December/January 2013 Release Week Day 3

Welcome to the third day of our December/January release. If you are just joining us, you can start at Day 1 to catch up.

Thank you all so much for all of the the kind words and excitement over this release! I am so happy to hear how much you are loving on Cupid. He is my favorite! Today, we are introducing the last of our new products for this release.

Damask Delight

• is a 6x8" clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 16 stamps; 5 background building damask images and 11 flourishes
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $21

Damask Delight Companion Dies

• coordinates with the Damask Delight stamp set
• five separate dies wired together that can be easily snipped and separated
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $12

Quite Like You

• is a 3x4" clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 4 sentiments
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $6

First let's take a look at a little set with a lot of style, Quite Like You. This font style is so huge right now and I just couldn't resist putting together an affordable little sentiment set.

I wanted something super simple and to the point for this card. I stamped the target from Cupid's Arrow and used a 1" circle punch to cut it out. I couldn't resist adding the arrow from the Cupid's Arrow Companion die. It was just too perfect. The sentiment is from Quite Like You and I heat embossed it in white onto our Cupid's Bow card stock. I love how tall and skinny the font is, yet still thick enough for a solid emboss.

Next, I wanted to take this modern font combo and incorporate it into a more shabby card along with the Damask Delight stamps and dies. I am so happy with how it turned out!

This card is all about the focal point. I die cut a pinked squared using our Clear Cut Stackers: Pinking Squares die and stamped the sentiment in brown. See that little flourish stamped onto the wooden butterfly from Studio Calico? That's one of the eleven flourishes included in Damask Delight! I love how perfectly it fits.

Another flourish was die cut from our Oatmeal card stock using the Damask Delight Companion Die and stamped with the matching image and added to the top. Along the top edge of the card, I used XOXO Border Die to cut a border from our Kraft card stock.

The Clear Cut Stackers: Rounded Rectangles were used again as a mat and flanked at the top and bottom with buttons. This is definitely my favorite card of the release.

Now I know that there are plenty of Damask stamp sets on the market, but I guarantee that you will love all of the additional extras that come along with this set. So far I've shown you some of the flourishes included in Damask Delight, now let's take a look at some of the Damask images themselves.

Creating a pattern is a given with these stamps, but I wanted to create a classic set of stationary cards that used the images as a focal point. I stamped the largest image first in a lighter color, and then stamped one of the smaller images directly over the first in a darker shade of the same color.

See how much detail is packed into each of these images? A simple sentiment from Spring Post was added to the center.

Simple, clean and perfect for gift giving or keeping on hand when you need a card in a pinch.

My final card today shows off some more of the flourishes in Damask Delight along with the companion die. I wanted to create a fairly monotone wedding card and I knew these images would definitely up the elegance factor.

I started with a Label Layers 2 die cut and stamped the label image from Brothers and Sister in the center. The sentiment from Damask Doilies was added using our Black pigment ink. I die cut one of the flourishes from Damask Delight twice and stamped it with our White pigment ink. I added these to the top and bottom of the label.

I created a little cluster of flowers on the left. I stamped a few of the flowers and leaves from Mother's Day Bouquet, cut them out and adhered them at different heights using foam tape.

For the background I stamped several of the images fromMother's Day Bouquet. I used our White pigment ink for the flowers, Versamark for the berries, and embossed the leaves in silver. I really hope the special lady receiving this one loves it!

Still want more? The Design Team has been blazing through these sets and they have more to share with you today too!

• Cristina Kowalczyk
• Elise Durenberger
• Jean Martin
• Jinny Newlin
• Kerrianne Gwin
• Lea Lawson
• Sarah Martina Parker
• Savitri Wilder

So, would you like to win today's featured products: Damask Delight, Damask Delight Companion Die, Quite Like You and the Clear Cut Stackers: Hearts dies? Just leave me a comment by 9:00 AM EST December 4th to enter. I will select one random winner from all comments. Winners will be posted here.

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back tomorrow with the FULL REVEAL and a chance to win the ENTIRE RELEASE! Hope you'll find time to drop by again!

December/January 2013 Release Week Day 2

Welcome back! It's Day 2 of our December/January release. If you are just joining us, you can start at Day 1 to catch up.

Today we have more to introduce, including 2 new stamp sets and 2 new dies. These are some of my favorite from the release and I am so excited to introduce:

Cupid's Arrow

• is a 4x6" clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains 15 stamps; 6 sentiment stamps and 9 images
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $14

Cupid's Arrow Companion Dies

• coordinates with the Cupid's Arrow stamp set
• four separate dies wired together that can be easily snipped and separated
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $6

Banner Love

• is a 3x4" clear photopolymer stamp set
• contains8 stamps; 4 pre-strung banner images, 3 individual pennant/bunting images and 1 stitched heart
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $6

Clear Cut Stackers: Hearts Dies

• nested dies with an open center backed with a clear panel
• cuts 4 graduated hearts in the following sizes: 3 1/4", 2 1/2", 1 3/4", and 1".
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $15

My first card today is ultra feminine and frilly. I think I managed to use a little bit of everything from this release on it.

I started by stitching some Bella Blvd patterned paper to a Kraft card base. For the focal point, I cut one of the CCS: Rounded Rectangles from Oatmeal card stock and stamped the corners with a flourish from Damask Delight (more on that tomorrow) and added some buttons and the smallest heart from the Clear Cut Stackers: Hearts die.

That adorable cupid is from Cupid's Arrow. I die cut and stamped him and then covered him with glitter. I added a little tag using Timeless Tags to the bow and stamped a heart from Banner Love. The little banners on the left side were stamped with Defining Words and then die cut using the Banner Trio Die.

The XOXO Border Die was perfect for bringing a little bit of pink up to the top of the card. I needed to bring a little red over to the right side, so I added another banner and stamped "True Love" from Cupid's Arrow in red.

I decided to keep rolling with the same basic layout, but switch up the elements for the next card. A little help from Webster's Pages patterned paper and I came up with this.

An envelope stuffed with love letters! I filled our Vintage Envelope Die with a few letters cut with our Love Notes die. The little cupid pulling the letter out is also from Cupid's Arrow. There are two facing each other so you can have them hold banners, pennants and anything you can imagine.

The center of the envelope is decorated with some trim, a few buttons and a glittered heart. Another cupid, a cluster of flowers and a sentiment tag finish this one off.

Those little guys are so much fun to use. I'm telling you, I could put them on everything! There are several sizes included in the set and they are facing left and right.

There are also quite a few great graphic sentiments and accent elements included in Cupid's Arrow. Here, I used the arrow and target to stamp out my background pattern in White pigment ink onto Cupid's Bow card stock.

The pattern is so bold that all I needed to do was stamp my sentiment onto a banner and call it done!

Keeping it clean and simple, I decided to go with a little black on black embossing.

The background was stamped and embossed using Background Builders: Hearts. The sentiment was also embossed, but in white this time onto a Label Layers 3 die cut from Cupid's Bow card stock. All little more of that XOXO Border Die under the label is perfect for anchoring it on the black.

For my last card, since I already had all of the embossing stuff out, I decided to try out some of the colored embossing onto Black card stock. I used the individual banner images from Banner Love along with the string from Heartfelt Mix to create some vibrant bunting. The sentiment is a little peek at another set we will be introducing tomorrow.

I am seriously having so much fun with these sets, and I've only scratched the surface! I love how they can go either way and fit any style. I hope you have enjoyed the previews today. I will be back with the final introductions tomorrow, but the Design Team has so much to share today too! They are amazing!

• Cristina Kowalczyk
• Elise Durenberger
• Jean Martin
• Jinny Newlin
• Kerrianne Gwin
• Lea Lawson
• Sarah Martina Parker
• Savitri Wilder

So, would you like to win today's featured products: Cupid's Arrow, Cupid's Arrow Companion Die, Banner Love and the Clear Cut Stackers: Hearts dies? Just leave me a comment by 9:00 AM EST December 3rd to enter. I will select one random winner from all comments. Winners will be posted here.

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back tomorrow!

December/January 2013 Release Week Day 1

It's Release Week! For those of you that are new to Wplus9, we will spend the next couple of days getting up close and personal with the products that we will be releasing this month. All previewed items will be available for purchase on December 5th at www.wplus9.com and some of your favorite retailers.

This month we will be introducing 5 new stamp sets and 6 new dies!

This month is all about Valentine's Day and love. You know how much I love hearts. Well we've got them, and a lot of them at that! We've got a little something for every style and every age, and as always - they all work seamlessly together!

Today we are introducing:

Bitty Buddy Valentines

• is a 6x8 clear photopolymer stamp set
• 15 high quality photo-polymer stamps; 1 frame, 7 images, and 7 sentiments
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $21

Bitty Buddies Companion Dies

• coordinates with the Bitty Buddy Valentines stamp set
• five separate dies wired together that can be easily snipped and separated
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $9

Clear Cut Stackers: Rounded Rectangles Die

• coordinates with the Bitty Buddy Valentines stamp set and many of our previously released sets
• nested dies with an open center backed with a clear panel
• cuts 4 graduated rounded rectangles in the following sizes: 3 7/8 x 2 7/8", 3 1/4 x 2 1/4, 2 5/8 x 1 5/8", and 2 x 1"
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $18

XOXO Border Die

• cuts an 7 1/4" continuous border in an XOXO pattern
• measures approx. 7 1/4 x 1/2"
• will be available for purchase December 5th for $6

First up, we are going to tackle those children's valentines with a stamp set and companion die that will capture your heart. Add the coordinating Clear Cut Stackers: Rounded Rectangles Die and completing these is as easy as it is fun! So let me show you the basics with a set of super simple valentines.

Aren't they adorable? Cute and fun, but still timeless, these little animals are so versatile. For this set, I started by stamping the frame image onto our white card stock.

You could easily trim these out and leave them square. Or you can use the Clear Cut Stackers: Rounded Rectangles Die to die cut them. I made these dies just a tad smaller than the frame so that you could stamp first and then cut when using this stamp.

So easy! You could stamp the animal images directly onto the base, or you can use the Bitty Buddies Companion Die like I did here.

I stamped all of my animals in black for continuity and to show how quickly you can whip these up with out a lot of fuss and they still look adorable.

There are several animals and punny sentiments to go along with each. I know, I know...punny. Hey, I'm good for it every now and then. But I did make sure that the sentiments could be used for non-valentine occasions. This makes it a perfect go-to year-round set to have on hand.

Next, I wanted to show you how you can step it up just a bit for another fun alternative.

OK, I don't normally do cute. But these are too much fun. I started with the same base, except this time I stamped them in our White pigment ink onto several bright colors of card stock and die cut them. I also used the second largest rectangle from Clear Cut Stackers: Rounded Rectangles to die cut the centers from our White card stock.

I stamped the border across the top and the bottom using Cupid's Arrow (more on that tomorrow) and added "Happy Valentine's Day" to each.

For the sentiments, I die cut a heart using our Clear Cut Stackers: Heart Die and added the appropriate sentiment to each.

A die cut and stamped animal finishes these off.

These were so easy and fun to create, and I think any kid would love to help put them together for their classmates.

I also wanted to show you how perfect these are for cards as well.

I stamped the frame image onto our Oatmeal card stock and just trimmed it out with my paper trimmer. I die cut the cute little penguin and added a heart, also from Bitty Buddy Valentines to his belly.

I added a sentiment from Winter Wishes and adhered it all to a Cupid's Bow card stock base.

How about a fun birthday card? I wanted to create a frame, so I first stamped and die cut my frame, then I used the second largest rectangle to cut out the center. I added the "totem pole" of animals making sure to tuck the lion under the frame, and letting the turtle pop out over.

The sentiment was added to the smallest rectangle using A Pocketful in our Black pigment ink. I added the star burst in the background using Super Star and matted it with our Lake House card stock before adhering it all to a White card base.

Finally, let's take a look at the XOXO Border Die.

I started by die cutting the XOXO border from Cupid's Bow and and Kraft card stock.

I selectively trimmed out portions and adhered them to an Oatmeal card base to create an alternating "XO" pattern.

That concludes Day 1 from me. I have tons more to share tomorrow, including more peeks at the XOXO Border Die. But the Design Team has plenty to share with you right now!

• Cristina Kowalczyk
• Elise Durenberger
• Jean Martin
• Jinny Newlin
• Kerrianne Gwin
• Lea Lawson
• Sarah Martina Parker
• Savitri Wilder

I really hope you enjoyed today's previews. Would you like to win today's featured products: Bitty Buddy Valentines, Bitty Buddies Companion Die, XOXO Border Die and the Clear Cut Stackers: Rounded Rectangles die? Just leave me a comment by 9:00 AM EST December 2nd telling me which of the Bitty Buddies is your favorite. I will select one random winner from all comments. Winners will be posted here.

Thanks for stopping by, I'll be back tomorrow!