Pink Peonies & Frilly Frames Floral Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some floral-themed cards for Summer using our fabulous Pink Peonies Stamps.

For my first card using the Pink Peonies Stamps, I stamped them using VersaFine Onyx Black ink onto watercolor paper, which I then heat-embossed with clear embossing powder to prevent them from smearing.  I then colored my flowers and leaves using Caran D'Ache watercolor pencils and blended them with water and a paintbrush, working from the lightest to darkest spots. When it comes to watercolors, I'm always a mess about staying in the lines so to keep things looking clean, I chose to fussy cut the images. 

My aqua tone-on-tone background was created using our Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies, which I layered from behind with the same color to create the look of embossing and to keep things less busy for my greeting. I love the subtle texture it adds! For my greeting, I used the word die from our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies with the white heat-embossed word "birthday" from our Plane Awesome Stamps (although we have this word in so many different sets of ours). Finally, I embellished my card with some scattered Crystalline Sky Blue jewels to add a little glitter and shine to my card.

For my second card using the Pink Peonies Stamps, I knew I wanted to color these peonies using a no-line coloring technique with my Copic Markers. Still, it's not the quickest coloring method available, so I limited my card to just three flower blossoms. I used a small mini pack of Memento Dew Drop inks in Angel Pink & New Sprout to have my stamp outlines disappear with my coloring. For my background, I layered our Frilly Frames Chevron Dies cut from black cardstock over a smaller piece of white cardstock to back the openings and an A2-size panel of coordinating pink cardstock. Last, for my sentiment, I stamped "You're My Favorite" from the Lovey Dovey Stamps using Hero Arts Ultra Pink Ink.

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Pink Peonies Stamps, Pink Peonies Dies, and Frilly Frames Chevron Dies in our online shop, which are all 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:

Pink Peonies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pink Peonies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Plane Awesome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hero Arts Pinks Core Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Everything's Rosy & Potted Rose Floral Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some floral rose-themed cards using our Everything's Rosy Stamps and Potted Rose Stamps.

For my first card, I paired the layered stamp images from our Everything's Rosy Stamps with the smaller blossom and leaf from the Potted Rose Stamps to adorn the bottom-left and top-right corners. For my card background, I turned to our Blooming Frame Dies. I used the die without a shim, which helped keep the pieces in place. I also quickly adhered them all to a piece of printer paper with liquid adhesive to help keep the pieces intact. After I had done this, I inked up my background using the same dye inks I had used to ink my leaves, fading it towards the center. Finally, I die-cut the "Happy Birthday" phrase from white cardstock using the same die set to place in the center.

For my next card, I used the same small blossom and leaf from the Potted Rose Stamps to completely cover a 1.5" strip of green cardstock. The green base meant that even if small sections peeked through, it would blend in with the leaves and contrast nicely with the white cardstock from my overlapping card panels. I then die-cut a stitched edge to frame each side of my strip (to give the appearance that it's cut away to reveal the bottom floral layer) using our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment "You Are So Lovely" from our Lovey Dovey Stamps using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink, which I also heat embossed with clear embossing powder to give it a bit of shine and make it stand out crisply. I really love how this clean and simple design turned out!

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images. Some of these images were previously stamped using now-retired Colorbox inks; however, I spent considerable time trying to find the closest matches to share them here with you (from lightest to darkest).

Pink Roses
Gina K Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Versafine Charming Pink
Gina K Passionate Pink

Peach Roses
Hero Arts Peony
PinkFresh Cherry Blossoms
PinkFresh Coral Reef
PinkFresh Peony

Pinkish-Red Roses
Gina K. Dusty Rose
Versafine Glamorous
PinkFresh Candy Apple
PinkFresh Mulberry Blush

Olive Green Leaves (Card no. 1)
Gina K. Key Lime
Gina K. Jelly Bean Green
Stampin' Up Old Olive

Medium Green Leaves  (Card no. 2)
Hero Arts Green Hills
PinkFresh Key Lime
PinkFresh Olive

Dark Green Leaves  (Card no. 2)
Gina K. Lucky Clover
PinkFresh Olive
PinkFresh Evergreen

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Potted Rose Stamps and Blooming Frame 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	Everything's Rosy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everything's Rosy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Blooming Frame Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Potted Rose Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Potted Rose Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hero Arts Pinks Core Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Rose Garden Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Heartbeat Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Ultra Fine Clear Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio

Let's Chill Card with Leanne: Black Friday Exclusive!

Hi everyone! Leanne here and I'm sharing a fun shaker card today. My card features some adorable images from the Black Friday gift with purchase exclusive stamp set, Let's Chill. I pulled out some older stamp and die sets along with the Let's Chill set to create this little winter scene and shaker window. All are listed below with a description of how they were used. 

Let's Chill Stamp Set & coordinating dies - For the seal and heart images plus "let's chill" sentiment

Lovey Dovey Stamp Set & coordinating dies - For the "you're my favorite" sentiment

Stitched Arch Die - I used the largest die in the set to create the shaker window. 

Joyful Holiday Paper Pack - The colorful polka dot pattern paper made a fun frame for my scene. 

I created the shaker part in the tradition way by adhering a piece of clear acetate behind the frame for the window and building a shaker well with thick foam tape strips. I filled the shaker with some iridescent heart confetti and snowflake sequins. 

Copics: R00, R30, RV11, RV13, T0, T2, C0, C1, C3, C5

I Copic colored the stamped images (colors used listed above). I created a little snow bank for the seals sit on with the same Stitched Arch Die used for the shaker window. I stamped "let's chill" onto the snow bank. I added the seals, hearts, and "you're my favorite" with thin foam squares so they would be popped up a bit. Lastly I adhered my completed shaker scene to an A2 size card base. 

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The Let's Chill Stamps used today are not available for purchase this holiday season but instead will be automatically included with all retail orders of $50 or more from our online store through December 2 at Midnight PDT. Here are all the details:

Receive free shipping on U.S. retail orders of $40+

+ Receive the exclusive mini "Let's Chill" stamp set with a $50+ purchase.

+ Receive the coordinating "Let's Chill" dies with a $75+ purchase.

+ 10% of retail sales will be donated to UNICEF USA.

*Please note: No discount codes are needed. All offers will be applied automatically and cannot be combined with additional discounts at checkout. Purchases are based on order subtotal, prior to shipping & tax.

Other Supplies Used:

Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Lovey Dovey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sliding Window Die Focused Card with Nicky

Hello there, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio blog and I'm sharing a fun Sliding Window Dies interactive card that uses a number of Sunny's products. Please read on for the details.

If you've never made a sliding window card before I think my best advice would be for you to visit the Sunny Studio You Tube Channel and here's a LINK to a tutorial. You can probably start at around 10 mins 30 seconds to jump straight to how to make one. Additionally you can also search Sunny's You Tube channel for further sliding window card tutorials made by the design team over the years.

To make my card I started by selecting my patterned papers which would work together. The pink cardstock is from Gingham Pastels 6x6 Cardstock and the green cardstock is something old from my stash and I used the Sliding Window Dies to create all of the different panels necessary to construct the card. Since patterned cardstock can be on the thinner side I decided to always back a panel of patterned paper with a panel of regular cardstock, gluing it down very thoroughly before tackling the die-cutting. This builds a sturdy card that can stand up to lots of opening and closing and it also feels nice and substantial to handle.

With the card now formed, I set about making the decorative panel on the front using the Big Panda stamps and coordinating dies. I stamped in black ink and coloured the sweet Panda image using Copic markers in T7, T6, T5, T4, T3 and T2 together with C3, C1 C0 and C00 for the white parts and I blushed the cheeks with RV04, RV02 and RV00. I die cut the image and gave the panda a heart to hold. This heart as well as the flowers you see in the gingham grass were made using the Gift Card Envelope Dies. I created two grass panels using the Mini Grass Border Dies and glued in place, I then attached the panda to the window slider but only adhering at the bottom so that it would pop up freely and I added the simple die cut flowers to the grass.

To fill out the scene a little more I did a bit of layered stamping using the Beautiful Bluebells stamp set. I die cut the images using the coordinating dies and inserted the blooms around the Panda to add some next level cuteness. 

Finally, and to complete the card I highlighted a few points with a white gel pen and I stamped the 'You Are So Lovely' sentiment from Lovey Dovey plus some of the heart images from the same set on the inside of the window. I glued a few sparkling clear sequins to the card and I chose to attach the decorative window panel to a regular card base so that a longer message could be hand written inside and it gives the recipient the opportunity to stand the card up the normal way and with the window closed or to lay it down and open the window exposing the inside message. It's always nice to have options!

I'll be back next Friday with something new so I hope to see you back here again a week from now.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio