Sneak Peek: Introducing Silly Sloths, Seasonal Trees & Fluffy Clouds

Hello there!  We're only one more day away from our final reveal and our official release day!  Yay!  Today I have two new stamp sets to share, along with a fun new standalone die set that is quickly become a favorite staple of mine.  ;)

Card No.1:  With my first card, allow me to introduce you to our new Silly Sloths Stamps and Dies, as well as that new standalone die called Fluffy Clouds. It comes with two clouds that cut stitched cloud die-cuts, as well as two clouds that only add stitching to your card background without cutting all the way through.  Love all the flexibility these have, as well as the affordable $7.99 price tag!

For my card here I used our Window Trio Circle dies to first cut out the windows for my little guys to hang from and then set to work adding my random cloud pattern to my aqua card panel (using micropore tape to hold my dies in place).  As a final finishing touch I heat embossed my sentiment with opaque white embossing powder onto the pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies.

Card No.2: For my next card I cut our Botanical Backdrop die from white cardstock and then used my Copic Markers to color them, starting first with a lighter green shade and then quickly sketching in some veining with a darker color.  I read that hibiscus flowers are like candy for sloths so the set comes with a little hibiscus flower that compliments the larger hibiscus in our Island Getaway Stamps.

Card No.3:  I created my next card for a card challenge at my local scrapbook store.  They had provided us with the chevron paper and pink paper flowers and it was up to us to use them in some way on a card and bring them back to share.  For my card I took a jungle approach, using our Stitched Oval Dies to cut a window from the center and then backing it with various leaves from our Botanical Backdrop Dies and topping it with a stitched oval from our Fancy Frames Oval Dies.  For my sentiment, I stamped the banner from our Sunny Borders stamps onto a piece of kraft cardstock and then masked off the edges with a post-it note to shade the back parts of the banner with some coordinating Distress Ink.

Card No.4:  Our second new stamp of the day is our new Seasonal Trees Stamps and Dies. This set comes with 5 fun trees and one log perfect for scene building all year long.  These coordinate well with the trees from some of our previous releases, but are not identical in size or orientation so they are a nice compliment to the others.  For example this card uses the two new trees on the outer edges together with the tree from our Summer Picnic Stamps which is larger in size and whose branches are slightly different.

For this card I started by die-cutting the stitched clouds onto a white cardstock panel which I then inked up with some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink.  You can ink before or after, but by inking after you die-cut, the ink is more emphasized where the stitched lines are.  

For my grass, I heat embossed a strip of polka-dots from our Background Basics stamps and then mounted my sky and grass onto a scalloped frame from our Frilly Frames Stripes Dies.  I then mounted them again onto a 5.5" x 4.25" piece of diagonal grid paper from our Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper pack.  The final touch was a heat embossed sentiment from our A Bird's Life Stamps.

Card No.5:  For my next card I wanted to showcase the two cool fir trees (and log) from the set. These can be used for an outdoorsy type card like I did here or they come with a star and balls to turn them into Christmas trees.  It think they are also drawn in such a way that you could color them like they were covered in snow for a chilly winter scene.

I completed my camping scene with some images & a sentiment from our Critter Campout Stamps.  I kept my background very simple blending Colorbox Dyestress Capri and Dystress Inchworm ink onto a 5.25" x 4" panel and mounting them onto an A2 card base. Loving the soft, chalky look of these inks when they dry!

Card No.6:  Up next is a tree from the set that can be used for spring like I did here or colored in fall colors for autumn scene building.  For my tree, I colored and fussy cut two of the little posies from the stamp set.  This set comes with so many things to accessorize your tree from birdhouses, bird nests, tree swings, leaves, flowers, apples, coconuts, you name it.  

It's difficult to tell from my photo because of how light I kept the center of my background, but I actually used the coordinating dies for my tree. I usually like to fussy cut my images, but this is another one of those images where the dies are a lifesaver.  ;) I mounted my little scene behind one of our Fancy Frames Square dies which I cut apart to elongate behind my sentiment.  I wasn't liking how my sentiment was covering the bottom of my frame and I didn't want to cover the tire swing so cutting them apart was the perfect solution.  

I cut my banner from a polka-dot print from our Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper pack and stamped my greeting using a sentiment from our Timeless Tulips Stamps.  I then mounted them onto a piece of pink floral print paper from our Flirty Flowers Paper pack.  My card was just feeling like it need a little something extra so I then cut off 1/4" along the bottom and added a scalloped edge using our Stitched Scalloped Dies and a thin strip of striped paper from our Spring Sunburst Paper pack.

Card No.7:  For my last card of the day I used that same tree from card no.4, this time layering on some apples from the set.  I die-cut a ric-rac mat from white cardstock using our Frilly Frames Chevron Dies and then masked them off along the edge using some purple tape.  I then flicked on color using a bunch of different green Copic Markers until my grassy background was filled in, adding a little shading with some Mowed Lawn Distress ink around the edges.  When it was complete, I die-cut a grass border using our Sunny Sentiments Dies.  I then cut a second ric-rac mat and repeated the process with the purple tape and inked up my sky with Broken China Distress ink.  

When my inks were dry I heat embossed a sentiment borrowed from our Fruit Cocktail Stamps. I then added a few clouds from our new Fluffy Clouds dies and a boy to sit on my log from our Fall Kiddos Stamps. I just love all the scene building opportunities this set has and I can't wait to play with it more. I'm sure it's going to be one I find myself reaching for over and over again.  ;)

I'm so happy you've joined me for today's sneak peek and I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win.  The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, April 14th. :)

Here's a closer look at the new Silly Sloths and Seasonal Trees stamps & coordinating dies, as well as the new standalone Fluffy Clouds dies used today (available for purchase on Friday, April 12th).

     

     

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Angels Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Scallop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Borders Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Borders Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Timeless Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Campout Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Campout Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fruit Cocktail Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Botanical Backdrop Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Island Getaway Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Island Getaway Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Picnic Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Picnic Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Sentiments Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Fabulous Flamingos, Hello Sunshine & Coastal Cuties Stamps

Hello and welcome to our Sneak Peek Week!  We're halfway through our Summer release shares coming out on Friday!

Today I am sharing our new Fabulous Flamingo Stamps, as well as two mini 2x3 Stamp sets called Sending Sunshine and Coastal Cuties. These sets all play so nicely together and just ooze summer vibes.

Card No.1:  Up first is a card set using both the Fabulous Flamingos together with the small palm tree from Sending Sunshine (the other palm tree is a peek for a set being shared fully tomorrow).  I cut a piece of kraft cardstock for my sandy beach using our Woodland Border dies and then framed the scene using our Fancy Frames Square Dies.  

Card No.2:  Our new Summer Splash 6x6 Paper packs have so many fun prints that I couldn't resist trying several of them for my card set.  This flamingo print from the pack is so much fun, right?  It's busy enough on it's own which allowed me to keep the rest of my design pretty simple.

Card No.3: My next card utilizes another background that I shared earlier HERE using Therm O Web's Glitz Glitter Gel by Gina K. and our new Frilly Frames Stripes Dies as a stencil.  I then cut down my panel and layered it onto the ric-rac mat from the Frilly Frames Chevron dies.  This set was designed to say "Tickled Pink" to hear your news, but I didn't feel like the words would curve around my little couple quite right so I was delighted to discover that this set could also be used to say "So happy to hear your news".

Card No.4:  Up next is a second card using a Therm O Web background (details HERE) using our Frilly Frames Polka-dot Dies as a stencil together with their new Deco Foil Metallix Gel.  For my little scene I used the island image from our Island Getaway Stamps and the palm tree from Sending Sunshine together with some new Fluffy Cloud Dies that I will be sharing more of tomorrow.  I love how much interest the tone-on-tone textured polka-dot background gives my simple card, completely taking it to the next level!

Card No.5: When I was at Creativation this year I had the pleasure of trying Gina K's Wreath Builder Templates in person and I was instantly hooked!  They provide infinite possibilities and I love how easy it is to take any stamps in my stash to create fun wreaths!  For this card I used several of the palm leaves from the Fabulous Flamingos set to create my jungle frame using some simple masks cut from post-it notes.  I then die-cut my paper down using a circle die which I framed using the largest circle from our Fancy Frames Circle Dies.

Card No.6: For my next card, I used that same Wreath Builder Template with a slightly different arrangement (they are so much fun I tell ya, it's like playing with a kaleidoscope).  This time I kept my card square and cut a circular window out of the center.  I popped up my entire card front and flamingos up with foam tape to add some dimension between the wreath and the sentiment down below.  This time I used the largest Fancy Frames Square dies for the scalloped border around my card.

Card No.7: Next, we're switching gears a bit and sharing some cards using our new little 2x3 Coastal Cuties stamps.  This set comes with two beach ready girls and a versatile everyday sentiment using one of my favorite fonts! 

For my card here I paired my girls with several of the prints from our new Summer Splash 6x6 Paper pack, adding my sentiment to the stitched pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies. I couldn't resist the urge to pull out my Beach Babies stamps from last year which coordinate so well with this new set. The beach ball is a perfect compliment to the paper and the beach umbrella that I had colored up already from last year was just begging to be thrown on this card too. ;)  To frame my girls I used our Fancy Frames Circle Dies, layered with a standard 3" circle die-cut.

Card No.8: For my next card, I focused on the Coastal Cutie in the floatie, pairing her with the two other kids in floaties from our Beach Babies stamps. To create my waves, I used our new Catch A Wave dies which I cut from masking material and used the negative side to ink up my top two waves.  For the bottom wave, I cut the wave from some blue vellum in my stash (circa 2004 I think).  I'm not sure colored vellum is easy to come by right now, but I think a similar look could be achieved by inking up the surface of regular vellum with some darker blue ink.  I used some Scotch Spray Mount over a big piece of newspaper outside to add an invisible layer of adhesive to my wave (it's the best at not showing).  I love how the way is transparent like real water would be!  

As a final finishing touch, I stamped some splashes from the set which I colored with Copic Markers and added glossy accents to. I once again used my favorite pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies, this time only running it partway through my die-cutting machine before flipping it over and running it partially through the other way so that both sides could have the V's.  The little grooves of the stitching make it super easy to line up and it's a great technique for elongating dies for longer sentiments!

Card No. 9: I didn't have as much time as I would have liked to create cards with this set, so our design team member, Mona generously agreed to let me share a couple of her cards.  I am so smitten with her idea to color the girl in gray tones and how she pops against her gorgeous rainbow watercolor background!  She added a little pattern to her background using the gingham print from our Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper pack and a sentiment using our Over The Rainbow Stamps and Rainbow Word Die.

Card No.10: For the last card of the day, Mona created a sea of cuties, making waves from our Ric Rac Border Dies and our Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper.  Love how she create a beautiful human rainbow with the way she colored her girls!  

For another project with our Coastal Cuties stamps make sure to check out this fun little video tutorial Mona put together on her Instagram channel Craft By Mona.

I'm so happy you've joined me for today's sneak peek and I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win.  The 5 contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, April 14th. :)

Here's a closer look at the new Fabulous Flamingos, Sending Sunshine and Coastal Cuties stamps & coordinating dies (available for purchase on Friday, April 12th).

     

     

     

Other Supplies Used:

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Island Getaway Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Island Getaway Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Marker Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodland Borders Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die* Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fluffy Clouds Dies* Shop at: Sunny Studio	Catch A Wave Dies* Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps* Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seaonal Trees Dies* Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio