Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara here, guesting for the newest Sunny Studio Design collection! Today I have two inspiration cards to show you, and I really hope you will like them. So, let's dive into the first card!

As soon as I saw the newest Sweet as Can Bee Stamp set, I knew I would have paired it with one of my favourite ever Sunny Stamp, the Holiday Hugs Stamp - the big bear is just the perfect match to these adorable small bees. The only "problem" is that it is a winter version of the bear, but let's see how we can easily solve it.

I firstly stamped all the images from the new set with Memento Black ink on some Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, then I took a stamping tool and I carefully inked the big bear, paying attention not to ink the scarf. Aster stamping his head, arms and body, I filled the empty spaces with some Copic friendly fine liner. Then I used the Copics listed below to color the images. I also added the red check details on the honey Jar using a red pencil  and then I die cut everything out. 

- Bear: W10 – W9 – W8 – W7 – W6 – E55 – E53
- Bees: YR23 – YR35 – YR31 – Y11 – W9 – W7 – W6 – R20
- Honey Jar: E97 – YR23 – YR35 – YR31 – Y11 – E71 – E70 – E41 – R89 – R46 – R14 – R20

I then moved into the background. I used the hexagon stamp included in the newest set to create a pattern background, using three different yellow ink which perfectly match to my color palette. I didn't fill all the background, but I tried to leave empty spaces (especially where I planned to have the sentiment of the card). The background hexagon panel measures 3.75"x5".

For the sentiment, I die cut the word BEE from the Chloe Alphabet Dies using a gold sparkly cardstock and a black one of the shaded effect behind, the HAPPY script from the Blooming Frame Die and I white heat embossed the small phrased on some yellow ochre cardstock.

I arranged all the images and words on the background panel and I glued them down (or attached using foam tape to get dimension. To complete the card, I matted the scene with a slightly larger brown sparkly cardstock and then with an A2 white panel. And here's the finished result!

For my second inspiration, I went for a simple one-layer coloring on some colored cardstock. When I have simpler scenes in my mind, I usually love using colored cardstock as my panel, so that I have a colored cardstock. Here I went for a peachy/apricot color.

I love big sentiments and The Graduate Stamps has also a variety of hats and paper rolls to transform almost all the critters of the previous collections into some graduate critters!
 
So, I firstly chose to feature the adorable penguin from Penguin Pair Stamps and I carefully stamped him and his hat and laurea tube. I had to do a small masking with Judikins Masking paper. I then hand drew a pile of three books under him and just a few leaves and flowers.
I colored everything with the Copics listed below.

- Penguin: W10 – W8 – W7 – W6 – E42 – E40 – E97 – YR23
- Hat: N10 – N8 – N7 – N5
- Red combo: R89 – R46 – RV25
- Flower centre: YR23 (for the white petals I used Copic Opaque white)
- Leaves: YG95 (for the stems I used a coordinate Polychromos pencil)
- Books: R22 – R21 – E97  (for the shades, I used coordinated Polychromos pencils)

I then added the sentiment, which comes from the newest The Graduate Stamp and I carefully masked the "grad" word since I wanted only a big Congrats. I added a few shadows with a darker pencil too.

 
When I was happy with the result, I trimmed the panel colored to 5,5"x3,75", I matted it with a green sparkly cardstock and then with an A2 white panel too. To complete the card, I added some yellow sparkly gems on the flower centres and some glow shaded confetti here and there. And here's the finished result!
 
Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you will like my projects and you will be inspired to create something! See you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Blooming Frame Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pair Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Pair Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet As Can Bee Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet As Can Bee Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara here! It's been a long time since I was here, but today I am super happy to be guesting again for Sunny Studio Stamps! And I can't wait to show you two inspiration cards featuring some of the recent released products. So, let's dive into the first card!

Spring has come and the Spring Garland stamp set is a must have! As soon as I saw the preview, I knew I would have paired those two corner garlands with the recent released too Penguin Pair, which contains some of the cutest penguins ever!

I firstly stamped all the images I wanted to feature in my scene using Memento Black ink on some alcohol friendly paper. Then I colored all the images with my brand new OLO markers (alcohol markers are my absolutely favourite coloring mediums and I couldn't resist those ones too). The colors I used are listed below. I then added some details with the white gel pen and I die cut everything using the coordinating dies.

- Red Combo: R0.6 – R1.5 – R0.4
- Pink combo: RV1.7 – RV1.5 – RV0.4
- Orange combo: O2.7 – O2.5 – O1.3 – YO2.3
- Yellow Combo: Y2.3 – Y1.2 – Y1.1
- Green Combo: YG8.7 – YG1.6 – YG1.4 – YG1.2
- Penguin: RK – RG7 – RG6 – RG5 – OR2.2 – O4.1 – O2.5

For the background, I used the newest Icing Rectangle Frame dies to create a frame using a brown glitter paper and I put inside a piece of Neenah Desert Storm cardstock which I previously splattered with some pearl white ink.

For the sentiment, I used one of the mini phrases included in the previous released Punny Fruit Greetings stamp and I completed it with the word hug, made with the Chloe Alphabet Dies.

I assembled all the pieces with a mix of liquid glue and foam tape, in order to create depth, and then I matted the whole scene with a sligthly larger white panel. To complete everything, I also added some clear sparkly sequins. And here's the finished result!

For my second inspiration, I went for a more "graphical" card, using the Woolly Friends stamp set. Who says sheep are only "Easter-themed"? Easter has already passed and I had to think something different.

I decided to start creating a custom "patterned" design, with a sort of no-line coloring on some Neenah Desert Storm cardstock, since my sheep are black and white. I repeatedly stamped three of the ones included in the stamp set (I chose the three who are symmetrical) using a light brown ink and then I colored all of the faces with OLO (BK- CG9 – CG7 – CG5 – CG4 – OR1.2 for the blush). As always, when I do some no-line coloring, I use coordinating pencil colors to add some details at the edges of my images. Then I used a white pencil to fill the wool and I added some white gel dots on the "fur" to create some texture. I filled the empty spaces between the sheep with some black and white dots too.
 
I then moved to the rest of the card. I knew I wanted to use this custom patterned panel create a sentiment at the right bottom corner, so I white heat embossed the "life is better" phrase on some black paper and I die cut the EWE word from black glitter cardstock using the same alphabet of the previous card.

I also die cut the largest Loopy Rectangle Frame die to add a frame on my patterned panel. While I was glueing all down, I realized I would have loved to add another single sheep next to the sentiment, so I stamped it on a white paper and I colored using the same combo, then I die cut it with the coordinating die. I assembled everything on a piece of A2 white panel and here's the finished result too!

Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you will like my projects and you will be inspired to create something! See you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pair Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pair Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Garland Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Garland Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolly Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolly Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Inside Greetings Friends Card with Marieke

Hello all, Marieke here. I'm back again with my weekly post for Sunny Studio Stamps. Today I hope to inspire you with a card that I made using the Inside Greetings Friends Stamp.

Cut a white top fold card, cut a 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch watercolor panel and ink it up using Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick. Splattered some water and Picked Raspberry and die cut the Window Quad Square Dies out of the top part of the panel. Adhered the panel onto the card using foam tape. Adhered the small squares directly on the card to create some depth.

Die cut two green grass borders and added some Mowed Lawn on to them. Heat set the sentiment out of Inside Greetings Friends Stamp. Die cut the word "Friend" out of white cardstock using the Chloe Alphabet Dies and adhered all the elements onto the card.

Used Copic Colors:
Fox - E09, YR27, YR24, YR23, YR21 / N6, N4, N2 / W3, W1, W00, 0 / R22, R20, R00
Birds - Y17, Y15, Y13, Y11 / YR27, YR23
Wood - E37, E35, E33, E31
Leaves - YG67, YG63, YG03
Tulips - R85, R83, R81

Stamped all the images out of Foxy Friends, colored them up and cut them using the matching Foxy Friends Dies. Adhered the images together and onto the card.

Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Feeling Frosty Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today sharing a clean and simple winter themed card featuring these adorable snowmen from the Feeling Frosty set. 

I stamped the background image from the Scenic Route Stamp set onto the top portion of a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the snowmen from the Feeling Frosty Stamp set onto another piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock. I used the coordinating Scenic Route Dies to die cut off the top portion of the full panel. I used the coordinating Feeling Frosty Dies to die cut the snowmen out. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Snowmen: B0000/000, Y38 YR04, R20
Pink: RV10/21/13/14
Teal: BG10/53/45
Green: YG01/03/17
White: C1
Black: T5
Trees: YG03/25/17
Shadows: C1/3

For the sentiment, I used the Chloe Alphabet Dies to die cut a set of S-N-O-W letters out of black and teal cardstock. I layered and adhered the letters slightly offset to create a slight shadow. I used a white gel pen to add some snow to the top of each letter. 

For the sub-sentiment, I used the colored snowmen and SNOW letters to roughly lay out my card front onto the colored panel. I aligned and stamped the "happy we're friends" sentiment from the Feeling Frosty stamp set directly onto the panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I adhered the SNOW letters onto the panel with liquid glue.

For the background, I trimmed a piece of patterned paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper Pack and adhered it to the top portion of a white A2 card base. I adhered the colored background panel to the top of the card base. I added some snow to the patterned paper with a white gel pen. Finally, I adhered the snowmen with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card and are inspired to create and send a card to a friend. Be sure to check out the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop for more info and ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio