June 2010 Release Day 3: Bonus Cards

It's Day 3 of the June 2010 Wplus9 Release. I've shown you a couple of great uses for both of our new sets The Birds & The Bees, and Background Builders: Hearts over the last couple of days. And you guys have been leaving lots of love and encouragement for these sets. Thanks so much for the huge response! But I still have a few more cards to share before I reveal the full sets tomorrow.

First, I decided to play a little with the cloud images that are included in The Birds & The Bees. I stamped the solid cloud onto Spring Rain cardstock in Fresh Snow ink, both by Papertrey Ink.

Then I came back and randomly stamped the outline image in Versamark and covered with Heat and Stick Powder by Stampin' Up!. This stuff is great. You use it just like embossing powder. Once you hit it with the heat gun it becomes sticky...you can then add glitter or flock. After I poured the glitter, I hit it again with the heat gun to set it.

You'll notice there is a faux stitching theme that runs through most of The Birds & The Bees set. I just adore it. I finished the card off with a butterfly, the heart trail and my fav sentiment from the set; "Follow your {heart}, it knows the way.".

And here is a close up at a slightly different angle so you can see that subtle sparkle.

Ok, this next card is one of my personal favs. I've used both sets together again AND...how excited was I to pull out Funky Foliage for a wonderful surprise. Check this out.

Is that not perfect?! I created a less lazy but still super easy sky using a hand cut cloud shape, some Spring Rain ink and a sponge. Randomly lay the template down and using the sponge dipped in ink, rub starting from the template and brushing onto the cardstock. Just keep moving the template and repeating. Start at the top of your cardstock and work your way down. I used the same template piece to mask the sun image included in The Birds & The Bees to make it appear like it's peeking from behind the clouds. Now the fun part. I used the tree trunk image from Funky Foliage to create a tree branch coming from each side of the cardstock. These are the perfect scale to serve as a perch for the little bird images included in the set. To finish it off, I added some leaves to the branches, also from Funky Foliage.

I told you this was a great release. Still want to see more. Kerrianne has a gorgeous card to show you over at Retro Girly Creative featuring both new sets. Be sure to stop by and show her some love. She has some big news to share next month. ;o) Be sure to stop by tomorrow to see both sets revealed in their entirety before they go on sale Tuesday, June 1st. And Tuesday will be our Design Team group post where you will see what the amazingly talented ladies have done!

So, want a chance to win The Birds and The Bee, Background Builders: Hearts, and Funky Foliage, a prize pack worth $45.00? Leave me a comment by 11:59 pm EST Sunday May 30th. I will select 1 random winner. The winner will be posted here, and will have 1 week to claim their prize.