Today I'm sharing our new 4x6 Puppy Parents stamps & dies, 2x3 Puppy Dog Kisses stamps & dies and a new standalone Staggered Circles die.
Card No. 1: For my first card I used 4 for the 6 puppy and Dog parent pairs from our Puppy Parents stamps and grounded them on my card using some stitched circles from our new Staggered Circles die.
This die comes with 5 small circle dies in 5 unique sizes and as the name suggests, have been staggered for perfect placement both vertically, horizontally and diagonally. It has been over-sized so that you can have two of the circles overlap off the edge or four of the circles on the card perfectly. The beauty of this die is that you don't have to carefully measure out where to put individual circles using traditional nesting circle dies. Also because there is stitching on both sides of the cut line, both sides are useful. Plus, it includes some extra sizes that some traditional nesting sets might not offer because it's physically impossible to nest the circles in smaller increments.
For my card, I cut four of the largest 1-3/4" circles out of paper from our Classic Gingham paper and Gingham Jewel Tones paper packs. For my sentiment I used the die from our Little Angels dies and paired the stamped sentiment from the Puppy Parents set together with the word "mom" which I spelled out using our Loopy Letters dies.
Card No. 2: Up next is a card combining the sweet sheep dogs & dog house from Puppy Parents together with the sheep dog, balloons, party hats and sentiments from our Party Pups stamps. To frame my little scenes, I have used our Comic Strip Everyday die cut from black cardstock. The Comic Strip die comes with some little clouds which I cut from 1.5" wide iCraft Purple Tape and used as a mask before inking up my background with tumbled glass distress ink.
Card No. 3: For this card I used some of the stitched circles leftover from another card using our new Staggered Circles die. I then colored each one in the center using a finger dauber with mustard seed, twisted citron, candied apple & broken china distress inks. For my patterned papers I mixed a variety of papers from our Polka-dot Parade Paper and Rainbow Bright Paper packs. The party hat and dog balloon were borrowed from our Party Pups stamps and the sentiment from our new Puppy Dog Kisses stamps. For the stars of the show, two of my doggies came from our new Puppy Parents set which coordinate with our previously released Devoted Doggies stamps.
Card No. 4: For this card I positioned the Staggered Circles die on the diagonal, so that I could fully fit all four circles on my card panel without bleeding off the edge. To back my circles I punched slightly larger circles from the grid print in our Gingham Pastels paper pack and then for my decorative edge using our Ric Rac Border dies. I then colored my little dachshund puppies with Copics and positioned them within the circle cutouts, stamping the little paw print from the set using some pink ink. It's a pretty simple card, but I love the soft and sweet color scheme!
Card No. 5: Up next is a card combining the dog house and two of the dogs from Puppy Parents with our new 2x3 Puppy Dog Kisses stamps. I used those same cloud masks that I created for the Comic Strip style card above for my card here, inking up my sky around them with some broken China ink and then removed some of the starkness by inking the clouds lightly with some tumbled glass distress ink after my masks had been removed.
For my grass, I started by inking it up using some twisted citron and mowed lawn distress inks and then loosely and quickly sketched in some blades of grass with a variety of green Copic markers that complimented my distress inks. This is far from perfect, but I love that it doesn't matter once you layer it with the pieces from the stamp sets.
I completed my card with a sentiment from our Puppy Parents stamps. In order to squeeze this extra sentiment on the stamp set, I had to break it apart and separate the words so I wanted to make sure I created a card that showed it off. It's nice having words separately sometimes though to increase the different ways they can be used. :)
Card No. 6: For my last card of the day I have a card once again combining the dog house, bowl and tennis ball from Puppy Parents stamps with the Chihuahua from Puppy Dog Kisses. To create my fun background, I added strips of Therm-o-web Sticky Lines adhesive to a piece of red cardstock and then heat embossed them using Wendy Vecchi's red geranium embossing powder. I am so in love with the results! To keep things looking clean on my edges, I cut the panel I created down the center and put the clean cuts on the outside edges of my card, hiding the seam down the center with my white panel. I then added a decorative edge using my favorite zig-zag die from our Ric Rac Border dies.
My mom has a Chihuahua that is her pride and joy so I wanted to make sure I created a card specifically for her with this little set. While the images in Puppy Parents set can be used year 'round, many of the sentiments center around showing gratitude to moms and dads which is perfect for Mother's Day and Father's Day cards. For my card here I finished off my card with a Happy Mother's Day sentiment on the inside using our Happy Thoughts stamps and a few Iridescent Star Crystals by Studio Katia.
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Here's a closer look at the new Puppy Parents and Puppy Dog Kisses stamps & coordinating dies, as well as the new Staggered Circle dies used today (available for purchase on Friday, January 4th).
 Little Angels Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Devoted Doggies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Devoted Doggies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Party Pups Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Party Pups Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Iridescent Star Crystals Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
