Designer's Choice: Holiday Hugs Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am mixing and matching several sets for this designer’s choice blog post. The darling bear from Holiday Hugs is perfect for all your winter cards but I wanted to see how I could make him the focal point of a Spring birthday card!

To achieve this look, I had to mask off his scarf with some Post-it tape while I was stamping. It went really well and next I used the matching dies to cut him out. I love the special die for the arms! 

Whilst browsing through my stash I selected a few birthday related stamps like the big cake (Make A Wish), the gift (Holiday Hugs), the bouquet (Big Bunny) and the letters (Bighearted Bears).All these items were colored with alcohol markers in fun Spring colors.

My card base is an A2 size and made from white heavy weight card stock. For the pink gingham frame I used a Joyful Holiday paper, which was cut with the outer of the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace dies and the largest of the Stitched Arched Dies.

Since the coloring was so bright, I opted for a white backdrop. The upper part is dry embossed with the Quilted Hearts folder, whilst the lower part was run through the Lots Of Dots folder (but that is difficult to see in the pictures). I added foam tape to the gingham frame and lower part of the background and adhered all the elements to my card base. Next, I added the cute bear and all his birthday accessories!

I love how the Brilliant Banner 2 Die perfectly fits on top of the arched frame. The combined sentiment was selected from the Happy Thoughts set and stamped in Versafine Onyx Black Ink. For some bling, I adhered a few Crystal Clear Jewels which are one of my favorites.

I hope you got inspired to experiment with stamp masking, it’s such a fun technique! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Make A Wish Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Make A Wish Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lots of Dots Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Bunny Card with Tammy

Hello friends! Tammy here with an Easter themed project, featuring one of my all time favorite stamp sets, Big Bunny.

To make the card, I started by cutting pink patterned paper from the Spring Fling Paper to an A2 size. I then die cut a window using the largest die from the Stitched Arch Dies, and adhering to a panel of Bristol smooth cardstock (that was inked with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide in) with foam tape. Using the Mini Grass Border Dies, I die cut a grassy border from the Spring Fling Paper, and attached it to the bottom of the arch with foam tape.

Next, I stamped the images from the Big Bunny Stamp, colored with Copic markers, and die cut with the Big Bunny Dies. I attached the Big Bunny images to the arch opening with foam tape for dimension, then attached the sentiment, that was stamped in Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink. Lastly, I added a white frame, die cut twice using the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies , stacking them together and attaching to the front of my card to finish!

I had so much fun creating little shaped cards for Valentine's day, I had to create another for Easter! To begin, I stamped the images from the Big Bunny Stamp, colored with Copic markers, and die cut with the Big Bunny Dies. Next, I created the mini card by scoring a piece of white cardstock in half, then placed the Big Bunny Die just slightly over the edge of the fold and ran it through my die cut machine. I then glued the colored bunny image to the front of the mini card.

Using the Gift Card Envelope Dies, I die cut a little floral envelope from the Spring Fling Paper. I stamped the sentiment from Big Bunny in lavender ink and attached them to the front of the gift card envelopes with foam tape to complete my project!

Thanks for stopping by! Hugs!!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Beautiful Bluebells Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with you with a clean and simple card featuring the new Beautiful Bluebells stamps and dies. These are lovely layering stamps, which are easy to line up and give a beautiful dimension without having to do much work.

To start, I die-cut an arch using the Stitched Arch dies. I then sponged yellow ink to the top and side. Adhere the negative layer to a yellow cardbase.

I stamped the florals and stems using pinkfresh studio inks. Adhere the arch using 3d foam, adhere the florals. Stamp the banner and the sentiment from the Little Birdie stamp set, die-cut using the coordinating dies.

Stamp the butterflies from the Watering Cans stamp set onto vellum using versamark ink, sprinkle WOW! opaque white embossing powder, heat set. Add color using copic markers. Die-cut using the coordinating dies. Adhere to the card. Hope you enjoyed today's card. Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Beautiful Bluebells Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Spring Garden Die Focused Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am featuring the fun Spring Garden dies! This set includes a variety of cute flowers and all the tools a gardener would need. I decided to go for a pastel Easter card, combining the dies with two adorable bunnies from Bunnyville. They are sized perfectly to fit inside the watering can and flowerpot!

I started with a white card base and a purple flower frame made from a sheet of the Flirty Flowers papers. After cutting a panel with the outer die from the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace die, I used the largest of the Stitched Arched dies.

We are creating a little flower garden scene, so I also made two grassy borders with one of the Mini Grass Border dies and inked them with Distress Oxide Lucky Clover. Next, I pulled out the Picket Fence die. I love how the white of the fence gives extra dimension to the grass portion of this card. I kept my background fairly neutral with some soft yellow clouds (Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade and a cloud stencil from my stash). The two bunnies from Bunnyville where colored in grey tones with Copic Markers, and I added some details with a white gel pen.

Then it was time for a bunch of die cutting, I used a sheet of white Neenah paper and did my ink blending in happy Spring colors (Distress Oxide Squeezed lemonade, Kitsch Flamingo, Wilted Violet, Lucky Clover).

After assembling the garden tools and flowers with some liquid glue, I arranged all the elements on the card panel. Next, I decided where I would stamp my sentiment from Happy Thoughts in Versafine Onyx Black ink. After gluing the cloud panel to the card base, I added the grass borders and the fence. Next, I popped up the flower frame with foam tape. Then I added all my garden elements and bunnies. To create a garland for the top of the arch I used flowers from the Spring Garden dies and some purple leaves made with one of the Winter Greenery dies.

A few Crystal Clear Jewels were added for some fun bling. Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Garden Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mini Grass Border Die Focused Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with a fun card featuring the Mini Grass border dies. I wanted to create a happy and cheerful card and I am so glad it turned out exactly how I had imagined.

I started by sponging a white layer using various teals, greens, distress oxide inks. Flick some water and add interest. Next, die-cut the oval arch using the Stitched Arch dies. Die-cut the grass using Mini Grass border dies. Die-cut one more arch from white cardstock, sponge salty ocean distress ink to the top. I inked a rainbow using lawn fawn rainbow stencil. Fussy cut it and adhere to the arch piece. Now I adhered, all the grass pieces.

Stamp the images, color and die-cut using the coordinating dies:
Panda - Bighearted Bears stamp and dies
Butterfly and Snail - Garden Fairy stamp and dies
Birds - Outback Critters stamps and dies
LadyBug - Garden Critters stamp and dies
Sentiment - Candy Shoppe

Adhere all the images, stamp the sentiment and assemble the card.

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Candy Shoppe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Outback Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Outback Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sprawling Surfaces Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am featuring the versatile Sprawling Surfaces stamp set which will be a staple in my stash for sure! I love that you get three different textures, so the possibilities are endless.

I had been wanting to use the adorable houses from the Charming City for a while and they are the perfect match for the brick pavement. Since I incorporated several fun colors for the houses, my card base and frame needed to be more muted. To start, I created a simple white base and cut a panel with the border die from Frilly Frames Chevron and a tiled paper (Subtle Grey Tones pad). The largest Stitched Arched Die creates the perfect opening for any scene and you’ll end up with a an arched frame and an inner piece that I put aside for another project.

Next, I stamped the row of houses from Charming City and the cycling cuties from Bighearted Bears. All the coloring was done with Copic Markers, and I added some details with a white gel pen. This time I opted for a more Mediterranean vibe and houses in bright colors.

For my background, I stamped the brick pavement onto a piece of white Neenah paper and used some more Copics in matching pink shades. The sky portion was ink blended with Distress Oxide Victorian Velvet.

I glued the background to my card base and added the row of houses directly above the brick pavement. Then I could mount the grey frame with foam tape. That instantly creates lots of dimension. Lastly, I placed the cute bears in front of the houses.

My sentiment (Heartfelt Wishes) was stamped in a purple die ink onto a white Brilliant Banner 2. It fitted perfectly above the row of houses. As extra embellishments I added a few white hearts (Bursting Hearts die), some leaves (Winter Greenery dies) and small flowers (Spring Garden dies).

I am sure you will create amazing projects with these great surface stamps! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Heartfelt Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bursting Heart Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Charming City Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Charming City Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Garden Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio