More July Release: Day 1

And we're back! Hold onto your hats as we share some incredible inspiration today using the brand new Give Love collection and Cover Ups!

The Give Love stamp set is now available in the store HERE, and the coordinating dies HERE.

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

1. Diecut watercolor paper with the Mix & Mat: Postal frame and stitched border. 
2. Diecut bird, flowers, leaves, branch, and berries from white cardstock.  Stamp with coordinating images and adhere to the diecut frame.  Trim excess branch from edges of diecut.  Stamp oval shadow under bird before adhering.
3. Stamp sentiment with black ink.  Affix finished diecut to patterned paper panel and adhere finished panel to white card base.

• STAMPS:  Give Love, In the Shadows
• INK: Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Green Parakeet, Classic Kraft, True Black
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Vintage Linens patterned paper, watercolor paper
• DIES:  Give Love, Mix & Mat: Postal

 

To see more from Dawn McVey, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp sentiments & branch on card base.
2. Die cut frame and layer on card front.
3. Die cut & stamp bird, flowers, berries & leaves.
4. Adhere all die cuts to card front.

• STAMPS: Give Love
• INK: Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Cocoa Bean, Green Parakeet, Pale Peony, Pure Poppy
• PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, Aqua Mist, Stamper’s Select White
• DIES: Give Love, Infinity Frames

 

 

To see more from Keeway Tsao, CLICK HERE.

1. Blend Enchanted Evening, Blueberry Sky, and Gold with the rectangular stencil from Herb Garden to create a background.
2. Stamp bird, flowers, and leaves onto white cardstock and die cut with coordinating dies.
3. Stamp sentiment in the top left corner.
4. Adhere bird in the bottom center and arrange the flowers and leaves around it with foam tape. 

• STAMPS:  Give Love
• INK: Blueberry Sky, Enchanted Evening, Lovely Lady, Fine Linen, Honey Nut, Cocoa Bean, Saffron Spice, New Leaf, Green Parakeet, Harvest Gold
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White
• DIES:  Give Love
• OTHER: Herb Garden Stencil Collection

 

To see more from Laurie Schmidlin, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim an A2 panel of white cardstock.  Trim smaller white cardstock mat.
2. Die cut bird, three large flowers, three smaller flowers, two large leaves, and three small leaves.
3. Stamp bird, flowers, and leaves.
4. Using a long piece of scrap paper, sponge “rays” onto background panel.
5. Die cut banner and stamp sentiment.
6. Adhere flowers, leaves, banner, and bird to background panel using dimensional foam.  Adhere background to card base.  Adhere wooden hearts.

• STAMPS:  Give Love
• INK:  True Black, Harvest Gold, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Pure Poppy, Americana, Orange Zest, Canyon Clay, Parakeet, New Leaf, Prairie Grass, Kraft
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White
• DIES:  Give Love, Tag Sale: Quilted
• OTHER:   Wooden Hearts

 

To see more from Lizzie Jones, CLICK HERE.

1. Heat emboss Quatrefoil pattern onto white card base. Sponge over pattern with Aqua Mist ink and spray with Glimmer Mist.
2. Heat emboss sentiment onto vellum strip.
3. Die cut circle from card front and adhere sentiment in the window. Adhere card front to dry card base.
4. Die cut flowers and leaves and stamp with coordinating images. Arrange flowers on card base and adhere with flat and foam adhesives. A mix of both gives better dimension.
5. Round corners and tie on crochet thread bow.

