Background Basics: Striped Sweater Day 1

In case you haven't heard the news, I've got a little something new cooking this month. It's my very first stamp and die release as a stamp designer with Papertrey Ink. It's all been very exciting around here. You should have seen me tear into that package the day it came in the mail. Wild horses couldn't keep me away. Inked those stamps right on up. I'm not even sure the mail lady was halfway down the street by the time I did it. 

My first stamp set is called Background Basics: Striped Sweater and features a simple, graphic knit stitch background that can be used to cover an entire background with a solid color or multiple colors in a striped pattern. Perfect for all your cozy and warm winter projects. Let me show you something that it can do.

I'm a bit of an amateur knitter. I'd do it more but I've got this other little papercrafting hobby I've got going on. Takes up some time, if you know what I mean. Left alone is a box full of yarn. Some of the most beautiful stuff you've ever seen. I especially like the variegated skeins of sock yarn. All these colors that you might not think go together, but blend in a most pleasing and surprising way. I was thinking about that when I created this colorway style card using the smaller striped stamp from the set. Imagine all the combinations you can come up with! I also used the new Think Big Favorites: #19 for my sentiment and the solid snowflake stamps from Peace Be Still. (I'm having a hard time not putting snowflakes on every single Striped Sweater card. They go so well.) 

Here's a visual to show you how to create a colorway of your own. Offset the colors by three lines of knit. Makes it so easy to achieve the variegated look. The spaces in between are the same height as the knit design, so you can stripe them easily. Very handy. 

Look at my dirty stamp block. Sigh. How embarrassing. People, I use the heck out of them. Just keeping it real. HA! 

Next up, I have a card using my new Shape It Up: Mitten Die. I know a lot of you have been asking for something like this! It goes perfectly with Striped Sweater.

For the star motif, I stamped Striped Sweater first on some white paper and then cut it out with the Harlequin Cover Plate. I arranged the diamonds in a star pattern that you might typically see in knit items. A felt heart and button add to the homey look. 

That's it for me today. Hope this has got your fingers itching to get inky. I'll be back tomorrow with more. In the meantime, check out some more release projects from the PTI Design Team and Nichole.

 

Nichole Heady with all sorts of amazing things

Betsy Veldman with Over Under Easy/Over Under Easy: Holiday Additions + Snowflake Flurries
Danielle Flanders with BB: Super Stripes & Diagonal Stripes Impression Plate
Cristina Kowalczyk with Menorah Medley & dies

Heather Nichols with her offerings this month

Maile Belles with Think Big Favorites

Melissa Bickford with Heart-2-Heart #9

Dawn McVey with Peaceful Pinecones

Supplies:

Colorway Card

Stamps: Background Basics: Striped Sweater, Peace Be Still, Think Big Favorites: #19

Ink: Scarlet Jewel, Autumn Rose, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, Winter Wisteria, True Black

Memento's London Fog

Stamper's Select White Cardstock

Pearls by Basic Grey

Mitten Card

Stamps: Winter Hills

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, Blueberry Sky

Limeade Ice Bitty Dot Paper

Pure Poppy Felt

Dies: Shape It Up: Mitten Loop De Loop Die, Heart Prints Dies, Harlequin Cover Plate

Ink: Pure Poppy,  Enchanted Evening

Other: Red Adhesive Trim by Recollections