Rounded Rectangle Mat Die Focused Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am making a fun birthday card with a bunch of cute kitties. The winter has been quite cold, so I thought these sweeties needed some warm sweaters too! I just added a few extra lines with a fine black marker to the stamped images to create that look.

After I made a white card base (which seems to be my favorite color lately!), I cut two layers with different sizes of the Rounded Rectangle Mat dies. The larger one from teal paper (Dots & Stripes Pastels) was mounted to card base with foam tape to create instant dimension. The smaller white mat will be the background for my scene. First, I added extra texture to this piece by running it through the die cutting machine using the beautiful Buffalo Plaid Diagonal die.

After masking of the bottom, I used some Antique Linnen Distress Oxide for the floor portion of the scene. Then, I splattered some Salvaged Patina ink on the top part for added interest.

After gluing this piece to the teal mat, I started stamping and cutting all the elements I needed for this card. I selected three cute kitties (Cat Antics and Party Pets), a mailbox (Bighearted Bears) and a letter (Snail Mail).

For the coloring, I went with Copic markers in red and teal tones. As mentioned before, I added a few lines to create the ‘sweaters’ for the cats and added white gel pen details to customize them.   

I love the large sentiments from Big Bold Greetings and their matching dies so I stamped the ‘Happy Birthday’ in Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Next, I could create my little scene and add the beautiful sentiment (which consists of several die cut layers glued together to give it that sturdy look). As a final embellishment, I sprinkled a few teal jewels onto the card (Pastel Jewels Mix).

Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die 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

Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a Sliding Window belated birthday card to share with you showcasing the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps. This is an awesome stamp set with a variety of fun and funny sentiments that are just perfect for belated birthday cards. I chose a fun interactive card design for the recipient today to make up for the lateness of the late birthday wishes.

Have you ever made a sliding window card? They are super fun and quite easy to make. They are not nearly as complex and intimidating as they look. And the Sliding Window Dies takes all of the guess work out of making this card. In the event that you have never made one of these cards or used this die, there is an excellent tutorial video as well as written directions on the Sunny Studio website that can be found HERE.

For this card design, I used a piece of pattern paper (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") from the Polka Dot Parade Paper Pack, a piece of pattern paper (3 1/4" x 4 7/8") from the Surprise Party Paper Pack and two pieces of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock (4 1/4" x 5.5" and 3" x 4"). 

I centered the main Sliding Window Dies onto the larger pattern paper and placed the little half circle die on the upper edge of the paper. I ran this through my diecutting machine. Not only did the dies cut out the window flap and notch on the top but it also created score lines for the folding lines. I folded along these lines to help the window open and close. 

Before going onto the next step of the card assembly, I placed the sliding window panel on top of my larger piece of white cardstock and used it as a guide to stamp the inside images and sentiments. Using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the pandas, hats and cupcakes from the Panda Party Stamps and the presents from the Foxy Friends Stamps sets onto the larger white cardstock (inside panel) as well as on a separate piece for coloring and diecutting for the card front. I also stamped the sentiment from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday onto the inside panel with a combo of black and red ink. 

I used the coordinating Panda Party Dies and Foxy Friends Dies to diecut the images for the front panel. I colored the images with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen. 

COPIC COLORS: 
Pandas: C00/0/1/3/5/7, R30
Red: R24/29/39
Orange: Y38 YR04
Green: YG01/03/17
Light Blue: B00/02/04
Dark Blue: B21/24/28
Cupcake Frosting: E41

I returned to the card assembly by attaching the smaller piece of patterned paper to the bottom edge of the window flap with double sided tape. I added double sided tape to the sides and bottom of the backside of the larger patterned paper and adhered it to the front of the inside panel that I had colored. I tested to make sure the window opened and closed. 

For the sentiment, I stamped the Happy Birthday from the Big Bold Greetings Stamps with red ink and diecut it out with the Big Bold Greetings Dies. Then, I stamped the "belated" from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed with Detail White Embossing Powder. I trimmed it out with a paper trimmer. 

I adhered my colored images to the smaller piece of white cardstock with liquid adhesive. I attached the sentiments with foam tape for a bit of dimension. I adhered the small white panel to the front of the window flap making sure to only adhere it to the bottom half of the flap.

Next, I adhered the little half circle notch that I diecut from the front panel to the smaller piece of patterned paper to hide the inside pattern as well as reinforce the sliding panel. Then I punched a hole in this sliding panel and attached a piece of twine to help the recipient pull out the panel. Finally, I adhered the entire panel to an A2 white cardbase (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. For more info, ideas and to check out the entire Spring Release, be sure to visit the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies 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

Buffalo Plaid Die Focused Cards with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm so happy to be back on the blog with this trio of colorful Thank You cards showcasing the Buffalo Plaid Straight die and Buffalo Plaid Diagonal die. I used the cute turkeys from Turkey Day only one time last year, so I thought it would be nice to bring them back during this year's autumn season. And as you may already know, I looove to stamp and color images on kraft cardstock, especially on fall cards, so these cards were another occasion for me to have some fun, and I hope these will inspire you to try to do some coloring on kraft, if you haven't already.

And speaking of which, I started off by stamping my images on kraft cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and Graph'it brush markers using a red, orange, yellow, green and brown color palette.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Turkey Day - turkeys, pumpkins, cup, leaves, slice of pie • Beautiful Autumn - oak leaf, acorn • Fall Friends - acorn • Happy Harvest - sunflowers.

Next I cut three panels out of kraft cardstock using the Mini Mat & Tag 4 die, and I stenciled them using the Diagonal & Straight Stripes stencils along with a different color palette for each panel. On the first panel, I used vintage photo, fossilized amber and peeled paint oxide inks. On the second panel, I used fossilized amber, rusty hinge and lumberjack plaid oxide inks. And on the third panel, I used vintage photo, lumberjack plaid and rusty hinge oxide inks. I mixed some ground espresso oxide ink with water and used a slim brush to add splatters on my panels, and I did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I cut three 4,5 x 3,25 inches Stitched Rectangles out of dark brown cardstock, and attached a panel on each dark brown panel using 1mm foam squares, and then each panel on a 5 x 3,75 inches Gingham Jewel Tones panel using liquid glue.

I attached my images on each panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added highlights and details using a white gel pen, tied some twine at the bottom of each panel, right below the images, and then worked on the greetings. I stamped three different sentiments from Words Of Gratitude on brown cardstock using black versafine ink, and trimmed them into slim banners. Next I white heat embossed "Thanks" from Big Bold Greetings three times on dark brown cardstock, cut them using the matching die, and then attached all those pieces of my cards using 1mm and 2mm foam squares again.

And that's it! I hope that you like this lovely set of cards. Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Beautiful Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Turkey Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio