Sneak Peek: Introducing Foxy Friends Clear Stamps & Dies

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

Card No. 1: Today, I'm sharing cards using our adorable new Foxy Friends Stamps, and I truly had so much fun with them! The set has cute accessories like a wagon, watering can, umbrella, and four darling little chicks to compliment the 7 different foxes. For my first card, I started by cutting two stacked windows using our new Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. I then backed the openings with a polka-dot sky I had created using the new Background Basics 2 Stamps and some grass using the Mini Grass Border Dies. The two windows gave me the perfect space to create two small scenes. I added some clouds from our Majestic Meadow Stamps and finished my card with a punny sentiment from the Foxy Friends set stamped onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies.

Card No. 2: Next up is a Valentine's Day card featuring the Foxy Friends Stamps. I started by creating a red gingham background using our Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies and Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I then inked up the background with a light amount of distress ink to create a tone-on-tone look. I created a cutout to frame my little fox scene using our new Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I then arranged a spring scene using the flowerpot and watering can from the Foxy Friends set with the clouds from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. For my greeting, I was able to piece together the word "foxtastic" from the new set with the words "Have a" and "Valentine's Day" from our Bighearted Bears Stamps.

I should note that all of the images and grass on this card were colored using the artPOP! Infinity Brush Markers that I received to try out from Dick Blick. While the 24-piece set I tested felt a bit limited in terms of color options, I really liked the brush tip on these markers! To get the most color range out of the smaller set I used some tip-to-tip ink blending techniques, together with a colorless blender. I think their larger 36-piece set is worth a try if you're on a budget because the price per alcohol marker is pretty impressive, and the larger set fills in some crucial gaps in the color wheel. I use Copics for much of my coloring and found their nibs quite comparable in terms of quality, flexibility, and blending. 

Card No. 3: Next up is a card using the fox and chicks from the Foxy Friends Stamps with the kite from the Spring Showers Stamps and the scenic backdrop from our new Tulip Path Background. This incredible background did all the heavy lifting in terms of my card design, so all I needed to add was a couple of clouds from the set and a nice oversized spring greeting from our Cheerful Daisies Stamps, which I heat-embossed using Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder.

Card No. 4: It wouldn't be spring without  a little rain so for my next card, I colored up a polka-dot umbrella, the chicks, and fox from the new Foxy Friends Stamps. I then stamped the raindrops in my background using our Rain Showers Stamps with a light ink color and then used a Jumbo Dauber to ink that same ink lightly over the top. To frame my scene, I stamped a panel using our Background Basics 2 Stamps (to compliment my umbrella) and die-cut a frame from the center using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. Lastly, I added some clouds from our new Majestic Meadow Stamps and stamped a cute oversized greeting using our Sunny Sentiments Stamps.

 

Card No. 5: I started my next card by stamping the Majestic Meadow Background using Hero Arts Wet Cement Ink. I stamped an extra set of tulips in each corner so I could use the coordinating Majestic Meadow Dies to layer over the top of the other images in my scene. For my "party" banner, I used the string on a curve from our Bold Balloons Stamps and then stamped my Balloon Alphabet letters in alternating shades using VersaFine Clair Baby Pink Ink and Gina K. Light Lilac Ink. When I was done, I felt the word party wasn't centered on my card so I inked up a piece of scratch cardstock using the same baby pink ink and die-cut an exclamation mark using our Chloe Alphabet Dies.

For my focal point, I colored the images from our Foxy Friends Stamps using the party hats, wagon, and gifts from the set in colors to match my balloon banner. I kept my background monochromatic and left it uncolored so it wouldn't visually compete with my focal point, which also sped up my cardmaking process. Lastly, I completed my card by inking up a small strip of cardstock with light lilac ink and die-cut a pennant using the extra die from our Notebook Photo Corners Dies. I then heat-embossed the phrase "Happy fashionably late birthday!" using our new Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps.

Card No. 6: For my last card of the day, I created a mini slimline that measures 7" wide x 3.75" tall using the Foxy Friends Stamps. I then die-cut three stitched mats from white cardstock to frame my scenes using our new Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies, which I inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I added grass along the bottom of each panel using our Mini Grass Border Dies and then randomly stamped small tufts of grass using the different images from our Tulip Path Background Stamps. I tucked a panel of our Scalloped Fence Dies beneath each section of grass and added some clouds to the sky using the three mini clouds from our Comic Strip Everyday Dies. I then began adding foxes to each little scene, doing different activities. For the first panel, I paired the butterfly net from our Spring Shower Stamps with the butterflies from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. I completed my card with an altered sentiment from the set, changing out the word "friend" for "sister" using the word from our Outback Critters Stamps. I stamped my greeting onto a grid print patterned paper from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack, which I then die-cut using one of the pennant strips from our Notebook Photo Corner Dies.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner using the Rafflecopter below. Our daily contests will run through Saturday, January 11th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 12th.

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Here's a closer look at our new Foxy Friends Stamps and Dies used today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 10th.

 

Other Supplies Used:

Sunny Sentiments Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Sentiments Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Cheerful Daisies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Outback Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Fence Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bold Balloons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rain Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Alphabet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Cat Antics Stamps, Rounded Rectangle Mat & Window Dies

Hello, and welcome to day 2 of our Spring 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: I've always had a soft spot for cats, so I'm extra happy to share cards today using our darling new Cat Antics Stamps. This set comes with 11 unique cat images, so I love this grid-style card, which allowed me to showcase nearly half of them. I started by cutting an A2-sized cardstock panel twice using our Window Trio Heart Landscape Dies. I then filled behind each heart using tone-on-tone swatches of our new diagonal grid print from our Background Basics 2 Stamps in pink, fuchsia, and aqua. I added some of the kitty accessories from the set, like the yarn ball, mouse toy, and food bowl, coloring them to match.  I then heat embossed the punny sentiment "pawsitive vibes" in the 6th heart in the top, right corner. I have a teenage daughter for whom this card will be perfect. Her generation is all about "chill vibes."

Card No. 2: For my next card, I used the cute cardboard box from the set, adding two of the peeking kitties from the set and three other cats outside the box from our new Cat Antics Stamps. As a backdrop, I created a living room scene. I added "wallpaper" using a baby blue floral print from our Spring Fever Paper pack. I then used the wood floor border from our Sprawling Surfaces Stamps along the bottom of my card front and added a thin strip of white cardstock between the two to form my base molding. I added an armchair from our Cozy Christmas Stamps, stamped it onto a piece of red gingham-patterned paper from our Joyful Holiday Paper pack, and fussy cut it out with my scissors. I added three small windows around my chair using the window from our Sweet Treats House Add-on Dies. Lastly, I heat embossed the sentiment "I'm furever grateful" onto our Brilliant Banner 4 Dies, which had been cut out using a red polka-dot print from our Polka-dot Parade Paper.

Card No. 3: For this next card featuring the Cat Antics Stamps, I wanted the kitty holding the heart-shaped yarn and the other yarn balls piled into the cardboard box for the set to take center stage. I mounted them onto a stitched Rounded Rectangle Mat, which I backed with one of the slightly larger negative spaces left over from our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. I then added a red and pink striped background behind them using our Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I created my own custom greeting by spelling out the word "wool" using our Chloe Alphabet Dies, stamping the word "you" from our Sea You Soon Stamps, "be mine" from our Love Birds Stamps, and the question mark from our Silly Sloths Stamps.

Card No. 4: Up next is another card inspired by the ball of yarn from the Cat Antics Stamps. This time I inked up large pastel dots of color across my entire background using small ink blending brushes and Distress inks. I then dried the ink really well with my heat gun, before stamping and heat embossing the balls of yarn in the center of each dot at different random angles to form my own handmade patterned paper. I really love the results!

For my focal point, I put the kitty holding the fall of yarn inside the box by cutting along the stamped edge with my X-acto knife. I framed her with a pink Stitched Heart 2 Die colored with the same Picked Raspberry ink used in my background. Lastly, I tied together my little scene with our Brilliant Banner 2 Dies, which I stamped and heat embossed with a greeting from the Cat Antics set.

Card No. 5:  For my next card, I created a paned window from a piece of white cardstock by die-cutting the same stitched rectangle four times using our new Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. I glued a piece of acetate behind the window panes and added foam tape on the back of my panel around the perimeter so I could add some small iridescent star confetti to create a shaker card. 

I then colored three cats from the Cat Antics Stamps and placed them inside a window box, which I cut from woodgrain textured cardstock. I didn't have a die for a box of this size so I just cut an angle from a strip of cardstock on one side and then flipped the triangle piece I cut off to use as a template to cut the other side at the same angle. For my flowers, I used all the different leaves and flowers from our Spring Garden Dies, inking them up on one side using finger daubers with distress inks. For my greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Meow & Furever Stamps onto our Brilliant Banner 4 Dies, cut from pink cardstock.

I've only scratched the surface today on how our new Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies and Rounded Rectangle Window Dies can be used. I found myself turning to these versatile dies for so many cards, which I will share much more later in the week.

Card No. 6: For my last card of the day, I colored the three little peeking tuxedo kitties from the Cat Antics Stamps. Black and white cats are my favorite so I couldn't resist creating a card dedicated to them. Plus, it made for a fun, bold color scheme when paired with hot pink. I used a row of three stitched hearts from our Window Trio Heart Portrait Dies and Window Trio Heart Landscape Dies and heat embossed them with my greeting by combining the "pawsititve vibes" phrase from the Cat Antics set with the word "sending" from our Panda Party Stamps. I then added hot pink tone-on-tone strips along the top and bottom using the print from our new Background Basics 2 Stamps. To dress it up, I added a stitched edge and ric-rac trim edge with our Slimline Basic Border Dies. Lastly, I embellished it with tiny hearts from our Basic Mini Shape Dies 2, which were topped with some Stickles Twinkle Glitter and set aside to dry.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner using the Rafflecopter below. Our daily contests will run through Saturday, January 11th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 12th.a Rafflecopter giveaway

Here's a closer look at our new Cat Antics Stamps & Dies, Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies, and Rounded Rectangle Window Dies used today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 10th.

 

Other Supplies Used:

Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweet Treats House Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sea You Soon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Meow & Furever Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Heart 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cozy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cozy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Garden Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio Heart Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
Silly Sloths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stickles Twinkle Glitter Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio