Oceans of Joy & Tropical Scenes Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some ocean-themed cards for Summer using our Oceans of Joy Stamps and Tropical Scene Stamps.

For my first beach card, I paired the crab and sentiment from the Oceans of Joy Stamps with the Best Fishes Stamps crab. I positioned them on an island from our Tropical Scene Stamps, added the palm tree and parrot from the Sending Sunshine Stamps, and the smiling sun from the Balloon Ride Stamps. I framed my little scene by inking up a Stitched Circle Large Die using Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks and mounted them onto a white embossed backdrop using the Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder. Phew! That might sound like a whole lot of sets to create what turned out to be a clean and simple design, but all of these elements (except for the sun) were leftover pieces that failed to be included on earlier cards, so I was so happy to put them all to good use.

For my second card, I also utilized many elements I had previously colored in earlier years, including this water background I made when I was inking up a series of water-themed backdrops last summer. I never got around to using this one, so it is was so nice to have something ready to go to speed up the process. I love to sit down and make a number of backgrounds like this assembly line style while I already have everything out. This was a full A2-sized panel, but I was able to repurpose it perfectly for this vertical, slimline-style card. I started by fussy-cutting a wavy top along the panel's top with my scissors to form gentle ocean waves. I then tucked the island and one palm tree beneath using our Tropical Scene Stamps and the second larger palm tree from the Sending Sunshine Stamps.

For the ocean floor at the bottom of my card, I added part of the coral and plant border from the Tropical Scenes Stamps. For my greeting, I heat embossed the phrase "wishing you oceans of joy" using the Oceans of Joy Stamps, but I wanted to word "oceans" to be more prominent in my scene and to make the greeting more of a focal point so I used the Loopy Letters Dies to spell out the word in the center. I then arranged the whale, dolphin, octopus, sea turtles, and other fish from the Oceans of Joy Stamps around my greeting. I completed my card by adding three small clouds from the Comic Strip Everyday Dies to fill in some of the empty space around my palm trees and the flipping dolphin. 

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Oceans of Joy Stamps, Best Fishes Stamps, and Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!  Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Marker Shop at: Sunny Studio
Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine 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	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tiki Time Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, I'm so happy to be back on the blog! Since summer is officially here, I thought it would be nice to take you to the beach, drink some refreshing cocktails and have fun in the ocean. As very often, the scene I had in mind was extra busy with many images, so I went for a slimline design to create my card.

I started off by stamping all the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, and then colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and my Graph'it brush markers.

As always, here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Tiki Time - bar, torches, cocktails, leaves, toucans • Seasonal Trees - palm tree, coconuts • Tropical Birds - flowers • Paris Afternoon - table & parasol, chairs • Beach Bus - surfboard • Ocean View - seashell • Beach Babies - two characters, balloon • Kiddie Pool - four characters, droplets • Beach Buddies - sunglasses, snorkeling mask.

I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, set them aside for later, and cut a 3 x 8 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel. I masked the stitched edges off with washi tape, divided it in three sections using washi tape again, and used oxide inks to create my beach landscape:

• in the upper section, I created a cloudy sky using a stencil from my stash along with tumbled glass and broken china. I mixed some broken china oxide ink with water, and used a slim brush to add splatters to my sky,

• on the middle section, I blended antique linen and vintage photo to create sand, and added brown splatters using vintage photo oxide ink,

• on the lower section, I did the ocean using broken china and uncharted mariner, and added dark blue splatters using uncharted mariner oxide ink.

Next I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and added white splatters all over the panel. And to give the illusion of sea foam between the sand section and the ocean section, I applied white ink on that area using a sponge dauber, and added even more ink using the rounded end of a brush.

When my panel was dry, I white embossed "Happy summer" from Beach Babies at the very bottom, and then I attached all the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

Next I cut a scalloped panel out of aqua cardstock using a Slimline Scalloped Frame die, attached it to an 8,5 x 3,5 inches white card base using 1mm foam tape, and finally stuck my beach scene panel using foam tape again.

And that's it! Now put your swimsuit on, grab your sunscreen and sunglasses, and let's go have some fun at the beach! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tiki Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tiki Time Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Paris Afternoon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Paris Afternoon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio

Foxy Friends Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here with some happy vibes for you! As you know I love cute critters and there are many of those in the sweet Foxy Friends stamp and die set! But I did manage to choose three of them!

To start this project, I die cut a panel from a bright green dotted paper (Polka-dot Parade) with the outer die from Frilly Frames Chevron.

I love creating mini scenes and the Window Trio Square die is perfect for that! You instantly get three frames on which you can build a lay-out! No measuring or guess work needed to get the frames aligned straight. This die does all the work for you! After backing the green panel with a white piece of card stock I glued both to a white card base.

For this card I wanted the little foxes to have fun while doing some gardening (one of my hobbies too!). So, I selected three cuties, a few plants, a watering can and a wagon from the Foxy Friends stamp set.

As usual I did all the coloring with my Copic markers. Then I played around with the images and composed a mini scene for each of the three frames. I adhered the stamped pieces to the panel with foam tape.  

For the sentiment I combined the ‘Sending Happy Vibes’ phrase (Panda Party) and stamped it onto a white banner with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Next, I glued this banner between the frames, near the bottom part of the card. To finish this project, I sprinkled some Champagne Clear jewels to fill in the scenes.

Thank you so much, I appreciate you being here. Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio