Saturday, May 30, 2026

Guest Designer Spotlight: Monkey Business Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Sunny Studio Stamps: Monkey Business & Jungle Vines Cards by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Rounded Rectangle Window Dies, Slimline Nature Border Dies)

Hello crafty friends! I hope your weekend is off to a great start! It's Rachel here, and I have two cards to share with you that showcase the adorable new Monkey Business Stamps and Jungle Vines Dies. I had so much fun making these cards with these products!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Monkey Business & Jungle Vines Cards by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Rounded Rectangle Window Dies, Slimline Nature Border Dies)

For my first card, I created a shadow box card that folds flat for shipping. This card measures at 5.5" tall, 4.25" wide, and 1.5" deep. When folded flat, it can fit in a standard A8 envelope and measures 5.5" tall and 5.75" long. For the front window of this shadow box, I die cut a rounded stitched rectangle using the Rounded Rectangle Window Dies

For the inside of the card, I added a few hills of grass using the Slimline Nature Border Dies. I die cut the grass pieces from white card stock and blended them with Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, and Rustic Wilderness Distress Ink. I also die cut my vines and foliage pieces from white card stock and used Copic Markers to give them some color and shading. For my monkeys, I stamped my images with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock and colored them with Copic Markers. I then die cut them using the coordinating Monkey Business Dies.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Monkey Business & Jungle Vines Cards by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Rounded Rectangle Window Dies, Slimline Nature Border Dies)

Lastly, I heat embossed my sentiment on black card stock using some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder and glued it to the front strip of grass.

Copic Colors Used:

  • Monkeys: E000, E00, E11, E04 (light areas); E43, E44, E47 (dark areas)
  • Foliage: YG01, YG06, YG17, YG67
  • Tree Limbs: E31, E23, E25, E29
  • Bananas: Y13, Y15, V12
Sunny Studio Stamps: Monkey Business & Jungle Vines Cards by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Rounded Rectangle Window Dies, Slimline Nature Border Dies)

I used the same Copic colors for my images on my second card as well as the Monkey Business Stamp Set and Dies. For my background, I used a beautiful piece of patterned paper from the Spring Fling Paper Pad. This pre-printed design makes it super easy to add some beautiful backgrounds without any fuss.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Monkey Business & Jungle Vines Cards by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Rounded Rectangle Window Dies, Slimline Nature Border Dies)

Once again, I heat embossed my sentiment with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder and cut it out using my paper trimmer before adhering it to my card.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and will give these products a closer look! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Spring Fling Paper
Spring Fling Paper
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Slimline Nature Borders
Slimline Nature Borders
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Rounded Rectangle Window Dies
Rounded Rectangle Window Dies
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Monkey Business Stamps
Monkey Business Stamps
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Monkey Business Dies
Monkey Business Dies
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Jungle Vines Dies
Jungle Vines Dies
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