Furever Friends: Birthday Kitty Card Using a Grid Design

Hi there!  Today I have one last Furever Friends card I'm excited to share.

For this card I chose to go with a gird design and created my own tone-on-tone prints with the tuna can and paw print images in the stamp set using Peacock Feathers and Barn Door distress inks.  I just love how these colors look together when paired with the kraft cardstock!

I colored my little kitty to have a little bit of a Siamese flair which just happened to tie in my kraft background.  I realized after taking my photos that I had failed to draw in the missing whiskers which I had trimmed off the cat and mouse.  They are there now, but unfortunately you'll have to use your imagination with these photos.  ;)

Starting tomorrow I have some Harvest Happiness cards to share and then on Friday I will be announcing my new design team.  I can't wait for you guys to meet these talented ladies (if you don't know them already).  ;)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Furever Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends: Kitty Faces Purrfect Birthday Card + Winners

Hi there!  I hope you're having a Sunny Monday in your neck of the woods!  I am excited to be sharing some more Furever Friends.  The idea for this card woke me up out of a sound sleep.  I thought it would be fun to stamp one of the kitty's faces repeatedly onto small pieces of scratch cardstock.  I then colored them as all sorts of varieties and cut them out leaving just the heads.

I inked up my background using Salty Ocean distress ink and then when it was good and dry, heat embossed my sentiment with white embossing powder.  For my little kitty faces, I arranged them on the diagonal and popped them up on my card using foam tape.  I was a bit unhappy with the extra space between them so I then took that same Salty Ocean distress ink and stamped some subtle tone-on-tone hearts between them.

I wasn't about to fussy cut all those whiskers so when I was nearly done, I sketched in some new whiskers on my background using a .3 Copic Multiliner pen.

That wraps up today's card.  For those of you who have started to receive your orders and have created some projects with your new stamps and dies, don't forget we would love to see them!  Share them with us on our Facebook Page and upload them to our Flickr Group.  I will be sharing projects that catch my eye on our Sunny Saturday posts in the near future.  ;)

Also before I go I wanted to announce the winners from our Sunny Studio Blog hop.  Congratulations ladies! Please email me at info@sunnystudiostamps.com with your favorite stamp set and mailing address.  :)

• Jeanne Nicholson
• Carol Hintermeier
• Sarah Caudill

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Furever Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends: Smitten Kitten Tabby Cat Card

Today I have a Furever Friends card to share using the curled up kitty image which I colored with my Copic markers to look like a big orange tabby cat.

For my background I was looking for a complimentary color that would make my kitty pop so I chose to blend peacock feathers and mermaid lagoon distress inks.  I then cut my panel down to 3.75" x 5" and punched a 2" circle out of the right side to make room for my sentiment.

Before I adhered my kitty, I colored in a little shadow below him by drawing a freehand oval with my Neutral Grey Copic marker.  To finish my card I topped the little stamped hearts with glossy accents to make them shine.

Don't forget today is the last day to get those comments in for the blog hop we had on Tuesday.  I will be back to announce the winners on Monday.  I hope you have a happy and relaxing weekend!  :)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Furever Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Introducing Furever Friends: Kitty Cat Cards

Hello there!   Today I am excited to share some ideas using the first set I created called Furever Friends.  I love that you can completely change the look of these kitties just by the way you choose to color them!

For my first card I thought I would try one of my favorite color schemes:  Black, grey and pink!  I started by coloring in my images with copic markers and then fussy cut them out.  For those who dislike cutting things out by hand there will also some cool matching dies available.  ;)

I inked up my background using Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick distress inks and then adhered my images and stamped my sentiment with VersaFine Black Onyx ink.  When I had those placed just the way I wanted them I set to work stamping the open hearts from the set (and a tiny one borrowed from the Harvest Happiness set) to frame them.

For my next card I chose to go with another favorite color combo of mine using soft blue and brown together.  I couldn't decide which color to go with for my kitty so I decided to stamp three of them so I wouldn't have to choose.  For the middle kitty I colored a random calico pattern with my Copic Markers and then used my .3 mm Copic Multiliner pen to trace the edges of my pattern.

My background was inked up using Tumbled Glass distress ink and a Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber.  The sentiment was stamped with Hero Arts Cup O' Joe Shadow Ink.

This particular image is extra special to me because I quickly sketched it of my own kitty as he sat hogging my desk space while I worked.  He was laying in this exact pose next to my warm keyboard and I was so giddy I was able to capture his personality on my first attempt.  In moments like these, I swear God was literally guiding my hand as I drew.  ;)

Here's a look at the full Furever Friends stamp set used for both of today's cards (available for purchase on September 8th):

Thanks for hanging with me today.  :)