• STAMPS: Give Love, Cover Up: Quatrefoil
• CARDSTOCK: Dark Indigo, Stamper’s Select Vellum, white
• INK: Melon Berry, Sweet Blush, Americana, Aqua Mist, Simply Chartreuse, Versamark
• DIES: Give Love Die, Quickutz Nesting Circles Die
• OTHER: Filigree Clear Embossing Powder, Filigree White Embossing Powder, Tattered Angels Pearl Glimmer Mist, Scotch Foam Tape, White Crochet Thread, Corner Chomper

 

To see more from Stephanie Gold, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp the left facing bird in Aqua Mist ink off the right side of the card base. Stamp the right facing bird in Aqua Mist next to the first one, facing it. Stamp the birds coordinating accent stamps in Ocean Tides on their bellies. Stamp their legs in Cocoa Bean.
2. Stamp the largest heart in Pure Poppy ink between the two birds.
3. Stamp the small heart in Lemon Tart 4 times above and below the Pure Poppy heart.
4. Stamp the sentiment in True Black once on the bottom right of the card and then generation stamp once above and once below offset.

• STAMPS: Give Love
• INK: True Black, Lemon Tart, Pure Poppy, Coca Bean, Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist
• PAPER: Stampers Select White

 

To see more from Wanda Guess, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp branches, leaves and flowers onto die-cut white card front.
2. Stamp and die-cut a few extra leaves and flowers to adhere with foam tape. Accent with enamel dots.
3. Stamp and die-cut bird and adhere onto branch.
4. Add stamped sentiment and heart.
5. Adhere to scalloped diecut card base.

• STAMPS: Give Love
• INK: True Black, Pure Poppy, Simply Chartreuse, Green Parakeet, Bright Buttercup, Orange Zest, Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Raspberry Fizz, Sweet Blush, Hibiscus Burst, Harvest Gold
• PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Vintage Cream, Simply Chartreuse
• DIES: Give Love dies, Noted A2 Scallop die
• OTHER: Enamel Dots, Foam Tape

 

CLICK HERE to see the original Release Countdown introduction post for Give Love.

Cover Up: Diamonds is now available in the store HERE.

Cover Up: Quatrefoil is now available in the store HERE.

 

 

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim an A2 panel of watercolor paper.  Stamp with diamond background stamp using Versamark ink.  Heat emboss with white powder.
2. Color embossed design with Clean Color pens in rainbow order, starting with red at the top and working down.  When finished coloring, mist heavily with water and allow colors to bleed.  Tilt paper if desired to aid colors blending.
3. When watercolored panel is dry, diecut with the larges stitched rectangle from the Noted set.  Diecut Angles Cover Plate from white cardstock and layer both onto a white A2 card base.
4. Diecut sentiment from vellum.  Stamp with Veramark and heat emboss with white powder.  Adhere.  Embellish with wooden stars.

• STAMPS:  Cover Up: Diamonds, Bold & Beautiful
• INK:  Versamark
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Vellum Cardstock, watercolor paper
• DIES:  Noted: Scalloped A2 Vertical, Bold & Beautiful, Cover Plate: Angles
• OTHER:   Zig Clean Color pens, white embossing powder, wooden stars

 

To see more from Heather Nichols, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut the card base from white cardstock using the Noted: Scalloped Square die.
2. Use the circle die from the Noted: Scalloped Square collection to cut a mask and place in the center of the card front. Mask off the scallops around the edge of the card front.
3. Stamp the Cover Up image over the card front and masks with Aqua Mist ink. Remove the masks.
4. Apply Aqua Mist ink to the center of the card front, sprinkled the ink with some water and dry with a heat tool.
5. Stamp the sentiment at the bottom center of the card front in Cocoa Bean ink. Stamp three flowers around the edge of the card front: Ocean Tides for the flowers, Cocoa Bean for the centers, and Prairie Grass for the leaves.
6. Stamp the bird on white cardstock with Fine Linen and Cocoa Bean inks. Add the feet and spots on the wing in Cocoa Bean ink. Add spots to the bird’s tummy with Classic Kraft and Melon Berry inks.
7. Die cut the birds and add them to the card front.

• STAMPS: Give Love, Cover Up: Diamonds, Cover Up: Quatrefoil
• INK: Cocoa Bean, Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides, Prairie Grass, Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Melon Berry
• PAPER: Stamper’s Select White
• DIES: Give Love, Noted: Scalloped Square
• OTHER: Post-its or other masking material, ink blending tool

 

To see more from Keeway Tsao, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim an A2 panel of watercolor paper.  Stamp with quatrefoil background stamp using Versamark ink.  Heat emboss with white powder.
2. Brush water across the pattern embossed surface and then add watercolors and let the colors blend naturally. Brush water to soften any unwanted harsh edges.
3. Once the initial layer is close to dry, further saturate random patterns to add interest. Use less water with your watercolor to get a more saturated color.
4. Die cut ‘thank you’ sentiment 2-3 times and adhere together for thickness.
5. Once your watercolored panel is dry, you can adhere your sentiment onto the background to finish the card.

• STAMPS:  Cover Up: Quatrefoil
• INK:  Versamark
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, watercolor paper
• DIES:  Modern + Marbled Kit
• OTHER:   Watercolors, white embossing powder

 

 

To see more from Lizzie Jones, CLICK HERE.

1. Heat emboss diamond pattern onto watercolor paper using white powder. Watercolor panel with a handful of coordinating colors. Once dry, die cut that panel and adhere to a white card base.
2. Die cut sentiment three times and stack for thickness.
3. Stamp companion sentiment onto die cut banner. Adhere both to watercolor panel.
4. Embellish with sequins.

• STAMPS: Cover Up: Diamonds, Keep It Simple: Okay
• CARDSTOCK: Dark Indigo, white, Ranger Watercolor Paper
• INK: Dark Indigo, VersaMark
• DIES: It’s The Thought Die, Tag Sale: Quilted, Noted: Scalloped A2 Die Collection
• OTHER: Filigree White Embossing Powder, Zig Clean Color Brush Markers, Scotch Foam Tape, Sunshine & Rainbows Kit Sequins, Xyron, Glossy Accents

 

 

To see more from Stephanie Gold, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim a piece of white cardstock to approximately 3.75 in by 5 in.
2. Ink up the Quatrefoil stamp with Smokey Shadow ink and take a dry paper towel and lightly wipe the edges and parts of the center to remove a bit of ink. Stamp onto the paper piece.
3. Using the rock and roll technique, ink up and stamp the small and large flowers from Give Love in Tropical Teal and Lemon Tart and stamp onto the bottom right side of your paper piece.
4. Stamp the “dream big” sentiment from Give Love in True Black in the bottom right of your card piece.
5. Distress the edges of your cardstock with a nail file and adhere to your card base.

• STAMPS: Cover Up: Quatrefoil, Give Love
• INK: True Black, Tropical Teal, Lemon Tart, Smokey Shadow
• PAPER: Stampers Select White

 

To see more from Wanda Guess, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp the Quatrefoil pattern onto a die-cut circle of Vintage Cream cardstock, add distress ink to edges. Add a second circle of Pure Poppy.
2. Stamp and die-cut the sailboat and mount it on top of the circles.
3. To build the card front layer Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy striped paper and striped vellum. Wrap it with twine.
4. Die-cut the banner and add distress ink to the edges. Die-cut the "congratulations" and adhere to banner.
5. Die-cut small banners and attach at angles at top edge of card with mini stapler.

• STAMPS: Cover Up: Quatrefoil, Cloche Quarters: Summer Fillers
• INK: Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, Dark Chocolate 
• PAPER: Vintage Cream, Pure Poppy, Classic Kraft, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy Striped Paper, Sheer Basics Vellum
• DIES: Ways to Say: Congratulations die, Tiny Banners die, Double Ended Banners die, Circle Dies
• OTHER: Twine, Foam Tape, Sponge Dauber

 

 

CLICK HERE to see the original Release Countdown post for both of the Cover Up sets. 

 

The team really hit is out of the park with today's projects, didn't they! All of the colors and awesome techniques. It just makes me want to go hide in my studio for days! Be sure to stop by tomorrow as we bring you even more brand new, never before seen projects using the July release products.