Papertrey Ink July 2017 Release Week: Introducing On the Wagon!

Hi creative and crafty friends! It's time to start the festivities for the July Papertrey Ink new release! The fun started on the 9th with our monthly intro/sneak peek video and we will continue to share projects on our design team blogs and on the PTI blog all the way through the 20th. So, lots of inspiration coming your way in the next week! All of the new release items will be available for purchase in the Papertrey Ink Store on July 15th at 10pm EST. This month is definitely one of my favorite releases ever! I have TEN projects to share with you coming soon! 

Today I'm introducing the FUN and cool and retro stamp set called On the Wagon! The main image in the stamp set is a cool old station wagon that you can layer and color in any color combination you can dream up. The accent stamps help you create a surfing scene or a beautiful Christmas scene. Don't even get me started on the GORGEOUS font for the sentiments! LOVE. So I have three cards today to show you. I tried to showcase each of the stamps in different ways so you could get a good feeling for the set. There are also matching dies, which makes everything better!

First up is a vintage Christmas card to make you think of Winter in New England… This is my first official Christmas project for 2017 and I am so happy with how it turned out! The background stamp can either look like snow or waves (so cool) and I adore the little Christmas trees that fit on the top of the car or as parts of the entire scene. For this project I also used the brand new Mix and Mat Postal Dies. I got out another one of my favorite stamp sets from PTI too – Spruce and Sprigs – to add the holly accent at the top of the card. 

 

Here is a close up of that awesome wagon! I used a MISTI to perfectly line up all the parts of the car. There are lots of colors so the final look is amazing! Genius actually! I die cut it out with the matching die and then stamped and die cut a tree for the top of the car. 

 

Here is a close up of the holly leaves from the Spruce and Sprigs set. I gave everything a pretty coat of Diamond Stickles for some frosty shimmer. 

 

I stamped the background stamp off to the side to look like a snow bank, and then added some pine trees. The sentiment is stamped in rich brown ink to lend more of a vintage flair. Everything on the postcard is stamped onto Vintage Cream Cardstock instead of bright white. 

 

 

 

The Mix and Mat Postal die is so crisp and clean!!! I will be using this a lot! 

 

The car, the trees, and the holly leaves are attached to the card using foam squares or foam tape. The card base is made from Kraft cardstock (A2) and then layered with some beautiful PTI papers and ribbon from my stash. 

 

Now I'm going to completely switch gears and share two Summer projects made with the On the Wagon set! After all, it is July right now! This stamp set is perfect for the guys in your life too. So easy to make fancy feminine cards, but just as easy to make perfect masculine cards. I love it when a stamp set is versatile in that way. I'm thinking birthday cards, and Father's Day cards… My husband loves Hawaiian shirts so this is the perfect set to make him cards with! 

In this card, you can see that now the background stamp looks like waves and water. I stamped a few times onto a white card layer to form the background scene. Then I stamped the sentiment and the palm tree in dark rich black ink. I stamped and die cut out the card and the surfboards to complete the look. Everything is attached to the card with foam tape. My card base is in Soft Stone. I layered Parakeet paper and Parakeet polka dot paper for more visual interest.  

 

The surfboard looks so fun on top of the wagon! 

 

 

 

What is better than that? Surf, Sun and Summer fun! 

 

This final card today is clean and simple. I started with an A2 Kraft Card base and then die cut a Kraft circle for the focal point of the card. I stamped and die cut out the palm tree, wagon, and surfboard and then assembled the elements onto the circle. The little flowers stamped around the circle are the accent stamps for the surfboard! 

 

The seagulls are the perfect accent! The sentiment is from the brand new Fruit Salad Sentiments stamp set. It's big and bold and super fun. Also goes great with this wagon set. 

That's it for me for today! Remember, everything new is for sale on the 15th at 10pm EST.  If you don't want to miss anything from the new release, make sure to visit the official PTI blog!  I'll be back on Sunday starting five days of sharing PTI projects with you. Until then – have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by today! XOXO