Guest Designer Spotlight: Birthday Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It's Rachel here and I have a few projects to share with you that showcase some really cute products from the new release.

For my first project, I created a 4.25" x 5.5" verical A2 card combining the beautiful Magestic Meadow Background Stamp along with some sweet bunnies from the Balloon Numbers Stamps and fun balloons and party hats from the Party Pets Stamps and Party Pets Die Set.

I used my MISTI to stamp all of my images onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. Next, I colored my images and background scenery with Copic markers and used their coordinating die sets to cut them all out. After stamping my "It's Your Birthday!" sentimet from the Party Pups Stamp Set onto the grassy area of my card, I then set my images aside to work on the ink-blended portion of my background.

I trimmed a piece of smooth white card stock to 4" x 5.25" and lightly blended the center section of it with some Picked Raspberry and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Inks. I then added this layer to my white card base and next adhered my background piece on top of this with some dimensional foam tape. Lastly, I adhered my images with some more 3D foam tape for extra dimension.

I made two mini cards for my next two projects using the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies for my card base.

I also used the Rounded Rectangle Window Dies to create a stitched window for my shaker card. I die cut five pink frames and glued four of them together with some liquid adhesive and placed them on my rounded rectangle card base that I had blended with some Kitsch Flamingo and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Inks. I next sprinkled some sequin embellishments on top of my ink blended base and then adhered a clear rounded rectangle acetate window on top of my stack of frames to seal off the embellishments. Lastly, I added my top pink frame as well as some sweet images from the Cat Antics and Party Pets stamp sets.

My last card also features images from the Party Pets Stamp Set as well as a party banner from the previously released Panda Party Stamp Set. I heat embossed my sentiment onto a piece of black card stock with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder and cut it out with the coordinating Party Pets Die Set. I lightly blended my white background with some Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink and then added my colored images with some more 3D foam adhesive tape for added interest.

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you love this new release as much as I do and enjoyed my cards today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Party Pups Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cat Antics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cat Antics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio