Just Bee-Cause Card with Marine

Bzzz bzzz crafty friends! This is Marine here, and I'm super happy to be back with this extra buzzzy slimline card featuring Mr Bear and his bee friends. Another mix & match that I very much enjoyed working on.

I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all and then colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and Graph’it brush markers. Browns and greens for the branches, and of course a black and yellow color palette for the bees, beehives and Mr Bear's accessories.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Just Bee-Cause - bees, beehives • Holiday Hugs - bear • Little Birdie - branches • Garden Critters - watering can • Chubby Bunny + Chickie Baby - flowers.

Once the coloring was done, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and moved on to the background. I cut a 7,75 x 2,75 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel using the stitched mat die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die set, and I covered the entire panel with clouds using a cloudy stencil from my stash along with salvaged patina and peacock feathers oxide inks. I splattered water all over the panel and dried it with a paper towel, mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and added more splatters to the panel using a slim brush, and then I did the same with peacock feathers oxide ink for more contrast.

I used the same slimline die as my main panel to cut two pieces out of green cardstock, and cut a grass border out of each piece using a die from the Picket Fence die set. I added a little bit of rustic wilderness oxide ink to the edges of both borders, mixed a little bit of that same ink with water and added green splatters to the borders, as well as white ink splatters, and then I white heat embossed "Just bee-cause" from Just Bee-Cause on the smallest grass border.

I assembled and attached everything to my panel, starting at the very bottom with the largest grass border first using 1mm foam squares. Next I stuck Mr Bear using the same foam adhesives, added the small grass border on the foreground using 2mm foam squares, and then attached the rest of the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares again.

Next I created the card base and first cut a slimline scalloped panel out of dark gray cardstock using another die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die set, I cut an 8 x 3 inches white slimline panel that I attached to the scalloped panel using 1mm foam tape, and stuck my scene panel to the white panel using liquid glue. I attached the whole thing to an 8,5 x 3,5 inches dark yellow card base, and to complete my card, I applied white blizzard nuvo drops to the bees wings to make them sparkle.

And that's it! Another super cute and fun mix & match that turned out pretty cool I think. I hope that you like it too! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chubby Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chubby Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Just Bee-cause Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Just Bee-cause Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Chickie Baby Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chickie Baby Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Fabulous Flamingos Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog with a fun birthday boxcard to share with you featuring the adorable images from the Fabulous Flamingos and Sending Sunshine sets. Aren't these flamingos just the cutest?! Today I'm going to share a quick and easy way to make a homemade boxcard to add just a little pizzazz to your birthday cards. So let's get started. 

I stamped the flamingos and palm trees from the Fabulous Flamingos and Sending Sunshine Stamps sets onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Fabulous Flamingos Dies and Sending Sunshine Dies to die cut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Flamingos: RV000/00/02/06, Y13, C1
Palm Trees: YG01/03/17/67, E41/42/43/44

For the boxcard, I used a few pieces of sturdy white cardstock: base (1.5" x 10.5"), back panel (3.75" x 4.25"), background panel (3.25" x 3.75"), sentiment strip (3.25" x 1") and 3 shelves (4.75" x 2"). I also trimmed a few pieces of a contrasting teal cardstock for decorations: back mat (3.5" x 4"), sentiment strip mat (3.5" x 1.25") and 2 side panels (1" x 1.25").

To assemble the boxcard, I used a score board to score the base strip at the 0.5", 1.75", 5.5" and 6.75" marks. I folded the strips at the score lines and used a strong double sided tape on the 0.5" end tab to enclose the boxcard base.

Next, I lightly blended some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink onto the background panel. Once it was dry, I added a few dots with a BG11 Copic marker and a white gel pen for a bit of interest. I adhered this background panel to the teal back mat, then to the white back panel with liquid adhesive. I adhered these panels as well as the teal sentiment strip mat and teal side panels to the boxcard base with liquid adhesive. 

For the shelves, I used one of the stitched slope dies from the Slimline Nature Borders Dies to die cut a slope with a nicely finished edge onto the 3 white shelves. I lightly blended some Scattered Straw and Tea Dye Distress Oxide inks onto the top finished edge of the shelves. I added a few dots with a E33 Copic marker, a black Pigma Micron pen (or you can use a Copic Multiliner pent) and a white gel pen to give the mounds a more realistic sand appearance. Once the inks were dried, I trimmed off 0.5" from each end of one of the shelves and adhered it to the inked background panel of the boxcard. Next, I used a score board to score at the 0.5" mark on each end of the remaining two shelves. I folded at the score line, added some double sided tape to the end tabs and adhered them into the boxcard.

For the sentiment, I stamped the "Have a" and "birthday" from the Harvest Mice Stamp set and the "flamazing" from the Fabulous Flamingos Stamp set onto the white sentiment strip with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I adhered the strip to the front of the boxcard with liquid adhesive.

Finally, I decorated the boxcard with my colored images using liquid adhesive. HINT: for extra sturdiness, I sometimes use a thin strip of clear acetate to adhere behind my colored image (especially for thin images like these flamingos and their thin legs) before adhering the other end of the clear acetate strip to the boxcard shelf. These clear acetate strips are also super handy for adhering images that appear to be floating in midair like balloons, birds or clouds.

I love boxcards. I think they take a regular card to a whole new level of fun for the recipient. I also love that they can be flattened and fit into a regular envelope for mailing. My card today fit nicely into a standard A2 sized envelope. 

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my boxcard. For more info and ideas, be sure to visit the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Plane Awesome Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today! I'm so glad to be back with this super colorful and extra cute card showcasing the adorable Plane Awesome stamp set. I love those adorable planes so much I decided to feature three of them on my card, so I went for a slimline design to make them fit well, and used a color palette I've used before on this Party Pets card and enjoyed it very much.

All the images are from Plane Awesome. I know: shocking, right? I'm more of a "let's use all my stamp sets on one card" kind of a card maker, but for this one, everything I needed to create my scene was already in the set. So, I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the matching dies, and then colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and my Graph'it brush, with neutrals on the critters and brights on the planes. And once the coloring was finished, I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

Next I cut a slimline panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using a die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die set, covered that panel with tumbled glass oxide ink first, and then used a slimline cloud stencil from my stash along with broken china oxide ink to add a cloudy pattern to my background. I splattered water all over the panel and dried it with a paper towel, mixed a bit of copic opaque white ink with water and used a slim brush to add white splatters to the panel, and then did the same with broken china, faded jeans and black soot oxide inks to add more contrast and interest to the clouds.

I cut an 8 x 3 inches white panel and attached my cloudy background to it using liquid glue. Next I cut a scalloped blue panel using another die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die set and stuck my white panel to it using 1mm foam tape, and then I attached my scalloped blue panel to a khaki green card base using 1mm foam tape again.

I stamped "Hoping your day is just plane awesome" from Plane Awesome at the bottom of the cloudy panel using black versafine ink, attached all the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and finished my card by adding glossy accents to the hearts to make them super shiny. 

And that's it! How fun it was to color those planes in this super fun color palette, what a great coloring session I had! I hope that you like this super colorful card, too! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Plane Awesome Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Plane Awesome Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio

Party Pets Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a clean and simple birthday card to share with you showcasing this adorable pup from the Party Pets set. I absolutely adore this set and find myself repeatedly reaching for it. 

I stamped the images from the Party Pets stamps set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Party Pets Dies to die cut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Dog: E50/51/53/33/35, R000/20, R22
Balloons: RV000/10/21/13/14

I used the Slimline Nature Borders Dies to die cut a piece of clear acetate to make my own cloud stencil. I ink blended a cloudy background with this stencil and some Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock. Once the panel was dry, I used the second largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies to die cut the panel.

I adhered a piece of craft foam to the backside of the panel before adhering it to a piece of white cardstock that was matted with a slightly larger piece of black cardstock (4.25" x 5.5").

For the sentiment, I stamped one of the sentiments from the Party Pets stamps set with Versamark Watermark ink onto a piece of black cardstock and heat embossed with Detail White Embossing Powder. I used the coordinating Party Pets Dies to die cut it out. 

I adhered the sentiment and colored images to the front of the inked panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. Finally, I adhered the panel to a white A2 card base (4.25" x 5.5"). I finished the card with a few Majestic Clear Confetti.

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

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio

Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Foxy Friends Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back with this fun and lovely slimline scene featuring a character you might have recognized: Little Red Riding Hood. I created her using an image from Puddle Jumpers, and gave her some sweet and gentle wolf friends using images from Foxy Friends. Super fun!

I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. For Little Red Riding Hood, I simply masked the duck details off the hood, applied the ink to the stamp, removed the washi tape and then stamped the image. I did this two or three times to get a really nice impression, cut all the images using the matching dies, and colored everything using my alcohol markers. I went for different shades of green for the trees, neutral warm grays for the wolves, turquoise the birds and of course red for Little Red Riding Hood, as well as the birdhouses for more red accents on the card.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Foxy Friends - wolves, birds • Puddle Jumpers - little red riding hood • Seasonal Trees - trees, birdhouses, log • Bunnyville - grass, butterflies.

Next I cut a slimline panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using a die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die set, I divided it in half using washi tape, and colored both parts using oxide inks. I started with the lower section and blended mowed lawn and rustic wilderness oxide inks. I mixed some rustic wilderness oxide ink with water and used a slim brush to add splatters to the grass border. Next I moved on to the upper part, first covered the entire section with tumbled glass oxide ink, and then used a tree stencil from my stash along with broken china oxide ink to add a forest background to my scene. I splattered water on the upper section and dried the panel with a paper towel, mixed some broken china with water and added more splatters, and then mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and added white splatters all over my panel.

I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and once my panel was dry, I attached them all using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. I cut a slightly larger slimline panel out of white cardstock and attached my Little Red Riding Hood scene on top using liquid glue. I cut a scalloped panel out of yellow cardstock using another Slimline Scalloped Frame die, stuck it to an 8,5 x 3,5 inches card base using 1mm foam tape, and then attached my little scene using foam tape again because I like my cards to have dimension.

Finally I used a Brilliant Banner 1 die to cut a banner out of brown cardstock, white heat embossed "Life with you is an adventure" from Critter Campout on that banner, and attached it right above Little Red Riding Hood using foam squares again. 

And that's it! I've had this idea in mind for quite a while so I was very happy to finally create it and I'm glad of how it turned out. Love those little wolves so much! I hope you do too. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Campout Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio