Hello and welcome to the first day of our Spring Sneak Peek Week! All this week, I will be sharing cards showcasing our newest collection, which will be available for purchase this Friday!
Today, I'm sharing three new 6x6 background stamps which I'm so excited about! These aren't ordinary background stamps because they have coordinating dies, and every blank space in the scene was utilized to include bonus images that are mirror images of critters from our popular Little Birdie and Bunnyville sets which have been so nice to have.
Card No. 1: Up first is a card using our new Majestic Meadow Stamps. For this particular card, I primarily used images such as the birds and clouds that come with the set. The only extras I included were the birdhouse from the Little Birdie Stamps and the spring greeting from our Cheerful Daisy Stamps. When I was designing the Majestic Meadow Dies, I had some extra empty space to potentially fill in the set that wouldn't change the cost of the die, so I ended up creating two little border dies that would allow users to cut out the tulips on either side of the scene to either use by themselves (which I did on a later project) or to layer over the scene with foam tape to give your projects extra dimension.
Card No. 2: For my next card showcasing the Majestic Meadow Stamps, I created an Easter card with an egg hunt scene using the bunnies, basket, and banner from our Chubby Bunny Stamps. I was tickled that the "Happy Easter" banner perfectly fit the span between the two trees! To make the eggs appear at different vantage points in my scene, I stamped eggs in three different sizes, mixing the eggs from both the Chubby Bunny set and our Chickie Baby Stamps. I positioned the largest eggs near the bottom front of the card and the smaller eggs in the middle where they would appear to be further back.
Card No. 3: Switching gears, I have a spring card featuring our new Tulip Path Background Stamps. This beautiful scene features a winding path with a windmill, trees, and mountains in the distance. For this particular card, I colored most of the images with my Copic markers, but then I stamped and fussy cut a mask to cover them, leaving the sky and pathway exposed. This allowed me to quickly lay down some smooth and even color using Distress inks. Afterward, I added some stippling with my Copic markers in coordinating ink colors along the pathway to give the look of pebbles. I kept my mask and set it aside, which was helpful because this one mask was utilized for four different cards I created this week and is still available for more cards in the future.
To mix things up, today, I covered the windmill with other images to create unique looks with this set and expand its versatility; however, I will share a couple more cards later in the week where I retained the windmill from this scene. For my focal point in the foreground, I used the girl and boy gnomes from our Home Sweet Gnome Stamps and the little bird from that set, which I propped on the brick border. I used an image from our Garden Fairy Stamps for the mushroom house in the background. Lastly, I stamped the word "hello" from the Tulip Path Background set.
Card No. 4: For this card featuring the new Tulip Path Background Stamps, I paired two of the bunnies, the clouds, and three butterflies from the set with the spring scene backdrop. I love how these large oversized backgrounds can be fully used on a square card or given a slightly different look depending on whether you use it on a portrait or landscape A2-sized card and how you position it to the top or bottom, left or right.
This time, I kept all my tulips in one shade of pale pink and added the carrot house from our Bunnyville Stamps to place over the top of the windmill in the scene. The only other elements I added were the Easter basket from our Big Bunny Stamps and the "Easter Wishes" greeting from our Happy Thought Stamps. I heat embossed my greeting on a pink flower print from our Flirty Flowers Paper, which had been die-cut into a pennant using our Notebook Photo Corners Dies.
Card No. 5: My next card returned to the background for the Majestic Meadow Stamps. I thought it would be fun to stamp this in brown ink and color it with pastel Copics to give it a Classic Pooh and Hundred Acre Woods feel. For my main image, I added a floating bunny that will be shared more on Friday using our new Balloon Numbers Stamps. I made him lift off the ground with a bouquet of carrot balloons from our Bunnyville Stamps. I taped some white twine to the back of each balloon for their strings and tied them in a knot to glue in his paw using some liquid adhesive. I then added some foam tape in and around the strings to help offset the string thickness and add dimension to my little scene. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment "Just a note to lift you up" using a greeting from the Balloon Rides Stamps.
Card No. 6: I couldn't leave today without sharing a card using the tulips from the Majestic Meadow Stamps all on their own. As soon as I squeezed those extra little dies into the set, I thought of this particular card idea. I started by stamping my polka-dot tone-on-tone background using dark navy ink stamped onto a slightly lighter shade of navy cardstock with our new Background Basics 2 Stamps, which will be shared much more throughout the week.
This is a set I have wanted for a long time, but it wasn't feasible with our standard 4x6 sets so I set off on a long journey to find a new American supplier who could make these larger sets for a price point that was more favorable for our customers (sadly inflation is a real daily battle and it's depressing). I've thoroughly enjoyed both the basic A2-sized diagonal crosshatch linen-inspired background and this new smaller Swiss-inspired polka-dot border from the set, which can be stamped repeatedly to create a seamless background to cover almost any card size.
I trimmed down my background using our Stitched Square Dies to create a 4-1/2" square card. To frame my four tulip corners, I mounted them onto a lacey square using our Scalloped Square 2 Small Dies, which I had backed with a piece of hot pink cardstock to fill the eyelet lace holes. Lastly, I stamped the word "hello" using the Tulip Path Background Stamps and fuchsia-colored ink to tie my navy and pink color scheme together.
Before I leave today, I wanted to share a little snapshot I took in hopes that it will help you line up the polka-dot background like a pro. It's difficult to see here, but I positioned the edge of my stamp border with the center of the previous stamped row of polka-dots so that they would repeat with perfect spacing every time. Of course, I found the use of a stamp positioning tool super helpful, along with a sticky mat or temporary tacky adhesive added to the back of my cardstock panel to keep it in place. I then closed the lid onto the stamp border so it would pick it up in just the right spot to stamp it once or twice for extra good ink coverage.
Here's a look at all the fun, colorful backgrounds I was able to create with the Background Basics 2 Stamps! I experimented with rainbow stamping and heat embossing for a few of these prints. I must admit I'm in love...
That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner using the Rafflecopter below. Our daily contests will run through Saturday, January 11th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 12th.a Rafflecopter giveaway
Here's a closer look at our new Majestic Meadow Stamps & Dies, Tulip Path Background Stamps & Dies, and Background Basics 2 Stamps shared today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 10th.
Other Supplies Used:
 Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Home Sweet Gnome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Home Sweet Gnome Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
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 Chubby Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Chubby Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Cheerful Daisies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Chickie Baby Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Chickie Baby Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Scalloped Square 2 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Spellbinders Masking Sheets Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
