Designer's Choice Cards with Marine and Marieke

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today. I'm super happy to be back on the blog with this new Christmas in July card! Today I'm featuring the Wonky Windows die, I love this die, it's just so perfect to make shaker cards!

I first started by cutting a 6 x 3" bristol panel, and created a vibrant red background using tattered rose, festive berries and aged mahogany distress inks. And I added lots of texture to give this panel more interest: water splatters, white ink splatters and aged mahogany distress ink + water splatters.

And while the panel was drying, I stamped, die cut and colored my images. I like to mix and match stamps from different sets, and this is what I did on this card:

Little Birdie: the birdhouse and two birds
Scenic Route: the strings of lights
Outback Critters: the branch
Christmas Critters: the Christmas hat
Holiday Express: a present
Penguin Pals: the postcard and candy canes

Next I worked on the shaker. I started by cutting three windows out of my red panel using the Wonky Windows die. I cut a 6 x 3" red card base, temporarily taped the red panel to it using washi tape, and put each window back to its original spot using liquid glue.

I removed the washi tape to lift the red panel, and then attached a piece of clear acetate at the back of it. Still at the back of the red panel, I added foam strips all around each window to create room for the shaker accessories.

I rubbed the inside edges of the foam strips with my powder tool to make those edges non sticky so the confetti don't stick to the foam. I used a microfiber cloth to remove any excess of powder from the acetate, and then I added a bunch of shiny confetti inside each window. Peeled all the backing papers off the foam strips, and finally attached the card base to the foam to complete and close the shaker.  

I stuck the images on the panel using foam squares and liquid glue. And next I created my "Season's Tweetings" sentiment using elements from Little Birdie. I stamped "Season's" in the upper part of the panel using black ink, and I white heat embossed "Tweetings" on vellum, along with the banner, and I attached this banner below the birdhouse using clear foam squares.

Finally I added highlights and details to the images and background using a white gel pen. And that's it, super bright and very cute with those birdies wearing Christmas hats. Thanks for stopping by, and as always feel welcome to watch the process video for more details (click on the image above). See you next week!

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Hello Sunny Studio friends. Marieke here, and today I hope to inspire you with a Clean and Simple birthday card. 

First off I cut a white topfold base card and ink blended the colors Tumbled Glass, Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch. Splattered some water and let it dry.

Stamped the images out of the Tropical Scenes, Kiddie Pool and Fintastic Friends and colored them up using my Copic markers. Cut them using the matching dies and adhered them on to the card using foam tape.

Used Copic Colors:
Sand - E44, E43, E42, E41, E40
Light Green - G07, G05, G03
Dark Green - YG67, YG63, YG03
Yellow - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11
Pink - RV17, RV14, RV13, RV11
Orange - YR07, YR04, YR12
Stones / Black - N6, N5, N4, N3, N2 / White gel pen
Dark Blue - B26, B24, B21
Light Blue - B02, B00, B000
Purple - BV17, BV04, BV13, BV02
White - C5, C3, C1, 0
Teal - BG18, BG15, BG13, BG11, BG10
Hair - E37, E35, E33, E31
Skin - E000, E00, E04, E21, E11

Stamped the sentiments using a black ink directly on to the base. Finished the card off adding some glossy accent on to the goggles.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Outback Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Outback Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fintastic Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wonky Windows Die Shop at: Sunny Studio