Papertrey Ink Blog Hop

It's time for another Papertrey Ink Blog Hop. This month's blog hop theme is yellow, which has become very trendy lately. It's a perfect color for bright, cheerful summertime cards. I'm not usually a big fan of yellow--it's a color I never, ever wear--but I find that I am able to use it in a lot in papercrafting. My projects for tonight use PTI's Lemon Tart along with the new Star Prints set and Bitty Star Basics patterned paper. I paired these products to create a set of new baby cards.

This one is the more little boy version that I created first. I stamped one of the star images in Lemon Tart ink on Lemon Tart cardstock and punched it out with a large star punch. It's layered on a blue circle, stamped with the "star" sentiment. I added a yellow mat with a pinked edge to highlight the star sentiment and image.

A strip of PTI's new Bitty Star Basics patterned paper is placed across the cardfront, layered with a piece of Lemon Tart twill. I used the paper as a marker to line up the "twinkle, twinkle little" part of the sentiment. A line of paper pierced holes are under the patterned paper strip.

For the little girl version, I flipped the layout vertically, but used pretty much the same basic elements. I used a piece of Sweet Blush satin ribbon (more feminine than twill) over the pink starry patterned paper and added a matching Sweet Blush button as an embellishment. The sentiment is stamped in Berry Sorbet ink--it really pops against the soft pink and yellow.

Materials Used:

Star Prints stamp set, Berry Sorbet Palette ink, Sweet Blush, Spring Rain, and Lemon Tart cardstock, Sweet Blush satin ribbon, Lemon Tart twill, Sweet Blush button, twine (Papertrey Ink); circle and pinking circle dies (Nestabilities); Ballet Blue Craft ink, large star punch, mat pack and paper piercing tool, dimensionals (Stampin' Up!)