Guest Designer Spotlight: Summer Themed Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello friends! It's Rachel here from rachelalvaradodesigns.com and @theunpamperedstamper. I am so happy to be guest designing for Sunny Studio Stamps today! I have three summer-themed cards to share with you.

The first one is a bright, single layer card that I made by combining the Fintastic Friends, Ocean View, and Kiddie Pool Stamp Sets. To create my one-layered look, I used some Gina K Designs Masking Magic Sheets to mask my images (after stamping them) before ink blending my background. I also used masking while stamping to create the illusion of some of the objects appearing behind one another. Once all of my images were masked, I used a stencil along with some Pink Fresh Studios Sky Blue, Summer Shower, Seaside, and Storm Inks to create my ocean water background.

I used Copic Markers to color all of my images and added some white accents with a Sakura White Gelly Roll Pen. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment from the Fintastic Friends Stamp Set with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink.

For my second project, I created a small and simple pool-themed card. This type of card would be perfect for that swimmer in your life or even to be used as really cute pool party invitations. To do this, I simply stamped my images, (I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and stamped them onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock), colored them with Copic Markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Once I finished with the images, I assembled the kids in the pool and then folded a small piece of white card stock so that I could die cut it with the pool die. I made sure to leave the crease of my folded card stock outside of the die so that I could use this piece as my folding card base. Next, I attached my stamped pool directly on top of this folding piece. Lastly, I stamped a sentiment onto the inside center of my card. Super fun and easy to make!

For my third and final project, I created a slimline pop-up box card from scratch. When propped up, this card measures at 6.5" long x 2" wide x 3.75" tall. I stamped images from both the Kiddie Pool and Ocean View Stamp Sets to create my scene. Once again, all of my images were colored with Copic Markers and cut out using both the Kiddie Pool and Ocean View Die Sets. I used the Slimline Nature Borders Die Set to die cut my sand dunes from white card stock. I added color to these dunes by blending them with some Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy Distress Oxide Inks. I also added some sandy texture to these pieces by adding dots of color with Copic Markers.

The fun part about this card is that it fits perfectly into a business or #10 sized envelope. This makes it convenient for both mailing or hand delivering.

Here's a mini tutorial if you would like to make a low profile card like this one too:

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I hope you have enjoyed these 3 projects!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Country Carnival Cards with Audrey and Vanessa

Hello friends! Audrey here with a Country Carnival card to share with you! This card is a bit different for me as I normally love bright colors and lots of white space on my cards, but I decided to make a night scene card with this stamp set. 

I started off with a piece of dark blue cardstock cut to 4" x 5.25". I used a cloud stencil from my stash and some Black Soot Distress Oxide to add some night clouds to the top 2/3 of the panel. I masked off the bottom and inked along the mask to create the ground. Then, I splattered on some gold metallic watercolor and watered down white acrylic paint to add stars to the sky. I stamped and colored the ferris wheel, some of the little bears and the ticket booth from the Country Carnival stamp set, and die cut them with the coordinating Country Carnival dies. The white background of the stamped images was too much contrast for me, so I used a dark blue Copic marker to trace around the edges of the images. 

I arranged my scene, and adhered it to the panel. I didn't want sentiment to stand out too much, so I used white pigment ink on the dark cardstock for a more muted sentiment. Then, I used the Basic Mini Shapes Dies II to add some white stars to the sky. Finally, I mounted the panel to a dark blue card base.

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Hello to you! Vanessa here with a baby card using the sweet Country Carnival set.

I started with a white card base and inked the background with Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink. After I had added ink droplets, I die-cut the scalloped tag from white cardstock and stamped the carousel. Now I stamped the image again onto a scrap of cardstock, colored both images with Copics, fussy-cut parts of the second image and adhered these to the tag with foam tape for more dimension. 

Today I used these sets:
Country Carnival stamps + dies
Chloe Alphabet Dies
Scalloped Tag Square Dies

I tied-on ribbon and twine and adhered the tag to the card. Now I die-cut the letters, colored them with Copics, added details with a white gel pen and spelled BABY. Finally, I added heart sequins to finish the card off.

Have a lovely weekend, everybody!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Basic Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Carnival Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Carnival Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Fintastic Friends Cards with Marieke and Marine

Hello Sunny Studio friends, Marieke here. Today I hope to inspire you with an shaker card using the Fintastic Friends. 

As always I started with the background. I ink blended the colors Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Blue Sapphire and Villainous Potion. Splattered water and some Villainous Potion and die cut the heart out of it.

Heat set the sentiment out of the Sending Sunshine and die cut the word love out of white cardstock and glued it onto the die cut heart. Adhered a sheet of acetate behind the border. Added a layer of foam tape on to the basecard and filled up the shaker. Closed it using the border.

Used Copic Colors:
Purple - V06, V04, V01, V00
Red - R24, R22, R20
Green - G05, G02, G00
Yellow - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11
White - W6, W4, W2, W00
Blueish purple - BV17, BV04, BV13, BV02
Sand - E55, E53, E51, E50
Envelop - E43, E41, E40

Stamped all the images out of Fintastic Friends, Snail Mail and Tropical Scenes stamps. Colored them up using my Copic markers and die cut them using the coordinating dies. I added some die cuts in the animals so I could fit in the envelopes.

Adhered all the images on the card using glue or foam tape and added some white gel pen details to the octopus to give him something extra to stand out.

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Hello crafty friends, Marine here, super happy to be back with one last Christmas in July card. I had a lot of fun making this series, and I hope you appreciated it as well! Today we're going under the ocean to celebrate Christmas with some adorable Fintastic Friends critters.

I started off with the underwater background. I cut a 5,5 x 4,25" bristol panel, and worked on the bottom part first. I created a sand border using a hill stencil, along with antique linen and vintage photo oxide inks. And once the inking was done, I added texture on that sand border: white ink + water splatters, and vintage photo oxide ink + water splatters.

Next I covered the sand border using the hill stencil, and I created the ocean on the upper part of the panel using oxide inks again. From the sand border towards the top of the panel I applied chipped sapphire, blueprint sketch, peacock feathers and salvaged patina. I also added texture: water splatters, chipped sapphire oxide ink + water splatters, and white ink + water splatters.

I set the paper aside to dry, and worked on the images. I stamped them all using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them using the coordinating dies and colored everything using my alcohol markers with greys, pinks, aquas, blues and purples.

Fintastic Friends: sea critters
Ocean View: crab +reef
Penguin Pals: small fishes + hat
Christmas Critters: small hat
North Pole: nice list

After the coloring, I stamped my sentiment at the very top of the panel using clear embossing ink and silver embossing powder. I picked the words "Wishing you a" + "Christmas" from Santa Claus Lane, and "Fintastic" from Fintastic Friends to make the phrase "Wishing you a fintastic Christmas", and then I attached all the images on the panel using 1mm foam squares.

Finally I glued a few clear droplets here and there, and added highlights and details to the images using a white gel. And done! Super bright and so cute, I hope you like it. As always you will find more details in the process video so feel welcome to check it out (click on the image above)! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fintastic Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Baby Elephants Card by Alma and Gladys

Hi, this is Alma and today I want to show you a Baby Popup Card with the cute Baby Elephants Stamps. 

First I coloured the elephants in the Copic grey tones T6 T5 T4 T3 T2 T1 and T0 and then punched them out with the Baby Elephant Dies. Afterwards I cut out a square folding card. Next I die-cut a cloud stencil using the Slimline Nature Border Dies and smudged the clouds with Distress Oxide Inks Shaded Lilac.

Then it was time to make the baby bed: I used the tag from the Sliding Windows Dies Set for the edges of the bed. I punched out the base with the curved frame stencil from the same set. After that, I cut several bars from narrow strips of paper and glued everything together. I decorated the edges of the bed with the crown from the Baby Elephants Stamps set.

Then I punched clouds from the Tropical Trees Backdrop Dies Set and glued them to the background. The "sky" of the card is die-cut with the Cloud Die from the Slimline Nature Border Dies. To let the elephant hovering on the moon above the bed, I attached it with a piece of pinwheel foil.

After gluing everything together, I designed the outside of the card. Next to the cloud background I glued a banderole that can be slipped over the card so that the card doesn't open. For this I used the Scalloped Circle Mat 1 Dies and the border from the Slimline Pennant Dies Set. For the text box on the back side I used the pennant from the Slimline Pennant Dies Set.

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Hello friends! Gladys here with a sweet and happy slimline card using the Baby Elephant stamps and dies. This stamp set is full of adorable elephant images and baby sentiments but it is also perfect for many occasions! Just check out all the design team inspirations, they will blow you away!

To start I use a scallop slimline die to cut from Bristol smooth cardstock. I masked off the edges to keep a nice border. I ink blended the background using distress oxide inks in the colors: prized ribbon, salvaged patina, wilted violet, kitsch flamingo, and abandoned coral. For interest I added some water droplets and diluted prized ribbon with a small paint brush.

I stamped and colored three elephants and three umbrellas using copic markers. I cut them out using their coordinating dies. I used a cloud border die to cut from white cardstock to ground one of the elephant. I also used the cloud dies from the set to fill in the scene. To adhere the images I used double sided foam tape because I love dimensions on my cards. For the sentiment, I white heat embossed the sentiment from Balloon Rides stamp set onto black cardstock. I completed the card using stardust stickles on the clouds and glossy accents for the umbrellas. That is all for me today.

Thanks for joining me and have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Baby Elephants Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio