Guest Designer Spotlight: All Occasion Cards with Kavya

Hi folks, Kavya from Handmade By Kavya with some fun inspiration for the latest release! The new release is fueled with fun adorable cuties perfect for any occasion. Since it's valentine's day, I am going to show you how to make three cards that could be perfect for any occasion including today. How perfect is that? I think every card stash needs cards that are versatile! 

For my first card, we will be highlighting the typewriter from Vintage Valentines stamp set. I started off by stamping images from Vintage Valentines and Garden Fairy. For the background, I started off by die cutting Frilly Frames Quatrefoil using navy blue cardstock.

For the background, I took a lighter blue cardstock and ink blended the top using navy blue dye ink. For the table, I used pattern paper from All is Bright paper pack. Adhere all the images as shown in the picture below. Add a few details using white gel pen and you are done! 

For my next card, I am making a cute snail mail themed card! I started off by stamping and coloring a bunch of images from Vintage Valentines, Garden Critters and Snail Mail. Then, I created my oval base using Stitched Oval and Scalloped Oval Mat 3 dies. 

I then ink bended the top of the stitched oval die using pale pink dye ink. For the background, I used pattern paper from Critter Country paper pack. Adhere all the images, add a few details using a white gel pen and you are done! 

My final card is super simple to make but I think it's absolutely stunning! I started off by preparing my base using white cardstock and Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones paper pack. 

Then, I die cut a bunch of speech bubbles using Speech Bubbles Extras dies. Then, I added a 'hi' using Loopy Letters dies. Added a few details like hearts using white gel pen and I was done! 

I hope you liked all all of these cards :) Happy Crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snail Mail Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Country Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Vintage Valentine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Vintage Valentine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Speech Bubbles Extras Shop at: Sunny Studio

Speech Bubbles Extras Die Focused Cards with Janneke

Hello crafty friends, Janneke here. For today’s project, I created Valentine shaker ATCs using the new Speech Bubbles Extras dies.

I started by cutting the  ATC card bases and ink blending the backgrounds with soft pink and green inks. To give the cards an extra Valentine vibe, I stamped little hearts from the Cascading Hearts stamp onto the backgrounds. 

Next, I stamped and die-cut the adorable images from the Passionate Penguins stamp set along with the mailbox from Snail Mail.

I colored all the images with my Ohuhu markers and added a few white highlights using a white gel pen. Before assembling the shaker, I placed the images on the ATCs to decide where to die-cut the Speech Bubbles. 

Inside the speech bubbles, I stamped the XOXO sentiment from the Vintage Valentine stamp set.

Finally, I added a piece of acetate and double-sided foam to the back of the ATC, filled the shaker with tiny hearts, and sealed everything up. And just like that, the Valentine shaker ATCs were finished!

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

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Cascading Heart Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Vintage Valentine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Speech Bubbles Extras Shop at: Sunny Studio

Loopy Rectangle Frame Die Focused Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today and I have a fun card featuring the new Loopy Rectangle Frames. The loopy frame reminded me of the classic phone cord and matched perfectly with the Vintage Valentine set. I thought it would be fun to create a trifold card for this Holiday Hugs bear say Hello to a Big Bunny friend. So, let’s get started.

I stamped the bear from the Holiday Hugs Stamp, bunny from the Big Bunny Stamp and phones from the Vintage Valentine Stamp set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used the Holiday Hugs Dies, Big Bunny Dies and Vintage Valentine Dies to die cut them out. I colored with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Bear: E50/51/53/33, R000/20, W1/5/7
Scarf: R14/24/27, C00/0/1, B000/00/02
Bunny: C00/0/1/3, R000/20
Phone: R14/24/27, C0/1

I used the Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies to die cut two small loopy frames and one large label frame out of red and white cardstock. I saved the white frames for another project and only used the center panels as a background for this card. I also used the same Loopy Rectangle Frame die to trim the bottom edge of the bear and bunny images. 

For the sentiments, I used the new Speech Bubbles Extras Dies to die cut a speech bubble out of blue cardstock. I stamped the “Just ringing to say” sentiment from the Vintage Valentine Stamp set onto the speech bubble with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I added the dots with a pen. Next, I used the new Sydney Alphabet Dies to die cut the HELLO twice out of red cardstock. I layered and adhered them to each other and then onto the white label die cut with liquid glue. 

For the Z-fold trifold card base, I used two side-folding A2 card bases. I placed one with the inside facing downward (like a mountain) and one with the inside facing upward (like a valley) and adhered them to each other. I adhered a blue and a pink piece of cardstock (4” x 5.25”) to each of the end panels. 

I adhered used foam tape to adhere the panel and speech bubble to the front blue panel for some dimension. I used liquid glue to adhere the HELLO label to the center panel and the bunny to the last pink panel for a slimmer profile.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. 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:

Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Vintage Valentine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Vintage Valentine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Speech Bubbles Extras Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sydney Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Vintage Valentine Stamps & Speech Bubbles Extras

Hello, and welcome to day 3 of our Spring 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 ideas using our adorable new Vintage Valentine Stamps and Dies, featuring a retro phone, typewriter, envelope, letter, and a variety of typewritten sentiments. For my first card, I colored three of the telephones in bright, happy colors and arranged them in a 2x2 grid, adding a speech bubble from the new Speech Bubble Extras Dies. These dies are flipped or the mirrored opposite of the dies from our Comic Strip Speech Bubbles, and I'm so happy to finally have them. I always ran into situations where, based on my card design or the sentiment I wanted to use, the card would have benefited from them facing the opposite direction, so now I have unlimited options between the two sets.

Before adhering the telephones, I inked up the background with some Peacock Feathers Distress Ink in the center of my white cardstock panel, and added a stitched zig-zag edge using our Ric Rac Border Dies. For the bottom of my card, I added a 4.25" x 1.25" rainbow striped patterned paper from the Surprise Party Paper pack. I then topped it with a bow by Lawn Fawn and a stitched ribbon from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies, cut from a blue polka-dot print from the Polka-dot Parade Paper pack.

Card No.2: For my second card, I paired the retro telephone from the Vintage Valentine Stamps with the big bear from our Holiday Hugs Stamps. I then cut an A2-sized panel from blue striped paper from the Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper pack. To frame my bear, I used the smaller frame from the new Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies. I love how this frame mimics the look of a phone cord! Lastly, I stamped a greeting from the set onto one of the new Speech Bubble Extras Dies, which I had inked up with some Tumbled Glass Distress ink.

Card No.3: Next up is a card showcasing the adorable new typewriter from the Vintage Valentine Stamps, which comes already loaded with a piece of paper to add your stamped greeting. This time, I added some little panda bears from our Bighearted Bears Stamps and Panda Party Stamps. For my card background, I cut a piece of red striped paper from the Sleek Stripes Paper pack, and added a stitched band with the black grid paper from the Classic Sunburst Paper pack, using the Slimline Pennant Dies, and trimming off the pennant portion. To frame my little scene, I used our brand new Zig Zag Circles Die, cut from a grey quilted heart print from our Subtle Greytones Paper pack.

Card No.4: For my next card using the typewriter from the Vintage Valentine Stamps, I stamped and colored four of the typewriters in Aqua, Pink, and Red and staggered them in a row across a slimline card. To frame my typewriters, I stamped a black tone-on-tone polka-dot print onto a piece of charcoal grey cardstock using the Background Basics 2 Stamps, and then die-cut it using the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. To add visual interest and break up the row of stamped sentiments, I added the large red heart from the set onto the second typewriter's paper and stamped it with "xoxo" in the center.

Card No.5: Next up, I focused on the adorable little letters and matching envelopes from the Vintage Valentine Stamps. For my background on this card, I cut a pink cardstock panel using the Quilted Heart Portrait Dies and backed it with a piece of red cardstock to peek through the heart openings. To frame my grouping of envelopes, I used our new Radiating Circles Dies. I am so in love with the simple, subtle detail that the edging adds to my card! Lastly, I scattered the small, medium, and large hearts from the Vintage Valentines Stamps around like confetti. This is such a fun, simple design that is super easy to color and mass-produce, which is always a bonus!

I should note that one side of the paper is made slightly narrower than the other side. It is actually laying in landscape mode on the stamp set's acetate because that's the way it fit best in the space I had to work with, but you will want to stamp your greeting onto your paper when it is in the "portrait" orientation so that it is thin enough to slide through the opening created in the envelope by the Vintage Valentine Dies.

Card No.6: For my last card of the day, I paired the telephone and the typewriter from the Vintage Valentine Stamps with the birds from the Little Birdie Stamps, the bunny from the Tulip Path Background Stamps, and the party hats from the new Quill Cuties Stamps. I created a variation on the greeting from the Vintage Valentine Stamps by spelling out the word "rining" using our new Sydney Alphabet Dies, and stamping the rest of the greeting from the set onto a Speech Bubble Extras Die. Lastly, I added a simple white frame around my scene using the largest die from the Icing Rectangle Frame Dies.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $40 gift code to one lucky winner, who will be randomly selected from the comments on this blog post, as well as our Facebook and Instagram posts. Our daily contests will run through Saturday, January 10th, at Midnight PST, with winners announced here on our blog on Sunday, January 11th.

Here's a closer look at our new Vintage Valentine Stamps, Vintage Valentine Dies, and Speech Bubble Extras Dies used today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 9th.

 

Other Supplies Used (some items linked are part of the new release & are not yet available):

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio
Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Sunburst Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio
Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Quill Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quill Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Radiating Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Zag Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sydney Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio