More July Release: Day 5

Hello, everyone! And welcome back to last day of our July release inspiration share. There have been some AMAZING products and projects ahead this month, but today definitely might steal the show! Scroll and enjoy!

The Mountain Majesty stamp set is now available in the store HERE, and the coordinating dies HERE. There is also the coordinating Cover Plate die, which can be found HERE.

 

 

To see more from Heather Nichols, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp the mountains on a piece of kraft cardstock: use Cocoa Bean for the base, Smokey Shadow for the detail layer, and Fresh Snow for the snow.
2. Stamp trees in front of the mountain: stamp the trees in Fresh Snow ink first, let dry, and stamp the trees again in Prairie Grass and Olive Twist inks over the top of the trees stamped in Fresh Snow ink.
3. Die cut the mountains with the postage stamp mat and inner border with the Mix & Mat: Postal dies.
4. Spatter the stamped image with Fresh Snow and Honey Nut inks.
5. Stamp the sentiment in black ink center over the top of the mountains.
6. Stamp a kraft card base with the wood background image in Cocoa Bean ink.
7. Attach the stamped piece to a Linen vellum mat and then attach the the card base.

• STAMPS: Mountains Majesty, Keep it Simple: Okay, Background Basics: Farm & Barn
• INK: True Black, Fresh Snow, Cocoa Bean, Smokey Shadow, Prairie Grass, Olive Twist, Honey Nut
• PAPER: Classic Kraft, Linen vellum
• DIES: Mix & Mat: Postal

 

To see more from Keeway Tsao, CLICK HERE.

1. On an A1 sized watercolor paper, paint dark blue watercolors on top half of the card.
2. Once dried, die cut Mountain Majesty cover plate.
3. Then heat emboss psalms in white onto the rectangular stitched area
4. On another A2 sized watercolor paper, paint purple watercolors on bottom of the card.
5. Adhere the die cut piece on top of the purple painted piece to finish 

• STAMPS:  Year of Psalms: July 
• INK: Versamark Ink
• PAPER:  Watercolor Paper
• DIES: Cover Plate: Mountain Majesty
• OTHER: White Detail Embossing Powder, Watercolors

 

To see more from Laurie Schmidlin, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim kraft card base.  Trim smaller kraft panel. 
2. Cut two ¼” strips of Stormy Sea.  Dry emboss frame around smaller kraft panel.  Attach strips and mount to card base using dimensional foam.
3. Stamp mountain image (emboss the top image for snow) and die cut.
4. Die cut postal frame with inner dashed frame.  Sponge on Harvest Gold and Summer Sunrise ink.
5. Emboss sentiment.  Stamp bird using Cocoa Bean ink.
6. Use dashed frame on mountain image, and trim to fit in frame.  Tie on twine and adhere using dimensional foam.
7. Attach postal frame at an angle to card base using dimensional foam.

• STAMPS:  Mountain Majesty, Keep It Simple: Okay
• INK:  Pinefeather, Stormy Sea, Cocoa Bean, Harvest Gold, Summer Sunrise, Versamark
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Kraft, Stormy Sea
• DIES:  Mountain Majesty, Mix & Mat: Postal
• OTHER:   Rustic Jute Button Twine, Mini Clothespin

 

To see more from Michelle Leone, CLICK HERE.

1. Create A4  (3.5x 5”) card base from Soft Stone cs
2. Stamp layered mountains and bird (x2)
3. Die cut Infinity Frame (x3), mountains and birds
4. Stamp sentiment on frame
5. Create backing for frame from Vintage Cream, stamp Celestial sky background, attach to frame
6. Layer mountains/birds within frame, some with dimensional tape
7. Attach framed scene to card front 

• STAMPS: Mountain Majesty, Infinity Frames Sentiments, Celestial Sky
• INK: Aqua Mist, Ocean Tides
• PAPER: Vintage Cream, Soft Stone
• DIES: Mountain Majesty, Infinity Frames 
• OTHER:  A Muse Slate ink

 

To see more from Stephanie Gold, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp the largest layer of mountains in Soft Stone ink onto white cardstock. Stamp the second layer in Smokey Shadow, and the third in True Black. Die cut out a portion of the mountains with a circle die from the Noted Collection.
2. Stamp the trees in Enchanted Evening and die cut out. Stamp the birds in True Black and die cut out.
3. Wrap Rustic Twine around the card base and tie into a bow on the left side. Adhere the circle to the top middle of the card base using dimensional adhesive.
4. Using the same circle die, cut out the bottoms of the trees and adhere the top portions to the circle using dimensional adhesive, being careful to line up the circular cuts.
5. Adhere the birds to the “sky” of the circle with dimensional adhesive.
6. On your acrylic block, curve the “missing you” sentiment from On The Wagon to match the curve in the circle die. Stamp in True Black ink at the bottom right of the circle on the card base.

• STAMPS: Mountain Majesty, On The Wagon
• INK: Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, True Black, Enchanted Evening
• PAPER: Stampers Select White
• DIES: Mountain Majesty, Noted: Scalloped Square Die Collection
• OTHER: Rustic Twine

 

To see more from Wanda Guess, CLICK HERE.

1. Die-cut three layers with Mix & Mat: Postal. Die-cut two sets of mountains from the bottoms of the Mix & Mat die-cuts and stamp.
2. Stamp whole Mix & Mat with Background Basics: Celestial Sky.
3. Adhere Soft Stone and striped mat layers to card front, wrap and tie twine.
4. Adhere assembled mountain layer.

• STAMPS: Mountain Majesty, Background Basics: Celestial Sky, Give Love (heart), On the Wagon (sentiment)
• INK: Pure Poppy, Soft Stone, Smokey Shadow, True Black, Enchanted Evening
• PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Soft Stone
• DIES: Mountain Majesty dies, Mix & Mat: Postal dies
• OTHER: Twine, Foam Tape

 

CLICK HERE to see the previous Release Countdown introduction post for the Mountain Majesty collection.

 

Year of Psalms: July stamp set is now available in the store HERE.

 

To see more from Betsy Veldman, CLICK HERE.

1. Create an A2 card base from kraft cardstock.  Diecut Mountain Majesty cover plate from white cardstock.  Sponge rectangle portion with Spring Rain and Blueberry Sky inks.  Adhere to card base
2. Stamp sentiment with Dark Chocolate ink.
3. Diecut eagles from white cardstock and stamp with coordinating images.  Adhere as shown.

• STAMPS:  Year of Psalms: July, Mountain Majesty
• INK: Dark Chocolate, Spring Rain, Blueberry Sky
• PAPER:  Stamper’s Select White, Kraft
• DIES:  Cover Plate: Mountain Majesty, Mountain Majesty
• OTHER:  ink blending sponge

 

To see more from Laurie Schmidlin, CLICK HERE.

1. Trim White card base. 
2. Die cut cover panel from watercolor paper. Trim watercolor panel to fit card base.
3. Emboss sentiment on die cut panel.  Watercolor both die cut panel and solid watercolor panel.
4. Lightly splatter pain on to die cut panel.
5. Attach die cut panel to solid watercolor panel using dimensional foam.  Attach to card base.

• STAMPS:  Year Of Psalms: July
• INK:  Versafine Onyx
• PAPER:  Watercolor Paper, Stamper’s Select White
• DIES:  Cover Panel: Mountain Majesty
• OTHER:   Watercolor Paint, Clear detail embossing powder

 

To see more from Lizzie Jones, CLICK HERE.

1. Sponge white card base with Spring Rain, Lemon Tart, and Harvest Gold inks.
2. Speckle with clean water and Harvest Gold reinker.
3. Stamp sentiment using Smokey Shadow.
4. Die cut mountain range and stamp with coordinating images. First stamp with pale purples and then go back with grays that have been stamped off to soften the color. Trim down and adhere to card base.
5. Die cut frame using the Mix & Mat: Postal die. Add texture with the Woodgrain Impression Plate. Adhere to card front with foam tape.

• STAMPS: Year Of Psalms: July, Mountain Majesty
• CARDSTOCK: white
• INK: Spring Rain, Lilac Grace, Stormy Sea, Winter Wisteria, Lemon Tart, Harvest Gold, Smokey Shadow
• DIES: Mountain Majesty Die, Mix & Mat: Postal Die
• OTHER: Woodgrain Impression Plate, Scotch Foam Tape

 

To see more from Michelle Leone, CLICK HERE.

1. Create A2 (4.25x 5.5”) card base from Enchanted Evening cs
2. Emboss Mix & Mat: Postal  design on Kraft layer, stamp sentiment in Enchanted Evening
3. Stamp and die cut floral and leaf images
4. Stamp small foliage stamp from Year of Psalms: July in Ripe Avocado on Kraft panel
5. Adhere leaves to Kraft panel, attach flowers with dimensional tape
6. Attach finished Kraft panel to card base

• STAMPS: Year of Psalms: July, Give Love, Garden Party
• INK: Simply Chartreuse, Ripe Avocado, Enchanted Evening, Pure Poppy
• PAPER: Classic Kraft, Enchanted Evening
• DIES: Mix & Mat: Postal, Give Love, Garden Party

 

To see more from Wanda Guess, CLICK HERE.

1. Stamp, color and die-cut lavender. Wrap and tie with twine.
2. Stamp sentiment into white cardstock. Mat with Classic Kraft and adhere to card front.
3. Die-cut oval from plaid paper. Adhere over sentiment with foam tape.
4. Adhere florals in place.

• STAMPS: Year of Psalms: July, Stemmed Statements
• INK: True Black, Classic Kraft, Fresh Snow, Plum Pudding, Spring Moss
• PAPER: Stamper’s Select White, Classic Kraft, patterned paper
• DIES: Stemmed Statements dies, Oval die
• OTHER: Copic markers, foam tape, twine

 

 

CLICK HERE to see the previous Release Countdown introduction post for Year of Psalms: July.

 

Well, there you have it! There has been some incredible inspiration shared today! We hope you have enjoyed it! Don't forget, we have some exciting things coming up over the next week! Here is a quick rundown of what you have to look forward to!

• Thursday, July 20th (TODAY!): Throwback Thursday (scroll down or CLICK HERE!)
• Friday, July 21st: Design Team Tips
• Monday, July 24th: New Video from Yana Smakula AND Make it Monday
• Tuesday, July 25th: Blog Hop (check out this month's inspiration HERE)