Bright Balloons Card with Cathy

Hey friends! Cathy here today and this adorable little cactus is sending birthday wishes with the help of the Bright Balloons Dies!

This is a mini slimline card (card base is 6 1/4" x 6 1/2", scored on the 6 1/2" side at 3 1/4" and folded in half) and I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock 3" x 6" for the card front. I placed a post-it note across the panel 1 3/4" from the bottom and inked with Lost Shadow Distress ink. I then masked the gray area and inked a sunrise stencil from my stash using Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo Distress inks. I stamped the sentiment from the Looking Sharp Stamps 3/8" below the horizon line.

Next, I created a festive Southwestern pattern along the bottom of the panel using the Crepe Paper Streamer Dies, Ribbon & Lace Border Dies, Window Quad Square Dies (thin green strips) and the Cupcake Shape Die (pink circles). I die-cut these elements from white cardstock and inked them with Saltwater Taffy, Peacock Feathers, Dried Marigold and Twisted Citron Distress inks. I adhered them in the pattern shown and trimmed the excess from the edges. I then adhered the panel to the card front.

For the balloons, I die-cut them from white cardstock and inked them with 2 colors of Distress ink each (Peacock Feathers/Salvaged Patina, Mowed Lawn/Twisted Citron, Spiced Marmalade/Dried Marigold and Saltwater Taffy/Spun Sugar). I backed each with white cardstock and placed a small piece of double-sided tape on the back of each balloon. I then wrapped/adhered a 5" long piece of gray embroidery floss to each balloon. I adhered the balloons starting with the ones at the top and kept the floss pulled tightly as I adhered the next balloons. To hold the floss tightly together, I applied a piece of double-sided tape where the cactus arm would cover the strings and adhered them together on the card front.

To finish, I stamped the cactus and birthday hat from the Looking Sharp Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out.

I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Looking Sharp Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Looking Sharp Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cupcake Shape Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crepe Paper Streamers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Notebook Die Focused Card with Bobbi

Hello Sunny friends! It’s Bobbi here with a file folder filled with get well wishes! I’m using the new Notebook Tabs dies, to make the manila folder with some well wishes inside. 

I’m also using the following products:

Notebook Photo Corners dies

Puppy Love stamps and dies

Heartfelt Wishes stamps

A Cut Above stamps

Bright Balloon dies 

Sending Sunshine stamps 

To make this 5″ X 7″ card, I started with a light yellow cardstock that looks similar to the color of a manila folder. I cut the piece to  9 -1/4″ wide X 7″ long and scored at 5″  to make the front panel shorter than the back panel. I used a corner rounder (1/4″) to round the edges. I added a tab to the top of the front panel in a light blue with a white center. This card could be personalized with the name of the recipient on the tab.

I decorated the front of the file folder with the cute puppy holding the heart, the balloons and the sentiment strips from Sending Sunshine stamps. I added some confetti in bold cardstock colors. I also used the die cut scrap border from one of the notebook pages (located inside the folder) to the front for a background for the balloons and pup.

Inside, I added two pieces of  “notebook” paper, a red and white striped paper clip and a puppy at the bottom. I stamped the sentiment, “get well wishes” on the inside. I used a stamp from the A Cut Above stamp set to make the lines on the notebook paper. A little personalized note could be written on the lines!

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:

Heartfelt Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bright Balloons Card with Marine

Hey crafty friends, Marine here, so happy to be back on the blog with this bright and cheerful birthday card showcasing some Bright Balloons. Once again I went for a rainbow theme, definitely a safe bet to make someone smile, and I started off by creating the background. 

I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Quilted Heart Landscape panel, and used blue oxide inks to color it: salty ocean + blueprint sketch + chipped sapphire. As always I added splatters on my panel to make it less flat: chipped sapphire + water splatters, and white ink + water splatters.

Once my Quilted Heart Landscape panel was dry, I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel out of a rainbow pattern paper from the Spring Fling paper pack, and I attached my Quilted Heart panel on top using 1mm foam squares.

Next I cut three round shaped balloons and two oval shaped balloons using dies from Bright Balloons. I used another rainbow pattern paper from the Spring Fling paper pack to cut them all, and to really make them stand out on the blue background, I cut additional balloons out of gold glitter cardstock. I stuck a gold glitter balloon behind each rainbow balloon, and I attached them on my panel using foam squares.

To make the balloons pop even more, I cut the highlight details out of white cardstock using dies from Bright Balloons, and I gave each balloon its own highlights. And I also wanted to add a string below each balloon, so I used a die from Comic Strip Everyday to cut five light grey strings that I glued on the panel using liquid glue.

For my sentiment, I started by cutting a black banner using a die from Notebook Photo Corners, I white heat embossed the "Floating by to say happy birthday" greeting from Floating by on it, and then I attached the banner on my panel right below the balloons using 1mm foam squares. And finally I glued a few golden heart sequins here and there to bring even more shine to my card.

And that's it! Love this birthday card, it's so bright, I love how the balloons pop with those gold glitter details. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Special Day Card with Catherine

Hello Crafty Friends, Catherine here! Today, I am sharing a light up birthday card created with the pretty layered cakes stamps in the new Special Day Stamps set and Pear Blossom E-Z Lights.

To start, I die cut white cardstock with the largest die in Stitched Rectangle Dies. I added a balloon background by creating a stencil using Bright Balloons Dies. I die cut stencil paper with the oval balloon die in the set and ink blended the stencil with Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, and Dried Marigold Distress Oxides. I splattered the panel with Picked Raspberry Distress Ink mixed with a little bit of water.

Next, I stamped and die cut the panda from Panda Party and the party hat from Purrfect Birthday. I then stamped and die cut the beautiful layered cake and number candles from Special Day Stamps. I colored all the images  with Copic markers listed in my blog link below. I decorated the cake with some “gold leaves” by applying a thin layer of Tombrow glue and gently rubbing strips of deco foil over top. 

I placed the images onto the front panel with removable glue dots. Once all the images were in place, I placed a piece of A2 white cardstock (back panel) underneath the front panel. Next, I used a paper piercer and pierced the candle flames and the pompon on top of the hat making sure that the front panel was pierced all the way through, and a mark was left on the back panel.

I removed the front panel and set it aside. I used a pencil to darken the markings on the back panel. I used double sided tape to adhere the EZ light onto the card. I placed the three lights onto the pencil markings and taped the wires into place. The EZ lights are very easy to use. Each mechanism comes with three lights and a battery. All you need to do is put in the battery, push the button and the lights will switch on.

After I tape down the wires in place, I removed the images from the front panel and adhered the panel onto the back panel with double sided foam tape. I adhered the images back onto the front panel with permanent adhesive. 

I die cut the word “Sweet” from Sweet Word Die out of white cardstock and inked it with Picked Raspberry and Spun Sugar DIstress Oxides. I added white heat embossed sentiments from Birthday Cat Stamps and Turtley Awesome Stamps. I finished off the card with a round “push here” button.

Thank you so much for joining me today. Fo

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sweet Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turtley Awesome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle 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	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Grad Cat Card with Cathy

Hey friends! Cathy here today and we are wrapping up our graduation themed projects for the week featuring the cute Grad Cat Stamps. I love how several of the new products from the Summer Release work so well for graduation cards!

I started this mini slimline card by cutting a panel for the card front 3” x 6” from white cardstock and inking it with Uncharted Mariner Distress ink. I lightly inked the top and applied more pressure with a blending brush towards the bottom of the panel. Next, I die-cut the notebook paper die from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies twice from light blue cardstock and stamped the graph paper/grid stamp from the A Cut Above Stamps in dark teal ink on both die-cuts. I adhered them at angles across the panel and trimmed the excess along the edges.

Next, I die-cut a banner from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies twice from dark yellow cardstock and white cardstock. I inked the white banners with Uncharted Mariner Distress ink and heat embossed the sentiments with white embossing powder. I then layered the banners slightly overlapping and adhered them to the card front, trimming the excess from the edges.

I die-cut the star balloon from the Bright Balloons Dies from white cardstock and inked it with Scattered Straw and Fossilized Amber Distress inks. I tied some dark yellow embroidery floss to the balloon and adhered it in the top right corner.

To finish, I stamped the cat, books and stars from the Grad Cat Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. I also stamped and colored a diploma from the Woo Hoo Stamps and die-cut it using the coordinating dies.

I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Woo Hoo Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woo Hoo Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Wanda Guess

Hi Sunny Studio fans! It's Wanda here with a couple of cheerful cards made with the awesome new Sunny Studio Summer Release! I always love it when I'm invited to be a guest here! I made two birthday cards using a mix of new supplies and previously released supplies. Everyone always needs to have birthday cards ready, right?

My first card features the Scrumptious Cupcakes stamps and dies! I made five rainbow shaded cupcakes to make it super festive. I added glitter to the frosting on each cupcake for a bit of shimmer. 

I used the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace and Frilly Frame Stripes dies in white as my background, layered over a piece of striped paper. 

The sentiment was heat embossed in silver onto a strip of vellum, which I layered around the bottom of the card. I added a few hearts for good measure and love! My finished card is a horizontal A2 size. 

My second card features the adorable Birthday Cats stamps and dies! I stamped and die cut out the sweet kitties and colored them with my Copic Markers. How cute are they in their party hats?! 

I used a piece of rainbow striped paper as my background and layered red with it. My top layer was die cut with the Mini Mat & Tag 4 dies. I ink blended just the top of the white panel with blue ink. I stamped the sentiments directly onto the blue inked portion. 

I finished off with a red balloon, die cut with the new Bright Balloons dies. I want to party with this crew! My finished card is an A2 size. 

Thanks for letting me share some projects with you! Until I see you again - happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scrumptious Cupcakes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scrumptious Cupcakes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Grad Cat Card with Bobbi

Hello, Bobbi here! It’s graduation time. Whether it is a kindergarten or a college graduation, it’s that time of the year. Well this cute Grad Cat comes to the rescue. For a youngster or a young adult, Grad Cat can share appreciation and congratulatory wishes for the graduate in a clever and fun way. 

I’m using the following products from Sunny Studio Stamps:
Grad Cat stamps and coordinating dies
Crepe Paper Streamers dies
Bright Balloons dies
Hayley Uppercase Alphabet dies
Inside Greetings Congrats stamp set 
Subtle Grey Tones 6″ X 6″ paper pack

To make this 5″ X 7″ card, I added a 5″ wide X 3-3/4″ tall neutral-striped pattern paper to the bottom section of my card base that measures 5″ wide X 6-1/4″ tall. Next, I stamped, colored and cut out the Grad Cat and a dozen books for the front. I colored the books using Copic Sketch Markers in the following colors: BG09, BG18, BG49, YR27, YR24, Y21, B93, B45, B41, R89, R39, YG67, YG17, YG03, Y28, and 100. I also used E09, E19, E53, E55, E43, R00, R20, 100, C7, and C5 for the graduate cat.

I positioned everything in place on the card front, overlapping the books in random piles. I attached a balloon at the top, allowing the balloon to extend 3/4″ beyond the top edge of the card. The balloon extension plus the length of the card base equals 7″ total so it can still fit inside an A7-size envelope. Everything was glued in place, including the balloon’s string.

I stamped the meow sentiment from the Grad Cat set and the “congratulations” from the Inside Greetings Congratulations stamp set on the front. I cut the “GRAD” letters using the Hayley Uppercase Alphabet dies, added highlight marks to the teal letters, using my white Gelly Roll pen, and added the word to the card front.

For graduations, I typically give money so inside, on the left panel, I added a leftover strip of the striped pattern paper to hold a gift card, cash or check so that the contents do not fall out when the card is opened. I also stamped more sentiments from the Inside Greetings Congrats stamp set and our cute cat to finish the card.

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	Grad Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Congrats Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crepe Paper Streamers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio