Summer Sweets Ice Cream Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some ice cream-themed cards for Summer using our Summer Sweet Stamps.

For my first card showcasing the Summer Sweet Stamps, I created a 6-window grid using our Window Trio Square Dies, which I ran through my die-cutting machine twice. I then backed the openings with a pale pink polka-dot print I stamped using our Background Basics 2 Stamps. For my greeting, I stamped a punny birthday sentiment from the Summer Sweet Stamps onto a Brilliant Banner 3 Die cut from pale blue cardstock to compliment the blue in the glass dishes. I then filled all the openings with chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry-flavored ice cream treats, with a touch of red accents for the cherries and cola labels.

My second card pairs the swirl soft-serve ice cream cone and the phrase "Did you hear the scoop?" from the Summer Sweets Stamps with the ice cream truck and the hard-serve ice cream cone from our Cruisin' Cuisine Stamps. I had fun coloring one cone to look like chocolate chip mint ice cream to match the retro aqua ice cream truck! I carried through the retro 1950s vibe with a bubblegum pink polka-pot print using the same Background Basics 2 Stamps. and framed the elements on two Rounded Rectangle Mats. Lastly, I die-cut a small pennant strip from aqua-striped patterned paper from our Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper pack using the die from our Notebook Photo Corners Dies and stamped it with my greeting.

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 Summer Sweets Stamps and Cruisin' Cuisine Stamps 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:

Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cruisin' Cuisine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cruisin' Cuisine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Summer Sweets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Sweets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Party Pups Dog-Themed Birthday Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some dog-themed birthday cards using our Party Pups Stamps.

For my first card, I paired the sheepdog, balloons, ball, and greeting from the Party Pups Stamps with the Yorkshire Terrier and Chihuahua from our Puppy Dog Kisses Stamps. I framed my little scene using our Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies and layered it with a rainbow striped chevron print and a rainbow polka-dot pattern from our Surprise Party Paper pack.

For my dog balloon strings, I loosely laid them out where I wanted each balloon to go and then added a small dot where the strings would end by the balloon knot and another dot in the center, behind my sheepdog. I then used my clear ruler with a Copic Multiliner pen in .1 thickness to draw strings for my balloons before adhering them to my background.

For my second card, I colored the Corgi, Pomeranian, Old English Sheepdog, Papillon, and Bulldog from the Party Pups Stamps to create an ultimate dog-lover birthday card. I colored each of their cupcake wrappers and party hats in a rainbow of colors to match the patterned papers from our Surprise Party Paper pack. I used the largest die from the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies set to frame my scene this time. I also used the stitched ribbon from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies cut from red cardstock to create a divider between my scene, punny sentiment, and the colorful banner paper.

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 Party Pups Stamps and Puppy Dog Kisses Stamps in our online shop, which are both 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:

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pups Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pups Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Puppy Dog Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Dog Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Puddle Jumpers Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here, and although I have been enjoying a lot of sunny days lately, every now and then, the occasional Spring shower comes along! Great for our garden and refreshing for us all! Anyway, making a fun rainbow card has been on my list for a while. And what better set to use for such a scene than the happy Puddle Jumpers stamps and dies!

How cute is this little girl with her frog umbrella and all the sweet ducks! I also stamped the puddle twice. The clouds were selected from the Spring Showers set and I enjoyed coloring these images with my Copics in bright colors.

Creating the rainbow was a bit tricky. I didn’t have a stamp or die in that shape so I browsed through my stash and had an idea when I saw the Distinctive Doors die! This set contains a staircase with three steps. If I had two of these and glued them together onto a backing piece of card stock, I would end up with a straight mini rainbow! Coloring this piece was easy, I just had to mask each ‘step’ to add the right Copic color.

Now it was time to work on the design layers of this project starting with a white panel cut with the outer die from the Frilly Frames Stripes set. Next, I create a large white rounded rectangle (Rounded Rectangle Mat dies).

I am a huge fan of embossing folders they truly enhance any card design. And today, I stepped it up a notch by adding some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide to the raised side of the Buffalo Plaid folder before running the white rounded piece through the die cutting machine. When I layered all the pieces onto a white card base, it felt a little flat. It needed a pop of color! I could not find any matching blue card stock, so I just colored the borders of a white card base with a Copic marker I had used previously for the clouds.  

To continue the happy vibe of this project, I stamped a sentiment from the Over The Rainbow set onto a white strip with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Adding a few Champagne Clear Jewels finishes this sweet ‘rainbow’ design. 

Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Over The Rainbow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Puddle Jumpers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Distinctive Door Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Baby Elephant Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am making a mini slimline card with the sweet Baby Elephants stamps and die set! I always try to have cards for several occasions in my stash and this set is just perfect for a new baby.

To start, I cut a white rectangle background panel to the size of a mini slimline using a die from my stash. As an extra layer I also created a white panel with one of the Rounded Rectangle Mats. Now it was time to choose one of the adorable elephants, stamp the image on the mat and enjoy some Copic coloring.

Next, I glued both pieces together with liquid glue and pulled a sky stencil for ink blending with Seedless Preserves and Milled Lavender Distress Oxide. I used a small blending brush and was able to avoid stenciling over the image. Of course, you can always cut a mask, but these tiny brushes work very well. I added some purple dots with a Copic marker for extra depth.

Then it was time to select the letters to spell the word ‘baby’ from a purple paper (Hayley Lowercase Alphabet). I also used the Hello word die cut (Dots & Stripes Pastel). By placing the rounded mat near the bottom of the mini slimline panel, I kept room to add both words above the image.

Next, I created a white card base with another die from my stash and added the cloudy panels with foam tape. As a final embellishment, I cut several sizes of stars (Comic Strip Speech Bubbles), colored them with the same yellow copics as the moon and spread them across the card. This makes the design even more dreamy and sweet.

Thank you for joining me and I look forward seeing the cards you create with this adorable set! Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Hello Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Garden Critters 4-Card Set with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some bug-themed cards for Summer using our Garden Critters Stamps.

I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to make all four of my cards today using the same core group of five Sunny Studio supplies and a single design template or "sketch" to speed up the cardmaking process. By doing this I was able to focus on making each card feel unique with the individual stamp images featured and the patterned papers I used. I was shocked to realize I was able to complete 4 cute cards in the amount of time that I would usually only get one or two cards done!

I will also note, that for each new release, I always stamp every square inch of my favorite Copic Marker paper with as many images from a new stamp set that I can squeeze onto a 8.5" x 11" sheet so I can have a bunch of die-cut images ready to go for any cards I create promoting the new sets. For all my cards I'm sharing this summer, I am also challenging myself to use up as many leftover images as possible that I have already stamped and die-cut, but that never made it onto a card. It always makes me feel so good putting them to use and trying to use up every last piece. Not only does it give these scraps of paper new life to make someone happy, but it is also helping me clear off my desk with the huge bin of stamped images I have sitting here, where I have them grouped in baggies and sorted by stamp set.

Card No.1: My first card combines the ladybugs, grasshoppers, and caterpillar from our Garden Critters Stamps. These images nicely complement each other with a complementary red and green color scheme. These colors aren't just for Christmas, and I love how good they look together for a fresh summer card! To frame my scene I layered our Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies with the scalloped frame from our Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies. Our super cute Spring Fling Paper pack features happy prints in a rainbow of pastel colors, so many of the prints weren't going to work with my red ladybugs, but this grass print from the set was a perfect match!

Card No. 2: For my next card I used the sunshine, bees, and punny greeting from our Garden Critters Stamps. However, I'm only realizing in this moment that I unintentionally cheated on my challenge because the beehive I had previously stamped and saved with my die-cuts is actually from our Just Bee-cause Stamps. My little scene worked better with a vertical orientation, so I love that this simple design works well for both portrait or landscape-style cards. 

Card No. 3: Not all the prints in the Spring Fling Paper pack include aqua tones, so this pastel rainbow chevron-patterned paper was so perfect for my dragonflies, which I had already colored in iridescent shades of lilac and aqua. Their big bug eyes make me smile every time I see them!

Card No. 4: I will admit, I meant to adhere this little scene to the card no.3 background with the "You make my heart flutter" sentiment, but I absentmindedly glued it down tight to the wrong card while watching tv at 2am. This particular card background was supposed to be reserved for my first card. I was so mad at myself, realizing the ladybugs weren't going to work with the pastel chevron striped background I had left, but then I realized this particular combo didn't look bad together, so after my mini internal tantrum, I decided to shift things around like musical chairs and to create a fourth card. With that in mind, I ended up with two cards with the grass background (because my first card wasn't going to work with any of the other prints from the set). Still, I was pleased that I was able to make it work, without too much heartache, other than using up another sheet of my favorite grass paper--It's one of those prints that I save every square inch of because it works so well for scene-building cards.

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:

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Just Bee-cause Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Just Bee-cause Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio