Designer's Choice: Baby Elephant Card with Nicky

Happy Friday! This is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio blog and I'm sharing a sweet Baby Elephants shaker card for a new baby. Read on for all the details.

To create the card I first made the background panel. For this I took a white A2 panel of sturdy white cardstock and I ink blended using Blush Pink Ink by The Stamp Market and blended the panel gradually making it paler towards the top. I then die cut with the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die.

At this point I slid the panel sideways into a stamp storage pocket and I reached for my stash of sequins and other embellishments and I created a sweet girly mix of pastels and carefully tipped these inside the pocket on the inked side of the panel. I then trimmed back the excess of the stamp pocket to about 1 inch of overhang and then folded and wrapped it around the back of the panel and secured with ScorPal tape on the reverse. The beauty of this kind of shaker card is that the shaker contents move about freely and don't stick to the edges.

I stuck this shaker panel to my card base and then created a white frame using the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies and I stuck this down on the surface of the shaker.

I stamped the images from Baby Elephants and coloured with Copic markers in W4, W3, W2, W1. I die cut some clouds using the Fluffy Clouds Dies and Copic coloured those with C3, C1, B000, BG0000. I die cut the images using the coordinating Baby Elephants Dies, then attached them to the surface of the shaker where they appear to float nicely.

I reserved two clouds and stamped the sentiments on them and then attached them and I highlighted points with a white gel pen before adding the finishing touch  which was the addition of several Iridescent Star Jewels. I used glue dots to attach these and then this baby card was done.

I appreciate you reading about my card today and I'll be back soon with cards for Sunny's forthcoming release. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Baby Elephants Card with Nicky

Hello there, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio blog and I'm sharing a pair of newborn baby cards, featuring the Baby Elephants set, which are always fun projects to tackle.

Let's start with the baby girl card. I created a panel of white cardstock and used the Quilted Hearts Embossing Folder to create the pretty quilted hearts design. I softly ink blended to a fade with light pink ink. I backed the panel with craft foam and applied to a pink panel of cardstock and then to my card base.

I die cut white cardstock using the Scalloped Circle Mat 2 Dies and applied with foam tape and I stamped using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa and coloured the Baby Elephants image using the following Copic markers:

Elephant W5, W3, W2, W0, W00, RV04, RV02, R00, R0000

Cloud - RV02, RV00, RV0000, C1

Moon - E51, E50, YR30, YR0000, W2, W0, W00

The image was die cut using the Baby Elephants Dies and applied with foam tape and I added some Fluffy Clouds around the image, embellished with Iridescent Star Jewels and stamped and created the Brilliant Banner 1 Die with the sentiment and glued in place.

With the baby boy card I basically did everything the same only I used minty greens and baby blues to ink blend the embossed background and I used perfect pearls to splash on some iridescence. Again I die cut the circle focal point and I used different elephants from the Baby Elephants stamp set together with clouds and the star balloon to give this one a slightly different look.

Elephants - W5, W3, W2, W2, W0, W00, RV04, RV02, R00, R000

Clouds - BG000, BG0000, C1

Balloon - E51, E50, YR30, YR0000, W2, W0, W00

Images were die cut using the Baby Elephants Dies and applied with foam tape. I added more of the Iridescent Star Jewels and created a similar sentiment banner using the Brilliant Banner 1 Die. I did a little bit of highlighting with a white gel pen and then both cards were complete.

I appreciate you stopping by the blog today and I'll be back very soon with something new.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Little Buckaroo Card with Catherine

Howdy Crafty Friends! It’s Catherine! Today, I am sharing a friendship card created with Little Buckaroo Stamps inspired by one of my favourite movies … Can you guess which movie?

To start, I created a cloudy background with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide on A2 white cardstock using a stencil I made with Fluffy Clouds Border Dies. I splattered some blue watercolor onto the clouds. I added a few clouds with Fluffy Clouds Dies.

Next, I made a grassy border using the grass die from Picket Fence Die. I ink blended the grass border with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide. I sprayed some water and flicked some green watercolor for added interest. I added some grass using the grass stamp and dies from Chickie Baby Stamps. I adhered the clouds and grass border onto the background panel and added a stitch border along the edges.

I made blocks by die cutting 1” squares with a square die in my stash. I inked the center of each block with Antique Linen Distress Oxide and ink blended the borders with Festive Berries, Dried Marigold, Squeezed Lemonade, Mowed Lawn, Tumbled Glass, and Dusty Concord Distress Oxides.

I die cut “FRIEND” out of white cardstock using Chloe Alphabet Dies and ink blended the letters with the same Distress Oxides.

I stamped the cowgirl and cowboy from Little Buckaroos Stamps, horse and pig from Barnyard Buddies Stamps, dog from Puppy Parents Stamps, and bear from Beach Buddies Stamps. I die cut the images with the coordinating dies and I colored the images with Copic Markers listed in my blog link below. I adhered all the images onto the background.

I finished off the card by adding “Howdy” by die cutting white cardstock with Loopy Letters Dies and ink blending the letters with Festive Berries Distress Oxide.

Thank you so much for joining me today. Please feel free to visit me at Crafti-Cat for a list of Copic Markers used. Have a wonderful week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Barnyard Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Barnyard Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Parents Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Parents Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chickie Baby Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chickie Baby Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Little Buckaroo Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Buckaroo Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Build-a-Birdhouse Cards with Cathy and Bobbi

Hey friends! Cathy here sharing a tweat card today featuring the cute Build-A-Birdhouse Dies! I just love the different detailed pieces that you can use to make each birdhouse unique.

To begin this mini slimline card, I cut a piece of white cardstock 3” x 6” and lightly inked the very top with Spun Sugar Distress ink. I die-cut 3 panels with the Fluffy Clouds Border Dies and overlapped them on the 3” x 6” panel after inking each lightly with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. The top panel measures 1 1/2" x 3” and I adhered it approximately 1/2” down from the top edge. The middle cloud panel measures 1 1/2" x 3” and the bottom panel measures 3” x 4”. I stamped the “tweatheart” sentiment from the Little Birdie Stamps on the middle cloud panel in Memento London Fog ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder before adhering it to the 3” x 6” panel.

Next, I cut a white card base 6 1/4” x 6 1/2" (scored on the 6 1/2" side at 3 1/4" and folded in half) and adhered the 3” x 6” panel to the card front. I die-cut a fence from white cardstock using the Picket Fence Border Die, added some gray Copic details and adhered it 1” from the bottom edge of the 3” x 6” panel. I inked 2 pieces of white cardstock (1 1/4" x 3” and 3/4" x 3”) with Shabby Shutters Distress ink and die-cut the top edge of each with the grass border die from the Picket Fence Die. I adhered the 1 1/4” x 3” piece to the bottom edge of the 3” x 6” panel slightly overlapping the fence. Before I adhered the 3/4” x 3” grass piece, I needed to adhere a birdhouse and tulips. I die-cut the Build-a-Birdhouse elements from gray, yellow, pink and white cardstock and Copic colored the white house portions. I adhered a birdhouse to the left side of the card front. For the tulips, I stamped and Copic colored the tulip planter from the Garden Critters Stamps and die-cut it using the coordinating dies. I adhered it over the post of the birdhouse and then adhered the bottom grass piece so that only the tulips were peeking out. I then adhered the second birdhouse.

To finish, I stamped 2 adorable birds from the Little Birdie Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. I added 3 little die-cut hearts from the Build-A-Birdhouse Dies. Finally, I die-cut the “hello” sentiment from the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies from a light and dark yellow cardstock and overlapped them slightly to help it stand out a bit more.

I hope you enjoyed and are looking forward to Spring as much as I am! Thanks for stopping by today! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

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Hi friends, Bobbi here. With spring just a few months away, It’s time to start thinking about singing birds and cute birdhouses. Sunny Studio Stamps has a cute new birdhouse die set, called Build-a-Birdhouse, that has a number of fun design elements to make one-of-a-kind houses for our feathered friends. There’s two darling birds in the set, too.

To make this 5″ X 7″ card, I splattered watercolor paints in vibrant colors on a white card base. I added a cloudy sky with a stitched cloud design. Sunny Studios offers a cute stitched cloud die set called Fluffy Clouds to make a fun stitched sky background. I applied Distress Oxide Ink in Tumbled Glass and Salvaged Patina for a varied sky color. I attached the blended background, bordered with 2- 1/8″ strips made from green pattern paper from the Spring Fever paper pad on the top and bottom, and attached it to the splattered front panel.

I made three birdhouses, mixing and matching the die cut pieces. Each one was colored using shades of pink, oranges and aquas. Additional details were added like scalloped roofs, hearts, flowers and more. Each birdhouse was adhered to a post and attached to the card. I added a number of blue birds to the houses, too.

Using the Big Bold Greetings stamp set and coordinating dies, I stamped the “Happy Birthday” in two tones of blue and cut it out. I attached it with foam tabs to make it stand out. I added additional flowers around the greeting and a few sparkly sequins, too.

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:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-A-Birdhouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio