Sneak Peek: Fabulous Flamingos, Hello Sunshine & Coastal Cuties Stamps

Hello and welcome to our Sneak Peek Week!  We're halfway through our Summer release shares coming out on Friday!

Today I am sharing our new Fabulous Flamingo Stamps, as well as two mini 2x3 Stamp sets called Sending Sunshine and Coastal Cuties. These sets all play so nicely together and just ooze summer vibes.

Card No.1:  Up first is a card set using both the Fabulous Flamingos together with the small palm tree from Sending Sunshine (the other palm tree is a peek for a set being shared fully tomorrow).  I cut a piece of kraft cardstock for my sandy beach using our Woodland Border dies and then framed the scene using our Fancy Frames Square Dies.  

Card No.2:  Our new Summer Splash 6x6 Paper packs have so many fun prints that I couldn't resist trying several of them for my card set.  This flamingo print from the pack is so much fun, right?  It's busy enough on it's own which allowed me to keep the rest of my design pretty simple.

Card No.3: My next card utilizes another background that I shared earlier HERE using Therm O Web's Glitz Glitter Gel by Gina K. and our new Frilly Frames Stripes Dies as a stencil.  I then cut down my panel and layered it onto the ric-rac mat from the Frilly Frames Chevron dies.  This set was designed to say "Tickled Pink" to hear your news, but I didn't feel like the words would curve around my little couple quite right so I was delighted to discover that this set could also be used to say "So happy to hear your news".

Card No.4:  Up next is a second card using a Therm O Web background (details HERE) using our Frilly Frames Polka-dot Dies as a stencil together with their new Deco Foil Metallix Gel.  For my little scene I used the island image from our Island Getaway Stamps and the palm tree from Sending Sunshine together with some new Fluffy Cloud Dies that I will be sharing more of tomorrow.  I love how much interest the tone-on-tone textured polka-dot background gives my simple card, completely taking it to the next level!

Card No.5: When I was at Creativation this year I had the pleasure of trying Gina K's Wreath Builder Templates in person and I was instantly hooked!  They provide infinite possibilities and I love how easy it is to take any stamps in my stash to create fun wreaths!  For this card I used several of the palm leaves from the Fabulous Flamingos set to create my jungle frame using some simple masks cut from post-it notes.  I then die-cut my paper down using a circle die which I framed using the largest circle from our Fancy Frames Circle Dies.

Card No.6: For my next card, I used that same Wreath Builder Template with a slightly different arrangement (they are so much fun I tell ya, it's like playing with a kaleidoscope).  This time I kept my card square and cut a circular window out of the center.  I popped up my entire card front and flamingos up with foam tape to add some dimension between the wreath and the sentiment down below.  This time I used the largest Fancy Frames Square dies for the scalloped border around my card.

Card No.7: Next, we're switching gears a bit and sharing some cards using our new little 2x3 Coastal Cuties stamps.  This set comes with two beach ready girls and a versatile everyday sentiment using one of my favorite fonts! 

For my card here I paired my girls with several of the prints from our new Summer Splash 6x6 Paper pack, adding my sentiment to the stitched pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies. I couldn't resist the urge to pull out my Beach Babies stamps from last year which coordinate so well with this new set. The beach ball is a perfect compliment to the paper and the beach umbrella that I had colored up already from last year was just begging to be thrown on this card too. ;)  To frame my girls I used our Fancy Frames Circle Dies, layered with a standard 3" circle die-cut.

Card No.8: For my next card, I focused on the Coastal Cutie in the floatie, pairing her with the two other kids in floaties from our Beach Babies stamps. To create my waves, I used our new Catch A Wave dies which I cut from masking material and used the negative side to ink up my top two waves.  For the bottom wave, I cut the wave from some blue vellum in my stash (circa 2004 I think).  I'm not sure colored vellum is easy to come by right now, but I think a similar look could be achieved by inking up the surface of regular vellum with some darker blue ink.  I used some Scotch Spray Mount over a big piece of newspaper outside to add an invisible layer of adhesive to my wave (it's the best at not showing).  I love how the way is transparent like real water would be!  

As a final finishing touch, I stamped some splashes from the set which I colored with Copic Markers and added glossy accents to. I once again used my favorite pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies, this time only running it partway through my die-cutting machine before flipping it over and running it partially through the other way so that both sides could have the V's.  The little grooves of the stitching make it super easy to line up and it's a great technique for elongating dies for longer sentiments!

Card No. 9: I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to create cards with this set, so our design team member, Mona generously agreed to let me share a couple of her cards.  I am so smitten with her idea to color the girl in gray tones and how she pops against her gorgeous rainbow watercolor background!  She added a little pattern to her background using the gingham print from our Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper pack and a sentiment using our Over The Rainbow Stamps and Rainbow Word Die.

Card No.10: For the last card of the day, Mona created a sea of cuties, making waves from our Ric Rac Border Dies and our Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper.  Love how she create a beautiful human rainbow with the way she colored her girls!  

For another project with our Coastal Cuties stamps make sure to check out this fun little video tutorial Mona put together on her Instagram channel Craft By Mona.

I'm so happy you've joined me for today's sneak peek and I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win.  The 5 contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, April 14th. :)

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Here's a closer look at the new Fabulous Flamingos, Sending Sunshine and Coastal Cuties stamps & coordinating dies (available for purchase on Friday, April 12th).

     

     

     

Other Supplies Used:

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Island Getaway Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Island Getaway Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Marker Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodland Borders Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die* Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fluffy Clouds Dies* Shop at: Sunny Studio	Catch A Wave Dies* Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps* Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seaonal Trees Dies* Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio