More July Release: Day 4

Welcome back as we continue the excitement of the July release! I don't think you will ever see a group of cards with more summer inspiration than these!

The Fruit Salad Sentiments stamp set is now available in the store HERE. There are four sets of coordinating dies: Cherries, Citrus, Pineapple, Watermelon.

 

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim an A2 panel of watercolor paper.  Stamp “enjoy” with Versamark ink and heat emboss with white powder.  Using Tropical Teal and New Leaf reinkers, apply some watercolor to the lower right corner of the panel.  Use brush to add a few splatters of Tropical Teal.  Set aside to dry.
2. Diecut cherries, pineapple, and watermelon from white cardstock. Color fruit pieces by sponging with ink.  Assemble shapes and adhere to watercolored panel.
3. Stamp “summertime” with black ink.  Adhere finished panel to an A2 card base made from Bright Buttercup cardstock.

• STAMPS:  Fruit Salad Sentiments
• INK: Tropical Teal, New Leaf, Green Parakeet, Bright Buttercup, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Pure Poppy, Berry Sorbet, True Black, Versamark
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Bright Buttercup, watercolor paper
• DIES:  Fruit Salad: Pineapple, Fruit Salad: Cherries, Fruit Salad: Watermellon
• OTHER:   white embossing powder, ink blending sponge

 

To see more from Dawn McVey, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut fruit pieces, flowers and leaves from watercolor card stock.
2. Watercolor all die cuts, adhering citrus layers together.
3. Cut lime die cut in half.
4. Stamp sentiments on card front.
5. Adhere citrus, flowers & leaves to card front.

• STAMPS: Fruit Salad Sentiments
• INK: Bright Buttercup, Orange Zest
• PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, watercolor card stock
• DIES: Fruit Salad: Citrus 
• OTHER: Zig clean color real brush markers, water brush

 

To see more from Heather Nichols, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut a Kraft cardstock card base with the Noted: Vertical Scalloped A2 die.
2. Mask off the scalloped edges on the card front and stamp polka dots on the rest of the card front with Classic Kraft ink.
3. Die cut the stem and leaves for the cherry from Prairie Grass cardstock.
4. Die cut the cherries from Pure Poppy cardstock. Add adhesive to the front of the cherries and apply glitter to them.
5. Attach the cherries to the right side of the card front.
6. Stamp the “hello” sentiment in Fresh Snow ink to the left of the cherries. Stamp “sweet friend” underneath the “hello” in Fresh Snow ink.
7. Add a few drops around the sentiment using the Morning Dew crystal drops and let dry completely.

• STAMPS: Fruit Salad Sentiments, Polka Dot Basics II
• INK: Fresh Snow, Classic Kraft
• PAPER: Classic Kraft, Pure Poppy, Prairie Grass
• DIES: Fruit Salad: Cherries, Noted: Vertical Scalloped A2
• OTHER: glitter, Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops (Tonic)

 

To see more from Keeway Tsao, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut the inner piece of the citrus out of white card stock and the outside layer out of orange card stock
2. Dissemble the triangular pieces and individually blend Orange Zest onto them
3. Arrange the triangular pieces back into the framework and adhere onto the outer orange piece
4. Repeat 1-3 again to create 2 slices of oranges.
5. On watercolor paper, paint bright greens in a zig zag sweeping motion from the bottom left corner to create movement in the painting. Add splatter for finishing touch.
6. Stamp sentiments in the top right corner.
7. Adhere oranges to card with foam tape and trim off any excess pieces off the edge. 

• STAMPS:  Fruit Salad Sentiments
• INK: Summer Sunrise, Spring Moss, True Black
• PAPER: Orange Zest, Stamper’s Select White, Watercolor paper
• DIES:  Fruit Salad: Citrus
• OTHER: Watercolors

 

To see more from Laurie Schmidlin, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim White card base. Trim Smaller white panel.
2. Sponge white panel darker on bottom, fading to white on top.  Splatter with gold paint.
3. Die cut pineapple base from white cardstock and sponge different shades of yellow.  Die cut pineapple top layer out of gold cardstock.  Die cut pineapple tops out of green cardstock and lightly sponge bottoms with green ink.
4. Emboss sentiment onto strip of vellum.
5. Die cut white frame and stamp sentiment on bottom.  Adhere to sponged panel using dimensional foam.
   Adhere pineapple to card.  Attach vellum strip over pineapple using small strips of dimensional foam hidden under the sentiment.

• STAMPS:  Fruit Salad Sentiments, Infinity Frames Sentiments
• INK:  Harvest Gold, Limeade Ice, Summer Sunrise, New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, True Black, Versamark
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Vellum Cardstock, Green Parakeet, Luxe Gold Cardstock
• DIES:  Fruit Salad: Pineapple, Infinity Frames
• OTHER:   Black detail embossing powder, Gold paint

 

To see more from Lizzie Jones, CLICK HERE.

1. Sponge a white card base with Aqua Mist ink. Splatter with clean water, Aqua Mist reinker, and Tropical Teal reinker.
2. Die cut solid oranges from Orange Zest and segmented oranges from Summer Sunrise and white cardstocks.
3. Die cut segmented oranges from the center of each solid orange to create a ring. Adhere rings to card front.
4. Sponge white “pith” with Lemon Tart ink to give it a slightly warmer appearance. Nest pith and segments in the rings. Trim off any overhang.
5. Create card from clear cardstock. Stamp sentiment on the front using white solvent ink. Adhere over the top of the cardstock base with a narrow strip of adhesive on the back.

• STAMPS: Fruit Salad Sentiments
• CARDSTOCK: Orange Zest, Summer Sunrise, Clear Cardstock, white
• INK: Aqua Mist, Tropical Teal, Lemon Tart, Stazon Cotton White
• DIES: Fruit Salad Oranges
• OTHER: Glossy Accents, Scor-tape

 

To see more from Michelle Leone, CLICK HERE.

1. Create A2 card base from Pure Poppy cs
2. Stamp card front sentiment, double stamping bottom portion of ‘HELLO’ stamp
3. Die cut watermelon pieces from greens/red cs,, add dimensional tape to top/red layer, attach to card front
4. Layer card front with  True Black cs and attach to card front
5. Add b/w twine, tie in bow in upper left corner

• STAMPS: Fruit Salad
• INK: Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Pure Poppy
• PAPER: Green Parakeet, New Leaf, Pure Poppy, SS White, True Black
• DIES: Fruit Salad-Watermelon
• OTHER: B/W twine

 

To see more from Wanda Guess, CLICK HERE.

1. Die-cut fruit from various cardstocks and assemble.
2. Cut strip of polka-dot paper and wrap around bag.
3. Die-cut doilies and add to front of bag. Adhere fruit in place. Accent with die-cut velum branch.
4. Add stamped tags. Adhere twine bow and accent with enamel dot. Use additional enamel dots to accent fruit.

• STAMPS: Fruit Salad Sentiments
• INK: True Black
• PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Aqua Mist Bitty Dot, Raspberry Fizz, Cocoa Bean, Bright Buttercup, Green Parakeet, New Leaf True Black
• DIES: Fruit Salad dies, Doily die, Branching Out die, Tag dies, Keep It Simple Frames dies
• OTHER: Twine, Enamel Dots, Glassine Bags, Foam Tape

 

CLICK HERE to see the original Release Countdown post introducing the Fruit Salad collection.

 

On the Wagon stamp set is now available in the store HERE, and the coordinating dies HERE.

 

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

1. Create an A2 card base from Rustic White cardstock.  Sponge top portion with Aqua Mist and bottom portion with Classic Kraft.
2. Diecut Cover Plate: Mountain Majesty from kraft cardstock.  Adhere to card base.
3. Diecut station wagon and suitcase from white cardstock and stamp with coordinating images.  Adhere as shown.
4. Diecut diamond using the You’ve Been Framed: Diamond die.  Stamp with coordinating images from that set.  Stamp with sentiment from the On the Wagon set.  Adhere, layering over a stitched rectangle, cut from Scarlet Jewel cardstock using the Noted: Scalloped A2 die.

• STAMPS:  On the Wagon, You’ve Been Frames: Diamond
• INK: Scarlet Jewel, Cocoa Bean, Soft Stone, Classic Kraft, True Black, Fine Linen, Smokey Shadow, Aqua Mist
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Kraft, Rustic White, Scarlet Jewel
• DIES:  On the Wagon, Cover Plate: Mountain Majesty, You’ve Been Framed: Diamond, Noted: Scalloped A2
• OTHER:  ink blending sponge

 

To see more from Dawn McVey, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut and stamp two station wagons and five Christmas trees.
2. Stamp “snow” image on white card stock panel.
3. Stamp sentiment on white card stock. 
4. Adhere white card stock to card front.
5. Adhere station wagons and Christmas trees to card front.

