Wood Barrel Die Focused Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am creating a colorful Fall themed card using the beautiful Wood Barrel Die. I wanted to use some non-traditional hues and I knew that idea would match perfectly with the fun layering dies from Pumpkin Patch. I love that you get three different shaped and sized pumpkins with this set.

Starting with a white square card base, I added a layer of dark pink by ink blending the edge of a white panel cut with the largest of the Scallopped Square 1 Small Dies. Next, I created another white panel slightly smaller with one of the Stitched Square Dies which was embellished by using the Dotted Diamond Portrait die.

After creating all the layers of the pumpkins, the leaves (Pumpkin Patch), two grass borders (Mini Grass Border) and barrel (Wood Barrel Die), I put all the pieces on a grip mat and started blending with several ink color from my stash, I went with yellow, pink and teal blue shades.

Now it was time to put the card together! I first added the grass borders to the white panel. I added foam tape to the lower one so I could tuck the barrel between the two borders. Next, I started playing with the positioning of all the pumpkins and leaves. I like to use repositionable tape for this!

For this bold Fall scene, I selected a combined sentiment consisting of the big Wishes Word Die and the smaller ‘Autumn’ banner (Fall Kiddos).

I love finishing a card with some embellishments and today I chose some sparkling ones from the beautiful Iridescent Jewels. Thank you for joining me and I am looking forward to seeing your gorgeous creations with this fun rustic barrel die! Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Wishes Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pumpkin Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wood Barrel Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Crisp Apple & Punny Apple Greetings Card with Nicky

Hello friends, this is Nicky with you today and I'm sharing a new friendship card with you that was created using products from the latest release, focusing on the Crisp Apple Dies, and paired with formerly released products which are great staples to have in your die collection.

I ink blended a white A2 panel of cardstock using 'Blush' ink by The Stamp Market. I then took another A2 panel and created two grass strips using the Mini Grass Border dies. I ink blended the grass with 'Gumdrop' ink by The Stamp Market and then I used the Picket Fence Die to create the white picket fence and I glued the grass and fence to the pink background and set it to one side.

I die cut white cardstock using the Tree Branch Die and ink blended it using Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks. This die cut was backed with a skinny strip of foam tape and applied to the background.

Next, I used the Crisp Apple Die and die cut the small apple image 6 times and created several leaves too. Leaves were ink blended with the same Gumdrop ink mentioned above and the red apples were done with 'Lipstick' ink by The Stamp Market.

Punny Apple Greetings was used to create both the sentiment and a smiley face on each of the apples, I then glued all the components together where necessary and backed with foam tape and applied them to the scene.

Last but not least I took three of the bird images from Little Birdie and stamped and coloured them. I used Copic markers in B24, B12, B41, BG0000, R000 to colour them and I blushed their cheeks with R22, R21, R20 and R00. I fussy cut the images and adhered them to the scene. Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and some daisies dotted in the grass then the whole panel was backed with white craft foam and applied to a fractionally bigger card base.

I certainly hope you enjoyed my happy little scene card and I'll see you again next Friday with something brand new.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tree Branch Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio
Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Harvest Mice Card with Leanne

Hello! Leanne here today. It's that time of the summer when we switch from cherry picking to apple picking. I love apple picking season and it is what inspired the scene on this card. 

To create this fun little scene, I have used images from the Harvest Mice stamp set and dies included in the Autumn Tree Die Set. 

My scene panel is slightly smaller than an A2 size card. I inked up the sky area with some light blue (Catherine Pooler Oh Boy) and then added a grassy hill created with a Mini Grass Border die and colored with CP Eucalyptus. 

For the apple tree, I die cut all the pieces from solid color card stock. I added some shading and splatters to the tree trunk and branches. I Copic colored the mice and wagon. Colors used: T0, T2, T4, R00, R20 for the mice; B01, B24, N2, N6 for the wagon. I placed the tree and mice strategically so I'd have a small space to stamp the greeting right above the mouse with the wagon. These stamps are included in the Harvest Mice set. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mini Grass Border Dies 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

Big Panda Card with Nicky

Happy Friday everyone it's Nicky with you today on the blog where I'm sharing a fun and super summery card featuring the Big Panda stamp set.

I ink blended a soft focal point on an A2 panel of white cardstock using Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink and glued this to my card base. I took another A2 panel of white cardstock and die cut using the Comic Strip Everyday Dies and created a simple frame by snipping out and discarding the 'window openings'. I backed this with dimensional foam tape. Before applying it to the background I also created some grass using the Mini Grass Border Dies and I ink blended the piece I created using Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Inks. I then glue the grass to the background panel and then layered over the frame.

The Big Panda images were stamped with Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black and I coloured the images using the following Copic marker combinations:

Pandas - T7, T6, T5, T4, T3, C3, C1, C0, C00

Blushes - R22, R21, R20, R00, R000

Pink Sunglasses R39, R29, R27, RV04, RV02, YR21, Y15, Y06

Pink Sunglasses Frame - FRV1

Blue Sunglasses - BG78, BG49, BG57, BG15, BG32, G00, G000

Blue Sunglasses Frame - FBG2

Cocktail (left) - E29, E27, E57, E23, E34, BG78, BG57, G00

Cocktail (right) - YR07, Y38, Y19, YR21, Y06, Y02, R39, R27

The images were die cut using the coordinating Big Panda Dies. I gave each panda a cocktail to hold using dimensional foam tape to secure it within their paws and I also used foam tape to put their sunglasses on. I then backed each one with more foam tape and tucked them behind the grassy border with their heads sweetly tilted together.

Time for the finishing touches! I added a flower to the ear of the Panda on the left. I die cut yellow cardstock using the sun image from the Comic Strip Everyday Dies and used Copic markers to add a little gradient colouring and I tucked it up under the frame and secured it with foam tape.

Last but not least I stamped the sentiments with pink ink. I fussy cut the 'hello' and added both words with foam tape and finished by highlighting a few points with a white gel pen and adding a few sparkling clear sequins for accents.

I hope you can squeeze some cardmaking into your weekend and I will be back with you again next Friday with something new to share.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies 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

Build-a-Bowl Die Focused Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this lovely card featuring Build A Bowl. As very often I mixed and matched items from different sets, and instead of using the bowl with fruits (which I'll certainly do in the coming weeks), I turned it into a planter to create a sweet garden scene.

The first thing I did was create a stenciled background that would match my garden theme nicely. I cut a kraft panel using the largest Stitched Square die, and used a stencil from my stash along with white pigment ink, and shabby shutters, mowed lawn, spun sugar and worn lipstick oxide inks to make a pretty lattice. I mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water and used a small brush to add splatters to my panel, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.

Next I cut a scalloped square out of light brown woodgrain cardstock using the second largest Scalloped Square 1 Large die, and turned it into a frame by cutting an opening out of it using the third largest Stitched Square die. I applied a little bit of vintage photo oxide inks on the edges, and attached my scalloped frame on the stenciled panel using 1mm foam squares.

I picked all the bits and pieces from different die sets, cut them out of colored cardstock, and used oxide inks to add shadows and more interest to each element. Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Build A Bowl for the planter • Mini Grass Border for the grass • Build A Birdhouse for the birdhouse, birds, pole • Spring Garden for the tulips • Winter Greenery for the tall leaves. I attached everything on my panel, starting with the bowl and grass, and then added all the remaining pieces using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, as well as liquid glue.

For my greeting, I started off by cutting the different Brilliant Banner 1 components out of dark gray cardstock and black cardstock. I white embossed "For my tweet friend" from Little Birdie on the front piece, assembled the whole banner using 1mm foam squares and liquid glue, and attached it below the planter using 1mm foam squares again.

Finally I added a black dot to each bird's eye, and highlights and details to most of the elements using a white gel pen. And that's it! 

It took me quite a few brainstorming sessions to figure out what I wanted to do with the Build A Bowl dies, my mojo had left me on this one, but I'm so happy of how it turned out, it's such a darling little scene, and I hope you like it. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-A-Birdhouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Garden Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-A-Bowl Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio