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!
Card No. 1: Today I am kicking things off with two brand new layering stamp sets and one everyday sentiment stamp set called Big Bold Greetings. For this card I used the new layered iris, daffodil and hyacinth flowers from our new Spring Bouquet Stamps. To hold my floral arrangement, I turned to our Watering Can Stamps which I stamped in a sunny yellow ink combo.
For my larger 5x7 card base, I inked some Tumbled Glass distress ink in the middle of my white cardstock panel and then created a wood embossed "table" using our Woodgrain Embossing Folder. To give my wood a darker color in the recessed portions like letterpress printing, I used an ink brayer to apply VersaFine Clair Acorn Ink directly to the raised surface of my plastic embossing folder before sandwiching my paper to run through my die-cutting machine. Pigment ink is a must for this technique as it will adhere and apply smoothly on the plastic surface and not bead up like a dye ink would. For my gingham napkin, I cut a piece of patterned paper from our Joyful Holiday Paper pack using our Stitched Rectangle Dies. Lastly, I added my "thank you" words using our new Big Bold Greetings Stamps.
Card No. 2: Next up is a card showcasing the daffodil image from the Spring Bouquet Stamps. I love that simply by changing the angle for this single flower image, you can still create a card that doesn't feel too repetitive. I embossed the navy cardstock for my background using our Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder and then cut my scalloped strip both along the top and bottom using our new slimline style Ribbon & Lace Border Dies (which I will be sharing more peaks of later in the week). Lastly, for my greetings I paired the "hello" from this Spring Bouquet Stamp set with the word "sweet" from our Sealiously Sweet Stamps and the word "friend" from our Outback Critters Stamps.
Card No. 3: This next card focuses on the hyacinth flowers from the Spring Bouquet Stamp set which I arranged using our Layered Basket Stamps. For my background, I inked layers of fluffy clouds using masks I die-cut with our Slimline Nature Border Dies and Shaded Lilac Distress Ink. I then used the grassy border from that same die set to cut layers of grass to nestle my basket between, along with the straight grass border from our Picket Fence Dies. Finally I added two little bumblebees from the set with a bow from our Winter Wreaths Stamps and the "thanks" sentiment from our Big Bold Greetings Stamps.
Card No. 4: For this pop-up box style card (using Lawn Fawn's scalloped box card pop-up die) I created an exploding flower garden that magically folds to lay flat in the envelope for mailing. I mixed the flowers from both our new Spring Bouquet Stamps and Tranquil Tulips Stamps, adding four separate internal tiers within the box to attach my flowers to for a more full, staggered appearance. 
Side View: To decorate my box, I cut panels using both sides of our Classic Gingham Paper cut from a coordinating green color to compliment my flower stems. I then cut out the letters from white cardstock to spell out the word "spring" using our new Hayley Alphabet Uppercase and Hayley Alphabet Lowercase Dies (which I will be sharing more as the week progresses). To finish out my "Spring Greetings" phrase, I heat embossed the word "greetings" using our older retiring Timeless Tulips Stamps.
Card No. 5: Switching my focus to our new
Tranquil Tulip Stamps, I have a sweet birthday card featuring potted tulips with the flower pot I borrowed from our
Potted Rose Stamps. I actually created this card with just two stamped flower pots, but I cut one in half so I could give the illusion there were three lined up in a row and running off the edge of my card. To add the stitched and scalloped edges along the top and bottom of my card, I turned once again to our new slimline style
Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. Lastly I stamped and die-cut the "happy birthday" phrase in
Lavender ink to match one of my tulips using our new
Big Bold Greetings Stamps and
coordinating dies.
Card No. 6: I couldn't resist creating a Valentine's Day inspired floral arrangement using the new Tranquil Tulips Stamps together with our Vintage Jar Stamps. This time rather than cut out the individual stems using the coordinating dies, I just stamped them directly onto my jar to give my arrangement a more realistic look and to save myself the extra step. It also gave me a nice flat surface to adhere my love themed greeting to using our Lovey Dovey Stamps. For my card background I cut a panel of green gingham patterned paper from our Joyful Holiday Paper pack and topped it with a scalloped "V" shaped panel using our Fishtail Banner II Dies and the stitched edge from our new Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. I just adore this complimentary color scheme!
Card No. 7: Keeping with that same color scheme, my last card of the day features a gorgeous tulip field utilizing the same new Tranquil Tulips Stamps. Before I started adhering my flowers to my card base, I applied some Twisted Citron Distress ink around the bottom three edges, fading it out to white in the center of my card. When I was done adhering all my tulips, I added my sentiment which I stamped onto a pennant strip cut out using our Stitched Rectangle Dies. The word "thanks" was taken directly from the Tranquil Tulips set which I paired with the phrases "a big" and "for all you do" from our Words of Gratitude Stamps. I love when I can stretch my supplies and create new looks by mixing sentiments from different sets!
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 stamped images from light to dark:
Peach Tulips
PinkFresh Ballet Slipper
Gina K. Innocent Pink
PinkFresh Coral Reef
Red Tulips
Hero Arts Cotton Candy
Hero Arts Pale Tomato
Gina K. Red Velvet
Deep Red Tulips
Concord & 9th Honeysuckle
PinkFresh Candy Apple
Concord & 9th Cranberry
Hot Pink Tulips
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K.Passionate Pink
Purple Tulips
PinkFresh Soft Lilac
PinkFresh Lavender
Gina K. Wild Lilac
Daffodil
PinkFresh Sunshine
PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Marigold
PinkFresh Apricot
Iris
PinkFresh Lavender
Gina K. Wild Lilac
Hero Arts Grape Juice
PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
Hot Pink Hyacinth
PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
PinkFresh Bubble Gum
Gina K.Passionate Pink
Pink Hyacinth
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
PinkFresh Bubble Gum
Lavender Hyacinth
PinkFresh Soft Lilac
Lawn Fawn Fresh Lavender
PinkFresh Lavender
Periwinkle Hyacinth
Simon Says Stamp Hydrangea
Ranger Archival Violet
MFT Purple Rain (retired)
Leaf 1
Gina K. Lucky Clover (or Hero Arts Fresh Lawn)
PinkFresh Olive
Leaf 2
PinkFresh Key Lime
Concord & 9th Parsley
Basket (Card No. 3)
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Concord & 9th Wheat or Gina K. Kraft
Hero Arts Cup O' Joe
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. :)
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 sneak peek contests run through Saturday, January 14th at Midnight PST with the winners announced here on Sunday, January 15th. :)
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Here's a closer look at the our new Spring Bouquet Stamps & Dies, Tranquil Tulips Stamps & Dies and Big Bold Greetings Stamps & Dies used today and available for purchase on Friday, January 13th.
Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used (some items are not available until January 13):
