Inspiration Week: Introducing City Streets & New Happy Home Dies

Hello there!  Today kicks off our inspiration week with a brand new stamp set being showcased each day!  All of the new items being shared this week will be available for purchase this Friday on July 1st.  Make sure to check back and visit us each day for more inspiration, peeks and prizes!  

Today I'm starting off with our new City Streets Stamp set and coordinating dies which were designed as a follow up to our popular Happy Home stamps.  This set has 3 downtown buildings, 5 sentiments and lots of fun miniature accessories to compliment them. 

For my first card I wanted to go bright and happy with touches of black to make the colors pop. I borrowed the tree stamp from the Happy Home set to fill out my little scene.

For my next card I used some stitched ribbon to evoke the feel of a street and a basic metal rimmed office tag to highlight the little cafe table and chairs from the set.  I created cloud masks by cutting post it notes using the new Happy Home Cloud Dies and then sponged on my ink over the top.  I love the big reveal when you pull off the masks and how the clouds look as a one-layer image!  

I finished off my card by setting my acrylic block down over the tag and then bending my sentiment to match the curve.  I love this easy little trick and the extra oomph a curved sentiment gives!

For this card I thought it would be fun to go bright and masculine for a change and to focus solely on the car stamp from the set.  I used my Signo Uniball gel pen to create the dotted line for my street and sponged on some soft Tumbled Glass distress ink as a backdrop for the cars.  My sentiment was borrowed from the new Sock Hop set that will be shared on Thursday.  ;)

I chose to go soft and sweet on this card focused on the bakery building in the set.  For my card mat I used Neenah Desert Storm (Kraft) cardstock to pick up the colors in the building.  I created a pale pink ombre effect for my sentiment tab using Spun Sugar distress ink and finished off my card with an elegant rhinestone embellishment.

For my last card I thought it would be fun to use all the images from the set and to create a bright, happy color palette by stamping the images in different colored inks.  To give my images depth I then quickly (& carefully) colored the images with coordinating pale Copic Markers.  I say carefully because I stamped using dye inks which can bleed if too much coloring is done over the top.  

I finished my card with a banner from Sunny Borders and a Birthday Sentiment from Comfy Creatures.  For my hearts I used the Stitched Heart Dies which were covered in stardust stickles and glossy accents and popped up with foam tape.

Here's a closer peek at the new City Streets stamps, City Streets dies and the long awaited Happy Home dies (you can click on the images to view them larger).

      

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Sunny Saturday Share: Pineapples, Flamingos & Hibiscus Flowers

Hello Peeps!  How are you doing?  I'm getting so antsy for Monday to arrive when I can finally share all that I have been working on.  Crazy enough I have plans to start creating cards for our mid-August release this weekend, before switching gears and working on designing our Christmas release.  It's funny how it works out that I always have my hands in several different seasons all at once.  ;)  Today I'm popping in with several darling ideas that caught my eye on social media this week...

Tropical Paradise Pineapple Wreath Card by Rachel Bergfeld (@rbergfeldcarddesigns on instagram)

Tropical Paradise Flamingos Card by Cynde Whitlow (Check out the Butterfly Reflection Inc. blog for more beautiful creations with this set)

Tropical Paradise and Fresh & Fruity Mini Thank You Cards by Kelli Horger (@kellihorger on instagram)

Sunny Studio Supplies:

• Tropical Paradise Stamps
• Tropical Paradise Dies
• Fresh & Fruity Stamps
• Sunny Sentiments Stamps

Aren't these adorable?!  I hope you will join these ladies and share your beautiful projects with us on Instagram, our facebook page or in our flickr group using the hashtag #sunnystudiostamps.  

May your weekend be happy (and a tiny bit crafty)!  :)

Backyard Bugs Slider Butterfly Card with Lexa

Hi there crafty friends! I hope you are doing well. Lexa here today with a fun interactive slider card starring Backyard Bugs stamps and dies. I had so much fun creating this one.

I start this card with die-cut a piece of watercolor paper die-cut with a basic stitched rectangle die.  I then scribble some Tumbled Glass and Shabby Shutters Distress Ink on my acrylic block then spray some water to blend it. After the Distress Ink reacted well, I place my watercolor paper on top of it. I love how uneven and imperfect it looks. That's the beauty of watercolor, I think. :)

All the images and sentiment were stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then I used Distress Markers to color the images. For extra sweetness, I stamp pink hearts on the sky and color them with a soft pink alcohol ink. I finished my card by blending some Spun Sugar Distress Ink on the edges of the card base to match my butterfly's wings color.

The fluttering butterfly is so adorable, even my 4 year old daughter loves to play with it.  I hope you enjoy today's card.

Before I go today we have one last peek for the week to share of a follow-up to the popular Fishtail Banner dies.  This new item will be available for sale on July 1st.  We hope you will come back all next week for more peeks, prizes and inspiration using the new sets!  :)

Thanks for stopping by! :)

School Time Rainbow Crayon Birthday Card with Vanessa

Hello everyone! Vanessa here with a colorful birthday card. The colors of the rainbow make me happy and I love to use them on birthday cards:

I used the fun crayon image from the School Time Stamp set, stamped it multiple times onto white cardstock, colored it with Copics and fussy-cut the crayons. Then I adhered them to the bottom of a white card base and trimmed off the edges. Now I stamped the tiny heart from Tropical Paradise with matching inks above the crayons. I stamped the sentiment from Comfy Creatures and finished the card off with matching sequins. 

Once again, I enjoyed playing with my cute Sunny Studio stamps!  I hope you liked today's inspiration.  

Today we are sharing a sneak peek of the last of four new stamp sets coming out on July 1st.

I'll see you back again soon! Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

Backyard Bugs & Woo Hoo Owl Birthday Card with Lindsey

Hi, Lindsey here. Today I combined Backyard Bugs with Woo Hoo and a sentiment from Comfy Creatures to create a sweet little birthday card. I just love how all the Sunny Studio stamp sets work so well together. There are so many possibilities when you can mix and match images and sentiments from different sets. Let's get started!

I started with a 4 bar size card base made from some brown woodgrain paper. I thought this would go nicely with the little nature friends I planned to use on my card. Next, I cut a slightly smaller stitched rectangle from white cardstock to do my stamping on. I had to do a bit of masking to create my scene but nothing too involved. I decided to use the mushroom house, snail, ladybugs, and bee from the Backyard Bugs stamp set and the owl from Woo Hoo to create my scene. I colored all my images with Copic Markers. I slightly curved the Happy Birthday sentiment from the Comfy Creatures stamp set over the top of the owl's head. 

To finish my scene, I hand drew some grass and outlined my images with a blue Copic marker. I backed the stamped panel with a red scalloped rectangle to make the red in the scene really pop. Finally, I attached the scalloped rectangle to my woodgrain card base with some foam tape. I just love how all these cute little critters worked together. So sweet!

For today's sneak peek we have a "sweet" new set that will be available for purchase on July 1st.

Thanks for reading and be sure to check back to the blog for more fun inspiration! Have a great day!