Potted Rose Scalloped Mini Mat Card Set with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some more cards featuring our Potted Rose Stamps. I had stamped several rosebuds, leaves, and flowerpots from various colors years ago when this set was first released. I'm obsessed with mass-producing layering images so I can have them on hand to grab for quick cards since half the batttle feels like getting them aligned and set up in the Misti.

I struggled to decide which color scheme I liked better, so I thought creating two versions of the same clean and simple card design with different color palettes would be fun. Half the battle is pulling out all the supplies, so doing them together in an assembly line didn't add much more time to my process. I started by laying all my images out where I wanted them and then carefully adhering the pieces to the flowerpot with liquid adhesive. Once I had an arrangement I was happy with, I used the first card as a template for my second card. I stacked the pieces on top of each other, giving me an easy way to quickly assemble them without the guesswork involved with the first card. I then stamped each flowerpot with my "best wishes" sentiment from our Everyday Greetings Stamps using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and added foam tape to the back of the entire floral grouping.

To frame each card, I die-cut the scalloped mat using our Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies, adhering thin strips of complimentary colored cardstock behind the eyelet lace holes to have the color peek out. For my card background, I inked a striped tone-on-tone print using our Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils with the same dye inks I used in my floral arrangements. 

I still can't pick a favorite. Which color palette is your favorite?

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).

Pink Roses
Gina K Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Versafine Charming Pink
Gina K Passionate Pink

Peach Roses
Hero Arts Peony
PinkFresh Cherry Blossoms
PinkFresh Coral Reef
PinkFresh Peony

Medium Green Leaves
Hero Arts Green Hills
PinkFresh Key Lime
PinkFresh Olive

Dark Green Leaves
Gina K. Lucky Clover
PinkFresh Olive
PinkFresh Evergreen

Olive Green Leaves
Gina K. Key Lime
Gina K. Jelly Bean Green
Stampin' Up Old Olive

Flowerpot
Lawn Fawn Manatee
Lawn Fawn Narwhal
Versafine Clair Pinecone

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 Potted Rose Stamps and Potted Rose Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Potted Rose Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Potted Rose Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hero Arts Pinks Core Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Rose Garden Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Heartbeat Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Pinecone Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Big Panda Cards with Hanh Nguyen

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh. I am thrilled to be back to Guest Design for Sunny Studio Stamps. Today I am sharing a couple of fun birthday cards that I made with the adorable Big Panda set. I love this series of larger sized critters! They are so versatile and can be used individually as well as paired up with critters from other previously released sets.

Happy Birthday!  For my first card, I paired this super cute panda with the Gift Card Envelope set to create a complete birthday theme with card, present and all. 

I stamped the panda from the Big Panda stamp set and the present from the Holiday Hugs Stamp set onto some Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Big Panda Dies and Holiday Hugs Dies to die cut them out. I love that these bears have a special die that allows you to die cut the arms to allow the her to hold a present. I colored them with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Panda: C00/0/1/3/5/7, R00/20
Present: RV10/21, C1, RV02/04/06/09

I used the Gift Card Envelope to die cut the envelope and a few flowers out of white, pink and teal cardstock. I assembled the envelope with liquid adhesive.The smaller die from the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies was used to die cut a little notecard to slip into the envelope. This was intended to be a frame die but I attached all of the parts onto a slightly smaller piece of paper in order to keep all of the parts together. I trimmed the bottom so that the notecard was just short enough to fit into the envelope. 

For the sentiment, I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Big Bold Greetings Stamp set with a pink ink and die cut it out with the coordinating Big Bold Greetings Dies before adhering it onto the top of the notecard. 

The outer die of the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Die was used to die cut a white panel. I adhered the envelope and bear and decorated the panel with some of the die cut flowers. Finally, I adhered the panel onto a piece of teal cardstock before adhering it to a white cardbase (4.25" x 5.5").

Happy Birthday From All of Us! For my second card, I created a Polaroid-style selfie photo card featuring the adorable Big Panda and some of his bear friends from the Holiday Hugs and Panda Party Stamp. I thought that this would be a fun way to create a card from the whole family.

I stamped and colored the bears and accessories from the Big Panda Stamp, the Holiday Hugs Stamp and the Panda Party Stamp sets in the same manner as I did for the first card. The coordinating Big Panda Dies, Holiday Hugs Dies, and Panda Party Dies were used to die cut them out. 

COPIC COLORS:
Brown Bear 1: E50/51/53/33/35, W5/7, R00/20
Pandas: C00/0/1/3/5/7, R00/20
Brown Bear 2: E50/51/53/33, E25/27/29, R00/20
Red: R22/24/29
Blue: B000/00/02/04

For the Polaroid-style frame, I took a piece of white cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") and used the third largest die from the Stitched Square Dies set to cut out the square opening. I pieced together the sentiment using the words from the Panda Party Stamp, Everyday Greetings Stamps and Inside Greetings - Holiday Stamps. The sentiment was stamped onto the frame with Versafine Onyx Black and Versafine Satin Red inks.

For the background, I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") and lightly ink blended with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink. I added a few dots with a Copic marker (B00) and a white gel pen to resemble confetti. I used the Polaroid frame to layout the colored images. Once I achieved the layout that I wanted, I adhered the colored images to the inked panel and trimmed off any of the excess parts hanging off the edges. I adhered the Polaroid frame to the front of the card before adhering the entire panel to a white cardbase (4.25" x 5.5").

As always, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my cards. 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: 

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings-Holidays 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	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Special Day Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here and for this designer’s choice I created a special ‘easel’ birthday card mixing several sets.

Starting off with a white square card base and adding several layers using the fun Scalloped Square 1 Dies Small (in white card stock and vellum) and Stitched Square Dies (in teal glitter paper and white card stock). The smallest white square is also dry embossed with the Quilted Hearts Folder.  

I glued all the layers together and before adhering them to the card base, I scored the front of this base horizontally in half. That way, I can add the squares only to the bottom part of the base to create the ‘easel mechanism’.

On the inside of the base I adhered a ‘stopper’ consisting of a rectangle of white card stock on which I stamped the ‘Happy Birthday’ from Everyday Greetings with Versafine Onyx Black ink and a scalloped white banner strip made by using one of the Ribbon & Lace Borders. When you ‘fold’ the front of the card base, the stopper will make sure your easel card is standing up perfectly.

A special birthday deserves a wonderful and festive cake! I selected a two-tiered one decorated with beautiful flowers (Special Day) and colored the image with my Copics in teal, pink and yellow tones. The blue ’70 candles’ make this cake even more amazing! I love how you can provide that extra accent with the numbers.

The cake was mounted to the embossed panel with foam tape for dimension. As extra decoration, I added white leaves from the Winter Greenery Die set and a few Crystal Clear Jewels scattered around the focal point.

I hope you like this card design and give it a try! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Quilted Hearts Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Birthday Mouse Card with Tina

Hello crafty friends, Tina here with a sweet birthday celebration! For this card I combined the new cute Birthday Mouse with the adorable Harvest Mice. These sets work so well together!!

To create this scene card, I started with a rectangle panel of Neenah Solar White cardstock which I cut with the outer portion of the Frilly Frames Stripes die.

I stamped part of the tree scene of Country Scenes directly to this panel, leaving some room at the bottom to draw a straight road for my bicycling mouse. I colored the trees, grass, and road with my Copics. Next, I stamped and die cut the sweet mice, butterflies, cheese and the umbrella with chair (Paris Afternoon). For the little candle I used the tiny confetti stamp from Birthday Cat and drew a small flame on top. All the coloring was done with Copics. 

 The top of the card panel was inked with Distress Oxides Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo using a cloud stencil from my stash. I stamped a greeting from Every Day Greetings (I absolutely love the size and font of these sentiments!) onto the sky portion of the panel with my go to Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Now let’s assemble the card, starting by adhering the panel to a card base. Next, I thought it would look great to frame the scene using two Rectangle Infinity dies. I added all the images some of them popped up with foam tape. This card is already so colorful I decided to skip adding any embellishments. I really love how these mice are celebrating together! I hope you will have fun mixing and matching new products with supplies from your stash!

Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Country Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Paris Afternoon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Paris Afternoon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Birthday Mouse Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Mouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio