Hi creative and crafty friends! Happy Saturday! Did you have a great week? I hope you did! I've been pretty busy and that is a very good thing! The weather finally turned and it's been cool in the mornings which I love. I've been going to lots of meetings and doing some photo shoots and I'm super grateful to be this busy with work! Looking forward to a creative weekend as well. What are you up to? Have you been following along on the Papertrey Ink Blog looking at all the posts from the new release?
It's time to start the festivities here on my blog for the August Papertrey Ink 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 or so! All of the new release items will be available for purchase in the Papertrey Ink Store on August 15th at 10pm EST. This month has LOADS of Autumn and Halloween inspiration and that's right up my alley. I love it all! I will be sharing more than ten projects in the next ten days. I hope you're ready! LOL. Thanks for following along with me!
Today I'm helping launch a fun and creepy Halloween set called Wicked Elixir - it's full of potions and tonics perfect for a mad scientist's laboratory! TOO fun! I'm also helping introduce the Radiant Die Collection which is a really pretty series of three dies that make starburst or sunburst patterns. Really pretty.
First up today is a Halloween card with lots of patterns and colors going on! I used the brand new dots stencil to make my background layer. My card base is kraft paper in A2 size. The black and white plaid paper is also new for this month as part of the Halloween Hugs kit! The sentiment is from the Autumn Scarecrow stamp set and the bottles and potions are all from the Wicked Elixir stamp set!
This card was funnnnnn to make! I used lavender, lime green and orange as my colors! The Wicked Elixir stamp set has matching dies for the bottles AND the tiny labels. Just makes everything look so nice and crisp!! My polka dot background was made using the new Stencil (Dots) and Antique Linen Distress Ink. Just a soft loot for this project.
I mixed and matched a lot of the new stamp sets for this card. I love to do that! The stars are from the new kit and I stamped them in deep black for nice contrast. The images were stamped on Vintage Cream cardstock for a vintage feeling.
Next is a scary and spooky card also made with the new Wicked Elixir stamp set! Look at those blood splatters!! EEEEK!! I used a very graphic color palette of orange (Canyon Clay), black and grey for this card. SPPPPOOOOOKKKY! The new Bite Size Tags dies are the perfect size for the front of a card.
Now this next card is TOTALLY different from the first two! I used bright white and Buttercup yellow to make a sunshiney card! This card features the new Radiant Die Collection and the new Hey Stacks Stamp set!
I cut the dies directly out of my layering paper and then slid Bright Buttercup cardstock underneath the cut out images. SO fresh! I heat embossed in white onto black cardstock to make my sentiment banner. I thought it needed just one more pop of color so I die cut out some pretty red hearts and that just did the trick!
The sentiment banner was put on the card using foam tape. The hearts too. I added just a few clear gems at the end. This would be a great card for get well or just generally encouraging someone.
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 Wednesday, starting five days of sharing PTI projects with you. Until then - have a great weekend! Thanks for stopping by today! XOXO
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Soooo fun! You rocked all these new goodies, my friend!
Posted by: Audrey pettit | 08/15/2017 at 12:59 PM
Something wicked..... this is my favorite time of the year. Born in October and have always loved the oranges and Brown's of fall. Great start Wanda. Can't wait to see more.
Posted by: Anne Sturgeon | 08/13/2017 at 04:50 PM
Love those Halloween cards!
Posted by: Mary GW | 08/13/2017 at 01:00 PM
Love the Halloween cards. A little different & so loveable. Of course your bright yellow sun is so happy just like you.
Posted by: Geneva | 08/13/2017 at 11:34 AM
Awesome cards, Wanda! Love that fun Wicked Elixir set!
Posted by: Denise Bryant | 08/13/2017 at 11:24 AM
Hi Wanda...hello from Cape Cod, MA !!! I love your card layouts and often get ideas from you to start my cards...I think my favorite one here is wishing you sunny days...and it is a sunny day on Cape Cod.
Posted by: Mandy Chandler | 08/13/2017 at 03:57 AM
Such fun cards..great colors!
Posted by: Holly Saveur | 08/13/2017 at 01:34 AM
Fun, fun Halloween cards! I love that dot stencil.
Posted by: Julie | 08/12/2017 at 03:59 PM