Sneak Peek

Hi friends, Angelica here excited to show off the new Summer Surfboards stamp set. This stamp set screams summer fun! I have a couple cards to share today using this stamp set, as well as a few other PPP products. 

I picked three boards to stamp onto white card stock. I used Copic markers to color them,  added white gel pen highlights, then cut them out with the coordinating dies. I used the new Triangle Stencil to make the background. I sprayed the back of the stencil with iCraft Pixie Spray for a good temporary hold, and attached it to a card front panel. I masked the top and the bottom of the stencil, then ink-blended MFT Summer Splash (Blue), Tickled Pink, and Lemon Chiffon inks in a rainbow order. I stamped the sentiment from the Summer Surfboards stamp set above the triangles, I added the card panel to a card base with foam adhesive. My last step was adding the surfboards with thin foam squares. 

For my next card, I mixed a few stamp sets together to make a beach scene. 

I picked the palm tree and sentiment from the new Tropical Birds stamp set, and the sandcastle and boy from the Summer Friends stamp set. I also picked one surf board to use. I stamped the characters out, and used Copic markers to color them, and a white gel pen to add highlights. To give the surfboard a distressed/beachy look, I used my Colorless Blender marker towards the middle of the board to lighten the colors. I used the coordinating dies for Summer Friends, Summer Surfboards, and Tropical Birds to die-cut the images. For the card front, I trimmed a panel of white card stock with a stitched rectangle die, then used Copic markers to hand draw a quick sand bar. I ink-blended a blue sky with Summer Splash ink, then glued the palm tree to the panel. I used different sizes of foam squares to add the rest of the images and a white heat-embossed sentiment, then attached it to a card base.

I hope these cards have given you ideas about the new release that is available on June 10th. Thanks for stopping by!

Hello Pretty Pink Posh friends! Suzy here and today I get to show you one of the brand new stamp and die sets called Tropical Toucans. This is one of the smaller sets which means it costs less and you get a lot of bang for the buck! I have two cards to share with you where I’ll also be using the new Tropical Frame die, some of the stand alone word dies, and the new jewel mixes.

I call this technique random stamping and I love to do it with all the PPP stamps since they have small images. I stamp them all with my Misti stamping tool using a light color of ink for no-line coloring. I then color them all in with colored pencils. If you like making puzzles, you will love doing this with your stamps!

I stamped the sentiment in the set with white embossing powder on a rectangle from the Storybook 6 die. I die-cut the new Sunshine Script Die die-cut from turquoise glitter paper and attached it under the sentiment just because it looked so pretty!

When coloring the toucans, I used black for their bodies, but then used all different bright colors for the rest of them – not technically how they look, but more fun to look at! I added some of the new Luau Jewel Mix around the sentiment.

This card uses the new Tropical Frame die which I die-cut from pink glitter paper and attached to a white card base. I die-cut the Happy Summer Script word dies from turquoise glitter paper and attached them to a second set from white cardstock so they had more dimension.

I stamped all of the images from the Tropical Toucans stamp set with black ink and colored them in with colored pencils. Again, I used lots of bright colors along with black so the colors really pop. I cut two of the flower branches apart and used those pieces tucked under the frame. I also used a bunch of the small flowers around the frame.

Last I used the new Citrus Mix and Luau Mix jewels around the frame and inside the middle of the flowers. The bright color of these jewels go so perfectly with all my brightly colored stamped images!

Thanks for visiting today and make sure to come back for all of the sneaks this week. This is my favorite release from PPP ever and it all works so perfectly together. It will make you want to book a tropical summer vacation!

Xoxo, Suzy

Hello, Gemma here with a sneak peek to share with you all. Today I have two cards featuring the new Tropical Birds set, which is perfect for summer.

For my first card, I created a window beach scene with the flamingos.
On my card base, I added distress oxide inks to create areas for sand, ocean and sky. Next, I die cut a scallop circle from the centre of a piece of white card. I adhered the panel over my card base, so the beach scene shows through the window.

To give the scallop circle some dimension, I layered two circles together, adding some squeezed lemonade distress oxide ink to the top layer. I stamped and coloured some images from the Tropical Birds stamp set, along with a fun surfboard from the new Summer Surfboards stamp set. I coloured everything with copic markers, then die cut them with the coordinating dies. 

I arranged the images and adhered to my card, using foam tape behind the leaves of the palm tree and the flamingos. I tucked the bottom of the palm tree and surfboard under the window, adhering with liquid glue I finished my card by stamping a sentiment from the Tropical Birds stamp set, then adhering a few jewels from the new Luau Mix around the card.

For my second card, I used two more birds from the Tropical Birds stamp set. I coloured them with copics and die cut with the coordinating dies.

I created a stencilled background with the new Tropical Leaves stencil and distress oxide inks in Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn and Lucky Clover. I inked some more of the two darker colours around the edge, to create a vignette effect. I also spritzed the panel with water to get droplet details.

Next, I die cut the new Aloha Shaker die from yellow glitter card. I layered some vellum behind the die before adhering to my card. This helps the word to show up against the background.

I added the two Tropical Birds around the die cut, then added some jewels from the new Citrus Mix around to finish.

We hope you’ve been enjoying the sneak peeks so far. See you tomorrow for a look at another new stamp set!

Hi friends, Angelica here kicking off our sneak peeks with a card showcasing the fabulous new Hibiscus Flowers stamp set that releases on June 10th. 

I started this card by stamping the hibiscus images onto Fabriano Extra White watercolor paper with distress inks. For the purple and pink flowers, I used Spun Sugar, and the rest I used Antique Linen. I colored the images with a rainbow of Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers, a #4 round watercolor brush, and clean water. I kept a paper towel next to me to clean my brush off frequently. I started by adding darkest colors first, moving the pigments around with my lightly damp paintbrush. I then went back with the markers alone to add fine details. Once the paper was completely dry, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

For the card front, I ink-blended turquoise stripes using the Wide Stripes Stencil. I stamped two sentiments from the new  Tropical Birds stamp set with embossing ink, then heat-embossed with gold embossing powder. I attached the panel to an A2 size card base with craft foam, then added the floral arrangement with foam squares. My final touch was adding Citrus Mix Jewels around the flowers with Ranger Multi-Media Matte.

I hope I have helped inspire you with ideas for these gorgeous stamp sets. Join us tomorrow for another look at the new June 10th release!

Hi, everyone! Marge here with you to share my cards featuring the new stencils along with other new stamps/dies from the June 10th Release. We have four new stencils and I’m going to use three of them which are Tropical Leaves, Tropical Background, and Triangles to show you how you can use stenciled patterns as a background for your cards. 

First, I ink-blended a piece of A2 sized Bristol paper partially using regular distress inks. I put the Tropical Leaves Stencil on the paper, then I sponged similar colored archival dye inks over the stencil, and then I splattered with water. I created two panels with different color themes as shown in the picture to use them as backgrounds for tropical scenes. 

With the yellow one, I made a scene with toucans using the new Tropical Toucans Stamp and Tropical Toucans Coordinating Dies. I used Glue Dots and Square Foam Adhesives to adhere the images, and the sentiment was chosen from Tropical Birds Stamp set. I also cut one edge of the panel using Scallop Borders Dies to give some visual interest. Embellishments I used are 6mm Sunshine Glow, 4mm Sunshine Glow, and 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins.

For the green one, I used Tropical Birds Set and Tropical Toucans Set to compose a scene. Then, I adhered Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins for a touch of sparkle.

Here’s my third card featuring Tropical Background Stencil. I simply put the stencil onto a piece of  Bristol paper, then I colored it in with distress inks using regular- and mini-blending tools.

By doing this, you can make a quick and easy pattern background full of tropical moods. I added Happy Summer Script Die cuts made of gold mirror card stock on the center with a sheet of vellum paper under the scripts. For embellishing I used 6mm Metallic Gold Sequins and 4mm Metallic Gold Sequins.

Lastly, one more card with a stenciled background where I used the brand new Triangles Stencil. Again, I did partial stenciling which covers half part of the panel in diagonal direction by using blue dye inks. 

I did no-line water-coloring on Hibiscus Flowers Stamp Set which is also a part of the new release, then I cut the images using Hibiscus Flowers coordinating dies. A sentiment from Encouraging Greetings Set was stamped, and I finished off my card by adding Sparkling Clear Sequins Mix and 3mm Sparkling Clear Sequins.

Thanks for reading this post. Stop by tomorrow for a look at more of the new release!