We're focusing a bit on the little ones in our lives today, with a variety of new products designed to help you create for them with ease. You'll love these timeless classics as well as modern new arrivals....creating cards and tags for babies, kiddos and even the young-at-heart just got a whole lot easier!
Block Party, designed by Lizzie Jones, features one of childhood’s favorite classic toys…wooden blocks! You can stack and build to your heart’s content with this playful set. The versatile collection of sentiments covers everything from welcoming a new baby to encouragement and notes of affection. Many will even work perfectly for the young or young-at-heart. Pair these images with the coordinating die collection for truly unlimited possibilities!
The Details:
- Block Party will be available for purchase on December 15th.
- It will retail for $24.
- Block Party contains a total of 31 images. The largest rectangle block measures 2” wide by 1” tall. The smallest square block measures 1/2” square. The “New kid on the block” sentiment measures 2 3/8” long by 1/4” tall. The “You can build it” sentiment measures just over 1 1/4” by 1/2” tall. The “Hip to be square” sentiment measures 1 1/2” long by 1/4” tall.
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $12. This collection includes a set of 17 wired dies. 3-3/4" x 5-1/4" overall
Give Me a Hand, by Lexi Daly, is a great new stamp set featuring silhouettes of a few familiar hand signs, including waving or high fives, I love you, hang loose, and peace. A variety of fun sleeve cuffs and jewelry pieces are also included for dressing the hands. With a speech bubble and several word options you can let your hands do the talking on cards and projects for any occasion. High fives all around!
The Details:
- Give Me a Hand will be available for purchase on December 15th.
- It will retail for $15.
- Give Me a Hand contains a total of 33 images. The hand silhouettes are approximately 1-3/4 inches tall and 1/3 inches wide at the hand and the sleeves, a little more than 1/5 inch tall and 1/3 inch wide. The speech bubble is 1 inch tall and slightly over 1-1/2 inches wide. The sentiments are just under 1/4 inch tall and range from Hi! at 1/5 inch wide to Hip, Hip, Hooray! at a little less 1-1/2 inches wide.
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $8. This collection includes a set of 9 wired dies. 3-7/8" 2-3/4" overall
Little Human, by Melissa Bickford, is an adorable robot set that is perfect for all of the little boys in your life. With a variety of images to build your robot along with the sentiments, you will be able to create fun Valentine cards, party invitations, scrapbook pages and more. The coordinating dies will make it even more fun to create with. A card or gift created with this set is sure to put a smile on any little boy’s face!
The Details:
- Little Human will be available for purchase on December 15th.
- It will retail for $15.
- Little Human contains a total of 23 images. The robot all assembled measures approximately 1-2/5” wide x 2-3/5” tall. The long hexagon strip measures 1-1/2” wide x 3/10” tall. The individual hexagons measure approximately 3/10” wide x 3/10” tall. The heart box measures approximately 3/4” wide by 3/4” tall. ‘VALENTINE’ measures approximately 1” wide by 3/20” tall. ‘I LOVE YOU this much’ measures approximately 1” wide by 2/5” tall.
- A coordinating die collection will be available for sale separately, retailing for $6. This collection includes a set of 13 wired dies. 4-5/8" x 2-1/2" overall
The Details:
- Keep It Simple: Valentine will be available for purchase on December 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- Keep It Simple: Valentine contains a total of 6 images. Keep It Simple: Valentine is the fourteenth in a series of stamp sets allowing you to build a collection of basic, medium-sized sentiments, in a nice variety of fonts, that you can turn to again and again. With this edition we are focusing on "Valentine's Day". The font choices will cover everything from modern to elegant. All of sentiments average between 2-1/4" and 2-3/8" long. They average between 1/8" and 1/2" tall.
The Details:
- Keep It Simple: You're Invited will be available for purchase on December 15th.
- It will retail for $5.
- Keep It Simple: You're Invited contains a total of 6 images. Keep It Simple: You're Invited is the fifteenth in a series of stamp sets allowing you to build a collection of basic, medium-sized sentiments, in a nice variety of fonts, that you can turn to again and again. With this edition we are focusing on "You'reInvited". The font choices will cover everything from modern to elegant. All of sentiments average between 2-1/4" and 2-3/8" long. They average between 1/8" and 1/2" tall.
This is the eleventh in a series of small sentiment sets designed to coordinate with a stylish, trendy phrase frame die. These particular sentiments finish the die-cut phrase "Hip Hip Hooray", giving you lots of design options. The size of the coordinating die-cut phrase frame will also work well with our Monthly Moments series!
The Details:
- Phrase Play #11 die will be available for purchase on December 15th.
- It will retail for $8.
- Phrase Play #11 die measures 2-7/8" x 3-7/8".
Now that I've made all of the formal introductions, let's get onto the projects!
I thought I would kick things off with the Phrase Play #11 collection. I die-cut the frame from white cardstock.
Then colored it with Copic Markers, blending the two colors for a bit of an ombre look. The companion sentiment was added in the appropriate opening with black ink.
I love the little "Hip Hip" banner detail that is already attached to the frame. You can easily trim it off for even more looks!
I added a few die-cut white Small Sketched Stars around the frame in a visual triangle to help lead the eye around the project.
Next up is a little something made with Block Party!
I selected my color scheme of Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores and Limeade Ice and then started playing around with stamping the blocks in a variety of patterns. After I had everything the way I wanted, I trimmed along the top edge of the block stack.
The "3" was die-cut from the opening in the blocks and then one of the sentiments from the set was added to the right of that.
It's a very simple design that could be done in a variety of colors depending on the recipient!
Block Party is also a great set to mix and match with other sets to create teacher cards!
The blocks were stamped in Simply Chartreuse, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise and Pure Poppy in a random arrangement.
This small apple from Back to School was added on top of one of the blocks that now feature one of the clever sentiments from Block Party.
I used a strip of Smokey Shadow cardstock at the bottom of the card to display the teacher's name, which kind of resembles a chalkboard. The name was heat embossed using White Filigree Embossing Powder.
A bit of baker's twine tied just above the name strip helps to connect the name strip and block focal point.
One of the things I love about Give Me a Hand is the ease with which I can now make cards for my two boys. While it can definitely be used for girls too, it is always nice to have an option on hand for boy projects becuase they can be a bit hard to create sometimes.
I stamped these arms and sleeves onto the bottom of a piece of white cardstock that had been cut with Tipped Tops. I then impressed it with the canvas side of the Linen & Canvas impression plate for a bit of texture.
The side of the focal point layer was die cut with the speech bubble die from Give Me a Hand. I was then able to add the speech bubble outline stamp and sentiment to the Soft Stone layer underneath, using White Filigree Embossing Powder.
The Soft Stone cardstock is adhered to a white card base, which finishes this project off.
Here's another project using Give Me a Hand. Great for encouragement after a job well done! I kept this card fairly simple so it's something I can make up in a hurry as needed.
I used the Monthly Moments: Spiral Notebook Page die to create my focal point. I stamped the various hands in a rainbow of colors at the bottom. Journal lines were added over that in Soft Stone.
The speech buble and sentiment were added at the top in True Black. Simply matted onto a Classic Kraft card base to allow the focal point to shine.
For my last project I pulled out the adorable Little Human stamp set!
I love that the separate body parts allow me to use a variety of colors and position him in any way I want like here, where he is holding balloons.
Balloon Bash was the perfect way to add a birthday feel to the card. I used Summer Sunrise, Spring Rain amd Limeade Ice to stamp them on their respective die-cuts.
I tied white crochet thread to each balloon and gathered them into the robot's hand with a bit more of thread. The sentiment was then added in True Black.
I hope you have enjoyed all the creations that I have shared with you today! Whether you have babies, little ones or even the young-at-heart to create for, we hope you're feeling inspired by these new product introductions! Did anything in particular stand out to you? 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, December 11 to leave your comment and be eligible to win. Only one comment per person please. One randomly selected winner will be announced on our December Release Winners Page before noon EST the same day. Thank you for stopping by today and best of luck with the contest!
Betsy Veldman will be featuring Give Me a Hand.
Laurie Willison will be highlighting Phrase Play #11.
Laura Bassen will be highlighting Block Party.
Maile Belles will be showcasing Little Human.
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HIP HIP HOORAY CARD
- STAMPS: Phrase Play #11 (available December 15th)
- INK: True Black
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White
- OTHER: Copics (G16, YG25), Smal Sketched Stars dies, Phrase Play #11 die
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
3RD BIRTHDAY CARD
- STAMPS: Block Party (available December 15th)
- INK: True Black, Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Limeade Ice
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone
- OTHER: Book Print Numbers die
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
MRS. PETTIT CARD
- STAMPS: Block Party (available December 15th) Back to School, Antique Alphabet
- INK: True Black, Pure Poppy, Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, VersaMark
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Smokey Shadow
- OTHER: White Filigree Embossing Powder, baker's twine
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
YOU ROCK CARD
- STAMPS: Give Me a Hand (available December 15th)
- INK: Fine Linen, Canyon Clay, Enchanted Evening, Ripe Avocado, VersaMark
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White, Soft Stone
- OTHER: Give Me a Hand dies, Linen & Canvas impression plate, Filigree Embossing Powder, Tipped Tops die
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
YOU DID IT CARD
- STAMPS: Give Me a Hand (available December 15th) Journal Accessories
- INK: True Black, Simply Chartreuse, Summer Sunrise, Canyon Clay, Autumn Rose, Scarlet Jewel, Soft Stone
- PAPER: Rustic White. Classic Kraft
- OTHER: Monthly Moments: Spiral Notebook Card
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LITTLE HUMAN CARD
- STAMPS: Little Human (available December 15th) Balloon Bash
- INK: True Black, Spring Rain, Limeade Ice, Summer Sunrise
- PAPER: Stamper's Select White
- OTHER: white crochet thread
- FINISHED SIZE: 4-1/4" x 5-1/2"
