For my first card I used both sets, along with one of my favorite pink & brown color schemes. These images are so fun to put together--I felt the same magical feeling I experienced the first time I stamped the bell from our Holiday Style set. I love how easy it is to create beautiful images--Other stamps of this size would have taken me forever to color if I had tried to do something like this with my Copics and probably wouldn't have looked nearly as good.
For my next card I stamped a rainbow of sherbet cones. I started by inking up my background with picked raspberry, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, twisted citron & peacock feathers distress inks using my favorite jumbo dauber. I then stamped my soft serve ice creams in a rainbow of colors to match (I've share my ink combinations below) topped with a little Stardust Stickles.
To make things go quicker I've found it easiest to stamp my images assembly line style because to me the most time consuming part is lining up the stamps on my Misti Stamping tool. Once I had a placement that worked for me, I did a couple of each color before cleaning my stamp with a baby wipe and moving onto another color family for that particular layered stamp.
For the sugar cones I recommend experimenting with different colors of cardstock since the highlights will take on whatever color of paper is beneath it. I tried white, cream and kraft from the same ink colors and they each had a different look as seen here:
For my next card I created a triple scoop cone using the other layering images in the Two Scoops set. I love how many different ways these can be mixed and matched. For this card I stamped my syrup to look like a strawberry topping which I covered with glossy accents and then dropped in some seed beads with my tweezers to look like sprinkles.
I stamped a background to match my cones using the new Tonic Stamp Platform by Tim Holtz. Today I'm also sharing a photo tutorial on my personal blog showing how I made it which you can see HERE.
These popsicles come with three layering images for the popsicle itself and two for the popsicle stick. Honestly they don't look like much to get excited about in the package, but I LOVE how they look when layered together. Just make sure to not make my mistake and leave plenty of room for the stick when stamping. I had to piece some of mine together after the fact because I was trying to be economical with my paper the first time around. Hee-hee.
For my last card today I chose to stamp the Popsicles as Fudgsicles! I then took a 1/8" hole punch and punched a little bite mark out of one of them. I also gave them a bit of personality by using a face from Fresh & Fruity and bows from A Good Egg .
And check out that ruffle background! It's a peek at something that will be shared a bit more tomorrow that I'm super excited about. ;)
Here's a full look at the new Two Scoops & Perfect Popsicles clear stamps and coordinating dies available for purchase on Friday morning (please note: images are not shown to scale).
I have created a stamping guide to help you in layering the stamps. When working with dye inks I have found that it is often easier to layer the the images "backwards" by starting with the smallest stamp in your darkest color and working back to the lightest overall image. It has helped me tremendously in seeing where to line up my images. To use the guide, the dark black outlines show where the image touches the edges of the previous stamped layer.
You can download or print your own layering guide HERE
I frequently am asked what ink colors I've used. While I have used a variety of brands in my samples, there's a good chance you can achieve similar results with inks you probably already have in you stash. I highly recommend stamping your inks out and creating a swatch book to aid you in choosing two or three inks that compliment each other. These are the ones I happened to use here today from lightest to darkest:
Strawberry Sherbet, Popsicle & Syrup
Colorbox Candy (or Hero Arts Bubble Gum)
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Simon Says Stamp Doll Pink (or Colorbox Pinkolicious)
Orange Sherbet & Popsicle
Hero Arts Orange Soda
Papertrey Ink Orange Zest
Stampin' Up Tangerine Tango
Banana Yellow Sherbet & Popsicle
Hero Arts Lemon Yellow
Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise
Lime Green Sherbet & Popsicle
Colorbox Green Apple
Teal Sherbet
Umbrella Crafts Mint (Scrapbook.com)
Stampin' Up Bermuda Bay
Blue Raspberry Popsicle
My Favorite Things Blue Raspberry
Sugar Cone
Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft (or Colorbox Gingersnap)
Original Cone & Popsicle Stick
Memories Soft Sand (or Papertrey Ink Fine Linen)
Papertrey Ink Classic Kraft (or Colorbox Gingersnap)
Cherry Red Popsicle
Grape Popsicle
Fudgsicle & Chocolate Syrup
Hero Arts Artprint Brown
Strawberry Scoop
Colorbox Bubblegum (or Hero Arts Passion Flower)
Colorbox Candy (or Hero Arts Bubble Gum)
Vanilla Scoop
Lawn Fawn Butter
Hero Arts Butter Bar
Mint Scoop
Papertrey Ink Aqua Mist
Stampin' Up Coastal Cabana
Cherry
Papertrey Ink Hibiscus Burst
Stampin' Up Melon Mambo
Stampin' Up Rose Red
We now carry 49 colors of vibrant dye inks by Colorbox in our online store HERE. I just added 11 additional colors to our line-up this weekend to fill in some gaps in the color wheel. I love that they are affordable at $4.50 for a full sized pad and because I truly appreciate a good color chart, I've created a new one for you to see how the colors stamp before you buy. ;)
Phew! Are you still with me? I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peek. Would you like to win a $25 gift code to our online store to spend on some of the new sets? Use the rafflecopter below to enter to win. We will be giving away a new gift code each day for a total of five chances to win! Contest closes on April 15th at Midnight PST. Winners will be announced on Sunday, April 16th. :)
Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used Today:
