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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Spring 2017 Release Blog Hop

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Hello everyone and welcome back for our Spring 2017 Release Blog Hop! I hope you enjoyed seeing all the new products and inspiration this week by the team.  This week we released 18 new stamps (including 2 exclusive incentive stamps), 13 dies and 14 Couture Mixes.  Everything is available in our shop now except our incentive products which will be available in May.

 

 

For our Spring 2017 Release, we have three new gifts with purchases 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 April 15 at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one incentive package per order.
Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Guava Sparkle Couture Mix
Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2×3 Sunflower Cluster Mini Stamp (and Guava Sparkle Mix)
Spend $150 or more: Receive a 2×3 Peony Cluster Mini Stamp (and Sunflower Cluster Mini Set and Guava Sparkle Couture Mix).

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We have more eye candy in store for you today by our team and some super special guests who are helping us celebrate this release!

  1. The Ton <—- You are here
  2. Brenda Noelke
  3. Svitlana Shayevich
  4. Lisa Harrolle
  5. Chris Dayton
  6. Miriam Prantner
  7. Janette Kausen
  8. Justine Hovey
  9. Laura Jane Head
  10. Amy Kolling
  11. Tae Eun Yoo
  12. Amy Tsuruta
  13. Eunji Jung
  14. Isha Gupta
  15. Jenny Yamasaki
  16. Kay Miller
  17. Vera Yates
  18. Stephanie Klauck
  19. Emily Midgett
  20. Taheerah Atchia
  21. Mayline Jung
  22. Laura Sterckx
  23. Laurel Beard

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For my card today, I went all out with our new wildflower stamps: Wishful Wildflowers,  Wildflower Banner and Modern Labels.

I started off by gold heat embossing the four corners of my card panel with the large floral portion of the Wildflower Banner stamp.  Then I heat embossed the individual blooms from our Wishful Wildflowers in the same gold powder. Next I colored in all the blooms with the same yellow and orange zig markers (50 Yellow, 52 Bright Yellow, 57 Orange). For my foliage I chose a minty green (No 45 Pale Green) which gave it more of a tropical look (which was not something that I was expecting but was pleasantly surprised at).

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Next I heat embossed my Modern Label and sentiment.  When all the embossing and coloring was complete, I die cut everything with their coordinating dies.  Before I assembled everything onto my panel, I added stitching to the edges of my colored panel using the largest die from our Double Stitched Rectangles die (large) set. Then I popped up the label in the center of my colored panel and then created clusters with my individual wildflowers at the top and bottom edges of my label.

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For my next two cards, I white heat embossed our Peony Crush background stamp on a watercolor panel and watercolored with color bursts. However my technique for the card shown on the right utilized a different technique.  My video shows how I made the card on the right.

For the card shown on the right: After I heat embossed the background image,  I started painting the peonies with my color burst powders. I started off by wetting the area I was planning on painting on first with water. Then I dropped a little bit of color (Peony color burst) onto the wet areas.

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Once I finished watercoloring my panel, I set it aside to dry. While that was drying, I white heat embossed my You’ve Got sentiment (from our new Mini Mail set) onto black cardstock and then cut it out to create a sentiment panel. Next I used our Pretty Mail word plate to die cut the bottom portion of my panel.

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Next I adhered some Turquoise Foil Adhesive Paper underneath the window onto a cardbase and then adhered the watercolor panel onto the base with our strong double sided adhesive.  I popped up my black sentiment piece above my die cut Pretty Mail and that completes my card!

That’s all from me today! I hope you enjoyed my cards and hope you’ll hop along with us. Before you leave here, this is a reminder that there are more giveaways today!

BLOG HOP GIVEAWAYS:
Five $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 on The Ton’s Blog Hop post here. The comment period will close on Monday, April 10th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter here.

I hope you enjoyed today’s cards and videos! Your next stop on our Hop is the fabulous Brenda!

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2017 Anniversary Release Blog Hop + Video + Giveaways

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Hello and welcome to our Anniversary Release Blog Hop!  We hope you enjoyed the last four days of Release Week Festivities where we introduced to you 26 new stamp designs and 7 new Couture Mixes and a ton of inspiration for our new products.

Our new release is now available in our shop!

FREE GIFTS WITH PURCHASE

We have three incentive products for our Anniversary Release: Cotton Candy Puff Couture Mix, Flutter Mini Stamp and Lone Poppy. No code needed for this promotion. 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. **Our incentive products will not be available for immediate purchase. They’ll be available sometime in February.**

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

NEW CHALLENGE BLOG

One of our new projects this year is our Challenge Blog! Be sure to enter your cards/projects for additional prizes! Our January Challenge closes on the last day of this month!

