Designer Choice Cards with Kavya and Isha

Hi folks, Kavya here. I am back with another fun card that uses a *bunch* of fan favorites that you might already have in your stash. I love stretching my supplies and using them beyond their intended use/themes. It gives me so much satisfaction and joy when I craft that way! Today’s card is one such project that was inspired by a pun that I saw a few years ago on my llama loving friend’s IG caption. While going through my stash, I realized that I had all the stamps to bring this pun to life.

I first started off by creating a background using ink blended blue and green cardstock. I used two different shades of green and the Slimline Nature Border die to create the land. I then proceeded to stamp and color multiple images from the following stamp sets:

• Lovable Llama (llama)
• Woo Hoo (grad cap and diploma)
• School Time (pencil)
• Looking Sharp (cacti and party caps)
• Country Scene (mountain)
• Balloon Rides (sun and party banners) 

I then die cut the alphabets using Chloe and Loopy Letters. I decided to leave the ‘llama’ portion of the pun in white so that there is a contrast between ‘Dip’ and ‘llama’ (Diploma! if you haven’t figured it out yet). I then found ‘Congrats on your’ sentiment in Happy Home stamp set and it was just perfect for this card! 

That’s it folks! I hope you liked this fun card.. be sure to check back tomorrow for more inspiration! Happy Crafting.

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Hello everyone! Isha here with a cute scene card for you today. I love fairies, gnomes, and everything magical :)

To start, I created the sky by sponging distress oxide inks in squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry, seedless preserves. Flick some of the same inks. Die-cut the grass using Slimline Nature Border dies, sponge peeled paint distress oxide ink.

Stamp and die-cut the images and other elements. Color the stamps using Copic markers.

Rustic Winter Dies: Birch Tree
Picket Fence Dies: Fence
Snail Mail stamp: Sentiment
Outback Critters and Dies: Birds
Garden Fairy stamp and Dies: Mushroom house, snail, butterfly, flowers
Home Sweet Gnome and Dies: Gnome, mushroom

Adhere all the images to the card. Use 3d foam to some of the elements for extra dimension and interest and the card is ready.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Happy Home Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	School Time Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	School Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woo Hoo Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woo Hoo Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Looking Sharp Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Looking Sharp Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Outback Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Outback Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Home Sweet Gnome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Home Sweet Gnome Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rustic Winter Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovable Llama Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovable Llama Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Teacher Appreciation Cards with Isha and Kavya

Hello everyone! Isha here with a rainbow colored card featuring the Teacher Appreciation stamp set. This stamp set is simply perfect for one of the most important people of our lives, "Teachers".

Rainbow colors are my way of showing the variety of ways a teacher touches our lives. So, I started by applying distress inks (salty ocean, picked raspberry, shabby shutters, squeezed lemonade, dried marigold) mixed with water onto watercolor paper. Let this dry and then add white splatters. Adhere this layer to a white card base.

Next, I made a white frame by using two of the Stitched Rectangle dies. Die-cut some alphabets and numbers from the Chloe Alphabet and the Loopy Letters dies. Adhere the frame to the card and then adhere the alphabets and numbers inside it.

Stamp the sentiment from the Teacher Appreciation stamp set onto vellum. Cut a white cardstock slightly bigger than the sentiment stripe. Sponge some ink to one side. Adhere the vellum sentiment to it. Adhere this to the card using 3d foam. To finish, I added a small paperclip.

Thank you for dropping by! Have a nice day.

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Hi folks, Kavya here. I am back with another fun card that uses some products from the previous releases along with the new release! I love it when Mendi designs products that pair well with supplies that you might already have in your stash. 

I first started off by stamping and coloring a bunch of images from School Time stamp set. I stamped a sentiment inside the ruled paper using the new Teacher Appreciation stamp set. I then created a faux blackboard using just cardstock and dye ink! I first ink blended the edges of a basil colored green cardstock using matching dye ink. I then gently swiped a white dye ink pad on top and added some paint splatters to create a faux chalk look. 

I then did the same with Kraft cardstock to create a faux wood look.. but instead of swiping a white ink pad, I used a brown ink pad! Layer them on top of one another and you are done! 

That’s it! I hope you liked this fun card… and maybe decide to recreate this! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

School Time Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	School Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Teacher Appreciation Cards with Anja and Vanessa

Hello everyone, Anja here today. The school year is coming to an end soon and I love the idea of creating Thank You cards for teachers, especially during this pandemic. The Teacher Appreciation set is full of wonderful sentiments which will work for other occasions and people as well. I combined it with the Color My World Stamps, one of the cute Beach Buddies and the gorgeous Chloe Alphabet Dies.

I started off with a light aqua A2 card base and die cut a mat from white cardstock using the stitched rectangle included in the Frilly Frames Retro Petals Die set. I stamped five colored pencils using dye inks (you can find the ink colors below) and cut them out with the coordinating die.

Dye Inks used for all pencils:
Wood: MFT In the Buff and Biscotti, Altenew Caramel Toffee; Metal Piece: SSS Fog, Lawn Fawn Manatee; Eraser: Altenew Cotton Candy and Coral Berry

Pencils (Altenew Dye Inks):
Purple: Soft Lilac, Lavender Fields, Deep Iris; Pink: Pink Diamond, Pinkalicious, Rubellite; Yellow: Buttercream, Warm Sunshine, Sunkissed; Green: Bamboo, Parrot, Olive; Aqua: Dew Drop, Aqualicious, Teal Cave

With the help of masking, I gave the little bunny some glasses. I used Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and did some coloring with Copic Markers. I cut him out with the matching die.

Next, I stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the card with VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it in silver. I spelled out the word 'thanks' by die cutting the individual letters from shiny rainbow mirror cardstock. I adhered them over the heat embossed sentiment and added a couple of silver paperclips below.

Finally, I popped up the colored pencils and the bunny with foam tape for a bit of dimension.

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

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Hello to you! Vanessa here with a card using the Teacher Appreciation set. 

I first trimmed a panel of striped patterned paper from the Sleek Stripes Paper pad slightly smaller than my card base and adhered it. Now I stamped the images from Teacher Appreciation, Color My World and School Time, colored the apple and the pin with Copic markers, fussy-cut the elements and adhered everything to the card, raising some parts with foam tape. Finally, I added stars from the Primary Star Confetti.

I hope you got inspired today! Thanks for visiting, have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

School Time Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	School Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio