Guest Designer Spotlight: Crisp Apple & Wood Barrel Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It's Rachel from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am so happy to be back on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with some apple-themed projects that feature new products from their latest release. This release is absolutely gorgeous, so I hope you'll love it as much as I do!

All of my cards today feature the yummy new Crisp Apple Dies. For all of my cards, I die cut a variety of both large and small apples from a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Card Stock. To add color, I then blended each apple with a combination of Candied Apple, Lumberjack Plaid, Ground Espresso, and Scorched Timber Distress Inks. I blended my darkest colors on the left side of my apples and worked my way to the right with my lighter colors, leaving a very light spot on the top left portion of the apple to give it more of a 3D appearance. I did the same for my leaves, but used Mowed Lawn Distress Ink instead.

For my apple core area, I die cut it from a piece of light beige card stock and lightly blended the bottom left area of this piece with some Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink.

I then added a rectangular layer of lattice and scalloped circles with a piece of white card stock that I had die cut using the Frilly Frames Lattice Die Set. Next, I added a red circle to which I adhered a white scalloped circle that I had die cut using the beautiful Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies. Lastly, I added my apples with some 3D foam adhesive tape as well as my sentiment (from the new Punny Apple Greetings Stamp Set) that I had heat embossed to a strip of black card stock with some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder.

For my second project, I combined the Crisp Apple Dies with the new Wooden Barrel Die Set. After ink-blending my apples, I went ahead and die cut my wooden barrel from a piece of Kraft card stock. I then added some shading my barrel by blending the vertical slats in the barrel with some Ground Espresso and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to give it more depth. Next, I die cut my "metal" barrel pieces from some silver shine card stock to make it look more realistic.

To give my background some texture, I die cut my red background piece with the new Buffalo Plaid Straight Die and then layered it with a piece of white card stock to which I had added some more texture using the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die. I also added a red scalloped circle once again using the Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies and layered it with a white stitched circle that I had die cut with the Stitched Circle Small Dies. To finish my card, I again heat embossed my sentiment with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder onto a banner that I had die cut from red card stock using the Brilliant Banner 1 Die.

For my last card, I combined the Crisp Apple Die Set with the previously released Slimline Scalloped Frame and Slimline Nature Border die sets. I also added some cute little mice that I had stamped using both the Harvest Mice and Merry Mice clear stamp sets. I stamped my images with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock, colored them with Copic Markers, and used their coordinating die sets to cut them out.

For my background sky, I lightly blended some Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink and added some spatters of diluted Copic Opaque White Paint and some light brown dots from Copic Markers for added interest. I also added some white ink spatters to my grass area after I had ink-blended it with some Mowed Lawn Distress Ink. I stamped my sentiment from the Punny Apple Greetings Stamp Set onto the top right corner with black ink and once again added my images with 3D foam adhesive tape for a pop of dimension.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and will check out these amazing new products! Thanks so much for dropping by! If you want more card making inspiration, feel free to also check out my Instagram Feed! Wishing you all a lovely day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Frilly Frames Lattice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio
Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wood Barrel Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Strawberry Patch Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am making a fun shaped card using the yummy Strawberry Patch Dies. I love making sweet mini cards and the largest of the Scalloped Circle Mats 3 dies is perfect for this.

For some extra interest, I inked up this white circle with Distress Oxide Picked Raspberry. To create my card base, I used a smaller size circle die (like the Stitched Circle Small Dies). By folding the white paper in two and not cutting the top part, you’ll end up with the perfect circle base.

Of course, I needed a few cute critters for picking the strawberries and after browsing my stash, I decided to stamp two adorable mice and their wheelbarrow from the Harvest Mice set. Next, I die cut a bunch of strawberries, flowers, and leaves (Strawberry Patch Dies).

Instead of using inks for my die cuts, I used my Copic Markers for all the coloring, and I added some details with a white gel pen. The sentiment was selected from the Punny Fruit Greetings and stamped on a white banner with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Time to assemble this mini card! I glued the pink circle panel to the shaped card base. Next, I assembled the wheelbarrow and the pile of strawberries. I mounted this piece with foam tape, added the sentiment banner and the cute mice. I love how their tails cover the banner. Finally, I glued some Gold Jewels to the centers of the flowers.

Thank you for joining me and I am looking forward to seeing your yummy creations with these fun dies! Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio
Strawberry Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Tropical Birds Cards with Hanh Nguyen

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh. I am so honored to be back to Guest Design for Sunny Studio Stamps. Today I am sharing a couple of birthday cards that I made with the adorable Tropical Birds Stamps set. This set contains 6 super cute birds, flowers, leaves, and the most beautiful vine.

Happy Bird Day! For my first card, I have a shadow box card featuring these cute Tropical Birds. I love box cards! Today, I am going to show you how to make your own shadow box card from scratch. I am convinced that this is the easiest way to make a shadow box card and the best part ... (drumroll please) ... no special die needed! When upright, the card measures 4.25" by 4.25". It flattens to 4.25" x 5.25" when folded and can easily fit into a standard A2 size envelope. The only die that you need is any die of your choice to create the front window. If you know of an easier way to create a shadow box card, please comment below. I would love to know. So let's get started.

I stamped the images from Tropical Birds Stamps set onto some Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Tropical Birds Dies to die-cut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and accented them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS: 
Green Bird: YG0000/00/01/03/17, Y38 YR04, RV10
Pink Bird: RV000/10/21/13/14, Y38 YR04/07, W5, RV10
Yellow Bird: Y000/11/13/15 V12, Y38 YR04/07, W5, RV10
Vine/Leaves: YG00/01/03/17
Branch: E21/23/25/27
Flowers: RV10/21/13/14, Y11/13/15 RV21/13, Y13

For the background, I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock (4.25" x 4.25") and blended it with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide inks.

For the shadow box card, I took a piece of white cardstock (4.25" x 11") and used a Score Board to score at the 1", 5.25', 6.25" and 10.5" marks. (This will result in a long card with 5 panels which I will refer to, from left to right as the following: left, front, right, back and a 0.5" end tab.) I used the second largest circle die (3.5") from the Stitched Circle Large Dies set to die-cut a window into the center of the "front" panel (see photo). I stamped one of the sentiments from the Tropical Birds Stamp set directly onto the lower right corner of the "front" windowed panel. I folded along the score lines. 

I adhered the inked background panel to the inside of the "back" panel of the shadow box card. The colored images were adhered to the inside of the front panel. I closed off the box card by adhering the 0.5" end tab to the inside of the 1" wide left panel with some strong double-sided tape.

A-parrotly It's Your Birthday! My second card is a 5.25" square birthday card featuring the Tropical Birds, Scalloped Square 2 Large Dies, and Stitched Square Dies. I absolutely adore square shaped cards and was so excited to see FIVE square die sets during this last release.

I stamped, die-cut and colored the images from Tropical Birds Stamps set in the same manner as my first card. 

COPIC COLORS: 
Bird 1 & 3: YG0000/00/01/03/17, B0000/000/00/02/04, Y38 YR04/07, W5, RV10
Pink Bird: RV000/10/21/13/14, Y0000/000, Y38 YR04, RV10
Vine/Leaves: YG00/01/03/17
Branch: E21/23/25/27
Flowers: RV21/13

I used the largest die from the Scalloped Square 2 Large Dies and the third largest die from the Stitched Square Dies to die-cut the two panels out of white cardstock. I trimmed two slightly larger squares out of pink cardstock to mat the white panels.

I stamped one to the sentiments from the Tropical Birds set directly onto the smaller stitched square panel. I layered and adhered the squares. I adhered the colored images with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. Finally, I adhered the panel to a 5.25" square white card base.

As always, I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my cards. Be sure to check out the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop for more info and ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspiration.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Panda Card with Isha

Hello everyone, Isha here with a CAS card featuring the Big Panda stamp and dies. This stamp set is gorgeous with beautiful accessories to go with the theme. I decided to create this card for a friend.

I started by die-cutting three circles using the Stitched Circles Large and Stitched Circles Small dies. I then sponged picked raspberry, wild honey and dried marigold distress oxide ink to them.  Adhere to a white card base.

Stamp the images, color using copic markers and die-cut using the coordinating dies:

Big Panda, hat, drink and sentiment - Big Panda stamp and dies
Small Panda - Panda Party stamp and dies
Small drink - Tiki Time stamp and dies

Adhere the images to the card using 3d foam. To finish, I added some sequins. Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Tiki Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tiki Time Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Puddle Jumpers Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here on the blog with a fun and happy card featuring the Puddle Jumpers stamp and coordinating dies. This stamp set gives a happy feel, so I decided to go with rainbow colors.

I started by cutting strips in rainbow colors using the Gingham Pastels paper pad. Adhere the stripes to a white panel. Die-cut this panel using the Stitched Rectangle die. Adhere the negative piece to a white cardbase. Adhere the center rectangle to the card using 3d foam.

Now, die-cut a circle using the Stitched Circle Large die. Sponge salty ocean distress ink towards the center. Stamp the images from the Puddle Jumpers stamp set, color using copic markers and die-cut using the coordinating dies. Adhere to the circle and then using 3d foam adhere the circle to the card. Stamp the sentiments, cut in stripes and adhere to the card. Hope you got inspired. 

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

My Heart Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with a CAS card featuring the My Heart stamp and coordinating dies. I love the font of this stamp, so I decided to keep it as my focal image and create the background to enhance it.

I started by sponging the kitsch flamingo and dried marigold distress inks onto a white panel. Stamp the hearts in two sizes from the My Heart stamp set. Die-cut this panel using the Stitched Rectangle die. Adhere to a white card. Flick some clear iridescent watercolor.

Stamp the sentiment using black ink, die-cut using the coordinating dies. I die-cut the sentiment 3 more times using white card and stacked it behind the sentiment. Die-cut a vellum circle using the Stitched Circle Large die. Adhere the sentiment to the vellum and attach it to the card. 

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

My Heart Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

My Heart Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Dashing Dachshund Holiday Tags with Tammy

Hello friends, Tammy here! I'm on the blog today sharing my last holiday project of the year! I always enjoy making handmade gift tags for Christmas, and thought the Dashing Dachshund stamp set would make the cutest snow globe tags!

To begin, I stamped the images from Dashing Dachshund , colored with Copic markers, and die cut with the Dashing Dachshund Dies. 

Next, I cut 3 circles from Bristol smooth cardstock using the Stitched Circle Large Dies. I inked the circles with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink, then spattered them with white acrylic paint that was thinned with water, and set aside to dry. 

Next, I cut 3 snowy hills, using first the Stitched Circle Large Die, then running it through my die cut machine again with the Slimline Nature Borders Dies. I attached the snowy borders to each tag, then attached the dachshunds with foam tape. I cut a strip of black cardstock to fit along the bottom of the tags to create a snow globe base, then white heat embossed the sentiment from the Dashing Dachshund stamp set.

I added some white snowflakes, die cut using the Basic Mini Shapes Dies 2. Additionally, I added some white clay snowflakes. Lastly, I added a red bow, die cut from the Santa's Stocking Dies, to the top of each tag for a finishing touch. I tucked some red bakers twine underneath the bows to complete my tags.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday and Happy New Year! See you in 2024!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Santa's Stocking Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dashing Dachshund Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dashing Dachshund Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio