Hey there, crafty friends! Can you believe it’s May? The months are flying by in the blink of an eye, but I anticipate the turn of each new month because that means new TE goodies! This week we’ll be celebrating dads, patriotism, and more as we sneak peeks at 9 new stamps sets, 26 dies and cutting plates, and a brand new collection of Matched patterned paper, cardstock, and sequins!
The Baker’s Dozen and I will be sharing our sneak peeks starting today and as always you’ll have your shot at winning one of four giveaways just by tuning in here on the TE blog this week!
All of the new products will be available for purchase at the TE web store beginning on Thursday, May 7th at 7am PST! In the meantime, check out the prize that’s up for grabs today! Just leave a comment for your chance to win!
Today we’re giving away the Starry Night Cutting Plate!
Enter to win by leaving a comment on this blog post before Wednesday, May 6th at 11:59pm PST. One entry per person. Each comment will be automatically entered into our Grand Prize drawing for a $50 Gift Certificate to the TE Store! Winners will be chosen at random and announced on Thursday, May 7th, 2015.
Introducing:
Stamps:
Of Thee I Sing
You’ve Got Mail – Patriotic
Dies:
Starry Night Cutting Plate
Downtown Border
Patriotic Treat Toppers
Little Bits:
Flag
Mason Jar
Pinwheel
Uncle Sam
Other:
Corrugated Embossing Folder
Brick Embossing Folder
Summer Nights 6×6 Paper Pack
Summer Nights Matched Kit
Summer Nights Matched Sequins
New Cardstock Colors: Red Pepper, Watermelon, Blue Corn, Earl Grey
For my first project today I decided to pair the previously released Stroke of Genius stamp set with the new Of Thee I Sing sentiments to come up with this patriotic project:
I started by stamping the brush strokes in three different colors down the right side of the Sugar Cube cardstock. Then I embossed the sentiment deciding to position it mostly within the light blue and red strokes since the words are harder to see over the darker blue. I stamped the lined music in black ink and embossed the separate music notes with white embossing powder.
Then to finish it off I cut the Little Bits – Mason Jar from vellum and added a slight shadow with Copic marker. I cut the flag and pieced the design together using the new Red Pepper, Blue Corn, and Earl Grey cardstock colors. I popped the vellum up using Kool Tak squares that don’t show through vellum. I use these all the time and would highly recommend them if you’re looking for a good vellum adhesive with a little dimension!
For my second project I colored up the You’ve Got Mail – Patriotic image with Copic markers and paired it with the new Summer Nights Matched collection. I’m loving the versatility of this collection and can’t wait to explore nautical and birthday themes in this color combo!
After coloring the image to coordinate with the patterned paper I cut it out to fit inside the die cut postage stamp shape. I added patterned paper strips, sequins, silver twine, and a sentiment to finish it off.
Thanks so much for joining us for our first day of sneak peeks! Don’t forget to leave a comment for your chance to win. I’d love to hear which one of our newly revealed products is your favorite! How do you envision using it? We’ll be back again tomorrow with more inspiration and in the meantime you’ll want to visit the blogs of our talented creative team to see what fabulous projects they’ve designed using the new products we’re featuring today:
