Tranquility Trilogy

Happy Thursday, everyone!


It's the last day of Papertrey Ink's July countdown... are you making your list and checking it twice?

Papertrey's design team is coming back at you today with our second group post.  This time we're highlighting a brand new set called Tranquility Trilogy.

{I love that name... the alliteration gets me every time.}


For today's project, I went with something I knew would make my little ones happy.
They are obsessed with straws.

Are your kids obsessed with straws... or is it just mine?

It doesn't matter what the drink is... I could probably set some freshly squeezed spinach juice in front of them and as long as I popped a straw in it, they'd be good to go.

Plus, their cousins are coming to visit this week and let me tell you, that is a BIG deal.
I see lots of swimming, lunches on the patio, and a general party feeling in our future :)

So I thought some fun little straw flags would be a fun little lunch addition.

They were super, super simple to make.

I used the Tranquility Trilogy die to bust out all of my colored flags.  I chose a different color for each kiddo... the little girls can't read their names, but I figured they'd be able to tell their own by the color.

The Tranquility Trilogy set comes with 6 triangle images; 5 of them are filled with pretty images and one triangle is open.  I stamped and heat embossed the open triangle on all of my die-cut images... it makes a sweet little frame for the names to go in.

A few ribbons adhered around the straws with Scortape make a little base for the flags.

Wouldn't these be so super cute for a birthday party? 
I'd just leave a few pens in a pretty glass at the drink table and let folks write their names on them. 
Same idea as wine glass tags, just more casual :) 

Noelle came out side while I was photographing and decided to try hers out...

she seemed to like it :)


One more Tranquility Trilogy project for today... this one is definitely on the clean, graphic, and modern side.

I had this idea of overlapping triangles and I just had to make it happen :)
I kept working with the open triangle and this time embossed the image on some Soft Stone die-cuts.

I arranged the triangles in a simple pattern on a cardstock panel, making sure to leave a little bit of space between each one.

The space served as a guide for the stitching. I started stitching along the open spaces and just continued the

stitching right on over the die-cuts. It ends up making a pattern of overlapping triangles...

I just love that :)
One of the sentiments from the new Congrats All Ways fit perfectly with the sophisticated look I was going for.  I added it to a strip of vellum to keep from covering up the pattern too much. 

I mean, come on... you can't spend the time on the pattern and then cover it all up, right?

If you're in the mood for more brand-new inspiration, just check out the rest of the design team!
Nichole Heady
Betsy Veldman
Erin Lincoln
Maile Belles
Lisa Johnson
Dawn McVey
Heather Nichols
Melissa Phillilps
Michelle Wooderson
Danielle Flanders

Only one more day until the big reveal! 
What are you loving so far from this month's release?

I'd love to hear your thoughts so far!


{Fun Flags}
Stamps - Tranquility Trilogy
CS - Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Breeze, New Leaf, Hibiscus Burst, Summer Sunrise
Ink - Versamark
Other - Ribbon, Filigree White Embossing Powder, straws

{So Proud of You}
Stamps - Tranquility Trilogy, Congrats All Ways
CS - Soft Stone, White, Vellum, Smokey Shadow
Ink - Versamark, Smokey Shadow
Other - Rhinestones