Two Scoops Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, back with a super duper extra colorful birthday card showcasing Two Scoops. I've had this stamp set in my stash for a very long time, and I knew that when I'd use it, it would be on a rainbow themed card. So here we are!

I started off with all the stamping, and the Two Scoops layering stamps are super easy to line up, so even if it looks like the stamping took a million years, it actually did not, it actually was pretty quick. Here is a detailed list of the Lawn Fawn premium dye inks I used to stamp everything, from light to dark:

• pink - ballet slippers + peachy keen + guava

• orange - peach fuzz + carrot + fake tan

• yellow - butter + lemonade + sunflower

• green - celery stick + freshly cut grass + jalapeno

• aqua - kiddie pool + merman + peacock

• purple - fresh lavender + grape jelly + sugarplum

• cones - pizza crust + doe

Once the stamping was done, I cut the images using the matching dies, mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and used a slim brush to add white splatters to each image. I also picked matching distress inks, mixed each of them with water, added more splatters to the ice-creams, and then I did the same with matching distress spritz for sparkling details.

Next I cut a slimline panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using a die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die set, and used distress inks to create watercolored splashes, giving the illusion of melting ice-cream. I mixed each ink with water, and from left to right, I applied the colors with a fluffy brush: worn lipstick, spiced marmalade, mustard seed, mowed lawn, peacock feathers and wilted violet. I let the paper dry, and then added more ink to get different shades on each splash of colors.

I added water splatters all over the panel and dried it with a paper towel, I mixed the same distress inks with water and used a slim brush to add matching splatters, next I did the same with copic opaque white ink, and then with matching distress spritz for shine and sparkles.

Once my watercolored panel was dry, I attached it to a slightly larger slimline aqua panel using liquid glue, and then worked on the rainbow scalloped panel. I started by cutting multiple strips out of colored cardstock using a strip die from the Ribbon & Lace Borders die set. I attached each strip of paper to a large piece of cardstock in this order: pink, orange, yellow, green, aqua and purple, and then used the scalloped die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die set to cut my rainbow strips panel. I attached this panel to an 8,5 x 3,5 inches white card base using 1mm foam tape, and then stuck my watercolored panel on top using foam tape again.

For my greeting, I cut two fishtail banners using a die from the Notebook Photo Corners die set: a pink one and a gold glitter one, and I white heat embossed "Hope you have a sweet birthday" from Summer Sweet on the pink one. I stuck the pink banner on top of the gold glitter one, shifted them for a little bit of more fun, using 1mm foam squares, and finally attached my banner at the bottom right hand corner of my card using foam squares again.

And that's it! I very much love how it all turned out, with all those beautiful layering stamps matching with the splashes of colors in the background. I hope that you like it too. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Two Scoop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Two Scoop Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Sweets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Color My World & A Cut Above Teacher Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some more School-Themed cards showcasing our Color My World Stamps, A Cut Above Stamps, and Teacher Appreciation Stamps.

For my first card of the day, I started by die-cutting white cardstock using our Notebook Tabs Dies and then added the rows of lines to my paper using the stamp from our A Cut Above Stamps. This gave me an easy surface to align the sentiments from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps, which I stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. I made a point to stamp it on the left-hand side so I would have room to add a focal point pair of scissors from our A Cut Above Stamps to layer over the top on the right. I then began the work of randomly layering other pairs of scissors on my black background in a rainbow of colors. I was careful to not let a single piece go to waste, so when a pair bled off the edge of my card front, I saved that trimmed portion to squeeze in another black space. When all was said and done, I believe I created this card with a total of 6 stamped pairs of scissors.

It was challenging to capture the fabulous texture in my background when taking a photo of my card straight on, so here's a closer look at it from an angle. I adore how the Background Basics 2 Stamps add subtle texture and interest without being busy or overwhelming to my design. I stamped the background using clear VersaMark Ink and Clear Embossing Powder to provide a bit of tone-on-tone glossy shine.

Next up is another fun rainbow teacher card featuring the colored pencils from our Color My World Stamps. For this card, I started by die-cutting my stitched panel from white cardstock using our Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I then stamped my sentiment from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. This gave me a focal point to arrange my pencils around. Once again, I tried to not let a single piece of my stamped images go to waste by using the portion cut off on the opposite side. By arranging them outside of rainbow order, it felt more random, and it was easier to hide the fact that I was using fewer pencils than it appeared.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:

Yellow No.2 Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot (1a)
Concord & 9th Buttercup (1b)
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold (1c)
Hero Arts Soft Granite (1d)
Hero Arts Charcoal (1e)
Gina K. Sandy Beach (1f)
Hero Arts Charcoal (1i)
Pinkfresh Studio Coral Reef (1j)
Pinkfresh Studio Passion Fruit (1k)

Red Pencil & Scissors
PinkFresh Studio Coral Reef
Gina K. Red Hot
Concord & 9th Cranberry

Orange Pencil & Scissors
Hero Arts Butter Bar
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot
Pinkfresh Studio Clementine

Yellow Pencil & Scissors
Pinkfresh Studio Sunshine
Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Mustard
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold 

Green Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime
Gina K. Lucky Clover
Pinkfresh Studio Olive

Green Scissors
PinkFresh Studio Meadow
Concord & 9th Clover

Blue Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Slumber
Pinkfresh Studio Blue Jay
Pinkfresh Studio Sapphire

Blue Scissors
Gina K. Blue Raspberry
Hero Arts Deep Ocean

Purple Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Soft Lilac
Pinkfresh Studio Candy Violet
Versafine Clair Purple Delight

As always we have layering guides as the second image on each of these stamp product pages that are also available to download with links in the product descriptions.

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 A Cut Above Stamps and Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Supplies Used:

Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Shades of Grey Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Ultra Fine Clear Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Heartbeat Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Starry Night Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Soul of Provence Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Indian Summer Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Inside Greetings Seasons Card with Marine

Hi crafty friends, Marine here with this new holiday slimline card showcasing friends from the North Pole, being merry and happy on the ice floe. When the Roly Poly Penguins were released, I knew that I'd pair them with the Holiday Hugs bear at some point, so I'm happy to finally be sharing this lovely card with you.

I started off by creating an Arctic landscape on an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, dividing my panel in three sections. At the bottom, I created a cold sea using blueprint sketch and chipped sapphire oxide inks. In the middle, I did the ice floe using salvaged patina and peacock feathers oxide inks. And at the top, I did a purple sky using shaded lilac, wilted violet and villainous potion oxide inks.

While my panel was drying, I stamped my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and my Graph'it brush markers.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Holiday Hugs - polar bear, large present, snowflakes • Scenic Route - strings of lights • Roly Poly Penguins - penguins, candy canes, small presents.

I attached all the images on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, white heat embossed my Inside Greetings Seasons on a Notebook Photo Corners black banner that I stuck below the polar bear, added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and finally added some white blizzard nuvo drops to the icebergs, pompoms, bow and lights for an extra sparkling touch. 

And that's it! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Seasons Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Breakfast Puns Cards with Laura

Hey everyone! It's Laura Vegas here, filling in on the blog for today. I'm sharing a set of clean and simple Breakfast Puns cards that I created for today's post. 

I'm not much of a stamper, so when I do stamp, it's pretty basic. I never really think to use images, sticking more to sentiments and basic shapes, as I wouldn't know where to begin coloring those fun images. The more I thought about it, I realized that I could easily work a single image into my clean and simple card making style, using just black ink and no coloring.

To get my cards started, I selected patterned papers for the background of each card, using both the Polka-Dot Parade paper pack and the Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones paper pack. I cut a slightly smaller piece of white cardstock for each card, embossed them using the Lots of Dots embossing folder, spritzed them with a little bit of black misting spray, and adhered them to the center of each card. I machine stitched along the edges of the white embossed cardstock, since I love how some simple machine stitching can add a finished look to a card.

I stamped each of my Breakfast Puns images onto a small square of white cardstock, and added the smallest of the Fancy Frame Square dies on top to frame the image. I then adhered each of the framed images to a square piece of textured black cardstock and adhered each to my card bases. Sure, these images would look SO much cuter colored - but I'm a huge fan of black and white in general, and I actually love the simplicity of leaving them un-colored.

I die cut banners from black cardstock using the Notebook Photo Corner dies, and heat embossed my sentiments with white embossing powder on each. I adhered these sentiment banners to each card to finish them off. 

I hope for anyone out there seeing these that don't consider themselves to be stampers, or don't know how they would use all of the amazing and fun images without learning how to color them - that this simple idea of just stamping images in black ink and calling them "done" gives you ideas of how to incorporate more stamps into your cardmaking and other paper crafting projects. Thanks for letting me hang with you on the blog today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Breakfast Puns Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lots of Dots Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio