Afternoon Tea Card with Tina M

Hi there! Tina M here! I love going to Afternoon Tea and I had so much fun creating this card with the beautiful Afternoon Tea Stamps!

For my card I used an A2 size card base. I started by trimming a piece of pink card stock from my stash to 5,5 x 4,25 inches and adhered it to my card base using double sided tape.

For the background, I used the largest of the Icing Rectangle Frame dies to create a frame using the turquoise paper from the Classic Sunburst Paper pack. Inside I used a piece of white cardstock that I ink blended using pink ink and then splattered with gold watercolor. For the bottom part of the inside, I used pink paper from the Classic Gingham Paper pack.

I then stamped all the images I wanted to feature from the Afternoon Tea Stamps set, the cookies from the Baked With Love Stamps set and the butterfly from the Spring Garland Stamps set using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink on alcohol ink friendly paper. To decorate the tea pot and the cups I stamped the tiny sprig from the stamp set creating a delicate pattern using turquoise ink.

I then colored the images with my Copic markers. The colors I used are listed below. Next, I die cut the colored images using the coordinating dies from the Afternoon Tea Dies, Baked With Love Dies and the Spring Garland Dies.

Tea pot, cup and saucer: C0/1/2 (just to get a little shadow)
Cookies: E31/33/35/37, BG10/11/13
Butterfly: C3, BG10/11/13, RV10

I stamped the big Happy Mother´s Day from the Afternoon Tea Stamps set with turquoise ink, die cut it using the coordinating die. Lastly, I added foam dots to the back of all die cut pieces for dimension and adhered them to the card.

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you all a happy and colorful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Sunburst Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baked With Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baked With Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Garland Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Garland Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Afternoon Tea Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Afternoon Tea Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

The Graduate Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today and I am so excited to share a fun graduation card featuring the new The Graduate set from the new Summer Release! Have you seen all of the amazing products from the new release?! This graduation set couldn’t have come at a better time. Graduation season is just around the corner and I have several graduates to celebrate this year. The Graduate set is a smaller but very versatile set that can be used for both younger and older graduates. So let's get started.

I stamped the images from the The Graduate Stamps and a few cat images from the Cat Antics Stamps and Party Pets Stamps sets onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating The Graduates Dies, Cat Antics Dies and Party Pets Dies to diecut them out. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen. 

COPIC COLORS:
Cats: YR30/20/21/24/27, W1, R000/20, R22, W7
Caps: B21/24/28, Y13/15

Full confession: I had to perform a little surgery on that cat in the center of the card from the Party Pets Stamps set. The original image is a full-body view of the cat with his hand positioned so that he could hold balloons. I thought the hand gesture would be perfect for the appearance of him tossing up his graduation cap. So I used scissors to trim the legs off of the colored image so that he would look more like the other cats who only had their upper bodies showing. But rest assure that no real cats or clear stamps were harmed in the process of making this card. 

For the layout, I used the second largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies to diecut a panel out of white cardstock. I matted this with a slightly larger piece of yellow cardstock. I adhered a piece of craft foam to the back of the panel before adhering it to a piece of patterned paper from the Surprise Party Paper.

For the sentiment, I stamped the “Congrats Grad” sentiment from the The Graduate set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock and used the coordinating die to diecut it out. I love the beautiful font and how bold the sentiment is. I added some highlights with a white gel pen and adhered the sentiment to the panel with foam tape.

I adhered the colored images to the panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. The panel was adhered to a white A2 cardbase (4.25” x 5.5”). I finisshed the card by adhering some stars diecut out of yellow cardstock with the stars die from the Basic Mini Shape Dies 2.

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

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper 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	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Afternoon Tea Cards with June Helsen

Hi crafty friends! It's June here, and I'm back again as a guest designer for the summer release! I'm so excited to share the cards I've created with the Afternoon Tea Stamps.

My first card features the teapot and cups in a very summer-y setting. I colored them in with little yellow and teal details, but left them mostly white. I decorated the teapot with the sunflower from the new Sweet as Can Bee Stamps. I also added some of them around my scene, as well as the leaves and lemons from the same set. I love how the flowers and lemons bring in more of the tea set's yellow.

I cut a square card panel from one of the teal patterned papers in the Gingham Pastels Paper pack for my background. Instead of backing my scene with the busy gingham directly, I cut a Fancy Frames Square, backed it with some vellum, and popped it up with some foam tape. 

It kinda reminds me of a tablecloth with a square doily, which I think matches the tea time theme really well! The only thing left to do was add a sentiment, so I cut a sentiment strip from brown cardstock and embossed the 'sip sip hooray' from the Afternoon Tea Stamp on it.

For the second card, I wanted to go for a totally different theme. When I think of teacups and pots, there's one thing I think of right away: Chip and Mrs. Potts from Beauty and the Beast! So that's exactly what inspired me when creating my next card.

I colored them in exactly as Mrs. Potts and Chip, which ended up working really well with these stamps. I know it's not visible on my card, but I used a fineliner to add the scalloped border on the bottom before coloring it pink and blue. Sadly, that part got covered up in my final design, cause that really made them look like their respective characters. I also used the fineliner to add a little chip on the teacup, of course!

The stamp set also includes a beautiful cluster of flowers that I colored in twice using purple and green to match my color palette. I also stamped the scripted Mother's Day sentiment in a similar purple ink. A perfect sentiment for these characters if you ask me!

For my background, I took an unexpected turn by going for a bright yellow instead of more of that soft purple that I've brought in a couple of times. I thought it would be fun to use a variety of products with scallops and curls to mimic Belle's dress. For the card panel itself, I inked a soft yellow blend and added some ink splatters. For the elements I added on top, I used a darker shade of yellow, like the one in many illustrations of Belle. I ended up going for the Fancy Frame Rectangles Dies and one of the Loopy Rectangle Frames Dies.

I hope you enjoyed reading about my cards and seeing the amazing cards the design team has made using the new release. I wish you all a very creative week. Have fun crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet As Can Bee Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweet As Can Bee Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Afternoon Tea Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Afternoon Tea Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Jungle Vines Die Focused Card with Janneke

Hello crafty friends, Janneke here. Today I’m sharing a summer beach card featuring the Jungle Vines dies.  

I started by ink blending the sandy beach and soft blue sky onto white cardstock, creating a warm and sunny background. Next, I used the new Jungle Vines Dies to cut out all the lush greenery. From the same set I also used the wavy die to create the ocean layers, which I ink blended too.

Then it was time to bring in the adorable beach crew. I stamped the cute monkeys from the new Monkey Business stamp set and added fun beach accessories from the stamp sets Tiki Time, Beach Buddies, and Sealiously Sweet. I colored everything with my Ohuhu Markers.

After arranging and adhering all the elements onto a card base, I finished everything off by adding some highlights with a white gel pen.

Card done, ready to send joy! Thanks for joining me, and see you next week.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tiki Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tiki Time Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sealiously Sweet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sealiously Sweet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Monkey Business Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Monkey Business Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Jungle Vines Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio