Spring Bouquet Cards with Catherine and Marie

Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here, and today I am sharing a friendship shaker card created with the pretty Spring Bouquet Stamps and Stitched Arch Dies.

To start, I embossed A2 white cardstock with Quilted Hearts Embossing Folder. To make the opening, I die cut the embossed panel with the largest arch in Stitched Arch Dies. I then die cut a small arch using the leftover large arch. I then die cut a medium size arch with paper from Gingham Pastels Paper. I adhered the small white arch onto the medium arch and set it aside.

To make the shaker, I flipped my embossed panel over and adhered A2 acetate onto the back. Next, I die cut the large arch using a double-sided foam sheet. I then die cut the medium sized arch with double sided foam sheet. I removed the backing on the foam sheet and adhered the foam arches onto the back of the panel. I nested the medium arch inside the large arch and taped it together with craft tape. I placed the arches onto  A2 white cardstock, and added some Iridescent Clear Jewels inside the space between the two arches. I removed the arches and placed the embossed panel onto the background. I adhered the medium and small arches onto the center.

Using white cardstock, I die cut the flowers from Spring Bouquet and the butterflies from Watering Can with the coordinating dies. I placed the negative die cut cardstock onto my Misti stamping tool, placed the images back inside the negative space, and inked the images with the following Altenew Inks:

Pinks:  Frosty Pink, Cotton Candy, Coral Berry
Yellows: Citrus Burst, Fresh Lemon, Sunkissed
Blues: Iceberg, Ultramarine, Sapphire
Green: Firefly, Grass Field

I adhered the images onto the card front. I added a “Thank You” sentiment from Big Bold Greetings inked with Altenew Persian Blue Dye Ink. I added a White Heat Embossed sentiment from Words of Gratitude and a few sequins from Majestic Fusion Sequins. I wanted to balance the blue arch in the center of the card so I added a border using Gingham Pastels Paper.

Thank you so much for joining me today! Have a wonderful week!

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Hello Crafty friends, Marie here! Today I’m back on the blog and excited to share my latest card creation featuring the beautiful hyacinth flower from the lovely layering Spring Bouquet Stamps alongside the adorable Feeling Froggy Stamp. I love hyacinths and I love frogs and the two combined just makes me smile! 

This springtime birthday box card was crafted using Lawn Fawn’s Scalloped Box Card Pop-Up die. I die cut all the box card components from Bristol smooth cardstock paper for the smoothest ink blending experience. I ink blended the outside of the box in Seedless Preserves distress Ink, and used a cloud stencil to ink blend the back panel with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink. For the grass panels, I used a combination of Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Ink and for the water panel, I used Salvaged Patina with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide. 

After assembling my box card and cutting off the front and side flaps, I stamped out the hyacinth flowers onto 110 lb. Neenah Solar White Cardstock. When stamping each layer of the flower, I used a sponge dabber to lightly add ink to my stamp instead of directly applying the stamp into the ink pad. I do this technique so that each stamped layer is even and not too saturated. I also give each layer time to dry before stamping the next layer. For my blue hyacinth, I used a combination of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide, followed by Salty Ocean Distress Oxide, and Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide. For the purple hyacinths, I used Spun Sugar Distress ink, Cotton Candy Dye Ink from MftStamps, and finally Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide. I stamped out all the leaves and stems with Twisted Citron Distress ink, and shaded them used Copics In Forest Green (G17), Emerald Green (G05) and Yellow Green (YG03). 

Next, I stamped the adorable frog onto Bristol Smooth Cardstock with InkOn3 Fadeout ink, and colored him with PolyChromos Color Pencils, and copics for the lilly pad ( G17, G05, and BG09). For the tiny dragonfly images, I stamped them onto watercolor paper using Antique Linen Distress Ink and colored them with watercolor pencils. To make their dainty little wings pop, I added some Stickles Glitter Glue in the shade Diamond. I then cut out all my flowers and stems with the corresponding Spring Bouquet Dies. I used the Feeling Froggy Dies to cut all the little dragon flies and froggy. I then adhered all my images to my scene with a combination of double sided tape adhesive and Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue. To make all the little dragonflies look like they're flying, I cut super thin strips of thick acetate and attached them to the tip. 

Finally, I stamped out a Happy Birthday sentiment with my favorite Big Bold Greetings Stamps. I used the color Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide to stamp my sentiment and cut it out using the corresponding Big Bold Greetings Dies. I absolutely love how this box card came together!! It's absolutely perfect for a spring or summer Birthday, and luckily for me, I have many Summer birthdays ahead! Thank you for joining me today, friends !!! Until next time, stay crafty and happy cardmaking!!! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Froggy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Feeling Froggy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Spring Bouquet Cards with Marine and Waleska

Hey crafty friends! Marine here, back with more flowers to brighten your day! Today's card features Spring Bouquet, a beautiful layering stamp set that includes three types of flowers: daffodil, hyacinth and iris. 

I decided to go with hyacinths only in order to create like a field of flowers, and the first thing I did was to stamp six of them on Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using distress oxide inks. Here are the color combinations I picked for each flower & greenery:

Pink: spun sugar + kitsch flamingo + picked raspberry
Orange: dried marigold + carved pumpkin + ripe persimmon
Yellow: squeezed lemonade + mustard see + fossilized amber
Green: shabby shutters + mowed lawn + rustic wilderness
Blue: tumbled glass + salty ocean + blueprint sketch
Purple: shaded lilac + wilted violet + villainous potion
Greenery: mowed lawn + rustic wilderness

Because Spring is coming soon, I decided to add a few bees. These are from Sunflower Fields, and again, I used distress oxide inks to stamp the different parts: mustard seed for the body, black soot for the dark details, and lost shadow for the wings. Once the flowers, leaves and bees were done, I cut everything using the coordinating dies, and moved on to the background.

To be able to fit the six flowers on my card, I went for a slimline design. I cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, and I did some stenciling using distress oxide inks. On the lower part, I created a hill border using shabby shutters + mowed lawn. And on the upper part, a cloudy sky using tumbled glass + salty ocean. Next I cut another 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, and cut a slim grass border out of it using a die from Picket Fence Border and I colored that grass border using shabby shutters + mowed lawn oxide inks.

Next I stamped my "I'm so thankful for your friendship" greeting from Words Of Gratitude on the grass border using black ink, I attached the border at the bottom of my slimline panel using foam squares, and then the hyacinths, leaves and bees using foam squares again. And finally I added highlights and details on the images using a white gel pen.

And that's it! This card definitely calls for Spring, and I can't wait to see cute bees buzzing and flying from one flower to another in a few weeks! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

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Hello there, Waleska here! Today's card is very colorful and brings you spring feel using Iris flowers from the Spring Bouquet Stamp from the latest release.

To start this card I stamped all the Iris flowers with the following inks: Lawn Fawn Fresh Lavender, Lawn Fawn Juice Box and Lawn Fawn Blue Joy and for the center of the flower I used a yellow copic marker,  I search for real Iris colors and this turned out exactly like the ones I like. I then stamped the leaves with Lawn Fawn Jalapeno Ink. I wanted a very contrasting background so I decided to use Oxide Inks in Colors Picked Raspberry and Wild Honey I added water splashes and some sparkle watercolor for more interest too.

I wanted my card to look like a field with Irises so I arrange them in a harmonic way and adhere them to the inked panel.  Finally I added the sentiment from the Big Bold Greetings.  This beautiful flowers look so realistic with all the layers and can be stamped with all kinds of different colors!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful rest of your day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunflower Fields Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunflower Fields Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet 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

Valentine's Day Cards with Vanessa and Tina

Hello to you! Vanessa here with a cute Valentine's Day card using Passionate Penguins.

I started with a white panel of cardstock and stamped the sentiments onto the background. After I had inked the panel, I adhered it to the white card base. 

Used sets:
Passionate Penguins stamps
Words of Gratitude stamps
Chloe Alphabet Dies

Now I stamped the image, colored it with Copics, fussy-cut the piece and adhered it with foam tape. I die-cut the letters, colored them red and added them to the card. Finally, I drew highlights with a white gel pen.

Enjoy your weekend, thanks for stopping by today!

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Hello crafty friends, it’s Tina with a sweet Valentine’s Day card featuring the adorable Love Monkey stamp and die set! And of course I also had to include a big pink heart made with the largest of the Scalloped Heart dies.

This heart was die cut from white Neenah paper and colored with distress oxides Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry. I used a blending brush to get a smooth coverage. My background was made from the same Neenah paper and dry embossed with the Quilted Hearts embossing folder. I love how this technique completely elevates the panel.

Next I stamped and colored all my images: two cute monkeys and branches from the Love Monkey set and several envelopes from Snail Mail. I selected a sentiment from Heart Bouquet and stamped it onto a small white banner. My favorite ink for sentiments is the Versafine Onyx Black because it always gives a clean and crisp result on the cardstock.

I began to assemble the card by gluing the white embossed panel to a pink card base, creating a border for extra dimension. Next, I added the heart die cut with foam tape and started building my scene with all the images. I placed the sentiment banner below the heart. A few Heart Shaped Pearls were scattered onto the heart for extra shimmer and shine!

It’s great that these pearls come in different colors, so they match lots of pink or red shades in your projects. And that completes this cute Valentine’s card! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snail Mail Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snail Mail Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heart Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Pumpkin Patch Die Focused Cards with Waleska and Marine

Hi Friends, Waleska here. My card for this week features one of my new favorite pumpkin dies, the Pumpkin Patch Dies, they are so fun and you can make them with or without dimension I just love them!

I started die cutting the pieces to create this beautiful pumpkins with white cardstock, I wanted to ink them with Oxide Inks.  For the leaves and stem I used green colored cardstock.  I used Ripe Persimmon and Carved Pumpkin Oxide inks to add color and dimension to the pumpkins. I used 3D Foam tape to elevate some parts too.

For the background I used Salvaged Patina Oxide Ink mixed with water with a smooshing technique on Watercolor paper.  I cut the biggest frame from the Fancy Frame Rectangles  with kraft cardstock and adhere it to the front panel.  I assemble the pumpkins in the center of my card and finally I added this panel to an orange card base.

I used the Words of Gratitude stamp set for the sentiment.  Thank you so much for stopping by remember to stay crafty because today is only lived once, do what you love and enjoy it!!!

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Hey crafty friends, Marine here, thank you so much for stopping by! I'm back today with two cards, both showcasing the brand new Pumpkin Patch die set from the Fall & Winter 2022 collection. I couldn't decide if I wanted to create an autumn card or a Halloween card, so I decided to make both, using die cut pieces only.

I started by cutting all the pieces I needed to create both cards. And I knew that I wanted to use my alcohol markers to color all those bits and pieces, so I cut everything out of the same paper I always use to color my images. Besides the Pumpkin Patch die set, here are the sets I picked the different dies from:

Comic Strip Everyday: clouds, sun/moon, tree trunks, foliage
Picket Fence Border: grass border & fence
Tropical Trees Backdrop: crows/bats

For the autumn card I went with traditional pumpkins using two shades of orange, I also colored some sunflowers, leaves and swirling stems, a sun and a few clouds, some colorful trees and some birds to be crows.

And for the Halloween card I went with spooky pumpkins using two shades of purple. The sunflowers turned into bright pink flowers, I didn't add any foliage on the trees, the sun turned into the moon and the birds into bats.

Once everything was colored, I created a background for each card. I cut two 5,5 x 4,25" bristol panels, as well as two grass borders using a die from the Picket Fence Border die set. For the autumn card I went with a turquoise sky using tumbled glass & peacock feathers oxide inks, and a khaki green grass border using shabby shutters & peeled paint oxide inks. And for the Halloween card, I went with dark blue shades for the sky using blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire & black soot oxide inks, and a dark green grass border using mowed lawn & rustic wilderness oxide inks.

Before assembling the cards, I white heat embossed a sentiment at the bottom of each grass border: "Hello autumn" from Fall Kiddos for the autumn card, and "Trick or treat" from Bewitching for the Halloween card. And next I attached the different elements on each panel, starting with the grass borders, and then all the bits and pieces using a combination of foam squares, glue dots & liquid glue.

And that's it! Love how they both turned out, super cute and bright. I hope you like them too! As always you will find more information and details in the process video, so feel welcome to check it out! Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bewitching Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pumpkin Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio