Cat Antics card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here and I had so much fun creating this sweet birthday card with the adorable Cat Antics stamp and die set! I love these kitties so much that I initially colored five of them! But sometimes you have to adjust your design plans since I only had room for three. So, I put the other two aside for a future card!

For this project, I kept to a strict color scheme of beige, brown, coral, and red tones. I started by coloring the big celebration cake (Special Day), the banners (Panda Party), presents, party hat (Party Pets) and the sweet cats with their ball of yarn (Cat Antics stamp). I added some white details to make the images pop.

To match the color scheme, I create a cream card base. Next, I cut a white panel with the largest of the Rounded Rectangle Mat dies. Since I wanted a white border around my scene, I used a smaller die from the same set. This provides you with the border and a smaller rectangle mat for scene building.

First, I stamped my background onto this smaller mat panel. For the bottom part (after masking of the top part with some Post It tape) I used the wood floor stamp (Sprawling Surfaces) and a brown ink from my stash. Using a small blending brush to add more brown ink to the planks.

Then I lowered the Post It tape to stamp the ‘wallpaper’ part of the card with a light pink ink and the fun diagonal grid stamp (Background Basics 2). You can only see it on the left side of the card, but I drew in a baseboard with a black pen and colored it with a dark brown pencil.

My sentiment consists of a large die cut (Wishes word) and a Happy Birthday stamp (Punny Fruit Greetings, Versafine Onyx Black ink). Next, I could build the entire scene.
Adding a few Crystal clear Jewels finishes this sweet project.

I can’t wait to see all these adorable kitties featured in your projects! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Wishes Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cat Antics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Cat Antics Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Card with Amanda

Hey crafty friends! You’re here with Amanda today and I’m so happy to be here with you! Today I’m going to walk you through how I made this square belated birthday card!

Are you loving the background on this card?! Me too! I used a combination of the new Tulip Path Background Stamps, the Spring Scenes Stamps and the Sprawling Surfaces Stamps. There’s quite a few layers, but I’ll break down each one!

I started by trimming a piece of white cardstock to 6”x12” for my card base. I scored it at the 6” mark and folded it. My next layer is the sky background panel. I trimmed this piece of white cardstock to 5.5”x5.5”. I lightly blended Catherine Pooler’s Hot Tub ink on the top portion of the panel.  

For the next layer, I’ve trimmed another piece of white cardstock to 5.5”x5.5”. On this panel, I stamped the main background stamp from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the foreground.

My next layer is the Spring Scenes Stamps. I stamped the image on a piece of white cardstock trimmed to 5.5”x 3”. I used the coordinating dies to trim off the top part of the panel. On the bottom portion, I stamped the rocky road stamp from the Sprawling Surfaces Stamps.

I colored the entire background with Copic markers. Then, I assembled the card. I glued the background layers to the card base. I propped the foreground layer up with foam tape.

Now that all my layers are complete, it’s time to stamp my cuties! The 2 bunnies are from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. The little kitty and the birthday accessories are from the Party Pets Stamps. I used Copic markers to color in all my stamped images. I used the coordinating dies to cut out all the images. I propped all these little guys up with 3D foam squares and adhered them to the card.

The “Happy Birthday” sentiment is also from the Party Pets Stamps. My banner sentiment is from the Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps. I love that these clear stamps are so flexible!Although it’s a straight stamp, I was able to bend it into a wave on my stamping platform. After stamping it, I simply used scissors to cut it into a banner. I placed a thin piece of foam tape behind it and then adhered it to my card.

The card is finished! What a fun and colorful card to give to a friend! I hope you enjoyed this blog post and will come back tomorrow for more inspiration! Thanks for coming by the Sunny Studio Stamps blog!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Spring Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Distinctive Door, Holiday Add-on, & Inside Greetings Seasons

Hello and welcome to Day 4 of our Holiday Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I have been sharing cards showcasing our newest collection which will be available for purchase this Friday!

Today I am sharing ideas using our new Distinctive Door Dies and Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies, and unveiling our newest inside greetings set called Inside Greetings Seasons Stamps. While I primarily plan to use these sentiments on the inside of cards for quick heartfelt messages in my holiday cards, I also used a few of the greetings on the front of my cards this week.

Card No. 1: I went with an everyday design for my first card featuring the Distinctive Door Dies. For the house porch, I used the brick border from our Sprawling Surfaces Stamps and cut thin strips of cardstock to adhere as vertical siding. This die set comes with two transom window options and I layered together one of them to form elongated windows on either side of my front door. To give my columns, pediment, and front door a more realistic feel, I die-cut them from Memory Box Woodgrain cardstock and inked them with Vintage Photo Distress ink. I then added the fun little door knocker, handle, mailslot, porch lights, and planters on either side of my door using the accessories from the new die set. Lastly, I added our new Brilliant Banner 3 Die which I positioned to look like it was being carried by birds from our A Bird's Life Stamps and used the "there's no place like home" sentiment from the same set.

Card No. 2: The new Distinctive Door Dies were designed to be the same width as our Wonderful Window Dies so you can use the arched windows interchangeably with the door like I did here. To get everything to fit within the confines of my mini blue bungalow house, I cut off the top arch from each of these windows and used one above the door. I then decorated my house with the curtains and flower boxes from the Wonderful Windows Dies and added a little metallic kickplate to my door with the alternate door handle from the set. For my house's siding, I simply used a clear grid ruler and traced evenly spaced lines with a Copic Marker in a slightly darker shade than my cardstock. 

To create my roofline, I used the triangular pediment die and took my scissors to snip out the bottom portion of the pediment to turn it into a gabled roof. For my roof shingles, I used our Dotted Diamond Landscape Die to emboss a piece of brown cardstock. I then used that same triangular pediment die to cut a notch out of the brown cardstock for the gable, covering the transition between the two surfaces with white trim pieces from the door set. Lastly, I used the holiday wreath from the new Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies to layer under some of the tiny flowers from our Wonderful Window Dies to create a Spring wreath.

Card No. 3: Up next is card pairing the costumed doggies from our Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps with our new Distinctive Door Dies for a cute Trick-or-Treating scene. I fashioned my own fall wreath using the leaves from our Autumn Tree Dies which I layered over the wreath from the Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies and added the spider webs and pumpkins from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps. I finished my card with a heat-embossed greeting stamped onto our new Brilliant Banner 4 Dies. I love how the door handle, mailbox slot, and lights cut from shiny gold metallic cardstock catch the light in person!

Card No. 4: Next up is a series of Christmas cards pairing the Distinctive Door Dies with the Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies. For this card, I used the two garland dies and the garland pieces to go around each of the columns. The holiday add-on dies also include a new lantern option, a holiday wreath, two layered bows, and a new potted Christmas Tree. For my porch, I used the cobblestone border from our Sprawling Surfaces Stamps and fashioned a red door mat which I cut on my paper trimmer, adding texture with some stippling dots using my Copic Markers. 

Card No. 5: For my next Christmas card using the Distinctive Door Dies and Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies I used the triangle pediment together with the snow drifts that come with the add-on set. This time instead of using all the garland pieces to decorate my house for the holidays, I used the various strings of lights to decorate my roofline and columns. Since there was already a lot going on with the colorful lights, I left my potted fir trees relatively simple, adding only colorful red pots and little stars to the top of each that come with the die set. To add some roof shingles and texture, I embossed a piece of black cardstock with our Buffalo Plaid Straight Die. I love how the colorful lights pop against the neutral black and grey colors of my house and the metallic silver accents! These dies are so fun to play with all of the endless options and combinations available!

Here's a look at the inside of this card with the sentiment I stamped from our new Inside Greetings Seasons Stamps. To dress up my greeting, I added a trio of mini hearts using our Basic Mini Shape 2 Dies.

Card No. 6: I went with a clean and simple design for my last card featuring the Distinctive Door Dies and Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies. This A6-sized card is larger than a standard A2-sized card, measuring 6.25" wide x 4.5" high. This size better matched my vision for using the garlands from the add-on set to become scallops. Under the scallops, I used a black striped tone-on-tone patterned paper from our Sleek Stripes Paper pack. However, because they are only 6" wide, I had to cut along one of the stripes and piece two strips together to span the extra 1/4" width. It's a bit difficult to tell here, but the bows and ornaments on the trees are hot pink for a bit of a shake-up to traditional Christmas colors. With the extra space I had available, I was able to use one of the wonderful sentiments from our new Inside Greetings Seasons Stamps.

A Closer Look at Card No. 6: It was difficult to capture the full beauty of this card from straight on. I just adore how this card turned out with the touches of shiny gold metallic cardstock! A little bit goes a long way and I love how classy this simple design feels in person!

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Here's a closer look at our new Distinctive Door Dies, Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies, and Inside Greetings Seasons Stamps used today and available for purchase on Friday, August 23rd.

 

Other Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wonderful Windows Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dotted Diamond Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Howl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio