Sneak Peek: Introducing Garden Fairy & Feeling Froggy Stamps

Hello and welcome to day 4 of our Spring Peek Week!  All this week I have been showcasing cards using our newest collection which will be available for purchase tomorrow, January 8th. 

Card No. 1: My first card of the day I used our new Garden Fairy Stamps. This set features 4 unique fairies, 3 butterflies, a new toadstool house, 2 sets of bluebell flowers, a snail, a myriad of sparkly pixie dust and 3 coordinating punny greetings. 

I found this background in my stash which I created awhile back and never got around to using. I can't remember for sure which products I specifically used, but you could recreate a similar look by cutting masks using our Fluffy Cloud Border Dies & Slimline Nature Border Dies. I ran the panel through my die-cutting machine using the stitching border along the bottom edge from our Slimline Basic Border dies, along with a ric-rac edge.

For my rainbow border I blended Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron and Peacock Feathers distress inks. This is yet another strip I had left over from a previous card. I often will save any portions like this that I cut off, hoping I can use them for a future project to save myself a little time. LOVE challenging myself to use scraps on my desk. I then stamped sparkles to match around my faires and added some Ranger Stardust Stickles liquid glitter to their wings.

Card No. 2:  I had envisioned this card when I designed this stamp set and I'm so happy the card turned out the way I had pictured (since it doesn't always work out that way). I combined the little lanterns from the Garden Fairy Stamps with the string of lights from our Scenic Route Stamps. 

To create the glowing effect. I started by inking some Squeezed Lemonade distress ink onto my white cardstock panel using a small foam finger dauber roughly where I planned to put my lights, going back and forth with holding up the die-cuts as I worked for placement. I then inked in some Salty Ocean Distress ink around them, overlapping the colors a little bit but trying to be careful to not blend so much that the glow turned more green than yellow. As I worked towards the outside edges, I blended in some darker Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks. I then die-cut my panel using the stitched mat from our Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies. 

I kept the rest of my card fairly simple to keep the focus on the lanterns, heat embossing my sentiments using VersaMark ink and Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder. For the pixie dust on this card I added some small dots using a Sharpie White Extra Fine Point Paint Pen.

Card No. 3: Up next is a card showcasing the two bluebell flowers in the Garden Fairy set. I found yet another panel with the stitched Fluffy Cloud Dies in my stash. I remember this background was actually created for THIS card a couple years ago, but I messed up on the the horizontal panel when I accidentally grabbed the cloud cutout that comes with the set and die-cut a big cloud shaped hole in my panel requiring me to start over. Rather than toss it though I decided to trim it down and save it for a future project when I could use it for a vertical card and hide the bottom. It took me awhile to find the perfect application, but it just goes to show once again that almost every crafty "mistake" can be rescued. 

I inked it up the cloud panel with Spun Sugar distress ink and layered it with some grassy borders (also leftover) which I colored with Copic markers and die-cut using the grass border from our Sunny Sentiment Dies. A banner from our Banner Basics Stamps colored with Shaded Lilac Distress ink and fussy cut was the perfect way to frame my fairy and add my sentiment to this card.

Card No. 4: For this card I wanted to highlight the new Slimline Pennant Dies in all their slimline glory. This is the largest of the pennants from the die set measuring 3-1/2" wide x 8.5" high, which I paired with a scalloped edge from our Fishtail Banner II Dies and mounted onto a piece of pink Bazzill swiss dot cardstock. I took inspiration of the ''sweet wishes" phase included with the Garden Fairy Stamps and decided to combine it with the "wishes" word die from our Layered Snowflake Frame Die set. I used the stitched trail from the Country Scenes Stamps for my butterflies and added a swirl of sparkles using the mini stamps from the Garden Fairy set.

Card No. 5: For my next card I wanted to feature the newest toadstool house in our mushroom house line-up, pairing it with the mountain range and fir tree border from our new Country Scenes Stamps. The little clouds from our Comic Strip Everyday Dies are the perfect size to compliment this scene.

I added a stitched hillside using our Slimline Nature Border dies and repeatedly stamped the little random tufts of grass that come with the Country Scenes set. My punny thank you sentiment from the Garden Fairy set was stamped onto two stacked oval mats using the dies from our Stitched Oval Dies and Fancy Frames Oval Dies.

Card No. 6:  My last Garden Fairy card for the day uses many of the same components found on my previous card, but this card uses the trees and hilly border from Country Scenes for my background and features the cute fairy sitting on a daisy with the snail. Love them!  I once again added a stitched hillside using our Slimline Nature Border Dies, but this time I added some flicks of grass using my Copic Marker.

Card No. 7: Up next is a little cutie called Feeling Froggy that I can't help but smile at when I see them looking back at me with their big eyes. It's a mini 2x3 stamp set that comes with the frog sitting on a lily pad, a cute dragonfly, two little house flies, and two punny greetings.

For this card I paired them with the lotus flower / lily pads, stitched trail and cattail pond border from our Country Scenes Stamps and the larger sized lily pad, lotus flower & large water ring from our older Froggy Friends Stamps. I added a few other water marks around the other lily pads using stamps from Tropical Scenes. A thin strip of green gingham paper from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack finished off my card.

Card No. 8:  Up next is a card combining our newest Feeling Froggy frog, fly and dragonfly with the trimmer Froggy Friends and stamped a punny greeting from that set onto the thinnest banner from our Slimline Pennant Dies.

My polka-dot background is once again another stamped panel I had created years ago when our Background Basics Stamps debuted that I ended up trading out for another color so when I saw it in my stack of scraps I knew it would be the perfect compliment to these frogs. I added stitching to the edges using our Slimline Basic Border dies and a thin zig zag edge using our Ric Rac Border dies. 

Card No. 9: My last card of the day is a Valentine's Day take on the Feeling Froggy set, using the pond border and extra cattails from our Country Scenes Stamps and a big over-sized heart colored with Picked Raspberry Distress ink using our Stitched Heart dies.  

I colored my water to have the appearance of ripples by flicking on long strokes with various colors of Copic Markers, not attempting to blend them. I added a scalloped edge to the bottom of my card using our new Slimline Pennant Dies which matches the same edge found on our previously released Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Dies. My final touches included a heat embossed sentiment from Froggy Friends and a scattering of smaller hearts from our Basic Mini Shape II Dies and Basic Mini Shape 3 Dies which were coated with Glossy Accents by Ranger.

That wraps up today's sneak peeks. I'm so happy you spent this time with me today. I read all your comments and they mean so much!  I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes. The contests run through Saturday, January 9th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 10th. :)

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Here's a closer look at the our new Garden Fairy Stamps & Dies and Feeling Froggy Stamps & Dies used today (available for purchase on January 8th).

 

  

 

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Froggy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Froggy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Heart Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Sentiments Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Banner Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Basic Shape Dies 3 Shop at: Sunny Studio
Country Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Balloon Rides, Country Scenes & My Otter Half

Hello and welcome to day 3 of our Spring Peek Week!  All this week I am showcasing cards using our newest collection which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 8th.  

For today's sneak peeks I have two new 4x6 stamp sets including a new border scene set and a new 3x4 critter set. Let's dive it!  

Card No. 1: Up first is a card showcasing our new Balloon Rides Stamps. This set comes with a hot air balloon, a couple different banner options to personalize the balloon, a cute sunshine, two new cloud shapes (can never have too many cloud options), a house, two trees, six adorable critters, two party hats, a graduation cap and five coordinating greetings.

While the balloon can comfortably can fit on a standard card, it really lends itself well to the Slimline Card craze. I stamped and colored two balloons in a rainbow of colors and then cut one in "half" so that I could give the appearance that there were three balloons floating across my card (since odd numbers are often pleasing to the eye). To frame my scene, I used the Slimline Scalloped Frame die and popped up a couple clouds and one balloon with foam tape to give the appearance some were in the foreground and some were further away, even though they're all the same size. For my greeting, I die-cut a stitched strip using our Slimline Pennant Dies and backed them with a slightly wider strip of striped patterned paper to match from our Rainbow Bright Paper pack. 

Card No. 2:  Up next is a graduation card using the cute little panda bear, together with the graduation cap. For my balloon, I thought it would be fun to customize it with polka-dots so after coloring it with my Copic markers, I added some quick dots with my Sharpie White Extra Fine Point Paint Pen. I wanted to keep my colors limited to hot pink, black and white so I found a neutral grey cardstock for my sky which I cut out using our Stitched Circle Small Dies. For my background I cut out a black scalloped panel using our Frilly Frames Stripes Dies which I backed with a piece of white cardstock to match my little panda. 

I stamped a banner using our Basic Banner Stamps into a piece of white cardstock using pink ink and then sponged on some Picked Raspberry Distress ink, adding a little detail for the folds with my Copic Markers for a no-line coloring look. Who says you can't combine dye ink with alcohol ink? I use this technique often and it saves me so much time trying to get my coloring to look nice and smooth with my markers. I love to fussy cut them out with my scissors afterwards so I don't have to worry about all the distress ink that I sponged on outside the lines. A couple hearts from our Basic Mini Shape II Dies inked up with more of the distress ink were the perfect accent to complete this fun and spunky card.

Card No. 3: For my next project, I made another slimline card, but this time I wanted to showcase the world below with the cute little house image from the set. I paired three of them with the rolling hills and tree border from our new Country Scenes Stamps. For this card I incorporated a rainbow again, but this time I went solid for my balloon and added the rainbow with the two little banners I layered over the top. These banners are sized just right so you can criss-cross them like I did here or add them straight around the middle of your balloon.

The bottom of my card was feeling a little blah with all the fun stuff going on for the rest of the card so to create some visual weight and balance, I added another little hillside using our Slimline Nature Border dies which I stamped with a subtle, tone-on-tone polka-dot print using our Background Basics Stamps. For my greeting, I stamped another banner from our Banner Basics Stamps and once again combined distress inks with Copic accents, coloring it with a mix of Mustard Seed and a little Spiced Marmalade Distress Inks to mimic my Copic coloring for the balloon.

Card No. 4:  Up next I couldn't resist an Americana inspired hot air balloon. While it may be too early for the fourth of July, President's Day is coming up and I thought the little buntings add-on option would be so cute colored red, white and blue. I paired them with the barn scene from our Farm Fresh Stamps. I mounted then both onto an A2 sized stitched panel using our Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies for my sky background and a thin strip of our Classic Gingham Paper for my grass.

When I nearly was done, I had this nagging feeling that there was an open, unbalanced space in the bottom, right corner so the little car from our City Streets Stamps came to my rescue. It created a visual triangle between the three groupings and allowed me to add some additional blue accents to my card. Yay! Win-win.

Card No. 5:  For this Balloon Rides card I framed the balloon with our Stitched Arch Dies which I was able to slightly elongate by hiding where they cut off behind the mountains. Makes me think of how the ceiling raises or floor sinks at Disney's Haunted Mansion (depending on the park). It gave me just the wee bit of extra space I was wanting to have the mountain scene below using our new Country Scenes Stamps. I mounted my finished vignette onto a piece of sunburst paper from our Subtle Grey Tones Paper pack.

Card No. 6:  Last, but not least, I had it in my head while I was creating this stamp set that it would be really fun to recreate the opening sequence of The Muppet Show as seen HERE using the cute critters from this set. In fact it's one of the main reasons I decided to include party hats with this set. I knew these little guys might be a bit too short to fill the arches so I thought a couple party hats might give them height. Crazy how my mind works, right?  Anyway, I can't look at this card now without hearing the theme song in my head--takes me back. I can almost see them swaying back and forth. For those who didn't grow up with The Muppets, you can alternately pretend it's a Zoom birthday party.  ;)

To create my three stories of arches, I used the smallest die from our Stitched Arch dies and then lined it up along the edge of my three 1-3/8" wide white cardstock strips, cutting them out one by one. I then took a little masking material (a.k.a. post it notes) and took turns inking up behind each arch in square blocks using Picked Raspberry, Wilted Violet, Peacock Feathers & Salty Ocean Distress ink. I then layered the arches over each other, starting at the top and working my way down. I made sure to leave a small sliver of space to heat emboss a little greeting from the set onto a strip of black cardstock. Finally I added stitching to the edge to dress it up and compliment the stitching around each arch using our Slimline Basic Border Dies. I'm not going to lie. This one took a bit more time, but it was fun and I love the results!

Card No. 7:  Switching gears, I have a couple cards featuring a darling new 3x4 critter stamp set called My Otter Half. This set comes with two little critter pairs: An otter couple (or set of good friends) as seen here and an otter Mom with her baby. It also includes five mix and match punny sentiments. As a bonus I had some extra room to available on the My Otter Half Dies so I was able to include the word "otter" for some extra design options.

To create my card, I cut a heart window using the largest heart from out Stitched Heart Dies. These hearts are big enough to make a shaped card from so this card is bigger than your standard A2 card.  It ended up being 5.25" wide x 5" high.  I could have made it square, but I was digging the unique shape. To form my background, I layered alternating strips of cardstock cut into wave using our Stitched Scallop Dies. I kept my design really clean and simple with a no-line coloring banner (just as describe in card no. 2) using our Banner Basics Stamps and a handful of hearts from our Basic Mini Shape II Dies and Basic Mini Shape 3 Dies.

Card No. 8:  For my last card of the day, I combined two different borders from our Country Scenes stamps: the pond border together with the mountains border behind it. I should note that the dies to match these stamps have been designed to only cut out along the top of each border so you can layer them with a different colored sky while have a seamless scene below. For some of the scenes I will be sharing tomorrow I colored the water and grass with my Copic markers but for this card I wanted to use my distress inks so after coloring the details with my Copics, I stamped a couple masks and fussy cut them out to cover & protect my images when I inked up the grass and water with distress inks. I then safely saved the masks so I can use them over and over again on a number of different cards without having to cut out new ones each time. To add the little waves, I alternated the mini wave dies that come with the Country Scenes set, although the otter stamps also include a couple waves as well so you have plenty of options.

I have some Action Wobbles that are mini plastic springs for crafting with adhesive on both sides that I purchased a long time ago and I thought they would be so cute for this card. They scrunch down fairly flat to fit in an envelope, but then bounce out and wiggle back and forth when the card is removed. 

I just love this Mom and baby otter. I think this pair would be perfect for Mother's Day or even for baby cards.

Well, as much as I would have liked to have time to create a third otter card, that wraps up today's sneak peeks. I'm so happy you joined me today. I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner. Leave me a comment and then enter using the rafflecopter below.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes. The contests run through Saturday, January 9th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 10th. :)

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Here's a closer look at the our new Balloon Rides Stamps & Dies, Country Scenes Stamps & Dies and My Otter Half Stamps & Dies used today (available for purchase on January 8th).

  

  

   

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

City Streets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	City Streets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Heart Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Scallop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Basic Shape Dies II Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Banner Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Farm Fresh Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Farm Fresh Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio