Sliding Window Die Focused Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here and today I'm sharing an interactive thank you card. This card has a sliding window and when opened, a gift card is revealed. The Sliding Window die makes it so easy to create this fun interactive card.

I used Catherine Pooler Lime Rickey and Cummerbund inks for the two toned look on the sliding window panels. To get the decorative edge on my window panel I used the outer die from the Frilly Frames Chevron die set. 

To decorate the outside of my card, I added a cluster of tropical leaves and a cute little toucan from the Tropical Birds stamp set. The greeting I stamped is also from this set. The leaves were die cut with the Summer Greenery dies from two shades of green card stock. I decided to add some tiny die cut hibiscus flowers as well.  

Copic colors used for the toucan: T4, T6, T8, G20, YG13, Y13, YR12, YR24, R32, R35

To allow room to enclose a gift card, I simply used thin foam tape to adhere the sliding window panel to my card base. I thought the Amazon gift card nicely coordinated with my toucan. 

There was also enough room for decoration underneath the gift card so I added the Thank You words and one of the Summer Greenery leaves. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Thank You Words Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Greenery Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Notebook Die Focused Card with Marine

Hi crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with those three mini cards showcasing the Notebook Photo Corners + Notebook Tabs die sets. Love those notebook designs, and with the end of the school year coming soon (in France it's early July) I think those sets are just perfect to make "Thank You" cards for our amazing teachers. And what a better set than Super Duper to celebrate them?

I started off by cutting the different pieces in three:
- three Notebook Photo Corners pages out of Subtle Grey Tones pattern papers
- three Notebook Tabs out of colored cardstock
- three simple black panels
- three colored panels out of Heroic Halftones pattern papers
- three Thank You Words out of silver mirror cardstock + three others out of black cardstock

I attached a black panel on each colored panel using double sided tape, and then stuck a notebook page in a crooked way using double sided foam tape. I layered the silver mirror "Thanks" on the black ones, stuck those words in the upper part of each panel, and stamped "Teacher" from Super Duper below each word.

Next I stamped three cute characters, stars and "Wow" signs from Super Duper, as well as three books from Grad Cat on white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut the images using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph'It Brush markers with blue, red and yellow to match the Heroic Halftones pattern papers.

Once the coloring was done, I attached the images on the cards using 1mm foam squares. Next I stamped a "You're my hero" greeting from Super Duper on each tab, and stuck a tab on each card. And as always I finished my cards by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

And that's it! I really love all the cards I've made so far using the new release, but these are my favorite. Love how they turned out, and I hope that these will inspire you! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Thank You Words Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heroic Halftones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Super Duper Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Super Duper Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Grad Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: A Cut Above Cards with Leanne West

Hello everyone! Leanne here and I'm excited to be here showcasing some the new stamps and dies from the summer release. I just love anything related to school and crafting supplies. So I was thrilled to see the new A Cut Above stamps, Notebook Photo Corners, and Notebook Tabs dies. 

I'm sharing three clean and fairly simple note cards which would be quick and easy to mass produce. With the end of the school year coming up, we will need lots of teacher thank you cards. These designs would also be great if you need thank you or birthday cards for any of your co-workers.  

First off, I'd like to talk about how I set up my Misti for mass producing layered stamped images. I die cut a bunch of blanks using the coordinating dies from A Cut Above. I then use a template overtop the black Misti pad. I find that I can position the stamps easily using the negative space of my die cut templates because I can clearly see the open area. I close the Misti door with the stamps perfectly placed. I then put the blank die cut pieces into the template and stamp the first layer. I repeat this process until all the layers have been stamped. I did this with different colors so I'd get many completed stamped images as you can see in my colorful scissors mini slimline card.  I love the little scissor image and could not resist stamping them in all the colors of the rainbow. 

I also really love the Notebook dies and line stamp to create realistic mini notebook pages. I simply used one notebook page on each of the A2 sized cards and a greeting plus a few stamped images. This design can be easily replicated and results in a very eye catching card especially with bright happy colors. 

On all my cards today, I have used the Lots of Dots Embossing Folder to create the textures backgrounds. I thought this was a great way to add interest to the cards without distracting from the focal images.  

Other Sunny Studio supplies used were the Thank You Word dies and Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Thank You Words Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lots of Dots Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tranquil Tulips Cards with Waleska and Marine

Hello there friends, Waleska here! My card today features the beautiful Tranquil Tulips Stamps from the most recent release mixed with the Moroccan Circles Embossing folder and the Mini Mat and Tag Dies #3.

For this card I wanted the Tulips to be the focal point in my card, to do that I decided to leave the tulips very colorful and the background white so they can really stand out.  I started by stamping the different layers of the tulips with the following inks: Hero Arts Ombre Pink Ink, Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink and Lawn Fawn Lobster Ink, for the leaves I used Lawn Fawn Jalapeno Ink and Lawn Fawn Noble Fir Ink. I hand cut the tulips and arrange them in the way I wanted.

I then embossed a white panel with the Moroccan Circles Embossing folder and cut 4 of the scalloped rectangle from the Mini Mat and Tag Dies #3, I wanted to have dimension to this piece so I adhere them together.  Finally I assemble my card by using the pattern paper as a base layer from the Dots and Stripes Jewel Tones, then the embossed panel and finally the small scalloped rectangle, my sentiment is from the Big Bold Greetings.

Thank you so much for stopping by today I hope you will be inspired to create today by my post!

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Hello crafty friends! Marine here, so happy to be back on the blog today with a bright & beautiful bouquet showcasing Tranquil Tulips! It's no secret that I love to create little scenes with multiple images and details, but I also really love to play with the amazing layering stamp sets we have in the Sunny Studio catalogue.

I started off with the background. I knew that the flowers, watering can & shaker accessories would be very bright, and I didn't want all those elements to get lost on a too colorful background, so I picked a light pattern paper from the Subtle Grey Tones paper pack, and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel. Next I took a sheet of plastic from my stash a little bit bigger than my panel, added double sided tape along the four edges, placed my grey panel in the middle of it, and while keeping the panel in place with my left hand, I cut the four plastic corners off, and this way created four plastic tabs on each side of the grey panel. I folded and attached three of those tabs at the back of the grey panel, added a mix of sequins, jewels & confetti inside the plastic pocket, and then folded and attached the fourth tab to totally close the pocket. I attached my infinity shaker panel on a white card base using double sided tape, and then moved on to the images.

I stamped the tulips and leaves from Tranquil Tulips, as well as the watering can from Watering Can on Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using distress oxide inks. For the tulips, I used spun sugar + kitsch flamingo + picked raspberry. For the leaves, I used shabby shutters + mowed lawn. And for the watering can, I used salvaged patina + hickory smoke. Once all the images were stamped, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all, and then I attached everything on the infinity shaker panel using foam squares.

And finally I created my greeting in two parts. I started by cutting the word "Thanks" out of gold mirror cardstock using a die from the Thank You Words die set. Next I white heat embossed the phrase "for always being there" from Words Of Gratitude on a dark grey slim banner, and then I attached both elements on the bottom left corner of my card using liquid glue and foam squares.

And that's it! I hope that you like this new shaker card! Feels like Spring, right? Thanks for stopping by, and see you next week with more flowers!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Thank You Words Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tranquil Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice Cards with Marine and Marieke

Hey crafty friends, Marine here with you today! I'm super happy to be back on the blog with this duo of cute and bright cards. They feature the butterfly stamp from the Watering Can stamp set, I didn't get a chance to use that stamp before, and I thought it would be nice to use with rainbow colors.

I started by cutting a 6 x 3" mini slimline white panel, and an 8,5 x 3,5" slimline white panel. On the mini slimline panel I printed texture using the Moroccan Circles embossing folder, and on the slimline panel I added texture by creating lines each quarter of an inch using a ball tool.

I gold heat embossed a bunch of butterflies on vellum, and I cut them using the coordinating die. I used that same coordinating die to cut colorful butterflies. And I white heat embossed a "Thinking of you" sentiment from Watering Can on a black banner. 

Next I assembled the cards. On the mini slimline panel, I added a vertical row of butterflies. I first attached plain butterflies in a rainbow order using foam squares, tucked my "Thinking of you" sentiment between two butterflies, and then stuck a golden butterfly on each plain butterfly using liquid glue.

And on the slimline panel, I stamped a simple "Hello" sentiment from Lovely Lilacs, attached plain butterflies in zigzag using foam squares, and then added a golden butterfly on each plain butterfly. And I finished both cards by gluing clear droplets to bring more light.

And that's it! They're both super pretty and they were very quick to make so it would definitely be easy to mass produce them. I hope that those cards will inspire you. As always I leave with the process video so feel welcome to check it out for more details (click on the image above)! Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

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Hello Sunny Studio Friends, Marieke here. Today I hope to inspire you with a personalized card that I made especially for the amazing owner of Sunny Studio; Mendi! 

I ink blended Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Dried Marigold, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry on to a piece of cardstock and I die cut it. Splattered some water and adhered it onto a slightly larger rectangle.

Out of white cardstock I cut the word Thanks using the Thank You Word Dies four times and glued them together. Die cut the name Mendi and adhered both in the middle of the card. Heat set the other sentiments that are in the Fabulous Flamingo set on pink cardstock. Die cut the small sentiment and cut the other one using my scissors.

Used Copic Colors:
Flamingo - RV13, RV42, R01, R00 / C5,C3,C1,0 / Y13, Y11
Green - YG67, YG63, YG03, YG01
Brown - E47, E44, E43
Dark Green - G28, G09, G07
Pink - R85, R83, R81

Stamped the images out of the Fabulous Flamingos and Tropical Scenes stamps. Colored them up using my Copic markers and cut them using the Fabulous Flamingos and Tropical Scenes Dies.

Adhered the background on to a pink top fold base card and added all the images using different heights of foam tape.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Thank You Words Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio