Friday, July 12, 2019

Sneak Peek Week: Elegant Leaves, Just Bee-cause & New Frilly Frames

Hello and welcome to last day of our Fall Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I have been showcasing cards using our new collection for Autumn debuting today!  Make sure to check out the rest of this post for new items, a video sharing the entire release and special 4-day shopping codes.

Today I'm sharing two last stamps sets with their matching dies and two new Frilly Frames die sets that mix and match with our previously released Frilly Frames sets.

Card No. 1:  Up first is a card using our new Elegant Leaves Stamps.  I started by watercoloring a piece of watercolor paper using a mix of Daniel Smith watercolors.  When my paper was fully dry I then stamped the leaves from the stamp set onto my background with Versafine Onyx Black ink and fussy cut them out.  I then stamped those same leaves in a scattered pattern onto a piece of kraft cardstock.  This allowed me to cut the stems right off my leaves and make quick work of hand cutting them out.  

This set comes with one over-sized scripty "Thankful" word, a smaller "scripty "grateful" word and a number of other supporting words to mix and match offering a variety of greeting options.  For this card I stamped the word thankful in Versafine ink and then stamped the "for your kindness" in Versamark ink onto brown cardstock which I heat embossed with white embossing powder.  As a final touch I added a strip of striped patterned paper from our Colorful Autumn Paper pack. I love how it ties together with all the colors in my leaves and it wasn't even planned. A scattering of the crystals (linked below) helped fill in some empty spaces between my leaves and add even more color to my card.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves Rainbow Striped Watercolor Thankful For Your Kindness Fall Card (using Surprise Party 6x6 Patterned Paper)

Card No.2:    For my next card I also watercolored my leaves, but this time I started by stamping two of the leaves from the set with Versamark ink onto watercolor paper and heat embossed them with gold embossing powder, working with small sections at a time until the entire card panel was embossed.  I then colored my leaves in a gradient pattern using Daniel Smith watercolors with one of my favorite analogous color schemes.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves Gold Embossed Watercolor Leaf Background "So Grateful For You" Card (using label from Sliding Window Dies)

I then trimmed down my card to 4" x 5.25" and mounted it onto a piece of gold metallic cardstock.  For my sentiment I blended together those same paint colors on a scratch piece of watercolor paper and when it was completely dry, I die-cut a stitched label from it using our Sliding Window Dies. I then heat embossed my sentiment with gold embossing powder and added a scattering of Clear Drops 1 and 2 to give the look of water droplets.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves Gold Embossed Watercolor Leaf Background "So Grateful For You" Card (using label from Sliding Window Dies)

Card No.3: Up next is a card using the Elegant Leaves Stamps in a beautiful bouquet.  For one of the Ash Leaves, the set comes with both a bold solid version, as well as a outlined version that can be layered together like I did here (with Colorbox Banana Ink and Versafine Onyx Black ink) or used separately for three looks in one. 

For my background, I cut our new Frilly Frames Hexagon dies from cheap cardstock to use as a stencil which I applied to my background with some Colorbox Seattle Sky and a jumbo dauber. I then cut a stitched mat around it using our new Frilly Frames Retro Petals dies and mounted it on a piece of patterned paper from our Classic Gingham Paper pack. As a last touch I used the yellow drops from the Rainbow Crystal Drops embellishment mix to add a little extra texture and shine to my card.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves "Grateful for You" Yellow, Grey & Black Fall Leaves Card (with Hexagon Background using Frilly Frames dies as stencil)

Card No.4:  For this card I stared by die-cutting a panel using our new Frilly Frames Retro Petals dies, but rather than use it in the same vertical orientation as my card, I turned the die on it's side, starting by die-cutting first the top half and then running it again with the bottom half, overlapping the die by one row just to keep things lined up for the second pass through my machine.  I then layered it over the top of another piece of cardstock in the same color for a nice ivory tone-on-tone texture.  My daughter and I traveled down the state of California visiting many of the UC schools over Spring break this year and this reminds me so much of the 1960's architecture motifs we saw, hence the name "retro petals".

For my leaves I used that same watercolor sampler that I created earlier to also stamp and heat emboss my leaves for this card, this time using a metallic bronze embossing powder.  I heat embossed my sentiment to match using a phrase from our Autumn Greetings Stamps.
Sunny Studio: Elegant Leaves Watercolor Bronze Embossed Fall Leaf Card using Autumn Greetings Stamps & Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies)

Here's a look at the watercolor sampler sheet that I created by experimenting with various Daniel Smith watercolors which was used to stamp my leaves for card's no. 1 and 4...  

I'm a major control freak when it comes to watercolor mediums so they often don't suit my personality. However, by just taping a piece of watercolor paper to a board and feeling the freedom to let loose and only keep the parts that appealed to me, this worked out wonderful. In fact I almost wanted to frame this and not use it for it's intended purpose when I was done.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Watercolor Background Created for Elegant Leaves Cards using Daniel Smith Watercolor Paints

Card No.5:  Up next is a bold, graphic card using the Elegant Leaves Stamps around the perimeter.  This card has a bit of a tropical vibe making these "fall" stamps feel suitable for all sorts of occasions!  For my inks, I used Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay, Colorbox Ocean, Colorbox Cornflower & Colorbox Deep Sea.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves "Thankful For All You Do" Teal & Navy Leaf Card

Card No.6:  While the images were set up in my stamp positioning tool I created a similar style card with the leaves around the perimeter, but this time I used Colorbox Seattle SkyColorbox Ocean, Colorbox Banana & Colorbox Deep Sea ink for my color palette.  I finished off the card with a stitched scallop frame from our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies and a sentiment from our Happy Thoughts stamps and Greetings Word die.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves Birthday Greetings Aqua, Grey & Navy Leaf Card (using Greetings word die & Fancy Frames Stitched Scalloped Rectangle Dies)

Card No.7:  For my last two cards of the day I used our brand new 2x3 stamp set called Just Bee-cause.  This set comes with two darling bees, a beehive and two punny sentiments.  For my first card I used our new Frilly Frames Retro Petal dies to cut both the petal design and the stitched mat which I backed with little squares of colored cardstock in a fun rainbow pattern and topped with coordinating pearls by Studio Katia and Doodlebug.  I then mounted the Frilly Frame mat on top of our largest Fancy Frames Rectangle dies.  To ground my little bee scene I then used a circle from our Fancy Frames Circle dies.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Just Bee-cause Bumble Bee & Beehive Card (featuring rainbow background using Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies + Fancy Frames Stitched Scallop Dies)

Card No.8:  For my second card using our Just Bee-cause stamps I turned to our new Frilly Frames Hexagon dies which are such a great match with their honeycomb feel!  I cut them out of one shade of textured yellow cardstock and then backed them with a slightly darker shade of yellow for a tone-on-tone effect.


To create a focal point for my bees I cut out our Stitched Oval dies together with our Fancy Frames Oval Dies, inking up the center with a little tumbled glass distress ink to give my hive a little summer glow.  For my sentiment, I stamped it on a ribbon slider from our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies which was cut from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack.  I slid a little polka-dot organza ribbon through the slider and wrapped it around my card panel using a flower print from our Flirty Florals Paper pack. As one last final touch, I used the "string" and bow from our A Bird's Life Stamps to have my beehive hang from.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Just Bee-cause "We Are Meant To Bee" Honey Bee Card (using Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies, Fancy Frames & Stitched Oval Dies, Flirty Flowers & Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper)

That wraps up our Fall Release sneak peeks.  I'm so happy you've joined me this week!  I'd love to give one last $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  Make sure to look at the other post from this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win. The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, July 14th. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway In honor the new release, we have a couple promo codes that will be active through Monday, July 15th at 11:59 pm PST:
  • For orders within the USA, use the promo code FREESHIP at checkout to receive free shipping on all retail orders over $25.
  • For international orders, use the promo code SAVE4 at checkout to save $4 on your shipping on all retail orders over $25.
  • Or use our ongoing promo code SAVE5 to save $5 on any retail purchase over $49.
(Sorry... Only One Promo code per order)

Plus all orders placed in our online store will automatically include a free double star die while supplies last (no coupon codes needed).

Sunny Studio Stamps: Free Mini Double Star Die with Every Order from Fall 2019 Release

I have also created a video for you today recapping the entire Fall 2019 release which you can also view on our YouTube channel in HD here.



Here's a closer look at the new Elegant Leaves 4x6 stamps & coordinating dies, Just Bee-cause 2x3 stamps & coordinating dies and the Frilly Frames Retro Petals dies & Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies used today which are now available for purchase.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves Thankful for Fall 4x6 Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set    Sunny Studio Stamps: Elegant Leaves Fall Coordinating Metal Cutting Dies

Sunny Studio Stamps Frilly Frames Hexagon Stitched Scalloped Metal Cutting Dies    Sunny Studio Stamps: Frilly Frames Retro Petals Metal Cutting Dies

Sunny Studio Stamps: Just Bee-Cause Bumblebee 2x3 Stamp Set    Sunny Studio Stamps: Just Bee-Cause Bumblebee Coordinating Metal Cutting Dies

Other Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps
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Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Autumn Greeting Stamps
Autumn Greeting Stamps
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Fancy Frames-Circle Dies
Fancy Frames-Circle Dies
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Fancy Frames- Rectangles
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Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper
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Happy Thoughts Stamps
Happy Thoughts Stamps
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Sliding Window Dies
Sliding Window Dies
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Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper
Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper
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Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper
Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper
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Colorful Autumn 6x6 Paper
Colorful Autumn 6x6 Paper
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Rainbow Droplets
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Fancy Frames- Ovals
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Clear Drops Mix 2
Clear Drops Mix 2
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Clear Drops Mix
Clear Drops Mix
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VersaMark Watermark Ink
VersaMark Watermark Ink
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Emerald Green Crystals
Emerald Green Crystals
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Ocean Wave Crystals
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60 comments:

  1. What an amazing release! I love the sunflowers and leaves and comic book characters and dies! Those adorable critters piled in the car are super cute, too!

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  2. Uhoh, there goes my budget. Love that retro petal die.

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  3. Oh my goodness, I want it all!!!! Such amazing inspiration.

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  4. The Elegant Leaves are beautiful!

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  5. I think these Elegant Leaves are gorgeous! But I'm most excited about the superhero kids.

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  6. Loving the new frilly frame dies and how cute is that bee set?!?!?!

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  7. I really like the Frilly Frames.

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  8. Love the airplane critters!!!

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  9. I really like these Frilly Frames and the little bees. Also love the sunflowers of course.

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  10. I love leaf images so from this whole release I must say the Elegant leaves are my favourite.

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  11. What a beautiful set of cards! I have to say I love the Sunflowers! Frilly frame dies and the sweet bee set!! Fun week of peeks! Thanks!

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  12. The frilly frame dies are so versatile. Keep 'em coming! I love this release. Great job!

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  13. I love to make Fall cards, so those elegnat leaves definitely have my attention!

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  14. Each has got better and better, with you saving THE BEST for last - WOW!
    I LOVED the Heroic Halftones & Colorful Autumn papers from the second I saw them, along with the Sunflower Fields & Fluffy Clouds ... today my heart is torn between the SUPER CUTE Just Be-cause, PRETTY Frilly Frames and DELIGHTFUL Elegant Leaves ... SO MUCH to LOVE and NEED ... I must be channeling my inner Veruca Salt, I want it ALL and I want it NOW :)
    CONGRATULATIONS on a WONDERFUL release!

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  15. The frilly frame die is my favorite. I love the look. The bees are really cute, too, but the background die is to DIE for :)

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  16. I love, love, LOVE the gorgeous, bold fall leaves, but I'm excited for EVERYTHING!!! It all screams "buy me"! Loving this release Sunny Studio Team.

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  17. this release is awesome - so many wonderful products - really love the leaves - perfect for the Fall!!

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  18. I love these leaves. They are perfect for Fall.

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  19. I like the sunflower and the leaves stamp set, the new embossing folders and the frilly frame dies.

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  20. The cards that you have created with your new products is so beautiful and inspirational! Always good to get the how to. I really can't choose a favorite. These will be a budget breaker for sure.

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  21. These leaves are my favorite from the new release! :) I love all of the cards you shared today.

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  22. What a fun release! So many awesome things to choose from - there is something for everyone! With that said, my favorite from the release is - everything!! Crafty hugs to you!

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  23. I most excited for Plane Awesome, Cruising Critters and the Cityscape Border Dies!

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  24. Where do I start!?!?! Card #3 from today is my favorite card!!! My fav stamp set is the car! But I too have the WANTS,WANTS,WANTS!!!! Truely a lovely release collection! MIND & budget completely BLOWN!!!!

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  25. These are gorgeous!
    Elegant Leaves is my favorite! I love the fall and would use these pretty designs a lot! The Frilly Frames Hexagon Die and Retro Petals Die are awesome too!

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  26. I want to save myself the trouble of picking a favorite and just say "I'm excited about ALL the new releases," but I guess that is cheating. LOL. But I will tell you I'm totally loving the sunflowers! Those cards were exceptionally lovely, especially the one on the blue background. 🌻🌻🌻. I also like city-scape die. I've been wanting something like that ever since my son moved to NYC. I thought it would be fun to use it on a card to him and for scrapbook pages about his life there.

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  27. Fall is my Favorite season, my favorites from this release are Sunflower Fields, Elegant Leaves, Woodsy Autumn, and Must also get a few packs of Colorful Autumn paper. This has been such a fun week seeing all of your awesome cards and ideas.

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  28. What a super release. Great job on all of the wonderful samples. Talent abounds at Sunny Studio Stamps!!!
    My wish list has grown!!! Thanks for the fun!!! Have an awesome weekend!

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  29. Frilly Frames Hexagon! So unique. Works great with the all the bee stamps and dies. Thanks for another chance to win. :D

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  30. Wow, all your cards are amazing but the leaf ones are out of this world! So beautiful!

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  31. That Thankful card is stunning! Loving the new stamps today!

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  32. I love it all Mendi! But I'm loving Plane Awesome, Cruising Critters and Super Duper the most!! The whole release is fabulous. Outstanding job!

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  33. Most excited about Cruising Critters, Plane Awesome and the Frilly Frames hexagon dies.

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  34. I am most excited about the Frilly Hexagon Frame and the Elegant Leaves set. And as always, your cards are spectacular and I pinned almost every one of them!

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  35. I like the Elegant Leaves stamp and die :)

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  36. I'm looking forward to the Elegant Leaves stamp set and the Retro Petals die.

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  37. The Bees!! and the honeycomb die!!

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  38. Elegant Leaves for beautiful fall cards!

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  39. LOVE IT ALL! I'm most excited for the fall paper pack!

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  40. The watercolor leaves are beautiful.

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  41. I LOVE anything with Fall leaves...so I'm most excited for the Elegant Leaves set. It's just beautiful and your cards are amazing! Thanks for the inspiration all week!

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  42. It is very hard to choose a favorite as I love everything, but I especially love the petal die. The cards are beautiful!

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  43. This has been a fab week of release, and such wonderful project. My faves are the Frilly Frames, Woodsy Autumn and Cruising Critter. Thanks for the chance.

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  44. These cards are gorgeous! I love the Elegant Leaves stamp set! The cards with the watercolored leaves are so beautiful!

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  45. Sweet, sweet cards! Love the cute little bees.

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  46. So hard to pick just one! The frilly frames retro petal die. Can not wait to get that!! Congratulations on another amazing release!!!!

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  47. Such a great release. I want them all, now thinking what to get first.

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  48. Gosh, that's a hard question...I love the Autumn paper pack and the set with the little critters in the car, and the Bees, just for starters.

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  49. Love the Leaves and Super Heroes. The new Paper Packs are fantastic.

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  50. I love the Leaves and the comic book frame!!

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  51. I think I am the most excited for the sunflower stamps! Although the whole release is so much fun :).

    Chris L.

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  52. WOW!! These cards are GORGEOUS!! I LOVE all the new stamps coming out!!! I cannot pick a favorite!

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  53. The whole Release is amazing.♥ My favorites are the Cruising Critter stamps, the Woodsy Autumn stamps, the Moroccan Circles embossing folder, the Comic Strip Speech Bubbles dies, the Frilly Frames Retro Petals dies and the Elegant Leaves stamps.♥
    Many thanks for all these wonderful inspiration.♥
    Hugs
    Angela

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  54. I like the sunflower, bee, and the super hero paper.

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  55. Wonderful release! Love the bee background dies!

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  56. Marisela Delgado said: what awesome and beautiful cards. mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  57. The leaves are my favorite right now but thats because im in love with that rainbow leave card and the other cards with the leaves. Stunning! Tyfs

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