing an hour early for those that tried to add your link at the last moment.  There was a mix-up with time zones and I apologize for the oversight.  If you left a note already, I added you to the end of the list as part of the Random Number Generator portion so you were eligible for the prize.  Please be sure to share your link in the comments section so we can see your projects.  Thanks again to everyone and enjoy the rest of your week!  

February 2012 Blog Hop tomorrow!



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!  A Mister Linky list will be posted here on my blog at 10am EST and you can add your link anytime up until 11pm 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!

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

 

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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This month, it's all about being interactive! Show us how you take your cards to the next level, whether you have received your Movers & Shakers dies, or you're just inspired to create a pop up or swinging card without them. There are so many options for this theme, and we can't wait to see what you have to share!

 
 -Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am EST and 11pm EST on February 25th within the Mister Linky list that will be posted.. The title of your post should be "Papertrey January 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 at midnight EST 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 tomorrow morning in 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 tomorrow and we hope to see you there!

 

Make It Monday #54: Glitter Buttons

Ashley Cannon Newell joins the Make It Monday Video Team this week. You'll love her take on creating your own glittered buttons. Click play to learn more:

 

Some close-ups of Ashley's project: 

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, includes glittered buttons. 

--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, February 27th, 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, February 27th, 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!

 Editted to add the winner: Angela Person, #108, is our winner! Congrats Angela! Please send an email to customer service with your stamp set choice and mailing information.

 

Papertrey Ink featured on the Moxie Fab Blog Today!

Papertrey Ink has received the official "stamp of approval" from Cath Edvalson over on the Moxie Fab blog today.  We have contributed five of our most popular stamp sets as a giveaway, so be sure to stop by THIS POST today to enter to win, and tell Cath that Nichole sent ya!  Enjoy!

Edited to add: Please make sure to visit our forum (http://forum.papertreyink.com/forum/index.php) for updates about the latest on our website.