Guest Designer Spotlight: Birthday Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello everyone! It's Rachel here with two one-layered birthday cards featuring some fun products from the latest release as well as some previously released ones that you may already own in your crafty stash.

My first card is a slimline card that features the Party Pets, Foxy Friends, Cat Antics, and Panda Party stamp sets. I also used the gorgeous Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies for my card base.

One-layered cards are some of my favorites. I always make sure to stamp a template card first on a piece of scrap paper without any masking so I can make sure that my images go exactly where I want them. I then use this rough draft as my layout along with my stamping tool when I create my actual card. I stamp the most front images first (i.e. party hats) and then mask each piece with masking paper and repeat the process as I go until I finish with the back layer (or images that will be behind others). 

Once my entire images were stamped and masked, I then added some ink blending for my background. You can color your backgrounds with markers, but I find that usually takes a longer time (for me) than ink blending. For my card above, I used a mix of Salvaged Patina, Kitsch Flamingo, and Wild Honey Distress Oxide Inks. Once finished, I added some white ink spatters for added interest, removed my masking pieces, and then colored my images with Copic Markers. I finished my card by stamping my sentiments and adding balloon lines with a fine-line black marker and ruler.

My second card was made using a similar process as I did with the first one. For this card, I only used the Party Pets Stamp Set for my images. For my background, I blended a mix of Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink. I once again used Copic Markers to color my images. I then die cut my card front and base layer with the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamp Set.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Foxy Friends 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