Since the party has arrived and is in full swing now, we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to bring you a few new birthday products as well as few basics!
Dawn McVey is bringing you another amazing collection this year! Birthday Classics: February is the first set in a monthly series that features a gorgeously unique birthday sentiment as well as birthday sentiment building options, with each set focusing on a specific month! Finally, you can create birthday sentiments specific to each recipient’s birth month! Custom birthday cards just got more fun than ever! You’ll want to be sure to collect them all to create cards for anyone on your birthday calendar!
PLEASE NOTE- We are releasing the February edition of this set on February 15th, but on March 15th we will be bringing you both the March & April editions so you may begin collecting your sets a month ahead!
The Details:
- Birthday Classics: February will be available for purchase on February 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- Birthday Classics: February contains a total of 7 images. The “May your February...” sentiment measures 2-1/4" x 1-1/2". The “Valentine” sentiment measures 1-3/4" x 1/2". The “May you have a lovely” sentiment measures 2-1/4" x 3/8".
Here is a list of sentiments combinations you can create with this versatile $5 set! Not to mention you can mix and match the elements of each edition in this collection for even more combinations!
- Happy Birthday
- Happy Valentine Birthday
- Happy February Birthday
- May you have a lovely birthday
- May you have a lovely February birthday
- May you have a lovely Valentine birthday
- Birthdays are the best!
- February birthdays are the best!
- Valentine birthdays are the best!
- May your February birthday be filled with love & birthday blessings
Leave It Be, by Dawn McVey, is a gorgeous leaf stamp set featuring a wide variety of different types of leaves that will be so versatile, you’re sure to fall in love! Many of the leaves have a two-step stamping option to allow you to add lovely details and an additional pop of color. These leaves can be used alone or paired with just about any flower image or die you may already have in your collection! Use one or cluster them all for a really gorgeous effect! This timeless classic is sure to be your new go-to leaf stamp set!
The Details:
- Leave It Be will be available for purchase on February 15th.
- It will retail for $24.
- Leave It Be contains a total of 15 images. The largest round leaf image measures 2" x 2-1/8". The large three-pointed leaf cluster image measures 2-1/8" x 2-1/4". The smallest long, thin leaf image measures 1/2" x 2".
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $15. This collection includes a single die (9 wired shapes). 6-3/8" x 5-1/8"
A great basic set of frames to coordinate with our most popular Limitless Layers die collections. Create your own custom labels for packages, envelopes and storage. Make endless journaling blocks for your Monthly Moments pages and scrapbook layouts. Or just add a simple frame to house any of your favorite sentiments and images. As an added bonus, this set includes a few versatile sentiments in a gorgeous font combination.
The Details:
- Limitless Layers: Labels will be available for purchase on February 15th.
- It will retail for $24.
- Limitless Layers: Labels contains a total of 19 images. The large square label measures 2-1/4". The small square label measures 1-1/2". The large circle label measures 2-1/2". The small circle label measures 1-3/4". The large oval label measures 3-1/2" x 2-3/8". The small oval label measures 2-3/8" x 1-1/2". "Celebrate in a big way..." measures 2" x 1". The large ampersand measures /8" x 1/2".
This set includes one basic label image to coordiante with each of the following die collections:
- Limitless Layers: 2-1/2" Circle dies
- Limitless Layers: 1-3/4" Circle dies
- Limitless Layers: 2-1/4" Square dies
- Limitless Layers: 1-1/2" Square dies (to be released in March 2014)
- Limitless Layers: 3-1/2" Oval dies
- Limitless Layers: 2-1/4" Oval dies
This is the beginning of a new series of dies by Lizzie Jones, that showcase stacked text in a single block that celebrates a specific occasion or holiday. While not being released every month, there are several scheduled for throughout the year, so stay tuned! These are perfect for any project, from simple to complex. Imagine it with glitter, an ombre coloring treatment, embossed, as a shaker element or even a window card....the sky is the limit with this fun new die! We are kicking things off with a birthday version to go along with our birthday month! The mix of fonts is just irresistible!
The Details:
- Text Block: Birthday die will be available for purchase on February 15th.
- It will retail for $8.
- Text Block: Birthday die measures 2-3/4" x 4".
Now that I've made all of the formal introductions, let's get onto the projects!
For this project I decided to pair up several of the new sets with a fresh spring color scheme, to help warm things up in this cold winter weather!
I stamped several of the leaves from the new Leave It Be set, layering them in a collage style, using Spring Moss, Aqua Mist and Harvest Gold. I then followed that up with the veins for each leaf in VersaMark which were heat embossed with White Filigree Embossing Powder.
For the sentiment, I started with a scalloped circle cut out with the Limitless Layers: 2-1/2" Circle die from Aqua Mist cardstock. I then stamped it with the coordinating basic label image from the new Limitless Layers: Labels set in Aqua Mist ink. I just LOVE how you can use this label image with both the decorative edged diws and the basic dies from each Limitless Layers die set. It is such a beautiful way to set them off, and not to mention easy too!
I heat embossed the two parts of this sentiments from the new Birthday Classics: February with White Filigree Embossing Powder. There is a beautiful stamp for the word "February" included in the stamp set, but I opted to mix things up just a bit and use the new Monthly Moments: February die with Harvest Gold cardstock instead. Everything is adhered to a Spring Moss card front.
Another February birthday card here! One of the wonderful things about Dawn's new Leave It Be set is that you can bring a completely different look and style to the previously released floral sets! Here I have pulled out an old favorite, Beautiful Blooms.
I stamped each of the flowers twice using Summer Sunrise ink, stamping twice and rotating the stamp between impressions. I am giving you a sneak peek at a new die today with these flower centers! They were die-cut from Canyon Clay cardstock and tied in place with Rustic Cream Button Twine.
The leaves were stamped in Fine Linen with the gorgeous stitched veins in Classic Kraft. As the finishing touch, a sentiment combination from Birthday Classics: February is added in Dark Chocolate.
Everything was mounted onto a Classic Kraft card base. Imagine all of the color combinations you could use with this simple card layout!
Now for something a bit different, and definitely more bold. This black and gray card is accented with bright punches of gold, perfect for celebrating a birthday! You can barely see it in the photos, but I started with the small oval frame from Limitless Layers: Labels in True Black. It's just a watermark, but it really helps to anchor the sentiment in real life. The sentiment, also from Limitless Layers: Labels, was heat embossed with Gold Filigree Embossing Powder.
The edges of the Smokey Shadow card base were stamped with diagonal stripes using True Black ink and Background Basics: Diagonals Additions. I cut the True Black card front a bit narrow and attached it to the card base using foam tape for dimension.
I diecut these gorgeous stars (more about them later in the week!!!) from gold shimmer cardstock and then pressed them into my VersaMark pad, heat embossing them with Gold Filigree Embossing Powder too.
The stars were adhered with a two-way glue pen, scattered up the card front around the sentiment.
I'm sure you won't mind if I share yet another floral card with you! *wink*
I traced the Tipped Top die-cut onto the Rustic White card base and then stamped the flowers and leaves around the edge of the line. The leaves are from the new Leave It Be set, and I stamped them in New Leaf, cleaned my stamp well and went back in and stamped them again in Soft Stone just slightly off from the original impressions. It creates a subtle shadowed look. The flowers are from Floral Fusion #4. I added them with Tropical Teal and Hawaiian Shores. The centers of the flowers are from Solid Stitches & Swirls.
I die-cut the Tipped Tops die from New Leaf cardstock and stamped this FABULOUS sentiment from Birthday Classics: February in Pinefeather. For the record, I will be using Pinefeather a lot now that Tropical Teal is in town. I just love them together!
I adhered the Tipped Tops die-cut in place with foam tape for dimension.
Now for the lovely Text Block Birthday die. Cannot. Wait. For all of you to get to play with this! So, so fun!!! I started by stamping my background. I used Melon Berry cardstock as my base and stamped several images from Beuatiful Butterflies using Canyon Clay, Berry Sorbet and Raspberry Fizz inks.
I then die cut the Melon Berry block with the Text Block: Birthday die, reserving the interior pieces. I die-cut Rustic White cardstock and adhered it in the opening, putting the Melon Berry pieces back in place. I left some of the tiny pieces out because I wanted to help draw attention to the dimension, keeps tings from being a bit too flat. This inlaid technique is just STUNNING with this die! I wish you could see and touch this in person!
I stamped and cut out one of the small butterflies and added it to the side of the "B", finished with a tiny rhinestone.
You could create a similar card with nearly any solid stamp images and colors!
The new Text Block: Birthday die was just screaming to be used on a window card! I cut a rectangle from a Raspberry card front and stamped it with Background Basics: Super stripes in Fresh Snow. I love adding stripes on the diagonal like this, just gives things a more modern & trendy twist.
The Text Block Birthday die was cut from Limeade Ice cardstock and adhered to a block of Clear Cardstock.
It was then adhered in place with 1/8" Scor-tape over the window opening.
These stars are scattered on the interior, which was lined with white.
The stars were die-cut from Summer Sunrise cardstock and covered with Prisma Glitter.
I love how you can see them peeking through the window!
As a little treat I saved for last, I have a few Monthly Moments layouts to share with you. I started this new album just to hold photos from all of the fun things David and I do togehter, just the two of us. They don't happen very often, but when they do I will love being able to put everything in one place so I can bring back the memories often. This is the title page I created using several of the new products highlighted today. This is a 3x4 vertical four pocket page protector.
I die-cut the Cover Plate: Circles from Simply Chartreuse cardstock can cut the corner to 3x4 to fit into a pocket. I love the transparency of the design, giving a peek at the page underneath. Looking forward to playing around with this technique with all of my other Cover Plates too! The other two pockets were filled with Ocean Tides cards stamped with Background Basics: Super stripes using Fresh Snow ink.
I die-cut the Limitless Layers: 3-1/2" Oval from white cardstock and stamped it with the new Limitless Layers: Labels using Terracotta Tile ink. I used the dotted lines stamp from the same set to add the journaling lines using Charcoal Palette ink. I die-cut the Bookprint Alphabet letters from Classic Kraft cardstock three times and adhered & stacked them together to give them a bit of a chipboard look. The new Leaves from Leave It Be were die-cut from Simply Chartreuse cardstock and the veins were heat embossed with Gold Filigree Embossing Powder. I love how you can get a completely different look with these leaves by just using the die-cuts and veins together!
I cut a little strip of cardstock from Classic Kraft cardstock and stamped a phrase from the new Monthly Moments: Slide Frame set. The ends were then trimmed with pinking shears. I added a "stitched" look to either end by just doing some selective inking to the journaling lines stamp included in the Limitless Layers: Labels set. This strip along with the oval label above it were adhered on TOP of the page protector with foam tape and Scor-tape.
For the second page, I used double 4x6 horizontal pocket protector. A photo of us is added to the bottom pocket.
I kept it simple when adding to it and just die-cut a Limitless Layers: 1-3/4" scalloped circle die, stamped with Ocean Tides using the coordinating label image from Limitless Layers: Labels. The sentiment is from the same set, added in True Black. I finished it with the date added in by hand. A little thing to note, you don't always need to leave these labels whole. Trim the side off to get different looks.
For the top portion, I started with a 4x6 piece of Classic Kraft cardstock, stamped with Polka Dot Basics in Fresh Snow. The Monthly Moments: Slife Frame die was cut from Simply Chartreuse. I trimmed a square of Clear Cardstock to fit behind it and stamped it with Irresistibly Ikat using White StazOn. I cut and notched a slim strip of Canyon Clay cardstock and stamped it with a sentiment from the Monthky Moments: Slide Frame stamp set. I adhered this across the frame. The monograms were die-cut with the Bookprint Upper dies from Ocean Tides, adhered above and below the sentiment strip. This entire frame was adhered on top of my page protector with foam tape. I can already tell that I'm going to have a lot of fun with this Slide Frame die!!!
I hope you have enjoyed all the creations that I have shared with you today! With several classic new products with a wide variety of applications, there's sure to be something here for everyone! Did you have a favorite project or product from today's post? We would love to hear your initial thoughts on everything we introduced!
Dawn McVey will be showcasing Birthday Classics: February and Leave It Be.
Laura Bassen will be featuring Text Block: Birthday.
CLICK HERE to see more from Erin Lincoln.
CLICK HERE to see more from Heather Nichols.
CLICK HERE to see more from Lizzie Jones.
CLICK HERE to see more from Melissa Bickford.
As you can see, many of the projects today were all about birthdays! Now it's your turn! Take some of the inspiration you have gained so far this week and create a birthday card for Papertrey! We would love to see both your card and a photo of you holding your card! Not only would this give you TWO entries for one card, but these photos will also be combined with Papertrey stories shared in the comments section to create a special slideshow at the end of the celebration!
You are also encouraged to mail your card to our warehouse employees in Cincinnati so we can create a heartfelt display board for them to enjoy each day while they are picking and packaging your packages! It isn't very often that they get to see what all of the crafty supplies are used for and it would bring a huge smiles to their faces!
1. Create a birthday card for Papertrey Ink! Take a photo of you holding the card for an extra entry in today's contest. Then mail your card to our warehouse employees in Cincinnati:
Papertrey Ink Warehouse, 5514 Fair Lane, Cincinnati, OH 45227
2. Your project must use at least one Papertrey product.
3. Upload a photo(s) of your project and an extra photo of you holding your card to your blog, online gallery or any other photo-hosting site (such as photobucket or flickr).
4. Add separate direct links to your project and to your card-holding photo on our InLinkz list below. This means if you have a project photo and a card-holding photo, you can upload both photos separately into the InLinkz list, giving you two entries for one card.
5. You may create as many projects as you like for the challenge, but each project should have a separate link.
6. And/or you can leave a comment here to be eligible to win. Nothing would make us happier than to hear from each of you about how Papertrey has touched your life! We would love to hear your stories about how you discovered us, or something heartwarming that might have happened while you've been a customer with us. We would love to know the year you became a customer too! Many of these comments will be combined with your birthday card holding photos to create a special slideshow for the last day or our celebration! One comment per person please. (Just click the small "comments" link in blue beside the date in the footer of this post. If you are reading this as an email subscription, be sure to click through to the actual blog to leave an eligible comment)
7. You have until 7am EST, Sunday, February 10th to add your project link(s) or comment and qualify for the contest.
8. SEVEN randomly selected winners will be announced on our February Release Winners page no later than noon EST, February 10th.
SEVEN randomly selected winners will each receive a $70 Papertrey gift certificate to spend however they choose! Thank you for joining us today and best of luck with the contest! Plus several of your comments and birthday card holding photos will be combined for a special slideshow at the end of the celebration!
LOVELY FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY CARD
- STAMPS: Leave It Be, Limitless Layers: Labels, Birthday Classics: February (available February 15th)
- INK: Spring Moss, Aqua Mist, Harvest Gold, VersaMark
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Aqua Mist, Spring Moss, Harvest Gold
- OTHER: Limitless Layers: 2-1/2" Circle die, White Filigree Embossing Powder, Monthly Moments: February die
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
FLORAL FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY CARD
- STAMPS: Leave It Be, Birthday Classics: February (available February 15th) Beautiful Blooms
- INK: Dark Chocolate, Summer Sunrise, Fine Linen, Classic Kraft
- PAPER: Rustic White, Classic Kraft, Canyon Clay
- OTHER: Rustic Cream Button Twine, Button Stacks die
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
WISH BIG & EAT CAKE CARD
- STAMPS: Limitless Layers: Labels (available February 15th) Background Basics: Diagonals Additions
- INK: True Black, VersaMark
- PAPER: True Black, Smokey Shadow, Gold Shimmer
- OTHER: Gold Filigree Embossing Powder, Sketched Stars dies
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
FEBRUARY BIRTHDAY BLESSINGS CARD
- STAMPS: Leave It Be, Birthday Classics: February (available February 15th) Floral Fusion #4, Solid Stitches & Swirls
- INK: Pinefeather, Tropical Teal, Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Soft Stone
- PAPER: rustic White, New Leaf
- OTHER: Tipped Tops die
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
BUTTERFLY BIRTHDAY CARD
- STAMPS: Beautiful Butterflies
- INK: Canyon Clay, Berry Sorbet, Raspberry Fizz
- PAPER: Rustic White, Melon Berry
- OTHER: Text Block: Birthday, rhinestone (Kaiser Craft)
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
GLITTERED STARS BIRTHDAY CARD
- STAMPS: Background Basics: Super Stripes
- INK: Fresh Snow
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Raspberry Fizz, Limeade Ice, Summer Sunrise
- OTHER: Text Block: Birthday die, Sketched Stars dies, Prisma Glitter
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
OUR STORY LAYOUT
- STAMPS: Leave It Be, Limitless Layers: Labels, Monthly Moments: Slide Frame, Monthly Moments: Library Card (available February 15th)
- INK: True Black, Terracotta Tile, Fresh Snow, VersaMark, Charcoal Palette
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Simply Chartreuse, Ocean Tides, Classic Kraft
- OTHER: Leave It Be dies, Limitless Layers: 3-1/2" Oval dies, Cover Plate: Circles die, Bookprint Alphabet dies, pinking shears, Gold Filigree Embossing Powder
- FINISHED SIZE: 6" x 8"
THIS IS THE BEST LAYOUT
- STAMPS: Limitless Layers: Labels, Monthly Moments: Slide Frame (available February 15th) Irresistibly Ikat, Polka Dot Basics
- INK: True Black, Ocean Tides, Fresh Snow, White Staz-On
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Classic Kraft, Simply Chartreuse, Ocean Tides, Canyon Clay, Clear Cardstock
- OTHER: Limitless Layers: Circle 1-3/4" die, Monthly Moments: Slide Frame die, Bookprint Upper dies
- FINISHED SIZE: 6" x 8"
