Introducing the Delightful Cover Plate Die

It's April release time at PTI! I've got several new products coming your way that I hope will delight! First up, we've got the Delightful Cover Plate. Like my previous cover plates, it is an intricate frame that separates and reassembles into beautiful options for your cards.

My first card shows all the gorgeous details. The inner frame (New Leaf) is sectioned into two parts. One is for stamping and the other border can  be left out for a sentiment or reassembled to add more color. There's even an additional detail die to add another strip of color on this part. That's exactly what I did with Spring Rain added to the Limeade Ice portion.

It's teacher appreciation time, so I pulled out last year's Seeds of Knowledge for a spring-time twist on the theme. The flowers and stems are from Just Smile (looks like it is headed for The Vault here in a few days) and I stamped them in a rainbow of color to match up with the sentiment.

Don't forget your pencil bouquets for your teachers this year. I have some rainbow print pencils I picked up from Target topped with the Pencil Bloom Dies in colors that match the flowers in my card. If you want to see my original Pencil Bloom blog post, here's a link. 

On this card, I used just the inner frame on the Delightful Cover Plate and made a vertically oriented card. Simple and gorgeous. Love this card! Digging the different color combo of Soft Stone, New Leaf, Soft Blush, Aqua Mist, and Mint Julep too.

And lastly, a card that shows a very happy accident. It's one that I'm thrilled with, but didn't plan one bit. LOVE LOVE LOVE when this happens. (I've got another one of these happy accidents this release too, be on the look out for that.) The smaller inner portion of the inner most frame of Delightful is apparently 4.25". Makes a perfect border for A2 cards. Here the frame was cut twice out of Stamper's Select cardstock and used as a border. I then used the "extra detail die" and cut that out of Winter Wisteria cardstock for the extra pop of color.

Using Seeds of Knowledge stamps and dies again here. You can't have enough teacher appreciation cards, right? 

A tip for these intricate dies to help them cut. And one that I had to employ several times this week when I had to use my Cuttlebug instead of my Vagabond (may it RIP). I run these dies through my Cuttlebug (which has less pressure than the Vagabond), with a metal shim and then cut them with several passes back and forth through the rollers. Because they are so intricate, they need a little extra attention. But they are so pretty and add so much to a card, they are definitely worth it. I can't stop using them.

This new product and more will be available on 4/15/16 at www.papertreyink.com.  More of today's inspiration can be found at Nichole's blog. Dawn's even got a few more cards featuring the Delightful Cover Plate. 

Supplies

Every Child Card

Stamps: Seeds of Knowledge, Just Smile, Bitty Butterflies

Dies: Delightful Cover Plate, Butterfly Cover Plate, Pencil Blooms

Ink: Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Beautiful Buttercup, Mint Julep, Blueberry Sky, Winter Wisteria, New Leaf, True Black

Cardstock: Stamper's Select White, New Leaf, Limeade Ice, Spring Rain, Raspberry Fizz, Pure Poppy, Beautiful Buttercup, Mint Julep, Blueberry Sky, Winter Wisteria

Joyful Card

Stamps: Choose Joy

Dies: Delightful Cover Plate, Life if Beautiful

Cardstock: Soft Stone, New Leaf, Aqua Mist, Mint Julep, Stamper's Select White

Patterned Paper: Soft Blush Bitty Dot

What is Planted Card

Stamps: Seeds of Knowledge

Dies: Delightful Cover Plate, Seeds of Knowledge

Ink: Autumn Rose, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Winter Wisteria, Scarlet Jewel, Simply Chartreuse

Cardstock: Spring Rain, Winter Wisteria, Stamper's Select White