Mat Stack 5 Collection

Merry Christmas!

What?
You mean not everyone celebrated Christmas just last night with their family like I did??
Yup. Not kidding.
A mere few hours ago.

That's the way we roll :)
Or at least the way we roll after a Christmas trip to see the other side of the family over in snowy Colorado plus a few weeks recovery at home.

{And I mean real recovery.  One of my angelic children got all out sick beyond sick in the car on the way back in the middle of Nowhere, Kansas.  Cleaning car seats and kiddos on the side of a snowy highway with nary a restaurant or gas station restroom to be found is one parenting hurdle I had hoped never to endure.}

Sooooo... happy holidays!
And for your gift, I'm bringing you a Papertrey Ink post full of new January release goodies :)
{All of today's goodies will be available at papertreyink.com at 10pm EST on January 15.}

By the way... if you're visiting from the Clean and Simple Card Class... welcome!  I hope these projects (and the ones to come later this week) fit your craving for CAS :)

Today the design team is focusing on the new Mat Stack 5 Collection set.  Ummm... have to say... it's pretty darned cute.

Don't you think?

I used the new Layerz Mat Stack 5 die for the white panel.  I knew I wanted to combine sentiments from Mat Stack 5 Collection and the new Script Sentiments set so the Layerz die was perfect for the extra space that I needed.  It's the perfect size to work with on an A2 card. 

Love the new Script Sentiments, by the way!  Isn't that "just because" so pretty??  I thought it was perfect with the Mat Stack sentiment, too.

This set comes with a few different types of stamps... two mat size images and lots of building pieces that you can use separately or together to fill in your mat.  Here I've collaged a few of the images together.

Sometimes I feel a little nervous when combining images so I knew to stick to my proverbial design guns and keep it as simple as possible. I only used 3 stamps... the raspberry flower and aqua mist flourishes are actually one stamp.  The new ink pads made it super simple to just ink up each section without masking.

I added the Summer Sunrise flower and flourish in Spring Moss to fill things out. 

One of the other building images made for a perfect corner stamp, so I added a few details to the rest of the card with that. Some aqua mist buttons tie everything together.  I'm so happy with the way it turned out... I love cheery cards :)


 I also wanted to make something featuring one of the large mat images...

I love how well the mat images work for layering!  I stamped this one in Fresh Snow on Smokey Shadow cardstock and used that as a base for the Happy Day label.  The sentiment from Mat Stack 5 Collection nestles in there perfectly.

And that little touch of Filigree Border cut from silver glitter cardstock... love.  Seriously.  Thinkin I could use those little filigreelets on everything.

Also loving all the detail on the new Lace Die cover plate :)  I used it just like an impression plate and sandwiched it with the embossing mats in my Big Shot {Flip one of the tabs up on the base plate up.  From the bottom of the sandwich up that would be the base plate, Big Shot plate, cover plate facing up, cardstock, tan and brown embossing mats - I use the mats from my Cuttlebug, Big Shot plate.}

For an extra shot of color up at the top I just ran a yellow Copic across one side of some silk ribbon to create some half and half ribbon :)  Love the playful touch it adds.  A little extra silver glitter paper at the top adds some shine.

It wasn't intentional, but this card kind of came out with a wedding-y vibe.  Perfect timing as I just got a save the date card in the mail... for two of our former youth group kids. 
Yeah.
Seriously.
Feeling my age over here ;)

Don't forget to check out the other Mat Stack 5 goodness that rest of the design team is bringing you today...
Nichole Heady
Betsy Veldman
Erin Lincoln
Maile Belles
Lisa Johnson
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Melissa Phillilps
Michelle Wooderson
Danielle Flanders

That's all, folks!
Back tomorrow with more new goodies.
And... Merry Christmas :)



{Just Because} card supplies

Supplies available at 10am (EST) on January 15: Mat Stack 5 Collection, Script Sentiments, Layerz Mat Stack 5 die

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{All the Best} card supplies

 

Supplies available at 10am (EST) on January 15: Mat Stack 5 Collection, Lace Die cover plate

 

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