**We are holding the release of the Oscar Stamp sets pending permission from the Academy. Unfortunately, there is an additional stamp set (one that has not been debuted) that also had to be pulled from this release. Thus, The Ton has a total of 26 new designs releasing on Thursday, January 12. We hope you understand!**

Hello, everyone and welcome back to Day 2 of our 2017 Anniversary Release Week!  Today, we’re debuting 10 new stamp designs and one new Couture Mix!  Make sure to stick with us until Thursday to see all 26 new stamp designs and 7 mixes.  Everything will be available in our shop on Thursday at 7am EST! Our Release festivities will continue on until Friday for a fun blog hop with some talented special guests and our awesome design team!

If you’re joining us for our new release for the first time today, be sure to check out Day 1 since we debuted 8 sets (including our incentive/GWP (Gift with Purchase) products).  For more information on our GWP promotion this release scroll to the end of this post or head over to our Day 1 post!

First up is LauraJane’s lovely poppy garden card created with our Lone Poppy (3×4 Photopolymer Clear) incentive stamp. The design is simple but so breathtaking!

Our new mix for today is our Winter Thaw Couture Mix! It has a combination of satin powder blue and chartreuse sequins mixed with shiny bits of confetti and flora sequins.

First up is the first set our Beautiful Butterflies series! The first one in the series features gorgeous monarch butterflies at different angles.  There is also an additional layer for the three largest butterfly stamps so you can stamp within the wings.  The set comes in different sizes of additional angles and silhouettes. The front facing butterfly  measures approximately 2 x 1.5 inches at its widest points.

Our next set is our Beautiful Butterflies 2!  This set also come with several second layer stamps for the inner parts of the wings for the larger stamps within the set.  This is also a very versatile set as it comes with different angles and silhouettes of this butterfly. The front facing butterfly in this set measures approximately 1.5 x 1.5 inches at its widest points.

If you guys know me, you know I can never stick to just one variation of a design. So I went ahead and created our Beautiful Butterflies 3.  It’s a much simpler set than its counterparts but just as beautiful and detail oriented. The front facing butterfly in this set measures approximately 2 x 1.5 inches at its widest points.

Next up are three additions to our large Brushed series!  The large sentiment in each set can serve as a great focal point to your paper crafts. The Hugs sentiment measures approximately 6.5 x 2.75 inches at its widest points.

The Love sentiment measures approximately 6.5 x 2.75 inches at its widest points.

The You sentiment measures approximately 6.125 x 2.5 inches at its widest points.

Next up is our Dahlia Close Up background stamp which features a macro bird’s eye view of this beautiful flower.  Dahlias might be my second favorite flower (after peonies – of course 🙂 ).  This is a stamp in our new release which is a bit different from our other designs so I am very excited to introduce it!

The New Pretty is another set that I was excited to introduce because it contains so many strong and uplifting messages for the individuals in your life who may be going through some difficult times or just need some encouraging words.

Our new Oscar set is a six step oscar statute layering stamp set (three layers each for the statute and base). With the actual Oscars Awards Ceremony right around the corner, right now is the perfect time to send someone a card telling them that they are the best person in the world!  The Oscar statue measures approximately .75 x 2.5 inches at its widest points.  The base of the statue measures approximately 1 x .75 inches at its widest points.

****PLEASE NOTE WE ARE GOING TO REFRAIN FROM RELEASING THE OSCAR AND OSCAR SUPERLATIVES STAMP SET PENDING PERMISSION FROM THE ACADEMY – WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE***

This 3×4 Oscar Superlatives set is the perfect add on to our new layered Oscar Set.

****PLEASE NOTE WE ARE GOING TO REFRAIN FROM RELEASING THE OSCAR AND OSCAR SUPERLATIVES STAMP SET PENDING PERMISSION FROM THE ACADEMY – WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE***

Now that you’ve seen all the stamps, please enjoy the gallery of inspiration created by our fabulous design team! Each team member has prepared their own blogs posts with additional details on how they created each beautiful project.

Mayline’s first card is a dreamy and pretty compilation of butterfly silhouettes (1 and 2) with a beautiful bold sentiment as the focal subject of her card. Her use of our Retail Therapy gal is pretty amazing!

Vera’s next card is so pretty with her soft multicolored butterflies (1, 2 and 3) and subtle ink blended half tone background. Her large Hugs sentiment fits perfectly within the collage of butterflies!

LauraJane created a beautiful multicolored masked collage of butterflies from all three Beautiful (1, 2 and 3) series sets. That inlaid word die cut sentiment makes this card extra special.

Eunji’s rainbow watercolored butterflies are a lovely combination with her custom Rainbow sentiment created with our new Scripty Alphas (Upper and Lower) sets. 

Tae Eun’s half tone Hugs and and colorful butterflies culminated to be the perfect snail mail hug to send to a loved one. 

Jenny’s rainbow and glitter card delivers a positive and uplifting message with beautifully colored and matching butterflies. 

Emily’s next card is a blended beauty with subtle vellum embossed butterflies  (1 and 2). 

Eunji’s next card features a gorgeous scene created with our Beautiful Butterflies 3 and leaves from our Fresh Cut Poppies (she found great way to stretch her stamps by turning her poppy leaves into hanging foliage for her butterfly scene!). 

Jenny’s next card features a lovely parade of rose gold and gold butterflies!

For Eunji’s next card she paired her Beautiful Butterflies with our Always Cherry Blossoms to create dreamy nature scene. 

Jenny’s next card is a beautiful Valentine’s Day card created with a perfect combination of rose gold, gold and glitter butterflies. 
Next up is Vera’s beautifully patterned card where she created a lovely blue custom backdrop using our Beautiful Butterflies 1 and 3. 

Mayline’s next card features a bold background pattern created with nontraditional colors using our Beautiful Butterflies 2 and 3 sets.

Next up is my card! I white heat embossed several butterflies from our Beautiful Butterflies 1 and 2 and then added some bold watercoloring to the background. I also popped up some gold heat embossed butterflies on vellum to add additional depth to the card. Next I added the embossed sentiment and popped it up over a glitter panel. I added a stitched border using our Double Stitched Rectangle dies. Lastly, I added Medallion Gold sequins to embellish my card. 

For Mayline’s next cards, she watercolored her butterflies to create a background of loose butterflies. 

Eunji’s set of cards created with our new Brushed (You, Hugs, Love) sentiments are bold and beautiful.  Her background pattern is stunning with white pigmented floral accents created with our Mini Wild Florals and Wild Peonies. 

LauraJane kept her next card simple with her lone Hugs but she adds a ton of interest by adding some delicate blending. 

Emily’s next card is vision in blue with her half border of Outline Poppies and a gorgeous foil accent.

Eunji’s next card is an explosion of beautiful color with our new Dahlia Close Up background stamp. 

Tae Eun paper pieced her sunny Dahlia Close Up and added a beautiful Butterfly accent. 

Jenny’s coloring of our Dahlia Close up is all she needed for this gorgeous watercolored card. Her added rose gold foil accents adds some amazing interest!

For my next card, I rose gold heat embossed our Dahlia Close up stamp and and watercolored with a Deep Violet zig marker. Instead of an aqua brush, I used a wink of stella brush to blend the color to add some shine.  For the sentiment, I made my own foil cardstock using our Rose Gold foil tape.  I added stitched elements using our Double Stitched Square dies. 

LauraJane’s striped accent is the perfect backdrop for her bold sentiment. 

Tae Eun created a beautiful backdrop with a ton of interest for her Oscar card.

Mayline’s next card is CAS but her reversed ray background adds all the interest that the card needs!

For my next card, I created a warm toned (Citrine Collection Inks) layered Oscar with a gray toned (Pewter Collection Inks) base.  I created a two toned background using the ray stamp from the same Oscar set. I stamped it first in our Light Onyx Dye Ink and then added alternating silver embossed rays. Next I added the matte gold frame created with our Matte Gold Adhesive Paper and Double Stitched Rectangle dies. Lastly, I added Medallion Gold sequins to embellish my card. 

Last but not least is Emily’s Oscar card! She embossed a single layer of our new Oscar set and added some glitter interest to create a sweet card for her hubby.

That’s all the inspiration for today! We hope you enjoyed the new designs and cards for Day 2 of our 2017 Anniversary Release!

All new** products will be available in our shop on Thursday at 7am EST.  There are several exclusive* gifts with purchases that you can obtain with this new release. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will end on January 19 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Depending on purchase amounts, customers may receive several GWPs but will not receive more than one of each item. See below for more details.

Spend $75 or more (before taxes + shipping): Receive a free pack of our new Cotton Candy Puff Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more (before taxes + shipping): Receive a 2×3 Flutter Mini Stamp (and Cotton Candy Puff Mix)
Spend $150 or more (before taxes + shipping): Receive a 3×4 Lone Poppy Set (and Flutter Mini Set and Cotton Candy Puff Mix).

*You may be able to find these GWPs at your international retailer. However, these GWP items will NOT be available at any other U.S. retailer.

**We are holding the release of the Oscar Stamp sets pending permission from the Academy. Unfortunately, there is an additional stamp set (one that has not been debuted) that also had to be pulled from this release. Thus, The Ton has a total of 26 new designs releasing on Thursday, January 12. We hope you understand!**

Don’t forget to leave comments here and our team member blogs to enter our Release Giveaways!!

DAILY RELEASE GIVEAWAYS
For each Release Day (1 through 4), we’re giving away a $50 gift certificate! So there are four $50 gift certificates up for grabs! To qualify, you must leave a comment on The Ton’s Daily Release posts. Leave a comment on each Design Team member’s blogs to increase your chances of winning!

DESIGN TEAM DAILY RELEASE GIVEAWAYS 
We’re giving away one stamp set of choice for 7 lucky commenters chosen from each of the Design Team member blogs during Release Week (Days 1-4). So head over to each team member’s blogs to leave them some well deserved love!

1. Mayline
2. Emily
3. Eunji
4. Vera
5. TaeEun
6. LauraJane
7. Jenny

The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, January 16th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter.

Also, don’t forget that our new Challenge Blog is now live! Head over now to join the fun and for a chance to win some more prizes!

We’re halfway done with our Release Week but we still have A LOT of new designs to show you! Tune back in tomorrow for Day 3 of our new Release where we’ll be debuting four new stamp designs and two new Couture Mixes.  Thank you all for stopping by today and see you tomorrow for Day 3!!