The Graduate Card with Marieke

Hello all, Marieke here. I'm back again with my weekly post for Sunny Studio Stamps. Today I hope to inspire you with a project that I made using The Graduate.

For my card I thought it would be funny to create a chalkboard kinda look. So I cut a white topfold base card. Cut a 3 x 5 1/2 inch black piece of cardstock and stamped the large sentiment out of The Graduate stamp on to it. Adhered the black piece of cardstock on the base card and trimmed a strip of Kraft cardstock, glued that under the black piece.

Heat set the numbers out of the Balloon Numbers stamps using a gold embossing powder. Die cut the numbers using the matching Balloon Numbers dies. Adhered them on the base and added some gold stars and confetti. To finish the chalkboard look, I added some anti static powder around the sentiment.

Used Copic Colors:
Fox - E09, YR27, YR24, YR23, YR21 / N6, N4, N2 / W3, W1, W00, 0 / R22, R20, R00
Black - N8, N6, N4, N2
Wood - E37, E35, E33, E31
Paper - E53, E51, E50
Red - R59, R29, R24

Stamped all the images out of Foxy Friends and The Graduate, colored them up using my Copic markers and cut them using the matching Foxy Friends and The Graduate dies.

Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

The Graduate Card with Tina H

Hi there crafty friends, Tina here and for all the grads in your life, we got you covered with the cute The Graduate stamp and die set!

Let’s start with our card base which is made from a bright blue paper from my stash. My next layer is a white piece cut with the outer die from the Frilly Frames Polka-Dots. As extra detail, I embossed this panel with the Dotted Diamond Landscape die. I love adding these small steps which truly elevate a card!

My next product, the Scalloped Square Tag dies will become one of my favourites, I just got it and I already think it’s so cute and versatile! It’s the perfect size to frame smaller scenes! For this piece, I used a beautiful blue paper from Gingham Pastels.

My graduate is just the sweetest hedgehog from Quill Cuties, he looks adorable with his little cap and diploma (The Graduate). To complete the scene, I added a pile of books (Grad Cat) for him to sit on. All the coloring was done with my Copics and I added sparkly gold details with a gel pen.

I used one of the sentiments from The Graduate set and I love that it comes with a matching die! (Versafine Onyx Black ink). To embellish my square tag, I added a little blue bow (Wicker Basket). Of course, I needed some bling too, this time I went with the Champagne Clear Jewels.

I hope to see all your sweet grad cards with this sweet set! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dotted Diamond Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wicker Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quill Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quill Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate 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

The Graduate Card with Tina M

Hi there! Tina M here sharing a card featuring the new The Graduate Stamps set!

For my A2 size card I started with the background panels, I die cut out a pink piece using patterned paper from the Flirty Flowers Paper pack using the largest of the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. From white card stock I die cut out the second largest of the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies, I then die cut out the scene using the Slimline Nature Borders Die set creating the road, grassy area and the sky and ink blended each piece and then adhered the panels to the card base.

Next, I stamped the penguins from the Passionate Penguins Stamp set, the caps and the graduation scrolls from The Graduate stamps set, and the clouds from the Majestic Meadow Stamps set on alcohol ink friendly card stock using Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored them with my Copic Markers, see list below.

Copic colors used:
Penguins: N5/6/8, W0/1/2, R00/30/32, YR21/24/27
Car: RW10/11/13, N1/3/5/6/8, YR31
Bow: RW10/11/13
Caps: RW10/11/13, YG:61/63 G94/99, BG:10/11/13
Graduation scrolls:E40/42, YG:61/63 G94, BG:10/11/13
Clouds:C0/1, RV10

I then die cut the images out using the coordinating Passionate Penguins Dies, The Graduate Dies and the Majestic Meadow Dies. I then added foam dots to the back of all die cut pieces for dimension and adhered them to the scene panel.

Lastly, I stamped the big Congrats Grad from The Graduate Stamps set with green ink, die cut it out using the coordinating die from The Graduate Dies set . I added foam dots to the back for dimension and adhered it to the card!

Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you all a happy and colorful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	The Graduate Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Introducing The Graduate Graduation Stamps & Dies

Hello, and welcome to the last of our Summer Sneak Peeks!  All week, I have been sharing cards showcasing our newest collection, now available to purchase! Yay! Before you run off to shop, though, I have one last new set to share that I'm very excited about.

Card No. 1: The Graduate Stamps have been on my wish list for a while now. It not only features two bold greetings to pack a real punch, but four graduation caps and three diplomas in varying sizes to allow you to turn any kid or critter stamp in our line-up into a graduate.

For my first card, I paired the largest diplomas and grad hat from the new set with three of the adorable seals from the Sealiously Sweet Stamps. I had stamped and colored the scene from the Ocean View Stamps for an earlier card that I didn't end up using, but it had been stamped too close to the cardstock's bottom edge for this design, so I moved it up and added an additional sand dune using the stitched hill die from the Slimline Nature Border Dies set. Lastly, I stamped the large greeting from the set in bold red ink to match the red accents on my card.

Card No. 2: Next up, I paired The Graduate Stamps with one of the largest critters in our line-up from the Big Bunny Stamps. When I saw the plumeria flower in our coordinating Big Panda Stamps, I thought it would be so fun to stamp multiples to form a Hawaiian lei for my bunny to go with his cap and diploma. For the background, I inked up a pink gingham print using the Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies, along with the Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils, and then trimmed it down with the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I then mounted that onto a scalloped mat cut with the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Dies, using kraft cardstock for my card's base.

Card No. 3: For this graduation scene-style card featuring The Graduate Stamps, I turned to all the underwater creatures from our Best Fishes Stamps, Sea You Soon Stamps, Fintastic Friends Stamps, and the crab from the Ocean Views Stamps. I inked the ocean water background with a blend of Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feather Distress inks, and then stamped a diagonal pattern of bubbles around my critters using the bubble images from the Best Fishes set. Lastly, I inked up my pre-stamped graduation greeting from the new set to blend with the background, then layered it with the coral border from Tropical Scenes Stamps.

Card No. 4: Up next is a clean and simple red, black, & white card (which happens to be our local high school's colors) using The Graduate Stamps. I started by die-cutting the three stacked stitched circles along the right-hand side of my card from white cardstock using the Window Trio Circle Dies. I then backed the circles with black-striped patterned paper from our Sleek Stripes Paper pack. To fill each opening, I added the two dogs from the Puppy Love Stamps and the cat holding a heart from the Meow & Furever Stamps. To add a bit of fun & whimsy, I topped each critter with different-sized grad caps. I then added scattered red hearts from the Puppy Love stamps and a thin strip of red-striped paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper pack, which had been given a stitched edge using the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Card No. 5: While on the dog theme, I created a dog graduation scene-style card using The Graduate Stamps, with the dogs from the Puppy Dog Kisses Stamps and Puppy Parents Stamps. I kept the rest of my card somewhat simple, blending Mowed Lawn Distress Ink for my grass into a light hand of Salty Ocean Distress Ink for the sky. I then layered in some cumulus clouds from the Tropical Trees Backdrop Dies to fit around the large "Congrats Grad" greeting and red dog house from the Puppy Parents set.

Card No. 6:  Next up is another clean and simple card featuring the new little monkey from the Monkey Business Stamps holding the Number Balloons, dated with the year 2026. To give the balloons a more realistic appearance, I stamped them in my MISTI tool first in yellow, then sponged on some orange ink along the left side with a finger dauber to make them look even more three-dimensional.

I created a simple cloud background using the Fluffy Cloud Border Dies as stencils, and then framed them with the Icing Rectangle Frame Dies. I needed to give my monkey a resting spot so he wasn't floating in space, so I stamped the "Happy Graduation" greeting from The Graduate Stamps in blue and topped him with a grad cap and diploma to match. Using a paper piercer, I poked holes behind the balloons and threaded matching thread using a sewing needle, taping the loose ends on the back before adhering it to a yellow-striped print from the Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper pack.

Card No. 7: For my final graduation card of the day, using The Graduate Stamps, I created a special college graduation-themed card for my daughter, who will be graduating from the University of Washington soon. I started by printing a mirror image of the UW logo onto my purple and gold cardstock, then fussy-cutting it with scissors so that when I flipped it over to the correct side, no one would see the printing. To frame my large "W," I used the largest pennant from the Slimline Pennant Dies, then layered the "Happy Graduation" greeting on top, stamped in a coordinating shade of purple with Gina K. Designs Wild Lilac Ink. 

My daughter has always loved hedgehogs, so I formed a trio of graduates using the adorable critters from our Quill Cuties Stamps and topped them with mortarboards and diplomas. To carry out the collegiate feel I was after, I used the purple argyle print from our Amazing Argyle Paper pack, paired with the diagonal stripe in the same color from the Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper pack. I added stitched details with the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and a decorative zig-zag edge using the Ric Rac Border Dies. Lastly, I added two coordinating buttons on either side of my pennant using the layered button images from our Woolen Mitten Dies. I was happy with how all the elements came together.

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.

I've also created a video sharing a closer look at all the products and the cards I made with them, which you can view below on our YouTube channel HERE.

Here's a closer look at our new 3x4 The Graduate Stamps and The Graduate Dies, which are now available for purchase.

  

Other Supplies Used:

Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Meow & Furever Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Meow & Furever Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Puppy Parents Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Parents Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Dog Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Dog Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sea You Soon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sea You Soon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sealiously Sweet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sealiously Sweet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Numbers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Numbers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Rectangle Frame Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Quill Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quill Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Monkey Business Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Monkey Business Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio
Amazing Argyle 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sleek Stripes Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio