Fresh Air Day 1: A Top-Down Kind of Day…

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Need some Fresh Air? Welcome to the first day of product reveals for our latest collection – Fresh Air! Put the top down, throw open the windows, and let’s let the sunshine in…

The new products being showcased today will be available to purchase in the THE SHOP beginning at 10am EDT on Friday, March 27, with the exception of some of the dies, as noted below (due to some issues with our die manufacturer including a move and some COVID-19 related issues, we are hoping to have these dies sometime in early April).

Before we get to the product introductions, just a heads up that Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Thursday morning, March 26, at 11:00am CDT, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

Now let’s meet today’s new products…

Top Down Day stamp set & die

It’s time to put the top down, feel the sun on your face, and the wind in your hair! The Top Down Day stamp set features an adorable convertible car, along with some fun cargo items including a cheery flower bouquet, a balloon bunch, and a sassy little driver. Each image in the set comes in two forms – multi-step solid images to stamp with your favorite ink colors, or outline images to stamp then color with your favorite medium, giving you lots of ways to play! The sentiments included in the set range from birthday to all-occasion and will have you cruisin’ your way to creative projects throughout the year!

The matching die set is a 10-piece die collection and includes dies for all of the images as well as the sentiments.

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This stamp set comes on a 6″ x 8″ sheet and includes a full-color printed stamping guide.
Made in the USA
Top Down Day stamp set price: $24
Top Down Day die price: $31
Approximate sizes:
assembled car – 3.6″ x 1.5″
flower bouquet – 1.6″ x 1.15″
assembled balloon cluster – 2″ x 1.65″
assembled girl – 1.3″ x .65″
wishing you…sentiment – 1.3″ x 1.25″
hello sentiment – 1″ x .4″
Sentiments include:
Wishing you a top-down kind of day
Cruisin’ by to say (happy birthday/hello)
Happy Birthday
Hello
Need a lift?
Keep livin’ on the sunny side

**COMING SOON: Silver Lining Die

Every cloud has a silver lining! This die’s silver lining is the abundance of creative options! Use either the “upper” or “lower” portions of the resulting cuts, or the narrow cloud “strips” to create many different looks. This die is wide enough to stretch across an A2 horizontal card, or trimmed to fit a vertical. Have fun creating layered clouds, experiment with adding color by sponging, watercolor and more, or maybe use it to cut a fun scalloped border rather than clouds! **Please NOTE: This die is delayed due to issues with our manufacturer, including a facility move and COVID-19 issues. We are hoping to have it in stock in early April.

Set of 2 dies, Made in the USA
Approximate sizes:
cloud 1 – 5.6″ x 1.25
cloud 2 – 5.6″ x 1″
Silver Lining die price: $16

Painterly Stripes Background Rubber Cling Stamp

Add some cheery stripes to your next project! This rubber cling background stamp features a diagonal brushstroke stripe design. Stamp it once for stripes, or stamp, then turn you paper 90 degrees and stamp again to create a plaid pattern. Have fun playing with color combos when creating these cheery patterns! This is a single rubber cling stamp made from deeply etched quality pink rubber for a lifetime of crisp impressions.

Overall stamp size – 5.75″ x 5.75″
Made in the USA
Price: $18

To aid in your list-making and planning, below you will find the prices for today’s products in one spot.

• Top Down Day stamp set: $24
• Top Down Day die: $31
• **Coming Soon!** Silver Lining die: $16
• Painterly Stripes Background rubber cling stamp: $18

It’s time for some projects so we can see these new products in action!

My first card uses the pretty flower bouquet cargo from the Top Down Day set, along with that cute little car, stamped in bright yellow!

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I used the solid stamps for the card, and also layered the outline image of the car over top of the stamped image. Along with using the solid stamps and outlines individually, you can also layer them like I did here. For the bouquet, I used the solid multi-step bouquet and added some additional shading to the stamped images using colored pencils. I also added shading to the car using a dark yellow colored pencil. I actually stamped and diecut two of the bouquets to totally fill up that cute car. I layered my finished car over a simple background, which was stamped with the Painterly Stripes Background using black ink. The sentiment I used here is from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You set, stamped onto a banner from the coordinating Sentiment Suite: Basics die set.

My next card again uses the Top Down Day set. This time I included that sassy little driver and gave her some pretty cargo by again using the flower bouquet from the set.

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This time I created a more elaborate background. I used the new Silver Lining die to create the cute scalloped clouds. This die has so many options – you can use the upper or lower cuts, as well as the thin cloud “strips”. Here I tucked several of the flower bouquets from the Top Down Day set behind the clouds. They were once again stamped with the multi-step solid images from the set and shaded with colored pencils. I did the same with the girl. I love how the shading really helps give these fun images even more character. You can also see a bit of the new Painterly Stripes Background peeking out from behind the clouds and flowers. It’s super easy to create a plaid pattern simply by stamping once, and then rotating your paper 90 degrees and stamping again. The stamp is large enough to accommodate a full A2 card panel using this method. The sentiment I used here is of course also from the Top Down Day set, stamped onto a matching diecut.

While I was working on my projects using this new set, I wondered how the animals from the Christmas Care-A-Van set would work with this new car – I was thrilled to discover that they are just perfect! I used them here along with the balloon cluster from Top Down Day to create a sweet baby card.

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I created a layered background using the Silver Lining die. I combined the “Cruisin’ by to say hello” sentiment with some new alphabet dies we’ll be introducing tomorrow to create the perfect sentiment for this card.

My last card for today uses some of the outline images from Top Down Day to create a watercolored card.

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I stamped the outline image for the car and the flower bouquet onto Arches watercolor paper using black ink. I then used my Mission Gold watercolors to paint the images and the background. I love how the shadow underneath the car gives it so much dimension. I created the background by cutting the watercolored panel using the Silver Lining die. Behind the cloud layers, I included a plaid tone-on-tone background which was sponged with ink, then stamped with the new Painterly Stripes Background.

That wraps up my projects for today, but there is more, of course! Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products and see them in action, you can “greet” them for a chance to win a $50 gift card! Read on for details…

• Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person). What caught your eye today, and gets you excited to get creating?
• Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ blogs for more entries (one comment per person, per blog)
• Comments close at Midnight EDT on Thursday night, March 26
• Winners will be posted at 7am EDT on Friday, March 27 here on the blog

You are in for such a treat! It’s time to see what our amazing Inspiration Team has to share with you today!

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Thank you so much for visiting today! We’ll be back tomorrow for more product reveals and projects!

All of the new products we’ve showcased today will go up in the shop on Friday morning, March 27, at 10am EST, with the exception of those dies noted as DELAYED within today’s post. Just a little housekeeping note about the new products. They’re already loaded into the shop, but the stock has not been added. SO, if you see an “out of stock” notification, no worries – we’re just getting the store ready, and the stock will be added Friday morning at 10am EST, with the exception of the delayed dies.