Sneak Peek: Crisp Apple, Wood Barrel, & Punny Apple Greetings

Hello and welcome to Day 3 of our Holiday Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I am sharing cards showcasing our newest collection which will be available for purchase this Friday!

Card No. 1: Today I am featuring cards using our new Crisp Apple Dies which come with both small and large apples and an optional apple core, layered Wood Barrel Dies, and a 3x4 Punny Apple Greetings Stamp set which I used together on my first card.

For my apples, I started by die-cutting them from white cardstock and then inked them up first with Candied Apple Distress ink and then a little Fired Brick along the left edge to create a shadow. I made sure to not ink and allow some of the white cardstock to peek through to form the shine along the right side and I love how quickly they came alive! The wood barrel was designed with cut lines between each of the wood slats so that you can slide some scratch paper in between and ink them up on one side to add extra dimension before layering on the three riveted metal "rings". I cut mine from metallic cardstock to add an extra touch of realism.

My backdrop was created by pairing the new Buffalo Plaid Straight die together with our Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils to form a custom-made textured gingham background. To frame my barrel of apples I used our Stitched Arch Dies and then topped it with a red banner cutout using our Brilliant Banner 4 Dies and heat embossed a punny sentiment from the Punny Apple Greetings Stamps.

Card No. 2: For my next card I used the larger apple size from our new Crisp Apple Dies, adding a bite from the top one using the pom-pom die from our Warm & Cozy Dies. To frame my three apples, I used our Window Trio Square Dies and tucked a zig-zag edge behind them along each side using our Ric-Rac Border Dies. I mounted them onto a red striped panel which I created with the new Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils and the same matching Candied Apple Distress ink that I had used to ink up my apples. Lastly, I tucked in a sentiment under the bottom apple using the Punny Apple Greeting Stamps, heat-embossing the greeting onto the Brilliant Banner 3 Dies which had been inked up to match my green stiched square windows.

Card No. 3: Are we seeing a trend here? While I didn't set out to create a series of red and green cards, apparently the complimentary color scheme was really speaking to me. Ha-ha! This card started out with the Stitched Heart window which I had leftover from another card that I will be sharing on Friday. 

This panel was the very first background I ever made using our new Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies which I had inked with a gingham print using our new Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I quickly realized I should have pulled out my favorite stencil spray to keep the stripes from shifting with the movement of my ink-blending brushes. As a Pacific NW gal, I hate to see anything go to waste so rather than tossing my first attempt, I hid the wobbliness of my lines by inking the background with some Worn Lipstick Distress ink. When it comes to patterned paper I'm often drawn to tone-on-tone prints without stark white so this not only solved my boo-boo, but also ended up being exactly my style.

For my focal point, I added two sliced apples from our new Crisp Apple Dies and paired them with the cute worm from our Garden Critters Stamps. I heat embossed a Punny Apple Greeting using White Detail Embossing Powder onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies which were inked in a green ombre to match the apple leaves. Lastly, I added a stitched edge to the bottom of my red gingham panel and tucked behind it a white scalloped lace edge using our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Card No. 4: Introducing a new color to the mix, for this card I ink my background using Broken China with our new Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies and Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. This time I accidentally had my cardstock shift when I attempted to run the panel through my machine a second time, but once again I saved it from the trash bin figuring it could use it for a card where most of it was covered. Can we see a theme here? Ha-ha! I thought it would be the perfect compliment to this sweet card featuring the Crisp Apple Dies on a tree branch using the Out on a Limb Dies. I framed the scene using our Stitched Rectangle Dies, stamped a Punny Apple Greeting along the bottom, and finished off my design with a blue butterfly to match using our Watering Can Stamps.

Card No. 5: I thought the Crisp Apple Dies and Wood Barrel Dies would look so great with our Autumn Tree Die which comes with the option to add little matching apples. To save myself from needing to fill in a full set of leaves on my tree, I drew a rough circle on the back of a piece of white cardstock and then sketched in some irregular scallops to fussy cut with my scissors. I then flipped it over and used the other side to ink up and position behind my tree. I kept the rest of my 4x8 inch vertical slimline card design quite simple, adding only a little grass behind my barrel of apples using the Slimline Nature Border Dies and a heat-embossed sentiment with our Punny Apple Greetings Stamps.

Card No. 6: For this next card, I paired the pumpkins from our Pumpkin Patch Dies with the new Wood Barrel Dies which I thought was such a fun combination! Like my apples, these pumpkins started out being die-cut from white cardstock and were inked with Picked Pumpkin Distress ink to add extra dimension and 3D realism. I was really feeling the gingham backgrounds for these cards so I once again paired the new Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies and Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils using the same Picked Pumpkin Distress ink to match. I added a Stitched Rectangle to frame my scene, stamping the "Happy Autumn" greeting from our Crisp Autumn Stamps.

Card No. 7: My last card of the day pairs the new Wood Barrel Dies with the pumpkins from our Pretty Pumpkin Stamps, the leaves and pumpkins from our Crisp Autumn Stamps, and the "thanks for your kindness" sentiment from our Autumn Greetings Stamps. I kept the rest of this 4x8 inch horizontal slimline card very simple, blending the center of my white background with an ombre that blends from blue to green using Broken China and Twisted Citron Distress inks.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the Rafflecopter below. Our daily contests will run through Monday, August 26th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Friday, August 30th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a closer look at our new Crisp Apple Dies, Wood Barrel Dies, and Punny Apple Greetings Stamps used today and available for purchase on Friday, August 23rd.

 

Other Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crisp Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crisp Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio
Autumn Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Out on A Limb Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Heart 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pumpkin Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Happy Howl-o-ween and Brilliant Banner 3 & 4 Dies

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our Holiday Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I am sharing cards showcasing our newest collection which will be available for purchase this Friday!

Card No. 1: My cards today showcase our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps which include 7 adorable pups that mix and match so perfectly with our other Halloween sets. For my first card, I used five of the dogs together with our Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies, the spider web & spider from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps, and the grass from our Mini Grass Border Dies. I also scattered a number of the little stars from the new stamp set, but I was feeling like the white die-cut borders were distracting and made my card feel too busy so I fixed that by coloring around them with a coordinating Copic Marker to match my Prize Ribbon Distress inked background.

Card No. 2: For my next card featuring the Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps, I paired the dogs with the haunted house from our Fall Scenes Stamps for a trick-or-treating scene. For my background, I inked up an oversized moon to frame the "Happy Halloween" greeting from the Too Cute To Spook Stamps. I then inked the night's sky around the moon blending both Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves Distress inks and masked off below my fence and trees so I could ink them up to match to blend into my background. A trio of bats from the Fall Scenes Stamps completed my scene.

Card No. 3: This Halloween card uses the dog wearing a witch costume with the broom, greeting, and stars from our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps with the Haunted House and bats from the Too Cute to Spook Stamps, and the bare tree from the Fall Scenes Stamps. I framed my flying dog with a full moon using our Stitched Circle Large Dies and added a stitched hillside with our Slimline Nature Border dies. 

To create the look of craters in my moon, I dripped some Squeezed Lemonade re-inker on my glass mat, spritzed it with water, smooshed it with a piece of plastic packaging I had sitting on my desk, and transferred the splatters that clung to the clear packaging to my piece of white cardstock. I dried it with my heat gun and then was able to blend the same ink with a lighter touch to fill in the background before die-cutting it. My night's sky was inked by blending Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Prize Ribbon, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot Distress ink along the outside edges. I wanted to vary the height of my spooky trees so I lengthened the trunk of one tree by inking in the remainder by hand using a Copic Multiliner pen. My stars were heat embossed to match using some old Wow Sunny Yellow Embossing Powder (WK09R) from my stash.

Card No. 4: For a quick & easy card using the Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps, I turned to our Staggered Circle Dies which can cute 5 stitched circle windows. However, I positioned the die to just cut four windows and backed the openings with different bright colored prints from our Polka-dot Parade Paper pack. I added a coordinating purple striped strip along the bottom of my card from our Striped Silly Paper pack, and heat embossed my sentiment onto our new Brilliant Banner 3 Dies which had been cut out using our Classic Gingham Paper pack. Lastly, to add balance to my design by including a little spider hanging down from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps using a stitched trail from our Snail Mail Stamps.

Card No. 5: This card design was inspired from the bottom up. I started by creating my black and orange gingham panel using our new Buffalo Plaid Straight die together with our Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I cut off one row along the bottom to add a black scalloped border using our Slimline Basic Border Dies. That in turn inspired me to frame my critters using our coordinating Scalloped Square 2 Small Dies, layered with our Stitched Square Dies. From there I was looking for the perfect grouping of dogs to become my focal point using our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps. The finishing touch was adding an orange ombre colored speech bubble die-cut from our Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies and heat embossed using a punny greeting from the new set.

Card No. 6: Up next is card pairing the costumed doggies from our Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps with our new Distinctive Door Dies (being shared more on Wednesday) for a cute Trick-or-Treating scene. The Distinctive Door Dies come with most of the home elements seen here, but I fashioned my own fall wreath using the leaves from our Autumn Tree Dies and added the spider webs and pumpkins from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps. I finished off my card with a heat-embossed greeting stamped onto our new Brilliant Banner 4 Dies. I have been eagerly awaiting this particular banner die which pairs well with so many of our curved basic dies such as our Stitched Arch, Stitched Semi-Circle, Stitched Circle Dies, and Stitched Oval Dies.

Card No. 7: For my last card of the day, I thought I would show that these stamps aren't limited to only Halloween cards. I used the greeting, paw print, bone, and bow tie-wearing dog images from the Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps to create a fun everyday card. I was able to customize the punny greeting by pairing it with our Chloe Alphabet Dies. I repeatedly stamped the paw print in my background to create a custom tone-on-tone background and arranged the dog bones to form a frame around my dogs and sentiment. Lastly, I finished my card with a coordinating stitched "ribbon" cut using our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and a white scalloped trim from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the Rafflecopter below. Our daily contests will run through Monday, August 26th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Friday, August 30th.

a Rafflecopter giveaway
Here's a closer look at our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps & Dies, Brilliant Banner 3 Dies, and Brilliant Banner 4 Dies used today and available for purchase on Friday, August 23rd.

 

Other Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Distinctive Door Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Staggered Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio