Monday, January 9, 2017

Inspiration Week: Introducing Froggy Friends & Turtley Awesome

Hello there!  Welcome to our inspiration week where I share peeks of all the new products from our Spring release debuting in our online store on Friday the 13th.  Also, make sure to check out our giveaway at the bottom of this post.  :)

Up first I have a card using a new set called Froggy Friends (along with tulips from another set being shared later this week).  This set is primarily an everyday set, but it has a couple fun love themed sentiments including the Valentine's Day sentiment to give extra versatility.  I colored my background with distress inks and then heat embossed the sentiment and some pink hearts stamped with pigment inks.

Oh and before I forget, check out those fun eyelashes on the girl frog!  There are two little stamps included that allow you to turn any of the frogs into girly frogs.  So fun!
 


For my next card I wanted to use all the fun companion images from the set to help stage my little scene.  I love the water ripple image that hugs the lily pad to give the appearance the frog just hopped from one pad to another.  I created the waves for my scene using our wavy border dies (which I cut from masking material) and the coordinating wavy images found in our Island Getaway Stamp set.

Up next is a clean and simple card that just makes me smile every time I look at it.  If you're prone to being late with birthday cards, this would be a great card to mass produce because it's fairly simple to make, yet I think it has a big impact.

Here's a peek at the bottom inside the card.  There word "hoppy" is a separate stamp so you can use it to say Hoppy Birthday, You Make Me Hoppy and Hoppy Valentine's Day.  

There's also a little bow tie in the set which I stamped first, masked off and then stamped the frog over the top.  

Up next is a leaping frog using the hopping dashed line.  I think this dashed line will work well with so many other critter stamps.  I'm excited to try it with some other sets.  I completed my scene with a trio of flies from the set.  ;)

Up next is a birthday card which combines Froggy Friends with another new set for Spring called Turtley Awesome.  It's a sweet mini 2x3 set which comes with both a girl and boy turtle, party hat, gift and three different sentiment options.  

I love how Turtley Awesome is tiny, but it packs a big punch with sentiments that work well for several different occasions.  For this birthday card I cut a circle from masking material and built up my scene in the negative space.  I masked off a tree using our Summer Picnic Stamps and then blended the background with Tumbled Glass and Twisted Citron distress inks.  When I was done, I tied on a simple white grosgrain ribbon and stitched around the circle with my sewing machine.

For this Turtley Awesome card, I chose to repeatedly stamp the turtle images onto white cardstock and then filled the open spaces with hearts from the set stamped in red.  I then quickly colored in the hearts with two tones of Copic Markers for some simple shading.

When I started I knew I wanted to color in a single pair of the turtles so I made sure to center them in the middle of my card.  I finished off my card by heat embossing the sentiment with white embossing powder on red cardstock and tying a red grosgrain bow.

Here's a look at the new Froggy Friends 4x6 & Turtley Awesome 2x3 stamps and coordinating dies available for purchase this Friday (click on images to view them larger)...


Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Froggy Friends Photo-polymer Clear Stamps     Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Froggy Friends Die Set releasing January 2016

Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Turtley Awesome 2x3 Photo-polymer Clear Stamps     Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Turtley Awesome Die Set releasing January 2016
I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peek.  Would you like to win a $25 gift code to our online store to spend on some of the new sets?  Use the rafflecopter below to enter to win.  We will be giving away a new gift code each day for a total of five chances to win!  Contest closes on January 14th at Midnight PST.  Winners will be announced on Sunday, January 15th.  :)

Make sure to check back tomorrow when I will be sharing several new sets that I'm hoping you'll fall in love with as much as I have. ;)

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Saturday, January 7, 2017

Sweet Shoppe Five Ways with Melissa Bickford

Hello there!  I'm popping in with some fun inspiration for you today!  Melissa Bickford has been sharing some super fun cards on her instagram feed over the last month using our Sweet Shoppe set and I couldn't wait to share them with all of you!  Her sweet color choices and bright, clean style make me feel so happy! 

"Sweet As Can Be" Doughnut Card

Sunny Studio Stamps: Sweet Shoppe "Sweet As Can Be" Doughnut Card by Melissa Bickford

"You Bring Me Sweet Joy" Ice Cream Cone Card

Sunny Studio Stamps: Sweet Shoppe "You Bring Me Sweet Joy" Ice Cream Cone Card by Melissa Bickford.

"Hope Your Day is Sweet" Strawberry Card


Sunny Studio Stamps: Sweet Shoppe Strawberry Card by Melissa Bickford.

Wishing You a Sweet, Sweet, Sweet Christmas Card

Wishing You a Sweet Christmas Card by Melissa Bickford (using the Sunny Studio Stamps Sweet Word Die)

Candy Background ~ Love how she shows these candies can work for everyday or for the holidays!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Peppermint Candy Card Background by Melissa Bickford.

If you're not following Melissa already on instagram, I hope you will check her out.  Her feed with all her pretty cards is pure eye candy!  ;)


Hope you have a wonderful weekend and stay warm out there!


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Friday, January 6, 2017

Backyard Bugs Thanks A Buzzilion Card with Lexa

Hello everyone!  Lexa here today with an inspiration for spring. I'm using last year's collection called Backyard Bugs and it's so adorable. To represent spring, I choose to be more colorful for this card. It's a happy card that will make anybody's day!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Backyard Bugs Thanks A Buzzilion Bumblebee, Butterfly, Ladybug & Caterpillar Card by Lexa Levana.

I started with a piece of 4" x 5.25" white cardstock and blended Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar and a little bit of Worn Lipstick Distress Ink on the bottom. I stamped all the images with black Versafine ink and watercolor them with Distress Markers. Then I cut the hill from green cardstock for the flower's ground. The flowers have different colors. They are so pretty that even the bugs are gathered around them. I also added yellow sequins on the center of the flowers which adds more dimensions. Which one is your favorite bugs? Mine are the ladybugs, tiny and super cute.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Backyard Bugs Thanks A Buzzilion Bumblebee, Butterfly, Ladybug & Caterpillar Card by Lexa Levana.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you all have a wonderful day. 

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Thursday, January 5, 2017

Backyard Bugs Get Well Card with Vanessa

Hi everybody! Vanessa here with a clean & simple card using Backyard Bugs.

There are so many possibilities to use the small elements from the cute set. I created a pretty flower bouquet with it:

Sunny Studio Stamps: Backyard Bugs "Heard You Caught A Bug" Get Well Card by Vanessa Menhorn.


First, I trimmed a panel of white cardstock slightly smaller than my card base. Then I stamped the flowers, the pot and the ladybugs. The small "berries" are the sprinkles from the set Sweet Shoppe. After I had colored the images with Copics, I masked the top part of the panel and applied light blue ink with an ink blending tool. Finally, I stamped the sentiment and adhered the panel to the card.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Backyard Bugs "Heard You Caught A Bug" Get Well Card by Vanessa Menhorn.

 It's so fun to play with the little images to create a whole new image!

Thanks for stopping by today!


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Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Sending My Love Valentine's Day Banner With Lindsey

Hi, Lindsey here today. I'm sharing a Valentine's Day banner using Sending My Love. This set has so many fun little critters, and this time I decided to use the little bunny. I also included the little mail box, some hearts, and a sentiment. All you need in one set! Let's get started on how to create this fun banner.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Sending My Love Valentine's Day Banner by Lindsey Sams.

To begin I cut the banner pieces using some Doodlebug Design Valentines paper. I cut six large banners and four small banners from patterned paper. I cut an additional two small banners from white card stock to do my stamping on. 

I cut four stitched circles from red and the word "love" from white card stock. I adhered the white letters onto the red circles. Then I attached the red circles to the small patterned paper banners using foam tape. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Sending My Love Valentine's Day Banner by Lindsey Sams.

Next, I stamped my images onto the small white banners and colored them using Copic markers. Once all the small banners were finished, I threaded some Valentine twine through the two top holes for decoration. Finally, I attached the small banners to the larger ones and strung them together using more Valentines twine.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Sending My Love Valentine's Day Banner by Lindsey Sams.

That's it! I love how this sweet banner turned out. It will make a perfect decoration to hang on the mantel for Valentine's Day. I hope you'll check out this adorable set and create your own decorative banner. Thanks for reading and have a great day!

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Tuesday, January 3, 2017

Backyard Bugs Lunchbox Notecards Video by Emily

Sunny Studio Stamps: Backyard Bugs Lunchbox Notes by Emily Leiphart using Crescent Tag Topper Dies with Video Tutorial.


I have a fun project for you today! After I discovered that I could make lunchbox notecards with the Crescent Tag Topper Dies, I decided to share the process in a video because it's so much fun. I just love the versatility of these affordable dies and while you could use any of the Sunny Studio Stamp sets for these notecards, I thought these little notecards would be the perfect way to showcase the Backyard Bugs stamp set and coordinating dies.




My son hasn't seen these yet but I know he's going to love getting them in his lunchbox! The bugs are adorable  and I love the little sentiments. All of the images mix and match so well with each other, giving you an unlimited number of scenes. It's the perfect set for spring projects!


Sunny Studio Stamps: Backyard Bugs Lunchbox Notes by Emily Leiphart using Crescent Tag Topper Dies with Video Tutorial.


Thanks so much for stopping by!


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Monday, January 2, 2017

Rain or Shine Let's Weather It Together Card with Eloise

Hello everyone. Happy New Year! Eloise here and I'm here to show you a card I made with the Rain or Shine stamp set.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Rain or Shine Let's Weather It Together card by Eloise Blue.

To start off my card today I stamped the images from the Rain or Shine stamp set and coloured them in some Copic Markers. Of course this little dog had to be wearing a yellow rain coat and holding a rainbow umbrella, am I right? Haha! That's always my favourite way to colour these images for these scenes. I then used the coordinating dies to die cut out my images. 

For the background, I used various blue Distess Inks and a piece of acetate and made this watercolour background. I love how you can control it a bit better with acetate and also, I love the different effects you get from using it. It's super easy, I just smooshed down the colour from the ink pad onto the acetate, sprayed it lightly with water and pressed down on top of some watercolour paper. I did a light blue first, then came in darker.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Rain or Shine Let's Weather It Together card by Eloise Blue.

Now the background was complete I dried it with a heat tool and ran it through my Big Shot with a rectangle die, this helps it flatten out plus it gives it a nice stitched edge too. I then stamped the sentiment from the Rain and Shine set also with some black ink onto the background. I then assembled my scene on top and adhered my panel onto a yellow card base. For a finishing touch I added some Wink of Stella over top of some of the image and my card was complete.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed and got inspired and stop by the rest of the week for more inspiration.

- Eloise

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