Guest Designer Spotlight: Big Panda Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara here! Today I am really thrilled to be here again, guesting for Sunny Studio Stamps! I love their products, they are always so funny and sweet! For my guesting spot, I made two cards, showcasing their recently released Big Panda stamp. So, let's dive into the first one!

I really love their "big" animals, you may remember I used the bear in my last guesting spot. Recently, they came out with that Big Panda and with the Punny Fruit Greetings, which made me think to pair that panda with the previously released Berry Bliss stamp set.

I stamped the panda with Memento Black ink and I colored him with Copics (N9 – N8 – N7 – N6 – N5 – N4 for the darker areas and W2-W0 for the white areas) and I die cut him with coordinating dies. Then I created all the berries using the stamping tool, carefully choosing the different colors of each palette from my stash. I firstly die cut all of them from white cardstock, then I used a sort of "template" I made (from a piece of paper I die cut the berries, and then I used it to position the berries in the same place in the stamp positioner every time) to stamp each layer of color.

I then moved to assembling the card: I took a 4"x 5,25" lilac cardstock and I used the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die to add the texture on it. Then I arranged the fruit in a sort of wreath and I let the panda come out from the bottom right corner. I added the sentiment which comes from the Punny Fruit Greetings and I added some white and red pearls here and there. To complete the card, I layered an A2 piece of white cardstock behind. And here's the finished result! 

My second and last inspiration for today features the same Big Panda, but I paired it with the Big Bunny.

Aren't those giant animals the cutest?? This time, I started from the sentiment of the card: I wanted to use the big SUMMER word included in the Big Panda stamp set and I looked into the Punny Fruit Greetings how to complete it. I found the "friends make life sweet" which was perfect, so I stamped the Big Panda and the Big Bunny on a piece of white cardstock. I colored them with Copics (Panda: N9 – N8 – N7 – N6 – N5 – N4 - W2-W0 , Bunny: E44 – E43 – E42 – E41 – E40 – E15 – E11) and I used the coordinating Big Panda dies and Big Bunny dies to cut them.

I also stamped 2 pairs of sunglasses and I colored with Copics too, but I ended up fussy cutting the black lens inside and layered a piece of acetate behind, which I colored with Copic 100: look how cool they look because of the transparency.

To complete the scene, I needed to add something in their arms...and what's better than ice cream? I used the layering Two Scoops Stamp to create the ice-creams, I love those layering stamps because the result is always real!

I then assembled everything on a 4"x4" piece of white cardstock, I used a slightly larger piece of Spring Sunburst Paper and layered it behind the larger Scalloped Square 1 Large Dies which I inked with coordinated Distress Oxides (Picked Raspberry, Dried Marigold, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet). And here's the finished result!

Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you will like my project and you will be inspired to create something! Hugs from Italy!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Two Scoop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Two Scoop Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Berry Bliss Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Berry Bliss Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Tropical Birds Card with Nicky

Happy Friday friends, this is Nicky with you on the blog today sharing a new card I created featuring the equal parts adorable and beautiful Tropical Birds stamp set from the summer release. Please read on for how I made it.

I started by taking an A2 white panel of cardstock and ink blending it with 'Greenery' and 'Citrine' inks by The Stamp Market. I splattered with water and blotted it up and then splattered again with a little of the Greenery ink loosened with a drop or two of water. I backed this panel with white craft foam and adhered it to an A6 card base and set it to one side.

I took some green cardstock from my stash and I die cut it three times using Eyelet Lace Border Dies. I glued them in a stack and adhered them to the card background.

The images from Tropical Birds were stamped using Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black and coloured with the following Copic marker combinations: 

Toucans - T6, T5, T4, YR09, YR04, Y38, C3, C1, C0, C00
Vine - E29, E39, E35, E53
Greenery - G94, G24, YG13, YG03, YG67, YG25, YG06, YG17

The images were then die cut using the coordinating dies. I began building a background of lush greenery by first adhering the vine image with foam tape and then gluing in all of the leaves and a few flowers. I added the toucans on top of the greenery and perched on the vine using foam tape.

To complete the scene the sentiment from the stamp set was stamped and applied with foam tape and a few white Nuvo drops were added for a subtle accent.

I appreciate you stopping by to read the blog today and hope you have a lovely and crafty weekend. See you next Friday with something new!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Beach Bus Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, thank you so much for stopping by. Look who's back! The mouse family is up for a new adventure, and this time, they're on vacation at the beach, where there are so many cool activities to do! Once again, it was so much fun to mix and match my stamps to create this little scene.

As very often I went for a slimline style to feature as many images as I could, and started off by creating my beach scenery using stencils from my stash along with oxide inks. On the lower part, I did the ocean/sea using salvaged patina, peacock feathers and blueprint sketch oxide inks. Right above it, I did two sand borders using antique linen and vintage photo oxide inks. And at the very top of my panel, I did a cloudy sky using salvaged patina oxide ink.

Next I did the same texture routine as usual, and to give the illusion of foam on the waves, I dipped a sponge dauber into copic opaque white ink, and dabbed my panel pretty randomly to create that foam effect.

I set my panel aside to dry, and stamped my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and my Graph'it brush markers.

Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Beach Bus - van, mouse • Beach Babies - ball, bag, sunscreen, shovels, buckets • Beach Buddies - sunglasses, floaties • Merry Mice - sand mouse • Harvest Mice - mice • Garden Critters - sprigs • Kiddie Pool - snorkel, splatters • Balloon Rides - clouds, sun • Christmas Critters - mouse • Tiki Time - torch • Seasonal Trees - palm tree, coconuts

Once the coloring was done, I attached everything on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, leaving enough space at the very bottom for my "Happy summer" greeting from Beach Babies that I heat embossed in white. I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and applied a little bit of white blizzard nuvo drops to the splatters to make them shine.

And that's it! What a cute and fun little scene, right? I love the mouse family so much, I really look forward to seeing their next adventure! I hope you do, too! Thanks again for stopping by, and see you next time.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

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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	Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Christmas Critters DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Beach Bus Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Big Panda & Big Bunny Cards with Tina

Hello crafters, Tina here and for this designer’s choice post I went with two of my absolute favorite sets Big Panda and Big Bunny! Aren’t they just the cutest! Adorable critters … check, shape card … check!

Using the matching dies makes it a breeze to turn these sweeties into cards! Just fold the card base in two and don’t cut the top part. Of course, I always need some birthday cards for my stash so that is what we are making today!

After stamping the images from Big Panda and Big Bunny, I colored them with my Copics in happy colors. To create that festive vibe, I added a cute bow to the bunny and a party hat to the panda (Dots and Stripes Pastel and Joyful Holiday papers). I love how the hat from the Treat Bag Topper Dies is the perfect size for this big bear! Just browsing through your stash can lead to great combinations from old and new supplies!

I mounted the big panda and bunny to the card bases taking care that I did not glue the paw portions since they needed to hold the flowers and letter. The sentiments was selected from the Truckloads Of Love set and stamped onto a small white strip with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Lastly, I glued the banners to the images and sprinkled some Silver Jewels left and right of the sentiments.

I had so much fun creating these sweet, shaped cards and I hope you got inspired by the design! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Truckloads of Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Treat Bag Topper Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Baby Elephant Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with a cute and adorable CAS baby card. I am to create a designer's choice card today and I chose to use some of my all time favourite products.

I started by sponging salty ocean, crushed olive and mowed lawn distress oxide inks onto a white panel. Flick some water to add interest to the background. Next, I die-cut a frame using the Fancy Frames Rectangle die, and used the inside frame to frame my panel.

Stamp the images, color using copic markers and die-cut:
Elephant and sentiment - Baby Elephants stamps and dies
Branch and Birds - Little Birdie stamps and dies

Once the images are ready, adhere to the card using 3d foam tape. Stamp the sentiment and the card is ready.

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio