We had previously announced that complete scheduling information for Stamp-a-faire would be announced tomorrow, May 31st. We are still gathering a bit of information and details before we will be ready to post the final schedule. We are adjusting the posting date for this information to next Friday, June 8th. In conjunction with this, there will also be a delay in the sale of extra Stamp-a-faire Tote Collections that are leftover after shipping to pre-order customers. We are hoping to have these fully prepared and available in the store on June 8th as well. We will keep you posted with further details as they become available.
Thank you for your interest in this exciting event! We look forward to providing you with more information soon!
Heather's on deck this Memorial Day with a tutorial about pocket cards. So take a break, get out of the heat, and spend a little creative time in your studio with us. It's the best way to spend a vacation day!
A few photos of Heather'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 and has a pocket on the card front.
--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, June 4th, 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, June 4 th, 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 to Andrea Budjack! You have won a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however you choose! Please send a note to customer service providing the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to. A big thank you to everyone who played along! There were so many unique takes on this weeks challenge!
This months inspiration is a unique color scheme that has been popping up everywhere this spring. A bright green (Simply Chartreuse or New Leaf) paired with bold black & white patterns. Think gingham, argyle, checks or stripes. Really mix things up and enjoy the creative process! We look forward to seeing your creations today!
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 (May 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:
Carol a.k.a. Krillsister took the inspiration and used black & white geometric patterns on her project. I love how the bold checks contrast with the softness of the hydrangea image. Just beautiful!
Cecilie chose to incorporate a frilly crocheted flower and a doily in her project, reinterpreting the round plates and bowl stacked on top of one another in the inspiration photo. I love how the flower was finished with the bold black button and black & white twine.
Denisse Cherry used the challenge to create a Father's Day Card with a big black mustache! I love this and I think the touch of green paired with her black & white color scheme works really well together. Such fantastic execution of a clean & simple design.
Congratulations to all of the winners! Please be sure to send a note to customer service with the email address you would like the gift certificate sent to. Thank yo to everyone else who stopped by yesterday to play along! With nearly 200 entries, there is definitely endless amounts of inspiration shared!
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, May 25th, beginning @ 10 am EST and run until 11:30pm EST.
This months inspiration is a unique color scheme that has been popping up everywhere this spring. A bright green(Simply Chartreuse or New Leaf) paired with bold black & white patterns. Think gingham, argyle, checks or stripes. Really mix things up and enjoy the creative process! We look forward to seeing your creations on May 25th!
-Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am EST and 11:30pm EST on May 25th within the InLinkz list that will be posted. The title of your post should be "Papertrey May 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!
Betsy's following up her last fabulous Make It Monday Video with another fun tutorial to teach you how to combine patterned papers. With three levels of difficulty (tone-on-tone pattern combining, combing papers from the same paper pack, and combinig papers from your scrap basket), there's sure to be helpful tips for paper crafters of ever level. Click play to learn more.
A few photos of Betsy's projects this week.
All three cards sideby side.
Level 1: Combining Tone-On-Tone Papers
Level 2: Combining Papers From Same Paper Pack
Level 3: Combining Papers From Scrap Basket
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 combine three or more patterned papers.
--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, May 28th, 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, May 28th, 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:
Congrats to Gerdine for being selected as the MIM winner! You have won a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however you wish! Please be sure to send a note off to customer service with the email address that you would like your gift certificate sent to. And thank you to everyone else who participated! There was some amazing inspiration shared!
