Background Basics 2 Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a fun birthday card to share with you showcasing the Background Basics 2 Stamps, Foxy Friends and Little Birdie sets. I love that this Background Basics 2 Stamps allows you to create a patterned paper to match any scheme. 

I stamped the foxes from the Foxy Friends stamps, birds from the Little Birdie stamps and the balloon from the Party Pets Stamps set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Foxy Friends Dies, Little Birdie Dies and Party Pets Dies to die cut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Fox: YR21/23/24/27 E09, W00/1/3, W7, R00/30
Birds: Y11/13/15 YR27, Y38, R20
Pink: RV21/23/25
Yellow: Y11/13/15
Green: YG03/17

For the background, I masked off the top portion of a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock and lightly ink blended the grass with Mowed Lawn DIstress Oxide ink. The second largest die from the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies was used to trim out the panel. A white gel pen was used to add some dots and interest to the grass.

For the sentiment, I used the Brilliant Banner 1 Die to die cut a banner out of the same Neenah Solar White cardstock. I didn't have a perfectly matched piece of pink cardstock so I colored with banner with the same pink Copic markers that I used for the colored images (RV21/23/25). I stamped one of the sentiments from the new Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto the banner. I assembled the banner die and adhered the banner to the panel with foam tape.

I used Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink to stamp the Background Basics 2 Stamps onto another piece of white cardstock (4.25" x 5.5"). Once the panel was dried, I trimmed a total of 1/8" off from each dimension of the panel. Once again, to create a matching cardstock, I used a Copic marker (RV25) to color the edge of a piece of white cardstock (4.25" x 5.5"). I adhered the two pink panels together. 

I adhered colored images to the grassy panel with foam tape. A piece of craft foam was adhered to the back of the grassy panel before it was adhered to the two pink panels. Finally, I adhered the finished panel to an A2 white cardbase (4.25" x 5.5"I).

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. For more info, ideas and to check out the entire new Spring Release, be sure to visit the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio
Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Card with Amanda

Hey crafty friends! You’re here with Amanda today and I’m so happy to be here with you! Today I’m going to walk you through how I made this square belated birthday card!

Are you loving the background on this card?! Me too! I used a combination of the new Tulip Path Background Stamps, the Spring Scenes Stamps and the Sprawling Surfaces Stamps. There’s quite a few layers, but I’ll break down each one!

I started by trimming a piece of white cardstock to 6”x12” for my card base. I scored it at the 6” mark and folded it. My next layer is the sky background panel. I trimmed this piece of white cardstock to 5.5”x5.5”. I lightly blended Catherine Pooler’s Hot Tub ink on the top portion of the panel.  

For the next layer, I’ve trimmed another piece of white cardstock to 5.5”x5.5”. On this panel, I stamped the main background stamp from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the foreground.

My next layer is the Spring Scenes Stamps. I stamped the image on a piece of white cardstock trimmed to 5.5”x 3”. I used the coordinating dies to trim off the top part of the panel. On the bottom portion, I stamped the rocky road stamp from the Sprawling Surfaces Stamps.

I colored the entire background with Copic markers. Then, I assembled the card. I glued the background layers to the card base. I propped the foreground layer up with foam tape.

Now that all my layers are complete, it’s time to stamp my cuties! The 2 bunnies are from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. The little kitty and the birthday accessories are from the Party Pets Stamps. I used Copic markers to color in all my stamped images. I used the coordinating dies to cut out all the images. I propped all these little guys up with 3D foam squares and adhered them to the card.

The “Happy Birthday” sentiment is also from the Party Pets Stamps. My banner sentiment is from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps. I love that these clear stamps are so flexible!Although it’s a straight stamp, I was able to bend it into a wave on my stamping platform. After stamping it, I simply used scissors to cut it into a banner. I placed a thin piece of foam tape behind it and then adhered it to my card.

The card is finished! What a fun and colorful card to give to a friend! I hope you enjoyed this blog post and will come back tomorrow for more inspiration! Thanks for coming by the Sunny Studio Stamps blog!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Spring Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here and as hinted to in my previous post, I'm sharing a card with some of the Balloon Alphabet letters. This one is a belated birthday card featuring the festive felines from the Party Pets stamp set. I have also used stamps from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday stamp set to add sentiments on the outside and the inside of my card. 

Below is a break down of all the Sunny Studio supplies used to create this card.

Party Pets stamp set & coordinating dies - for the cake and all the cat images

Inside Greetings Belated Birthday stamp set - for the stamped sentiments on the outside and inside of the card

Balloon Alphabet stamp set & Balloon Numbers stamp set - for the "HB2U" letters

Rounded Rectangle Mat dies - for the background mats

Background Bascis 2 stamp set - for the diagonal grid pattern on the large mat

Copics used to color the images: 
pink-RV10, RV04; red-R14, R24; blue-BG01; grey-N2, N4, N6; brown-E71, E74, E77; yellow-YR21, YR24; rust brown-E33, E35; chocolate brown-E25, E27; creamy white-YR30, W1

Here is a peek of the inside of my card. The Inside Greetings Belated Birthday set has many unique sentiments to choose from that are perfect if the birthday boy or girl is getting their card a little late. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Alphabet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cat Antics Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here and I'm excited to start sharing my cards made with the new release. Today's card features some of the adorable images from Cat Antics. 

I have used the new Rounded Rectangle Window dies to create a trio of windows in which I have arranged these playful kitties. I used two sizes of the Rounded Rectangle Window dies to cut out the openings into a white card panel measuring 5.5" wide by 4" tall. Using foam tape, I adhered my custom window panel over top a pink and green ink blended background. 

Here are the Copics I used to color the images:
brown box - E40, E41, E42
mouse toy - T1, T2
black & white cat - N0, N2, N4, N6, N8
grey & white strip cat - T1, T2, T4, T6
Siamese cat - YR30, W3, E70, E71, E74, E77
Calico cat - W1, W3, E33, E35
rosy cheeks - R20

I picked out four of the cat images, the box, and the mouse toy from the Cat Antics stamp set to Copic color and use on this card. After coloring and die cutting with the Cat Antics dies, I played around with the images in the window spaces until I found a pleasing arrangement that also allowed room to stamp a sentiment in one of the windows. The "pawsitive vibes" word stamp is included in the Cat Antics set. The "especially for you" stamp is from the Inside Greetings Seasons set. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Inside Greetings Seasons Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cat Antics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cat Antics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Party Pets, Doggone Birthday & Inside Greetings Belated Birthday

Hello and welcome to day 4 of our Spring Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I have been sharing cards showcasing our newest collection, which will be available for purchase tomorrow morning!

Card No. 1: Today, I'm featuring cards with our new Party Pets, Doggone Birthday, and Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps. The Party Pets Stamps feature adorable cats and dogs ready to celebrate. For this card, I paired the three dogs, balloons, and gifts from the set with the dachshund dog in the center from our Doggone Birthday Stamps. I framed them using our Stitched Rectangle Dies, which I mounted onto a balloon print from our Suprise Party Paper pack. This card is a bit oversized measuring 6" wide x 4.75" high. For my large script Birthday sentiment, I used our Big Bold Greetings Stamps with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

Card No. 2: For this card, I started by die-cutting three stitched windows from my white cardstock panel using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. I then backed each opening using coordinating pink prints from our Gingham Pastels Paper and Flirty Flowers Paper packs. I tried to color the dog, cats, balloons, birthday cake, and party hat images from the Party Pets Stamps in complementary shades of red, pink, and tan using my Copic markers to match the patterned paper and add balance. I then paired the elements so that they each roughly filled the same space within their window and added a greeting by heat embossing the phrase "Happy Birthday to you" from our Happy Thoughts Stamps on a Brilliant Banner 3 Die cut from red cardstock.

Card No. 3: Up next, I used the cute kitty and the set of three-heart balloons from the new Party Pets Stamps with the Tulip Path Background Stamps to form my card scene. I colored the tulips and the windmill in shades of red and pink to match my balloons and give my card a Valentine's Day feel. I even colored my sky a cotton candy pink to match! I completed my card with the sentiment "You make me happy" from our Happy Thoughts Stamps. I love how it all came together!

Card No. 4: Similar to my second card today, I used the Rounded Rectangle Window Dies to create three horizontal windows on a vertically oriented card. I just love how versatile these dies are and how many options and combinations they provide within a single set! I filled each opening with green, yellow, and aqua-blue Swiss dot polka-dot prints I stamped using our new Background Basics 2 Stamps. For the center window, I stamped the bold "Happy Birthday" greeting that comes with the set, and then I built party scenes using the cats and other birthday elements from the Party Pets Stamps. When I was nearly done, I was in the process of adding some white highlights with my Sharpie Paint pen when the pen leaked and splattered a big glob in the middle of my scene, so I decided to disguise the boo-boo and cover it up using PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops in coordinating shades (linked below). As my good friend always says, there's no such thing as mistakes in crafting; it's just an excuse to embellish!

Card No. 5: I used the white cardstock leftovers that popped out when die-cutting my windows for the 2nd and 4th cards using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies for this card. I couldn't resist the chance to use up every last piece! For my background, I blended a rainbow using distress inks, and then when I was done, I put the panel into my Misti tool and used those same 1" distress ink cubes to ink up our Background Basics 2 Stamps. Because the distress inks don't stamp as crisply as ordinary dye ink, I embraced the distressed look and splattered my panel with water and picket fence distress ink afterward. I also took it one step further and turned some splatters into stars using my Sharpie white paint pen.  I ran a strip of black cardstock through my machine three times with the same window die to form the ground for my critters within each scene. I then stacked the critters from the Party Pets Stamps with gifts and party hats to create the height I needed for each frame. Lastly, I heat-embossed a sentiment from our new Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps onto a black speech bubble from our Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Dies. This might be the first time I've tried using a black speech bubble, but I really liked how it balanced out the other black in my card and popped against the rainbow background!

Card No. 6: I wanted the adorable pup from the Doggone Birthday Stamps to take center stage for this card. I set him in the center and repeatedly stamped the balloon from the Party Pets Stamps to look like a helium balloon bouquet that just got let go and is flying through the air. I stamped each balloon in colorful shades of Versafine Clair ink to get the no-line coloring look. While the balloon was still in my Misti tool, I carefully inked the balloon string using VersaFine Onyx Black ink. The simplicity of the balloon image made this surprisingly easy to do, and I love the results! I then heat set the images and colored them with coordinating Copic Markers. The only other element I added was a simple blue strip of cardstock with a stitched edge along the top using our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. The strip not only helped ground the little dog but also gave me a good place to center the greeting from the Doggone Birthday Stamps just below the dog and her present.

Card No. 7: For this last card of the day featuring the Doggone Birthday Stamps, I thought it would be fun to show that it works just as well for holiday cards as it does for birthday cards. In this case, I created a Christmas thank you card and started by inking my card panel background with various green distress inks before sketching in some loose tree branches with my Copic Markers. I then layered in some holiday lights onto my tree using the border from our Scenic Route Stamps and added some ornaments using images from the Happy Owlidays Stamps. To add additional gifts under the tree and to match a similar scale to the gift in the Doggone Birthday set, I turned to the present from our Holiday Hugs Stamps, stamping it three times and coloring the gifts in different festive colors.

For my sentiment, I stamped the phrase "thank you so much" from the Words of Gratitude Stamps, the word "for" from the Enchanted Stamps, the word "the" from the Panda Party Stamps, and the word "gift" from the Inside Greetings Christmas Stamps. I've never pieced together a greeting using so many different stamp sets, but I had something very specific in mind for this card, and I realized we don't have any sentiments that say something similar.

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Here's a closer look at our new Party Pet Stamps & Dies, Doggone Birthday Stamps & Dies, and Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps used today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 10th.

Other Supplies Used: 

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owlidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Enchanted Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings-Christmas 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	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Amber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Leaf Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Turquoise Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio