Hello and welcome to the first day of our 2022 Sneak Peek Week! Each morning this week I will be showcasing cards using our newest Spring collection which will be available to purchase on January 7th.
Today I'm sharing a variety of new heart inspired products perfect for Valentine's Day, but as you will see as I share throughout the week these products are perfect for so many cards outside the month of February.
Card No. 1: For my first card I paired three of the adorable penguin couples from our new Passionate Penguins Stamps together with our new Stitched Heart 2 Dies and our new Scalloped Heart dies for a fun slimline card design. For anyone who might own our original Stitched Heart dies (which have retired, but are still currently in stock), our new Stitched Heart 2 Dies do not duplicate any of the hearts included with that older set. These fill the sizes between the largest and smallest hearts in that set. They also layer beautifully with our new Scalloped Heart Dies.
For this card I used the middle sized hearts and added a matching scalloped border to the bottom of my card using our Slimline Basic Border Dies. For my card background I repeatedly stamped a polka-dot pattern using our Background Basics Stamps. As a last touch I added a stitched strip of white cardstock running the entire length of my card using those same slimline border dies and stamped two punny sentiments from the Penguin stamp set, bridging the gap between them with a mini heart from the Stitched Heart 2 Dies.
Card No. 2: Up next is a card featuring the adorable penguins in a convertible car from our new Passionate Penguins stamps. I framed them by cutting out two of our Stitched Arch Dies together at the same time by adhering them together with washi tape before running them through my die-cutting machine. For my background, I cut a panel using our new Quilted Hearts Portrait Die which is a follow up to our old favorite Quilted Hearts Embossing folder. I colored my die-cut panel by inking it up with a rainbow using Distress Oxide inks before backing it with a piece of black cardstock to make my hearts really pop. I then added a piece of black cardstock behind my arched frame to form the street and give me a place to heat emboss my sentiment from the Passionate Penguins set. A little tree from our Tropical Scenes Stamps and a few hearts from our new Stitched Heart 2 Dies finished off my card.
Card No. 3: For this card I turned to our new Quilted Hearts Landscape Die for a horizontal card orientation. This time I left my panel white and then used a small circle punch to back each heart opening with a rainbow colored pattern. This may look more difficult than it really was. To make things go quicker I used my Scotch ATG gun to run diagonal rows of adhesive on the back side of my panel and then adhered my small punched circles without having to mess with gluing around each individual heart.
For my focal point I used the penguins sharing an umbrella from our Passionate Penguins Stamps and put them in a puddle from our Rain or Shine Stamps. For my heart raindrops I used the smallest heart die that comes with our new Stitched Heart 2 Dies. I added a sentiment from our Over the Rainbow Stamps stamped onto a circular Banner from our Banner Basics stamps which I colored using a no-line coloring technique.
Card No. 4: For my next card I created a fun heart background using the smallest heart from our new Scalloped Heart Dies together with patterned paper scraps from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack. I keep all my small Sunny Studio paper scraps in a ziploc bag so I was super excited to find a fun way to use these leftover scraps I had sitting near my desk for a couple years that were just a hair larger than these dies. It's like they were meant to be! After I alternated them on an A2 sized black cardstock panel, I trimmed off the bottom edge and added a stitching detail with our Slimline Basic Border Dies and a matching scalloped edge using two of the scallops from the same border die set. For my focal point image I colored the little penguins in the envelope from our new Passionate Penguins Stamps and added a heat embossed sentiment from our Sending Sunshine Stamps which I popped up with foam tape.
Card No. 5: Up next is a card using the three cute individual penguins from the Passionate Penguins Stamps together with our new Heart Bouquet Stamps we shared last week for a mini slimline style card. I started by inking up my background using spun sugar distress ink and then layering on progressively heavier layers using our Forest Trees Stencils. I covered the bottom with stitched snowy hills using our Slimline Nature Border dies. A punny greeting from the stamp set and pink hearts from our Heart Droplets were the perfect way to finish this soft and sweet card.
For this card and the next I used the ABT Pro Alcohol-Based Art Markers in the red color family (available open stock HERE) that were provided to me by Tombow. If you are already a fan of Tombow's Dual Brush Pens and want something that will match with the same color palette then these are a reasonably priced alternative to Copic Markers.
I have included the numbers for each pen I used for my blends here. There were some tiny gaps between the colors, but I was able to get around this by using a marker tip to tip technique to create smooth, seamless blends.
Card No. 6: My next card shows off our new Bursting Hearts Dies for my background which I then layered with our Stitched Circle Small Dies in the center. I'm so in love with this new background die! I layered a piece of pink cardstock below which I had inked up along the edges using worn lipstick distress ink. I cut the little pennant strip for my sentiment using a die from our Stitched Rectangle Dies.
I had limited ABT Pro Alcohol-Based Art Markers on hand for my cards, but I thought these images from our Spring Showers Stamps showed off the colors I did have pretty well, while also matching the balloons that I had colored from our Heart Bouquet Stamps.
I created a color chart for all the reds, pinks & flesh tones that I had on hand to work with and that were used to create these two cards. I was having trouble finding good color swatches for these markers online when trying to decide which colors I wanted try out so I really wanted to help others out in their own color matching search by sharing a color comparison guide.
Card No. 7: My last card of the day also features our new Bursting Hearts Die, but this time with a horizontal card orientation. The beauty of this background die is you can easily use it on either side without any worries about the hearts being upside down. I colored my background behind my heart overlay using distress inks with the Bitty Bunny Blending Brushes which were small enough to allow me to get the full rainbow gradient from the inside circle to the outside edges. I then colored two pieces of scrap cardstock using Picked Raspberry Ink, cutting one piece using the Stitched Heart Dies to place in the center of my card and using the second piece to cut out the shadow for my greeting from our Lovey Dovey Stamps (to be shared more tomorrow). Making sure the word shadow was good and dry from my inking, I then heat embossed the sentiment using Versamark Ink and White Detail Embossing Powder.
That wraps up today's sneak peeks. I'm so happy you spent part of your day 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. Our daily contests this week run through Saturday, January 8th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 9th. :)
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Here's a closer look at our new Passionate Penguin Stamps & Dies and Scalloped Heart Dies, Stitched Heart 2 Dies, Quilted Hearts Landscape Die, Quilted Hearts Portrait Die & Bursting Hearts Die featured today (which will be available to purchase starting on January 7th):
Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:
 Rain or Shine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Rain or Shine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio |
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 Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Banner Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Banner Basics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Spring Showers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Forest Trees Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Lovey Dovey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Heart Droplets Mix Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Hero Arts Morning Glory Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Cottontail Embossing Powder Tool Shop at: Sunny Studio | |
 Fancy Frames-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Over The Rainbow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio |
 Bitty Bunny Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio |
