Summer Sweets Ice Cream Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some ice cream-themed cards for Summer using our Summer Sweet Stamps.

For my first card showcasing the Summer Sweet Stamps, I created a 6-window grid using our Window Trio Square Dies, which I ran through my die-cutting machine twice. I then backed the openings with a pale pink polka-dot print I stamped using our Background Basics 2 Stamps. For my greeting, I stamped a punny birthday sentiment from the Summer Sweet Stamps onto a Brilliant Banner 3 Die cut from pale blue cardstock to compliment the blue in the glass dishes. I then filled all the openings with chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry-flavored ice cream treats, with a touch of red accents for the cherries and cola labels.

My second card pairs the swirl soft-serve ice cream cone and the phrase "Did you hear the scoop?" from the Summer Sweets Stamps with the ice cream truck and the hard-serve ice cream cone from our Cruisin' Cuisine Stamps. I had fun coloring one cone to look like chocolate chip mint ice cream to match the retro aqua ice cream truck! I carried through the retro 1950s vibe with a bubblegum pink polka-pot print using the same Background Basics 2 Stamps. and framed the elements on two Rounded Rectangle Mats. Lastly, I die-cut a small pennant strip from aqua-striped patterned paper from our Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper pack using the die from our Notebook Photo Corners Dies and stamped it with my greeting.

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Summer Sweets Stamps and Cruisin' Cuisine Stamps in our online shop, which are currently on sale! Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cruisin' Cuisine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cruisin' Cuisine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Summer Sweets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Sweets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Berry Bliss & Slice of Summer Fruit Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some fruit-themed cards for Summer using our fabulous Berry Bliss Stamps and Slice of Summer Stamps.

First, I have a card using the layered citrus slice from our Slice of Summer Stamps, which I stamped to look like lemon, lime, grapefruit, and orange slices. I then die-cut a stitched circle using our Stitched Circle Small Dies, where I lightly drew 12 spokes on the back with my pencil and clear ruler like I was slicing a pizza or adding clock tick marks to give me a way to evenly space my fruit slices. Then, on the back of each slice, I drew a pencil through the center at the halfway mark to give me another point to line up each slice. I then arranged each slice, having them overlap the outside edge of my white cardstock circle by 1/2". I used liquid adhesive for this task to have a little wiggle room to adjust them before they dried as I quickly worked around the circle. As I was starting this project, I was nervous about my ability to make it look symmetrical. However, the easy measurement tricks I described worked, and I assembled this summer "wreath" rather quickly. 

I then used our Scalloped Square 1 Large Dies to die-cut the striped paper to match the fruit from our Summer Splash Paper pack. After it was die-cut, I carefully used my paper trimmer to trim off the four scalloped edges and leave a small border around the stitching. This gave me the perfect stitched square to layer over the same scalloped square cut from white cardstock for my card base. I cut a second white scalloped square to score along the top and to adhere to the backside of my card front to form my notecard. Lastly, I stamped the greeting from the Slice of Summer Stamps, substituting the word "slice" from our Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies and Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies.

My second card pairs the watermelon from the Slice of Summer Stamps with the strawberries, raspberries, and cherries from our Berry Bliss Stamps. I arranged them in and around our Layered Basket Stamps, wrapping twine around the basket and popping it up with foam tape to help it lie flat with the thickness of the twine. I stamped and heat-embossed the greeting "You're so sweet" from our Punny Fruit Greetings Stamps onto a small tag cut with our Sweet Treats Gift Bag Die, which I topped with a twine bow. I also stamped a subtle pink diagonal grid pattern using our Background Basics 2 Stamps with VersaFine Clair Baby Pink Ink to add some interest to my background.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images. Some of these images were previously stamped using now-retired Colorbox inks; however, I spent considerable time trying to find the closest matches to share them here with you (from lightest to darkest).

Strawberries 
Concord & 9th Honeysuckle
Gina K. Red Velvet
Concord & 9th Cranberry
Gina K. Lucky Clover
PinkFresh Evergreen

Raspberries
Gina K Medium Carnation
Gina K Dark Carnation
PinkFresh Candy Apple
Gina K Cherry Red

Cherries
Gina K Medium Carnation
Gina K Dark Carnation
Gina K Cherry Red

Watermelon
Gina K Medium Carnation
PinkFresh Candy Apple
Gina K Cherry Red
Altenew Limeade
VersaMark Verdant
Gina K Lucky Clover

Layered Basket 
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Memories Sand
MFT Kraft

Yellow Lemon
PinkFresh Lemon Whip
Versafine Cheerful

Lime Slice
Altenew Limeade
VersaMark Verdant

Orange Slice
PinkFresh Apricot
Hero Arts Tangerine

Grapefruit Slice
C&9 Ballet Slipper
PinkFresh Coral Reef

or Gina K. Innocent Pink
& Lawn Fawn Bubblegum

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Slice of Summer Stamps and Layered Basket Stamps in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Berry Bliss Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Berry Bliss Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slice of Summer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slice of Summer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats Gift Bag Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Baby Pink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Verdant Shop at: Sunny Studio

Watering Can & Lovely Lilacs Spring Bouquet Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some floral cards for Spring using our gorgeous Captivating Camellias Stamps and Dies. These have always been a favorite set of mine, so I had so much fun revisiting them for these two clean and simple cards.

For my first card featuring the Watering Can Stamps, I paired them with the Spring Bouquet Stamps for a blooming floral arrangement, adding them both inside and around the watering can to fill in the backdrop of my card. Before adhering any of them to my card front, however, I inked the center of my panel with a light hand of Seedless Preserves Distress Ink to give my scene a bit of a hazy glow.

I grounded the scene with a 1" green strip of cardstock stamped with a tone-on-tone diagonal grid print using our Background Basics 2 Stamps. Lastly, I added the sentiment "I've been thinking of you often," using a mix-and-match greeting that comes with the Watering Can Stamps.

Ink colors used for Iris:

• PinkFresh Lavender
• Gina K. Wild Lilac
• Hero Arts Grape Juice
• PinkFresh Sweet Mustard

Ink colors used for Daffodil: 

• PinkFresh Sunshine
• PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
• PinkFresh Marigold
• PinkFresh Apricot

Ink colors used for Hot Pink Hyacinth:

• PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
• PinkFresh Bubble Gum
• Gina K.Passionate Pink

Ink colors used for Pink Hyacinth:

• Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
• PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
• PinkFresh Bubble Gum

Ink colors used for Lavender Hyacinth:

• PinkFresh Soft Lilac
• Lawn Fawn Fresh Lavender
• PinkFresh Lavender

The ink used for watering can:

• Hero Arts Soft Granite
• Hero Arts Charcoal

Ink colors used for leaves: Concord & 9th Parsley

For my second card today, I started with many of the same elements using the Watering Can Stamps and the Background Basics 2 Stamps for my subtle tone-on-tone backdrop, but this time I had previously cut a window using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies from an A2 panel so I had this leftover piece (from THIS card no.4) that I didn't want to go to waste. This card felt meant to be with the beautiful way it complimented the lilacs I had also previously stamped using our Lovely Lilacs Stamps. 

I added the "thanks for your kindness" sentiment using our Autumn Greetings Stamps and VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. I then embellished my cards with two lilac butterflies from the Watering Can Stamps and a few scattered PinkFresh Studio Lilac Clear Drops.

Ink colors used for blossoms:

• PinkFresh Studio Soft Lilac
• PinkFresh Studio Lavender
• Gina K. Wild Lilac
• Hero Arts Grape Juice

Ink colors used for leaves:

• PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll
• PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
• PinkFresh Studio Olive

The ink used for watering can:

• PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
• Hero Arts Fresh Lawn

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💗

Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Fresh Foliage Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Shades of Grey Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Lilac Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Soul of Provence Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Fairy Dust Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio