Sneak Peek: Crisp Apple, Wood Barrel, & Punny Apple Greetings

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of our Holiday 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 featuring cards using our new Crisp Apple Dies which come with both small and large apples and an optional apple core, layered Wood Barrel Dies, and a 3x4 Punny Apple Greetings Stamp set which I used together on my first card.

For my apples, I started by die-cutting them from white cardstock and then inked them up first with Candied Apple Distress ink and then a little Fired Brick along the left edge to create a shadow. I made sure to not ink and allow some of the white cardstock to peek through to form the shine along the right side and I love how quickly they came alive! The wood barrel was designed with cut lines between each of the wood slats so that you can slide some scratch paper in between and ink them up on one side to add extra dimension before layering on the three riveted metal "rings". I cut mine from metallic cardstock to add an extra touch of realism.

My backdrop was created by pairing the new Buffalo Plaid Straight die together with our Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils to form a custom-made textured gingham background. To frame my barrel of apples I used our Stitched Arch Dies and then topped it with a red banner cutout using our Brilliant Banner 4 Dies and heat embossed a punny sentiment from the Punny Apple Greetings Stamps.

Card No. 2: For my next card I used the larger apple size from our new Crisp Apple Dies, adding a bite from the top one using the pom-pom die from our Warm & Cozy Dies. To frame my three apples, I used our Window Trio Square Dies and tucked a zig-zag edge behind them along each side using our Ric-Rac Border Dies. I mounted them onto a red striped panel which I created with the new Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils and the same matching Candied Apple Distress ink that I had used to ink up my apples. Lastly, I tucked in a sentiment under the bottom apple using the Punny Apple Greeting Stamps, heat-embossing the greeting onto the Brilliant Banner 3 Dies which had been inked up to match my green stiched square windows.

Card No. 3: Are we seeing a trend here? While I didn't set out to create a series of red and green cards, apparently the complimentary color scheme was really speaking to me. Ha-ha! This card started out with the Stitched Heart window which I had leftover from another card that I will be sharing on Friday. 

This panel was the very first background I ever made using our new Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies which I had inked with a gingham print using our new Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I quickly realized I should have pulled out my favorite stencil spray to keep the stripes from shifting with the movement of my ink-blending brushes. As a Pacific NW gal, I hate to see anything go to waste so rather than tossing my first attempt, I hid the wobbliness of my lines by inking the background with some Worn Lipstick Distress ink. When it comes to patterned paper I'm often drawn to tone-on-tone prints without stark white so this not only solved my boo-boo, but also ended up being exactly my style.

For my focal point, I added two sliced apples from our new Crisp Apple Dies and paired them with the cute worm from our Garden Critters Stamps. I heat embossed a Punny Apple Greeting using White Detail Embossing Powder onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies which were inked in a green ombre to match the apple leaves. Lastly, I added a stitched edge to the bottom of my red gingham panel and tucked behind it a white scalloped lace edge using our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Card No. 4: Introducing a new color to the mix, for this card I ink my background using Broken China with our new Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies and Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. This time I accidentally had my cardstock shift when I attempted to run the panel through my machine a second time, but once again I saved it from the trash bin figuring it could use it for a card where most of it was covered. Can we see a theme here? Ha-ha! I thought it would be the perfect compliment to this sweet card featuring the Crisp Apple Dies on a tree branch using the Out on a Limb Dies. I framed the scene using our Stitched Rectangle Dies, stamped a Punny Apple Greeting along the bottom, and finished off my design with a blue butterfly to match using our Watering Can Stamps.

Card No. 5: I thought the Crisp Apple Dies and Wood Barrel Dies would look so great with our Autumn Tree Die which comes with the option to add little matching apples. To save myself from needing to fill in a full set of leaves on my tree, I drew a rough circle on the back of a piece of white cardstock and then sketched in some irregular scallops to fussy cut with my scissors. I then flipped it over and used the other side to ink up and position behind my tree. I kept the rest of my 4x8 inch vertical slimline card design quite simple, adding only a little grass behind my barrel of apples using the Slimline Nature Border Dies and a heat-embossed sentiment with our Punny Apple Greetings Stamps.

Card No. 6: For this next card, I paired the pumpkins from our Pumpkin Patch Dies with the new Wood Barrel Dies which I thought was such a fun combination! Like my apples, these pumpkins started out being die-cut from white cardstock and were inked with Picked Pumpkin Distress ink to add extra dimension and 3D realism. I was really feeling the gingham backgrounds for these cards so I once again paired the new Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies and Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils using the same Picked Pumpkin Distress ink to match. I added a Stitched Rectangle to frame my scene, stamping the "Happy Autumn" greeting from our Crisp Autumn Stamps.

Card No. 7: My last card of the day pairs the new Wood Barrel Dies with the pumpkins from our Pretty Pumpkin Stamps, the leaves and pumpkins from our Crisp Autumn Stamps, and the "thanks for your kindness" sentiment from our Autumn Greetings Stamps. I kept the rest of this 4x8 inch horizontal slimline card very simple, blending the center of my white background with an ombre that blends from blue to green using Broken China and Twisted Citron Distress inks.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the Rafflecopter below. Our daily contests will run through Monday, August 26th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Friday, August 30th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a closer look at our new Crisp Apple Dies, Wood Barrel Dies, and Punny Apple Greetings Stamps used today and available for purchase on Friday, August 23rd.

 

Other Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crisp Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crisp Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio
Autumn Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Out on A Limb Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Heart 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pumpkin Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Harvest Mice Card with Leanne

Hello! Leanne here today. It's that time of the summer when we switch from cherry picking to apple picking. I love apple picking season and it is what inspired the scene on this card. 

To create this fun little scene, I have used images from the Harvest Mice stamp set and dies included in the Autumn Tree Die Set. 

My scene panel is slightly smaller than an A2 size card. I inked up the sky area with some light blue (Catherine Pooler Oh Boy) and then added a grassy hill created with a Mini Grass Border die and colored with CP Eucalyptus. 

For the apple tree, I die cut all the pieces from solid color card stock. I added some shading and splatters to the tree trunk and branches. I Copic colored the mice and wagon. Colors used: T0, T2, T4, R00, R20 for the mice; B01, B24, N2, N6 for the wagon. I placed the tree and mice strategically so I'd have a small space to stamp the greeting right above the mouse with the wagon. These stamps are included in the Harvest Mice set. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sprawling Surfaces Card with Cathy

Hey friends! Cathy here today sharing a fun friendship card featuring the Sprawling Surfaces Stamps. When I first saw the wood plank stamp in this set, I immediately thought of the wooden boardwalks that we have on a trail near our home. There’s a creek that runs next to it and it’s very wooded. My husband and I frequently ride our bikes on the trail, so I had a fun time creating this little scene with the adorable bike riding duo from the Bighearted Bear Stamps.

To begin, I lightly inked a soft sky with Tumbled Glass Distress ink on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" white cardstock panel. I then stamped the sentiment 3/4" from the top and centered using stamps from the Garden Critters Stamps and the Bighearted Bear Stamps.

Next, I inked a 2” x 5 1/2" piece of white cardstock with Peeled Paint Distress ink and die-cut the top edge using a Mini Grass Border Die. I adhered it to the bottom of the sky background panel. The Autumn Tree Dies were the perfect size for my scene so I die-cut 2 trees and leaves from white cardstock and inked them with Ground Espresso Distress Oxide ink and Twisted Citron Distress ink. I adhered them slightly overlapping the right and left sides of the background piece and trimmed the excess with scissors along the edges. To add a pretty purple to my card, I die-cut small and large flowers using the Wonderful Windows Dies. I inked the large flowers in the trees with Dusty Concord Distress ink and added white gel pen details. I Copic colored the small flowers and adhered them towards the top of the grass piece. (I reserved some of the small flowers to tuck behind the boardwalk) I then adhered the background piece to an A2 card front.

For my creek, I stamped the pond from the Country Scenes Stamps on a 2” x 5 1/2" piece of Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored it with Copics and die-cut it using the coordinating dies. I then adhered it even with the bottom of the card. Since the boardwalks on our trail have wooden beams along the sides where there’s water or drop-offs, I stamped a few birdhouse posts from the A Bird’s Life Stamps to add along the edge of the wood stamp from the Sprawling Surfaces Stamps. I colored these with Copics, fussy cut them out and adhered my boardwalk along the bottom of the card. I also tucked in the remaining small flowers behind it.

To finish, I stamped the biking pandas from the Bighearted Bear Stamps and 2 butterflies from the Bunnyville Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. Since Spring days are often breezy, I added a few fallen flowers to the boardwalk.

I hope you enjoyed my happy Spring scene and it brings a smile! Thanks for stopping by today! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Wonderful Windows Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio