introducing be happy and more monthly moments: february
February 10, 2014
Welcome to another day of the Papertrey Ink's 7th anniversary and February release countdown! Today I am sharing projects created with Melissa's new Be Happy set and I have a few peeks of the Monthly Moments: February set too.
All of the new sets and products that I am sharing today will be available to purchase on February 15th, 10PM Eastern, at Papertrey Ink.
Be Happy is is such a sweet set that calls for stamping in fresh bright colors. I did a couple different color combinations for the cards I sharing today. This first set used the color combination of Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, and Ocean Tides.
The butterflies in the set are just the cutest. For this card, I stamped the frame image in Fine Linen and then added the butterflies right over the top of it. One set of wings is in Aqua Mist, the other in Hawaiian Shores, and then the bodies and antennae are in Ocean Tides.
The sentiment is from my Monthly Moments: February set with the little heart mini border stamped underneath.
This is a very simple card layout with so many possibilities! I can think of a number of sentiments and images in my collection that this could be adapted to. I stamped the "happy" several times in a gradated color order and then added the "birthday & to you" sentiments underneath. Clean, fun, and very happy.
One the card base I stamped up my own background with the flower images in the Be Happy set in Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, and Ocean Tides. The pattern and colors actually remind me of the fabric curtains that used to be hung up in my Great Grandma's cabin that I spent lots of time at in the summers growing up.
The next color combination includes Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz, and on one card a little Enchanted Evening. I got into the die cuts a little more with these 2 cards as well.
I created a background on kraft cardstock by stamping the scallop border image in Fresh Snow ink repeatedly. I die cut the frame image and used it to frame the sentiment that I stamped on to the kraft cardstock background in Enchanted Evening ink. I omitted the "birth" part of "birthday" with selective inking to create the "happy day" sentiment on the card.
How cut is this little butterfly? I die cut the wings from Hibiscus Burst and then added the wing design with Raspberry Fizz ink. The body is die cut from Enchanted Evening cardstock and then stamped with the same color of ink. A few rhinestones added a little bling and finished off this card.
For this final card using the Be Happy set, I stamped a flower cascade down the right side of the kraft cardstock in Fresh Snow ink and added the sentiment ink True Black ink.
I had a little fun with layering the butterfly dies to make it a little bit more dimensional and then added a body with some tiny rhinestones. A few single layered little butterflies with rhinestone bodies are up in the stamped flowers.
Finally, I put together a simple Valentine card using a few sentiment from my Monthly Moments: February set. I added some heart die cuts, one that I covered with some glitter.
The strip of patterned paper on the card is cut from one of the Monthly Moments: February Journal Cards.
There is so much more to see today: Go to Nichole's blog where she will have lots more new stamp sets and products to share, Betsy will be sharing the new Phrase play #1 set, Erin is sharing the A Little Inspiration set, and Cristina is sharing the Circle Scribbles set. Stop by the stamp designers blogs to see what they are sharing with their new stamps and products this month: Dawn, Melissa, Erin, and Lizzie.
Thank you so much for stopping by today and I will be back tomorrow with more to share!
Supplies:
all supplies from Papertrey Ink unless noted
With Love Butterfly Card
size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
stamps: Be Happy, Monthly Moments: February
ink: True Black, Fine Linen, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Ocean Tides
cardstock: white, kraft, Aqua Mist patterned paper
other: corner chomper (We R Memory Keepers), silver thread (Gutterman)
Happy Birthday to You Card
size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
stamps: Be Happy
ink: True Black, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Ocean Tides
cardstock: white, Aqua Mist
other: Rustic jute button twine, corner chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
Happy Day Butterfly Card
size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
stamps: Be Happy
ink: Fresh Snow, Enchanted Evening, Raspberry Fizz
cardstock: white, kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Enchanted Evening, Raspberry Fizz patterned paper
other: Be Happy dies, silver rhinestones (Kaisercraft), corner chomper (We R Memory Keepers)
Butterflies for Someone Special Card
size: 4 1/4" x 5 1/2"
stamps: Be Happy
ink: True Black, Fresh Snow, Raspberry Fizz
cardstock: white, kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz
other: Be Happy dies, mini rhinestones (Hero Arts), silver thread (Gutterman)
You & Me Valentine's Day Card
size: 4 1/4" x 4 1/4"
stamps: Monthly Moments: February
ink: Smokey Shadow
cardstock: kraft, white, Scarlet Jewel, Monthly Moments February Journal Card
other: Stitched Hearts die, The Best is Yet to Be die, glitter (Stampin' Up! & Martha Stewart), corner chomper (We R Memory Keepers)