Good grief! I can’t believe its the 15th of December!!
We have had power loss on & off here due to bad weather. That means no lights, and no hot water or heat. NO EMAIL or INTERNET. So if you have contacted me, and I have not responded-I will get to it.
What is worse is my children have all juggled the stomach bug, and I am the designated bucket holder :C I have only slept a few hours total since Wednesday night. Then all the PTI excitement, that always gets me 😀 So much to do before the holiday approaches. I also need to re-evaluate my responsibilities and goals for the New Year! Reflection is never easy. I do enjoy the fresh start the new year brings. OK before I get way off focus-lets move on.
We have a light design load this month. THANK GOODNESS! I shared MANY samples with you over the last few days (just scroll down if you missed any) and samples using My Timeless Templates. I do have ONE more to share (for now anyway! LOL!) and a few samples with the New Releases. I have so enjoyed the excitement during the countdown with my templates 😀 Thanks for all the support and kind words. I can’t wait to see what everyone does with the new templates. I have so enjoyed hearing how your holidays were made easier :D, and you got to take some time to get creative this year, saving some $!
Now to the samples.
Valentines was a VERY hard switch when you are really preparing for Christmas, but I truly love that holiday-so I had fun. Plus the sets rock, so how can you NOT be inspired?
First up I will share my card projects
Tree of love
OK love the colors-and the layout.
When I saw Heart Prints I just fell in LOVE! Seriously. I have a million ideas that flooded my head, but only so much time. When I saw the swirly flower pattern, it reminded me of a tree. So I decided to go with that, and stamped it in spring moss, then rocked & rolled it in ripe avocado. There was my tree top.
I used the solid trunk from Father Knows Best ( I really love that set!), and my tree was born. I used the little “cherry hearts” from Lisa’s set Love Songs, for my tree fruit.
Now my “grass” is the solid heart from the Heart Prints in avocado ink. I liked using all the little elements to create a cute scenery.
I used aonare piercing template for the swirly border, and free pierced the little hearts. I used a paint pen to fill in the color of the hearts. Cute touch I thought.
I also love the little buttons. I enjoy fitting buttons into my creations in fun ways.
The sentiment is from Heart Prints Sentiments. LOVING that set too!
So much so that I went on and make this card using it-
In dreams and in love-layering
Now again this card used 3 sets! I love that.
The Heart Prints Sentiments , heart prints (the layered heart image), and Lisa’s set –Love Songs has the elements to spell out “love”. I wanted to be different in what I used from her set (trust me I made more stuff but am waiting to share :D) so I chose to use the sentiment and her words to create a different look, and show how awesome ALL PTI’s set co-ordinate together!
Now when I saw the layered heart image it reminded me of a cookie cutter! I also love the solid floral heart image, so I stamped it 5 times in poppy, avocado, berry, and black-then cut and layered them all to create a cool look! I do have the heart punches, and they ROCK! I used the largest of them here.
Now since we did share peeks through the week this is all I had to share for the release that you had not seen.
I do however have another template idea (and more to come) to share today.
How many times have you given or received Snowman Soup?
If you don’t know what that is, then I will fill you in. Its basically a packet of cocoa, and marshmallows (maybe candy cane or candy pieces of chocolate to add), packaged up for a gift.
Its a very cute and popular gift in the holiday/winter season. Well, I wanted to step up my snowman soup gift giving to a more “gourmet” style presentation!
Wouldn’t you know that my newest template-the Lolli-pop Along© is PERFECT for such a gift
SO I created my base for my lolli-pop along using shimmery white cardstock.
I punched 2 holes for my Marshmallow Melts stick stirrers. I find that the Crop-a-dile big bite is a perfect companion for this template :D. Reaches in perfectly.
I then cut a long slot (using a ruler and finger hobby blade) to fit my 2 packets of cocoa mix (behind the skewers).
This has 2 packets of Swiss Miss Cocoa. You could get more expensive cocoa, but this matched my project and I had it on hand.
I then made some gourmet chocolate covered peppermint marshmallow stick stirrers. I had only ever seen these in candy shoppes so I tried my own, and it worked.
How to make Marshmallow Melts
Get some wooden BBQ skewers (cut down a little bit to fit my project).
Put on 2 large marshmallows.
Melt some chocolate wafers (found in baking section of Michaels), and quickly drizzled all over the marshmallows. Be fast as they could REALLY melt.
Then lay the chocolate covered mallows on wax paper.
Sprinkle on crushed candy canes. YUM!!
Let them cool on wax paper, and then you are ready to go!
Now to put them in a gift set. Once they were in place I adhered some of this Marabou (? is that what thats called?! LOL!) for some faux snow! It is a nice finished detail I think.
My base is tied in with the polka dot poppy ribbon, tied through a punched snowflake.
My wrap was made using acetate. I stamped my snowflakes from the Snowfall set, in white Stazon and sprinkled on some red glitter before it dried.
I used snowflakes for my top closure, with some bling brads. The handle is cardstock.
I made my tag using the 2008 Holiday Tag Collection, making my mug 3D.
The snow man was stamped, and cut out. Layered with clear glue dot.
A quick and easy, new presentation of an old favorite.
So that is it for today. I hope you enjoyed the release, and all the countdown projects. I’d love to hear what your favorite thing I shared over this last week was 😀
I hope you all have a super start to the week!
24 Responses for "December Papertrey Ink Release samples"
[…] unknown wrote an interesting post today onDecember Papertrey Ink Release samples – My Time, My Creations, My …Here’s a quick excerptI shared MANY samples with you over the last few days (just scroll down if you missed any) and samples using My Timeless Templates. I do have ONE more to share (for now anyway! LOL!) and a few samples with the New Releases. … […]
[…] unknown wrote an interesting post today onDecember Papertrey Ink Release samples – My Time, My Creations, My …Here’s a quick excerptI used aonare piercing template for the swirly border, and free pierced the little hearts. I used a paint pen to fill in the color of the hearts. Cute touch I thought. I also love the little buttons. I enjoy fitting buttons into my … […]
Lauren, Love what you have done! I especially think your new and improved snowman soup is over the top great!
Hope your family is over this stomach thing soon and that you don’t get it!
Great samples Lauren! Love the layout and fun whimsical feel of your first card! The layered hearts in your second is so cute! Your marshmellow idea is sooooooooo cool! Can’t wait to try these new templates! I don’t have the big bite but I’m hoping I can still get small holes in the template with something else 🙂
The week is starting off COLD here… -39 with the windchill this morning!
Lauren, that heart tree (♥) has to be my favorite project, so cool and cute!:-D The colors are awesome and just the design and feel of the card…♥
It’s the frenzy here too, and since I am starting to feel uncomfortable (back aches and some contractions) I am not starting the week with much gusto!! LOL
I hope your heat and hot water come back and stay and that the kids are done with the bucket and you get a good night’s sleep in a warm bed! What an ordeal!
(((hugs)))
Awesome Lauren – love each and every one of these…and the snowman soup??? brilliant 🙂 Hope the power STAYS on, and the kids all start feeling better… {{{HUGS}}}
Lauren, you are just so creative! I love your latest work, but that first one is my favorite. I love everything about it.
Darling creations!! 🙂 Love the new and improved snowman soup!! 😉 Thanks so much for the yummy treat idea!! Hope your holiday season is a blessed one!!
Hope everyone is feeling better soon.
You always encourage me with your ideas and beautiful work . The Valentine’s are super cute. Have a blessed holiday time!
Hugs to all!
Love that heart tree! Great layout and colours – a classic “Lauren” card 🙂 Hope the family gets better soon. Look at it this way, hopefully they will get it out of their system and be healthy for Christmas.
omigosh so ubber yummy…TFS your creativity and please stay warm…
You are so amazing!! Love all your ideas.
So sorry to hear about the kiddies being sick, that is no fun anyone. Hope they all get better soon and you get some much needed rest.
Lauren, I love them all, but if I had to choose one it would be the flower garden with the skunk! They are all precious. I have downloaded your templates each month and last week I finally took the time to create something with the stockings and music maker templates. I am amazed at how easy they are to use. Now that I know how easy they are I will definetely be using them more often. The new realeases are great and I will have to head on over to PTI and purchase them today. Your samples have “made” me want to buy more stamp sets. I have a long Christmas list already and now it is longer!
Natalie
Oh wow, I love these new stamps and that snowman soup looks so yummie!!! Now you’ve got me wanting some chocolate and I need to go through my cupboards *LOL*. I’m super excited about being in the same Design Team as you are… your work is gorgeous!!
xxx
Mariska
Oh you are the QUEEN of make it happen! I hope your house is over the stomach bug soon. Your projects are over the top and love the instructions for the marshmallow chocolate pops. I had one of these not long ago and it was sooo good. Now I can make my own thanks to you! Good luck with the latest releases….sure are cute!
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I’m one of your fan and I just want to let you know that I did your stocking stuffer template with my 4 years old son last weekend and we had a blast!
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Easy for him, and the result are cute and original! Thanks a lot!! I’m pretty sure I’m gonna buy some of your actuel or futur templates. They are affordable and honestly, I can’t wait to try some of them!
Thanks a lot!
Marie-Eve Drouin
From Quebec city, Canada
Lauren, the heart tree is just adorable – I love how you re-purposed the stamps!
Great projects Lauren!
I was making a Purse-onality Clutch today and thought of an idea that might be helpful to go along with the templates. And because you already have the template design, it might not be that difficult to add??? What do you think about adding templates for covering the package? Example, if I were making a solid Clutch and covering the outside with patterened paper, all I would need to do print the “outer layer tamplate” to cut and paste. A template that has the same shape of the package only smaller diminsions and in different pieces, like the Clutch you made with the pink solid paper and floral patterened paper……….with the crayons and other stuff in it. Am I even making sense??? Anyway, just a thought about making My Timeless Templates even easier and with more options.
I absolutely adore your blog. You make me laugh and inspire my creativity!
All of your samples rock, Lauren!! I love your improved snowman soup!!
Hi lauren, Quik question..where do you get your acetate sheets at for your lolli-pop along template.I live in Az so i was wondering if you got them at an office supply store or craft store. We have office max,staples and hobby lobby.Michaels doesnt carry them. Thanks
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