It’s time to get ready for the Papertrey Ink January 2023 Release! Today is Countdown Day 1 and I’ll be here on the blog highlighting some of the new goodies! Today I’m highlighting the new Elegant Edges: Balloon Party dies and Birthday Your Way stamps. If birthday cards are your most popular card make, this release is for you! The Elegant Edges: Balloon Party set comes with two dies, so you can choose to cut the edge or not. With this card I cut the edge. This time I “colored” the balloons by backing the die cut with colorful paper strips.

For the background, I thought I’d make a background shaker. I kept the shaker fillers clear and white so they give a little shine and movement, but didn’t get too busy next to the paper strips. The sentiment is from the new Birthday Your Way set. This set has a ton of different happy birthday sentiments in a variety of fonts to match different style cards. Love the cute font on this one!

This next card uses the same Elegant Edges: Balloon Party dies but I didn’t cut the edge. This time I colored the balloons by spray misting a background (Distress Oxide sprays). I used another sentiment from the Birthday Your Way stamps in a fun, playful font. That set also includes some mini add-on sentiments to customize your messages.

I am working on giving the inside of my cards some love, so I continued the spray misting inside. Then I added a final sentiment from the new Inside Greetings: From All of Us set. I tend to make cards from our whole family (or at least my husband and me), so the From All of Us sets will definitely get some use!

If you want to see more, head over to the PTI Blog for more peeks for Countdown Day 1!

Aloha, jj

Papertrey Ink January 2023 Release

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