Don’t Forget to Write

Years ago I purchased my first large stamping kit from Papertrey Ink called “Don’t F0rget to Write. It was packed with preprinted card fronts, preprinted florals with accompanying dies, and a stamp set with dies. I have all the components in a cute red paper “suitcase” sitting on top of one of my bookcases. And I just never think about what’s up there. Last week I was in need of some “thinking of you” cards and pulled it down. In just one afternoon, I had eight cards–seven “thinking of you” cards and one birthday card. I took some of my inspiration from the Papertrey Ink Design Team at the time the kit was released, but once I got going most of the cards just came together without much thought.

The first two cards use preprinted card fronts. One of them I cut down with a rounded rectangle die and then used the next larger die to cut a white mat. The “note” is one of several word dies included in the kit, and the “just a” is part of the stamp set. I added some Nuvo Drops to the centers of the flowers, and added them to card fronts.

These two used preprinted cardstock with and without florals. The floral cluster on the left card was die cut from a sheets of florals. I added more Nuvo Drops to the florals and die cut the sentiment from Papertrey Ink’s “Scripted” dies. On the right, the sentiment is actually a sticker. I die cut a white circle as a mat and adhered it with dimensional tape. Some of the preprinted patterns are on squares, and there’s a die that cuts a lovely scalloped card that I didn’t use this time around. The floral centers are white pearls this time.

The next set use the purple papers. The design of the left card is a CASE from Kay Miller. The lovely die cut frame is also part of the kit. For the card on the right I used a piece of Bitty Big striped paper in Amethyst Allure. I filled the circular frame with a white circle cut with Ellen Hutson’s Essential Circles dies and added the die cut florals. The sentiment is just the same as the first cards, and I added a few rainstones as embellishment. These floral centers were filled with enamel dots.

Lastly the green combos. The birthday card on the left is one of my favorites although it’s a bit fussier than the rest. I added a floral cluster die cut that matched the florals on the printed paper. I cut a vellum strip and added a piece of Paper Source ribbon to it before adding the cluster with dimensional tape. The sentiment is from a group I had foiled a week or so earlier from Spellbinders. On the right, another smaller square note card which needs no explanation, since all the elements are explained above. 

Here’s a closer look at the birthday card.

I have another Papertrey Ink kit that’s looking for some attention soon, but it will be awhile. We’ll be on vacation when this post is published, and although I have another post scheduled for the first of April, it’s likely to be very quiet here for the next two weeks.