Inspiration Week: Introducing Pretty Pumpkins & Autumn Greetings

Hello!  Today's the big day!  All 8 new stamp sets and coordinating dies are now available for purchase in our online store.  Before you run off to shop though, I hope you will pull up a chair for one last "peek" of two new stamp sets for Autumn, enter our last giveaway for the week and check out a couple special offers we have this weekend.  ;)

I would love to formally introduce you to our newest layering set called Pretty Pumpkins.  The stamps come with three unique pumpkins that stamp in three separate layers, the coordinating stems, a layered leaf and three little vines.  As a companion to the Pretty Pumpkins set, we also have a gorgeous new 3x4 sentiment set for fall called Autumn Greetings.

For my first card I inked over some clouds cut from masking material using our Sunny Sentiments and Rain or Shine stamps.  I finished my card with a crisp white scalloped edge using our double stitched scallop dies.

For my next card I created a pop-up box card pairing the new stamps and dies with Lawn Fawn's adorable box card die set.  I love how the pumpkins look in a 3-D setting like this one to create the look of a pumpkin patch!

The new stamps are also perfect for creating gorgeous tags for Fall!  For these I created my tags using our Crescent Tag Topper dies and then stamped the pattern on the bottom using our Quilted Hexagon stamps shared on Tuesday HERE.  I topped them with little jute cording and a pretty grosgrain bow which I adhered with some of my favorite Beacon's 3-in-1 liquid adhesive. 

For my next card I decided to go a bit more rustic, pairing the pumpkins with a piece of burlap.  To keep it from fraying too badly, I sprayed the back with 3M Spray Mount in a cardboard box and then adhered it to a piece of brown cardstock before trimming it and adhering it to another larger brown cardstock.  For my sentiment, I stamped both the sentiment and dotted line from the set with versamark ink and then heat embossed them using brown embossing powder.   I then cut the end of my sentiment strip using our Sunny Semi Circle dies before stitching around the edge on my sewing machine.

My last card for the day pairs the sentiment and leaf stamp (used for my subtle background print) from Autumn Greetings with the stamps and dies from last year's popular Autumn Splendor set.

Here's a full look at the new 4x6 Pretty Pumpkins and 3x4 Autumn Greetings 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 PDF 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:

Oranges
Hero Arts Orange Soda

Papertrey Ink Orange Zest
Stampin' Up Tangerine Tango

Greens

Colorbox Kiwi

Colorbox Tree Frog

2021 UPDATE: While the green inks outlined above have been discontinued by Colorbox after going out of business, we have since added a variety of new inks to our store that make beautiful layered combinations for green and orange. For leaves I share a variety of good green ink color combinations with examples which you can find HERE. 

For orange I now would highly recommend one of these beautiful combos shared below:

True Orange Combo:
Gina K. Sweet Mango (or Hero Arts Orange Soda could also work--It's just a tad darker)
Gina K. Tangerine Twist
Gina K. Tomato Soup

Yellowish Orange Combo:
PinkFresh Apricot
PinkFresh Clementine
PinkFresh Persimmon

I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peek.

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used Today:

Autumn Splendor Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Splendor Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rain or Shine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Scallop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sunny Sentiments Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tag Topper Dies-Crescent Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hexagon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Inspiration Week: Introducing Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps & Dies

We're only one day away from our big release day tomorrow and I don't know about you, but I'm getting super excited!  Today I'm sharing something really fun for Fall called Happy Owl-o-ween.  As you will see as you scroll through my card examples though, it's fun for so much more than Halloween.  ;)

First up is a fun trick-or-treat scene using three of the six costumes for our newest little owl. I created a sidewalk of sorts for them to perch on using some ribbon with a saddle-stitched edge. I then added some white dots to form my starry night's sky using my white Sharpie paint pen over my distress inked background.

Up next is an owl dressed up as a witch, paired together with the broom and bats from our Halloween Cuties set from last year.  After my inked-up background had completely dried, I heat embossed my sentiment with white embossing powder and my star background using Ranger's Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

For my next card I created a bright pumpkin scene, pulling pumpkins from both our Halloween Cuties and Harvest Happiness sets.  The white clouds in my background were created by die-cutting the clouds from Sunny Sentiments and Rain or Shine from masking material and then inking over the top of them using Tumbled Glass distress ink.  I then created the grass using a die from that same Sunny Sentiments set.  My last touch was a sentiment from Halloween Cuties heat embossed on a strip of paper that had been cut with our fishtail banner dies.

Up next is a card combining the horse & howdy sentiment from the new Barnyard Buddies, the banner from Birthday Smiles, the tree stump from Woodsy Creatures and the alphabet using Sweet Script.  

I colored all my images using Copic Markers, heat embossed the letters to spell out "partner" using white embossing powder and then added them to my card that was sponged with Colorbox Sky dye ink and Vintage Photo distress ink.  I added some jute twine to my banner with a glue pen as a final rustic touch.

For this card I thought it would be fun to use the owl without any costumes and pair him (or her) with the owl from our Woo Hoo set and the tree branch from A Bird's Life.  I sponged on some Twisted Citron distress ink along the top and bottom before stamping the stamp tree branch off the edge using more of the distress ink.  For my sentiment I curved it on my MISTI tool to match the curve of my circular window.

My next card was shared on Monday when I was sharing peeks of our new Barnyard Buddies stamps which you can read about HERE.  I love how many of these owls can work together with other sets.  I think the pirate costume would look super cute with some of the companion images from our Pirate Pals set. I have so many ideas, but unfortunately I just ran out of time...

For my last card of the day I couldn't resist creating a fun card focusing on the fun bumblebee costume from the set.  I paired my little guy with a sentiment from our Backyard Bugs stamps and a tree branch from our Woo Hoo stamps.

The star border on this card was cut from black cardstock (and backed with yellow cardstock that had been inked along the edge with distress ink) using a free mini star trio die that will automatically ship with each order placed on our website starting on July 21st (while supplies last).

Here's a full look at the new Happy Owl-o-ween stamps and coordinating dies available for purchase on Friday morning.

    

And a little graphic to show all the possible costume combinations...  

Many of the hats were designed to also fit the penguin from Bundled Up, the chick from A Good Egg, and the owl from Woo Hoo.  

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!  The contest closes on July 22nd at Midnight PST.  Winners will be announced on Sunday, July 23rd.  :)

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Don't forget to check back tomorrow when I will be sharing two last stamp & die sets for fall. ;)

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Inspiration Week: Introducing Pet Sympathy Stamps & Dies

Hello there!  We're halfway through our sneak peeks for our new release for Fall coming out on Friday. 

Today I am popping in to share a new set for a very specific occasion called Pet Sympathy.  We all love our animals like part of the family and sometimes traditional sympathy cards and stamps don't quite fit the occasion when someone we love loses their beloved fur baby...

Up first is a puppy dog angel card.  The stamp set comes with separate pair of wings and halo to expand the versatility of the set and allow you to use the animals for non-sympathy related projects.  I started by inking the center of my card panel with Tumbled glass distress ink and then layered a cloud from our Sunny Sentiments set.  I colored my pup with Copic Markers and then added some glossy accents to the heart in his mouth for a touch of shine.  I then stamped a random heart pattern with the two solid hearts from the set on my card base and repeated the red color for part of my sentiment.

For my next card I created the kitty version of my first card.  I love that I was able to color my kitty to match my own favorite kitty growing up.  There are really so many ways you could color him.  

I created my cloud background by first creating a stamped scallop edge with our Sunny Borders stamps and then layering it with clouds from our Rain or Shine and Sunny Sentiments stamp sets.  For my background I lightly inked on some worn lipstick distress ink and stamped my sentiment in a soft grey.  It still felt a bit plain so I went back and added some random tiny pink hearts and it's just what it needed.

Up next is a card using an interchangeable sentiment that can be used for either cats or dogs depending on how you stamp it.  The set also comes with a toy mouse and a ball of yarn so by substituting the accessories this card design could work for either a dog or a cat.

My next card uses a similar design with the paw prints.  This time I used our Traditional Tag Topper dies to frame my sweet dog in the dog bed with some of my favorite sentiments from the set.

To put my dog inside the bed, I stamped and colored a second dog bed to layer over the top, cutting off a portion of the bed for the top layer.  The dies that come with this set also cut out that interior line, making it super easy to slip your dog or cat inside the bed.

Up next I created a non-sympathy card by pairing the images from the set with a sentiment from our older Furever Friends stamps.

I have another everyday themed card, this time pairing the kitty from our Furever Friends set with the cat bed from the new stamps.  It's so fun to finally have some accessories to go with the kitties from that set!  For my background, created my own patterned paper by repeating the phase "I heart cats" using some of the extra words from the Pet Sympathy set.  I love the red, black and white color scheme, don't you? 

Here's a full look at the new Pet Sympathy stamps and coordinating dies available for purchase on Friday morning.

     

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 July 22nd at Midnight PST.  Winners will be announced on Sunday, July 23rd.  :)

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Make sure to check back tomorrow when I will be sharing a super fun set for fall and beyond that I'm hoping you'll fall in love with as much as I have. ;)

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