good morning, it's that time again! welcome to the papertrey ink march countdown to new stamps and a first look at my new sets debuting on the 15th - ink it in, ink it in: quoted, and ink it in: notebook. ink pens to coordinate with the pencils in pencil me in? oh yes! i love office supplies and stamping them is even better! plus a fun quote building set and a notepad stamp too...
for today's project, i made a card showcasing all three sets together - perfectly coordinated! i just love this malala quote. "one child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world." it's such a powerful quote and a great way to say thank you to your favorite teacher, or to anyone involved in helping a school even. (gina, i'm thinking you can do a few cool post-it's for your encouragement board out of these words!!)
the words and icons are all separate so that the quote can be built in different ways. i'm sharing my original vision here with the icons mixed in next to the word it coordinates with, but there are several possibilities - with or without the pictures, spread more widely across rather than down, shortened slightly with some words taken away, etc. i used copics to color the little icons, but you can also stamp them in color without coloring them in. there are a few more little pieces in the set as well.
of course, the quote set fits on the notepad stamp and coordinates perfectly with the pen in the main set, which i added off to the side popped up on foam tape for added dimension. like the pencils, you'll notice that there are few patterns to create fun pens! in addition to the foam tape treatment, i also layered the die cuts for the upper and lower parts of the pen onto the full die cut for depth as well, two for the top in fact. having the top raised ever so slightly above the bottom is a great realistic touch.
the end result is a super cute and colorful 4bar note card - i love working with this smaller size, especially when i have smaller images! but they work on standard cards too. i hope you like what you see so far. i'll be back with more tomorrow, but meanwhile be sure to check out all of the links on the papertrey ink blog - there's lots of ink it in inspiration to see today! i'm headed there, too...
happy saturday!
:) lexi
all new product, including ink it in + ink it in: quoted + ink it in: notebook + bitty big: mint julep, will be available for purchase on march 15th!
