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Cup of Blessing Stamp Set & Die + Build-A-Scarecrow Die

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Sneak Peek Day 2

Penny here! Welcome back to Day 2 of our August Release countdown! Today, we’re slowing down to embrace a warmer, harvest-filled state of mind. We’re swapping yesterday’s spooky Halloween icons for a sweet blend of rustic autumn charm and heartwarming seasonal treats.

 

Grab your favorite mug, curl up in your creative spot, and let’s dive into a lineup created to bring cozy feelings and playful character to your paper craft desk. Whether you are crafting a comforting botanical teacup card or assembling an adorable straw companion complete with pumpkins and sunflowers, these fresh additions will fill your studio with instant fall inspiration.

 

Here is a closer look at today’s new debuts:

 

Cup of Blessings Stamp Set & Die

Pour out a warm, autumnal greeting with the charming Cup of Blessings collection! This multi-step layering set features an elegant teacup and saucer that can be adorned with delicate floral flourishes, lush leaves, and a plump pumpkin tucking right inside the cup. Complete with the elegant script sentiment, “May your cup be filled with blessings,” this set lets you build cozy, botanical tea arrangements bursting with fall color. Use the coordinating dies to effortlessly cut out the teacup, saucer, pumpkin, florals, and sentiment for beautifully layered focal panels!

 

Build-A-Scarecrow Die

Bring a touch of whimsical harvest charm to your cardmaking with the Build-A-Scarecrow die collection! This interactive set comes packed with individual pieces to construct a friendly, fully layered scarecrow—complete with straw hair, overalls with stitched patch details, boots, and a floppy hat trimmed with a buckle and sunflower. Customize your scene using additional accents like pumpkins, curly vines, a perched crow, and a tall sunflower stem for the ultimate autumn harvest focal point!

 

Get ready to be amazed! Our talented design team has been crafting up a storm with these new products, and their Day 2 projects are pure inspiration. From cozy coffee-themed cards to adorable harvest scarecrow scenes, they are giving you a front-row look at all the ways to bring these sets to life!

 

Take a peek at the gorgeous project gallery below, and keep a pen handy to jot down your top picks for your August wishlist!

 

Mark your calendars for Tuesday, August 25th at 12PM ET, when the complete August release officially lands in the shop. Set those reminders, and join us back here tomorrow morning as we reveal a whole new round of sneak peeks!

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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.

Cup of Blessing Stamp Set & Die

Featured design by Melissa

Melissa Phillips

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Cup of Blessings

INK: Olive Twist, Summer Sunrise, Melon Berry, Canyon Clay, Pinefeather, Simply Chartreuse, Fine Linen, Scarlet Jewel, Pale Peony, Cocoa Bean, Aqua Mist

PAPER: Bitty Big Pale Peony, Bitty Big Harvest Gold, Stamper’s Select White, Sweet Blush

DIES: Cup of Blessings, Love to Layer: A Little Loopy

OTHER: sequins, Fossilized Amber, Vintage Photo, and Spiced Marmalade Distress Spritz, Crystal Stickles Glitter

TIPS: 

  • Create a realistic, distressed look on your teacup and pumpkin by splattering Distress Spritz. This will add some gold, copper, and bronze flecks to you card.
  • Make your background softer by adding soft ink blending in aqua across the top of your smallest Love to Layer: A Little Loopy die.

MarDi Rembold

Bobbi Lemanski

Kassi Hulet

Betty Wright

Kailash Naidoo

Brenda Noelke

Melody Rupple

Build-A-Scarecrow Die

Featured designs by Betty

Betty Wright

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Farm Fresh Pumpkins stamp set

DIES: Build-A-Scarecrow, Picket Fence,

INK: Blueberry Sky, Dark Indigo, Harvest Gold, Honey Nut, Pinefeather, Cocoa Bean, Orange Zest, Fine Linen, Classic Kraft, Hibiscus Burst, Raspberry Fizz

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Classic Kraft

OTHER: Houndstooth Press Plate, Harvest Gold Bitty Big Pattern Paper, sequins, white ink(splatters)

Betty Wright

SUPPLIES

STAMPS: Just Sentiments: Spooky Mini stamp set

DIES: Build-A-Scarecrow, Mini Picket Fence, Cover Plate: Lush Foliage

INK: Blueberry Sky, Dark Indigo, Harvest Gold, Honey Nut, Cocoa Bean, Orange Zest, , Fine Linen, Classic Kraft

CARDSTOCK: Stamper’s Select White, Classic Kraft

OTHER: Houndstooth Press Plate, Ripe Avocado Bitty Big Pattern Paper, Copic Markers, Denim pattern paper, sequins, white ink(splatters)

MarDi Rembold

Melissa Phillips

Kailash Naidoo

Melody Rupple

Catherine Cohen

Kassi Hulet

Brenda Noelke

Bobbi Lemanski

Liane Hodges

That wraps up our Day 2 sneak peeks! We hope these cozy teacups and sweet harvest scarecrows warmed your heart today. ☕🌾 Take your time browsing all the amazing design team inspiration above, and leave a comment to let us know which Day 2 product is on your must-have list!

 

Be sure to check back tomorrow morning for Day 3 as we keep the autumn excitement rolling with even more fresh reveals! ❤️

 

Click HERE to see our August 2026 Release Winners page!

Winners will be announced on August 25th at 3PM ET.

Reader Interactions

Comments

  3. Love them all! MarDi was the first that I saw and I now how to have the cutie in my stash!

  5. I really like all of them but I love the denim that Kassie has on the overalls! How did she do that!

  7. That scarecrow!❤️ Cute as can be! I like what Melissa Phillips did with it.
    I especially like Kailish’s teacup card. The colors she chose work so well together. The sentiment is perfect!

  10. I love that sweet tea cup, and all the layering in the cards showcasing it. I always get a good lesson in how to layer my cards when I come to the PapertreyInk blog.

  11. Wonderful cards! I especially love Betty’s card with the adorable scarecrow and pumpkins!

  13. Today my two favorites, one from each category, are coincidentally by the same maker, MarDi Rembold.
    I love her use of fancy background dies, and lovely ribbon, on her coffee cup card.
    Her use of many fun elements and vivid fall colors on her scarecrow card are SO cute!

  17. Love the scarecrows!!! Especially Kassi’s. I really like the “stonewashed” look to the clothes! But they all turned out wonderful. I think it’ll be hard not to create a cute card with this die!!!

  22. The absolute cutest scarecrow cards ever.
    MarDi’s is my favorite – love the color.
    Wish you sold the papers packaged to make the cards.

  26. Oh my goodness………the scarecrow is ADORABLE!!! That will be so much fun to make!!

  28. I’ve never seen so many adorable scarecrows and tea cups before. Difficult to choose a favorite, but I’m going with Betty’s 2nd scarecrow scene.

  29. Hard to choose a favorite scarecrow but I think Melody’s color palette is super cute!

  37. Everything is so cute. Kassi Hulet’s card is my favorite today. I love the tea cup.

  38. I’m not a big fan of scarecrows in general, but this one is so cute!

  40. I don’t know what went wrong with my last comment…but the scarecrow is adorable!

  42. I love all of the cards but Liane Hodges scarecrow card is my absolute favorite. I love the color scheme she used!!!!

  45. I didn’t think Day 2 could be better than Day 1! I LOVE the scarecrow die!!! SOOO Many cute designs with it! I LOVE MarDi’s!

  46. These are all so cute! My favorite is Sending you Love by MarDi. Such beautiful color choices and lovely design!

  52. I love all the scarecrow cards, it is hard to pick a favorite, but one stands out because of the gorgeous harvest colors and beautiful sunflowers— MarDi Rembold

  53. The build a scarecrow set is so darned cute! Well, all the cards using it. lol I’m totally in love. <3

  57. Oh my gosh! That scarecrow
    Is stinkin’ cute! I adore them all especially Betty’s blue one and Liane’s.

  58. The team is really doing a fabulous job! I really like MarDi’s teacup with all the dimensional additions. I also like the textures on Melissa’s scarecrow card.

  60. My favorites are Kassi Hulet’s in the Cup of Blessing set and Brenda Noelke’s in the Scarecrow group. Kassi’s color combination with the beautiful stamp and Brenda’s amazing background blending are what drew me to those two cards.

  63. I love Betty Wright’s scarecrow with all the bright colors. ALL of the scarecrows are adorable!

  67. Build a scarecrow by Melody is such a colorful and darling card. What a clever die set. Not many around showcasing a scarecrow.

  77. I really like Melissa Phillips Cup of Blessings card because of the colors she selected.

  80. Amazing projects! My favorite is Betty’s scarecrows…those ADORABLE pink overalls and then the CLASSIC blue jean overalls!!! Love it! 🩷💙

  81. So cute!! Bobbie’s scarecrow overlaid on the different textured backgrounds makes me think of fall with all its beautiful colors.

  89. I love Brenda’s scarecrow card. That dark background makes the adorable character POP! Thanks for the inspiration and chance to win. 😀

  90. Love the “Build a Scarecrow” bundle. There are so many cute details! Liane Hodges card is darling as are all the rest of the cards.

  92. I like the card by Kassi Hulet with the pumpkin patch in the corner. I see this as a versatile sketch that can be used across the seasons. I love the layers.

  94. I like Melody Rupple’s card – it looks like a smooth transition from summer to early fall 🙂

  99. I liked each of the designer cards, using the same die, each card was so different.
    I liked both stamp sets,
    The teacup blessings, my favorite was Melody Rupple. It had a touch of simple elegance, her colors of the teacup and the background was great.
    The Scarecrow, my favorite was MarDi Rembold. I love sunflowers and her placement of the Raven on the pumpkin was a great touch.

  101. Love the additional sneak peeks and product previews for your upcoming release! My favorite from today’s post is Cup of Blessings card example by MarDi. Love the dainty teacup with the pumpkin and flowers. The ribbon adds a lovely touch as well. Thanks for ALL of the great inspiration!

  102. I love the scarecrow cards! Mardi’s is especially fun, But I love all of them.

  106. LOVE the Build a Scarecrow and Betty’s adorable scarecrow with the denim paper stole my heart.

  108. Day 2 releases are so cute but I really love Brenda Noelke’s card. I love that the colors are non-traditional, they really pop! Thank you for showing me that I can take a detour from the traditional and still make something beautiful!

  110. I really loved Mardi’s card. The colors capture the season and all work together nicely. The layout is cute and those pumpkins look vibrant and real. Love this card!

  115. I love the scare crow. When you see a scare crow you know that fall is here. This guy is so cute so not sure if he would scare anybody. It just makes you smile

  120. All of the scarecrows are so cute, and I especially like Melissa’s. How can a scarecrow be beautiful? Have Melissa make it!

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