Spring Fever Day 1: Hopping into Spring

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Welcome to the first day of reveals for our newest collection, Spring Fever!

Our newest collection is filled with some of the sweet things of spring. All of these new products will be available in the shop beginning at 10am EST on Wednesday, March 10.

If you’d like to see all of the new products up close, Laurie will be hosting an Instagram Live presentation of all of the new products on Tuesday, March 9 at 11:00 am CST, so tune in if you’d like to check it out!

Now let’s meet today’s products! We also have multiple videos today, so let’s get to it!

Bunny Hop Stamp + Stencil and Die

Hippity-hoppity, happy Easter! This stamp + stencil set is filled with all of the sweet things of spring. The included multi-step stencils work together with the stamps to make creating the bunny wreaths super easy! There are also individual bunnies in the stamp set, which can be layered over the wreath for added dimension, or used on their own to create other fun designs. While this set is perfect for Easter, it’s also wonderful for sweet baby projects!

The matching die includes a template to aid in repositioning the inner and outer cut lines of the bunny wreath should you choose to snip those dies apart.

Click HERE for more info on the stamp + stencil set, click HERE for more info on the die
Bunny Hop Stamp + Stencil combo (4×6″ stamp set + 4-piece stencil set + step-by-step guide)- $22
Bunny Hop die + template – $29
Made in the USA

BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix dies create an assortment of sweet, delicate blooms. Mix and match the various blossoms with the different stems to create a whole garden of wildflowers. These petite blooms also make wonderful “filler flowers” when combined with some of our other BotaniCuts dies!

Click HERE for more detailed information
BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix die – $31 $27 (please note we had an error in the pricing of this die and it has been updated)
Made in the USA

I put together a video showing these dies in action, along with a few tips for coloring and assembling these dainty blooms (there’s also a few sneak peeks of some of tomorrow’s projects! 😉).

BotaniCuts Carrot die

The BotaniCuts collection is a series of stand-alone dies for cutting various botanical designs. This BotaniCuts Carrot set creates carrots in two sizes, along with greens that can be tucked into the tops of the carrots. Perfect for Easter, summer projects, garden-y thank yous and more!

Click HERE for more detailed information
BotaniCuts Carrot die – $15
Made in the USA

Angelica is our video guest today, and she put together this fun video showing how she watercolored these gorgeous rainbow carrots!

Put a Bow on It stamp set and die

Put a bow on it! Tie up your favorite blossoms and blooms with this generously-sized bow, or use it to embellish wreaths or frames. The two-step bow is simple to stamp with a base layer and second step shading detail. There are also several sentiments in the set, designed to fit on the longer ribbon tail, and cover a wide range of holidays and occasions!

Click HERE for more detailed information
Put a Bow on It 4×6″ stamp set– $15
Put a Bow on It die– $9
Made in the USA

Let’s Have a Word: Spring and Easter dies

We have two new words to add to our Let’s Have a Word die series. “Spring” and “Easter” are both done in a lovely script font and will be a great addition to your spring and Easter projects!

Click HERE and HERE for more detailed information
Let’s Have a Word: Spring die – $5
Let’s Have a Word: Easter die – $5
Made in the USA

PreText Sentiment stamp set and PreText Banners die

Do you find yourself looking through your various sentiment stamps to find little phrases to combine with your favorite word dies? Not anymore! This handy little sentiment set contains an assortment of different phrases that can be combined with word dies (or other word stamps) from your collection. The PreText Banners die coordinates with the sentiments in this set, and makes it easy to layer these phrases over other design elements. 

Click HERE and HERE for more detailed information
PreText Sentiments 3×4″ stamp set – $7
PreText Banners die – $19
Made in the USA

Are you ready for some projects? We also have some videos for you today!

Let’s kick it off with some projects using Bunny Hop.

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This one-layer Easter card was so fun and quick to create. The stencil and stamp combo make it so quick and foolproof. Once I was finished stenciling and stamping the bunny wreath, I diecut just the inner portion to create a window so that I could stamp the sentiment on the inside of the card.

I put together a video while I was creating this card so you could see this set in action. After the video I did add a little colored pencil shading to the tulips and bunnies, and also a little glitter to their tails. 🙂

The other card from this duo is stepped up a bit with some added layers. That’s one of the fun things about this set – you can make a quick and easy card, or spend more time on the details…whatever you’re in the mood for! This time I diecut the inside and outside of the bunny wreath and layered it over a mint green background which was stamped with the Painterly Striped Background stamp. Inside the wreath I added the new Let’s Have a Word: Spring diecut. I finished the sentiment with the “happy” from the new PreText Sentiments stamp set and matching Banners die. I popped the wreath up some foam tape for extra dimension.

My next card uses the individual bunnies, tulips, and carrots from the Bunny Hop set. I thought it would be so fun to create w scene with them and our new BotaniCuts Wildflower Mix dies. I pulled out a new die we’ll be showcasing tomorrow to create a slimline card base. This gave me lots of room for a whole train of hopping bunnies!

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Between the bunnies I scattered some of the small tulip and carrot clusters from the set. The taller blooms were created with our new Wildflower Mix die. The shorter sprig way on the left was created with one of the carrot tops from our new BotaniCuts Carrot and embellished with a few blooms from the Wildflower die. Those sweet little bunnies hopping through the garden make me smile!

For my next project, I thought it would be fun to use the Bunny Hop set to create a baby card.

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I used the same one-layer card design as I did in the video above and just cut a window from the center of the bunny wreath. The “welcome baby” sentiment is from the Balloon Bouquet set. Instead of stenciling the 4th step – the carrots – I omitted that step. Instead I pulled out the little heart stamp and matching die from the Signed & Sealed with a Kiss set. The hearts fill in perfectly where the carrots are supposed to be! I was so happy with how that worked out. To finish it off I added some colored-pencil shading and Stickles to the hearts. I also added polka dots to the bunnies using a white gel pen.

My next card is my favorite of the day. Do you ever have an idea for something in your head and then it turns out just like you envisioned it? I thought it would be so fun to create a dramatic look with some bright orange carrots and a mix of wildflowers on a black background.

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I had so much fun arranging these bright carrots and blooms on a black background, cut with another new slimline die we’ll be showcasing tomorrow. For the sentiment, I used a combination of stamps and dies from our new PreText set and the Let’s Have a Word: Easter die. Before adding the sentiment though, I couldn’t resist adding some white paint splatters which just really gave the whole thing a fun pop! Can you imagine swapping out the sentiment for a summery thank you card? It would be perfect!

My next card again uses both of the new BotaniCuts – the Wildflowers and the carrots, but this time for a much softer look. This time I clustered them into a bouquet, tied up with our new Put a Bow on It set.

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The BotaniCuts carrots have some small cut-line details that make them so realistic. They’re very easy to color – I just sponged them with shades of orange and added a little colored pencil shading to each of those cut-line details. There is one small cut slit at the top in which you can tuck the carrot greens. Here I also tucked in three wildflower sprigs, and filled in with more carrot greens. The But a Bow on It set includes several sentiments that can be stamped on the longer tail. I used the “happy easter” sentiment here.I layered my carrot bouquet over a new Nordic Circles die (you’ll be seeing more of these tomorrow!)

For my final card today, I really wanted to try combining the new Wildflower Mix dies with our BotaniCuts Lily die that was release last year for Easter. I love how they work together!

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Once again I went with a slimline card base. I am absolutely loving this new size! It’s just the thing to spice up your card making – there’s nothing like a new size to play around with different arrangements and layouts. I used our new Crimped Slimline (more on that tomorrow!) I covered the smaller panel from the set with a whitewashed shiplap using out Shiplap Builder die. I diecut and assembled a single lily and bud, then filled in around it with an assortment of wildflower stems. For the sentiment I again pulled out the handy Pretext Sentiments set and matching Banners die to pair with our new Let’s Have a Word: Easter die. I love how this one turned out and I think I have just the right person to send it to!

That’s wraps up my projects for today, butt 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. We will be giving away one $50 gift card for today’s blog hop!

Read on for details…

• Comment here on the blog for one entry (one comment per person).
• Comment on our Inspiration Team Members’ and Guest blogs for more entries (one comment per person, per blog)
• Comments close at 11:59pm EST on Tuesday night, March 9
• Winners will be posted at 7am EST on Wednesday, March 10, here on the blog

The inspiration team has been busy creating lots of beautiful things with these new stamps and dies! Hop along to see what they’ve been up to (click HERE if viewing via email)

Thank you for joining us! We’ll be back tomorrow with more reveals and projects before the new collection goes up in the shop on Wednesday!