Inspiration Week: Introducing Two Scoops & Perfect Popsicles

I'm so excited to be counting down the days to our summer release coming out on Friday morning with five days of inspiration and prizes!  Today I'm debuting two new stamp layering sets for summer with a 4x6 mix-and-match ice cream set and a 3x4 companion Popsicle set called Two Scoops & Perfect Popsicles.

For my first card I used both sets, along with one of my favorite pink & brown color schemes.  These images are so fun to put together--I felt the same magical feeling I experienced the first time I stamped the bell from our Holiday Style set.  I love how easy it is to create beautiful images--Other stamps of this size would have taken me forever to color if I had tried to do something like this with my Copics and probably wouldn't have looked nearly as good.

For my next card I stamped a rainbow of sherbet cones.  I started by inking up my background with picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, twisted citron & peacock feathers distress inks using my favorite jumbo dauber.  I then stamped my soft serve ice creams in a rainbow of colors to match (I've share my ink combinations below) topped with a little Stardust Stickles.  

To make things go quicker I've found it easiest to stamp my images assembly line style because to me the most time consuming part is lining up the stamps on my Misti Stamping tool.  Once I had a placement that worked for me, I did a couple of each color before cleaning my stamp with a baby wipe and moving onto another color family for that particular layered stamp. 

For the sugar cones I recommend experimenting with different colors of cardstock since the highlights will take on whatever color of paper is beneath it.  I tried white, cream and kraft from the same ink colors and they each had a different look as seen here:

For my next card I created a triple scoop cone using the other layering images in the Two Scoops set.  I love how many different ways these can be mixed and matched.  For this card I stamped my syrup to look like a strawberry topping which I covered with glossy accents and then dropped in some seed beads with my tweezers to look like sprinkles.

I stamped a background to match my cones using the new Tonic Stamp Platform by Tim Holtz.  Today I'm also sharing a photo tutorial on my personal blog showing how I made it which you can see HERE.

Up next I have a rainbow Popsicle card, scraplifting myself with a previous card I shared HERE.  It's nice not having to reinvent the wheel for every project plus I'm always looking for way to incorporate rainbows as much as humanly possible which I guess is pretty obvious with three rainbow cards in a row. ;)

These popsicles come with three layering images for the popsicle itself and two for the popsicle stick.  Honestly they don't look like much to get excited about in the package, but I LOVE how they look when layered together.  Just make sure to not make my mistake and leave plenty of room for the stick when stamping.  I had to piece some of mine together after the fact because I was trying to be economical with my paper the first time around.  Hee-hee.

For my last card today I chose to stamp the Popsicles as Fudgsicles!  I then took a 1/8" hole punch and punched a little bite mark out of one of them.  I also gave them a bit of personality by using a face from Fresh & Fruity and bows from A Good Egg .  

And check out that ruffle background!  It's a peek at something that will be shared a bit more tomorrow that I'm super excited about.  ;)

Here's a full look at the new Two Scoops & Perfect Popsicles clear stamps and coordinating dies available for purchase on Friday morning (please note: images are not shown to scale).

      

      

I have created a stamping guide to help you in layering the stamps.  When working with dye inks I have found that it is often easier to layer the the images "backwards" by starting with the smallest stamp in your darkest color and working back to the lightest overall image.  It has helped me tremendously in seeing where to line up my images.  To use the guide, the dark black outlines show where the image touches the edges of the previous stamped layer.

You can download or print your own layering guide HERE

I frequently am asked what ink colors I've used.  While I have used a variety of brands in my samples, there's a good chance you can achieve similar results with inks you probably already have in you stash.  I highly recommend stamping your inks out and creating a swatch book to aid you in choosing two or three inks that compliment each other.  These are the ones I happened to use here today from lightest to darkest:

Strawberry Sherbet, Popsicle & Syrup

Colorbox Candy (or Hero Arts Bubble Gum)

Hero Arts Ultra Pink

Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink (or Colorbox Pinkolicious)

Orange Sherbet & Popsicle

Hero Arts Orange Soda

Papertrey Ink Orange Zest

Stampin' Up Tangerine Tango

Banana Yellow Sherbet & Popsicle

Hero Arts Lemon Yellow

Colorbox Banana

Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise

Lime Green Sherbet & Popsicle

Colorbox Tree Frog

Colorbox Grasshopper

Colorbox Green Apple

Teal Sherbet

Umbrella Crafts Mint (Scrapbook.com)

Colorbox Ocean

Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay

Blue Raspberry Popsicle

Colorbox Mermaid

My Favorite Things Blue Raspberry

Colorbox Wave

Sugar Cone

Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft (or Colorbox Gingersnap)

Colorbox Saddle

Original Cone & Popsicle Stick

Memories Soft Sand (or Papertrey Ink Fine Linen)

Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft (or Colorbox Gingersnap)

Cherry Red Popsicle

Colorbox Strawberry

Colorbox Fireberry

Colorbox Cranberry

Grape Popsicle

Colorbox Grape Slushy

Colorbox Grape

Colorbox Imperial

Fudgsicle & Chocolate Syrup

Colorbox Saddle

Hero Arts Artprint Brown

Colorbox Chocolate

Strawberry Scoop

Colorbox Bubblegum (or Hero Arts Passion Flower)

Colorbox Candy (or Hero Arts Bubble Gum)

Vanilla Scoop

Lawn Fawn Butter

Hero Arts Butter Bar

Mint Scoop

Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist

Stampin' Up Coastal Cabana

Cherry

Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst

Stampin' Up Melon Mambo

Stampin' Up Rose Red

We now carry 49 colors of vibrant dye inks by Colorbox in our online store HERE.  I just added 11 additional colors to our line-up this weekend to fill in some gaps in the color wheel.  I love that they are affordable at $4.50 for a full sized pad and because I truly appreciate a good color chart, I've created a new one for you to see how the colors stamp before you buy.  ;)

Phew!  Are you still with me?  I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peek.  Would you like to win a $25 gift code to our online store to spend on some of the new sets?  Use the rafflecopter below to enter to win.  We will be giving away a new gift code each day for a total of five chances to win!  Contest closes on April 15th at Midnight PST.  Winners will be announced on Sunday, April 16th.  :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway Make sure to check back tomorrow when I will be sharing another new stamp & die set that I'm hoping you'll fall in love with as much as I have. ;)

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used Today: