Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Marie Marco

Hello Crafty Friends!! It's Marie back on the blog with two birthday cards featuring the lovely Special Day Stamp. This stamp set features two super adorable layered cake images and number candles perfect for celebrating all the special occasions from birthdays to weddings and everything in between! 

My first card features the gorgeous two tiered floral cake from the set. This design made me want to create a vintage inspired color palette for a friend's 40th birthday. To create this card, I first stamped my images onto watercolor paper using Antique Linen Distress Ink. All my images were colored using Faber- Castell Watercolor pencils. I cut out the images using the corresponding Special Day Dies. To construct my card front, I first die cut an A2 sized base panel from 110 lb Neenah Solar White cardstock paper. I also, cut an A2 sized polka dot pink pattern paper panel which I adhered to the base panel. For a simple elegant touch, I created a gold frame with the Fancy Frames Rectangle Die. 

I really wanted to keep my pattern paper visible while keeping the birthday cake the focal point so I cut out a scalloped panel from vellum paper using the Mini Mat & Tag 1 Dies. Taking my cake image, I used double sided tape to adhere it to the vellum paper. Before adhering the vellum to the pattern paper, I apply double sided tape adhesive to the back of the vellum hidden behind the cake so no tape adhesive is visible on the translucent vellum. To finish off this card, I applied foam strips to the back of the number candles to create some dimension and adhered it to the top of the cake. Finally, I used some Nuvo Crystal Drops on the decorative dots of the cake to create dimension. 

My second card features both the Special Day Stamp and the Birthday Cat Stamp. The Birthday Cat Stamp set is too cute for words! The adorable cats in this set inspired me to create a fun a playful pop up box card purrfect for my cat loving friend. To start off, I cut out all my box card elements from Bristol Smooth Cardstock and inked all the edges using Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink. For all the decorative panels and inside panels, I used the double sided Sunny Studio Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper in the beautiful shade of pink. 

After assembling the box card, I stamped all my images onto watercolor paper and colored them with Faber-Castell Watercolor pencils. I also used party banner images from the Panda Party Stamp. I used the corresponding Birthday Cat Dies, Special Day Dies, as well as the banner dies from Panda Party Dies to cut all my images. I adhered the birthday cake and cats using a strip of cardstock on the backs of all my images so they remain sturdy inside the box. Finally, I stamped my sentiment using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink to the pattern paper and adhered it to the front of the card. I absolutely love how cute this box card turned out that I'm tempted to keep it for myself! 

These two cards were super fun and simple to create! Thank you for stopping by and joining me today! Until next time, Happy Crafting friends!!!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

A Cut Above Card with Tina

Hello crafty friends, Tina here with a card that is featuring A Cut Above Stamp and dies. This set is a perfect addition to Color My World! So of course, I just had to combine them! As a card maker, I love a fun craft related project (with a cute critter!).

To start I die cut all the ‘stamp layering’ elements I was going to use: two colored pencils, the scissors, pushpin (all from the A Cut Above Stamp) and the paint palette (from Color My World) . Next, I placed the die cuts in my Misti and used the stamp backing sheet with the drawings to help me position the layering stamps. I selected several shades of grey, yellow, blue, and red from my dye ink stash. No smudging with these inks!!

The cute kitty is one of the Birthday Cat stamps and was colored with matching yellow Copic markers. I added a few white highlights with my gel pen to all the images. The blue polka dot background pattern paper is part of the Spring Fever pad and cut with the outer border of the Frilly Frames Stripes Die.

For my second panel, I repeatedly stamped the notebook grid from the A Cut Above Stamp onto a white sheet of Neenah paper with one of the blue dye inks I used for the images. This sheet was cut with the spiral notebook paper die from Notebook Tab Dies.

Next, I used my paper trimmer to create a slightly bigger piece from white paper and colored it with one of the darker blue dye ink pads. A simple trick to create your own matching color card stock!

The sentiment was selected from Color My World and stamped onto the grid paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink and one of the red dye inks. After gluing the polka dot paper to a white card base, I added the next layers (blue piece and grid paper) before adhering the crafty tools and cute cat with foam tape. A few sparkling Iridescent Jewels were scattered around the sentiment.

I hope you got inspired to create your own cards with this fun crafty set! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
A Cut Above Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Crepe Paper Streamers Card with Marine

Hi crafty friends, Marine here! I'm back today with a very colorful mini slimline birthday shaker card showcasing the Crepe Paper Streamers, as well as three lovely kitties from Birthday Cat.

I started off by creating my shaker panel using the same process as the Season's Tweeting card I made a while ago. I first cut a 6 x 3 inches Spring Sunburst rainbow polka dot panel, and cut three Wonky Windows out of it. Still at the back of my polka dot panel, I attached a piece of acetate, added foam strips along the four edges and around each window, and poured some Birthday Cake Dot Sprinkles and iridescent confetti inside each window. I cut a 6 x 3 inches white card base, and attached another Spring Sunburst pattern paper on top of it, and then attached my card base at the back of my Wonky Window panel to close the shaker windows.

Next I stamped my images from Birthday Cat on Transotype perfect coloring paper using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I used the coordinating dies to cut them, and then colored my three cupcakes using Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph'it brush markers. To match the card base, I went for rainbow shades to color the cupcake cases, and next I attached a cupcake on each window using 1mm foam squares.

For my sentiment, I cut a black banner using a die from the Notebook Photo Corners die set, I white heat embossed my "Meow is the time to celebrate" greeting from Birthday Cat on top, and then attached the banner below the windows using 1mm foam squares.

Next I created some colorful Crepe Paper Streamers. I cut several streamers out of white cardstock using the long dies from the set, and used the small dies to cut many colorful pieces. Attached those tiny pieces on the white steamers in a rainbow order to match the card base, and then stuck the streamers above the windows using 1mm foam squares.

And that's it! Super cute and very festive with those cheeky kitties and bright colors. Hope you like it! Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wonky Windows Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Crepe Paper Streamers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Perfect Gift Boxes Card with Catherine

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Catherine! Today, I’m sharing a colorful birthday card created with Perfect Gift Boxes Dies and Birthday Cat Stamps!

To start, I die cut white cardstock with the medium rectangle in Stitched Rectangle Dies. I lightly inked the panel with Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxides. I splattered the panel with some yellow, pink and teal water colors.

I die cut the gift boxes using paper from Surprise Party Paper and Spring Sunburst Paper. I die cut the gift box lids with white cardstock and ink blended with Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spun Sugar, Kirsch Flamingo, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides.

I die cut the ribbon and bows with yellow, pink, and blue tissue paper. As tissue paper is quite thin, I folded the tissue paper into 4-5 layers and then I die cut. I adhered the ribbon and bows onto the lids. I added a glittery gold center onto each of the bows.

I stamped the cute kitties from Birthday Cat and die cut with Birthday Cat Dies. I colored the kitties with Copic Markers listed in my blog link below. I added some left over party hats from Party Pups Stamps. I adhered some mini pompoms on top of each party hat. I glued all the images onto the panel.

I die cut A2 sized paper from Spring Sunburst Paper and adhered white cardstock 3 ½” x 4 ¾” onto the paper. I then adhered the panel onto the background frame.

Thanks so much for joining me today! For a list of Copic Markers used, please visit me at Crafti-Cat. Have a lovely week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pups Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pups Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Perfect Gift Boxes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Birthday Cat Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with a card featuring the Birthday Cat stamps and dies. This card is perfect for cat lovers, I know a few cat moms who will be happy to receive this. I didn't add the sentiment as then we can use it for any sort of celebration. 

To start I took a square card base and adhered the patterned paper from the Spring Fever pack. Next, die-cut the frame using the Fancy Frames - Squares dies. Adhere vellum behind the frame to mute the pattern.

Stamp the images, color and die-cut using coordinating dies:

Cats, cap - Birthday Cat stamps and dies
Candies - Candy Shoppe stamps and dies
Bunting, Hat - Panda Party stamps and dies
Striped hat - Purrfect Birthday stamps and dies

To finish I added some details using white gel pen and then applied, nuvo clear shimmer to some of the images. Adhere the images to the card using various thickness of 3d foam.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Candy Shoppe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Candy Shoppe Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Purrfect Birthday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Purrfect Birthday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Birthday Mouse Card with Bobbi

Hello Sunny friends. It’s Bobbi here with a tempting card… well at least for these cute cats in the windows! All four cats have spotted this cute little birthday mouse, biking by with a balloon bouquet attached. Did someone say birthday dinner?!

I’m using the new Birthday Mouse stamps and dies as well as the Birthday Cats stamps and dies. The windows were made using the set, Wonderful Windows dies. My card measures 5″ X 7″, but could be made in any size.

To make this card, I started with a background of stripes using paper from the Subtle Grey Tones paper pack. It reminds me of exterior house siding. I added two windows using the Wonderful Windows dies. I adhered pink floral paper to the backs of the windows to look like wallpaper on the inside of the house. This paper is from the Spring Fever paper pack.  Curtains were made using the Notebook Tab Dies (I used the inverse die cut for the white pom pom trim.) and green polka dotted patterend paper. I added four cats – two stacked in each window – to the inside of the windows and altered their eyes using a marker to keep all eyes on the prize!

I stamped and colored the mouse image and stamped the phrase from the set inside the middle balloon. The mouse was attached using foam tabs to make him stand out. I created some shrubs by dotting cardstock with three green shades of Copics and hand cutting a soft shrub top line. A black strip at the bottom grounds the mouse and acts as a road/sidewalk. Lastly, I attached some enamel dots in green and pink rhinestones above the balloons for a festive look.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wonderful Windows Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Mouse Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Mouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio