Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara here, guesting for the newest Sunny Studio Design collection! Today I have two inspiration cards to show you, and I really hope you will like them. So, let's dive into the first card!

As soon as I saw the newest Sweet as Can Bee Stamp set, I knew I would have paired it with one of my favourite ever Sunny Stamp, the Holiday Hugs Stamp - the big bear is just the perfect match to these adorable small bees. The only "problem" is that it is a winter version of the bear, but let's see how we can easily solve it.

I firstly stamped all the images from the new set with Memento Black ink on some Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, then I took a stamping tool and I carefully inked the big bear, paying attention not to ink the scarf. Aster stamping his head, arms and body, I filled the empty spaces with some Copic friendly fine liner. Then I used the Copics listed below to color the images. I also added the red check details on the honey Jar using a red pencil  and then I die cut everything out. 

- Bear: W10 – W9 – W8 – W7 – W6 – E55 – E53
- Bees: YR23 – YR35 – YR31 – Y11 – W9 – W7 – W6 – R20
- Honey Jar: E97 – YR23 – YR35 – YR31 – Y11 – E71 – E70 – E41 – R89 – R46 – R14 – R20

I then moved into the background. I used the hexagon stamp included in the newest set to create a pattern background, using three different yellow ink which perfectly match to my color palette. I didn't fill all the background, but I tried to leave empty spaces (especially where I planned to have the sentiment of the card). The background hexagon panel measures 3.75"x5".

For the sentiment, I die cut the word BEE from the Chloe Alphabet Dies using a gold sparkly cardstock and a black one of the shaded effect behind, the HAPPY script from the Blooming Frame Die and I white heat embossed the small phrased on some yellow ochre cardstock.

I arranged all the images and words on the background panel and I glued them down (or attached using foam tape to get dimension. To complete the card, I matted the scene with a slightly larger brown sparkly cardstock and then with an A2 white panel. And here's the finished result!

For my second inspiration, I went for a simple one-layer coloring on some colored cardstock. When I have simpler scenes in my mind, I usually love using colored cardstock as my panel, so that I have a colored cardstock. Here I went for a peachy/apricot color.

I love big sentiments and The Graduate Stamps has also a variety of hats and paper rolls to transform almost all the critters of the previous collections into some graduate critters!
 
So, I firstly chose to feature the adorable penguin from Penguin Pair Stamps and I carefully stamped him and his hat and laurea tube. I had to do a small masking with Judikins Masking paper. I then hand drew a pile of three books under him and just a few leaves and flowers.
I colored everything with the Copics listed below.

- Penguin: W10 – W8 – W7 – W6 – E42 – E40 – E97 – YR23
- Hat: N10 – N8 – N7 – N5
- Red combo: R89 – R46 – RV25
- Flower centre: YR23 (for the white petals I used Copic Opaque white)
- Leaves: YG95 (for the stems I used a coordinate Polychromos pencil)
- Books: R22 – R21 – E97  (for the shades, I used coordinated Polychromos pencils)

I then added the sentiment, which comes from the newest The Graduate Stamp and I carefully masked the "grad" word since I wanted only a big Congrats. I added a few shadows with a darker pencil too.

 
When I was happy with the result, I trimmed the panel colored to 5,5"x3,75", I matted it with a green sparkly cardstock and then with an A2 white panel too. To complete the card, I added some yellow sparkly gems on the flower centres and some glow shaded confetti here and there. And here's the finished result!
 
Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you will like my projects and you will be inspired to create something! See you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Blooming Frame Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pair Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Pair Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet As Can Bee Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet As Can Bee Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

The Graduate Card with Janneke

Hello crafty friends, Janneke here. Today I'm sharing a cute card featuring  The Graduate stamp set.

For this card, I started by die-cutting the background using the Comic Strip Everyday die, and then ink-blended the different sections using shades of blue and green ink.

Next, I stamped the sentiment from The Graduate stamp set with the same green ink, die-cut it, and cut it again from blue cardstock. By layering the blue piece behind the main sentiment, I created a subtle shadow effect.

After that, I stamped the birds and leafy branches from the Love Birds stamp set, along with the graduation caps and diplomas from The Graduate stamp set, and I colored all the images with my Ohuhu markers.

Once everything was colored, I arranged and adhered all the elements onto the card, creating a playful graduation scene. To finish the card, I added highlights with a white gel pen and placed a few transparent dots.

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

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Jungle Vines Die Focused Card with Yan

Hello crafters, it's Yan! Today I’m sharing a tropical-inspired card featuring the Jungle Vines Dies. This design focuses on layering, ink blending, and simple techniques to create a fresh and vibrant look.

To begin, stamp the bird images from the Tropical Birds Stamps onto Neenah Solar White cardstock using Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Color the images with Copic markers, then use the coordinating Tropical Birds Dies to cut them out.

COPIC COLOR:
Cockatiel : BG0000, BG10, E44, R46, Y00, Y02
Parrot : E44. R30, Y00, Y02, YR000
Toucan : C1, E44, R30, W1, W4, W7, Y00, Y02, Y15

Next, die cut several leafy pieces from green and white cardstock using the Jungle Vines Dies. Layer the pieces to create dimension and arrange them to form a balanced composition. For the background, blend Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Tumbled Glass onto white cardstock to create a soft tropical backdrop.

Then, I heat embossed a sentiment from the stamp set onto vellum paper for a clean and subtle finish. Finally, assemble all the elements using double-sided tape, adjusting placement as needed to complete the card.

This simple combination of layering and soft color blending is a great way to create a fresh, tropical design, and I hope it inspires your next card project.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Jungle Vines Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bundle of Joy Card with Tina H

Hello crafters, it’s Tina with an adorable baby card made with the Bundle of Joy stamp and die set! Instead of the more traditional pink or blue tones, I went with a coral, yellow and green palette for this project.

I started with a white card base slightly smaller than my panels which were created with the largest of the Rounded Rectangle Mat dies. After cutting two of these pieces from white card stock, I used a cloud die from my stash to create three individual layers of clouds. Two of them were then inked with a square pattern stencil and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide. The two remaining parts were also colored with the same ink.

I used liquid glue to adhere the four pieces together and added them to the smaller card base which will not be visible from the front of the card.  For my cloudy scene, I selected some cute baby clothes, hangers and the stork from the Bundle of Joy set. As an extra detail I stamped an adorable little duck (Quill Cuties) on the onesie and added a part of the bib to the playsuit. All these images were colored with coral, green and yellow Copic markers. 

My sentiment was taken from the versatile Inside Greetings Congrats set and stamped with a green ink from my stash on a strip of white paper. 

Next, I laid out my images and sentiment on the cloud background to decide where I needed to draw a clothesline. For this I used a green colored pencil and the largest of the Stitched Oval dies as a guide. Now I was ready to adhere my images and sentiment with foam tape. Lastly I sprinkled a few Iridescent Jewels for that extra sparkle!

This set is so sweet and I look forward to all your adorable baby cards! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Congrats Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quill Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quill Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bundle of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bundle of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

The Graduate Card with Marieke

Hello all, Marieke here. I'm back again with my weekly post for Sunny Studio Stamps. Today I hope to inspire you with a project that I made using The Graduate.

For my card I thought it would be funny to create a chalkboard kinda look. So I cut a white topfold base card. Cut a 3 x 5 1/2 inch black piece of cardstock and stamped the large sentiment out of The Graduate stamp on to it. Adhered the black piece of cardstock on the base card and trimmed a strip of Kraft cardstock, glued that under the black piece.

Heat set the numbers out of the Balloon Numbers stamps using a gold embossing powder. Die cut the numbers using the matching Balloon Numbers dies. Adhered them on the base and added some gold stars and confetti. To finish the chalkboard look, I added some anti static powder around the sentiment.

Used Copic Colors:
Fox - E09, YR27, YR24, YR23, YR21 / N6, N4, N2 / W3, W1, W00, 0 / R22, R20, R00
Black - N8, N6, N4, N2
Wood - E37, E35, E33, E31
Paper - E53, E51, E50
Red - R59, R29, R24

Stamped all the images out of Foxy Friends and The Graduate, colored them up using my Copic markers and cut them using the matching Foxy Friends and The Graduate dies.

Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio