Sneak Peek: Hawaiian Hibiscus, Slice of Summer & New Frilly Frames

Hello and welcome to day 2 of our Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I am showcasing cards using our new collection for Summer coming out on Friday, April 12th.

Today I have not one, but TWO new layering sets for summer.  Yay!  I get so many requests for more, but many of you may not know that I am mostly a company of one with only my husband and a girlfriend helping me out part time.  Layering sets can take me anywhere from 40 to 80 hours to design so with 4 releases a year and all the hats I wear, it can be a struggle to keep up, but this time I was able to work some magic and create two new sets that I think you're going to love!  I must admit there were a couple times when I was testing them out for the first time that I fell in love myself.  ;)

Card No.1:  Up first is a card using our new Hawaiian Hibiscus Stamps and Dies together with a background that I shared earlier (you can read how I created it at this post HERE).

I stamped some beautiful hibiscus flowers in traditional colors (ink combos shared below) and I just love the way they pop against the blue background and crisp white!  To frame my sentiment I used our Fancy Frames Circle Dies and then stamped my sentiment using our Everyday Greetings Stamps.  I actually had a boo-boo where my homemade stencil using our Frilly Frames Lattice Dies raised up in the middle allowing the gel to seep below, but this particular design completely hides it and kept me from tossing it--It actually turned out to be my favorite card so I'm glad I kept going.  ;)   

Card No.2:  For my next card I used one of two new Frilly Frames we have with this release.  Our frilly frames have quickly become a favorite of mine and I'm so excited to have two new designs to mix and match with the others.  If you aren't familiar, they are two separate dies with 3 looks in 1.  You can either use the outer frame as just a solid mat with a decorative stitched edge, you can use the inner portion as a fun backdrop or stencil or you can use them together like I did here with our new Frilly Frames Chevron Dies.  

I had a lot of fun creating some unexpected color combos for the hibiscus flowers and I adore how fresh and summery the lilac, green and crisp white look together!  I generally will mass produce a garden of flowers and leaves while I already have everything set up in my stamp positioning tool, just switching out ink colors as I go.  After that, this card came together super quick and would be a great design for mass producing.  I think it would make a great gift to make card sets, just changing out the sentiments and colors. For my sentiment, I used our Heartfelt Greeting stamps heat embossed with white embossing powder.

Card No.3:  Up next is a card using the leftover pieces from the previous card (which I did end up mass producing).  I hated to see the V's go to waste so I was super excited to see how cool they look all lined up together.  To create my beachy pattern, I inked them up using every blue and aqua color in the Ranger Distress Ink line-up.  For my greeting I die-cut the letters to spell out "aloha" using our Loopy Letters Dies.  Studio Katia's Sparkling Clear Crystals were the perfect finishing touch to give the look of dew drops.  Isn't it cool how they take on the colors from below?!

Card No.4: For my last hibiscus card of the day I used our second new Frilly Frame Die set called Frilly Frames Stripes.  I masked off my card front using some purple tape to protect my outer border from getting inky and then I inked on the inside of my taped line with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, fading it out towards the center.

For my sentiment, I cut a piece of black cardstock wide enough to perfectly cover 3 of the stripes.  I then used a clear ruler and my pencil to mark off where to trim my strip so that it would line up just right.  For my sentiment I once again turned to our Everyday Greetings stamps, heat embossing it with white opaque embossing powder.  

Card No.5:  Without further ado, allow me to introduce you to our second layering set of the season and our third layering set in our fruit series: Slice of Summer Stamps and dies.  For my card here, I have combined all the newest fruit images together with the strawberry, raspberry and cherries from our Berry Bliss Stamps and dies.

This set comes with both the words "sub" and "lime" so that you can use them together like I did here or you can use the word "lime" as a punny way to say "I'm". For example "lime so glad we're friends" (or family).  

For my backdrop, I used our new Frilly Frames Chevron Dies as a stencil together with Therm O Web's Deco Foil Metallix Gel (more details shared at this blog post HERE).  I adore hot pink and lime green together so I paired it with a sheet of green gingham paper from our Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper pack, using a little from both sides.

Card No.6:  My second favorite color scheme is yellow and blue (but who am I kidding? I pretty much adore all bright and happy colors).  To create this card I used two prints from our new Summer Splash 6x6 Paper pack shared yesterday.  I kept things simple, using a lacy frame from our Fancy Frames Circle Dies and a sweet little ric-rac edge from our Ric Rac Border Dies. A Mix of droplets from Studio Katia's Drops Mix 1 and Drops Mix 2 sets completed my card and added a little something extra to my simple card.

Card No.7: Up next is a card where the watermelon slice takes center stage.  This is the image that made my heart skip a beat the moment I stamped it.  It quite literally comes alive when you stamp in the watermelon seeds and shadows!

I started by cutting a piece of red gingham paper from our Classic Gingham Paper pack down to be approximately 5.5" wide x 3.5" high.  I then used my clear grid centering ruler by Ranger to find the center of my card and adhered my first watermelon at the center point, along the bottom edge of my piece of patterned paper.  I then added another watermelon slice to each side, trimming off the excess on each side.  From there I was able to take those pieces I cut off to flip over and add along the top as shown.  I used my scissors to fussy cut along the edge of my watermelon slices to leave the look of a scalloped edge.  A piece of striped paper from our Silly Stripes Paper pack continued my watermelon theme.

Once again I heat embossed my sentiment using some white opaque embossing powder and added the look of droplets using Studio Katia's Sparkling Clear Crystals.

Card No.8: For my final card of the day I focused on the adorable citrus slice image from the set.  Love how just by changing my ink colors it can look like a lime, lemon, orange or grapefruit slice!  I mass produced my slices using a stamp positioning tool and then arranged them on a piece of sky blue paper from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack.  I completed my simple, graphic card by stamping my sentiment onto the stitched label that comes with our Sliding Window Dies.

To help you line up our Hawaiian Hibiscus and Slice of Summer stamps like a pro I've created a special layering guide (you can click on the photo below to view it larger).  For all the Hibiscus flowers I started by stamping them with the lightest ink color, working towards the darkest, while for the fruit I started stamping them from darkest to lightest. Honestly you can start from either end depending on what you prefer. The black outline indicates where that layer touches the previously stamped layer.  :)

I frequently am asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images (in the ordered shared from darkest to lightest)...

Dark Red Hibiscus
Versafine Tulip
Colorbox Strawberry
Colorbox Candy Red
Colorbox Cranberry

Lighter Red Hibiscus
Hero Arts Cotton Candy
Versafine Tulip
Colorbox Strawberry
Colorbox Candy Red

Lilac Hibiscus
Colorbox Pixie
Colorbox Lilac
Catherine Pooler Pixie Dust
VersaFine Purple Delight

Yellow Hibiscus
Colorbox Lemonade
Versafine Cheerful
Colorbox Banana
Colorbox Dandelion

Hot Pink Hibiscus
Colorbox Candy
Versafine Charming Pink
Colorbox Very Berry
Colorbox Raspberry Pink

Dark Green Leaves
Colorbox Grasshopper
Colorbox Green Apple
Colorbox Golf Course

Medium Green Leaves
Colorbox Kiwi
Colorbox Tree Frog
Colorbox Artichoke

Lime Green Leaves
Colorbox Limon
VersaMark Verdant
Colorbox Grasshopper

Watermelon
Lawn Fawn Bubblegum
Colorbox Strawberry
Colorbox Cranberry
Colorbox Limon
VersaMark Verdant
Colorbox Green Apple

Light Yellow Lemon
Versafine Cheerful
Colorbox Lemonade

Dark Yellow Lemon
Colorbox Banana
Versafine Cheerful

Lime Slice
VersaMark Verdant
Colorbox Limon

Orange Slice
Colorbox Tangerine
Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise

Grapefruit Slice
Lawn Fawn Bubblegum
Stampin' Up Blushing Bride

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. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a closer look at the new Hawaiian Hibiscus and Slice of Summer layering stamps & coordinating dies, as well as the two newest Frilly Frames dies used today (available for purchase on Friday, April 12th).  Please note: Items are not shown in proper proportions.

        

      

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Heartfelt Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Berry Bliss Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Berry Bliss Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Lattice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Clear Drops Mix 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sparkling Clear Crystals Shop at: Sunny Studio	Clear Drops Mix Shop at: Sunny Studio