Summer Greenery Rainbow Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share a bright and happy rainbow card set featuring the tropical leaves from our Summery Greenery Dies!

For my first card showcasing the Summery Greenery Dies, I started by inking a cardstock panel with Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet Distress inks. Rather than a straight rainbow, I layered patches of color adjacent to each other on the color wheel and then spritzed them with water to help them blend a tiny bit more and to get the look of some of the reactive drops. I then arranged all the tropical leaves cut from white cardstock over the top, leaving them plain for a graphic look and to keep the focus on all the wonderful embossed details these dies provide. 

I then inked up a small scrap of white cardstock with a similar blend of inks where I wanted my sentiment to go. I then stamped my "Happy Birthday" greeting from our Big Bold Greetings Stamps using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, and heating-embossing it with Clear Embossing Powder. Lastly, I used the Big Bold Greetings Dies to cut out a shadow around my greeting and glued another strip of cardstock behind, which had been covered with adhesive to give me a sticky surface to pop the negative portions back in place. Having these sections in place kept my greeting from looking too busy with the white parts of the leaves that were peeking through the openings.

For my second colorful card using the Summery Greenery Dies, I started by die-cutting the tropical leaves from white cardstock. Then I inked each one using a different bright color of distress ink, alternating between Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, and Wilted Violet. To add a little interest, I inked the left side of each leaf with a heavier hand and kept the right side lighter to give the appearance of a light source on the right. I then die-cut a stitched strip from black cardstock using the smallest pennant from our Slimline Pennant Dies (elongating it by hanging it off the cutting plate and running it through my machine a second time). Lastly, I heat-embossed the sentiment "wishing you a happy retirement" from our Happy Thoughts Stamps using White Embossing Powder with VersaMark Ink.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 😊

Don't forget to check out our Summery Greenery Dies in our online shop, which are 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:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Greenery Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Ultra Fine Clear Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Woo Hoo Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here with an adorable graduation-themed card! I have several family members graduating, and I just love this sweet owl from the Woo Hoo stamp and die set!

As usual, I started with a white card base and went on to create a cloudy scene panel. On a white piece of card stock slightly smaller than the outside of the frame die we will be using later on, I ink blended a soft pastel sky with a stencil from my stash and Distress Oxides Squeezed Lemonade, Spiced Marmalade and Kitsch Flamingo.

Then I cut a white frame with the Comic Strip Speech Bubbles die. Since I wanted the clouds to continue across the little boxes, I just glued the frame on top of the inked background with liquid glue.

After selecting my images from the Woo Hoo and Grad Cat sets, I colored them in fun tones with my copics and added white highlights with a gel pen. To fill in the smaller boxes I also die cut two cloud shapes from the Comic Strip Speech Bubbles die.

I browsed through my sentiment stamps and found the perfect saying in the Happy Thoughts set. It took a bit of masking to get the "wishing you a" sentiment spread over two lines. But I love how it turned out (Versafine Onyx Black ink).

Now it was time to build all the mini scenes, starting with the branches, and adding the owl, books, diploma, clouds, and little leaves. This card has already a lot of details so I kept the embellishments simple, just some White Diamonds Jewels.

Are you making grad cards this year? I am curious to see them! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Woo Hoo Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woo Hoo Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Grad Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Foxy Friends Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am making a fun birthday card with the cuties from the Foxy Friends stamp and die set.

My background was made from a green paper (Gingham Pastels), cut with both dies from Frilly Frames Stripes. This panel was then adhered to a white card base with liquid glue.

For the centerpiece I used two squares created from white card stock and layered on top of each other. To achieve this look, I selected two dies matching in size, one from Scalloped Square 1 Large dies, the other from the Stitched Square dies.

Before adding this combination to the background, I stamped the birthday sentiment (Happy Thoughts) with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I love that the large ‘Happy’ really stands out on the white square!

On to the difficult part, which was selecting two foxes from a whole bunch of cuties! (Foxy Friends stamp). I had already decided to use the big present from Holiday Hugs.
Yes, this is a holiday set, but many images including the adorable bear can be used for lots of occasions! It is really fun using your stash all year round!

For the coloring, I selected Copic markers in green and coral tones. They match the pattern paper background well. I added highlights with a gel pen and two little white pompoms to the party hats for extra fun!

Lastly, I mounted the images to the square panel with foam tape. As a final embellishment, I added a few Iridescent Clear Jewels. And that finishes this sweet birthday card!

Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Snowmen in Sweaters Holiday Gift Bag with Nicky

Well hello everyone, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog where I'm sharing a fun Snowmen In Sweaters Holiday Gift Bag project. Read on for all the details:

I started by taking two matching sheets of patterned paper from the All Is Bright 6 x 6 Cardstock and I assembled the Sweet Treats Bag Die which is a very simple process and can be found in a useful video created by Sunny owner Mendi in THIS VIDEO.

I then adorned the bag with two snow drifts at the bottom of both the front and the back, using the Slimline Nature Borders Die, and I added a double layer of lace around the top edge (also front and back) using the Eyelet Lace Borders Die.

With the bag formed I used some cotton cord and knotted the handles in place and set it to one side.

I stamped the snowmen from Snowmen In Sweaters using Memento Ink in Black Tuxedo and I coloured the images with the following Copic marker combinations inspired by colours from the patterned paper:

Snowmen - C3, C1, C0, BG000
Teal - BG49, BG15, BG32
Red - R59, R39, R29, R27
Pink - RV63, RV52
Black - T9, T6, T4
White - C3, C1, C0
Blush - R22, R21, R20, R00
Noses - YR09, YR04

I shaded their coloured clothing using T3 and T2. Images were die cut, with the coordinating Snowmen In Sweaters Die, then highlighted with a white gel pen and applied to the bag with foam tape.

To adorn the bag further I added the little gift tag with the sentiment stamped from Happy Thoughts, I also added some Lacy Snowflakes die-cuts and a few sparkling clear sequins.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today to read about this treat bag, I hope you feel inspired to tackle one for yourself. Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Lacy Snowflakes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats Gift Bag Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Striped Stencils Focused Card with Nicky

Happy Friday everyone this is Nicky with you today on Sunny Studio Stamps blog and I have a frosty Christmas card to share with you, incorporating our Striped Stencils, so please read on for all the details.

To create this card I took an A2 white panel of cardstock and I used the diagonal striped stencil from the Striped Stencils set and used glitter embossing paste to create the dazzling stripes. I set this to one side to dry.

I then used the Stitched Oval 2 Die to create two ovals. One was cut from vellum and the other from white cardstock. I stamped a little background image to the cardstock oval using the Scenic Route stamp set. I added a hint of pink ink blending to it and used Copic markers to add a little colour to the fir trees. I then glued this panel to the larger vellum panel and then secured this to the glittered background. This whole panel was then adhered to a slightly larger red panel and then to a slightly larger white card base.

I stamped the Snowmen in Sweaters and coloured with the following Copic markers:

Snowmen (white parts) - C3, C1, C0
Blushes - R22, R21, R20, R00
Blue - B99, B97, B45
Red - R59, R39, R27, R24
Brown - E47, E44, E43

I die cut the images using the coordinating Snowmen in Sweaters Die and then used foam tape to apply them to the little background scene.

To complete the card, I stamped the sentiments from Happy Thoughts and applied them with more foam tape and I used some of Sunny's little snowflake dies to embellish the card. Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and then this chilly scene was complete!

I appreciate you reading the blog today, I'll be back next Friday with something new to share!  Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio