Heartfelt Greetings: Ink to Paper's Home Door Decor Stamp Set and Woodwork Dies

Hello, friends!  I am so happy to be back today sharing another holiday card with Papertrey Ink/Ink to Paper's new Holiday Door Decor stamp set.  This set has everything you need to create easy, festive holiday door cards.  So much fun! 

I immediately envisioned a classic red door for my card, so I started by die cutting my door out of Pure Poppy cardstock.  I stamped the door panels using black ink, and hand cut some additional panels to layer inside the stamp lines for added dimension.  I then stamped the door frame in black ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder for some shine.  I die cut the door handle and added a clear gloss on top for some more detail. 

I then die cut the background using the Woodwork dies and white cardstock, layering them on top of a card base.  I added a wreath from my craft stash to the door before adhering it and stamped out some planters from the Home Decor stamp set.  To mimic the look of steps, I hand cut some strips of woodgrain cardstock and layered them under the door, stamping my sentiment from the Inside Greetings: Season's Greetings stamp set on top.  To add some more holiday character, I added a pine border using the On the Border: Fir Branches die, splattering it with some white ink to mimic snow.  A couple of Pure Poppy red bows for the top corners and this card was finished!  

Thanks so much for stopping by to check out this project!  I hope you're inspired to create some welcoming holiday cards for your family and friends this year! 

Stitched Accents: Ink To Paper's Festive Mugs and Corner It: Holly Stamp Sets

 

Hello, friends!  I am beyond excited to announce that I am a new member of Papertrey Ink/Ink To Paper's design team and I am thrilled to be here today sharing my first official card as a member of the team!  As an amateur collector of cute mugs, this is one of my favorite holiday cards made with Ink to Paper's new Festive Mugs and Corner It: Holly stamp sets.  

I started my card by die cutting my mug out of Sweet Blush cardstock.  I stamped most of my accents using the Festive Mugs stamp set directly onto the mug, using Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Pinefeather and Raspberry Fizz inks.  I die cut the center flower from Pure Poppy cardstock so I could pop it up with foam tape for some dimension.  

For my mug accents, I used the Festive Mugs stamp set, the Corner It: Holly set, the Framing Florals: Christmas set, and the On the Border: Fir Branches die.  Before adhering everything down, I decided to use the Corner It: Holly stamp to create some steam for the top of my mug.  I stamped the image in light gray ink onto Aqua Mist cardstock, poked holes along the stamp lines, and did a simple backstitch using white embroidery floss.  So quick and easy, and the stitching adds such beautiful texture and interest to the card! 

To finish my card, I adhered all of my elements to the card base and created a white rectangular frame to ground the image.  I then stamped my "joy" sentiment in the lower right hand corner.  A few sparkly sequins and the card was finished! 

I hope you enjoyed this project!  Thanks so much for stopping by today, and I'll be back soon with another new release project from Ink to Paper!  

One Stamp Two Ways: Papertrey Ink's Ink to Paper Sweet Orange Holidays

Hello, friends!  I am so happy you stopped by today for these two cards I made with Ink to Paper's Sweet Orange Holidays stamp set.  I love stretching my supplies, so I decided to see if I could create two different looks with this stamp set.  Thanks to the beautiful detailed images, this was really easy and fun. 

For my first card, I stamped my orange images onto white cardstock using three different shades of orange ink.  I then fussy cut these out because I wanted to eliminate any white border.  After doing a preliminary arrangement of my oranges on a piece of Papertrey Ink Enchanted Evening cardstock, I stamped some foliage from the Sweet Orange Holidays stamp set in white glitter embossing powder and some pine branches from the Tree Essentials stamp set in green embossing powder.  I also stamped my sentiment from the Just Sentiments: Warmth stamp set with white embossing powder.  I stamped some pinecones from the Framing Fall stamp set onto Dark Chocolate cardstock and fussy cut them to create some more winter interest.  A few blossoms from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp and die set finished the arrangement.  Some white splatters finished up this card and created even more winter interest. 

For my second card, I looked to some of my favorite gouache artists like Sherry Lee, Roselynn Carr, Lindsay Brackeen to create this summer-inspired citrus card.  I stamped the base layer of my oranges onto watercolor cardstock used different shades of gouache to stipple the different layers, using my first card as a guide on where to place my paint.  I then stamped out the slices, using the same technique except I turned the oranges into lemons!  I added some pink blossoms and some fresh green foliage from the Beautiful Bouquet stamp set.  I decided to fussy cut some of the images and stamp some directly onto the cardstock so I could pop some up with foam tape for dimension.  Before adhering everything down, I added a light wash of sky blue watercolor and stamped my sentiment (again from the Beautiful Bouquet set).  A few white splatters and some sparkly sequins finished this card.  

I hope you enjoyed these projects; I had such fun making them!  Thanks again for stopping by today, and I'll see you again soon with some more fun cardmaking and papercrafting projects from Ink to Paper!  

Holiday Die Cut Card Featuring Ink to Paper's Feathered Friends Mini Stamps

Hello, friends!  I spent an evening recently creating this holiday card featuring Ink to Paper's Feathered Friends stamp sets.  I'm so happy you stopped by to check it out! 

I started my card by die cutting three circles out of white woodgrain cardstock.  I then stamped tree images from the new Winter Wonder stamp set onto Papertrey Ink's Aqua Mist cardstock so they aligned with the three circles.  I also added some white ink splatters to add a wintery effect. 

Next came my favorite part: embellishing with lots of stamps and die cuts.  I selected wintery images and die cuts from the following sets: Framing Fall, On the Border: Fir Branches, Tree Essentials, and Tag Creations: Blooming Indulgence to embellish the circle windows.  I chose white and green embossing powders to stamp some of the foliage, and added white dots to others to mimic snow.  I then stamped birds from the Feathered Friends Mini 3 and 4 stamp sets - how cute are these little birds? 

To finish my card, I stamped my sentiment from the Just Sentiments: Warmth stamp set onto Pure Poppy cardstock and adhered it over my last circle.  I added some sequins to the inside of the circles for a bit of sparkle.  It occurred to me after finishing the card that this would have made the cutest shaker card with some snow on the inside of the circles... I just may have to make another one! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  I'll see you again soon with some more card projects made with Ink to Paper's gorgeous new holiday stamps and dies.  Have a wonderful day!