• STAMPS: On the Wagon
• INK: Pure Poppy, New Leaf, Ripe Avocado, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Scarlet Jewel, Kraft, Cocoa Bean, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow
• PAPER: Hawaiian Shores, Stamper’s Select White
• DIES: On the Wagon

 

 

To see more from Keeway Tsao, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp mountains in Lilac Grace and Lavender Moon, and the background trees in Enchanted Evening
2. Stamp sentiment and birds in True Black
3. On a separate white card stock, stamp pine trees in New Leaf and Ocean Tides, and the station wagon in Mint Julep, Tropical Teal, Lemon Tart, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, and True Black. 
4. Die cut the trees and car with coordinating dies.
5. Mask off the mountain area and stamp grass in Green Parakeet three times for larger coverage.
6. Adhere trees and car onto card with foam tape 

• STAMPS:  On the Wagon, Mountain Majesty
• INK: Lilac Grace, Lavender Moon, Enchanted Evening, Mint Julep, Tropical Teal, Ocean Tides, New Leaf, Honey Nut, Lemon Tart, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, True Black, Green Parakeet
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White
• DIES:  On the Wagon

 

To see more from Laurie Schmidlin, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim White card base. Trim smaller kraft mat. Trim white mat slightly larger than kraft piece.
2. Die cut and stamp wagon and palm tree images.
3. Stamp water and sunburst images onto kraft panel. Splatter with white paint.
4. Stamp sentiment on top left of kraft panel.
5. Mount kraft mat on slightly larger white mat. Adhere to card base using dimensional foam.
   Adhere wagon and palm trees using dimensional foam.  Add wooden stars.

• STAMPS:  On The Wagon, Shine
• INK:  Aqua Mist, Hawaiian Shores, Tropical Teal, Fresh Snow, Kraft, Fine Linen, Cocoa Bean, Summer Sunrise, Harvest Gold, Orange Zest, True Black
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Kraft
• DIES:  On The Wagon
• OTHER:   White paint, Wooden Stars

 

To see more from Lizzie Jones, CLICK HERE.

1. Die cut and stamp station wagon using the coordinating images.
2. Kiss the side panel with the Background Basics: Farm & Barn woodgrain image to give it the traditional wood-panel look.
3. Stamp a Classic Kraft panel with the snowbanks and sentiment. Speckle with white pigment to look like snow.
4. Use the sentiment stamp itself to mask the stamped sentiment rather than cutting one from paper.
5. Adhere Kraft panel to a white card base and embellish snowbanks with glitter.
6. Attach station wagon with foam tape.
7. Die cut and stamp trees. Add snow by stippling with white pigment. Adhere trees to card base.

• STAMPS: On The Wagon, Background Basics: Farm & Barn
• CARDSTOCK: Classic Kraft, white
• INK: Americana, Scarlet Jewel, Classic Kraft, Cocoa Bean, Dark Chocolate, Ripe Avocado, Olive Twist, Fresh Snow
• DIES: On The Wagon Die
• OTHER: Scotch Foam Tape, Martha Stewart Crystal Glitter, Copic Opaque White Pigment, Glue Pen

 

To see more from Michelle Leone, CLICK HERE.

1. Create A4  (3.5x 5”)card base from SS White cs
2. Stamp palm trees onto card front in Soft Stone ink
3. Die cut circle and surf boards from SS White cs,, stamp  and attach to card front circle, add sentiment in black
4. Layer card front with  True Black cs, trim right side of circle and attach to card front
5. Round lower right corner  (1/4”)

• STAMPS: On The Wagon
• INK: New Leaf, Hawaiian Shores, Berry Sorbet, Pure Poppy, Summer Sunrise, Orange Zest, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky, Soft Stone
• PAPER: SS White, True Black
• DIES: On The Wagon
• OTHER: Stitched circle die, Versafine Onyx Black ink, Corner rounder

 

CLICK HERE to see the original Release Countdown post introducing the On the Wagon collection.

 

Are you totally feeling the summer vibes? Do you already have Fruit Salad products or the On the Wagon collection coming to your house? Both collections are just darn amazing! Please join us back here tomorrow as we continue the inspiration!