Hello and welcome back to Day 2 of our October 2017 Release! We are so excited to debut 11 new stamps for this release. If you’re joining us for the first time today, please note that we are doing things a bit differently for this release.  Our team has not made any cards for our Release Weekend as their stamps are on their way to them as we speak.  However, you will see their gorgeous creations at the end of the month where we will have a fun blog hop with prizes! For today, I have made several cards showcasing Day 2 sets. We also have a giveaway so make sure to scroll down to see all the details.

For our October 2017 Release, preorders will open on Monday, October 2nd at 7am EST and shipping of all new release orders will begin to ship on Tuesday, October 10th.

We have one free gift with purchase over $100 dollars***(see below for additional GWP details).

This stamp will not be available for purchase until November 2017.

PROMOTION: Our GWP (Gift with Purchase) for this release is our new 3×4 Daffodil Greetings set (die not included in promo). This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount of $100 (one hundred dollars) is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until October 9 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per customer. No coupon code needed. All incentive products will automatically be added to qualified orders (they will not show up in your cart but will be added to orders as we pack them). **There must be a new October release stamp in your order to qualify for our GWP.**

For my first card today, I created a floral border using our Daffodil Greetings. This set made it so easy to create a border design. After I embossed my florals, I painted them using Prussian Blue, Terre Vert and Lime Green/Naples Yellow Mix color bursts. 

Now onto the rest of the release!

Our new Autumn Wishes set features several branch clusters and adorable bird images to create seasonal scenes that are perfect to send fall greetings to your loved ones.  This set features three branch clusters in varying sizes allowing you to stamp them separately or together to create a larger more connected branch. This set was designed by yours truly.

Our new Rose Bouquet set features two beautiful bouquets of roses and individual buds and foliage designed by Eunji Jung.  This set is so versatile and fun to color (and is probably one of my favorites in this release).

If you liked our Dearest Peony stamp set, you may also like our new Wishful Rose set! Our new Wishful Rose features a single large rose head ground upon a background of solid leaves. This image is an easy color as the main image is large and the cluster work is intricate yet simple and so simple to stamp.  Main rose head designed by Eunji Jung. Stem and foliage design and layout designed by yours truly.

If you like tropical florals, our new Pretty Plumeria set is just perfect! This set features a  combination of plumeria clusters and individual florals making this a very versatile set. Main florals designed by Eunji Jung. Smallest cluster and foliage designed by yours truly.

Please enjoy the gallery of cards that I created to showcase our new designs!

For my first card, I was channeling my inner Kay Miller! With so many stamps to showcase, I had to draw inspiration from this amazing community. For this card, I stamped the cluster branches on a watercolor panel in our Noir Dye Ink (which can be used to watercolored over). Then I dropped in different shades of reds, oranges, yellows and browns onto my branches using the wet on wet watercolor technique. Once I was satisfied with the amount of color, I set the panel aside to dry. Then I splattered brown watercolor paint all over my panel.  Lastly I stamped the sentiment in our Dark Roast Dye Ink and mounted the panel onto a side folding A2 base.

For my next card, I created a scene using our new Autumn Wishes.  I started off by blending cards onto an white A2 cardstock panel using our Arctic Sky Dye Ink and a homemade cloud stencil. Since my ink was light, I stamped my branch clusters directly onto my clouds and colored the images in with a combination of yellow, orange and brown zig markers. After I stamped the sentiment, I stamped additional birds on a separate card panel, colored them in, cut them out and popped them up on my branches. Lastly, I adhered my colored panel onto a dusty blue side folding A2 base.

How adorable are these birds!!

My last Autumn Wishes card is more simple than my first two projects. I gold heat embossed my branch clusters onto the top and bottom edges of an A2 watercolor panel. Then I added watercolor paint and stamped the sentiment in our Dark Roast Dye Ink. Next I trimmed the left and right edges and mounted the panel onto an A2 side folding kraft card base.

For my next card, I rose gold heat embossed the different images from our new Rose Bouquet set onto the edges of my A2 watercolor panel. Then I painted the images with color burst paint and stamped the sentiment with our Noir Dye Ink.  Lastly, I mounted the panel onto a side folding base and embellished it with clear rhinestones.

For my next card, I did some selective masking with the bouquet images from our Rose Bouquet and Modern Labels (all stamped with our Noir Dye Ink). Next I watercolored the images, stamped the sentiment and added stitching to edges of my panel using our Double Stitched Rectangle Dies (large). Lastly, I mounted the panel onto an A2 base and added our Clear Dew Drops (7mm and 5mm).

For my next card, I white heat embossed my Wishful Rose and did some loose watercolor painting with my color bursts. Once I finished painting, I stamped the sentiment in our Noir Ink and added Clear Dew Drops.

For my last card, I rose gold heat embossed the large floral cluster from our Pretty Plumeria. I did some more loose watercoloring using a combination of Fuchsia, Gamboge, Terre Vert and Lemon Yellow color bursts. Next, I stamped the sentiment in our Noir Dye Ink, trimmed the edges of my panel adhered it to a cardbase. Prior to mounting the panel, I added Burnished Rose Gold foil tape to my base. Lastly I added Clear Dew Drops to embellish my card.

That’s all from me today! I hope you liked my projects! Don’t forget to subscribe to our Youtube Channel because I’ll be updating our channel with more videos on how I made my release cards!

GIVEAWAY

To celebrate our October 2017 release, we’re giving away one October Release set. Just leave a comment during Release Days 1-3 and let us know which stamp was your favorite. This giveaway will close on Tuesday, October 3rd at 7pm EST. The winner will be announced on our blog after.

So that’s it for Day 2 of our October 2017 Release! Join us tomorrow for the final day of sneak peeks where we will be debuting 3 new stamps.  Preorders are also opening at 7am EST tomorrow! Thanks for stopping by and hope to see you tomorrow!

Our October Challenge is live! For this month, we have a fun coffee themed Mood Board Challenge so head over there now for a chance to win a $50 spree to The Ton’s shop!” *Gift certificates only apply to The Ton stamps, dies, ink, gilding and embossing powder.