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Make It Monday #114: Blown Ink

Time to bust out the reinkers and get artsy with Dawn. The blown ink technique is fun and forgiving, yielding one-of-a-kind projects that are sure to...well...blow your recipients away. 

 

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 the blown ink 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, May 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,  May 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 THIS WEEK'S WINNER:

Congratulations to Helen F. for being randomly selected as this weeks winner!  Please email Customer Service and provide the email address you would like your $25 gift certificate sent to!  And a big thank you to everyone else who participated in this challenge.  There were so many amazing entries!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

April 2013 Blog Hop

Welcome everyone to the April 2013 Papertrey Blog Hop!  We are so thrilled to see you here!  First, the challenge...

 

PHOTO CREDITS  ::: cherry logo ::: butterfly ::: aa ::: fancy ::: take two ::: blessed ::: nichole's hello card ::: melissa's star card :::maile's striped card:::

It only takes a little *something* to take a project from ho-hum to amazing!  Even something as small as tilting your images or sentiments at an angle can have a huge impact.  This month we are challenging you to create a project that features something tilted.  Position a frame at an angle, tilt your text, add a background strip diagonally, create a border that has an incline, slant a sentiment block, the sky is truly the limit!  We look forward to seeing your projects later this month!

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 (April 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:

Joyce M. created this simple yet stylish card by pairing the banners from Sketched Shapes with a sentiment from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday.  I love how turning the design elements on an angle really added major design flair on her simply sweet birthday card!

Michelle W. pulled out Stylish Sentiments: Birthday as well, but she paired hers with this fun, diagonal grid pattern she created!  I love her color choices!  The pops of color on white are so eye-catching!

Rema T. really caught my eye with her use of the negative die cut from the Wonderful Words: Hello die!  I love her stamped diagonal stripes from Sketched Shapes and how she layered the arrow, circle and sentiment right over the top!

Congratulations to all the winners!  Please contact customer service and provide them with the email address you would like your gift certificate sent to.  Thank you to everyone who played along this month!  There were so many amazing creations shared!

April 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!  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, April 25th, beginning @ 10 am EST and run until 11:30pm EST.

PHOTO CREDITS  ::: cherry logo ::: butterfly ::: aa ::: fancy ::: take two ::: blessed ::: nichole's hello card ::: melissa's star card :::maile's striped card:::

It only takes a little *something* to take a project from ho-hum to amazing!  Even something as small as tilting your images or sentiments at an angle can have a huge impact.  This month we are challenging you to create a project that features something tilted.  Position a frame at an angle, tilt your text, add a background strip diagonally, create a border that has an incline, slant a sentiment block, the sky is truly the limit!  We look forward to seeing your projects!

  

 -Participating bloggers can add their link to the appropriate list here anytime between 10am EST and 11:30pm EST on April 25th within the InLinkz list that will be posted. The title of your post should be "Papertrey April 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!

Make It Monday #113: Perfect Pearls

If you visit my blog frequently, then you might have noticed that I have been on a bit of a Perfect Pearls kick lately.  If you are unfamiliar with Perfect Pearls, it is a pigment powder that has metallic sheen to it.  It can be used in a variety of ways, but my personal favorite it just brushing it over a stamped image.  I am excited to show you a few projects that incorporate this fun and easy technique!

 

Here are some still shots of today's projects!

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 Perfect Pearls or some sort of metallic pigment powder.

--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, April 29th, 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,  April 29th, 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:  Many people of been asking about "setting" the Perfect Pearls after brushing them onto your stamped images.  I have found that once the VersaMark ink dries, the Perfect Pearls have set fairly well.  However, if there will be a lot of direct contact with your project, you might want to take extra precaution by sealing it with a very light coating of  hairspray!  Hope that helps!

WITH SYMPATHY CARD

• STAMPS: Harvest Berries, Think Big Favorites #3
• INK: VersaMark
• PAPER: Pinefeather, Ocean Tides
• OTHER: Perfect Pearl & Blue Patina Perfect Pearls (Ranger), Liquid Pearls (Ranger)
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

WISH BIG CARD

• STAMPS: Lovely Layers, Big & Bold Wishes
• INK: VersaMark
• PAPER: Smokey Shadow, Hawaiian Shores
• OTHER: Turquoise & Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearls (Ranger)
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

MEDALLION CARD

• STAMPS: Mehndi Medallion, Half & Half, Background Basics: Super Stripes
• INK: VersaMark, Royal Velvet
• PAPER: Royal Velvet, Winter Wisteria
• OTHER: Perfect Pearl, Blush, Berry Twist Perfect Pearls (Ranger)
• FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"

EDITED TO ADD THIS WEEK'S WINNER:

Congratulations to Larissa Heskett for being randomly selected as this weeks winner!  Please email Customer Service and provide the email address you would like your $25 gift certificate sent to!  And a big thank you to everyone else who participated in this challenge.  There were so many amazing entries!  Enjoy the rest of your week!

Make It Monday #112: Embossed Alpha Die Cuts

Join Ashley this week to learn handy tips and tricks for embossing on your alphabet die cuts. 

 

 

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 embossed alpha die cuts.

--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, April 22nd, 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,  April 22nd, 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 THIS WEEK'S WINNER:

Congratulations to Manuela for being randomly selected as this weeks winner!  Please email Customer Service and provide the email address you would like your $25 gift certificate sent to!  And a big thank you to everyone else who participated in this challenge.  There were so many amazing entries!  Enjoy the rest of your week!