Fabulous Flamingos Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm very happy to be sharing with you this lovely scene featuring three Fabulous Flamingos having a quiet moment in a pond, with dragonflies and flies buzzing around.

I started off by cutting a large Rounded Rectangle Mat panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and created a simple cloudy sky using a cloud stencil from my stash along with salvaged patina and peacock feathers oxide inks. I splattered water on the panel and dried it with a paper towel. I mixed some peacock feathers oxide ink with water and added blue splatters to my cloudy sky using a slim brush, and then I did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I set my panel aside to dry, and stamped the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut them all, colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and Graph'it brush markers, and then added highlights and details using a white gel pen. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Fabulous Flamingos - flamingos • Country Scenes - pond, cattails, small water lilies • Froggy Friends - cattails, flies, large water lily • Feeling Froggy - dragonflies • Seasonal Trees - trees.

I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, trimmed the bottom of my pond image from Country Scenes using the same Rounded Rectangle Mat die as the one I used to make the cloudy background, and then attached everything to my cloudy panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

For my sentiment, I first cut two banner pieces out of light pink cardstock using Brilliant Banner 1 dies. I white heat embossed "For my flamazing friend" on the front piece, attached that front piece to the back piece using 1mm foam squares, and then attached the whole banner to my panel using foam squares again. "For my" and "Friends" are from Little Birdie, and "Flamazing" is from Fabulous Flamingos. Finally, I attached my panel to a white card base, and added white blizzard nuvo drops to the dragonflies wings to make them sparkle.

And that's it! I wonder what those cute flamingos are talking about, don't you? Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Froggy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Froggy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Froggy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Feeling Froggy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Enchanted Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and my project today is so sweet and romantic! I am using the adorable Enchanted stamp and die set with lots of fairytale images. You can mix and match the sentiments to create the cutest messages!

Lots of romance going on and that is reflected in my color palette of soft pink, green and a bit of yellow. Such a perfect combo for this theme card. The scene wouldn’t be complete without lots of layers, I think it adds so much to the definition of a card.

Today I star with a standard pink card base, which I ‘created’ by coloring the edges of a plain white base with the darkest pink Copic marker I used for my coloring. Simple, and a perfect match!

Next, I cut a white panel using the outer die from the Frilly Frames Chevron set, which was further embellished by the Dotted Diamond Portrait die. This latter die is great to have in your stash, I love how it always elevates my cards and it is so easy to use!

Creating the oval focus point was achieved by combining the largest die from Scalloped Oval Mat 1 and the largest of the Stitched Ovals 2 dies. I used both to create a pink border, next, I cut three panel with the stitched die from white cardstock. One of these was splattered with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink and a small paintbrush. The other two were turned into grass borders (mini grass border dies, colored with Cracked Pistachio).

After selecting a cute princess, a knight and of course a castle (Enchanted stamp), I started my coloring with Copic markers. I added highlights with a gel pen.

I opted to stamp the combined sentiment (Enchanted stamp) onto a curved banner (Brilliant Banner 4) with Versafine Onyx Black ink. For extra interest, I cut the same shape from the pink card stock I used for the oval frame. I added all the layers and images to my card base and finished this project with some Pink Spinel Jewels.

I hope you like this sweet card and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Enchanted Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Enchanted Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Two Scoops Cards with Amanda

Hey, crafty friends, Amanda here! I hope your summer is off to a fantastic start and you’re finding plenty of time to get crafty! I had some time to make these 2 SWEET cards and I’m here today to walk you through how I made them! So, keep reading and let’s make these cards together!

The first thing I did was choose inks that would go well with the Summer Splash Paper. I knew I needed cone colors as well as ice cream colors! I settled on the following Catherine Pooler inks:

Ice Creams: 
Creamsicle, Bellini & Orange Twist
Chiffon, Limoncello & Catching Rays
Be Mine & Pucker Up
Cones: 
Buttercream & Honeycomb and Cashmere & Sand Castle

I stamped each of the ice cream components from the Two Scoops Stamps on white cardstock. I fussy cut them out with my scissors, but there’s also coordinating dies you can use! Next, I chose some papers I liked from the Summer Splash Paper. I trimmed the pieces down and then glued them to a white card base.

I stamped my sentiments next. For the pink ice cream card, I stamped directly onto my card base with black ink. For the other card, I stamped the sentiment with a WOW embossing pad, applied white embossing powder, and then melted the powder with a heat tool. I trimmed the sentiment down into a strip that would fit on my card and then glued it down. I placed 3D foam squares behind the ice cream cones and then attached them to my cards. I added a few Party Confetti pieces to finish the cards off!

These cards just make me smile with their bright and happy summer colors! I hope you enjoyed this blog post and come back tomorrow for more inspiration!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Savanna Safari & Silly Sloths Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some critter cards for Summer!

For my first card, I showcased the adorable African critters from our Savanna Safari Stamps. I took inspiration from some graphic art which I reimagined with stamps. I started by inking my card panel background with Scattered Straw distress ink. I then masked off the clouds using Spellbinders Masking Sheets with our Majestic Meadow Dies and Tulip Path Background Dies and a basic circle die for the sun. For my next layer of ink, I covered the top half with fossilized amber distress ink. I then peeled off just the cloud masks and inked my panel once again with Wild Honey distress ink, fading it out towards the center where my horizon would land.

I then die-cut two stitched hillside borders using our Slimline Nature Border Dies and marked in pencil where they would land and set them aside so I could stamp five of the Baobab trees in PinkFresh Studio Doe Ink. I then colored one hillside to match using Tea Dye distress ink and a second one using Vintage Photo and Gina K. Warm Cocoa Ink. I used that same warm cocoa ink to stamp some tufts of grass from the Savanna Safari set. 

Lastly, I arranged my critters in the scene and then stamped my greeting from the set. Please pretend the top line was stamped higher than it is. That was the very last thing I did and I was so bummed it stamped lower than I was planning. Especially since I was so happy this card had turned out, exactly how I had envisioned it up to that point. Ha-ha! It's the story of my life.

For my second card, I moved from Africa to South America with a card featuring our Silly Sloths Stamps. I started by inking up my background using Twisted Citron distress ink, lightening it towards the center of my card panel. I then stamped layers of tropical leaves using our Radiant Plumeria Stamps with VersaFine Clair Verdant Green Ink and Gina K. Key Lime Ink. I had colored and fussy cut these images out back when these stamps first came out in 2019, so my goal was to use up all the remaining images I had on hand. I needed a few extra tree branches to complete my vision though so I added the branch from our Love Birds Stamps and another from our Little Birdie Stamps. I completed my card by taking one of the sentiments from the set and enlarging the word "hanging" by spelling it out with our Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies and the question mark from our Chloe Alphabet Dies.

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Savanna Safari Stamps, Silly Sloths Stamps, and Radiant Plumeria Stamps in our online shop, which are both currently on sale!  Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Radiant Plumeria Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Radiant Plumeria Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Savanna Safari Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Savanna Safari Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spellbinders Masking Sheets Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio