A look back- part 1

It's the beginning of the Papertrey Ink 10th year anniversary festivities. Today's challenge was to look back at the sets released in their first year- 2007. I brought out some sets that had not seen ink in some time.

First up: Beautiful Blooms

I went with the colours: Kraft, Vintage Vanilla, Melon Berry, Canyon Clay, and Dark Chocolate

I wanted to try something else with a different floral image from the set. I inked up the flower with Hawaiian Shores and then Tropical Teal to get an ombre floral effect.

The leaves were embossed with clear on Limeade Ice. I pulled out an old sketch from the clean and simple stamping blog, since I started that up in 2008. Thought it'd be fun to revisit.

The next set I brought out was Text Boxed. I made a background with the burst-y image. I decided to bring a more updated set with it- the Shakers and Sprinkles dies and stamps.

 I decided to make one more card with Text Boxed. I remember that one of the reasons that I originally purchased this set was for those stars! I stamped the image on black cardstock with versamark. Then I sprinkled the top part with gold powder, the middle part with platinum, and the bottom with silver to create a metallic ombre look. I die cut a scallop stitched panel out of vellum and stamped a greeting from Superstars. I attached that onto black cardstock with another "retro" supply- gold brads. I really like how this one turned out. The ombre metallic turned out exactly as I hoped and I will definitely be trying this again!

Lastly, I brought out Green Thumb. I made two simple 4.25 square cards. They are pretty straightforward. I love the spring vibe of this set and thought bright colours would be ideal.