Alphabet Stamp Focused Cards by Lynn and Ashley

Hello, crafty friends, Lynn here! Today I’m sharing a card that I created to highlight the new Phoebe Alphabet stamp set. This stamp set is such a great set to have on hand for either personalizing a card with the recipients name, creating your own sentiment or enlarging a sentiment from a stamp set to create a title like I’ve done with my card today.

To create my card, I not only used the fun Phoebe Alphabet stamp set but I used the adorable new Spring Showers stamp set and the coordinating dies to create a springtime scene. I started out by stamping two of the characters, an umbrella, some clouds and some flowers from the Spring Showers set and coloring them using Copic markers then die cut them out. 

Next I die cut a stitched circle and blended on some Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans Distress Oxide ink along the top half, I also used the raindrop stamps from the Spring Showers set and tumbled glass ink to filled my background with raindrops.  After that, I used the new Spring Scenes stamp set and coordinating dies and stamped, die cut and colored the picket fence/grass image for along the bottom of my circle. For the grass image, I colored it with Copic markers but also blended on some Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink along the bottom edge. 

Next I created my title sentiment by using the Phoebe Alphabet stamp set and the Banner Basics stamp set and coordinating dies. The sentiment “Showering” and “You with Love” comes in the Spring Showers stamp set but but I wanted to enlarge the Showering portion for more of a bang and it was easy to do. I lined up all of my letters to spell out Showering onto my banner and used my Misti tool to stamp them out. I adhered my images and banner to the die cut circle, popping up the boy and girl with foam tape and adding double foam tape to the umbrella. 

For the background panel of my card, I used two pieces of the new Spring Fling patterned paper and die cut them using the Frilly Frames Retro Petals dies. I added my die cut circle with more foam tape, tucked in some clouds above the circle and glued on some of the pretty Iridescent Pastel Confetti.

----------------------------------------------------

Hi everyone! It's Ashley with a super cute new card that combines an older set with a brand new one! I just love the Silly Sloths set, but sometimes when you've had a set for a while, you need new ideas for it. So, I used the new Phoebe Alphabet and Banner Basics sets to make my own sentiment!

I started by blending Distress Oxide ink in Twisted Citron and Distress ink in Mowed Lawn for my background. I splattered water and some gold watercolor for a bit of texture and shine, then put the panel on a white card base.

I stamped several sloths and leaves from the Silly Sloths stamp set in Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored with Copics before cutting out with the matching dies. I stamped a banner from Banner Basics in Jet Black and added a bit of Copic shading before using the Phoebe Alphabet, Jet Black ink, and an acrylic block to spell out "lazin' around". 

I attached the sloths and banner to the card using foam squares for dimension. I used the "I love" and "with you" from Silly Sloths to complete the sentiment. "I love lazin' around with you" - perfect for a homebody like me! I finished the card by tucking the leaves around the sloths and adding a few to the corners.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Silly Sloths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Phoebe Alphabet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Showers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Pink Peonies Cards with Lynn and Ashley

Hi everyone, it’s Lynn here to share a card using the new Pink Peonies stamp set and coordinating dies.

To create my card, I started out with a white card base and then added a panel of light gray cardstock. I used the Blooming Frame die to die cut a piece of white cardstock which I then glued on top of the gray cardstock. After that I stamped several of the beautiful flowers images from the new Pink Peonies stamp set and colored them using Copic markers then die cut them out using the Pink Peonies dies. Once my flowers were completed, I used the Banner Basics stamp set and stamped one of the banners from the set and then die cut it out using the Banner Basics dies.

Copic markers: R11, R02, R32, R43, R14, Y35, YR24, G14, G07, G28, C0, C1

Next I used the Phoebe Alphabet stamp set to stamp my Celebrate sentiment inside the banner. I adhered all of my stamped pieces to my card front and used foam tape to adhere the two largest peony flowers and the banner. To add a touch of sparkle, I used some clear Wink of Stella glitter pen on all of the peonies and glued on some iridescent sequins around my flowers.

------------------------------------------------------

Hi everyone! It's Ashley with my very first post as a member of the Sunny Studio Design Team! I'm so excited to be here!

My card today features the new Pink Peonies set! Peonies are my favorite flower, especially the light pink ones - they were my wedding flowers! Because they are so special to me and because of the stamp set's name, I was inspired to create a literal pink peonies card! 

I started by stamping several flowers and leaves from the Pink Peonies stamp set onto smooth white watercolor paper with VersaMark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I watercolored the images with Zig Clean Color Real Brush markers scribbled onto a watercolor palette and used as paints. I went with brighter pinks for the card, rather than my favorite pale pink, but I love how they turned out! Once they were dry, I cut them out with the Pink Peonies dies.

While my watercolored images were drying, I blended Distress Oxides in Spun Sugar, Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot on white cardstock, then splattered with watered down white acrylic paint. I used the frame of the new Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace die to add interest to the background.

For extra shine, I splattered my die cuts and background with watered down gold acrylic paint before arranging my images in layers on the background. I popped a few flowers and leaves up with foam squares for dimension. Since I had a pink theme going, I made a "tickled pink" sentiment from the Fabulous Flamingos stamp set. I stamped it in VersaMark and embossed with gold to match my splatters. I finished with a few pale pink jewels scattered around the card.

Thanks so much for stopping by for my first post! I'll be here every Monday so I hope you come again :) Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Phoebe Alphabet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pink Peonies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pink Peonies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Blooming Frame Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Enchanted, Prancing Pegasus, Round Blocks & Alphabets

Hello and welcome to the last day of our Spring Sneak Peek Week!  Today is the big day, but before you run off to shop I have one final set of new products to share, along with a video recapping the entire release.  I hope you will read to the end where I also share a special promotion we're running through Monday.  ;)

Card No. 1: I have been having so much fun creating with our new Enchanted Stamps which come with two princesses, a prince, a knight in shining armor, a frog, a castle, a carriage and several additional fairytale inspired accessories!  For my first card I recreated a little Cinderella fairytale scene (right before the clock struck midnight) for a fun wedding card. I paired the castle from the set with the mountains from our new Spring Scenes Stamps.  For my background I stamped some of the little stars from the set with VersaMark Ink and heat set them using Ranger's Buttercup Embossing Powder by Wendy Vecchi. For my cobblestone, I drew some loose bricks with a Copic marker. While it's far (far) from perfect and I got lazy over time, I still like the texture it gives the scene.  

Card No. 2: For my next card, I wanted to create my own tone-on-tone paper using some of the princess accessories from the set. I started by lightly inking up my background with Picked Raspberry distress ink, adding it slightly heavier near the edges.  I then used that same distress ink to stamp the images in a random pattern using a Misti tool, working one section at a time.  After I had one section done, I would take all the same accessory stamps, moving them to another section and rearranging them like a puzzle to compliment the previous stamped portion, repeating the process 7 or 8 times until I had the background filled.

For my little grouping in the center, I paired the princess with the balloons from our new Floating By Stamps and a stack of presents from our Santa Claus Lane Stamps, layering them onto our Scalloped Circle Tag dies which I disguised by hiding the top of the tag behind the balloons. Just one more way to stretch your supplies, right? For my sentiment, I used the "happy birthday" phrase from our Tiny Dancers Stamps with the word "princess" from the Enchanted set.

Card No. 3:  I made my next card for my husband, coloring the people to look like us when we were much younger. Hee-hee.  I then mounted them on a Stitched Heart die cut from a rainbow ombre paper in our Spring Fling Paper pack and grounded them by resting them on a banner from our Banner Basics Stamps.

My heart background was created using our Heartstrings Border Dies, running the same border die through my machine repeatedly, alternating the direction and then backing each row with a strip of tone-on-tone daisy paper. To get my rows to be fairly evenly spaced I found it helpful to use a clear grid ruler to draw some light pencil lines which could be erased afterwards.

Card No. 4: I went clean and simple for this next card inspired by The Princess and The Frog. For my gingham borders, I used our Background Basics Stamps and some Colorbox Kiwi Ink, adding a little zig zag detail to the edge with our Ric Rac Border Dies. To create a little visual mat for my characters, I inked on some Wilted Violet distress ink using my favorite Jumbo Dauber and then used that same ink to ink up an extra piece of white cardstock to stamp my banner onto.  When it was really good and dry, I then heat embossed my sentiment using white embossing powder. A few simple iridescent star crystals finished my card.

Card No. 5: This next card is a favorite of mine combining the adorable images from our Enchanted Stamps with the new mini Prancing Pegasus Stamps.  I embraced all things girly, creating little scenes using our Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Dies cut from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack. I then backed each scene with a stitched Fluffy Cloud Border. A single balloon from our Oceans of Joy set filled a little hole I had that needed filling and a sentiment from Tiny Dancers completed my card.

Card No. 6: I channeled my 80's childhood for this card--it totally brings me back to my love for My Little Pony! I used the adorable rainbow paper from our Spring Fling Paper pack as my inspiration which led me to created the stitched cloud background with our Fluffy Clouds dies.  I then stamped and colored a rainbow from our Rain or Shine Stamps and paired it with another cloud from our Fluffy Cloud dies, stamping it with a happy face from our Fast Food Fun Stamps.  A sentiment from the Prancing Pegasus Stamps embossed onto our Gingham Pastels Paper completed my scene.

Gift Tag: For my last project of the day using our Prancing Pegasus stamps, I made a personalized birthday gift tag using our Scalloped Square Tag Dies which were cut from a piece of rainbow paper from our Spring Fling Paper pack. As luck would have it, I just  happened to have a spool of Offray sunburst rainbow ribbon in my stash that matched perfectly! To customize my tag, I stamped "happy birthday" using our Happy Thoughts Stamps and then spelled out "Laura" using our new Kinsley Alphabet stamps.  A loopy heart border from our Heartstrings Border Dies completed the girly look I was after.

In honor the new release, we have a couple promo codes that will be active through Monday, January 13th at 11:59 pm PST:

• For orders within the USA, use the promo code FREESHIP at checkout to receive free shipping on all retail orders over $25.
• For international orders, use the promo code SAVE4 at checkout to save $4 on your shipping on all retail orders over $25.
• Or use our ongoing promo code SAVE5 to save $5 on any retail purchase over $49.

With this release, we also have a new free mini tulip die that automatically comes with all orders placed on our website, starting today and running through to our next release (or while supplies last).

You can watch the video recap below or on our YouTube Channel HERE.

That wraps up the last of our Spring sneak peeks.  I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win. The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 12th. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Here's a closer look at the new Phoebe & Kinsley Alphabet Stamps and Enchanted & Prancing Pegasus stamps & dies which are now available for purchase.

     

     

     

Other Supplies Used:

Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Heart Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Circle Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio	Banner Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Banner Basics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heartstrings Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Iridescent Star Crystals Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio