Guest Designer Spotlight: Monkey Business Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! It's Rachel here, and I have two cards to share with you that showcase the adorable new Monkey Business Stamps and Jungle Vines Dies. I had so much fun making these cards with these products!

For my first card, I created a shadow box card that folds flat for shipping. This card measures at 5.5" tall, 4.25" wide, and 1.5" deep. When folded flat, it can fit in a standard A8 envelope and measures 5.5" tall and 5.75" long. For the front window of this shadow box, I die cut a rounded stitched rectangle using the Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. 

For the inside of the card, I added a few hills of grass using the Slimline Nature Border Dies. I die cut the grass pieces from white card stock and blended them with Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink. I also die cut my vines and foliage pieces from white card stock and used Copic Markers to give them some color and shading. For my monkeys, I stamped my images with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock and colored them with Copic Markers. I then die cut them using the coordinating Monkey Business Dies.

Lastly, I heat embossed my sentiment on black card stock using some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder and glued it to the front strip of grass.

Copic Colors Used:

• Monkeys: E000, E00, E11, E04 (light areas); E43, E44, E47 (dark areas)
• Foliage: YG01, YG06, YG17, YG67
• Tree Limbs: E31, E23, E25, E29
• Bananas: Y13, Y15, V12

I used the same Copic colors for my images on my second card as well as the Monkey Business Stamp Set and Dies. For my background, I used a beautiful piece of patterned paper from the Spring Fling Paper Pad. This pre-printed design makes it super easy to add some beautiful backgrounds without any fuss.

Once again, I heat embossed my sentiment with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder and cut it out using my paper trimmer before adhering it to my card.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and will give these products a closer look! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window 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

Afternoon Tea Card with Janneke

Hello crafty friends, Janneke here. Today I’m sharing a cozy card featuring the Aftenoon Tea stamp set.  

This time I created a fun little scene card using the masking technique, although you could absolutely recreate this scene with the coordinating dies as well. Before I started stamping, I placed all the stamps onto the card panel first to get an idea of where I wanted everything to go.

When stamping, I carefully paid attention to the stamping order, because honestly, that still goes wrong for me sometimes. For this card I used the Afternoon Tea and the Foxy Friends stamp sets.

Once the images were finished, I started working on the background. First, I stamped the floor using the Sprawling Surfaces stamp and brown ink. Originally, I made the rest of the background completely grey, but I felt it looked a little too plain. So I decided to stamp the Background Basic 2 stamp over it using the same grey ink. I absolutely love how subtle, yet playful, the background turned out.

After finishing the background, I removed all the masking paper and colored the images with my Ohuhu markers. I also added some extra shading on the floor using a brown marker to create more depth and dimension.

To finish the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Afternoon Tea stamp set and added a few highlights with a white gel pen. Finally, I mounted the colored card onto blue cardstock and adhered everything to a white card base.

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

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Afternoon Tea Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Afternoon Tea Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bundle Of Joy Card with Yan

Hello all, Yan here! Today I’m sharing a soft and sweet baby card featuring the adorable Bundle of Joy Stamp Set. This set is perfect for creating heartfelt handmade cards to celebrate a precious new arrival.

To begin, stamp the images from the Bundle of Joy Stamp Set onto Neenah Solar White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Color the images with Copic markers, then use the coordinating Bundle of Joy Dies to cut them out neatly.

COPIC COLOR:
Flying Stork : BG0000, B12, E31, E35, E41, E43, E44, R30, W1, W4, Y15
Baby Bodysuit : B12, BG0000, BG10, E31, E35, E41, E43, R30, R32, Y00, Y11, Y15

Next, softly blend Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade and Tumbled Glass onto another piece of white cardstock to create a gentle background that complements the baby theme. Then, use the Radiating Circle Dies to die cut a circle from vellum paper, adding a soft layered detail to the card design.

Finally, stamp the sentiment directly onto the card and assemble all the elements using foam tape to create dimension and complete the project.

This soft color combination and layered design create a sweet and delicate look that works perfectly for welcoming a new baby. I hope this project inspires your next handmade baby card.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Radiating Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bundle of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bundle of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Feeling Froggy Card with Tina H

Hello crafters, Tina here and you know I absolutely love a cute critter! Today, I made a card with the adorable Feeling Froggy stamp and die set.

Of course this frog needed a beautiful pond to live in and browsing through my stash I found the perfect one in the Country Scenes bundle. I love that I can die cut this pond, it makes creating the whole landscape so much easier. 

The shape of the pond also made me decide to go for an oval focal point. I cut two ovals from white card stock with the largest of the Stitched Ovals. One was used to stamp the pond, which I then colored with my copics (plants) and a stencil with Distress Oxide Speckled Egg for the water. I used the matching die to cut out this border. My other white oval was turned into a pale sky, using a stencil and the same Distress Oxide ink.

I always like a nice scalloped frame so I glued both oval pieces to a white Scalloped Oval Mat 1 with liquid glue. The birthday boy today is the cute frog from Feeling Froggy, I also stamped and colored a dragonfly, a birthday hat (Foxy Friends) and a lily pad with lotus flower (Country Scenes). My white card base felt a bit plain so I added a striped pattern with a stencil and Distress Oxides Peeled Paint and Pine Needles.

I wanted a bold sentiment and went with the Happy Birthday one from Party Pets, which I stamped in a pink ink and die cut with the matching die. After adding all the elements to the scene, I simply sprinkled a few Iridescent Jewels. This frog is ready to party!

Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Oval 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
Scalloped Oval Mat 1 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

Jungle Vines Die Focused Card with Marieke

Hey everyone, Marieke here. I'm back again with my weekly post for Sunny Studio Stamps. Today, I hope to inspire you with a card that I made using the Jungle Vines Dies.

 

For my card, I decided to create a Mother's Day card. So I cut a white top-fold card base and adhered a Kraft base rectangle onto it. Die-cut the Frilly Frames Hexagon outer die from white cardstock, and cut a watercolor rectangle slightly smaller. I ink-blended the background using Rustic Wilderness, Mowed Lawn, and Twisted Citron. I added the hearts using a stencil and the same ink colors.

 

Out of Kraft and two different green colors, I cut the Jungle Vines Dies. I ink-blended the branch and leaves using Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, and Rustic Wilderness Distress inks. I then adhered them together and placed them on the top and bottom of the card. I heat-embossed the sentiments from the Afternoon Tea Stamps and Love Monkey Stamps. I cut the sentiments by hand and paired the Mother's Day greeting with the matching Afternoon Tea Dies.

Used Copic Colors:
Monkey - E49, E57, E55, E53, E51, E50 / R22, R20
Pink - R85, R83, R81
Yellow - Y11, Y17, Y13
White - C5, C3
Kraft - E44, E42
Green - YG67, YG03

Finally, I stamped the images of Love Monkey, Fabulous Flamingo, and Monkey Business Stamps. I colored them with my Copic markers, cut them by hand, and used the matching Monkey Business Dies.

Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Afternoon Tea Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Afternoon Tea 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