Hawaiian Hibiscus & Radiant Plumeria Tropical Flower Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some tropical flower cards featuring our Hawaiian Hibiscus Stamps and Radiant Plumeria Stamps.

My first card today showcases the beautiful Hawaiian Hibiscus Stamps. I stamped a number of these flowers in an assembly line, so I had many vibrant colors available to mix and match. Both of my cards today were inspired by a wood texture, so I embossed a piece of kraft paper using the Woodgrain Embossing Folder. To emphasize the wonderful texture, I colored over the surface using a Vintage Photo Distress Crayon. Then I rubbed it in with a lightly damp cloth, being careful not to rub it into the background. I followed up, using a blending brush to add Vintage Photo distress ink over the entire piece. For my sentiment, I inked up another piece of kraft paper with the same distress ink, added a stitched edge with the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies, and heat-embossed the "Aloha" greeting from the Tiki Time Stamps.

My second card features the pretty Radiant Plumeria Stamps with a clean and simple design. I started by inking a subtle tone-on-tone overall background print using the Split Philodendron leaf image from the set with Gina K. Sandy Beach Ink on kraft cardstock. I had considered adding the additional layers for this set but favored the less busy look of the single layer. I had three Stitched Circle Die cuts leftover (from the card I shared HERE) that I wanted to put to good use, and I thought they would be perfect layered behind the tropical flowers with the wood texture of the cardstock. I completed my card with a sentiment from the set stamped with VersaFine Clair Acorn Ink and embellished with some Pink Ombre Pearls.

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).

Red Hibiscus
Hero Arts Cotton Candy
Gina K. Dusty Rose
Gina K. Medium Carnation
Gina K. Dark Carnation

Peach Hibiscus 
Hero Arts Peony
PinkFresh Cherry Blossom
PinkFresh Peony
Hero Arts Pale Tomato

Lilac Hibiscus
PinkFresh Soft Lilac
Gina K. Light Orchid
PinkFresh Lavender
VersaFine Purple Delight or Gina K. Dark Orchid (which is more vibrant)

Yellow Hibiscus
PinkFresh Sunshine
PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Marigold
PinkFresh Apricot

Hot Pink Hibiscus
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K. Medium Orchid
Gina K. Medium Orchid (double stamping)

Hibiscus Leaves
Gina K. Key Lime
Gina K. Jelly Bean Green
Gina K. Grass Green

Peachy Pink Plumeria 
Gina K. Dusty Rose
Lawn Fawn Ballet Slippers
PinkFresh Ballet Slippers
Gina K. Innocent Pink
Hero Arts Pink Grapefruit
Versafine Tulip Red

White & Yellow Plumeria 
Simon Says Stamp Barely Beige
Skipped This Layer- No Ink
PinkFresh Lemon Whip
Versafine Cheerful
PinkFresh Marigold
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot

Plumeria Leaves
Hero Arts Green Hills
PinkFresh Key Lime
PinkFresh Olive

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

Don't forget to check out our Radiant Plumeria Stamps and Radiant Plumeria Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Supplies Used:

Hawaiian Hibiscus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hawaiian Hibiscus Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Radiant Plumeria Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Radiant Plumeria Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Woodgrain Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pink Ombre Pearls Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Acorn Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tiki Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Oceans of Joy & Tropical Scenes Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some ocean-themed cards for Summer using our Oceans of Joy Stamps and Tropical Scene Stamps.

For my first beach card, I paired the crab and sentiment from the Oceans of Joy Stamps with the Best Fishes Stamps crab. I positioned them on an island from our Tropical Scene Stamps, added the palm tree and parrot from the Sending Sunshine Stamps, and the smiling sun from the Balloon Ride Stamps. I framed my little scene by inking up a Stitched Circle Large Die using Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks and mounted them onto a white embossed backdrop using the Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder. Phew! That might sound like a whole lot of sets to create what turned out to be a clean and simple design, but all of these elements (except for the sun) were leftover pieces that failed to be included on earlier cards, so I was so happy to put them all to good use.

For my second card, I also utilized many elements I had previously colored in earlier years, including this water background I made when I was inking up a series of water-themed backdrops last summer. I never got around to using this one, so it is was so nice to have something ready to go to speed up the process. I love to sit down and make a number of backgrounds like this assembly line style while I already have everything out. This was a full A2-sized panel, but I was able to repurpose it perfectly for this vertical, slimline-style card. I started by fussy-cutting a wavy top along the panel's top with my scissors to form gentle ocean waves. I then tucked the island and one palm tree beneath using our Tropical Scene Stamps and the second larger palm tree from the Sending Sunshine Stamps.

For the ocean floor at the bottom of my card, I added part of the coral and plant border from the Tropical Scenes Stamps. For my greeting, I heat embossed the phrase "wishing you oceans of joy" using the Oceans of Joy Stamps, but I wanted to word "oceans" to be more prominent in my scene and to make the greeting more of a focal point so I used the Loopy Letters Dies to spell out the word in the center. I then arranged the whale, dolphin, octopus, sea turtles, and other fish from the Oceans of Joy Stamps around my greeting. I completed my card by adding three small clouds from the Comic Strip Everyday Dies to fill in some of the empty space around my palm trees and the flipping dolphin. 

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 Oceans of Joy Stamps, Best Fishes Stamps, and Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder 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:

Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Marker Shop at: Sunny Studio
Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Puddle Jumpers Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here, and although I have been enjoying a lot of sunny days lately, every now and then, the occasional Spring shower comes along! Great for our garden and refreshing for us all! Anyway, making a fun rainbow card has been on my list for a while. And what better set to use for such a scene than the happy Puddle Jumpers stamps and dies!

How cute is this little girl with her frog umbrella and all the sweet ducks! I also stamped the puddle twice. The clouds were selected from the Spring Showers set and I enjoyed coloring these images with my Copics in bright colors.

Creating the rainbow was a bit tricky. I didn’t have a stamp or die in that shape so I browsed through my stash and had an idea when I saw the Distinctive Doors die! This set contains a staircase with three steps. If I had two of these and glued them together onto a backing piece of card stock, I would end up with a straight mini rainbow! Coloring this piece was easy, I just had to mask each ‘step’ to add the right Copic color.

Now it was time to work on the design layers of this project starting with a white panel cut with the outer die from the Frilly Frames Stripes set. Next, I create a large white rounded rectangle (Rounded Rectangle Mat dies).

I am a huge fan of embossing folders they truly enhance any card design. And today, I stepped it up a notch by adding some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide to the raised side of the Buffalo Plaid folder before running the white rounded piece through the die cutting machine. When I layered all the pieces onto a white card base, it felt a little flat. It needed a pop of color! I could not find any matching blue card stock, so I just colored the borders of a white card base with a Copic marker I had used previously for the clouds.  

To continue the happy vibe of this project, I stamped a sentiment from the Over The Rainbow set onto a white strip with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Adding a few Champagne Clear Jewels finishes this sweet ‘rainbow’ design. 

Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Over The Rainbow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Puddle Jumpers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Distinctive Door Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio