Join Lexi Daly as she takes you back to the 1980's!
Below you will find a Spotify playlist that has been put together just for the 1980's! There's enough music to entertain you for over two hours while you are working on your challenge projects!
Now onto the challenges!
There was an explosion of color in the 80s and rainbows were everywhere, from clothing and decor to logos, toys, and even postage stamps. Rainbows in their actual form, paired with unicorns and cats, and rainbow patterns, striped and repetitive. Rainbow heart sweaters and shoelaces pop up on almost every 80s search. While rainbows really haven’t ever gone out of style, they definitely had a special place in the 80s. One item i remember fondly is the Trapper Keeper, so I thought I’d create a card based on it, complete with a gift card pocket inside. Be sure to watch the whole video - I have a few more 80s rainbow cards and the pins that inspired them at the end!
You can create your own rainbow themed Trapper Keeper card like the one I demonstrated, or you can find inspiration from another 80s rainbow product or image for your retro rainbow card or project. You have lots of rainbow options at your fingertips if you purchased the kit. If not, look at the stamps and dies you own - cats, unicorns, hearts, stripes? - you’re bound to have something for a perfectly retro rainbow!
--Now it's your turn! Create a card that features a retro-styled rainbow. You can choose to re-create an exact project from the designer above or design your own. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
--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 the InLinkz list below.
--You will have until 7am EST, Tuesday, August 26th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
In a time before cell phones and texting, kids passed notes across the classroom and through the halls. Do you want to go out? Check yes or no. Who’s your biggest crush? And even acronyms, L/Y/L/A/S and K.I.T. There was definitely an art in passing them without being intercepted by the wrong person (like Jake in Sixteen Candles!) or confiscated by a teacher, but the true art of those notes was in folding them. I will be showing you three retro note folds, plus a folded note gift card holder based on one of the folds and tips for creating mini folded note embellishments. It will be, like, totally awesome! My 13 year old vowed to write cool folded notes as soon as school started!
Practice the three types of retro note folds and then try your hand at creating the folded note gift card holder and decorating it for your bff’s birthday, or fold up a few minis and use them as embellishments! Remember, heavyweight card stock is great for the gift card holder, but requires a little extra attention to scoring and folding. Text weight paper is best for those cute, little folded embellishments - 4" x 5-1/4" is a great mini-page size to start with, but you can play with different sizes as well. Bonus if you have an 80s style sticker to finish it off!
--Now it's your turn! Create a project that featues one of the note folds featured in the video. You can choose to re-create an exact project from the designer above or design your own. Your project must also incorporate at least one Papertrey product.
--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 the InLinkz list below.
--You will have until 7am EST, Tuesday, August 26th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
--As a reminder, you will have until 7am EST, Tuesday, August 26th, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. And you can enter as many times as you like.
--TWO randomly selected winners will be chosen from ALL the entries within this list on Tuesday, August 26th. The winners will be posted on our Tuesday night Stamp-a-faire winners page at 9pm EST. The randomly selected winners will each get a $25 PTI gift certificate to spend however they like!
Thanks for joining Lexi Daly on this journey! We look forward to seeing your projects!
