Introducing Gifts Of The Season

Good morning and welcome to this month's Papertrey Ink new release countdown! It may be September, but it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here. This month, I'm debuting a new set called Gifts Of The Season. It's a $15 set that features a large stack of presents broken down into two pieces that you can stamp quickly and easily. I've been having a blast playing with this set for the past several days and I hope you love it as much as I do! Let's get on to a few projects!

My first card today pairs Gifts Of The Season with Betsy's new Dress Up Dolls: Elves set. I thought it would be fun to have a little elf carrying the stack of gifts.

I began by sponging a white card base with Aqua Mist ink. Then I stamped on snowflakes with the Confetti Toss set. I glittered those and added a snowbank that I'd die cut from the In The Meadow dies and textured with the Woodgrain Impression Plate. I stamped the sentiment, included in the Elf Sentiments mini, and set that aside for a moment.

Next, I stamped and die cut my stack of presents using Pure Poppy and Green Parakeet inks. I found it easiest to use the nested bow (inside the chevron package) and the string (inside the large polka dot package) as a guide when stamping. I die cut that and embellished with a handful of Hawaiian Shores bows. Then, I stamped the elf legs and dress and die cut those before coloring with Copic markers. I also die cut one of the Dress Up Dolls: Basics figures and colored the hands. Now, the hands on the Dress Up Dolls characters are actually facing the same direction, so I had to position them so that you wouldn't see the thumbs, but it worked out just fine. I adhered the elf legs to the card front with flat adhesive and then the packages followed with foam adhesive. Cute!

Next up, I wanted to create a card using the same layout and concept, but with a birthday theme rather than a holiday theme. I specifically didn't use any patterns on these packages that would scream "Christmas" so this set could be useful in the off season too!

I began this card in the same way, by sponging Aqua Mist ink onto a white card base. Then, I embellished the top half of the card with streamers from Hooray and confetti from Confetti Toss.

I wanted to make this card a little more boy-like so I stuck with a Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Terra Cotta Tile, and Canyon Clay color combo.

I stamped and die cut the stack of presents the exact same way as the first card. I used Dress Up Dolls: Basics for the denim and little shoes. I stamped the sentiment from Stylish Sentiments: Birthday in Terra Cotta Tile ink on the card base before adhering the little boy and stack of gifts into place. I'm going to love using this set for birthdays!

And lastly today I have a set of gift tags to share.These came together in just a few minutes, but they are so, so cute! It would have gone even more quickly if I had just left them flat, but these are folded so you can add a message inside.

I began by stamping the package three times, rotating between Pure Poppy, New Leaf, and Aqua Mist inks for the packages. I die cut those and added the bows in the third color (the Aqua Mist bows are the only ones I die cut - just to make sure they'd be visible) and the sentiment in black.

Next, I folded a piece of cardstock and die cut the packages again, making sure the fold was inside the die so that there would be a hinge at the top. I used a piece of typing paper between my plate and my cardstock to minimize scarring the back of my tag while die cutting and it worked wonders.

I stamped each tag with a "To:/From" message from Keep It Simple: To & From before adhering the stamped tags onto the front of the folded ones. Then, I simply threaded a loop of crochet thread through the bow at the top of the packages.

Ok, that's all for me today, folks! I hope you've enjoyed this first look at Gifts Of The Season. Nichole and Betsy are going to be showcasing this set today, too, so make sure to pop over to their blogs to see it in action. Dawn, Heather, Kay, Erin, and Maile all have projects to share with you too. Have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow!

Recipes:
Nice List Card
Stamps: Gifts Of The Season, Dress Up Dolls: Elves, Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Confetti Toss - Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: white
Ink: Pure Poppy, Green Parakeet, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores - Papertrey Ink; Tuxedo Black - Memento
Other: Gifts Of The Season Die, In The Meadow Die, Dress Up Dolls: Elves Die, Dress Up Dolls: Basics Die, Woodgrain Impression Plate - Papertrey Ink; Fine Crystal Glitter, Chunky Crystal Glitter - Martha Stewart Crafts; White Embossing Powder - Filigree; Foam Tape - Scotch

Wish Big Card
Stamps: Gifts Of The Season, Stylish Sentiments: Birthday, Dress Up Dolls: Basics, Confetti Toss, Hooray - Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: white
Ink: Hawaiian Shores, Summer Sunrise, Terra Cotta Tile, Canyon Clay, Aqua Mist - Papertrey Ink; Tuxedo Black - Memento
Other: Gifts Of The Season Die, Dress Up Dolls: Basics Die - Papertrey Ink; Foam Tape - Scotch

Christmas Presents Tags
Stamps: Gifts Of The Season, Keep It Simple: To & From - Papertrey Ink
Cardstock: white
Ink: Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Aqua Mist, True Black - Papertrey Ink
Other: Gifts Of The Season Die - Papertrey Ink; White Crochet Thread