How’s your day going today? Hope you’re here to see day 3 of the Papertrey Ink March Release Countdown! I’ve been having a lot of fun with these new goodies! Today, we have Posies & Sprigs stamp set and dies, Cornered: Lace dies, Feathered Friends Mini 21 stamp set and dies, and Inside Greetings: Quotes stamp set.
This first card uses the Posies & Sprigs stamp set and dies and Cornered: Lace dies. The Posies & Sprigs sets comes with a base stamp (solid stamp) and a detail stamp that you stamp over the base. I really love the painted effect you get with both layers! In the background, I used the Cornered: Lace dies except not as corners! You get two corner dies that are exactly the same in this set. Instead of using them in the corner of my card, I put them together to make a kind of half fan pattern. Love finding new ways to use dies! The final touches to this card are the sentiment from Just Sentiments: Quotes and the previously- released Border Bling: Skinny Dotted Frame Die and It’s A Sign: Hanging Frames Stitched Layers Die.
My second card uses the new Feathered Friends 21 Mini stamp set and it is adorable! I love the expression on that little chubby bird! This little birdie is taking a break sitting on a tulip made with the new Into the Blooms: Tulips die set. Yes, I used yellow again for the tulips just like the other day, but the bright yellow just makes me happy!
It’s a little hard to tell, but I did a trick with the coloring of the bird to make him a little speckled. I inked up the stamp with a dye ink first and then dabbed it lightly with a pigment ink in a similar color. The result is a subtle speckled or variegated look. I highly recommend experimenting with that technique! The sentiment is from the new set Inside Greetings: Quotes stamp set and the frame is from the previously- released Border Bling: Skinny Postage Frames Dies (one of my all-time faves).
Are you having fun with the release countdown so far? Don’t forget to stop by the Papertrey Ink Blog to see more of the release countdown from the whole DT! The release will be on the website March 25th, 10PM EST! See you tomorrow for the Countdown Day 4 and more from the upcoming release!
Aloha, jj
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