Introducing Just Desserts & Sentiments

Good morning, friends! Welcome to this month's Papertrey Ink countdown! I am very excited about the sets I get to introduce to you this month. Just Desserts is a super-fun set all about cake, birthdays, and sprinkles (and who doesn't love sprinkles?). I also designed a coordinating mini set with even more sentiment options that will work beautifully with these colorful cakes. Just Desserts (and the rest of the March release) will be available for sale on March 15th at 10pm Eastern, but in the meantime let's get on to some projects!

I thought it would be fun to create a card and tag ensemble using these new sets.

I began with the card. I die cut the scalloped Journal Card Borders shape from Rustic White cardstock and stamped it with the Background Basics: Super Gingham using Pure Poppy ink. I adhered that to a Monthly Moments Journal Card 1, also from Rustic White cardstock, and stamped that with a sentiment from Just Desserts using Dark Chocolate ink. Next, I die cut the cake and fruit embellishments.

The cake layers were stamped using Dark Chocolate ink and then I used a colored pencil to add shading. I left the frosting layer blank to make it appear to be vanilla frosting. The berry clusters were stamped with Pure Poppy, Ripe Avocado, and Enchanted Evening inks. I adhered the cake and fruit clusters to the Journal Card with foam tape and tied on a bit of baker's twine. I stamped an Enchanted Evening card base with polka dots using the matching ink before adding my focal point with foam tape.

Next up is the coordinating tag.

I wanted to keep things fairly similar, so I die cut the same Journal Card shape to use as the base of my tag. I also die cut and stamped the same Journal Card Borders shape. I stamped the sentiment, this one from Just Desserts Sentiments, and the cake layers on the Journal Card before attaching the scalloped gingham border. I die cut and stamped the berries with the same color combo as the card and adhered them into place with foam tape.

In order to make the Journal Card feel more like a tag, I added the hole reinforcer shape from Tag Sale #3 in Enchanted Evening cardstock. I used a Crop-A-Dile to punch a hole through the card and threaded it with Ripe Avocado Saddle-Stitched ribbon. I finished it off with a small Rustic Cream Button Twine bow.

So there you have it! I hope you've enjoyed this first look at my new sets. I'll be back tomorrow to share more with you. In the meantime, make sure to check in with Nichole, Betsy, Danielle, Melissa, Erin, and Maile to see more of this month's new products. See you soon!

Recipe:
Strawberry Gingham Birthday Ensemble
Stamps: Just Desserts, Just Desserts Sentiments, Background Basics: Super Gingham, Polka Dot Basics III - Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: Rustic White, Enchanted Evening - Papertrey Ink
Ink: Pure Poppy, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Enchanted Evening - Papertrey Ink
Other: Just Desserts Die, Monthly Moments Journal Card 1 Die, Monthly Moments Journal Card Borders Die, Tag Sale #3 Die, Rustic Cream Button Twine, Ripe Avocado Saddle-Stitched Ribbon - Papertrey Ink; Baker's Twine - Divine Twine; Foam Tape - Scotch; Colored Pencil - PrismaColor