Cherry Blossoms & Dotted Diamond Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some floral cards for Spring using our Cherry Blossoms Stamps and the two variations of our Dotted Diamond Dies.

For my first card of the day I have a soft and pretty sympathy card using the Cherry Blossoms Stamps with the tree branch from our Out on a Limb Dies. For my background, I inked up my cardstock panel with Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and a light hand of Prize Ribbon Distress inks. I then die-cut / embossed the background with our Dotted Diamond Portrait Die. I inked up another small piece of cardstock with a similar blend of inks, which I die-cut using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. I shorted the rectangle by running it through my die-cutting machine again to better fit my sentiment from our Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps. Lastly, I added a sprinkling of Majestic Clear Confetti adhered with Ranger's Multi Medium Matte.

Next up is a more vibrant take on the Cherry Blossoms Stamps. I paired them with a dramatic navy blue cardstock, which I had die-cut using our Dotted Diamond Landscape Die. For my focal point birthday greeting, I heat embossed the words "Happy Birthday" using our Big Bold Greetings Stamps and die-cut a navy frame around it using our Limitless Labels 1 Die, which I popped up with black foam tape to help it stand out. As a finishing touch, I added a few scattered Midnight Blue Crystals for some subtle sparkle. I love the tone-on-tone look with the different textures!

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:

Flower Blossoms
PinkFresh Ballet Slipper
Hero Arts Soft Pink
Hero Arts Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Flower Centers / Stamen

Gina K. Key Lime (card no. 1)
Gina K. Sweet Corn (card no. 2)

Flower Anthers 
VersaFine Clair Pinecone

Leaves
Gina K. Key Lime
Concord & 9th Parsley

Brown Buds
PinkFresh Doe
Versafine Clair Acorn 

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.💗

Supplies Used:

Cherry Blossoms Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cherry Blossoms Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dotted Diamond Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Limitless Labels 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Clair Ink- Acorn Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Pinecone Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Clear Confetti Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Sympathy Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Fairy Dust Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Out on A Limb Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Multi Medium Matte Shop at: Sunny Studio

Wild Cherry Die Focused Card with Marine

Hi crafty friends, Marine here with you today, back with a bright and cheerful card showcasing the Wild Cherries, one of the fruit themed die sets from the Summer 2024 release. So amazing!

I started off by creating a light pink cloudy background on a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel using a stencil from my stash along with spun sugar oxide ink. Next I used a cherry stencil, from my stash again, along with worn lipstick, festive berries, shabby shutters, mowed lawn, vintage photo and ground espresso oxide inks, and created a beautiful cherry background. I splattered water all over the panel and dried it using a paper towel. I also mixed some ground espresso oxide ink with water and used a small brush to add more texture to my panel, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.

Next I cut all my bits and pieces: cherries, stems, branches, leaves, flowers and bird out of colored cardstock, and used oxide inks to add shadows and more depth to each element. Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Wild Cherries for the cherries, stems, leaves • Out On A Limb for the branches • Wicker Basket for the flowers • Build A Birdhouse for the bird

I cut a Frilly Frames Hexagon scalloped panel out of vellum, temporarily taped it to my stenciled panel using washi tape, and then attached all the die-cut pieces on the vellum using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, as well as 3mm glue dots and liquid glue, leaving enough space in the center for my Punny Fruit Greeting. I first white heat embossed "You're the" and "On top of my day", leaving enough space for the word "Cherry" that I stamped using festive berries oxide ink and then heat embossed with clear embossing powder. Next I removed the washi tape pieces, flipped my vellum panel over, added liquid glue behind each die-cut piece, and then attached the panel to my stenciled background.

For the finishing touches, I added a black dot on the bird's eye using black nuvo drops, highlights and details to the elements using a white gel pen, and three dots in the center of each flower using white nuvo drops. And that's it! This card was super fun to make, I love those beautiful cherries and how the word "Cherry" turned out so glossy. 

And I think that the addition of that little birdie makes the card even cuter, doesn't it? Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Out on A Limb Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-A-Birdhouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wicker Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio
Wild Cherry Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Introducing Love Birds Stamps & Tree Branch Die For Valentine's Day!

Merry Christmas!  I hope you all are enjoying a fun and relaxing holiday with your loved ones today. This week our team will be transitioning from Christmas to Spring, featuring a new mini stamp set called Love Birds that is perfect for Valentine's Day, however as I think my cards will illustrate this set doesn't have to be limited to a single holiday. Let's jump right in!

Card No.1: For my first card featuring the Love Birds Stamps, I started by creating my pastel rainbow cloud background by inking on alternating distress inks together with masks I had cut from our Fluffy Cloud Border Dies. I then trimmed down my panel to 3.5" wide and added the stitching and scalloped trim to the edges with our Slimline Basic Border Dies. 

The love bird set comes with a bare tree branch and individual leaves making it easy to customize for both winter and spring scenes and to best position the leaves to suit your card. In this case, I was able to use the same tree branch three times, but by rotating it and placing the leaves in different spots for each of them, I was able to give my card a bit more personality. Finally, I heat-embossed a punny greeting from the set onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies which I had inked with a coordinating shade of Picked Raspberry distress ink to tie in with the pink cloud below.

Card No.2: Next up I paired two of those same adorable birds from the new Love Birds Stamps with our new Tree Branch Dies and the birdhouses from our A Bird's Life Stamps and Little Birdie Stamps. To create my cloud background, I used the coordinating cloud dies from our Plane Awesome Die set which I cut from masking material and then inked over using my favorite Jumbo Dauber. I then added the stitched edge along the bottom of my panel using that same Slimline Basic Border die.

To give my birdhouses the appearance they were hanging from the tree, I poked holes in my background panel and used a fat needle with some embroidery floss to string them on, taping the ends of the floss to the back of my panel before adhering the panel to my card base. I then was able to adhere my birdhouses onto my card and hide any holes. Before doing this though, I first adhered a 1" thick strip of red gingham patterned paper to the bottom of my card from our Classic Gingham Paper pack and layered a lacy scalloped edge from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies. 

Card No.3: For my next card featuring the adorable Love Birds, I paired them with a greeting from our new My Heart Stamps (which won't be fully unveiled or available to purchase until next week). This greeting was designed to perfectly fit within our Stitched Heart 2 Dies and Scalloped Heart Dies.

In this case, I stamped the greeting first with dye ink, and then while it was still in my MISTI tool, I stamped it again with VersaMark Ink so I could sprinkle the greeting with a little bit of clear embossing powder. In this case, my dye ink wasn't matching my cardstock as well as I would have liked, and heat embossing it warmed up the tones just enough to make them match better. It also has the added bonus of lending a bit of shine and sparkle to my card in person. 

To complete my card, I pierced my background using our Dotted Diamond Landscape Die, added the new Tree Branch Die for my birdie to perch on, and our Pink Spinel Jewels to the center of each stamped flower blossom. It was a fairly quick and simple card to create, but I love how adding the little flowers with the jewels gave it just the touch of oomph it was missing.

Card No.4: For my last Love Birds card of the day, I paired them with our larger Out On A Limb tree branch die which I thought was a better scale to match the new free Cherry Blossom die that will automatically come with all retail orders placed in our store starting today! I repeatedly cut the blossoms from white cardstock, inked them with Spun Sugar Distress Ink, and then accentuated the veining detail using my Copic Marker before adding the little center portion which I had also colored with my Copics over a piece of scratch paper. For my background, I inked it up using the same masks I had cut from our Fluffy Clouds Border Dies for my first card.

Here's a closer look at the new Love Birds Stamps, Love Bird Dies, and Tree Branch Dies. While these are available in our store now, the rest of our Spring Release will be shared with our Sneak Peek Week starting on January 1st and available to purchase on January 5th. 

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day and will continue to check back each day this week to see more fun ideas using this cute set by the rest of the team. :)

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Plane Awesome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Plane Awesome Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Out on A Limb Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scalloped Heart Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Heart 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio
My Heart Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	My Heart Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pink Spinel Jewels Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cornflower Blue Jewels Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Ultra Fine Clear Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio