Beach Bus Summer Card Set with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some VW bus-inspired cards for summer using our Beach Bus Stamps.

For my first card, I paired the bus and surfboard from the Beach Bus Stamps with the ocean, palm trees, umbrella, and clouds from the Ocean View Stamps, and the seals and punny greeting from the Sealiously Sweet Stamps. I used the car and surfboard to hide the beach chair in the ocean scene and trimmed off the beach umbrella so I could position it higher. I then used the string from our Bold Balloons Stamps to string the flip flops from the Sealiously Sweet set between the palm trees and umbrella as a sort of banner or clothesline.

For my second card, I paired the bus and luggage from the Beach Bus Stamps with the critters on scooters from our Critters on the Go Stamps and the peeking woodland critters from our Truckloads of Love Stamps. To set the scene behind them, I used the grass border from the Picket Fence Dies, which I positioned to cut twice in my die-cutting machine to span the longer length of my 8.5" wide slimline card. I then inked up the grassy portion with Twisted Citron distress ink and the dirt road portion with Antique Linen distress ink. My sky was inked with a light hand of Salty Ocean distress ink, and I added the palm trees from our Tropical Scenes Stamps and Sending Sunshine Stamps. Lastly, I tucked in the clouds from our Tropical Trees Backdrop Dies and stamped a punny greeting from the Critters on the Go set.

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 Sealiously Sweet Stamps and Critters on the Go Stamps in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using the set the product page. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image. 💛

Supplies Used:

Bold Balloons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sealiously Sweet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sealiously Sweet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critters on the Go Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critters on the Go Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio	Truckloads of Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Truckloads of Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio

Ocean View Card with Amanda

Hey friends! It’s Amanda back here with you on the blog today! I just got back from the beach and I am FEELING this card right now! Nothing better than a girls’ day on the beach!

I had so much fun coloring this card and I’m excited to share with you all the details about this card! The background stamp is from the Ocean View Stamps. I stamped it using my MISTI and black ink onto a piece of white cardstock trimmed to 4”x5.25”.

I stamped my girlies from the Beach Babies Stamps on a separate piece of white cardstock. The inner tube came from the Beach Buddies Stamps. I stamped my sentiment directly onto my background, using my MISTI to line it up perfectly!

Once I had all my stamping done, it was time to color! I used Copic markers to color all the images and a white Gelly Roll pen for all the dots and highlights.

The Copic colors I used are:

Girl (with ball):
Ball: BG11, BG45, RV000
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, E21, R21
Mouth: R35, R43
Hair: E23, E25, E29, E49
Suit: RV63, RV66

Girl (inside tube): 
Tube and Outfit: BV000, BV00, BV02, G40, G43
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, E21, R21
Hair: Y23, E55

Girl (on tube): 
Tube and outfit/drink: BG000, BG11, BG32, RV000, RV63, RV66
G40, G43, BV000, BV00, BV02, BG11, BG45, BG49
Skin: E000, E00, E11, E13, E21, R21
Hair: E55, E57, E59

Sand: E30, E31, E33, E50

Water: BG11, BG45, BG49

Palm Tree: E70 E74, E77, E79, YG61, YG63, YG67, YG85, YG29

Once colored, I cut the images out with their coordinating die sets. Next, I put 3D foam squares behind the images and adhered them to my card panel. Finally, I glued the card panel to an A2 card base.

The beach has been the best part of my summer. I hope you’re having a great summer so far, too, and that you find some time to get crafty!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Kiddie Pool & Ocean View Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some summer cards featuring our Kiddie Pool Stamps, among several other fun sets.

First, I have a vertical slimline-style card using the Kiddie Pool Stamps. I started by inking my 4" x 8.5" white cardstock background with twisted citron and mowed lawn distress inks. I then used the various grass tufts from the Tulip Path Backdrop Stamps to stamp a repeated grass pattern in my background using VersaFine Clair Verdant Ink. I stamped three blow-up pools from the set and colored them in hot pink, yellow, and orange to stack down the center of my card. I then set to work decorating each pool scene using the kids from the set. I added a duck to the first pool from the Puddle Jumpers Stamps and the beach ball to the last pool from the Beach Babies Stamps.

For my second card, I paired the kids and beach chair from the Kiddie Pool Stamps with the tiki bar, drinks, and tiki torch from the Tiki Time Stamps, and the palm tree beach border including the other beach chair and umbrella from the Ocean View Stamps. I added the banner from the Balloon Rides Stamps to decorate the Tiki Bar and stamped the clouds from the Ocean View set, keeping them as simple aqua outlines to match the sky. I completed my card with a "summer greetings" sentiment from the Beach Bus Stamps.

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 Tiki Time Stamps and Tiki Time 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:

Tiki Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tiki Time Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Beach Bus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Verdant Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio