Sneek Peek: Sunflower Fields + Lots of Dots & Moroccan Circles Embossing

Hello and welcome to our Fall Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I will be showcasing cards using our new collection for Autumn debuting on Friday, July 12th.

Today I am sharing our newest layering set called Sunflower Fields, along with two brand new 6x6 embossing folders! 

Card No.1: For my first card I wanted to be true to the stamp set's name and create a field of flowers.  I started by inking up my background with Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint sketch distress inks using my foam jumbo dauber. I then stamped a repeated polka-dot print onto my background using a border from our Background Basics stamps using Colorbox Blueberry Ink.   

I stamped the stem from the set onto some scratch white cardstock and then quickly fussy cut them, lengthening a couple of them by hiding the seam behind a leaf.  This set comes with two fun little layering honey bee stamps which I added to my card with foam tape.  For my sentiment, I stamped the words "many thanks" from the set using Versafine Onyx Black Ink onto a banner from our Little Angels dies that I had inked with Mustard Seed (and a touch of Spiced Marmalade) distress ink. These vivid colors make me so happy!

Card No.2:  Continuing my yellow and blue love affair, my next card uses our new Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies (shared more on Friday) with our previously released Quilted Hexagons stamps.  I used the negative space leftover from the die to stamp the pieces with my stamp positioning tool and Colorbox Sky Ink. I then used the dies to cut the hexagon frame from printer paper which I used as a template to arrange my hexagons, popping them up with foam tape.  When I was done I was able to easily slip off the template and I was left with perfectly arranged hexagons!  I completed my card with a sentiment from our Happy Thoughts Stamps which I heat embossed onto a pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies.

Card No.3: For this project I created a trio of fall gift tags using our new Colorful Autumn Paper cut using our Build-A-Tag 2 dies. I am in love with all rich colors in this collection and the tone-on-tone prints are the perfect backdrop for our new Sunflower stamps.

Card No.4: For this card I started by embossing my card panel with our new Lots of Dots Embossing Folder and then inked up a circle in the center using my jumbo dauber and Tumbled Glass distress ink.  To form my jute wreath I traced a circle onto my background and then wound my jute around the line, adhering it to the card with liquid glue, hiding the start near the bottom where my sunflowers would hide it.

I then added my sunflowers to the card, mounting them on two stacked pieces of foam tape to match the thickness of the jute.  A little strip of yellow gingham from our Classic Gingham Paper pack tied everything together. For my greeting I used our Hello Word die, cutting several from kraft cardstock and then one on top from white cardstock.  I just love the extra dimension the kraft color below gives the card in person!  

Card No.5:  Next up is a card using our new Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder.  I started by inking up white cardstock with salty ocean distress ink, then embossed it with the folder and inked it again with blueprint sketch to emphasize the raised pattern.

For my "vase" I used our Vintage Jar Stamps and dies, stamping the bottom layer on cardstock and the top layer with Stazon Pigment Ink onto acetate for extra dimension.  For my sentiment I cut the Hello Word from aqua cardstock and heat embossed the word "friend" onto black cardstock using our Foxy Christmas Stamps. As a last little touch I cut a white scalloped border using our Stitched Scallop Dies which I adhered to the bottom of my card.

Card No.6:  For my last card of the day (that I made very last minute, putting the finishing touches on at 2am this morning) I created a shaped card using this free Silhouette cut file (or this printable that you can cutout by hand). I messed up the centers of these particular flowers when lining up my stamps so rather than throw them out I turned to some unfinished wood buttons that I inked up with some vintage photo distress ink.  

I designed the cut file to perfectly line up with the Sunflower Field dies making it super easy to create cards like this one in no time at all. I love how it gives your card a nice smooth surface with nothing hanging off the edge from the backside. I cut two so I could score one along the top and adhere it to the other one above the fold to form my card base. I also cut an extra base from kraft cardstock and then embossed it with our new Lots of Dots Embossing Folder to form my flower pot. I then finished off my card with a sentiment from our Heartfelt Greetings Stamps which was stamped onto a tag from our Wrap Around Box Dies and topped with a jute bow.

To help you line up our Sunflower Fields 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.  :)

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 (in the ordered shared from lightest to darkest)...

Light Sunflower 
Colorbox Lemonade
Versafine Cheerful
Colorbox Banana
Colorbox Dandelion
Lawn Fawn Doe
Altenew Mocha

Dark Sunflower 
Versafine Cheerful
Colorbox Banana
Papertrey Ink Summer Sunrise
Lawn Fawn Carrot
Altenew Mocha
Versafine Acorn

Green Leaves (used on cards 2, 4 & 5)
Hero Arts Green Hills
Colorbox Grasshopper
Colorbox Green Apple
Colorbox Golf Course (or Versafine Green Oasis)

Olive Green Leaves (used on cards 1 & 3)
Colorbox Kiwi
Colorbox Luxuriant Green
Colorbox Artichoke
Versafine Shady Lane

2021 UPDATE: Many of the inks linked above have since been discontinued by Colorbox after going out of business, but I adore this PinkFresh Studio Rise & Shine Ink Cubes 4-pack set for all things yellow. I also share a variety of good green ink color combinations for leaves which you can find HERE. For my newest favorite brown ink color combinations I have listed them below. 

Updated Cool Browns Combo:
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Gina K. Kraft
C & 9 Wheat
Hero Arts Cup O'Joe

Updated Warm Browns Combo:
PinkFresh Studio Warm Buff
PinkFresh Studio Doe
Gina K Warm Cocoa
PinkFresh Gathered Twig

That wraps up today's sneak peeks.  That was a whole lot of information and I so appreciate you hanging out with me today. I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  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, July 14th. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a closer look at the new Sunflower fields stamps & coordinating dies, as well as the new Lots of Dots 6x6 embossing folder & Moroccan Circles 6x6 embossing folder used today (available for purchase on Friday, July 12th).

   

  

Other Supplies Used:

Little Angels Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Scallop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Vintage Jar Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Vintage Jar Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hexagon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hello Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Build-A-Tag #2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Colorful Autumn 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Heartfelt Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wrap Around Box Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stazon Pigment-Snowflake Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Woodsy Autumn Stamps & Colorful Autumn 6x6 Paper

Hello and welcome to our Fall Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I will be showcasing cards using our new collection for Autumn debuting on Friday, July 12th.

Today I'm sharing a new 4x6 Stamp set called Woodsy Autumn and it coordinating dies, along with a brand new 6x6 Double Sided Patterned Paper collection for fall called Colorful Autumn.

Card No. 1:  For my first card of the day I paired the new Woodsy Autumn stamps with a rainbow stripe from our previously released Surprise Party 6x6 Paper pack.  To ground the cute critters I used our Window Trio Square dies, coloring the openings with a bit of Carved Pumpkin, Mermaid Lagoon & Twisted Citron distress inks to create a glow behind my stamped images.  I then added a decorative zig-zag edge to my panel using our Ric Rac Border dies.  As a final finishing touch, I stamped my sentiment with Versamark ink onto a strip of black cardstock and heat embossed it with white opaque embossing powder.  Love how bright and cheerful it turned out!

Card No.2:  Up next I created a fall Thanksgiving scene using the fox and tree from the new stamp set, paired together with the deer, hedgehog and squirrel from our Critter Campout Stamps.  To turn them into Pilgrims and a Native American, I added the hat and headband from our Woodsy Creature stamps. A tree stump and pumpkins from our Happy Harvest Stamps completed my little scene.  To ground my animals, I used a post-it note to mask off my ground and inked below it with a little Tea Dye distress ink.  I then stamped my sentiment using our Happy Thoughts Stamps.  This was such a fun card to make and I just love how it looks with the new Colorful Autumn Paper!

Card No.3: I love complimentary color schemes and how red, green and white pop together!  For this card I paired the tree, raccoon and sentiment from the new stamps with the raccoon from our Critter Campout Stamps and the apple and apple basket from our Happy Harvest Stamps. This time I chose to stamp my tree directly onto my background and then colored my sky around it, masking off the tree trunk to keep my brown from getting discolored. This is a great alternative if you don't have the matching dies. I then inked up the bottom portion of my circular scene with some Mowed Lawn distress ink, before flicking blades of grass from a number of different colored Copic markers. 

To frame my little scene I used our Fancy Frames Circle dies and then used the long edge of our Fancy Frames Rectangles dies to create a coordinating border. For my card background I used the new tone-on-tone leaf print from the new Colorful Autumn Paper and paired it a red gingham print from the Classic Gingham Paper pack. As a final finishing touch, I embellished my card with three little hearts from our Red & Pink Heart Confetti which I adhered with some liquid Multi Medium Matte.


Card No.4:  This card was created for a local scrapbook store challenge where they provide two small swatches of patterned paper, cardstock, and rhinestones and we must use a little bit of everything in the pack for the challenge. It  was a summer themed challenge so the main paper is a darling fish print paper from Bella Blvd's Splash Zone collection, but I wanted to challenge myself to create something with it for this release so I used the scalloped print on the back with our new little owl from the Woodsy Autumn stamps.

This new little owl looks adorable with the larger owl from our Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps!  To make the larger owl match with his own hat and scarf, I borrowed them from the penguin in our Bundled Up Stamps. I was tickled to discover they fit him perfectly! I just love how the two little owls can look each other in the eyes!  To ground my little owls I used the tree branch from our Woo Hoo Stamps and inked up some clouds from our new Fluffy Clouds Border dies shared yesterday. Once again I turned to our Fancy Frames Circle dies to frame my scene and our new Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Dies for my sentiment (which will be shared more on Thursday).

Card No.5: Up next is another red, green and white card highlighting the darling toadstool house, mushroom pair and hedgehog from the new stamp set. I paired them with another toadstool house and mushroom from our Backyard Bugs Stamps. Don't they look cute together?  I love how they add variety to my mushroom neighborhood!  

For my stitched mat I used a new Frilly Frames die which will be unveiled fully on Friday called Frilly Frames Retro Petals. To ink up my sky and grass, I masked off a smaller rectangle with some Purple Tape and then flicked on some grass with my Copic Markers.  This is a great activity while watching tv. It's sort of therapeutic and it's so fun to see if fill in as you add your different layers of color!  

I finished my card by heat embossing my greeting using a sentiment from the set and then mounted it onto a piece of red polka-dot embossed cardstock using our new Lots of Dots 6x6 Embossing Folder which will be shared more tomorrow.  :) 

Card No.6: For my last card of the day I used the darling little bunny with the umbrella, pairing her with the girl from our Fall Kiddos Stamps.  They were just begging to be used together!  For my background I cut 4 strips of rainbow striped paper from our Rainbow Bright Paper pack and mitered the corners so you can see rainbows on all four sides.

This time I turned to another new stitched scallop frame called Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies and masked off another rectangle with purple tape.  I then inked up my background with stormy sky distress ink, using a post-it note to mask off the ground so that ink could be applied more heavily below.  For my puddle I used an image from our Rain or Shine Stamps which I colored with Copics using a "no line" coloring technique and then repeatedly stamped the rainy background from our Rain Showers Stamps.  

I completed my card with a greeting from our Over The Rainbow Stamps and our Rainbow Word die.  I cut my word using Heidi Swapp extra wide glitter washi tape which had been mounted to a piece of red cardstock for stability. I then cut a couple of additional layers from red cardstock, stacking them and adhering them together with a glue pen.  I love how it gives the look of glittered chipboard. You could also achieve a similar look by using red Stickles glitter glue.

That wraps up today's sneak peeks.  Thank you so much for joining me!  I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  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, July 14th. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a closer look at the new Woodsy Autumn stamps & coordinating dies, as well as the new Colorful Autumn 6x6 Paper pack used today (available for purchase on Friday, July 12th).

     

Other Supplies Used:

Backyard Bugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Backyard Bugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bundled Up Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bundled Up Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woo Hoo Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Woo Hoo Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodsy Creatures Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodsy Creatures Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rain Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Critter Campout Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Campout Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Harvest Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Over The Rainbow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rainbow Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lots of Dots Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Red & Pink Heart Confetti Shop at: Sunny Studio