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It's the most wonderful time of the year!

If this is your first time stopping by for a visit, you may be wondering exactly what you have stumbled upon.  I am one of the co-owners of Papertrey Ink, a stamp company featuring quality photopolymer stamps with a simple style and endless possibilities. 

*We release new product on the 15th of every month.  This month things are a bit different as far as scheduling because we are celebrating our 8th anniversary!

*Because it is time for celebrating, I am beginning my traditional "countdown" here on my blog early.  Countdown posts will go live at 7am EST every morning from the 5th through the 14th.  In these countdown posts, I will be featuring products that will be released on the 15th with projects, examples and tutorials.  We will also be making all sorts of big announcements.

*If you see a new product you like during the countdown, please keep in mind that it will not be available for purchase until the 15th.

FEBRUARY RELEASE WINNERS

*All of the contests and challenges will be open until February 15th to give everyone a fair chance to play along.  You can check-out THIS PAGE beginning the afternoon of the 15th, to see if you are a winner!

*The countdown commences with release day on the 15th.  At 7am EST on the 15th of each month a "reveal" post showcasing the full-reveal of all of the products for the month will go live.  There will also be a "Release in Review" post showcasing all of my favorite projects from the design team for the current release, while linking to each of their individual blogs that will be featuring all of their new release projects.  

*The release party will also begin at 7am EST on the morning of the 15th in our forum.  The day will feature lots of stamping friends chatting about the newest release. A release party contest that will go live on my blog at 7am EST will add to the fun.  The contest will be open for entries until 9:30pm EST and the winner will be announced shortly before the release at 10pm EST.

*The excitement concludes at 10pm EST the night of the 15th when the new product goes live in our store and is available for sale.

Enjoy the countdown!  All of us at Papertrey Ink hope you enjoy the week!

Make It Monday #200: Layering Cover Plate Die Cuts

Happy Monday and welcome to our 200th Make It Monday post!  We've so enjoyed being able to provide not only amazing weekly inspiration for you, from our talented Design Team Members, but it's also been so wonderful to see so many of you participating in the Make It Monday challenges week after week!  And not only that, but this means that 199 of you, have won FREE $25 Gift Certificates, in our random drawing for participants each week!  That's a lot of free Papertrey goodness!  Will you be the lucky 200th Make It Monday WINNER???  (Details below!)  Thank you for joining us week after week, and for playing along and having fun with these challenges.....that's what the Make It Monday series is all about!  And now, on with the show......!

Today, we join Dawn McVey as she shares some ideas for layering Papertrey's Cover Plate 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 Cover Plate die cuts.

--Please enter new projects only.

--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 below.  ONLY ONE ENTRY PER PERSON PLEASE.  

--You will have until 6am, Monday, February 9, to add your link to the list to be eligible to win. 

--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,  February 9, after 6am. 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!

--NOTE: We will not have a Make It Monday video next week, due to our 8th Anniversary festivities.  Our next Make It Monday video will be posted on February 16.

An InLinkz Link-up

 

EDITED TO ADD RANDOMLY SELECTED WINNER:

 

 

Congratulations to D.AnnC 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!

February 2015 Inspiration Archive

Each month we give you the opportunity to share your projects that utilize any of the many forms of inspiration Papertrey Ink shares each month in our newsletter.  Welcome to the February 2015 edition of  Inspiration Archive!

>>>Are you not currently a newsletter subscriber?  You can sign-up HERE.

>>>You can view the current newsletter as well as past issues HERE.

We encourage you to share projects that are inspired by any of the following February Newsletter features:

Try your hand at this month's Color Play combo:

 

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Here are this month's Signature Sketches. You'll always be able to find these and future sketches in our Signature Sketch Library on Pinterest, too! 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Our On Trend topic for this month is Color Blocking! We have a whole Pinterest board devoted to bold, graphic color choices HERE.

 

 The Senior Design Team ladies have revisited the With All My Heart stamp set and now it's your turn!

The Inlinkz list will remain open until the next newsletter is published on March 1st.  This is an amazing way for you to show off your creativity at any time, not just during the Blog Hop and the Make It Monday Challenges!  This is not a contest, just a little something for fun!  We look forward to seeing your amazing creations!

An InLinkz Link-up