Sneak Peek: Captivating Camellias, Inside Greetings Birthday & Sympathy

Hello and welcome to the final day of our Spring Peek Week!  All this week I have been showcasing cards using our newest collection which is now available for purchase. Before you run off and shop though, make sure to check out our our last peek at three new stamp sets below, including two brand new inside greetings sentiment sets and a video showing a closer look at everything.

Card No. 1: Today's stamp set I'm showcasing is called Captivating Camellias which includes 2 blossoms, a leaf and a Mother's Day greeting.

For my first card of the day created a bold, elegant card where I mounted four 4" x 3/4" strips of black cardstock onto a white 4" x 5.25" panel before adhering them both to a metallic gold card base. For my "hello" word sentiment I used a die from our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. It's a very clean and simple, but turned out to be one of my personal favorites.

Card No. 2:  For my next card I started by die-cutting the stitched mat for the center using our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies set. This die is much longer, but I was able to customize the length by flipping it around after the first cut, feeling where the stitching of the die locked into place with my previous cut and then running it through my die-cutting machine a second time.  I then stamped a sentiment from our new Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps and assembled my pre-stamped Captivating Camellias flowers onto my panel, trimming off were they extended beyond my stitched mat.

My next step was to add a little temporary adhesive and attach my panel to the center of my card front so that I could then put the card in my MISTI stamp positioning tool and use the coordinating 1c, 2c & 3b images from the set to align the stamps one by one before removing the panel and stamping them with Altenew Limestone ink. For a couple of my flower images with the overlapping leaves I cut some quick masks to cover the flower so that it would still appear the leaves were behind the focal point flowers when I stamped them. After a couple images were stamped, I could return the panel to the center, reposition my next set of stamps and then repeat the process until my background was complete. My last step was to adhere the panel to my card using foam tape to make color vs. b&w the effect a bit more dramatic.

Card No. 3:  For my next project featuring the Captivating Camellia Stamps, I wanted to go more soft and sweet for a card using our new Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps. Cards like this are always tough to create and I find I'm often at a loss for what to write inside them, but I'm hoping this stamp set might help for those moments when I feel like they are no words.

My wood embossed background was created using our Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I originally had just the white background, but I had mounted my focal point images a wee bit higher than I wanted and the card was feeling a bit top heavy to me so I cut off the bottom, added a small Ric Rac Border and a polka-dot print to match the flowers with our Background Basics Stamps. For the sentiment, I die-cut a frame using our Stitched Circle Small Dies and Stitched Circle Large Dies. I then stamped my sentiment onto vellum using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed it with Hero Arts Ultra Fine Embossing Powder before die-cutting it out using the outer circle die. This gave me a thin space to add adhesive to where it wouldn't be seen behind my pink circle frame. A few scattered Mirror Droplets were the perfect finishing touch.

Card No. 4:  Up next I used another sentiment for our Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps. For this card I die-cut the outer frame with our Botanical Backdrop dies. I then layered it with our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies to hold my stamped greeting, backing them with two different colored panels for some contrast. The background panels were created by inking them with PinkFresh Meadow Ink and Gina K. Ocean Mist (and then splattered with a little watered down Gina K. Blue Lagoon and an old toothbrush). A few shiny green pieces of confetti from our Iridescent Pastel Confetti mix complimented the colors perfectly.

Card No. 5:  This card combines our new Layered Basket Stamps with our Captivating Camellias Stamps. Aren't they pretty together? Love having another way to display flowers!  For my background I created a lacy scalloped panel using our Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace dies which I backed with a piece of pale pink cardstock and mounted onto a piece of patterned paper from our Classic Gingham Paper pack. For my greeting I heat embossed the word "happy" from our Happy Thoughts Stamps and paired it with the "birthday" word die from our Blooming Petals Frame Dies.

Every time I cut down our 6x6 Paper to fit my A2 sized card, I'm left with an extra 1/2" strip so I have a Ziploc baggie I save them in for future use. However, this time I actually completed the inside of my card (such a special day for me) so I was able to use it right away to tie the outside of my card together with the inside, using our new Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps.

Card No. 6: While my last card was a bit more shabby chic, this card design which also features the Captivating Camellias Stamps with Layered Basket Stamps is clean and simple. This time I cut that same pale pink cardstock out into a banner shape using our Slimline Pennant Dies. For my sentiment strip, I used the smallest pennant from that same die set to stamp my greeting, cutting off the ends and just using it as a stitched strip. I love how long this die is to give me maximum flexibility. I found myself using it for many, many of my cards this week. My last touch were two little White Pearls to give the appearance they are holding my strip in place almost like two pearl topped straight pins.

Here are just a few flower, leaf and Basket combinations I experimented with trying for the most part to use ink colors we carry in our store (linked below):

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 from light to dark:

Flower 1 (card no. 3 & 6)
PinkFresh Ballet Slipper
Hero Arts Soft Pink
Hero Arts Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Flower 2 (card no. 4)
Hero Arts Soft Pink
Hero Arts Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink
Hero Arts Raspberry Jam

Flower 3 (card no. 1)
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
PinkFresh Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Flower 4 (card no. 5)
Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper
Hero Arts Cotton Candy
Gina K. Dusty Rose
PinkFresh Raspberry Bliss

Flower 5 (card no. 2)
Concord & 9th Ballet Slipper
PinkFresh Coral Reef
Concord & 9th Honeysuckle
PinkFresh Candy Apple

Darker Red Flower (card no. 2)
PinkFresh Coral Reef
Hero Arts Pale Tomato or Concord & 9th Honeysuckle
Gina K. Cherry Red
Concord & 9th Cranberry

Leaf 1
Hero Arts Green Hills
Hero Arts Fresh Lawn
Hero Arts Forever Green

Leaf 2
PinkFresh Key Lime
PinkFresh Olive 
PinkFresh Evergreen

Leaf 3 (card no. 2 & 5)
PinkFresh Meadow
Concord & 9th Clover
Gina K. Christmas Pine

Leaf 4 (card no. 3)

Hero Arts Lime Green
Hero Arts Green Hills
Hero Arts Fresh Lawn

Leaf 5 (card no. 1 & 6)
PinkFresh Grassy Knoll
PinkFresh Key Lime
Concord & 9th Parsley

Leaf 6 (card no. 4)
Gina K. Applemint
Gina K. Lucky Clover
PinkFresh Olive

Basket 1
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Concord & 9th Wheat or Gina K. Kraft
Hero Arts Cup O' Joe

Basket 2
Skipped Lightest Layer
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Memories Soft Sand or Gina K. Sandy Beach
Memories Sand

Basket 3 (card no. 5)
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Memories Sand
MFT Kraft

To help you line up our layered stamps like a pro I've created a special layering guide (you can click on the photo below to view it larger).  The guide shows the stamps starting with the lightest ink color, working towards the darkest, but sometimes I find it easier to start backwards. They both work depending on what your preference is.  The black outline indicates where that layer touches the previously stamped layer.  :)

In honor of our big release today I created a video sharing a closer look at all 30 of our newest products, along with the cards I created using them. You can also view it on our YouTube Channel HERE.

Here's a look at this season's free mini Layered Ladybug Die that will automatically come with all orders while supplies last.

Also, just a reminder that we are continuing to offer free shipping on all USA Retail orders over $25 using the discount code FREESHIP or to save $5 on in order over $49 using discount code SAVE5. Limit one discount code per order.

That wraps up today's sneak peeks. I'm so happy you joined me this week! I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  If you haven't had a chance to enter the four other giveaways from earlier in the week, there's still a little time. The contests run through Saturday, January 9th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 10th. :)

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Here's a closer look at the our new Captivating Camellia Stamps & Dies, Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps and Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps used today and now available for purchase.

 

  

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Botanical Backdrop Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodgrain Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Blooming Frame Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eggs To Dye For Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Layered Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Iridescent Pastel Confetti Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mirror Droplets Shop at: Sunny Studio