Good morning and welcome to the first day of product Meet & Greets for our June collection! Let’s meet today’s products, and then read on for how you can “greet” these new products for a chance to win! We also have several guests again today sharing projects with the new products, and they’ve done an amazing job – you’re going to want to check it out for sure!
There are two new sets being showcased today, so let’s get to it!
Simple Things Stamps & Dies
Simple Things are often the best things! The Simple Things stamp set is filled with beautiful multi-step eucalyptus images so realistic you can almost smell them! Stamp them in soothing shades of green, or play with a multitude of other colors. This set is perfect on its own for focal points, but it also makes a great filler to mix with any of your other favorite floral stamps!
Summer Sketches Stamps & Dies
Summer Sketches is a lovely floral set that’s filled with possibilities! Layer the solid and outline images for a pretty, elegant look, or use them independently. The outline can be used alone and colored with your favorite medium. When layering the outline over the solid, consider heat embossing the outline with metallic embossing powder for a touch of elegance. The outline images also make quick and beautiful backgrounds!
To aid in your list-making and planning, below you will find the prices for today’s products.
- Summer Sketches 4″ x 8″ stamp set – $18
- Summer Sketches Die – $16
- Simple Things 6″ x 8″ stamp set – $24
- Simple Things die – $21
Now for the fun part! Let’s get on to the projects using these new sets!
My first project uses all of the images from the Summer Sketches set layered together. I heat embossed the outline image with gold embossing powder for an elegant touch. I also stamped a few of the solid and outline images separately in the background behind the diecut bouquet to add some depth and interest to the background. I love using the outline images from this set to create backgrounds – I’ve done it on several cards that you’ll be seeing this week!
My next project is bright and summery and uses the Summer Sketches set. I stamped the blooms in bright colors and created some clusters in the corners of my card. In the background I heat embossed the outline images with white embossing powder. The sentiment is from the Sentiment Suite: Thinking of You set from our last release.
My next card uses the Summer Sketches set in a very different way. Here I used just the outline images to do some no-line watercoloring. I stamped the outline images around the outer edge of a panel of watercolor paper using a pale gray ink, then painted them with my watercolors. The sentiment is from last release’s Comforting Commands set. I also used the no-line watercolor technique on the sentiment to create a more hand-done look. I stamped it with light gray ink, then painted over it with watercolors.
My next card combines both the Summer Sketches and the Simple Things sets to create a stunning layered bouquet. The eucalyptus from the Simple Things set is great on its own as you’ll see in a bit, but it’s also great to pair with any of your favorite flower stamps as a filler! The background here was again done using the outline images from the Summer Sketches set. I heat embossed them with white onto a panel of light gray cardstock. The sentiment was done using a new addition to the Sentiment Suite series that we’ll be showing a bit later this week!
My next two projects use just the images from the Simple Things set. Like I said earlier, these are great fillers, but they can easily stand on their own as well! For this first card, I paired them with the Large Terrarium die for a fresh and pretty shaped card. I used a fun technique on the eucalyptus stems on this card – I added some extra details and shading using colored pencils. This is an easy coloring technique to try if you’re intimidated by coloring. Start with a solid image and just add some simple shading and details. It’s very forgiving and can look amazing! Note – there is no die for the sentiment. I cut it by hand. If there is interest I’m considering offering a small add-on die for the sentiment.
My next card uses the large eucalyptus branch to create a wreath. Three of the branches make a perfect wreath to fit on an A2 card. The smaller companion sentiments from the Simple Things set fit on the double ended banner from the Sentiment Suite Basics die collection. I created some texture to the background of my card by scoring lines using my scoring tool.
Now that you’ve gotten to meet all of today’s new products, 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)
- Comment on our guests’ blogs for more entries (one comment per person, per blog)
- Comments close at Midnight on Thursday, June 20
- Winners will be posted at 7am ET on Friday, June 21st here on the blog
Without further ado, our amazing guests for today!
(click on the images to visit their blogs)
Thank you for visiting today and for sharing in our excitement for our new collection! We’ll be back tomorrow for another day of product reveals and projects!