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We’re continuing to celebrate our two year Anniversary with a special blog hop with many talented guests and our amazing design team! Here’s the lineup:

  1. The Ton <—- You’re here!
  2. Amy Tsuruta
  3. Mayline Jung
  4. Janette Kausen
  5. Emily Midgett
  6. Laurel Beard
  7. Eunji Jung
  8. Chris Dayton
  9. Vera Yates
  10. Lisa Harrolle
  11. LauraJane Head
  12. Amy Kolling
  13. Isha Gupta 
  14. Jenny Lee Yamasaki 
  15. Justine Hovey
  16. TaeEun Yoo
  17. Taheerah Atchia
  18. Stephanie Klauck

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Our Fresh Cut Poppies is the newest floral layering set in our collection and it’s one of my favorites in this new release.  Our Fresh Cut series sets come with several three layer floral stamps featuring a different angle or blooming stage of the flower.  Each Fresh Cut set also comes with a uniquely shaped vase.  The best thing about our Fresh Cut florals is that they coordinate well together – I wanted to create a series where you could create a mixed floral bouquet/centerpiece!

However for today’s card, I kept the spotlight on our poppies!

 

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Fresh Cut Poppies Layering Guide

I started by stamping all of my floral elements.  For the open/full faced poppy, I stamped three of these flowers in our Coral Cavern, Lipstick Red and Dark Roast Dye Inks.  I stamped the third layer first in our Dark Roast. Then I stamped the Coral Cavern over that layer (and then the Lipstick Red). When I stamped the layers in this order, the Dark Roast took on a dark red hue which was the perfect third layer shade for this poppy.  I wanted the inner petals on this poppy to have more defined shading to it.

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For the other two poppies, I stamped them in our Coral Cavern, Lipstick Red and Aspen Cocoa.  There is a smoother transition with the layers when using this color combination which is what I wanted for the smaller poppies in this set.  Next, I stamped all the greenery using our Crystal Garden Collection Inks. For the yellows and black hues in my bouquet, I used our Beach Blondie and Noir Dye inks.  After everything was stamped out, I cut all the elements out with my cutting machine. If you don’t have a cutting machine, you can fussy cut! Coordinating dies for this set will be release soon though!

Next I took an A2 sized card panel an added stitching to the edges with the largest die in our Double Stitched Rectangles.  I stamped additional leaves onto the panel around the right, left and top edges – the background leaves will add some more depth to the finished bouquet. I stamped the vase in our Blue Diamond ink which is a soft blue ink. Next I stamped the stems in our Soft Garden and Bright Fern Inks. Once this was finished, I assembled my florals, buds and leaves onto my panel with foam tape.

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Once I finished my floral arrangement, I heat embossed the sentiment using our Rose Gold Embossing Powder. For my finishing touches, I added 7mm and 5mm Dew Drops.

GIVEAWAYS

Five gift certificates to our s shop: One $75, two $50 and two $25 gift certificates will be given away to random commenters on all the hop participant blogs. To qualify, you must leave a comment on this post. The comment period will close on Monday, January 16th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card!! Make sure to leave a comment here to be entered in our giveaway! Your next stop on our Anniversary Release Hop is the fabulous Amy!

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Summer 2016 Release Blog Hop

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Hello, everyone and welcome to our Summer 2016 Release Blog Hop!  I hope you enjoyed our Release Week!  We had so much introducing all of our new products to you this week: 15 new stamps, 13 new Couture Mixes and 14 new Couture Color Inks.

The festivities are not over yet because we have an amazing blog hop for you today packed with talented special guests and our awesome design team – a total of 15 stops!

  1. The Ton  <—- You are here 🙂
  2. Vera Yates
  3. Amy Tsuruta 
  4. Emily Midgett
  5. Lisa Harrolle
  6. Eunji Jung
  7. Laura Sterckx
  8. Mayline Jung
  9. Laurel Beard
  10. Jessica Frost Ballas
  11. Ruby Naz 
  12. Stephanie Klauck
  13. Keeway Tsao
  14. Kymona Tracey
  15. Michelle Short 

So for today, I made two cards to celebrate our Summer 2016 Release.

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First up is my faux watercolored art print card created with our new Haute Stacks.  This set might be my favorite of this entire release!  I achieved the watercolor look by first inking up my stamp with the distress ink, spritzed some water and stamped on my watercolor panel.  Then I took a water brush and proceeded to blend the color.  I did this for each layer and for the stack of books.  For my peonies, I used Spun Sugar for my first layer, Abandoned Coral for the second and Fired Brick for the third layer.

After I finished stamping my stack of books with a gray distress ink, I added some additional shading to some of the books with black watercolor paint.  This gave the card the more artsy feel that I was aiming for.  Next I die cut my panel using the largest die in our Double Stitched Rectangle dies.  I finished the card by adhering some Glass Slippers sequins.

For my next card, I created a shaker using our new Vogue Skies set and our Pyrotechnics set.

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I started off by blending my card panel with our Cali Blue Dye Ink, Azurite Dye Ink and Soft Amethyst Dye ink.  Then I heat embossed the fireworks display with our Rose Gold embossing powder and a silver glitter embossing powder.
hop cityNext I stamped the skyline at the base of my panel with our Noir Dye ink. I then stamped the Statue of Liberty and sentiment from our Vogue Skies over my skyline.  Next I created a black border frame using the two largest dies from our Double Stitched Rectangle dies.  This would serve as my shaker window.  After I adhered the acetate under the frame, I filled up the window with our new Black Tie Affair Couture Mix. The card was complete after I closed up the window.

We also have some giveaways to celebrate our hop: Four $25 gift certificates will be given away to random commenters.  You must comment on each hop participant blog to qualify for the giveaway. The comment period will close on Saturday, June 18 at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter.

Thanks for checking out our hop post for today!  Your next stop is Vera.  Be sure to check out all of the other stops on the blog for some amazing inspiration for our Summer 2016 Release!

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Fall Coffee Lovers Blog Hop

**This month’s Trending with The Ton post has been postponed to Tuesday, September 29. 

Hello, Rubeena here welcoming you to the another amazing Coffee Lovers Blog Hop! The Ton is proud to be a super sponsor and flash sponsor for this blog hop, too. Linking up to the hop will give you a chance to win one of the THREE $10 gift certificates to The Ton shop. One of these will be a flash prize so it’ll be announced sometime during the hop and the remaining two prizes will be announced on the wrap-up post for the Coffee Loving Cardmakers Blog. Be sure to link up! You’ll have until Friday, October 2 at 11:59 p.m. PST (3:00 a.m. EST).

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I have two cards to share with you today. Effie designed the coffee cup and the two sentiments for me to use on the cards for this special event.

For the first card, I used the cup to create a background that I printed and cut to 4″ x 5.25″. I used Copic markers to color all the cups. I attached it to a white card base with foam tape and added the sentiment, too. Since I wanted to show off all the bright colors, I kept the background as the main focus.

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These are the colors I used:

Pink: RV17, V05, RV52
Yellow: Y19, Y08, Y04
Blue: BG05, B02, B01
Green: YG07, YG05, YG01
Brown: E29, E25, E35, E33, E53, E51
Gray: C0
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For the second card, I used Hey Foxy and the Changing Leaves Couture Mix since it is a fall-themed Coffee Lovers Blog Hop.

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I stamped the two fox and colored them with Copic markers and stamped some of the hearts between them. I printed out the sentiment and a coffee cup, which I colored with Copic markers and fussy cut. I matted it down above the hearts with some foam tape. I added the sentiment below the fox and added beads from the couture mix to imitate fall leaves.

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That’s about it for me. Thank you for stopping by! Be sure to link up a fall-theme coffee or tea card to the blog hop for your chance to win one of the MANY prizes, including the three $10 gift certificates to The Ton. Enjoy all the inspiration!

Blog Hop and Bauble Giveaway Winner + Surprise Announcement

Happy Saturday, all!  This week has flown by so quickly but today is the day we finally announce the winner of our Blog Hop and Bauble Giveaway!

Before I do that, I just want to thank everyone for their support and kind comments over the last few weeks!  Also a HUGE shoutout to our amazing Design Team, Ruby and Jess, who have worked so friggin (haha) hard to turn out some beautiful cards for the second release.  We’re all so excited at the positive response to our second release 🙂

Now for the winner:  

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Congrats, Jess!!! Please email us at THETONSTAMPS@GMAIL.COM within 48 hours to claim your fabulous prize!

*************************Now, for our SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT*******************

Christmas has come early and the SHIP DATE for the second release stamps is this Monday, April 6, 2015!!  Also, if you are really loving our Fresh Cut Peonies, they are going fast!

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One last thing – you all still have a chance to win one of three $10 gift certificates to our shop because we are one of the sponsors for the great Light It Up Blue for Autism Awareness Blog Hop that is going on right now.  It is organized by Tenia Nelson and Veronica Fletcher Zalis.  It’s a wonderful cause and there are so many sponsors offering great prizes.  Check out Tenia and Veronica’s blogs to start your hop!  Jess and Ruby are also participating in this great Hop.  Leave them some love and increase your chances in winning some great prizes!

Thanks again for stopping by!!

– Effie

Second Release Blog Hop and Full Reveal

Hello everyone, Effie here! I’m SO excited to kick off The Ton’s Second Release Blog Hop (Skip and Jump) and Full Reveal!!  We have a total of NINE new couture sets in our new release!  We hope you’ve been following our Sneak Peek party for the past two weeks but the moment is finally here!!

2nd releaseThis release has a variety of different stamps (images and sentiments!).  We played around with fun and chic fonts in these designs to bring you some fabulous sets!

Our NINE sets (going clockwise above):

  1. It’s Cray Cray
  2. Friggin Fabulous
  3. Simple Florals
  4. Panda Can’t Even (because there’s a couple of pandas in that set that can’t even)
  5. Thanks a Bunch
  6. Princess Cut Diamonds
  7. Fresh Cut Peonies
  8. The Most Interesting Cardmaker in the World
  9. Underwear Drawer

2nd hop badgeNow for our Blog Hop!!  To qualify to win the prize package, you must comment on each blog along the hop – tell us about which stamp set from our second release is your fave and which card on each hop you like the best!  The order of the hop is below:

  1. The Season is your first stop (right here!)
  2. Jess’ blogAll the Sparkle;
  3. Ruby’s blog, A Rare Ruby.

***Optional: Follow The Ton on InstagramTwitter, Pinterest and like us on Facebook.

  • One lucky commenter will win (1) one stamp set of choice from our second release and (2) a pair of fabulous statement earrings!
  • Comments will close on Friday, April 3, 2015 @ 11:59pm EST.
  • The winner will be randomly chosen and announced on Saturday, April 4, 2015.

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Now for the cards! You’ve caught sneak peeks of these cards for the past two weeks and now I can finally show you the entire cards!  Today I will feature three cards.  I will be back on Friday with a couple more cards!

For my first card, I used our Fresh Cut Peonies stamp set!  It comes with four peonies in different blooming stages. Each flower, stalk and leaf has 3 layers.  The set comes with a vase and one scripty sentiment.  This set also comes with a gorgeous color printed layering guide. No need to print your own when you receive this set!

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For my first card of the Hop (finally!), I created a multi-layer, top folding card using our Fresh Cut Peonies stamp set.

peonyI stamped the vase first in Tsukineko Brilliance Starlite Silver pigment ink. I did this to ensure that the peonies and stalks would be centered.

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Next, I stamped the peonies in (1)Memento Angel Pink, Hero Arts (2) Bubble Gum and (2) Ultra Pink.  The stalks and leaves were stamped in My Favorite Things Hybrid Inks (1) Sour Apple and (2) Gumdrop Green and Tsukineko’s Brilliance (2) Pearlescent Ivy pigment ink.  This layering guide (which comes with your set but can also be found here if you need) will show you exactly where to stamp your layers to create perfect peonies!

peony layering guideI used some masking techniques on this card.  I had to mask off the peony on the bottom left portion of the card so that I could stamp the stalks of the two peony bulbs in the background.  To make sure I didn’t create a mess, I also had to create a mask for the vase as well because I didn’t want the stalks going off paper or mucking up the gorgeous silver pigment ink.

peony3Then I die cut the card panel using the 2nd largest die in the Lawn Fawn’s Large Stitched Rectangles die cut set.  I adhered that panel onto come light pink card stock which was then adhered onto another panel which was stamped with Hero Arts’s wood mounted Lattice background stamp (in HA Soft Granite dye ink).

Lastly, I stamped the Hello sentiment from the set in Tsukineko’s Brilliance Pearlescent Purple pigment ink. I decided to clear emboss the sentiment to give the card some extra oomph.  I also added some rhinestones because no card is complete unless you add some bling!

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For my next card, I used stamps from our new Panda Can’t Even set and Princess Cut Diamonds (which also comes with its own layering guide) set.

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Princess Dia Layer TutI stamped the background using the largest outline stamp from our Princess Cut Diamonds set in Delicata Golden Glitz pigment ink.  While that was drying, I die cut the heart from Little B’s designer Heart stitched dies.  I blended Spun Sugar, Scattered Straw and Wild Honey (in this order, going from bottom to top) onto the heart die cut.  I stamped the “hey there” sentiment in black dye ink onto the bottom of the heart which I then adhered onto the background panel.

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Then I stamped the two pandas on separate card stock, fussy cut them and popped them up, facing each other, with some foam squares. Then I added some pink heart confetti to add some more shine to the card.

Underwear waterFor the finishing touch, I stamped the back of the card with our 2in x 3in Underwear Drawer stamp set with Hero Arts Ultra Pink dye ink.  This set was not sneaked in the past two weeks because one sneak would’ve given the whole set away.

underwearAnd now for the last card on this stop! I promise this one will be brief 🙂

friggin waterMy next card was created using our Friggin Fabulous set.  It’s a bit more edgy. I don’t think I’ve seen any sets out there with the word Friggin in it.  With this set, you can combine the separate sentiments to make some spunky phrases (You’re Friggin Fabulous, Friggin Awesome, etc).

big dealI stamped the focal sentiment first in Tsukineko’s Neon Coral pigment ink (one of my favorite ink colors).  I love the “(kind of)” sentiment because it adds a touch of sarcasm to the card but is not offensive – it’s just funny.   Then I stamped the rest of the words in the set in black dye ink around the focal sentiment to create a somewhat abstract background.  I love the contrasting neon and black in this card.  I kept this as a one layer card with no embellishments because it’s so busy already.  Lastly, I adhered the card panel onto a top folding gray card base to keep it neutral.

That is it for this stop on our Blog Hop!  Hope you enjoyed this post.  Make sure to leave a comment on which stamp set from our second release is your favorite.  Also let us know know which one of our cards is your fave!

Your next stop on the Hop is Jess on her blog.  After Jess’s blog, your last stop will be on Ruby’s blog.  Leave a comment by 11:59pm EST on Friday, April 3, 2015 on each blog to qualify to win our Blog Hop Bauble Giveaway. Thanks for joining us!!

– Effie

Sneak Peek #12: Art Deco

Hi everyone! Effie here today with Sneak Peek #12!  The shoes in this sneak are not new (they’re from our Shoe Wardrobe Filled set).

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However, what you see surrounding the shoes are from our new release!

princess preshowHope you enjoyed the sneak for the day! Ruby and Jess have been posting sneaks all week! Make sure check out all the sneak peeks from the past two weeks.  Jess’s post from yesterday links back to Sneak Peeks #1-11 here.  Make sure you check it out!

We only have two more days to go before our full reveal on Monday, 3/30 (at 7am EST).  We also have a fabulous Blog Hop and Bauble giveaway on Monday to celebrate our second release!   Further details of the Blog Hop can be found here.

Thanks for stopping by and Happy Friday!

-Effie

Sneak Peek #7 and Blog Hop News

Happy Sunday, everyone! Effie here to introduce Sneak Peek #7 to all you fine people!

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This sneak peek shows you some stamps from two of our new release sets.  We have another week of sneak peeks this week. Make sure you join us everyday to catch more glimpses in what’s to come. Hopefully you are all as excited as we are about our new release!  All of our new sets will be FULLY revealed on our shop site on Monday, March 30, 2015 at 7am EST.  This is when our 2nd release will be available for PRE-ORDER with an anticipated ship date of April 13, 2015.  So make sure you shop our pre-sale on 3/30 to reserve your sets beforehand!

SECOND RELEASE UPDATE: Instead of eight new sets, we will have NINE new sets in our second release! Makes sure you check out our sneak peeks for the rest of the week!

BLOG HOP NEWS

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To kick off our second release, our Blog Hop, Skip and Jump and Bauble giveaway will be held on Monday, March 30, 2015.  Our blog, The Season, Ruby and Jess‘ blog will be the stops on our second release blog hop!  We will be giving away one stamp set of choice from the new release and a bauble*! Also we apologize to our international fans but we must limit our current bauble blog hop giveaway to US participants only! Thank you for understanding!

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Rules:

  • Comment on each blog in the Blog Hop, Skip and Jump.  The order of the Hop will be as follows:
  • Optional: Follow The Ton on Instagram (@TheTonStamps) and like us on Facebook.

That’s all for today!  Thank you for stopping by!

– Effie

***What is shown in the picture is not necessarily the bauble(s) to be won in our above-mentioned giveaway.  This photo is used as marketing/promotional material at this time.  The Ton Stamps reserves the right to choose the bauble to be given away for the above-mentioned giveaway.***