Papertrey Ink Release In Review

Hello and welcome to the Release in Review post for the Papertrey Ink  March Release!   All of the new products you have seen shown over the past several  days will be available for sale at Papertrey Ink tonight at 10:00 EST.

This is always one of my favorite post! I get to share all of the rest of my fun projects!  And I have quite a few here, so settle right in :)

My first card up is with the beautiful new What The Doodle: Feather stamp set and dies by Betsy. Oh my! And I thought the butterfly was beautiful! Well, it was, but these feathers are equally magical! Everything here is watercolored. I stamped the feathers on watercolor paper and watercolored them with Peerless watercolors. The background was watercolored with Peerless as well. 

A tip if you want to do a background similar to this one. I wet my watercolor paper before painting, then started along the top edge and held the paper upright so the color would run down the paper. Kind of fun!

STAMPS: What the Doodle: Feather, Keep it Simple: Encouragement

DIES: What The Doodle: Feather

INK: True Black

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White

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Another watercolory one using the new Shaped Saying: Birthday Die by Maile. This time to create my background, I did not wet the paper first. I just dry brushed my different colors across the bottom corner of the watercolor paper. Super fast and super easy to do, with a fun effect!

I layered a thin strip of Vintage Jadeite patterned paper along the bottom before adhering the top panel down with foam tape. I added a few leaves from the Blooming Cute stamp set. I do so many girly cards, that I left the flowers off thinking, this would be perfect for a guy! 

STAMPS: Blooming Cute

DIES: Blooming Cute, Shaped Sayings: Birthday

INK: Pinefeather, Vintage Jadeite

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Vintage Jadeite + White

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I swear I made some cards that I actually did not watercolor on! haha! For this one, again, I used watercolor paper and Peerless watercolors. I actually took this die and pressed it into the card stock to make an impression where the balloons were so I would know where to add my color. After the watercolors dried, I die cut two of the Best Birthday Dies out and layered them over the impression. 

I filled in the two pink balloons with some Lovely Lady + White patterned paper, then I popped up the sentient with some foam tape and added a few clear sequins.

DIES: Best Birthday

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Lovely Lady + White Basics

OTHER: Master’s Touch Watercolor Paper, Peerless Watercolors

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Ah ha! No watercoloring on this one! It didn't need it. Betsy's adorable new Bloomin' Cute stamps are so adorable, I didn't want anything to distract from them, so I kept my background clean and simple. I did play around with a bit different color combination on this one. I kind of like it! :)

The little dots you see scattered around are from the extras in the Script Swirls: Birthday set.

STAMPS: Bloomin' Cute, Circle Script Swirls: Birthday

DIES: Bloomin' Cute

INK: Spring Rain, Stormy Sea, Lovely Lady, Raspberry Fizz, Royal Velvet, Soft Stone

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Stormy Sea + White

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Oh I just love how this card turned out. One of my favorite Bible verses paired up with one of my all time favorite stamps sets, Spring Woods. I just thought they were so perfect together! I sponged a little Winter Wisteria ink onto my background and then splattered some around too, before adding the die cut. 

I stamped the branch and flowers with my MISTI using Lovely Lady and Winter Wisteria inks. It made a lovely shade of purple!

STAMPS: Inspired: Lord, Spring Woods

DIES: Inspired: Lord, Spring Woods

INK: Stormy Sea, Spring Rain, Lavender Moon, Classic Kraft, Spring Moss, Smokey Shadow

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White

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Are you still with me here? Whew! I told you there were quite a few :)

Another one of my favorites! I just don't think you can go wrong with cute flowers and butterflies! And these new Fancy Pants sentiments by Erin are totally fun! I'm all about swirly things! Love them!

STAMPS: Fancy Pants Sentiments, Bloomin' Cute, Bitty Butterflies

DIES: Fancy Pants Sentiments, Cover Plate: Bitty Butterflies

INK: Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, Ocean Mist, Spring Moss, 

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Melon Berry, Bright Buttercup + White

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Some more flower fun using Splits: Celebrate by Maile paired up with Bloomin' Cute by Betsy! The striped paper along the bottom is from the Twig Wreath paper pack.

STAMPS: Splits: Celebrate, Bloomin' Cute

DIES: Splits: Celebrate, Bloomin' Cute

INK: True Black, Sweet Blush, Berry Sorbet, Ocean Tides, Pinefeather

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Twig Wreath Paper Pack

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Okay how fun is that? I don't know how the idea to stamp the sentiment across like that, leaving one bold, came into my head, but I'm so glad it did! I thought it was so neat! And I was happy to have a chance to use my chocolate cake, that I had stamped earlier, on a card :) 

I added one of the Frosted border dies along the bottom and it seemed to be just what it needed! I think this card would work great for a guy too, even though there are a few flowers on the cake. I'm not sure who decided flowers were just for girls anyway??

STAMPS: Ombre Sentiments: Birthday, Just Desserts

DIES: Just Desserts, Frosted Borders

INK: Classic Craft, Dark Chocolate, Aqua Mist, Green Parakeet

PAPER: Stamper’s Select White

Alright! That is all! If you made it all the way through my long post, well I appreciate it so much! I had an incredibly wonderful time making all of these cards! I do love Papertray Ink!! 

All of these wonderful new products will be available for sale at  Papertrey Ink  tonight at 10:00 EST!  

For more amazing inspiration visit the rest of the Papertrey Ink Design team!

• Nichole Heady
• Ashley Newell
• Amy Sheffer
• Betsy Veldman
• Danielle Flanders
• Dawn McVey
• Heather Nichols
• Laurie Willison
• Lizzie Jones
• Melissa Phillips

 Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kay :)