December 2016 Release Week: Happy Gang with Joni

Hello everyone, Joni here, and welcome to our December 2016 Release previews! All of the new products that we will be sharing with you over the next couple of days will be available for purchase beginning December 5, 2016 at wplus9.com as well as at many of your favorite retailers.

I want to introduce you to the cute Happy Gang stamp set and Happy Gang Companion Die.

AVAILABLE December 5, 2016

Happy Gang
4x6" Clear Stamp Set
$15 USD

Happy Gang Companion Die
Steel Rule Die
$11 USD

For this project I created a baby card. To begin, I stamped the images onto white cardstock with PURE COLOR Dye ink in Fairy Dust for the mouse, Hayride for the cat, and Warm Wool for the tiny mouse. I die-cut them all and then added some additional color using Copic markers to give them some depth and dimension.

Next, I stamped the happy balloon images using PURE COLOR dye ink in Shell Pink. Then I distressed the bottom of the card to ground the images using Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Crushed Olive. I also added the "It's a girl" sentiment which is part of the set.

I added the final sentiment - which is also included in the set - "so very happy for you". I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink onto black cardstock and heat embossed it in white. I adhered the die-cut images with foam tape for a little extra dimension. Some Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear sequins finish it off.

I cannot wait for you to see the rest of new release. Kara will be here tomorrow with a brand new floral set!

Release Day Sale

In leu of a Black Friday sale this year, we decided to combine it with our New Release! So be sure to tune in throughout the rest of the week for more information on the deals you'll be able to take advantage of on Release Day!

Giveaway Alert

Would you like to win a $25 store credit to wplus9.com? Just leave a comment below to enter by 11:00 a.m. EST on 12/02/16 to enter and we will select one random winner from all comments. Winner will be posted on our Winners page on 12/02/16.

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the supplies (or equivalents) used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. (New products not yet released have been excluded.) Please note: this list does contain some affiliate links.

VIDEO: Stamping Scenes Using Multiple Stamp Sets

Hello everyone! This is Yana Smakula and for today’s blog post and video I pulled out a few stamp sets and combined them on a card to create a festive Holiday scene.

Lately I’ve been enjoying using images from different stamp sets and creating various patterns/scenes, so I thought it would be fun to play with a few Holiday sets and share some of my tips for mixing and matching images.

I knew I wanted to have several birds from the All Year Cheer stamp set sitting on the front of my card and singing Holiday Cheer. So I started looking for ways I could create a fun and natural-looking background for them.

Watch my video tutorial below to see cardmaking process from start to finish and pick up a few other tips:

Watch above or watch in HD at YouTube

I started by stamping several branches from the same All Year Cheer set in Coconut Husk dye ink. This is a nice brown color that works great for stamping woodgrain patterns or wood-like images. I rotated the branch image and ended up having some branches facing down and some facing up. If you’d like to have more branch variety on your project you can manipulate the stamp slightly and curve it a bit to have the branch bow some more or become flatter.

I also used two circle images from the All Year Cheer set and stamped ornament-like circles in Cranberry Crush and Gala Red ink colors.

I knew I wanted to add some holly leaves to complete my branches, but there weren’t any suitable leaves in the All Year Cheer set so that’s when I started looking for images in my other stamp sets. The Be Merry Florals set seemed like a perfect fit, so I used two leaves and also a berry branch and stamped them in Last Leaf and Cranberry Crush.

Whenever I combine stamps from two or more stamp set I always try to follow these simple rules:

• I try to make sure the style of the imagery I use is the same. For example, if I am using outline images from one set, I will look for outline images in other sets to compliment my stamping. If I am using solid images, like I am doing here, my birds are all solid, my branch is solid, my ornaments are solid and so I look for solid leaves. I do sometimes mix solid and outline images on one pattern, but not very often.
• I also look at the scale of my images. For example, I want my leaves, my branches and my ornaments to look proportional to my birds. I don't want to have giant birds and tiny leaves and vice versa.

Thanks for joining me today! Have fun stamping!

Featured Supplies

For your convenience, here is a list of the supplies (or equivalents) used on today's project(s), along with links to purchase. Please note: this list does contain some affiliate links.

Wplus9 All Year Cheer Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 All Year Cheer Designer Dies Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 Be Merry Florals Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Strictly Sentiments 6 Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Coconut Husk Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Last Leaf Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Cranberry Crush Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Gala Red Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Fairy Dust Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Silver Lining Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	Neenah 80 Solar White Paper Pack 250 Sheets Shop at: SSS | AZ	Spellbinders - Platinum 6 - Die Cutting and Embossing Machine Shop at: SC | AZ
Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ	Scrapbook Adhesives White Foam Squares Shop at: SSS | AZ	Ranger Glossy Accents Glue Dimensional Adhesive Shop at: SSS | SC | PPP | AZ	3L Scrapbook Adhesives - EZ Runner Grand - Permanent Shop at: SC | AZ	3L Scrapbook Adhesives - EZ Runner Grand - Permanent - Refill Shop at: SC | AZ	Ranger Stickles Star Dust Glitter Glue Shop at: SSS | SC | AZ

Woodland Basics Meets Be Merry

Good Morning!  I hope all of you who celebrate had a wonderful Thanksgiving! While our family was here I showed my mom all of the Christmas cards I have made so far, and when she saw this one, she put in a request for it! So she will be getting this card and tag this year.

These were a lot of fun to make. There is almost no stamping on this project. The sentiment is the only stamping, but it is still full of color and interest. Die sets like Woodland Basics make that possible. I started by die cutting all the images in the die set several times from white cardstock. It's always better to have more than you need so you don't have to go back and create more pieces when you are ready to assemble.

You could die cut them from different colors of cardstock instead, but for me the fun part is adding the color. I do that by using a sponge dauber and my PURE Color Dye Inks. I added a base color first to all of the die cuts. Then when that layer of ink was dry, I added a deeper shade of that color for shading.

When all of the die cut pieces have been colored it's time to assemble. This is really fun because you have everything you need already made and you get to move things around until it's just the way you want it! Once you get it the way that looks best to you, snap a picture with your phone. This makes adhering all the pieces back in place so much easier.

I assembled my pieces at the bottom of a circle die cut window I created using the Love Mom Layers die. I stamped my sentiment, from Be Merry, inside the window.

Because I had prepared so many pieces and had the die cut circle left over from the card, I was able to finish my card and create a matching gift tag! I added some clear Wink Of Stella over all of the die cut pieces and in the real life the shimmer is beautiful! Thank you so much for stopping by today! I look forward to seeing you again soon to share the upcoming December Release!

Be Merry	Woodland Basics Die	Love Mom Layers Die	Gala Red Dye Ink
Cranberry Crush Dye Ink	Lake House Dye Ink	Falling For Blue Dye Ink	Mojito Dye Ink
Appletini Dye Ink	Coconut Husk Dye Ink	Black Dye Ink	*ZIG Wink of Stella GLITTER CLEAR Brush Tip Marker 025320
White Cardstock	Black Cardstock	Tsukineko STORAGE BOX Sponge Daubers 42916	Tsukineko 25 SPONGE DAUBERS Tools stdab025

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