Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a Sliding Window belated birthday card to share with you showcasing the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps. This is an awesome stamp set with a variety of fun and funny sentiments that are just perfect for belated birthday cards. I chose a fun interactive card design for the recipient today to make up for the lateness of the late birthday wishes.

Have you ever made a sliding window card? They are super fun and quite easy to make. They are not nearly as complex and intimidating as they look. And the Sliding Window Dies takes all of the guess work out of making this card. In the event that you have never made one of these cards or used this die, there is an excellent tutorial video as well as written directions on the Sunny Studio website that can be found HERE.

For this card design, I used a piece of pattern paper (4 1/4" x 5 1/2") from the Polka Dot Parade Paper Pack, a piece of pattern paper (3 1/4" x 4 7/8") from the Surprise Party Paper Pack and two pieces of Neenah Solar White 110lb cardstock (4 1/4" x 5.5" and 3" x 4"). 

I centered the main Sliding Window Dies onto the larger pattern paper and placed the little half circle die on the upper edge of the paper. I ran this through my diecutting machine. Not only did the dies cut out the window flap and notch on the top but it also created score lines for the folding lines. I folded along these lines to help the window open and close. 

Before going onto the next step of the card assembly, I placed the sliding window panel on top of my larger piece of white cardstock and used it as a guide to stamp the inside images and sentiments. Using Memento Tuxedo Black ink, I stamped the pandas, hats and cupcakes from the Panda Party Stamps and the presents from the Foxy Friends Stamps sets onto the larger white cardstock (inside panel) as well as on a separate piece for coloring and diecutting for the card front. I also stamped the sentiment from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday onto the inside panel with a combo of black and red ink. 

I used the coordinating Panda Party Dies and Foxy Friends Dies to diecut the images for the front panel. I colored the images with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen. 

COPIC COLORS: 
Pandas: C00/0/1/3/5/7, R30
Red: R24/29/39
Orange: Y38 YR04
Green: YG01/03/17
Light Blue: B00/02/04
Dark Blue: B21/24/28
Cupcake Frosting: E41

I returned to the card assembly by attaching the smaller piece of patterned paper to the bottom edge of the window flap with double sided tape. I added double sided tape to the sides and bottom of the backside of the larger patterned paper and adhered it to the front of the inside panel that I had colored. I tested to make sure the window opened and closed. 

For the sentiment, I stamped the Happy Birthday from the Big Bold Greetings Stamps with red ink and diecut it out with the Big Bold Greetings Dies. Then, I stamped the "belated" from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed with Detail White Embossing Powder. I trimmed it out with a paper trimmer. 

I adhered my colored images to the smaller piece of white cardstock with liquid adhesive. I attached the sentiments with foam tape for a bit of dimension. I adhered the small white panel to the front of the window flap making sure to only adhere it to the bottom half of the flap.

Next, I adhered the little half circle notch that I diecut from the front panel to the smaller piece of patterned paper to hide the inside pattern as well as reinforce the sliding panel. Then I punched a hole in this sliding panel and attached a piece of twine to help the recipient pull out the panel. Finally, I adhered the entire panel to an A2 white cardbase (4 1/4" x 5 1/2").

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 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: 

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper 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	Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Birthday Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello everyone! It's Rachel here with two one-layered birthday cards featuring some fun products from the latest release as well as some previously released ones that you may already own in your crafty stash.

My first card is a slimline card that features the Party Pets, Foxy Friends, Cat Antics, and Panda Party stamp sets. I also used the gorgeous Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies for my card base.

One-layered cards are some of my favorites. I always make sure to stamp a template card first on a piece of scrap paper without any masking so I can make sure that my images go exactly where I want them. I then use this rough draft as my layout along with my stamping tool when I create my actual card. I stamp the most front images first (i.e. party hats) and then mask each piece with masking paper and repeat the process as I go until I finish with the back layer (or images that will be behind others). 

Once my entire images were stamped and masked, I then added some ink blending for my background. You can color your backgrounds with markers, but I find that usually takes a longer time (for me) than ink blending. For my card above, I used a mix of Salvaged Patina, Kitsch Flamingo, and Wild Honey Distress Oxide Inks. Once finished, I added some white ink spatters for added interest, removed my masking pieces, and then colored my images with Copic Markers. I finished my card by stamping my sentiments and adding balloon lines with a fine-line black marker and ruler.

My second card was made using a similar process as I did with the first one. For this card, I only used the Party Pets Stamp Set for my images. For my background, I blended a mix of Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink. I once again used Copic Markers to color my images. I then die cut my card front and base layer with the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamp Set.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies 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	Cat Antics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cat Antics 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 Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm happy to be back with this super colorful interactive birthday card featuring, as very often, a mix & match of images from different sets. Once again the mouse family is coming back to make you smile, and to create my Sliding Window interactive panel, I used multiple Surprise Party pattern papers to make sure everything coordinates nicely.

I started off by stamping my images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them using the coordinating dies, and then colored everything using my Ohuhu markers in browns for the mice and bright rainbow colored for the balloons and presents. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Party Pets - small presents, party hats, balloons • Lazy Christmas - large presents • Harvest Mice + Merry Mice + Christmas Critters - mice.

I cut a 5 x 3,75 inches Surprise Party Banner panel using the largest Stitched Rectangle, cut the Sliding Window out of it, as well as the notch at the very top, and also cut a 5 x 3,25 inches Surprise Party Balloon panel.

I folded my Sliding Window Banner panel on the score lines, flipped it over, and added double sided tape to the slim bottom tab. I peeled the backing paper off this tab, flipped my Balloon panel over, and attached it at the back of my Sliding Window Banner panel, lining up the bottom edge of the Balloon panel with the edge of the slim tab. And I wanted to frame my sliding Banner panel nicely, so I cut a 5 x 3,75 inches Surprise Party Chevron panel, cut a Sliding Window out of it, as well as the notch at the top, I trimmed the center of that panel to get a frame, and stuck that frame to my Banner panel using liquid glue.

Next I cut a Surprise Party Sprinkles panel using the largest Stitched Rectangle, I flipped my Sliding Window panel over, and added foam strips along the bottom edge, on the long edges as well, but not along the top edge. I peeled all the backing papers off, and attached my sliding panel to the Sprinkles panel. Next I attached my panel to a 5,25 x 4 inches Surprise Party Polka dot panel, and finally to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Surprise Party Pink Starry panel.

And to complete my interactive panel, I attached the remaining piece of Chevron paper at the top of the Balloon pull tab panel, cut a gold mirror eyelet using a Sliding Window die, stuck that eyelet, pierced a hole through it, added gold thread twine with a rainbow bead to be able to pull the interactive panel, and a turquoise bow for a lovely decorative accent.

Next I decorated the front of my Sliding Window panel. I cut two Surprise Party Green Polka Dot panels as wide as the interactive panel (3 inches), used a die from the Ribbon & Lace Border die set to create two scalloped borders, attached those borders using liquid glue, and then stuck the images to the scalloped borders using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. To stick the balloons up in the air, I attached each of them to a slim strip of acetate, and then attached each end of the acetate strips next to each other at the back of the upper scalloped green border using liquid glue.

I created two different greetings: one for the pull tab, and one for the inside of the card. For the one on the pull tab, I simply white heat embossed "Happy Birthday" from Party Pets on black cardstock, I cut it with the matching die, and attached it to the pull tab using 1mm foam squares. For the greeting on the inside, I white heat embossed my Inside Greetings Belated Birthday sentiment on aqua cardstock, I framed it using the third smallest Limitless Labels 1 die, and I stuck the label inside the card using 1mm foam squares again.

To finish my card, I added a few extra details: I cut a 3 x 1/4 inch slim stripe out of a Surprise Party Stripe paper, and attached it to the tab right below the mice using liquid glue. Finally I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. 

And that's it! What a fun and lovely belated birthday party! I hope that you like this new card. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Limitless Labels 1 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