Sneak Peek: Baked With Love, Loopy, & Icing Rectangle Frame Dies

Hello, and welcome to the first day 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'm happy to be sharing ideas with our adorable new Baked with Love Stamps and Dies. This set includes a variety of heart cookies, a fun oversized cookie sheet, and a number of baking-themed kitchen accessories. 

I started this card by creating a subtle white pierced background using the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die. To form a shelf to hang my oven mitts and spatulas from, I used the crown molding from our Distinctive Door Dies. For my greeting, I cut out one of the two labels from our new Loopy Rectangle Frames Dies, first from metallic silver cardstock and then from white cardstock, to fill the center. I then inked the center with a light amount of Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink and stamped a punny greeting from the Baked with Love Stamps. My own kitchen is accented with red, but I must admit this card made me think how happy a rainbow of colors would be!

Card No.2: For my second card, I started by stamping the large oversized baking sheet from the Baked With Love Stamps and arranged six heart cookies with sprinkles from the set, added to personalize two of the cookies. I colored all the images with Copic Markers and then framed them with the largest frame from our Loopy Rectangle Frames Dies, which looks a bit like icing. I cut a second frame from pink textured cardstock to fill the center and stamped my kraft background using the Background Basics 2 Stamps. Lastly, I stamped the cute greeting from the Baked With Love set onto a pale pink banner die-cut with the Brilliant Banner 2 Dies.

Card No. 3: For my next card using the Baked With Love Stamps, I kept an almost identical color palette, but this time I stamped my background with the polka-dot border from the Background Basics 2 Stamps. I paired my heart cookies from the new set with the cocoa, coffee, latte, and star cookie from the Mug Hugs Stamps. I then framed the grouping with one of our new Radiating Circle Dies (to be shared more closely tomorrow) and stamped it with a greeting from the Mug Hugs set.

Card No.4: Next up is another card using the baking sheet from the Baked With Love Stamps, but this time I scattered the cookies and other kitchen accessories to look a bit messy after what I picture as a long day of baking. I once again stamped my card's background using the same Background Basics 2 Stamps and added a scalloped edge using the Icing Border Dies. I completed my card by creating a custom sentiment using our new Sydney Alphabet Dies, together with the cookie image in place of the letter "O". 

Card No.5: Up next, I switched things up with a new color palette, coloring the cookies from the Baked With Love Stamps in shades of pink and arranging them in a 3x3 grid. For my card base, I cut the Scalloped Square 2 Large Die and layered it with a Stitched Square cut from a hot pink diagonal stripe from the Sleek Stripes Paper set. For my greeting, I substituted the words "Love You" with words from our Gift Card Pocket Dies and Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Dies. If you don't have either of these two sets, you could also spell out the words using our Loopy Letters Alphabet Dies. Finally, I positioned the icing bag to look like it was spelling out the scripty words in icing.

Card No.6: For my last card of the day, I couldn't resist pairing the Baked With Love Stamps with the cookies from our Baking Spirits Bright Stamps. This new set was born out of my wanting a baking sheet and other accessories to pair with the holiday set. Unlike my second card, this time I gave my baking sheet a landscape orientation and colored the snowman, mitten, and snowflake cookies to coordinate in blue and white. I framed my little scene using the new Icing Rectangle Frame Dies and filled the center with a cutout from the Classic Gingham Paper pack. Lastly, I stamped a punny sentiment from the Baking Spirits Bright set onto a Brilliant Banner 3 Die.

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 Baked With Love Stamps, Baked with Love Dies, Icing Rectangle Frame Dies, and Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies used today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 9th.

Other Supplies Used:

Mug Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mug Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Border DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Baking Spirits Bright Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sydney Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Distinctive Door Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes 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

Love Monkey Valentine's Day Cards with Mendi

Hello there! I hope you had a lovely Christmas. This is Mendi popping in to share some love-themed cards for Valentine's Day featuring our beloved Love Monkey Stamps.

For my first card showcasing the Love Monkey Stamps, I created a 3.5" wide x 7" high mini slimline with a polka-dot background stamped using the Background Basics 2 Stamps. For the stitched mat to frame my scene, I elongated one of the rectangles from the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies by hanging part of the die off my cutting plate and running it through my die-cutting machine a second time. 

I added two tree branches to the top of my scene with three of the monkeys. Originally, the hanging monkey was designed to hang from a vine, but I altered him and cut off the vine so I could wrap his tail around the tree branch instead. I also added the bouquet of flowers to his hands to cover the envelope, as if he were trying to steal the girl monkey's heart. Along the bottom half of my card, I added the Scalloped Fence Die, a bit of grass using the Mini Grass Border Dies, and two little birds perched on the fence from the Little Birdie Stamps.

For my second card using the Love Monkey Stamps, I created a jungle scene. I started by inking my white cardstock panel with Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress ink. I then stamped two of the leaves from the Elegant Leaves Stamps around the outside edges using PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll Ink. I layered the vines and tree branch to the top of my card with an image from the Tropical Scenes Stamps, and then tucked the same monkey hanging from a vine to blend with the other vines. This time, I trimmed off the envelope and put a banana in his hands to go with the sentiment I stamped. I added a toucan from the Savanna Safari Stamps and a tree branch from the Love Birds Stamps along the bottom of my card for my girl monkey to sit on with her bananas. Lastly, I added the punny greeting from the Love Monkey Stamps, substituting the words "for you" with the script word die cuts from the Gift Card Pocket Dies.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Love Monkey Stamps and Love Monkey Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image, so there are lots of ideas to scroll through, organized by set.

Supplies Used:  

Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Fence Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Savanna Safari Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Savanna Safari Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Elegant Leaves Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio