Sneak Peek Week: Introducing Poppy Fields & Looking Sharp Stamps

Hello and welcome to the final day of our Summer 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: My first set of cards spotlight our newest floral layering stamps called Poppy Fields. For this set of cards I created a simple flower bouquet using the three blossoms from the set along with the leaf and two accompanying stems. I created these cards to mass produce for our brick & mortar stores and the stamping of the flowers were fairly time consuming all on their own so I wanted to keep the rest of my design fairly simple. The bows, the bold summer greeting from our Radiant Plumeria Stamps, and the red prints from our Classic Sunburst Paper & Sleek Stripes Paper sets all helped to add some extra interest with taking a ton of extra time. If you are looking to step things up just a tiny bit you can add stitching with our Slimline Basic Border dies (as shown on the right) or keep things simple (like the card on left).

Card No. 2: When creating the Poppy Fields Stamps, this next card is what I kept envisioning in my mind's eye. I haven't been fortunate enough to visit a field of poppies in real life, but red is my favorite color and I am always so enamored with the gorgeous photos I see. For this card, I started by inking up a piece of cardstock with Salty Ocean and Mowed Lawn distress ink and then die-cut it using the outer stitched rectangle from our Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies.

To get the extra height for my poppies, I pulled out and used one of the stems from our Timeless Tulips Stamps and then added the little ladybug from our Layered Basket Stamps. When my background was good and dry I stamped the "best wishes" greeting from our Everyday Greetings Stamps using Versamark Ink and heat embossing with Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder.

Card No. 3: This next card almost needs to be framed for my living room wall because it would blend right in with our current color scheme and style. To create the card I started with the red diagonal print from our Classic Sunburst Paper pack and then die-cut a panel from black cardstock combining the outer portion of our Frilly Frame Retro Petal Dies with the inner portion of our Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies, before backing it with a piece of white cardstock. I then layered a smaller stitched rectangle mat cut from black cardstock using the die from our Wrap Around Box Dies and layered it with the stitched label from our Sliding Window Dies which was stamped with a sentiment from our Autumn Greetings Stamps. After arranging my Poppies from the new Poppy Fields Stamps, I sprinkled in a few of our Red Zircon Jewels that I adhered with liquid adhesive.

Card No. 4: Last, but not least I have a larger, fuller poppies bouquet inspired by THIS photo (which really makes me wish I had chosen a poppy themed wedding after scrolling through all the pretty photos, but I digress). I mounted my bouquet onto kraft cardstock, stamping my sentiment in red using a combination of greetings from both our Color Me Happy Stamps (for the word "happy") and our Happy Thoughts Stamps. Down the left side of my card, I heat embossed the polka-dot print onto black cardstock using our Background Basics Stamps and then added a sliver of red striped paper from our Striped Silly Paper pack. As a last touch, I adhered some faux water droplets with a liquid adhesive using our Clear Drops Mix.

Card No. 5: Switching gears the last new set I have to share from the Summer release is called Looking Sharp which features 3 cute potted cacti and one succulent plant. Once again for those who prefer to not have faces on their inanimate objects, the different faces come as a separate set of images and extra little spiky spines are included to fill in any empty spaces instead.

For this card I cut a pink striped panel for my background from our Sleek Stripes Paper pack and then mounted a scalloped mat over the top using our Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Dies. I then lightly inked up to center of my panel blending Tumbled Glass to Twisted Citron distress inks for my sky and grass. For my fence I cut down and used a portion of our new Picket Fence Dies which gave me a perfect place to tie the star balloons from our North Pole Stamps. The Looking Sharp set comes with the party hat and the cute punny greeting which I stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  


Card No. 6: Up next is a card using the Looking Sharp Stamps without the faces and adding some of the extra quill-like spikes instead. To create my indoor scene I cut four little windows using our Sweet Treats House Add-on Dies, first using the two separate pieces together to cut my window panes from white and then cutting a second set from aqua cardstock using only the outside portion of the die so that I could layer them together. 

For my background I used a pink stripe from our Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper pack and then added a 3/8" wide strip of white cardstock to look like the wall's base molding. For my wood floor, I got crafty and cut the tips off of the woodgrain embossed pieces from our new Picket Fence dies, inked them up with some Tea Dye distress ink and staggered them for my floor. I felt like I was installing real wood floors in a dollhouse, but I am so in love with the results! For my sleeping kitty cat and ball of yarn I used images from our Pet Sympathy Stamps. Lastly I stamped the words "Hi Friend" taking the word "hi" from our Happy Hamsters Stamps and the word "friend" from our new Outback Critters Stamps.

 

Card No. 7: Drumroll please... For my 40th and final project for the Summer release I have one last card featuring a boy and girl cactus couple from our new Looking Sharp Stamps, together with the bow / bow tie from the set. I just love how the one cactus looks like she has pigtails! Makes me smile. 

For my background I created a sunset by blending Salty Ocean, Worn Lipstick, Carved Pumpkin & Mustard Seed distress inks. I then cut it out using the top portion of our Stitched Rectangle Dies and did the same to cut my ground from kraft cardstock. This allowed me to "scrunch" my rectangle from a vertical format to a much shorter rectangle with a horizontal orientation to sort of make my 4.25" square card look like a Polaroid photo. I bridged the gap between between my sky and ground with a mountain range from our Alpaca Holiday Stamps and finished off my card with a heat embossed sentiment from our Coastal Cuties Stamps.

Well that wraps up my card shares for the week. 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 poppy images from light to dark:

Red Poppy (cards no.1, 3 & 4)
Gina K. Peach Bellini
Gina K. Lipstick

Gina K. Coral Reef
Hero Arts Red Royal
Stampin' Up Lovely Lipstick

Red Poppy (card no.2)
PinkFresh Studio Coral Reef
Hero Arts Pale Tomato 
PinkFresh Studio Candy Apple
Concord & 9th Cranberry
Stampin' Up Lovely Lipstick

Leaf 1 (card no. 1)
Hero Arts Fresh Lawn
PinkFresh Studio Olive

Leaf 2 (card no 2 & 3)
Concord & 9th Parsley
PinkFresh Studio Evergreen

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 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 fish 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 $35 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, April 17th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, April 18th. :)

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Here's a closer look at the our new Poppy Fields Stamps & Dies and Looking Sharp Stamps & Dies used today and are now available for purchase.

  

  

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Color Me Happy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pet Sympathy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pet Sympathy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Alpaca Holiday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Alpaca Holiday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Coastal Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats House Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio
Radiant Plumeria Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Sunburst Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Red Zircon Jewels Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
Timeless Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Timeless Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Autumn Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Clear Drops Mix Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio