Email alert...

We've recently been alerted that our A Passion for Papertrey email account has been compromised and is sending potentially nasty emails to people in our address book.

If you receive an email from us (apassionforpapertrey@yahoo.co.uk) and it looks unfamiliar and/or contains a link please do not click it and delete it instead! Kate, Caryn and myself will always sign our emails with our name at the end so please bear this in mind when assessing whether an email from us is genuine or not.

We're very sorry for anyone this has caused an inconvenience to and hope the situation is now resolved!

Thank you for your patience!

Aimes, Caryn & Kate
xxx

Challenge: Mad for Tags!

Hi everyone and thank you for joining us for another challenge! This time we're going mad for tags! Yep, we want you to make and tag and then incorporate it in a card or other papercrafting project. Remember, if you don't have any tag dies or punches you can always cut one yourself!

This is the first of many Christmas cards I'm embarking on - amazing for me in September! I went straight for one of my favourite Christmas colour combos - red, cream and kraft, and used the super-cute Tiny Tags Christmas set. I'm so looking forward to getting a lot of mileage out of this set this year!




Recipe:
Stamps: Tiny Treats Christmas, Fillable Frames 9
Card: Kraft, Vintage Cream
Paper: 2008 Bitty Dot Basics
Ink: Memento black, Vintage Cream
Other: Fillable Frames 9 die, Pure Poppy button, twine, Corner Chomper, Copic markers


Over to Caryn...

As I am now in proper panic mode in the run up to the BIG day - virtually every card that I create from now until December 24th (yes, I am NEVER completely in control) will be a Christmas card of some description. This year I am not putting myself under pressure to make the usual 150 plus that I do every year. I'm not a fan of the mass production approach as I get bored too easily so it's rare I make the same card twice. With that in mind I have set myself a target of 50 cards, all different for those people that I know will appreciate them. For those distant relatives and friends of the family that I don't really "know" but nevertheless exchange cards with every year, there will be a card, just not a special hand-crafted one! I know that's a bit naughty but I would rather put that time into making something for my dearest friends and family members who will feel that little bit more special knowing not every one got one!!

{Recipe}
Stamps: Big and Bold Holiday Wishes, Wreath for All Seasons.
Card: Rustic Cream, Kraft
Others: Bakers Twine (Pure Poppy), vintage button (Ripe avocado)grosgrain ribbon (SU!), gems (Papermania), woodgrain impression plate.

Over to Aimes:
For this tag-tastic challenge I adopted a miniature approach and found this the perfect opportunity to play with my tiny tags die and stamp set :)

Surprise, surprise - I actually used the other side of my linen and canvas impression plate *gasp!* I'm hoping that the plaid will give my card that guy feel as this was made with my nephew in mind who turns 12 soon. I assumed with the whole 'HB 2 U' sentiment it gives it that kinda cool edgy look *wink*

Card Recipe

{For You, Party, HB 2 U}

Stamps: Tiny Tags, Birthday Bash Sentiments

Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento)/Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Pure Poppy (Papertrey Ink)
Accessories: Bakers' Twine, Linen and Canvas Impression Plate, Tiny Tags Die (Papertrey Ink)/Spellbinders Grand Calibur/Nestabilities

Ready to join in the fun? Here's what you can win:

Flower Fusion 1 set

And here are the deets:

* All entries must contain at least one PTI product to qualify (please state what is PTI as sometimes it's hard to see :D)

* All entries must be newly created (well, new to Blogland anyways!).  Please don't link to old posts that might happen to fit the brief of the challenge!!

* To enter, use our inlinkz thingy at the bottom of this post. Please leave the correct URL for your entry post and not just your generic blog address! If you're having problems then just leave a comment with a link to your post featuring the project on your blog or online gallery.

* Worldwide entries are more than welcome to share the inspiration and can be in with a chance of being a Top 3 PTI Passionista, but unfortunately prizes can only be shipped within Europe!

* Challenge closes on Monday, October 3rd 2011 at 9.00am GMT

* As well as a randomly picked winner, we'll select the top three creations we like the most and feature them on the Blog. The top three PTI Passionistas will have chance to display a Top 3 Passionista Blinkie on their own blog.
Have fun!

Kate, Aimes & Caryn xxx

Link up for Tag Challenge

Here's the link for our current challenge (Blogger and Inlinkz is being rather naughty - sorry for the inconvenience!)

Our winners!

Hello and a big thank you to everyone who entered our Design Team inspired challenge! It was fabulous seeing so many beautiful creations, and your takes on the originals!

So let's announce our winner shall we?! And the winner is...

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2011-09-19 16:53:03 UTC
(Random.org)


... Victoria! Congratulations Victoria! Please email your postal address to apassionforpapertrey@yahoo.co.uk and we'll get your prize shipped out to you asap!

Choosing our Passionistas was (as always!) a difficult choice but in the end we settled on these three fabulous creations:

1) Maureen - We just loved Maureen's take on a Dawn McVey card - she really injected her own style to the project and layered some beautiful elements - lovely!

2) Lee - Lee's project jumped off the page at us! She has used a Nichole Heady to inspire her to craft a beautiful tag book - just look at the work that has gone into every page!

3) Beverley - Bev's card is sure to brighten up anyone's day! Check out the layered butterflies that are stitched onto the card!

Congratulations on your inspiring creation ladies! If you would like to have our Top 3 Passionista blinkie for your blog just email us at apassionforpapertrey@yahoo.co.uk and we'll send you the code.

Don't forget to check back tomorrow for an all-new challenge!

Kate, Aimes & Caryn xxx

Challenge: Design Team Inspiration

Hello folks and welcome to a brand shiny new challenge here on the A Passion for Papertrey Blog.  It was fun to have an anything goes challenge last time and we enjoyed a record number of entries too.

Our new challenge for the next fortnight is to find a card or project created by one of the amazing Papertrey Ink DT members and let it inspire you to create something from it.  It doesn't have to a direct case of the card or project but we do want to see how it inspired you.  With such awesome talent to choose from I can't wait to see what gems you all come up with.

The hardest part about this challenge is picking just one talented lady to emulate - unles you want to try them all - no limit to how many times you enter!!!  I chose the queen of PTI herself, Nichole Heady.  She created this card back during the May 2011 release and I loved the simplicity of it.

And here is the card I was inspired to make:

{Recipe}

Stamps: Damask Designs, Butterfly Dreams
Card: White, Kraft
Ink: Versamark, Scarlet Jewel, Tuxedo Black (Memento)
Other: Black fineliner, Gems, Butterfly die

Over to Aimes:
The Papertrey Ink DT member I chose to be inspired by is Lisa Johnson. I've always been a fan of Lisa Johnson's work - in both her creations and the stamps sets she's designed!

After admiring her gallery, I finally decided upon this card as my inspiration point:

I know. I'm a sucker for green :)
And here's my card:

I kinda stuck to the layout and colours but just mixed up the stamp sets a bit (gave me the perfect excuse to ink up some new PTI stash *wink*)

Card Deets
{Thank you for your kindness}
All Papertrey Ink Supplies Unless Stated
Stamps: Peaceful Garden, Iconic Images (Sentiment)
Ink: Versamark/Rich Cocoa (Memento)
Cardstock: Ripe Avocado, Fine Linen
Accessories: Dark Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Wooden Buttons, Linen and Canvas Impression Plate (Papertrey Ink)

Over to Kate:..."If I ever need inspiration I head straight for one DT member  - Maile Belles. I love everything about her style and she never fails to inspire me. This is the card I chose:






And here is my take on it:

Card Details:
Stamps: Aloha
Card: Vintage Cream/Dark Chocolate
Ink: Memento black, Dark Chocolate
Other: Vine Die, Argyle Impression Plate, Copic Sketch Markers, Corner Chomper

And the prize this time?  A cute little Fruit Fusion: Cherries stamp set!

Here are the deets

* All entries must contain at least one PTI product to qualify (please state what is PTI as sometimes it's hard to see :D)

* All entries must be newly created (well, new to Blogland anyways!).  Please don't link to old posts that might happen to fit the brief of the challenge!!

* To enter, use our inlinkz thingy at the bottom of this post. Please leave the correct URL for your entry post and not just your generic blog address! If you're having problems then just leave a comment with a link to your post featuring the project on your blog or online gallery.

* Worldwide entries are more than welcome to share the inspiration and can be in with a chance of being a Top 3 PTI Passionista, but unfortunately prizes can only be shipped within Europe!

* Challenge closes on Monday, September 19th 2011 at 9.00am GMT

* As well as a randomly picked winner, we'll select the top three creations we like the most and feature them on the Blog. The top three PTI Passionistas will have chance to display a Top 3 Passionista Blinkie on their own blog.

 We can't wait to see what you come up with - wonder who the most cased design team member will be!

Caryn, Aimes & Kate

Winners!

Well, I can't say it's a surprise but boy was that a bumper lot of entries for our last challenge!! Thanks to all who played along.

So without further delay let's see who's won that dinky little PTI stamp set......


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Random numbers generated Sep 5 2011 at 22:33:44

So that means our winner is  Karin!  Yay for you hunny!  Get in touch with us so we can sort you out with your prize.

Now for our Passionistas.  Well I don't think it's ever been harder what with just so many yummy entries to choose from.  In the end we all loved these three stunning entries...

Debby - We had to look twice to make sure that flower wasn't printed!!  What stunning stamping Debby and a winning colour combination.

Lorena - Those little felt flowers are just gorgeous and what a creative way to make a card that's also a gift!!

Karin - Beautifully arranged and a great combination of stamp sets and dies.

Girls these cards really blew us away so please get in touch if you'd like to sport our blinkie on your blog.

Don't forget to come back tomorrow for our brand new "inspiring" challenge.

Hugs,

Caryn, Kate and Aimes xxx