Saturday, September 10, 2016

Introducing Dress Up Dolls: Elves & Elf Sentiments




Hello and welcome to the first post for the September  Papertrey Ink  Release! September is the Christmas release and I could not be more excited about all of the beautiful new things! The new products you are seeing here will be available in the store at Papertrey Ink on September 15th at 10:00 EST. 


Today I have the honor of introducing the newest addition to Betsy's Dress Up Dolls, Elves! They are so cute in their little holiday outfits! Betsy has also designed a sentiment set to go along with them called Elf Sentiments, that has a cute candy cane frame included as well.  



I thought these little guys would make cute tags, so I created one with a boy elf and one with the girl elf. I used the frame from the Elf Sentiments set to create the main tag body. I glued that to the tag from Tag Sale #10.  I cut a small circle out of red polka dot paper to help the sentiment stand out a bit. Everything was colored with Copic markers and added with foam tape.



I threaded some gingham ribbon through the top and tied a piece of Baker's twine around that.

STAMPS: Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Dress Up Dolls: Elves, Elf Sentiments
DIES: Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Dress Up Dolls: Elves, 
INK: True black, New Leaf
PAPER: Stampers Select White, New Leaf, Pure Poppy + White patterned paper, 
OTHER: gingham ribbon, baker’s twine

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And here is my little girl version, created in the same way as the boy one, but I colored her outfit red and added a green polka dot circle background for the sentiment.




STAMPS: Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Dress Up Dolls: Elves, Elf Sentiments
DIES: Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Dress Up Dolls: Elves, Tag Sale #10, Noted: Scalloped Square
INK: True black, Pure Poppy
PAPER: Stampers Select White, Pure Poppy, Green Parakeet + White patterned paper
OTHER: gingham ribbon, baker’s twine

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And then I had to have a project that featured these two little cuties together as a pair, so I created a fun card!  The Petite Places patterned paper pack has always been one of my favorites, so that was the first thing to come to mind when I was deciding on a background for these two. They look so festive in the snow! :)


Again, everything was colored with Copic markers, cut out with the matching dies, and adhered with foam tape.

STAMPS: Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Dress Up Dolls: Elves, Elf Sentiments
DIES: Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Dress Up Dolls: Elves, Tag Sale #10, Noted: Scalloped Square
INK: True black
PAPER:  Stampers Select White,  Petite Places Patterned Paper

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Thanks so much for stopping by! I'll have more to share with you on the 12th when we begin our group post! 

Kay :)



22 comments:

  1. Oooh, it's so good to "see" you again, Kay! You've been missed by me, that is for sure. Your tags are adorable. I really like that you made a boy and a girl version. Your details are always spot on. Your coloring is fantastic and the embellishments are placed just so. One thing I noticed that looks great to me is how you have added the baker's twine to the ribbon creating the hanger for the tag. That's really a neat touch. I'll have to remember that. :) Thanks so much for sharing these adorable tags and card. Your work is always inspiring! Have a wonderful weekend. Hugs!! :)

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  2. Love your elves Kay! Just a note on the side...when I clicked on the PTI link to you, I ended up on September 15, 2015 at a post for Sunny Studios. Maybe it was user error, but just in case...

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  3. I'll need four dozen by next Friday, please. Love your adorable elf tags and card, Kay, and I'm leaving with a big grin on my face. :)

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  4. Yayyy! You're back! Your elves, whether performing solo or sharing the stage together, are 100% awesome! So happy to see your beautiful colouring and designing again! I second Diana's comment: big smile alllllllllll over my face!
    Hugs~c

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  5. These are adorable, Kay! Love the Dress Up Dolls! And so good to see you back on the blog!
    Have missed you!!

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  6. So fun! The elves are adorable, fun and done so well!!! I'm sure they're happy!!!😊

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  7. Super adorable Kay !!!

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  8. Oh my goodness, who could resist these adorable elves?! I love how you created your tags using the candy cane frame, and your card is so sweet, Kay! Beautiful coloring, too...as always! Looks like this is going to be an exciting release :)

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  9. I am totally in love with those elves! So cute!

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  10. Awww...love those adorable tags and card, Kay! Awesome striped frames and darling dolls colored perfectly for the tags! And, the card is so cute, too! Sweet elf outfits...so cute!!!

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  11. Adorable tags and cards! Love the candy cane frames!

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  12. Hi Kay,

    It feels so good to have you back! These cards are STINKING CUTE!!!!
    Can't wait for the 12th to see more of your CREATIVE GENIUS!!!

    Cariños,
    María Alba

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  13. Oh, those are just darling. Love them! I'm starting to feel the spirit and they make me want to do Christmas stamping stuff. Can't wait to see what you do next.

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  14. So glad you're back on. Missed you this morning, and couldn't wait to see your projects. Your coloring is over the top! Love your sweet elves in both their tags and card settings! Beautiful work as usual!

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  15. So adorable Kay! Yay! It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! :D

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  16. Kay these are all so adorable,you make we want to back order them all! You did a darling job showcasing these Christmas elves! Hope you enjoyed you bit of what seemed like a break or vacation. Oh and the tags are as cute as can be too!

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  17. How nice to see a post from you again Kay, I've missed you!! Your elves are perfectly adorable. I like the stripes and polka dots on the tag!

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  18. Your eleves and your colouring are amazing Kay! Your have brought those characters to life!! Good to see you back again, time away obviously did you some good! xo

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