Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Marieke Slaats

Hello all, Marieke Slaats here! I'm back with a project that I created as a guest designer for Sunny Studio Stamps. The lovely Mendi asked me to be a guest this month and I could not resist saying yes. So for my first project I created a series of Artist Trading cards.

For my Project, I cut four rectangle panels using the Polka Dot Parade 6x6 Paper. I die-cut a slightly smaller rectangle and inked some different colors of ink onto it. I used the same colors of ink and a stencil to create the confetti. I splattered some water and adhered them together. 

I stamped the images out of the Party Pets Stamp, colored them up using my Copic markers, and cut them using the Party Pets Dies. I adhered the images to the cards and added some Glossy Accents to the balloons. I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiments. I finished the cards by adding some Citrine, Peridot, Aquamarine, and Pink Spinel Jewels.

Used Copic Colors:
Green - YG67, YG63, YG03, YG01
Brown Dog - E57, E55, E53, E51,
Grey Dog - C6, C4, C2, C1 / C5, C3,C1, C00, 0/ R24, R22, R20, R00
Yellow - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11
Black Cat - N6, N4, N3, N2 / C5, C3,C1, C0
White Cat - C5, C3, C1, C00, 0 / R22, R20, R00

For my second project, I created a shaker card using the adorable Cat Antics Stamp. First, I cut a white rectangle. Using the Window Trio Heart Portrait, I partially cut the top and bottom hearts. I stamped the sentiment using two different colors of pink inks. Then, I used the lightest color again for the hearts out of Wedded Bliss.

I added a strip of acetate behind the white rectangle. I cut a side-fold white base card and adhered the Sleek Stripes Paper onto it. I cut a white rectangle and ink-blended some Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide inks onto it. I filled the shaker and closed it.

I stamped the cats out of Cat Antics and colored them using my Copic markers. I cut them by using the matching Cat Antics Dies and adhered them to the card.

Used Copic Colors:
Black - N6, N4, N3, N2
Pink - R24, R22, R20, R00
White - C5, C3, C1, C00, 0

Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wedded Bliss Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cat Antics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cat Antics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio Heart Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Foxy Friends Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a fun birthday card for a foxtastic friend featuring images from the Foxy Friends and Party Pets sets.

I stamped the fox, bird and flower pot images from the Foxy Friends stamps set and the balloon bouquet from the Party Pets stamps set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Foxy Friends Dies and Party Pets Dies to die cut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Foxes: YR21/24/27 E35/37, W00/1/3, R00/30
Birds: Y11/13/15 V12, Y38
Balloons: RV000/10/13/14
Flower Pot: RV10/13/14, YG03/17, YR21/24/27

For the background, I took a piece of white cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") and diecut three windows into it using circle dies from the Stitched Circle Small Dies and Stitched Circle Large Dies. Using this panel as a guide, I ink blended Spun Sugar and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock in the location of those windows. 

For the sentiment, I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Party Pets stamps set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed with Detail White Embossing Powder. I used the coordinating Party Pets Dies to die cut it out. For the sub sentiment, I stamped the words from the Foxy Friends stamps set directly onto the panel with the windows with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink.

I adhered the two panels to each other using foam tape. I adhered the sentiment and colored images to the front of the card with foam tape for additional dimension and interest. The card front was adhered to an A2 white card base (4.25" x 5.5"). I finished the card with a few Majestic Clear Confetti.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. For more info, ideas and to check out the entire Spring Release, be sure to visit the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Balloon Numbers Card with Nicky

Happy Friday friends! This is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog and I'm sharing a new birthday card created using the Balloon Numbers stamps and coordinating dies. Please read on for all the details.

To create this card I first ink blended an A2 white panel of cardstock using Worn Lipstick, Dried Marigold, Bundled Sage and Crushed Olive Distress Oxide Inks. I spattered on some water and blotted it up to distress the background and then dotted in a little toning colour interest too.

I framed this panel out with a white die cut created using the Comic Strip Everyday Die (I snipped out the vertical and horizontal pieces). The frame was backed with foam tape and applied and I glued this to my card base. I then used the Icing Border Dies to create the two swirly edges which I glued in place.

I stamped the number 17 using the Balloon Numbers stamp set and Fire Coral Ink by MFT. I restamped the image using Versamark Ink and heat embossed in clear so that the balloon numbers were glossy. You'll need a Misti to repeat stamp accurately. I die cut the numbers using the coordinating dies.

I then stamped the bunnies, butterflies and clouds from Tulip Path Background Stamp and I coloured with the following Copic markers:

Bunnies - E44, E31, E41, E40, R22, R21, R20, R00
Butterflies - BG1, BG10
Clouds - RV10, R000

I die cut using the coordinating dies, backed each element with dimensional foam tape and applied to the scene along with the balloons. I used a metallic gel pen and a ruler to draw in the balloon strings.

For a few finishing touches I stamped in a few tufts of grass and used a couple of green Copic markers to add some shade under the bunnies and I stamped the other words on white sentiment strips and applied them together with a few sparkling clear sequins.

Enjoy your weekend, I hope you can squeeze in some cardmaking time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Icing Border DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Doggone Birthday Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm happy to be back on the blog with this interactive birthday card featuring some cute pups having fun partying, and as very often I started off by stamping all the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies and colored everything using my alcohol markers in browns and neutrals for the dogs and a yellow + green + aqua + turquoise color palette for the balloons, banners, and presents.

As always, here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: Doggone Birthday for the dog in the center, Party Pets for the other dogs, party hats, small presents, flying balloons, Heart Bouquet for the balloons on both sides, and Balloon Rides for the banners.

I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and next worked on my interactive panel, starting by cutting a large Stitched Rectangle panel out of a Rainbow Bright starry blue paper. I mixed broken china oxide ink with water, used a slim brush to add splatters to my panel, and did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I created the whole interactive feature using a Summer Splash green paper, and you can check this Christmas Card blog post which includes a process video showing how to build such an interactive card.

Once my interactive panel was done, I attached the images using liquid glue on the interactive tab for the flying dog and balloons, as well as 1 mm and 2 mm foam squares for the balloons, banners, presents, and other dogs. I love those little guys so much; they're just so stinking cute with their happy faces!

I purposely left a space right between the balloons for my sentiment, I white embossed "Have a doggone birthday" from Doggone Birthday on yellow cardstock and used a Rounded Rectangle Mat die to turn it into a small banner that I attached to my panel using liquid glue. I attached my panel to a 5.5 x 4.25 inches white panel using 1mm foam tape, and then to a white card base to finish my card.

And that's it! I hope that you like this lovely, colorful birthday card. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heart Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heart Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Doggone Birthday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Doggone Birthday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Rounded Rectangle Window Die Focused Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here and in today’s fun Easter card I am using two sizes of the versatile Rounded Rectangle Window dies. As the name suggests these dies help you to create lots of different designs! I opted for two scenic windows using the sweet images from Clucky Chickens.

To start, I die cut a panel from blue striped paper (Striped Silly) with the outer die from Frilly Frames Chevron. Then I played around with different sizes of the Rounded Rectangle Window dies. I knew I wanted to use the big hen house and the scripty Happy Easter (Chickie Baby), so that was decisive in my choice of dies. After creating the two windows, I glued the striped panel to a white card base. With the dies still on my desk, I ran them again through the machine, this time using white card stock. These pieces are the backing for my scenes.

I took my Copic swatch chart to find a blue marker that was approximately the same tone as the lighter stripe of the paper. Now, I was able to draw a little hill on both panels to ground the images. For extra texture I dotted the sky parts of these pieces with the same marker.

After selecting my images from Clucky Chickens and Chickie Baby, I did all the coloring with  Copic markers. White gel pen details made the images pop even more.

Since I kept the inlay panels flat, it was easy to stamp the large sentiment from Chickie Baby in a brown ink from my stash. I glued both background panels in place and mounted the images with foam tape to the card. Adding a few Champagne Clear Jewels finishes this sweet project.

Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chickie Baby Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chickie Baby Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Clucky Chickens Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Clucky Chickens Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio