Jungle Vines Die Focused Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today and I am excited to share a fun birthday card showcasing the new Jungle Vines Dies. This awesome die set has a wonderful array of leaves that can be used for so many different styles of cards. They are perfect for tropical as well as jungle scenes and can be customized for spring as well as fall cards. Today, I have paired them up with the adorable monkeys from the Monkey Business set. So let's get started. 

The Jungle Vines Dies were used to die cut the branch, vine and several leaves out of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock. Next, I stamped the monkey images from the Monkey Business Stamps set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used the coordinating Monkey Business Dies to die cut them out. I colored with Copic markers and highlighted with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Monkeys: E000/00/21/11/93, E33/35/99
Branch: E21/23/25
Vine: YG03
Small leaves: YG00/01/03/25
Large leaves: YG01/03/25/17

For the background, I used Saltwater Taffy and Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Inks to ink blend a background onto a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock. The largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies was used to die cut out the panel. I added some dots with a white gel pen for a bit of interest. I adhered the panel to the front of a white A2 card base (4.25" x 5.5").

For the sentiment, I stamped the "Happy Birthday" sentiment from the Big Bold Greetings Stamps with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock and used the coordinating Big Bold Greetings Dies to die cut it out.

The vines, leaves, colored images and the sentiment were adhered to the card front with a combo of liquid glue and foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. Finally, I added a few flowers die cut from the Gift Card Envelope Dies. 

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:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Monkey Business Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Monkey Business Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Jungle Vines Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

The Graduate Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today and I am so excited to share a fun graduation card featuring the new The Graduate set from the new Summer Release! Have you seen all of the amazing products from the new release?! This graduation set couldn’t have come at a better time. Graduation season is just around the corner and I have several graduates to celebrate this year. The Graduate set is a smaller but very versatile set that can be used for both younger and older graduates. So let's get started.

I stamped the images from the The Graduate Stamps and a few cat images from the Cat Antics Stamps and Party Pets Stamps sets onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating The Graduates Dies, Cat Antics Dies and Party Pets Dies to diecut them out. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen. 

COPIC COLORS:
Cats: YR30/20/21/24/27, W1, R000/20, R22, W7
Caps: B21/24/28, Y13/15

Full confession: I had to perform a little surgery on that cat in the center of the card from the Party Pets Stamps set. The original image is a full-body view of the cat with his hand positioned so that he could hold balloons. I thought the hand gesture would be perfect for the appearance of him tossing up his graduation cap. So I used scissors to trim the legs off of the colored image so that he would look more like the other cats who only had their upper bodies showing. But rest assure that no real cats or clear stamps were harmed in the process of making this card. 

For the layout, I used the second largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies to diecut a panel out of white cardstock. I matted this with a slightly larger piece of yellow cardstock. I adhered a piece of craft foam to the back of the panel before adhering it to a piece of patterned paper from the Surprise Party Paper.

For the sentiment, I stamped the “Congrats Grad” sentiment from the The Graduate set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock and used the coordinating die to diecut it out. I love the beautiful font and how bold the sentiment is. I added some highlights with a white gel pen and adhered the sentiment to the panel with foam tape.

I adhered the colored images to the panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. The panel was adhered to a white A2 cardbase (4.25” x 5.5”). I finisshed the card by adhering some stars diecut out of yellow cardstock with the stars die from the Basic Mini Shape Dies 2.

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:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surprise Party 6x6 Paper 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	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Introducing Bundle of Joy Baby Stamps & Dies

Hello, and welcome to day 3 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: I'm so excited to finally be sharing our adorable new Bundle of Joy Stamps. This set comes packed with adorable images and can be used in so many fun ways! Up first is a card using all the adorable baby clothes with the included hanger. To tie the colors from the clothes together, I inked a pastel rainbow background with distress inks and topped it with a white scalloped mat from our Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Dies. I then arranged the outfits in a 2x2 grid and added my sentiment from the set to the Brilliant Banner 1 Die. This was where my original idea was complete; however, I still felt like something was missing, so I came back and added the stitched frame using our Stitched Rectangle Dies, cutting out the center with my Fiskars paper trimmer. I was so much happier with my card after adding this simple frame, which gave it a bit more detail and helped the images feel less like they were floating on a vast white background.

Card No. 2: Up next, I turned to the adorable baby buggy and three of the four babies from the Bundle of Joy Stamps. I framed my scene using the Stitched Rectangle Dies cut from pink cardstock and added three stitched clouds with our Fluffy Cloud Dies. I then matted it on white cardstock and added a piece of aqua gingham to my background from the Gingham Pastels Paper pack. Lastly, I heat-embossed my sentiment from the Bundle of Joy Stamps using VersaMark Ink and Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder.

Card No. 3: Next up is a cute clothesline scene using the onesie bodysuit, bib, and bear hat from the set, "hung" up with clothespins from the Bundle of Joy Stamps, and paired with the wood posts from the A Bird's Life Stamps. I added the stitched Fluffy Cloud Dies behind them, along with the grassy hill from our Slimline Nature Border Dies. I then stamped grass tufts using images from the Chickie Baby Stamps and positioned two adorable birds from the Love Birds Stamps on either side of my sentiment from the Inside Greetings Congrats Stamps.

Card No. 4: My next card from the Bundle of Joy Stamps spotlights the darling stork carrying a baby bundle to drop into the baby buggy. I started my card by inking a layered pink cloud background using our Fluffy Cloud Border Dies with Spun Sugar & Picked Raspberry Distress Inks. I then added the Radiating Circle Die to frame my scene, but I wasn't loving how it was covering so much of the clouds I had just spent time inking, so I used the Stitched Circle Large Dies to cut a smaller circle from the center and turn it into a ringed frame. 

I pieced the sentiment together using words from the Bundle of Joy Stamps with the word "congratulations" from the Inside Greetings Congrats Stamps, the word "on" from the Country Carnival Stamps, and the word "your" from the Kiddie Pool Stamps (although with the masking or cutting words apart, both the words can be found in the Country Carnival set). I also added a few hearts that were sitting on my desk from our new Monkey Business Stamps, which will be shared tomorrow. My card was still feeling like it was missing a little something, so my last touch was adding a white scalloped border from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and backing it with yellow cardstock to match the baby bundle. I really like how it tied the colors together.

Card No. 5: When I see these two darling babies from the Bundle of Joy Stamps, I envision them on a playdate in the grass and since I didn't have a blanket image to use, I created the feel of a baby quilt around the border of my card, using the square die from the Basic Mini Shape Dies together with patterned paper from Polka-dot Parade Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastel Paper packs. I framed the babies using the scalloped lace mat from the Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies, layered over the Stitched Rectangle Dies, cut from a coordinating blue striped print. Lastly, I added a butterfly from the Spring Scenes Stamps and heat-embossed a trail from our new Sweet As Can Bee Stamps.

Card No. 6: Every time I see the cute baby snuggled up in their sleeper, with their little bum in the air, my first thought is how much I want to pinch it, but my second thought is how adorable the baby from the new Bundle of Joy Stamps would look cradled by a moon. We don't have a moon die this size, but I was able to fashion my own from the Stitched Circle Large Dies by cutting a smaller circle from the set from the side of my larger circle. I added the clouds from the Baby Elephant Stamps and the stars from our Basic Mini Shape 2 Dies. I heat-embossed my greeting on a Brilliant Banner 2 Die, which had been inked to match the clouds using VersaFine Clair Bali Blue Ink. Finally, I added finishing touches with my white gel pen, adding a string for one star to hang from and smaller stars in the background.

Card No. 7: For my last card of the day with the Bundle of Joy Stamps, I die-cut stitched circles across my card front using the Staggered Circles Die, and backed the openings with patterned paper from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack. I filled the openings with the four babies from the set, colored to match the patterned paper behind them. I then added three buttons to match scattered around the circles from the Woolen Mitten Dies. I love how these button dies have the depth and cuteness of a real button, but are flat enough to go through the mail without paying for extra postage. I added a strip of rainbow heart-print paper from the Spring Sunburst Paper pack, then stamped the word "welcome" from the Baby Elephant Stamps and spelled out "baby" using the Sydney Alphabet Dies.

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 Bundle of Joy Stamps and Bundle of Joy Dies, which will be available for purchase on Friday, April 24th.

  

Other Supplies Used (please note some links will not work until the new release goes live):

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sydney Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Staggered Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio
Chickie Baby Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chickie Baby Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Congrats Shop at: Sunny Studio
Baby Elephants Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Carnival Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Radiating Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweet As Can Bee Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet As Can Bee Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Monkey Business Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Monkey Business Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Basic Mini Shape Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio