Global Greetings & Background Basics: Medallions

Happy Friday, folks!

Even happier considering we're continuing on in Papertrey Ink's anniversary celebration with the first of February's countdown posts :)

My task?
To bring you 6 new PTI stamps!

SIX!
Good thing 5 of them say the same thing, just in different languages :)

First up... all five Global Greetings sets.  Italian, Spanish, Dutch, French, & German...

I have to say... I think all those cheerful little "hello's" look so cute together!  I added in a hello from Fillable Frames #1 for a little touch of English.

I really loved combining all the Global Greetings sets.  There's a variety of fonts within each set and they all work so well together.  {Great job, Lizzie!} I'm especially digging the "Ciao" and first "Hallo" fonts.  Can't you just picture lots more sets with those?? {Hint, hint, there, stamp designers!}

Not gonna lie... I also enjoyed taking my brand spankin' new Summer Sunrise & Spring Rain inks for a test drive on this card :)  Love & love.  I also busted out the new Aqua Mist Pattern Pack striped paper to pair with the Spiral Notebook die and give a little twist on the traditional notebook paper look. 


For my second project, I combined Global Greetings with the new Background Basics: Medallions set.  This started off as an inspiration from Pinterest...

Which turned into this...

Which doesn't actually resemble the inspiration much.
Hmmmm.

Here's the deal.
I had to stop making myself be exactly inspired by pinterest posts.  As in, stop making myself adhere to some made-up rule in my head about having to use all the colors in a post or make exactly the same shapes. 

Seriously.
My perfectionism rears its ugly head even when it comes to inspiration.
Sheesh.
Totally working on getting over that.


Can anyone relate?  :)

So, yeah... I ended up leaving out the mustard and making a bigger deal of the pop of turquoise.
And I like it :)
{That's just a little "so, THERE" to myself :)  }

This is just one image from the Medallions set.  It's a little different than previous backgrounds in a few ways.  It's a bit longer so that it fits all the way across a standard A2 card and it comes with 2 long images and 2 mini images.  {Those little minis are totally great for spots where you just need a little something.}  I stamped one of the longer strips in metallic gold ink in keeping with the inspiration picture. 

I also tried to keep the eclectic feel by mixing things up with the buttons & brads.  I added a few special things here and there to keep it fresh.  The 5 brad is a little birthday homage to PTI :)

I clear embossed the new Think Big Favorites image and then added a little Global Greetings: French  for an extra touch.  I'm thinking that combining the Global Greetings images with matching English images from other sets is going to be such a sweet way to stamp cards for friends of varying family backgrounds or who speak multiple languages.  I'm half French, by the way.  No hablo, French, though :)


Speaking of Spanish, this card will soon be off to the saint who teaches Eli's Spanish class...

Lots of my favorites here :)  I totally, totally love the Medallions images stamped in white on clear cardstock.  It almost resembles lace to me somehow...?  This card shows how it looks when you use both of the background strips together.  I like to stamp the entire front with one strip, then go and fill in with the second strip.

I was torn with this one... I ended up loving the clear overlay so much that I wanted to try and keep it the focus of the card.  To make that happen, I went with a simply stamped card base of white cardstock with a variety of stamped circles floating up the side. {Anyone recognize the large circle as the plate image from Table Service??  I also grabbed some random circles from Daydreamer & Winter Cheer.}

It's pretty amazing to me how much the look of card changes when the overlay is added.  I love both looks; I just think the white on white in the finished card is super sweet and a fun way to add a different twist to clean and simple cards.

A little silk ribbon bow and a touch of vellum stamped with the sentiment keeps things simple and cute :)

Soooo... thoughts??
{I would ask you that in a different language but I have no idea how.  Obviously, those 4 years of Spanish are all failing me at the moment :)  In my defense, I would suggest that cramming the night before the test is never a good way to learn a language.  Start with the stamps.  At least then you'll know the basics, right?? }

Adios, amigas!

{Hello} card

Supplies not available now but available 2/15: 

Stamps - Global Greetings: Italian, Global Greetings: Spanish, Global Greetings: Dutch, Global Greetings: French, Global Greetings: German

Ink - Spring Rain, Summer Sunrise, Smokey Shadow
PP - Pattern Pack Paper in Aqua Mist Stripe
Supplies available now:

 

{Make a Wish} card

Supplies not available now but available 2/15: 

Stamps - Global Greetings: Global Greetings: French, Background Basics: Medallions

Supplies available now:

Other supplies: flower brad (Dear Lizzie by American Crafts); Number brad (Girls' Paperie)

{Gracias!} card

Supplies not available now but available 2/15: 

Stamps - Global Greetings: Global Greetings: Spanish, Background Basics: Medallions
Ink - Summer Sunrise 
Other Supplies - Going Gray ink (Stampin' Up)

Supplies available now: