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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 Sky, Colorbox 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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

    

    

    

Other Supplies Used:

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