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Sneak Peek Day 2

Penny here! Welcome back to Day 2 of our June Release Sneak Peeks! I hope yesterday’s tropical and travel reveals got your creative wheels turning, because today we are pivoting into a beautiful mix of soulful wisdom, scenic wonderlands, and interactive celebration textures!

 

Today’s line-up is all about creating cards that tell a story—whether that’s a peaceful walk through nature, a heartfelt message of comfort for a dear friend, or a playful, nostalgic invitation to celebrate a big milestone.

 

Let’s take a look at the gorgeous sets making their debut today:

 

Inspired Expressions Stamp Set & Die

Share comfort and wisdom with a collection designed for truly heartfelt cards! The Inspired Expressions set features a beautiful assortment of uplifting quotes and moving reminders from beloved authors like C.S. Lewis, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott. Blending elegant typefaces with flowing cursive scripts, these substantial sentiments are perfect for sympathy cards, encouragement notes, or thinking-of-you designs. Pair them with the coordinating wafer-thin dies to cleanly frame each full quote for a polished, professional layer.

 

Through the Forest Die

Step into a serene, woodland wonderland! The Through the Forest die set allows you to build a breathtaking, dimensional forest landscape nestled inside a beautiful frame. Featuring three distinct, nesting evergreen tree lines, a classic crescent moon, and a sun element, you can easily layer your favorite earthy cardstock to build realistic depth. Completed by an elegant circular frame topped with a leafy vine branch, it’s the perfect backdrop for masculine cards, travel pages, or peaceful nature greetings.

 

Always a Winner Stamp Set & Die

Admit your loved ones to a world of celebration! The Always a Winner collection features a charming, vintage-inspired carnival ticket theme that is perfect for interactive birthday greetings, anniversaries, and congratulations cards. Packed with playful phrases like “Ticket to Celebrate” and “You Won My ❤️,” the set also includes large typography numbers to customize your own ticket codes. Use the coordinating wafer-thin dies to cleanly stamp individual ticket stubs or construct a nostalgic, continuous strip of three connected tickets.

 

Get ready to have your socks knocked off! The design team has done an unbelievable job bringing Day 2 to life. You’ll see the Through the Forest dies transformed with ink-blended ink skies, and those vintage Always a Winner tickets turned into the most clever interactive pull-tabs.

 

Take your time browsing their incredible masterworks below, and make sure to hop down to the comments to share which project captured your heart today!

 

Keep your planners marked for Tuesday, June 30th at 12PM ET when the entire June collection goes live. Until then, sit back, enjoy the design team magic below, and get a good night’s rest because Day 3 is right around the corner!

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It’s easy! Scroll through the sneak peeks and leave a comment at the bottom telling us which project is your favorite.

Inspired Expression Stamp Set & Die + Through the Forest Die

Featured design by Seeka & Bobbi

Bobbi Lemanski

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Inspired Expression
DIES: Inspired Expression, Through the Forest dies
CARDSTOCK: Stampers’ Select White, New Leaf
INK: VersaMark Watermark Pad
OTHER: Foam Tabs, Watercolor Paint, Watercolor Paper, Copic Sketch Markers, Distress Oxide Ink: Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn, Bee Creative Precision Glue, WOW! White embossing powder, Honey Bee Stamps Yellow Gold Sequins

TIPS: 

  • Use the largest die to create a see-through window in your card front panel.
  • Use watercolor inks to create a variety of green colors, just like in the real forest. Watercolors will blend together and create more color variety.
  • Create a lake by simply using an oval die to cut a top layer for the bottom. Use markers to make a sandy-like shore line between the trees and the water.
  • Use foam tabs between the layers to make your tree lines stand out more. It also creates dimension in the focal point.

Seeka

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Inspired Expressions
DIES: Through The Forest

MarDi Rembold

Melissa Phillips

Brenda Noelke

Catherine Cohen

Kassi Hulet

Betty Wright

Kelly Lunceford

Liane Hodges

Always a Winner Stamp Set & Die

Featured design by Betty

Betty Wright

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Always A Winner stamp set, Destination Sentiments stamp set

DIES: Always A Winner dies set, Love to Layer: Tickets dies set, Into the Blooms: Mixed Bouquet dies set

FOIL PLATE: Well-Traveled Foil Plate

STENCIL: Air Mail Stencils Collection

INK: Harvest Gold, Raspberry Fizz, Summer Sunrise, Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Harvest Gold, Bitty Big: Harvest Gold Pattern Paper

OTHER: Gold Foil

TIPS: 

  • Layer elements from several sets to create collage styled cards.

Betty Wright

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Always A Winner stamp set

DIES: Always A Winner dies set, Framed Worthy dies set

STENCILS: So Radiant Stencils Collection

INK: Soft Stone

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Ocean Tide, Melon Berry

OTHER: Versafine Onyx Black, white thread, sequins

TIPS: 

  • Layer background frames to coordinate with focal image die cuts and sentiments.
  • Let the sentiment be the focal point.

Betty Wright

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Always A Winner stamp set

DIES: Always A Winner dies set, Love to Layer: Tickets dies set, Framed In Success dies set (stars), Cover Plate: Decorative Circles

INK: Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shores

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Harvest Gold, Hawaiian Shoes, Bitty Big: Harvest Gold Pattern Paper

OTHER: Versafine Onyx Black

TIPS: 

  • Mix and Match like dies set to create fun layered looks.
  • Use die cuts as embellishments.

Melissa Phillips

Liane Hodges

Seeka

Brenda Noelke

Catherine Cohen

MarDi Rembold

Kassi Hulet

Bobbi Lemanski

Kelly Lunceford

What a spectacular and inspiring day of creativity! From the moving wisdom of Inspired Expressions to the nostalgic charm of the ticket strips, today’s lineup brings so much heart and versatility to our stamp rooms. Whether you keep your designs clean and simple or layer them into rich, texturized forest scenes, these sets are bound to become instant staples in your collection.

 

Thank you for hanging out with us for another day of the countdown! Your enthusiasm and love for papercrafting make this community so special.

 

Be sure to log on tomorrow morning as we move into Day 3 of our release journey. The countdown is officially halfway through, and we still have so many beautiful surprises left to share with you!

 

Click HERE to see our June 2026 Release Winners page!

Winners will be announced on June 30th at 3PM ET.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  1. Thank you to all of the designers for their beautiful inspiration. Love all of the latest products!

  6. Another day of beautiful creations! Love the Through the Forest dies!!

  8. All of the cards are so beautiful! The “Hello Happiness” card by Melissa Phillips was a showstopper.

  9. Love through the forest die. Glowing sunset to joyous sunrise so many possibilities.

  13. MarDi’s Through the Forest scene is gorgeous! Very dramatic with the beautiful colors!

  14. I love the Through the Forest die and the card by Kelly. I always love all the new releases. Not so much my bank account.

  16. Through the Forest die is my favorite! Lots of great inspiration, but I’m especially drawn to MarDi and Kelly’s cards!

  17. Melissa’s “Hello Happiness” card is my favorite! Love the colors and design of it!

  26. I chose MarDi’s “You are loved card as my favorite. Kelly’s was also a favorite. These are cards everyone would appreciate getting. I really like “The Walk Through the Forest”set!

  28. I can’t even try to pick a favorite today, everyone’s cards are beautiful!

  31. I love Mardi’s forest card but all the projects are gorgeous and the ticket set is soooo fun!

  33. My favorite is Betty Wrights card…although it was so hard to choose a favorite. There are so many amazing cards and designers. Thank you all for such great inspiration and creativity.

  35. I love MarDi Rembold’s use of tickets for a background… Something unique. Hard to choose just one, so many good ideas!

  37. KELLY’S outdoor scene is amazingly wonderfully magic! IT IS MY FAVORITE.

  38. Gorgeous cards by everyone! I am in love with Kassi’s purple forest. Wow – it’s stunning!

  40. I like Always a Winner dies. So much cute stuff in this release. I really enjoy your products. Always good products.

  42. I love the cards that Kelly L created! Everything on the blog today is super nice!

  44. Love the bright watercolored forest by Bobbi Lemanski. It is truely a magical place.

  46. Through The Forest looks like the perfect start to a beautiful scene! Love Kelly’s beauty!

  49. I love the card by Brenda Noelke using the Always a winner stamp and dies. I can’t wait for this set to be released!

  51. These are so fun and happy! My favorite is the Always a Winner card from MarDi. Such a great color combo and design!

  52. I thought Kelly’s Always a Winner card was a great masculine looking card. They are hard to make. I like the choice of colors.

  55. I really liked MarDi’s “Through the Forest” dies and “Inspired Expressions” stamps card. Nice color choices and the expression was lovely
    It is a card I would love to receive!

  59. Wow, lots of great makes here! Loving the tickets! Love all the elements Melissa added in her card and the colors scream summer. Great colors!

  61. I love the “Through the Forest” Die Set. It reminds me of living in Colorado next to the mountains and all the beautiful trees!

  65. I really like Melissa Phillips card. It’s so bright and cheerful., and tropical.

  66. I like Melissa’s card….also Betty Wright’s card. Love the color selections on both!

  67. Love those trees! MarDi and Kelly did such a great job with their beautiful cards!

  69. Love the bold colors and design of MarDi Rembold‘s card. Another fun release!!

  70. Great release and so much wonderful inspiration! I love Bobbi Lemanski’s ticket good for a happy birthday card.

  77. LOVE the Through the Forest dies and Seeka’s card showcased them beautifully.

  81. Such beautiful cards.. I especially love MarDi Rembold’s card with the Through the Forest dies.

  82. I love MarDi Rembold‘s card created using your Inspired Expression Stamp Set & Die + Through the Forest Die! This card is so inviting, the rich colors & composition just draw me into a forest I cannot wait to explore! It is so calming & so tranquil, yet so alluring at the same time!

  86. I am super excited about these new products, they are wonderful! I love every single one of these projects, my favorite is Melissa’s Hello Happiness card!

  88. The Through the Forest is unique and offers many possibilities…Of course,
    there are so many to love.

  94. I’m really liking today’s previews for the subtle yet obvious masculine card possibilities.

  96. Love the forest tunnel die. My favorite is the one by MarDi. Love the beautiful sky surrounding the forest of trees. Thanks for more sneak peeks and beautiful inspiration!

  97. I enjoyed ALL the cards made with the “Always a winner” stamp and die set, with Liane Hodges being my favorite. I like her clean and simple design.

  100. Love all the Through the Forest cards, but MarDi’s really stands out as one I want to recreate!

  101. Betty Wright’s Life is a Trip Paradise card is my favorite card today. I just love all the PINK!

  102. Melissa Phillips‘ card is beautiful -and the sentiment is perfect and it looks doable! 🙂

  104. I love everything about Melissa’s card. The colors, design & that cute little flamingo.

  105. Love all of Betty’s cards today, especially her forest card. Just lovely work by the DT today!

  106. Kassi’s card is my fav if I had to choose but there is so much inspiration here by the design team – great work!

  108. Loving all the projects using Through the Forest set. Each designer came up with something so beautiful even though they are using the same set.

  110. I love everything about Betty Wright’s pink card. It has a ‘travel to the tropics” feel.

  111. Love Kelly Lunceford’s card with the blue background, huge moon, and starry skies. Reminds me of my camping days.

  112. I am an outdoors person so I am really in love with the Through the Forest Die!
    Love the projects.

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