Color My World & A Cut Above Teacher Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some more School-Themed cards showcasing our Color My World Stamps, A Cut Above Stamps, and Teacher Appreciation Stamps.

For my first card of the day, I started by die-cutting white cardstock using our Notebook Tabs Dies and then added the rows of lines to my paper using the stamp from our A Cut Above Stamps. This gave me an easy surface to align the sentiments from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps, which I stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. I made a point to stamp it on the left-hand side so I would have room to add a focal point pair of scissors from our A Cut Above Stamps to layer over the top on the right. I then began the work of randomly layering other pairs of scissors on my black background in a rainbow of colors. I was careful to not let a single piece go to waste, so when a pair bled off the edge of my card front, I saved that trimmed portion to squeeze in another black space. When all was said and done, I believe I created this card with a total of 6 stamped pairs of scissors.

It was challenging to capture the fabulous texture in my background when taking a photo of my card straight on, so here's a closer look at it from an angle. I adore how the Background Basics 2 Stamps add subtle texture and interest without being busy or overwhelming to my design. I stamped the background using clear VersaMark Ink and Clear Embossing Powder to provide a bit of tone-on-tone glossy shine.

Next up is another fun rainbow teacher card featuring the colored pencils from our Color My World Stamps. For this card, I started by die-cutting my stitched panel from white cardstock using our Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I then stamped my sentiment from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. This gave me a focal point to arrange my pencils around. Once again, I tried to not let a single piece of my stamped images go to waste by using the portion cut off on the opposite side. By arranging them outside of rainbow order, it felt more random, and it was easier to hide the fact that I was using fewer pencils than it appeared.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:

Yellow No.2 Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot (1a)
Concord & 9th Buttercup (1b)
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold (1c)
Hero Arts Soft Granite (1d)
Hero Arts Charcoal (1e)
Gina K. Sandy Beach (1f)
Hero Arts Charcoal (1i)
Pinkfresh Studio Coral Reef (1j)
Pinkfresh Studio Passion Fruit (1k)

Red Pencil & Scissors
PinkFresh Studio Coral Reef
Gina K. Red Hot
Concord & 9th Cranberry

Orange Pencil & Scissors
Hero Arts Butter Bar
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot
Pinkfresh Studio Clementine

Yellow Pencil & Scissors
Pinkfresh Studio Sunshine
Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Mustard
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold 

Green Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime
Gina K. Lucky Clover
Pinkfresh Studio Olive

Green Scissors
PinkFresh Studio Meadow
Concord & 9th Clover

Blue Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Slumber
Pinkfresh Studio Blue Jay
Pinkfresh Studio Sapphire

Blue Scissors
Gina K. Blue Raspberry
Hero Arts Deep Ocean

Purple Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Soft Lilac
Pinkfresh Studio Candy Violet
Versafine Clair Purple Delight

As always we have layering guides as the second image on each of these stamp product pages that are also available to download with links in the product descriptions.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out our A Cut Above Stamps and Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Supplies Used:

Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Shades of Grey Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Ultra Fine Clear Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Heartbeat Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Starry Night Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Soul of Provence Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Indian Summer Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Color My World Teacher Appreciation Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some cards for Teacher's showcasing our Color My World Stamps and Teacher Appreciation Stamps.

For my first card of the day, I have a card using the paint palette and paintbrush from our Color My World Stamps. I started by inking a white cardstock panel with a rainbow frame (detailed below) and then die-cut it using our stitched Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I was feeling there was a bit too much white space so having the thin border of black cardstock show through helped ground everything and not make it feel like it was floating quite so much. I heat-embossed the greeting "You have brightened my day" in the bottom right corner using our Teacher Appreciation Stamps. I then adhered my paintbrush to the palette and added foam tape to the back of both pieces to pop them up and make them stand out against my colorful background.

To create my handmade stencil from printer paper, I cut my scratch paper in half and traced around my A2 card panel on the back so as I was cutting out my loose frame, I would have a general sense of where to center it and also keep it dimensional with roughly the same margins on all four sides. I then randomly snipped a wavy-edged window in the center with my scissors. More than once, I felt it was lopsided, so I cut a bit off to make it more balanced with the other sides until I was satisfied.

I then added some sticky adhesive with my ATG tape runner to the four corners and the center of each edge. This helped me keep it tacked down while I worked at inking it on my cardstock panel and kept it from shifting. I also made sure to not to rub it into my cardstock when laying it down so I could carefully pick it back up without damaging my cardstock afterward. I then blended Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Mustard Seed, Twisted Citron, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, and Wilted Violet Distress inks on the diagonal before gently removing my handmade stencil and rubbing off any left behind adhesive with the Xyron Adhesive Eraser. Surprisingly, my little stencil appears strong enough to make several more cards with the same piece!

For my second card, I focused on the adorable layered crayon image from our Color My World Stamps, stacking them into a handmade crayon boxy using our Gift Card Pocket Dies, layered with the chevron "v" using our Fishtail Banner Dies. To the right of my crayon box, I layered Stitched Heart Die, die-cut from black cardstock (I was imagining to look a bit like a chalkboard). I then heat-embossed the second half of my sentiment using a greeting from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps. The "thank you" phrase stamped on the crayon box also comes from that same stamp set.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:

Paintbrush 
Pinkfresh Studio Warm Buff (3a)
Pinkfresh Studio Doe (3b)
Gina K. Warm Cocoa (3c)
Hero Arts Soft Granite (3d)
Hero Arts Charcoal (3e)
Hero Arts Soft Sand (3f)
Gina K. Sandy Beach (3g)

Gina K. Kraft (3h)

Paint Palette (card no. 4)

Gina K. Sandy Beach (4b)

Gina K. Kraft (4a)
+ 3-color groupings to match the crayons below

Pink Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Ballet Slipper (2d)
Hero Arts Soft Pink (2c)
Hero Arts Bubblegum (2b)
Hero Arts Ultra Pink (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Red Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Coral Reef (2d)
Hero Arts Pale Tomato (2c)
Gina K. Red Hot (2b)
PinkFresh Studio Berrylicious (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Orange Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Clementine (2c)
Concord & 9th Marmalade (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Persimmon (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Yellow Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Lemon Whip (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Sunshine (2c)
Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Mustard (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Green Crayon
Hero Arts Green Hills (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime (2c)
Gina K. Lucky Clover (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Olive (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Teal Crayon
Gina K. Ocean Mist (2d)
Gina K. Turquoise Sea (2c)
Gina K. Blue Lagoon (2b)
Gina K. Tranquil Teal (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Blue Crayon
Hero Arts Dusty Blue (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Slumber (2c)
Pinkfresh Studio Blue Jay (2b)
Pinkfresh Studio Sapphire (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

Purple Crayon
Pinkfresh Studio Soft Lilac (2d)
Pinkfresh Studio Candy Violet (2c)
Versafine Clair Purple Delight (2b)
Hero Arts Grape Juice (2a)
Versafine Onyx Black Ink (2e)

As always we have layering guides as the second image on each of these stamp product pages that are also available to download with links in the product descriptions.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used:

Fishtail Banner Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Heart 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Xyron Adhesive Eraser Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sunny Saturday Share: More Customer Cards

Hey everyone, how are you all doing this weekend? I'm so excited to be popping in today with a Sunny Saturday Share. There have been so many amazing cards popping up on Instagram that have made my jaw drop so I couldn't wait to share them with all of you! 

Birthday Mouse card by Åsa Johansson

Passionate Penguins & Floating By card by Linda Anderson

Breakfast Puns card by Michelle Langley

Kiddie Pool & Beach Buddies card by Patricia Choi

Kiddie Pool & Beach Buddies card by Dais Cardmaking

Tropical Birds cards by Barbara Bircher

Spring Showers card by Lio

Teacher Appreciation & A Cut Above card by Cindy

Thank you for sharing all these fabulous ideas with us! I hope you will continue to share your gorgeous projects with us--It always makes my day to see them. Please tag us on instagram @sunnystudiostamps or share your projects with us in our flickr group. Sadly we are no longer able to view all the posts using our hashtag on Instagram so it's super important for you to also tag us @sunnystudiostamps so we can find them and they don't get missed. ❤

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Breakfast Puns Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Breakfast Puns Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Mouse Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Mouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio