Sneak Peek: Vintage Valentine Stamps & Speech Bubbles Extras

Hello, and welcome to day 3 of our Spring Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I am sharing cards showcasing our newest collection, which will be available for purchase this Friday!

Card No.1: Today I am sharing ideas using our adorable new Vintage Valentine Stamps and Dies, featuring a retro phone, typewriter, envelope, letter, and a variety of typewritten sentiments. For my first card, I colored three of the telephones in bright, happy colors and arranged them in a 2x2 grid, adding a speech bubble from the new Speech Bubble Extras Dies. These dies are flipped or the mirrored opposite of the dies from our Comic Strip Speech Bubbles, and I'm so happy to finally have them. I always ran into situations where, based on my card design or the sentiment I wanted to use, the card would have benefited from them facing the opposite direction, so now I have unlimited options between the two sets.

Before adhering the telephones, I inked up the background with some Peacock Feathers Distress Ink in the center of my white cardstock panel, and added a stitched zig-zag edge using our Ric Rac Border Dies. For the bottom of my card, I added a 4.25" x 1.25" rainbow striped patterned paper from the Surprise Party Paper pack. I then topped it with a bow by Lawn Fawn and a stitched ribbon from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies, cut from a blue polka-dot print from the Polka-dot Parade Paper pack.

Card No.2: For my second card, I paired the retro telephone from the Vintage Valentine Stamps with the big bear from our Holiday Hugs Stamps. I then cut an A2-sized panel from blue striped paper from the Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper pack. To frame my bear, I used the smaller frame from the new Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies. I love how this frame mimics the look of a phone cord! Lastly, I stamped a greeting from the set onto one of the new Speech Bubble Extras Dies, which I had inked up with some Tumbled Glass Distress ink.

Card No.3: Next up is a card showcasing the adorable new typewriter from the Vintage Valentine Stamps, which comes already loaded with a piece of paper to add your stamped greeting. This time, I added some little panda bears from our Bighearted Bears Stamps and Panda Party Stamps. For my card background, I cut a piece of red striped paper from the Sleek Stripes Paper pack, and added a stitched band with the black grid paper from the Classic Sunburst Paper pack, using the Slimline Pennant Dies, and trimming off the pennant portion. To frame my little scene, I used our brand new Zig Zag Circles Die, cut from a grey quilted heart print from our Subtle Greytones Paper pack.

Card No.4: For my next card using the typewriter from the Vintage Valentine Stamps, I stamped and colored four of the typewriters in Aqua, Pink, and Red and staggered them in a row across a slimline card. To frame my typewriters, I stamped a black tone-on-tone polka-dot print onto a piece of charcoal grey cardstock using the Background Basics 2 Stamps, and then die-cut it using the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. To add visual interest and break up the row of stamped sentiments, I added the large red heart from the set onto the second typewriter's paper and stamped it with "xoxo" in the center.

Card No.5: Next up, I focused on the adorable little letters and matching envelopes from the Vintage Valentine Stamps. For my background on this card, I cut a pink cardstock panel using the Quilted Heart Portrait Dies and backed it with a piece of red cardstock to peek through the heart openings. To frame my grouping of envelopes, I used our new Radiating Circles Dies. I am so in love with the simple, subtle detail that the edging adds to my card! Lastly, I scattered the small, medium, and large hearts from the Vintage Valentines Stamps around like confetti. This is such a fun, simple design that is super easy to color and mass-produce, which is always a bonus!

I should note that one side of the paper is made slightly narrower than the other side. It is actually laying in landscape mode on the stamp set's acetate because that's the way it fit best in the space I had to work with, but you will want to stamp your greeting onto your paper when it is in the "portrait" orientation so that it is thin enough to slide through the opening created in the envelope by the Vintage Valentine Dies.

Card No.6: For my last card of the day, I paired the telephone and the typewriter from the Vintage Valentine Stamps with the birds from the Little Birdie Stamps, the bunny from the Tulip Path Background Stamps, and the party hats from the new Quill Cuties Stamps. I created a variation on the greeting from the Vintage Valentine Stamps by spelling out the word "rining" using our new Sydney Alphabet Dies, and stamping the rest of the greeting from the set onto a Speech Bubble Extras Die. Lastly, I added a simple white frame around my scene using the largest die from the Icing Rectangle Frame Dies.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $40 gift code to one lucky winner, who will be randomly selected from the comments on this blog post, as well as our Facebook and Instagram posts. Our daily contests will run through Saturday, January 10th, at Midnight PST, with winners announced here on our blog on Sunday, January 11th.

Here's a closer look at our new Vintage Valentine Stamps, Vintage Valentine Dies, and Speech Bubble Extras Dies used today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 9th.

 

Other Supplies Used (some items linked are part of the new release & are not yet available):

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio
Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Sunburst Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio
Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Quill Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quill Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Radiating Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Zag Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sydney Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio