Video: Wonderful You Daisy Card

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Photo taken against our White Linen Photo Backdrop Board

Hello and welcome back, everyone! I am here with another video and post using our Daisy Close Up (3/4 View) background stamp!

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I started off by heat embossing this beautiful bold image onto a 4×6 watercolor paper panel using our Rose Gold embossing powder. Then I watercolored the image using a Cherry Red and Violet Dr. Ph Martins Radiant liquid watercolors. I started off by adding Cherry Red watercolor to the inner edges of my daisy petals (I wet the area prior to adding color with clean water). Then I took a #4 round brush and pulled the color out towards the edges of the petals in a light flicking motion creating a feathered effect.

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Once my base color was complete, I applied the same technique using the Violet watercolor. However, I made sure to only add accents of purple to the petals. I wanted to make sure that the pink base was not overpowered. After my daisy was painted, I used the Sap Green liquid watercolor to paint the leaves.

I also added some extra deep purple accents using my Deep Violet and Violet zig markers. Next I dried my panel and die cut it into an A2 panel using the largest die from our Double Stitched Rectangles Large Die Collection. Next, I die cut the wonderful sentiment right into the panel using the wordplate die from our Bold Amazing Greetings die collection.

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Once the panel was die cut, I adhered the panel onto a side folding A2 base. Next I popped up all the die cut letters back into the negative space. Then I die cut the scripty you sentiment from our Scripty Thank You dies onto white cardstock. I adhered this piece right onto the end of my “wonderful” sentiment. I just love the combination of these bold dies with our scripty greeting dies! Lastly, I embellished my card using our Clear Rhinestones.

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That is all from me today. Thank you for stopping by!

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Video: Copic Colored Tulip Bouquet

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Photo taken against our Peach Marble Backdrop Photoboard

Hi, everyone! I’m back with another floral card today using our Tulip Bouquet stamp set. This time, I’m doing some copic coloring!

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I started off by stamping our tulip image onto some white cardstock using our copic friendly Caviar Hybrid Ink. Then I colored in the petals using three shades of pink (R43, RV14, RV25 and RV0000 to blend). For the leaves and stems, I used YG61, G07, G17, G29.

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Once I finished coloring in my bouquet, I die cut the image using the coordinating die. I also die cut our 2 Piece Foliage coverplate plate die onto white cardstock at the same time. For this project, I only used the inner foliage die cut leaving the outer piece for a future project.

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Once everything was die cut, I adhered the inner foliage die cut onto the face of a side folding A2 base. Then I popped up my tulip bouquet onto the center of my base. Next, I stamped my sentiment (from the same set) using our Caviar ink onto white cardstock. I trimmed the sentiment strip and adhered it onto a piece of gray cardstock. Once adhered, I trimmed the gray cardstock and mounted the matted sentiment over my tulip bouquet. Lastly, I embellished my card with our Glossy Black sequins.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project! Thanks for stopping by and see you next time!

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You’re Amazing

Hello everyone!! Brenda, here with you on this Friday morning!! I sure wish the weather here would decide what it wants to do!! It’s been crazy!! 70 degrees one day, then 30 the next. Enough already!!

It was a rainy, dreary day & I decided I needed some bright florals to brighten it up. Usually when I use layering stamps, I use the same color family of inks. I decided to try something different and I love the outcome.

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What do you think? So vibrant!! First, I used the largest of the Double Stitched Rectangle Die (Large) to cut a white cardstock panel. I layered up the Large Florals: Daisy with Lemon Drop, Coralline and Red Sangria for the petals. For the center of the flowers, I used Lemon Drop & Bright FernSoft Garden & Bright Fern were used to stamp the leaves. The sentiment is from the Bold Amazing Greeting Word Plate Dies. These dies are amazing!! There’s no lining up the letters…they’re already lined up for you!! I popped the entire front panel onto dimensional adhesive and used a combination of Belle’s Dress, Frosted Spearmint, Deck the Halls, Glass Slippers Sequins and Glass Slippers Round Confetti Mix to create the shaker.

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For my second card, I wanted to work with the Peony Bouquet set again. I used the bouquet once on a card, but I didn’t get to use the beautiful vase or the coordinating dies.

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I started off by heat embossing the flowers from the Peony Bouquet set with The Ton’s exclusive Rose Gold Embossing Powder. I embossed the vase with white embossing powder. I think this is the first time I have used two different embossing powders on the same project, but I really like it!! I colored both images with Zig Clean Color Markers, then cut with the Peony Bouquet Coordinating Dies. The background panel was watercolored with some glitter liquid watercolors. I used the Buildable Woodgrain set, stamped with Crystal Pewter & Smoky Quartz Inks, to create a table top for my floral arrangement. Tha vase is adhered flat to the panel, while the floral bouquet is popped up with dimensional adhesive. The sentiment is from the Most Interesting Card Maker 2.0, and was also embossed in rose gold and cut into a narrow banner. A combination of sequins from the Guava Sparkle & Pink Bokeh Couture Mixes finished off the card.

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One more thing, before you go…the February Challenge is going on now over on The Ton’s Challenge Blog!! The theme this month is HEART!! Come play along for a chance to win a $50 gift card to The Ton’s Shop!!!

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Thanks for hanging out with me today!!! Have a wonderful weekend!!!

Flash November Release and Giveaway Announcement

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Hello and welcome back, everyone! We have a flash release today! We’re debuting four new holiday designs and will ship all orders until 12pm EST on Tuesday, November 7. After this time, we have a shipping blackout period until November 28. During this time, our shop will remain open but shipping will resume on November 29.

All new designs are available in our shop now.

I have been doing some stamp carving in my spare time (@craftyeffie) and the designs that I have been creating for this hobby are  inspiring this release. The style is a bit different from what I usually come out with but it is very refreshing.

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Christmas Sweater, 6×6 Clear

This is our first clear background stamp in our collection! Our new Christmas Sweater stamp is a fun and detailed design that is perfect for whimsical holiday cards.

Vintage Christmas Block 4x6

Vintage Christmas Block, 4×6 Photopolymer Clear

Our next design is a large block clear stamp design with beautiful detailing in the negative portions of the block. This design is a perfect stamp for those quick and easy (and beautiful) holiday cards.

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Holiday Ornaments, 4×6 Photopolymer Clear

Our new Holiday Ornaments set features four festive ornament shapes in two sizes. The larger ornaments feature a whimsical holiday pattern to brighten up your projects this season. Coordinating dies will be available in December.

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Folk Art Christmas Tree, 4×6 Photopolymer Clear

Our new Folk Art Christmas Tree features a large abstract tree image with festive details within the solid area. The set also features additional elements to embellish your holiday designs. The coordinating die will be available in December.

 

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Our Christmas Sweater design is so fun to emboss or just stamp on its own. Pair this background stamp with our holiday stamps in our collection for chic and sophisticated holiday cards!sweater 2

Supplies used (Gray Card): Christmas Sweater Stamp, Good Tidings Cluster Stamp + Die, Modern Labels Stamp + Die, Rose Gold Embossing Powder, Clear Dew Drops

Supplies used (Teal Card): Christmas Sweater Stamp, Holly Branch Stamp + Die, Hampton White Pigment Ink (sentiment), Silver Holographic Sequins, Couture Color Inks (Bright Emerald, Ocean Teal, Valentine Red, Plum Wine, Found Topaz)

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For my next set of cards, I embossed and watercolored our Vintage Christmas Block stamp to create one layered holiday cards. This set features a large vintage font for the sentiment with floral and classical holiday elements.

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For my next card using our Holiday Ornaments, I created a bright holiday card using a candy land color palette. Coordinating dies will be available in December.

Supplies Used: Holiday Ornaments Stamp, Crystal Flurries Stamp, Couture Color Inks (Hollywood Star, Bright Emerald, Soft Amethyst), Glass Slippers Sequins

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For my next set of cards, I embossed our Folk Art Christmas Tree on different colored cardstock for one layered holiday cards.

Supplies Used (Blue Card): Folk Art Christmas Tree, Couture Color Inks (True Navy, Cali Blue, Miami Cool, Grape Crush)

Supplies Used (Red Card): Folk Art Christmas Tree, Double Stitched Rectangle Dies (Large)

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For my last project, I created tags using the small elements from our Folk Art Christmas Tree.

Supplies Used: Folk Art Christmas Tree, Couture Color Inks (Crystal Garden Collection, Found Topaz, Valentine Red)

So that is all for today! I hope you enjoy my projects. All four new designs are available in our shop now. We will ship all orders until 12pm EST, November 7. After this date, we will not shipping orders until November 29. Thank you all for your patience and understanding.

GIVEAWAY ANNOUNCEMENT

For this flash release, we’re giving away one set from our November Release. Leave a comment here by 5pm EST on Sunday, November 5. We will draw a winner and post tomorrow night.

I am also announcing the winner of our October Release Hop Giveaway: JOY MEADOWS

Congratulations, Joy! Please email me at THETONSTAMPS@GMAIL.COM with your choice of an October Release stamp.

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Don’t forget to stop by The Ton challenge blog. We have a new monthly challenge and this month’S theme is ‘Holiday’.

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October Release Blog Hop

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Hello and welcome to our October Release Blog Hop! This was a delayed hop as our release came about earlier this month. To ensure our team members and guest had enough time to create we had to push the hop back. I hope the wait was worth it because we have some fabulous inspiration for you using our new October Release stamps! Most of the sets were designed or co-designed by our very own Eunji!

For our hop, we have a shipping discount for domestic orders. Our shipping promo ends on November 1 at 11:59pm. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. For U.S. orders, receive free shipping on orders over $75. Use code “USOCT17” at checkout.

All new stamps are available now with the exception of our Daffodil Greetings which will be available on November 1. We also have a giveaway so be sure to reach the end of this post for more details.

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Anna
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Janette
Brenda
Tae Eun
Jenny
Laura Jane
Vera
Eunji
Mayline

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For my card today, I used our adorable Autumn Wishes set.

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I started off creating a windows panel from cardstock using our Double Stitched Rectangle (large) and Square (small) dies. I traced the windows onto a separate card panel and blended some bright inks (Beach Blondie Dye, Bright Emerald Dye, Rose Quartz Dye) into the negative portions.

Next I stamped the smaller leaf clusters and birds using our Noir Dye Ink and colored them in using Tombow Dual Tip brush markers. Once everything was colored, I die cut the images using the coordinating dies.  Then I stamped the sentiment onto the windowed panel using our Noir Dye Ink.

Next, I used dimensional foam tape to pop up my windowed panel onto my blended panel. Then I adhered all the branches and sweet birds onto the windowed panel using additional foam tape. Lastly, I embellished my project using our Clear Rhinestones.

GIVEAWAY

We’re giving away one stamp of choice from our October Release to a commenter! To qualify, you must leave a comment on each blog on the hop. The comment period will close on Sunday, October 29 at 7pm EST. The winner will be announced on The Ton blog thereafter.

Your next stop on this hop is Olga! Thanks for hopping along, everyone!

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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.

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OCTOBER 2017 RELEASE – DAY 3

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Hello and welcome back to the final day of our October 2017 Release! We are so excited to debut 11 new stamps and 10 coordinating dies 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 our Day 3 sets. We also have a giveaway so make sure to scroll down to see all the details.

****Our Fall 2017 GWP items are now available in our shop****

For this release, preorders are open now! Please note that 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).

PROMOTION: Our GWP (Gift with Purchase) for this release is our new 3×4 Daffodil Greetings set (die not included in promo but available for purchase separately). 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 today, we have three new stamps to show you!

Thankful Chrysanthemum 4x6

Thankful Chrysanthemum, 4×6 Set

Our new Thankful Chrysanthemum set features a stemmed floral and individual buds and foliage.

Celebration Rose Cluster

Celebration Rose Cluster, 4×6 Set

Our Celebration Rose Cluster features a trio of roses in a beautiful cluster. This cluster features larger roses than our Country Rose Cluster set.

Rose Close Up 6x6 Cling

Rose Close Up, 6×6 Red Rubber Cling

This is our newest addition to our Close Up cling stamp series!

Before you go off to shop, please enjoy the cards that I made for today.

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Photo taken against our White Marble Backdrop Board, 12×12 inch

For my first card, I white heat embossed our new Thankful Chrysanthemum set. Then I added vibrant watercolors to color the image (Fuchsia, Lime Green and Gamboge Color Bursts). After I finished painting, I die cut my panel using the largest die from our Double Stitched Rectangle dies (small) set. Then I made my own glitter cardstock using our Red Glitter Adhesive paperRed Glitter Adhesive paper.  Next I mounted my painted panel onto my glitter base. Lastly, I added Clear Dew Drops to embellish my card. chrys red glitter 2

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Photo taken against our White Marble Backdrop Board, 12×12 inch

For my next card, I used our Celebration Rose Cluster and Daffodil Greetings sets.

I started off by rose gold heat embossing our Celebration Rose Cluster in the corner of my A2 sized watercolor panel (Canson XL 140lb watercolor paper). Then I masked the rose cluster and partially heat embossed our Daffodil Greetings next to my rose cluster. This is a great way to stretch your floral cluster stamps – add additional florals to create a different/larger floral cluster!

After I heat embossed my customized cluster, I painted them with color bursts. Instead of blending out my first layer of color, I applied a very concentrated amount of paint and added shading to the petals using a second hue. For my roses, I used Alizarin Crimson and Merlot color bursts. For my daffodils, I used Gamboge and Tangerine. For my leaves, I used Lime Green and Terre Vert. For my background, I used Turquoise bursts. After I finished painting, I added stitching to the edges of the panel using our Double Stitched Rectangle Dies (large) set. Next I popped up my white embossed sentiment banner and embellished my card with clear rhinestones.

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Photo taken against our White Marble Backdrop Board, 12×12 inch

For my last project, I merely stamped Rose Close Up and did some no line coloring.

To color, I started off with a first layer of a light copic marker. Then I added more color and depth using 4 color pencils (Faber Castell Polychromos). After I finished coloring this piece, I didn’t have the heart to cut it up to turn it into a finished card (it took me more than an hour to just color this piece). I will likely frame this later on.  However, I still wanted to showcase this piece for today.

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I apologize for the lack of cards today! I am hoping that quality of my work compensates for the quantity (or lack thereof) for today.

***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!***

All of our new October Release items are available for preorder now (with the exception of our GWP item)!

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 our October 2017 Release! What was your favorite from this release?Thank you all so much for stopping by and leaving such amazing comments! We hope you enjoyed our Release Weekend!

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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.

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October 2017 Release – Day 2

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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.**

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Photo taken against our Smooth White Wood 12×12 inch Backdrop Board

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 burstsblue daff 2

Now onto the rest of the release!

Autumn Wishes 4x6

Autumn Wishes, 4×6 Set

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.

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Autumn Wishes Coordinating Dies

Rose Bouquet 4X6

Rose Bouquet, 4×6 Set

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).

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Rose Bouquet Coordinating Dies

Wishful Rose 4x6

Wishful Rose, 4×6 Set

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.

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Wishful Rose Coordinating Die

Pretty Plumeria 4x6

Pretty Plumeria, 4×6 Set

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.

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Pretty Plumeria Coordinating Dies

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

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Photo taken against our Natural Wood 12×12 inch Backdrop Board

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.

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Photo taken against our Smooth White Wood 12×12 inch Backdrop Board

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.

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How adorable are these birds!!

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Photo taken against our Peach Marble 12×12 inch Backdrop Board

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.

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Photo taken against our Gray Wood 12×12 inch Backdrop Board

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.rose bouquet2

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Photo taken against our  Gray Noise 16×16 inch Backdrop Board

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).

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Photo taken against our White Marble 12×12 inch Backdrop Board

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.

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Photo taken against our Champagne 16×16 inch Backdrop Board

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!

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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.

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Fall 2017 Release Blog Hop

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Hello everyone and welcome back for our Fall 2017 Release Blog Hop! I hope you enjoyed all of the inspiration this week by our team. For this release, we debuted 24 new stamps, 19 dies and 6 Couture Mixes!  Everything is available in our shop now except our incentive products which will be available next month.

For our Fall 2017 Release, we have three new gifts with purchase (GWPs) that you can obtain in your order. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until September 21 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order. 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).

  • Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Sugar Cookie Couture Mix;
    Spend $125 or more: Receive a 2×3 Christmas Mini Cluster Stamp (and Sugar Cookie Mix);
  • Spend $200 or more: Receive a 3×4 Good Tidings Cluster Set (and a Christmas Mini Cluster Stamp and Sugar Cookie Mix).
  • **There must be a new release stamp in your order to qualify for a GWP.**

We are so excited for you to hop along with us to celebrate this release!

  1. The Ton <—— You are here!
  2. Vera Yates
  3. Olga Matyushevskaya
  4. Svetlana Pavlova
  5. Mayline Jung
  6. Justine Hovey
  7. Jenny Lee Yamasaki
  8. Anna Kutsenko
  9. Svetlana Fotinia
  10. Janette Kausen
  11. Svitlana Shayevich
  12. Eunji Jung
  13. Amy Tsuruta
  14. Laura Jane Head
  15. Amy Kolling
  16. Tae Eun Yoo
  17. Laurel Beard
  18. Brenda Noelke
  19. Taheerah Atchia
  20. Isha Gupta
  21. Dana Gong
  22. Lisa Harrolle
  23. Kay Miller

For today, I have two cards and videos to share! Let’s start!

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Photo taken against our 12x12in White Marble Backdrop Board

For my first card, I used our new Magnolia Fields cling background stamp.

I started off by rose gold heat embossing the stamp onto an A2 sized watercolor panel.  Next, I painted each magnolia a soft cerulean blue using Ken Oliver Color Bursts to give my florals a nice base color. Then I added three layers of shading to the larger magnolia images using my zig markers (No 36 Light Blue, No 31 Cobalt Blue, No 32 Persian Blue).

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For the smaller florals, I only added the first layer of shading.

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Once my florals were complete, I watercolored the background/negative space with a deep Prussian Blue color burst. As I set the panel aside to dry, I created my banner sentiment using our Basic Banners and coordinating die. I only partially embossed the banner because I knew I would be cutting off the right half of it. I didn’t want to use the entire banner because I wanted to change up the way I used this set.

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Prior to popping up my banner onto my painted panel, I added stitching to the edges of my painted panel using the largest die in our Double Stitched Rectangles (large) die set. Once the sentiment was popped up, I trimmed the excess which left me with a half banner with great interest. Then I added some shading with watercolor onto my banner to give it a bit of dimension. Lastly, I popped up my panel onto a side folding A2 card and then embellished it with 7mm and 5mm Clear Dew Drops.

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For my next card, I created a festive scene using our Holiday Ballet set.

I started off by stamping my nutcracker and ballet figures on cardstock with our copic friendly Caviar Hybrid Ink. Then I colored everything in with copic markers. For my ballerinas, I added white gel pen stippling/dots to give their outfits a faux glitter finish. Then I cut my figures out with my electric cutting machine (although dies are available now, I did not have them at the time of making this card). I set my figures aside and proceeded to build my scene.

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For my scene, I started off by stamping our Mountains on a horizontal A2 cardbase with our Pewter Collection Inks. Then I created a mask for my mountains and added shading (Miami Cool Dye Ink) behind them.  Next I stamped the second layer of our Mini Pine Tree multiple times across a separate piece of cardstock in our Everglade Moss Dye Ink.  Then I stamped the third layer of our Pine in our Hampton White Pigment Ink. I trimmed  my pine tree panel and fussy cut the top portion of my line of trees. Then I stamped the bottom portion of that panel with some more pigment ink so that I could heat emboss that area with white embossing powder for a snowy effect.

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Once the heat embossing was finished, I stamped some trees from our Mountains set in our Noir Dye Ink behind my Pine Trees. Then I adhered my line of Pine Trees onto my mountain panel and then ran the entire panel through my big shot machine with the largest die in our double stitched rectangles to add stitching to the edges. Next I stamped the sentiment (Noir Dye Ink), snowflakes (Dusty Blues Collection) and tiny stars (Dusty Blues Collection) in the background. Once the scene was complete, I popped up my figures with dimensional foam tape.

GIVEAWAYS

Three new release stamps will be given away to random commenters from the hop participant blogs. To qualify, you must leave a comment on here on this post. Each comment you leave on the hop participant blogs will increase your chances of winning a giveaway.  The comment period will close on Monday, September 11th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced on our blog soon after.

That’s all from me today!  I hope you enjoyed today’s cards and videos! Your next stop on our Hop is the amazing Vera!

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Summer 2017 Release Blog Hop

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Hello everyone and welcome back for our Summer 2017 Release Blog Hop! I hope you enjoyed seeing all the new products and inspiration this week by the team.  This week we debuted 24 new stamps (including 3 exclusive incentive stamps), 19 dies, 1 Couture Mix and 6 Backdrop Boards.  Everything is available in our shop now except our incentive products which will be available in July (and our Poppy and Sunflower Border dies which will be available around 6/15).

For our Summer 2017 Release, we have four new gifts with purchase (GWPs) that you can obtain in your order. This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until June 22 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order. No coupon code needed. All incentive products will automatically be added to qualified orders.

  • Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Summer Soiree Couture Mix
  • Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2×3 Floral Mini Banner Stamp (and Summer Soiree Mix)
  • Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2×3 Anemone Cluster Mini Stamp (and Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).
  • Spend $200 or more: Receive a 3×4 Watercolor Bouquet Set (and an Anemone Cluster Mini stamp, Floral Mini Banner Stamp and Summer Soiree Mix).

For our mega hop today, here is the list of super talented participants:

  1. The Ton <—– You are here!
  2. Laura Sterckx
  3. Tae Eun Yoo
  4. Laurel Beard
  5. Mayline Jung
  6. Svitlana Shayevich
  7. Emily Midgett
  8. Dana Gong
  9. Vera Yates
  10. Svetlana Pavlova
  11. Eunji Jung
  12. Amy Tsuruta
  13. Laura Jane Head
  14. Justine Hovey
  15. Sveta Fotinia
  16. Janette Kausen
  17. Marika Rahtu
  18. Jenny Lee Yamasaki
  19. Amy Kolling
  20. Lisa Harrolle
  21. Lydia Fiedler
  22. Brenda Noelke
  23. Olga Matyushevskaya
  24. Chris Dayton
  25. Anna Kutsenko
  26. Kay Miller

Let’s get started with my projects for today!

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Photo taken against our Bokeh White Backdrop Board

For my first project, I heat embossed our Anemone Bouquet, Marvelous Perfumes and Haute Stacks with our Rose Gold embossing powder. Then I proceeded to watercolor! For my bouquet, I watercolored the image with Color Burst Powders (Peony, Sap Green and Lemon Yellow). I used Cerulean Blue Color Bursts for the vase/bottle and Turquoise and Sap Green for the books.

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After I finished watercoloring, I heat embossed the banner and sentiment in the same rose gold powder.  Then I added Prussian Blue watercolor shading to my banner. Once everything was colored, I die cut everything with their coordinating dies.

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Next I clear heat embossed our Anemone Garden background stamp onto navy cardstock. For a bit more interest, I added stitching to the edges with our Double Stitched Rectangles (large) die set. Lastly, I popped everything up onto my navy embossed panel and added our Clear Dew Drops around my bouquet in 7mm and 5mm sizes.

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Photo taken against our Gray Stone Backdrop Board

For my next card, I created a sunset mountain scene with florals in the foreground.  I started off by stamping our new layered Mountains set with our Crystal Pewter Collection Inks. Then I fussy cut the mountain – at the time of the video, I had to fussy cut because I did not have the dies yet but they are available now!

Next I heat embossed two Summer Blooms in our Rose Gold embossing powder and watercolored them with Color Bursts (Peony, Gamboge/Marigold and Sap Green/Prussian Blue).  Next I die cut the florals using the coordinating die.

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Then I watercolored my sunset on separate watercolor paper.  I used Gamboge, Cerulean Blue and Prussian Blue Color Bursts. I had to make sure I didn’t blend the Gamboge and Cerulean Blue too much because I did not want a green sky.

After my sky was completely dried, I ended up trimming the top of my sky panel because there was not enough of the golden portion of the sunset peeking through the mountains. After I trimmed the sky, I added blended some True Navy Dye Ink to the top edge of the sky panel for more depth.  This gave me a nice gradation from gold to deep blue.

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Then I assembled my card by adhering the sky panel onto a heavyweight cardbase. I used our strong Double Sided Adhesive since my sky panel warped after I applied my heat gun to it to speed up the drying process. Next I popped up the mountain with a single layer of foam tape. I then popped the peonies up with a double layer of foam tape. Then I trimmed all the excess floral bits from the edges of my card. I finalized my card by adding Glass Slippers sequins for shine.

GIVEAWAYS

Three $25 gift certificates to our shop will be given away to random commenters from the hop participant blogs. To qualify, you must leave a comment here. The comment period will close on Monday, June 12th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter on our blog. **Gift certificates can only be applied to The Ton stamps, dies and gilding categories.

That’s all from me today!  I hope you enjoyed today’s cards and videos! Your next stop on our Hop is the sweet and amazing Laura!

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ZIGGY coloring on Fresh Cut Sunflower Outlines

Hello Everyone, it’s LauraJane today.  Thanks for stopping in:)

I’ve been in a ZIG marker watercoloring mood these past few rainy days and thought the Fresh Cut Sunflowers Coord. Outlines would be just the ticket to help cheer the cloudy day blues. Coloring with ZIGs is relaxing . The ZIGs are very forgiving on the Bristol Smooth 100lb paper. Adding a bit of water moves the color around…if I don’t like the result I simply dab it off with a dry paper towel and add another layer ZIG Clean Color.

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To begin,

I stamped the Fresh Cut Sunflowers Coord. Outline images onto Bristol Smooth 100lb paper with Vanilla Frosted Cupcake Dye. Then got My favorites Ziggys out.

  • 028 Pale Pink
  • 043 Olive Green
  • 046 Mid Green
  • 047 May Green
  • 050 Yellow
  • 052 Bright Yellow
  • 065 Mid Brown
  • 067 Mustard
  • 071 Flesh Color
  • 098 Pale Dawn Gray
  • 099 Cool Gray 1

Only two blooms and 4 leaves were needed for today’s card. But I like to stamp extras just in case something goes belly-up in the process 🙂

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I turned the camera on to video my process of coloring.  I made a short video of just two leaves getting colored. I LOVE coloring leaves as much as the blooms:))  You can watch HERE.

 

The full video coloring flowers and leaves is HERE

 

When finished coloring, I used the Fresh Cut Sunflowers Coordinating Dies to quickly cut them out.  I was tickled with how HAPPY and cheerful they look!

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For the card:

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Then I arranged my flowers and leaves and decided to quickly stamp and color two of the STEM images from the same set….cut them out with the Coordinating Dies. Adhered all the bits and pieces into place with Tombow Mono and Foam dimensional tape. Tied some blue floss for embellishment and finished with Laura’s Dreamy Blues Couture Mix.

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Well, as I write this post it is still raining, but I feel better after coloring these pretty SUNNY Fresh Cut Sunflower blooms! I encourage you to give Zig markers ar try. We would LOVE to see your creations. Remember to share on IG and FACEBOOK with #thetonstamps so we can find it easily.

EDITED:

Here is a TALKING video sharing what ZIG I’m using while coloring the first Sunflower:)

JOIN US FOR THE MAY CHALLENGE AT THE TON’S CHALLENGE BLOG!

THERE IS A $50 GIFT CARD THAT WILL GO TO THE WINNING ENTRY!

THE THEME FOR MAY IS “TIC-TAC-TOE CHALLENGE!”

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Here is how to play:

To participate in our challenge, create a paper crafting project based on the theme “Tic-Tac-Toe Challenge”.

  1. You must use a Ton product as the main focal point of your card or tag.
  2. Display the cue word/inspiration photo on your blog post and include a link to this challenge in the body of your post.
  3. There is no limit to the number of projects you wish to enter into the challenge.
  4. The winning project will be chosen based upon detail, composition and aesthetics.
  5. Enter your card by May 31, 2017 by 12:55pm EST.

PLEASE VISIT THE TON’S CHALLENGE BLOG FOR MORE INFO.