The Ton Anniversary 2017 Release Day2

*Effie is holding the release of the Oscar Stamp sets pending permission from the Academy. Unfortunately, there is an additional stamp set (one that has not been debuted) that also had to be pulled from this release. Thus, The Ton has a total of 26 new designs releasing on Thursday, January 12. We hope you understand!*

Hello everyone! Today is the second day of The Ton 2017 Anniversary Release. If you missed the Day 1, you can catch up here.

Today The Ton is showcasing 9 clear stamps: Beautiful Butterflies 1, 2 & 3, Brushed Love, Brushed Hugs, Brushed You, The new Pretty, Oscar and Oscar Superlatives and one rubber cling background stamp: Dahlia Close Up.
Today's Couture Mix is Winter Thaw, a pretty mix of light blue and light green.

- Incentive gifts with purchases -

• Spend $75 or more: Receive a free pack of our new Cotton Candy Puff Couture Mix
• Spend $100 or more: Receive a 2x3 Flutter Mini Stamp (and Cotton Candy Puff Mix)
• Spend $150 or more: Receive a 3x4 Lone Poppy Set (and Flutter Mini Set and Cotton Candy Puff Mix).

This promotion does not apply to prior purchases. The threshold amount is calculated before taxes and shipping. This promotion will continue until January 19th at 11:59pm EST or until supplies last. Limit one GWP (Give With Purchase) package per customer.

*You may be able to find these GWPs at your international retailer. These GWP items will NOT be available at any other U.S. retailer. 

ALL NEW RELEASE ITEMS WILL BE AVAILABLE IN THE SHOP ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 12TH. 

I have three cards today to share with you.  Let's get started!

My first card will be a good one for Father's day! I started out by stamping the oscar trophy from Oscar stamp set. I used Vanilla Frosted Cupcake, Warm Hazelnut and Found Topaz for layered stamping. I then stamped the second layer again in embossing ink and gold heat embossed it to make it into a golden trophy! For my background I took a Yupo paper and tapped a mix of yellow and gold alcohol ink on it using a felt applicator. I stamped the Freestyle Stripes stamp using Hampton white pigment ink on my black cad base and mounted the Yupo panel on that. I then cut some black cardstock with woodgrain texture in an angle in two pieces and glued an acetate sheet between them to create a display cabinet for the trophy. Next I stamped the BEST... OF THE YEAR from Oscar stamp set in Noir and gold heat embossed the DAD on a gray cardstock, cut it in a curved banner shape and adhered it on the acetate. I mounted the front panel with acetate using some foam adhesive onto the card.

****PLEASE NOTE THE TON IS GOING TO REFRAIN FROM RELEASING THE OSCAR AND OSCAR SUPERLATIVES STAMP SET PENDING PERMISSION FROM THE ACADEMY - WE APOLOGIZE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCE***

Today's second card is featuring Brushed Hugs and the Beautiful Butterflies 1 (Monarch). I stamped the Brushed Hugs in embossing ink and heat embossed it the lower half in silver and the upper part in rose gold using our Rose Gold embossing powder on a watercolor paper. I then stamped the butterflies in Arctic Sky, Orchid Crush and Lemon drop and went with Zig brush pens in similar colors over the butterflies and added light wash to the trail of the butterflies. I added rose gold glitter tape from the thin Glitter tape sampler pack on the top and bottom of my card base and foam mounted my front panel on it. To finish off I scattered sequins from Princess Glam, Winter Thaw, Cotton Candy Puff and Flamenco Sunset Couture Mix.

For the last card for today I used Dahlia Close Up, Beautiful Butterflies 3 (Morpho blue) and The New Pretty for the sentiment.

For a dimensional look I decided to create the dahlia in layers. So I white heat embossed the dahlia three times on Bristol paper and colored them in different shades of yellow using Zig brush pens. I blended the colors with a clear Glitter brush pen. I then cut the panels and foam mounted them in layers. The sentiment from The New Pretty stamp set was heat embossed in gold on a piece of clear acetate which I cut in a banner. I applied adhesive on the back of the heat embossed sentiment and added the acetate banner on the card. The big Morpho blue from Beautiful Butterflies 3 was stamped in Noir and clear heat embossed. I colored the butterfly using Zig brush pens and glitter markers in blue. I then added white dots on the wings and Glossy Accents on the body.  Three sequins from Winter Thaw and Flamenco Sunset  were my finishing touch.

DAILY RELEASE GIVEAWAYS

For each Release Day, The Ton is giving away a $50 gift certificate! So there are four $50 gift certificates up for grabs! To qualify, you must leave a comment on The Ton's Daily Release posts. Leave a comment on each Design Team member's blogs to increase your chances of winning.

DESIGN TEAM DAILY RELEASE GIVEAWAYS

One stamp set of choice for 7 commenters from each of the Design Team member blogs during Release Week (Days 1-4).

The comment period for all giveaways will close on Monday, January 16th at 11:59pm. Winners will be announced thereafter.

THE TON CHALLENGE

The Ton's new Challenge Blog is now live! We'll be playing with a new monthly challenge that begins on the first of every month. The theme for our first challenge is "Celebrate"! Head over now to join the fun and win some prizes!

That's it from me today! Hope you enjoyed the Day 2 of The Ton's 2017 Anniversary Release! 

Don't forget to check out the gorgeous inspirations on my fellow DT members blog, if you didn't do it yet!

• The Ton
• Mayline
• Emily
• EunJi
• Vera
• LauraJane
• Jenny

Thank you so much for visiting me today! See you tomorrow for Day 3 of our Anniversary Release! 

Wishing you a wonderful day!

Hugs,

TaeEun