The Graduate Card with Tina M

Hi there! Tina M here sharing a card featuring the new The Graduate Stamps set!

For my A2 size card I started with the background panels, I die cut out a pink piece using patterned paper from the Flirty Flowers Paper pack using the largest of the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. From white card stock I die cut out the second largest of the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies, I then die cut out the scene using the Slimline Nature Borders Die set creating the road, grassy area and the sky and ink blended each piece and then adhered the panels to the card base.

Next, I stamped the penguins from the Passionate Penguins Stamp set, the caps and the graduation scrolls from The Graduate stamps set, and the clouds from the Majestic Meadow Stamps set on alcohol ink friendly card stock using Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored them with my Copic Markers, see list below.

Copic colors used:
Penguins: N5/6/8, W0/1/2, R00/30/32, YR21/24/27
Car: RW10/11/13, N1/3/5/6/8, YR31
Bow: RW10/11/13
Caps: RW10/11/13, YG:61/63 G94/99, BG:10/11/13
Graduation scrolls:E40/42, YG:61/63 G94, BG:10/11/13
Clouds:C0/1, RV10

I then die cut the images out using the coordinating Passionate Penguins Dies, The Graduate Dies and the Majestic Meadow Dies. I then added foam dots to the back of all die cut pieces for dimension and adhered them to the scene panel.

Lastly, I stamped the big Congrats Grad from The Graduate Stamps set with green ink, die cut it out using the coordinating die from The Graduate Dies set . I added foam dots to the back for dimension and adhered it to the card!

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you all a happy and colorful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bundle of Joy Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today and I am so excited to share my first card from the new Summer Release! Have you seen all of the fun new products?! Such an amazing release! Today I have a sweet baby card to share with you featuring the new Bundle of Joy set. This is just the sweetest baby set with absolutely adorable baby and baby accessory images. So let's get started.

I stamped the images from the Bundle of Joy Stamps and a few bird images from the Little Birdie Stamps sets onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Bundle of Joy Dies and Little Birdie Dies to diecut them out. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Birds: B21/24, Y38, E93
Baby: E000/00/21/11/93
Pink: RV000/10/02
Silver: C1/3
Black: T7
Clothespins: E31
Grass: YG03

For the background, I used the Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies to diecut a panel out of a white cardstock. I masked off the scalloped edges. I used the Slimline Nature Borders Dies to diecut a piece of clear acetate to make my own cloud stencil. I used my homemade cloud stencil, Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide inks to ink blend a subtle background onto the white panel. I added some dots in the grass with a Copic marker (YG03). A piece of craft foam was adhered to the back of the panel before it was adhered to a piece of pink cardstock.

For the sentiment, I stamped the “Welcome Baby” sentiment from the Bundle of Joy Stamps set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink directly onto the baby carriage. 

For the clothesline, a piece of white and silver twine from my stash was adhered to the inked panel with liquid glue. I adhered the colored images to the panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. The panel was adhered to an A2 white card base (4.25" x 5.5”). The card was finished with a few Majestic Clear Confetti.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. Be sure to visit the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop to check out the new Summer Release and for more info and ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bundle of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bundle of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Introducing Afternoon Tea Teacup & Teapot Stamps & Dies

Hello, and welcome to day 2 of our Summer Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I am sharing cards showcasing our newest collection, which will be available for purchase this Friday!

Card No. 1: Today, I am sharing our new Afternoon Tea Stamps, which include a cute teapot, two different coordinating teacups, a saucer, a spoon, teabags, sugar cubes, a floral arrangement, one large Mother's Day greeting, and a number of other punny everyday greetings to enjoy this set all year long. 

For my first card, I started by die-cutting a stitched panel from the Spring Fever Paper pack using the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies. I then layered an embossed, scalloped mat cut from white cardstock over that, using the Frilly Frames Lattice Dies. I started by die-cutting the lacy outer edge with the outer die, then ran the mat through my die-cutting machine again with the inner die and an embossing mat so it would emboss the cardstock rather than cut it out. Lastly, I cut a stitched sentiment strip using the Slimline Pennant Dies cut from a pink gingham print found in the Gingham Pastels Paper pack. It felt a bit plain on its own, so I dressed it up by cutting small scalloped trim for both sides from lavender cardstock with the Slimline Basic Border Dies. The tiny, layered flowers I used to decorate my teapot and draw attention to my greeting are also included in the new stamp set.

Card No. 2: Next up, I have a Mother's Day card using the new Afternoon Tea Stamps. I started by coloring three teacups and saucers with floral to adorn the top of each with my Copic Markers, and then framed them all lined up with our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. I inked up behind the row of cups with a blend of spun sugar and picked Raspberry Distress inks, then tucked the oversized Mother's Day greeting between the last two teacups. This simple design came together quite quickly after my images were colored, and I love how it turned out!

Card No. 3: For this fun card featuring the Afternoon Tea Stamps, I used the polka-dot and partial polka-dot images from the set to staple a polka-dot pattern, then colored my images in a bold red & white print. I wish I had a tea set like this in real life! I accented my scene with some lemons from the Sweet As Can Bee Stamps and framed them all using the Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Dies. Lastly, I stamped the punny greetings from the set with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

Card No. 4: My next Afternoon Tea card stacks the two teacup styles into a fun rainbow of four cups with a saucer. To make them look like they are stacked inside each other, I fussy-cut and trimmed a slit along the side of each cup. I also alternated the two styles so that the handles alternated between the left and right sides. I experienced a die-cutting mishap on my second card, but I hated to throw out the entire piece, so I repurposed the good parts of the die-cut for this card, using the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies to bleed off the top and bottom. I also cut two 1" strips of a rainbow gingham print from the Spring Fever Paper pack to adhere on the two outside edges to pull together all the colors from my teacups.

Card No. 5: For this Mother's Day Card using the Afternoon Tea Stamps, I started by embossing a white cardstock panel using the Dapper Diamond Embossing Folder. I then trimmed a bit from both the top and bottom to allow a pink-striped print from the Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper pack to show through. This is yet another great way to use up the extra scraps you have leftover after trimming an A2 panel from a 6x6 patterned paper. I have a clear bag where I always store my scraps, and I always reach for it first when I need just a little something extra to dress up my cards. 

For my focal point, I colored a teacup with a mismatched saucer filled with flowers and stamped the large Mother's Day greeting from the set in a coordinating Lilac ink. I then arranged all the cute little layered flowers I had already stamped earlier for my first card, creating a floral diamond print in the background. This card was almost entirely made from scraps on my desk, so I was super happy with how it came together. In fact, the green teacup was a leftover from my last card when I realized I had accidentally colored the wrong teacup green, and I wondered how I was ever going to make a green teacup work on another card, so it just goes to show you can almost rescue any creative mistake.

Card No. 6: Yesterday, I shared a sneak peek of our new Sweet As Can Bee Stamps coming out on Friday, and today I have another card combining that set with our new Afternoon Tea Stamps. I started by cutting four 3/8" strips of striped paper from our Spring Fever Paper pack and mitering the corners for the strips on the left and right sides to allow the stripe to show on all four sides of my card. I then added a stitched mat, cut from white cardstock using the Stitched Rectangle Dies. Lastly, I arranged all the images from the two sets to create a darling scene with the teapot, teacup, honey, lemon, and bumblebees, before I stamped the punny greeting on either side of my teapot.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner, who will be randomly selected from comments on this blog post and on our Facebook and Instagram posts. Our daily contests will run through Saturday, April 25th, at Midnight PST, with winners announced here on our blog on Sunday, April 26th.

Here's a closer look at our new Afternoon Tea Stamps and Afternoon Tea Dies, which will be available for purchase on Friday, April 24th.

  

Other Supplies Used:

Sweet As Can Bee Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet As Can Bee Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Lattice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dapper Diamonds Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stickles Stardust Glitter Shop at: Sunny Studio

Inside Greetings Friends Cards with Janneke

Hello crafty friends, Janneke here and today I am excited to share these adorable friendship cards featuring the Inside Greetings Friends stamp set.

For this card project, I started by die-cutting 6x the Scalloped Square 1 Small from white cardstock, three of which I turned into grassy borders using our Slimline Nature Border dies. I decided to make three different colored cards, blending the insides of the scalloped squares with pastel blue, pink, and green Distress Oxide inks. For the grass borders, I also blended only the inside with green ink. I masked off the edges to achieve this, but honestly, it would be even easier to use Stitched Square Dies and stick them on top (I’ve already added them to my Wishlist!).

Next, I stamped the Inside Greetings Friends sentiment in a shade slightly darker than the background color, then stamped it again 1mm below in black ink to create a little depth.

I layered the grass borders onto the blended scalloped squares, tucking in some flowers from the Bunnyville stamp set behind the grass. From the Gingham Pastels paper, I cut squares slightly larger than the scalloped ones and rounded the corners with a punch before adhering the scalloped squares on top.

For each card, I chose a different cute critter:

On the blue card, the bunnies from Bunnyville stamp set and the Balloon Numbers stamp set, on the pink card, the sweet penguins from the Passionate Penguins stamp set and  on the green card, the adorable foxes from the Foxy Friends stamp set.

Lastly I added the butterflies also from the Bunnyville stamp set and the heart lollipop from the Bighearted Bears stamp set to each card. After coloring all the stamps with Ohuhu markers and adding highlights with a white gel pen, I adhered them onto the card bases and I mounted everything onto white cardstock bases, rounding the corners to match.

Cards done, ready to send joy! Thanks for joining me, and see you next week.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scalloped Square 1 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio