Most of us have had a camping experience at least once in our lives, whether at summer camp as a child or camping with family or friends as an adult. The sense of adventure and accomplishment one gets when spending time in the great outdoors, cooking over an open fire and sleeping under the stars can't be beat. It's with that in mind, that we share with you, today's product peeks!
Are you ready to do some camping? Heather Nichols has designed a set has got you covered from the tent to sleep in to the marshmallow to roast over the fire! This set is designed for capturing memories of summer camp or camping with family and friends on scrapbook pages or in a travel journal. The images are also perfect for creating a card for anyone who is an outdoor enthusiast!
The Details:
- Summer Camp will be available for purchase on May 15th.
- It will retail for $24.
- Summer Camp contains a total of 25 images. The tent image measures 2” wide and 1 3/8” tall. The small label image is just over 1/2” tall and is 2” wide. The larger tree image is 1 1/4” tall and is 5/8” wide.
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $5. This collection includes a total of 2 dies. The dies measure 2-1/2" x 1" (A), 2" x 5/8" (B).
Heather Nichols has also designed an amazing collection of patterned papers to coordinate with her new set. The designs are versatile enough to be used for a variety of projects, but still infuse that rustic, woodsy vibe.
The Details:
- The Summer Camp patterned paper collection will be available for sale on May 15th.
- It will retail for $12.
- It contains 36 (8-1/2" x 11") sheets, 6 sheets each of 6 patterns.
Crackled is an inexpensive must-have, perfect for adding that special little something to projects that you want to add a rustic flair too. It can make a bold statement when used with a darker ink, or a subtle impression when used in something more neutral, like our Fine Linen ink. Use it as a background or stamp it directly over images that you want to add a distressed look to.
The Details:
- Crackled will be available for purchase on May 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- Crackled contains a total of 1 image. This stamp measures 2-3/8" x 3-1/4.
For the next two introductions, I do not have any new projects to share utilizing them, but they will all be available for sale on May 15th.
Heather Nichols has designed a die collection to coordinate with the popular Little Bitty Bird Additions stamp set released a few months ago. These dies will make the set easier to design with and so much more versatile!
The details.
- Little Bitty Bird Additions die collection will be available for sale on May 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- The Little Bitty Bird Additions die collection contains two dies; the picket fence die (A) measures 2-1/4" x 1-7/8" and the second die with the remainder of the shapes measures 1-3/4" x 2-1/8".
I am also happy to reintroduce the Global Greetings collection by Lizzie Jones. There were a few small adjustments that needed to be made to the original sets and we are thrilled to be able to make them available this month.
You'll be able to say Bonjour to your French friends, Hallo to your Dutch and German friends, Hola! to your Spanish and Latin friends, as well as Ciao to your Italian friends with this series of five sentiment sets. With the Global Greetings series, you'll have birthday, baby, congratulations, hello and thank you cards covered. The clean, modern fonts coordinate with previously release Papertrey imagery and lend themselves to a variety of styles. Increase the versatility of the series by using the sets with the English sentiment sets to create backgrounds and focal points with international flair!
The details:
- The Global Greetings Collection will be available for sale on May 15th.
- It will retail for $5 for each set; there are 5 sets total.
- Each set contains 9 or 10 images.
- The collection includes five sets total, one in each of the following languages: Spanish, Italian, German, French & Dutch.
Now that I've made all of the formal introductions, let's get onto the projects!
For my first project I wanted to make a special card for my oldest son, Owen. He has been doing an amazing job at school lately and I wanted to create a little something to let him know how much I love him and how proud he makes me. I didn't want to card to be too feminine, so the Summer Camp provided the perfect companion images for the sentiment I chose to use.
I started by cutting some "hills" from Ripe Avocado cardstock. I sponged the upper edge of them with Pinefeather ink. The night sky is made from Smokey Shadow cardstock and stamped with the star images from Summer Camp (including that adorable Big Dipper!) and the moon image from Out on a Limb Revised, all heat embossed with White Filigree Embossing Powder.
I heat embossed the sentiment (from Out on a Limb Sentiments) at the bottom of the hill and die-cut Block Alphabet letters from Classic Kraft cardstock to add above it. The heart comes from the Tiny Tags die, cut from Canyon Clay cardstock and tied with a bit if twine.
The tent from Summer Camp was stamped onto Scarlet Jewel cardstock and cut out with scissors. The fire was stamped onto white cardstock with Dark Chocolate ink and colored with a few Copics. A few tree images (from Summer Camp as well) were stamped onto Pinefeather cardstock with Pinefeather ink and cut out to layer at the top edge of the hills.
Everything was adhered to a Classic Kraft card base. I just know Owen will really love receiving this!
For my net project I thought it would be fun to make a little card that you could use as an invitation for friends to come over and make s'mores or to cookout. We do this a lot in the summer and it will make the small gathering a bit more fun to have invitations to send out!
I decided to pair up a few of the images from SUmmer Camp up with the sunshine & hills background from On the Farm. I stamped them onto Fine Linen cardstock with Fine Linen ink, layering the pieces on top of one another. I then stamped the marshmallow sticks and campfire images onto Vintage Cream cardstock with Classic Kraft ink. I cut all three of them out with scissors and adhered them onto the background block with foam tape.
For the sentiment, I pulled out Table Service. The sentiment was stamped in Classic Kraft ink onto a strip of Vintage Cream cardstock. I trimmed the ends into a banner.
I created a mat for the focal point & sentiment from Classic Kraft cardstock, stamped with the cute little map background from Summer Camp. I trimmed the bottom edge with pinking shears and swiped Fresh Snow ink around the whole thing. I stamped the Fine Linen card base with Polka Dot Basics using Fresh Snow ink before adhering everything into place.
All of the adventure themed images and words in Summer Camp are perfect for creating graduation cards. For the background for this card, I began with a block of Aqua Mist cardstock and stamped it with the new Cracked background using Aqua Mist ink. I swiped the edges with Fresh Snow ink to help soften them a bit. I also stamped a mat for my focal area using white cardstock. I began with the map image from sUmmer Camp, stamped in Hawaiian Shores. I then added Background Basics: Newsprint on top of that in Aqua Mist ink.
I created my sentiment strip with Classic Kraft cardstock, stamped with "Congrats to the Grad" (from Congrats All Ways) in Fresh Snow ink.
I created some fun "adventure" labels to support my theme. I die-cut a Rounded Label from white cardstock and stamped it with the coordinating frame & word from Summer Camp using Hawaiian Shores ink. I stamped over this with the woodgrain image from Background Basics: Farm & Barn. I also die-cut the Limitless Layers 1.75" circle from white cardstock and stamped it with the round adventure & explore label from Summer Camp.
Everything was mounted on a white card base.
Lastly, I wanted to show how the Summer Camp products are the perfect solution for many of the masculine cards you need to create. The set adds a woodsy nature twist to birthday cards especially well. This one is great for Grandpa.
I wanted to show a close-up of one of the fabulous papers from Heather's collection. The detail and layers she has used to create these is amazing and adds so much to a project. I cut a large block of this map paper and sponged the edges with Tea Dye Duo.
For the sentiment strip, I started with Blueberry Sky cardstock. I stamped "Grandpa" from My Dad, My Hero in True Black ink and colored the interior of the letters with a Ripe Avocado Copic Marker. I then added the birthday sentiment from Simple Sentiments underneath that.
To help add balance to the project, I die-cut a Rounded Label from Classic Kraft cardsotck and stamped it with the coordinating frame from Summer Camp using Enchanted Evening ink. I added the little trees from Summer Camp within that using Ripe Avocado ink. I finished the little label by adding Crackled on top of all of it using Classic Kraft ink. As a finishing detail I added a Ripe Avocado button tied with twine.
This was all mounted onto a Fine Linen card base.
Now that you have seen a few of my creations, here are some of the amazing things that the team has created!
CLICK HERE to see more from Ashley Cannon Newell.
CLICK HERE to see more from Betsy Veldman.
CLICK HERE to see more from Danielle Flanders.
CLICK HERE to see more from Dawn McVey.
CLICK HERE to see more from Erin Lincoln.
CLICK HERE to see more from Heather Nichols.
CLICK HERE to see more from Jessica Witty.
CLICK HERE to see more from Maile Belles.
CLICK HERE to see more from Melissa Phillips.
I hope you have enjoyed all these amazing creations that both the team and I have shared with you today! Are you having fond memories of summer camp as a child? Or are you dreaming up a camping trip with your family for this summer? Perhaps avoiding the bugs and getting a little crafty with these new products, is more your style? *wink* We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced! Please leave a comment on this post to tell us what you think of the new products and you will be eligible to win big!
$75 Papertrey Ink Gift Certificate
to spend however you choose!
You have until 7am EST, May 15 to leave your comment and be eligible to win. Only one comment per person please. One randomly selected winner will be announced on our May Release Winners Page before noon EST the same day. Thank you for stopping by today and best of luck with the contest!
CLICK HERE to see more from Melissa Bickford.
CLICK HERE to see more from Maile Belles.
LOVE YOU TO THE MOON CARD
- STAMPS: Summer Camp (available May 15th) Out on a Limb Sentiments, Out on a Limb Revised
- INK: True Black, Pinefeather, Canyon Clay, Dark Chocolate, VersaMark
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Scarlet Jewel, Orange Zest, Pinefeather, Ripe Avocado, Classic Kraft, Smokey Shadow
- OTHER: Block Alphabet dies, Tiny Tags die, White Filigree Embossing Powder, white twine
- FINISHED SIZE: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"
S'MORES INVITATION
- STAMPS: Summer Camp, On the Farm (available May 15th) Table Service
- INK: Fresh Snow, Classic Kraft, Fine Linen
- PAPER: Vintage Cream, Fine Linen, Classic Kraft
- OTHER: pinking shears (Fiskars)
- FINISHED SIZE: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"
CONGRATS TO THE GRAD CARD
- STAMPS: Summer Camp, Crackled, Background Basics: Farm & Barn (available May 15th) Congrats All Ways, Background Basics: Newsprint
- INK: Fresh Snow, Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist, Classic Kraft
- OTHER: Rounded Labels dies, Limitless Layers 1.75" Circle die
- FINISHED SIZE: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"
GRANDPA BIRTHDAY CARD
- STAMPS: Summer Camp, Crackled (available May 15th) My Dad My Hero, Simple Sentiments
- INK: Enchanted Evening, Classic Kraft, Ripe Avocado, True Black, Tea Dye Duo
- PAPER: Fine Linen, Blueberry Sky, Classic Kraft
- OTHER: Rounded Labels die, Ripe Avocado button, button twine, Ripe Avocado Copic Markers, T1 Copic Marker
- FINISHED SIZE: 5-1/2" x 4-1/4"
