Sneak Peek: Introducing Spring Showers, Spring Scenes & Floating By

Hello and welcome to the first day of our Spring Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I am showcasing cards using our newest collection which will begin shipping on Friday, January 10th. 

Today's sneak peeks include two new 4x6 stamp sets, one mini 2x3 stamp set, their dies and 9 cards to inspire you using them.  Are you ready to dive in? You might want to go grab that second cup of coffee.  It's a long one.  ;) 

Card No. 1:  For my first card of the day I created a grid style design using the largest window cut from our new Spring Fling paper using our Comic Strip Speech Bubbles dies. I then edged each rectangle with a scalloped border using our new Eyelet Lace Border dies (to be shared more later this week).  Our new Spring Showers stamps come with four kids that can hold a wide array of accessories that come in the set like umbrellas, kites and butterfly nets.  It also includes three adorable new cloud shapes which are quickly becoming a favorite of mine for scene building.  I finished my card with my sentiment heat embossed in white combining the "fluttering by to say" phrase from the Spring Showers set with the "happy birthday" greeting from our Happy Thoughts stamps.

Card No. 2: Up Next is a card using the same adorable kids from our Spring Showers stamps together with our newest scene builder stamps called Spring Scenes. This park background with lamp post, tree and bench is so versatile! The set also includes two additional trees in two different sizes to use with the park scene or all on their own.

I love how you can color the one "hill" in the border to look like a little river going below the walkway like I did here or it can be colored to look like a sidewalk or a green grassy hill.  For my card here, I colored my scene using Copic Markers in colors to match my strip of rainbow paper from our new Spring Fling Paper pack (to be shared more on Wednesday).

Card No. 3:  For my next card I used those same little trees with the new mountain range image and curved fence border from our Spring Scenes stamps.  For my foreground, I cut a crude mask to put over the fence line while I inked up the bottom half with Twisted Citron distress ink and then repeatedly stamped the grassy images from the set in a random pattern.  For the area directly behind my fence I found a couple of Copic markers that were close in color to the Twisted Citron and filled in that area that way since it needed a little more control around my white fence.  

For my girl with the flowers and butterflies, I used images from our new Spring Showers stamps and stamped a custom punny sentiment using our new Kinsley Alphabet Stamps and a banner from our new Banner Basics Stamps (to also be shared more later this week).

Card No. 4:  For this card I wanted to create a clean and simple grid-style design showcasing the three fun critter umbrellas from our Spring Showers stamps. I inked up 4 scraps of paper in a rainbow of distress inks and then die-cut them using the largest stitched circle from our Staggered Circles die. I heated my sentiment in white and accented my card with some mini hearts from our Basic Mini Shaped Dies II set.  As a final finishing touch I blended those same four colors of Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers and Twisted Citron distress inks into a small strip of paper which I then die-cut with a loopy heart border from our new Heartstrings Border dies (which will also be fully unveiled later this week).

Card No. 5: Next up I have another card featuring the critter umbrellas, this time in a mini scene using the puddle from our Rain or Shine stamps.  For my background I inked up a card panel using a rainbow of distress inks and then when it was completely dry, I heat embossed our Rain Showers stamps in a repeat pattern over the top using some Ranger Silver Pearl embossing powder.  

To ground my little scene I created a scalloped mat using our Scalloped Square Tag dies.  To elongate them and turn them into a rectangle instead of a tag, I hung half my cardstock and die off the cutting pad surface when I ran it through my machine and then I flipped it over (finding where the die sort of locked into the previous cut scalloped edge) and repeated the process.  Such a great way to extend the life of these dies!

Card No. 6: For this card I used that same park scene from our new Spring Scenes stamps, but this time I colored the extra little hill to look like a sidewalk.  I played with a bunch of different positions for my girl holding the chick umbrella (stamped using our Spring Showers set), but in the end I thought it might be fun to have her stand on the bench (rather than block the view of it more by standing in front of it).  This of course annoys my Japanese husband who wants to know where her parents are and why she's standing on the bench with her shoes on. Makes me laugh.  I once again stamped my greeting using one of the banners from our new Banner Basics set which will again be fully unveiled later this week.

Card No. 7: For my last card using the Spring Showers stamps, I paired the boy from the set with our new balloon bouquet from our new Floating By stamps.  To frame my vignette I used our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies which I mounted onto one of my favorite patterns from our new Spring Fling paper pack. I heat embossed my sentiment onto a banner stamped with our new Banner Basics set and then added a scattering of Rainbow Dot Confetti to continue the festive feel.

Card No. 8: For this card showcasing the Floating By stamps I paired them with the cute doggie from Party Pups and the graduation cap from Woo Hoo. I then freehanded the little strings tied around his belly using my Copic Multiliner pen.

My background was created using the outside frame from our Frilly Frames Hexagon dies which I masked off with Therm-o-web's purple tape and inked the inside with Broken China distress ink.  To form my cloudy background, I used our Fluffy Clouds dies and then stamped my sentiment onto pennants from our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies.  My greeting was created using the word "congrats" from our Everything's Rosy set and the phrase "so proud of you" from the Team Player set.

Card No. 9: For my last card of the day using the Floating By stamps I couldn't help but try and recreate the scene from the movie Up.  To mimic the look I turned to our Happy Home Stamps which I tried my best to color in similar bright happy colors to match the look of the movie and then paired it with three bundles of balloons.  I then used our Fluffy Cloud Border dies and stamped my cloud border with a personalized sentiment using our new Kinsley Alphabet and Phoebe Alphabet stamps (to be unveiled fully on Friday).

Phew! That was a whole lot of information and I truly appreciate you hanging out with me today. I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  Make sure to keep checking back all 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, January 12th. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a closer look at the new Spring Showers, Spring Scenes and Floating By stamps & dies used today (available for purchase on Friday, January 10th).

     

     

     

Supplies Used (some sets may not be available until January 10th Release):

Happy Home Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Home Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rain or Shine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woo Hoo Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Team Player Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pups Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everything's Rosy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Staggered Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Basic Shape Dies II Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Kinsley Alphabet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Phoebe Alphabet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heartstrings Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rain Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainbow Dot Confetti Shop at: Sunny Studio