Papertrey Ink September Blog Hop

This month's Papertrey Ink blog hop is based on another inspiration photo. The photo features a brightly painted striped floor. There's a lot to take in from this photo, like the bold colors against a neutral background, the stripes, and the repetitive pattern. For my card, I chose to focus on the stripe element on a neutral background.


I was inspired by the fun stripes in the image and created my own striped panel using scraps of cardstock. I cut strips of Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, and Kraft cardstock to 1/2" widths and attached them to a strip of scrap cardstock, angling them on the diagonal. After covering the strip, I used my paper trimmer to cut off the excess paper that extended off of the edges of the base strip. I set the striped piece at the bottom of a cream card base, then assembled the rest of my card.

I stamped the mug image from the new Candy Cane Christmas set in Vintage Cream ink (stamped off once for a softer look). The cinnamon stick was cut from Sweet Blush cardstock and stamped in red ink, then slipped inside the mug. The mug's attached to a red circle with foam tape. I stamped the "you warm my heart" sentiment from Warm Happiness Too on a double-ended banner die cut and attached it to the card, slipping the edge underneath the mug. The final touch was a little "steam" coming from the mug, courtesy of a piece of pearl flourish. Love how this fun detail looks! I'll definitely have to remember this for the future . . .

Materials Used:
Vintage Cream ink, Candy Cane Christmas, Warm Happiness Too stamp sets, Pure Poppy, Sweet Blush, Kraft, and Vintage Cream cardstock, Candy Cane Christmas and Double-Ended Banner dies (Papertrey Ink); Memento Lady Bug ink (Tsukineko); circle die (Spellbinders); red grosgrain ribbon (Michaels); pearl flourish (Want2Scrap); foam tape