Gift Card Envelope Floral Bouquet Cards With Mendi

Hello there! Before we switch gears and kick off our Summer Sneak Peek week starting here tomorrow morning, I thought I would pop in and share one last spring card idea that has been bouncing around in my head since our Spring Sneak Peek week back in January.

Card No. 1: I thought it would be so much fun to pair our new Beautiful Bluebell Stamps together with our Gift Card Envelope dies to create a floral bouquet. However, once I got started it was hard not to reuse this same idea with so many of our other flower layering stamps which I always make sure to stamp extras of assembly line style so I can have them on hand and ready to go for instances just like this. In the end, I was able to create five cards using one idea which saved me so much time and I'm really happy with how they turned out!

For all my cards today I started by trimming an A2-sized grey tone-on-tone patterned paper panel from our Subtle Grey Tones Paper pack. I then cut my Gift Card Envelope for this card from a green gingham from our Gingham Pastel Paper pack. After it was assembled, I tucked in three fern leaves from our Spring Greenery Dies. I then set to work filling in all the various bluebell flowers from our Beautiful Bluebells Stamps. For my greeting, I stamped the "happy birthday" phrase from our Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies. As finishing touches, I added a blue butterfly from our Watering Can Stamps and a white stitched strip along the bottom from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Bluebell Ink Colors Used:
Hero Arts Dusty Blue
Hero Arts Cornflower
Gina K. Powder Blue
Hero Arts Indigo

Stem Ink Colors Used:
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime
Pinkfresh Studio Olive
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Card No. 2: For my next card, I started by die-cutting my Gift Card Envelope from a lightweight pink cardstock (65 lbs. or something similar to what you find with those Michaels multi-colored packs). I should note that I realized as I went along that it was helpful to ink the edges of the envelopes before assembling them to help define that this was indeed an envelope. Some of the earlier versions shared below lack that bit of definition and I wish I could go back and add it because they feel a little flat to me and maybe harder to distinguish that these are indeed envelopes.

This time for my flowers I used our Spring Bouquet Stamps with the little honey bee from our Tranquil Tulips Stamps. For my sentiment, I once again used the Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps, stamping them onto our Brilliant Banner 2 Dies which had been cut from our Gingham Pastel Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastel Paper packs. The scalloped edge added to the bottom of my card comes from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies.

Daffodil Ink Colors:

PinkFresh Sunshine
PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
PinkFresh Marigold
PinkFresh Apricot

Iris Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Lavender
Gina K. Wild Lilac
Hero Arts Grape Juice
PinkFresh Sweet Mustard

Lavender Hyacinth Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Soft Lilac
Lawn Fawn Fresh Lavender
PinkFresh Lavender

Periwinkle Hyacinth Ink Colors:
Simon Says Stamp Hydrangea
Ranger Archival Violet
MFT Purple Rain (retired)

Leaves & Stems Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Key Lime
Concord & 9th Parsley
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Card No. 3: Up next is a floral bouquet using our Tranquil Tulips Stamps which I stamped in purple, hot pink, and peach tones. For my lavender Gift Card Envelope, I turned to the floral patterned paper from our Flirty Flowers Paper pack. My "congratulations" greeting comes from our Inside Greetings Congrats Stamps which I stamped onto a coordinating shade of peach paper from our Gingham Pastel Paper and Dots & Stripes Pastel Paper packs. Lastly, I added the white stitched strip along the bottom from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Purple Tulip Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Soft Lilac
PinkFresh Lavender
Gina K. Wild Lilac

Peach Tulip Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Ballet Slipper
Gina K. Innocent Pink
PinkFresh Coral Reef

Hot Pink Tulip Ink Colors:
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
Hero Arts Ultra Pink
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Leaves & Stems Ink Colors:
Gina K. Lucky Clover (or Hero Arts Fresh Lawn)
PinkFresh Olive

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Card No. 4: For this floral bouquet, I turned to our Captivating Camellias Stamps which I stamped in beautiful hot pink shades and tucked into an aqua blue Gift Card Envelope. This time I made a Mother's Day Card borrowing a sentiment from our Happy Thoughts Stamps which I stamped onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies cut from pink cardstock and shaded with inks to match my flowers. I once again added some blue butterflies to match from our Watering Can Stamps and added a white stitched strip along the bottom from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies.

Camellia Ink Colors:
Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
PinkFresh Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Leaf Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Grassy Knoll
PinkFresh Key Lime
Concord & 9th Parsley
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Card No. 5: For my last card of the day I used our Lovely Lilacs Stamps to create a beautiful uplifting floral bouquet for a sympathy card. I already had the pink polka-dot Gift Card Envelope on hand so I decided to make my lilacs a beautiful shade of pink to match and cut my Brilliant Banner 2 Die from green cardstock to match the leaves. I stamped my "praying for you" sentiment from our Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps and once again added some pink butterflies to match from our Watering Can Stamps with a white stitched strip along the bottom of my card from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies.

Lilac Flower Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Ballet Slipper
Hero Arts Soft Pink
Hero Arts Bubblegum
Gina K.Passionate Pink

Lilac Leaves Ink Colors:
PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll
PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
PinkFresh Studio Olive

I hope I've inspired you with these cards today. Make sure to return here tomorrow morning at 8am EST / 5am PST for my first set of Summer Sneak Peeks as I count down the days to our big release on Friday. In the meantime, here's a little sneak peek to tide you over.

Supplies Used Today:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Captivating Camellias Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Captivating Camellias Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Sympathy Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Lovely Lilacs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Congrats Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Bluebells Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tranquil Tulips Cards with Marie and Catherine

Hello Everyone, Marie here! Spring is one of my most favorite times of the year because everything is beautiful and flowers are blooming left and right. If I could think of a flower that is the quintessential Spring flower, tulips definitely come to mind first! That being said, I am excited to share my latest inspiration card that features Sunny Studio Stamps' Tranquil Tulips Stamps. This layering stamp set allows you to quickly create gorgeous tulips during their different stages of bloom. This set is perfect for mass producing cards! 

My card today has a very simple design. To start,  I die cut an A2 sized base panel from 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Cardstock. For my background panel I used the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Die. I love the scalloped border this die creates! Then taking some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink, I lightly inked a little more than half the panel, and finished distress inking the rest with Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide Ink. I also splattered some Salvaged Patina throughout the panel for a little texture. I then  adhered the background panel to the base panel using double sided tape adhesive. 

Next step was to stamp out all my lovely tulips onto Neenah Solar White Cardstock. Each layering flower stamp is individually labeled so it's easy to follow which order they go in. For each tulip bloom, I used three different colors with 3 different ink tones. For the purple tulip, I used a very light Princess Pink Dye Ink for the base, and then a slightly darker Pink in the shade Cotton Candy Dye ink  for the mid tone.These two inks are from MFTstamps. The darkest shade I used is Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide which is a purple that compliments the pink layers very well. For my full bloom yellow tulip, I used Lemon Chiffon Dye Ink, followed by a darker Lemon Drop Dye ink from MftStamps, and the darkest Ink is Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink. 

To make the base of the flower a little darker giving it a more defined gradient, I added a touch of Wild Honey Distress Oxide Ink only to the base. For the pink tulip, I used Spun Sugar Distress Ink, Saltwater Taffy Distress Ink, and finally Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide as the darkest shade. For all the stems and leaves, I used a bright green Twisted Citron Distress Ink, and then Polychromos Color pencils to add some shading. I cut out all the images using the corresponding Tranquil Tulips Dies.

To highlight their beauty, I kept my design very simple by placing all three tulips inside a white oval frame that I created using two oval nesting dies. I gave the flowers dimension by adhering each one with foam tape. I also used foam tape on all the leaves. For the inside of my card, I lightly inked the center of an oval with Salvaged Patina and added a single stemmed tulip, placed off to the side, to create room for my "You're the Best" sentiment. My sentiment was created using the Loopy Letter Dies which I cut from a gold metallic cardstock. 

That concludes this week's card inspiration using the awesome Tranquil Tulips Layering stamps! I had a lot of fun experimenting with various different inks to create the perfect tulip colors! I hope this inspires you to create more Spring projects especially for the upcoming Easter holiday! Thanks so much for joining me today and until next time, Happy Cardmaking! 

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Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here, and today I am sharing some floral gift tags created with Tranquil Tulips Stamps and Vintage Jar Stamps.

To start, I die-cut the tulips, leaves, and stems, with white cardstock using the coordinating Tranquil Tulips Dies. I placed the die cut images back into the negative spaces. I stamped the images layer by layer with the following Altenew inks:

Yellows: Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Maple Yellow
Pinks: Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry
Purples: Soft Lilac, Wisteria, Lavendar Fields
Greens: Firefly, Grass Field

I added some highlights onto the tulips and leaves with a white gel pen.

For the jar, I die cut 6 jars (3 for the front and 3 for the back) out of white cardstock using Vintage Jar Dies. I placed 3 of the jars back into the negative space and stamped the jar using Vintage Jar Stamps with Lawn Fawn Kiddie Pool Ink. I set the 3 jars aside for the back of the tags.  For the front of the jars, I placed the remaining 3 white cardstock jars back into the negative space and stamped the stem images. Next, I stamped the jar on top of the stems using Vintage Jar Stamps and Lawn Fawn Kiddie Pool Ink.

I adhered the tulips, stems, and leaves onto the back of the jar fronts and then glued on the back of the jars. I tied some brown string around the top of the jars. I added tags from Window Quad Square Dies using paper from Gingham Pastels Paper. I added a “thanks” sentiment in the Tranquil Tulips Stamps set using the pennant from Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies.

Thank you so much for joining me today! I would love for you to visit me at Crafti-Cat! Have a lovely day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Vintage Jar Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Vintage Jar Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Dies 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! 

Candy Shoppe card by Msaprilfish

Rainy Days, Big Bold Greetings, Picket Fence Border, and Build-A-Birdhouse card by Kimmie Burmaster

Panda Party and Frilly Frame Retro Petals card by Jen

Chubby Bunny, Scalloped Oval Mat 1, Scalloped Oval Mat 2, Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace, and Spring Fling Paper Easter Card by Jen Mathis

Bunnyville card by Teresa

Bunnyville card by Lisa

Tranquil Tulips, Layered Basket, Scalloped Oval Mat 3, and Stitched Oval 2 card by Kimmie Burmaster 

Fintastic Friends tags by Joy Baldwin

Tropical Paradise card by Danielle Dunlop

Oceans of Joy and Floating By card by Rouge Bow

Comic Strip Everyday card by Kristin 

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. You can tag us on instagram with the hashtag #sunnystudiostamps or share your projects with us in our flickr group or on our facebook page. ☺

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Paradise Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Paradise Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Candy Shoppe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Candy Shoppe Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scalloped Oval Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fintastic Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Chubby Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chubby Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-A-Birdhouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainy Days Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio