Sneak Peek Week: Critter Campout, Happy Camper & Cascading Stars

Hello there!  Today is day two of our countdown to our new release on Friday and I'm thrilled to be sharing sneak peeks of three new stamp sets and their coordinating dies!  

Up first is a card featuring a fun new 4x6 stamp set called Critter Campout, along with the new Hello Word die and a stitched pennant from our newest website exclusive Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies.  

To create my background, I started by inking up the bottom of my card panel near the horizon with Fossilized Amber distress ink.  I then lightly faded it into Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire inks.  I  started by tracing a faint pencil line just below where my ground would before stamping my tree silhouettes with VersaFine Black Onyx Ink.  

When I was certain my inky background had dried I stamped my starry sky using our newest 3x4 background stamp called Cascading Stars, which was first heat embossed with gold powder and then again with translucent Wow! glow-in-the-dark powder.  To continue the fun effect I colored over my campfire with a clear VersaMarker pen before heat embossing over it with more glow-in-the dark powder. I love that it is a hidden surprise, making this card look great both day or night.

Up next is a card featuring a scene contained within a circular window.  I heat embossed the cascading star background using Ranger's buttercup embossing powder to match my banner stamped with our Sunny Borders set.  When I was done the card felt like it was missing something so I used my new favorite Sharpie white extra fine paint pen with a clear ruler to add a dashed line around the border of my card.  I love how it pops against the black cardstock and frames my card!

For this card I thought it would be fun to cut a section out of my card front and fill the opening with a panel inked up with mermaid lagoon distress ink and heat embossed the cascading stars using Hero Arts brass embossing powder (which to my eye is a beautiful gold).  ;)  I had so much fun coloring the little critters to gather around the campfire!  

My sentiment was heat embossed with white powder, but when I was done, I was regretting that I didn't move it further to the right.  To solve this problem I used our mini heart trio freebie die from our spring release to fill in some of the space and I love the results!  Just goes to prove that there is no such thing as mistakes in crafting--just opportunities to embellish.  ;)

This particular card was created for a local store challenge I participate in where they provide a piece of paper and a couple small embellishments and we must use a little bit of everything we are given to create a card that they then share the following month.  For this challenge in honor of St. Patrick's Day, we received a small strip of gold glitter cardstock, a 6x6 piece of BoBunny green polka-dot paper and the green baker's twine.   

The green paper was double-sided so I thought it would be fun to use the solid side to paper-piece my tent to match the polka-dot border around my card. Luckily I had other BoBunny paper in my stash so I was able to paper piece my little bear to match.  The paper-pieced images were feeling a little flat to me so I did some super quick shading with a copic marker.  I love how easy it was and the dimension it adds!  To complete my card, I die-cut the gold glitter cardstock into stars using the mini star freebie die from our Fall release last year and heat embossed my sentiment in gold to tie them together.

Up next we have another new stamp set to introduce called Happy Camper.  It's a sweet mini 2x3 set with the retro trailer and two coordinating sentiments.  It nicely compliments our Critter Campout set or can be used all on it's own.  For this card I paired it with the car from our City Streets set and a red & black checkered print created using our new Background Basics set we'll be sharing more peeks of later this week.  The trees die-cut from black cardstock are a bonus die that makes use of the open space for the Happy Camper die.  I love the way the colors work with each other!  

While the previous card was more masculine, I thought it would be fun to go soft & pretty for my next card with a "glamping" feel.  To create my backdrop, I masked off my ground with masking material and inked it up with a very light application of black soot distress ink.  I then use our Wavy Border dies to cut another mask for my hills, using one side for the cracked pistachio hills, and the other side for spun sugar sky.  I didn't want to add an additional color to my color palette so I stamped my trees using Colorbox Seattle Sky ink.

For my stitched scallop frame I used our newest sunny studio website exclusive Fancy Frames Rectangle dies and my polka-dot background was stamped using our new Background Basics set (both will be shared more later this week).

Before I go, I thought it would be fun to share a completely different way to use our new Cascading Star stamps.  Sadly it was very hard to get a good photo of this card with the way the glitter caught the light, but I promise it's really cool in person.  ;)  I started by inking up my card panel by fading candy apple distress ink from the top towards the center and Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch distress inks from the bottom.  I then used my Misti to stamp the stars in coordinating colors.  A stamp positioning tool is especially handy when stamping in two separate colors.

When my panel was dry, I then inked the entire surface using clear Versamark Ink and sprinkled the surface with clear iridescent embossing powder.  It created a stunning glittery finish perfect for a star spangled card! For my stars, I repeated the process on some scratch cardstock and die-cut stars using our new Window Trio Square Dies and the bonus star from our Fancy Frames Square Dies.  The sentiment was stamped using a phrase from our Stars & Stripes Stamps, colored with Copics and then die-cut using the oval label from our new Sunny Studio website exclusive Fancy Frames Oval Dies. 

I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peeks!  I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.


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Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win.  The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, April 8th. :)

Here's a full look at the new Critter Campout 4x6 stamps & coordinating dies, Happy Camper 2x3 stamps & coordinating dies and Cascading Stars 3x4 stamps showcased today (which will be available for purchase on Friday, April 6th).

      

   

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sunny Borders Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Borders Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wavy Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Marker Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hello Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek Week: Introducing Beach Babies & Window Trio Dies

Hello there!  I have been working around the clock for months on our summer release so I am literally dying with excitement to finally share all the new things coming to Sunny Studio on Friday!  Today I'm kicking things off with four new products in our line-up (available for purchase on April 6).

Up first is a card using our new Beach Babies stamps which come full of so many fun images perfect for summer!  I started by die-cutting a circle from masking paper and using the negative space mask off my card panel to stamp and color my images.  I then used Copic W1 and W0 markers to define the edge and give it a bit of a bubble appearance.  

I finished off the card by die-cutting 4 of the new Hello Word die from white cardstock and then glued them together using a glue pen and colored the top layer with a coordinating Copic marker.  I finished the second half of the sentiment by stamping a word from the stamp set.

For my next card I used our new Window Trio Circle Dies together with the Beach Babies stamps to create a quick and easy card.  A sentiment stamped on the banner from our Little Angels set was the perfect finishing touch.

I had so much fun mixing techniques for this fun beach scene.  I started by creating several masks using the beach umbrella to create a colorful border.  I then masked them all off, along with the top third of the card to sponge on some antique linen distress ink for my sandy beach.  To add interest to my beach, I took my Copic Markers in E30, E31 & E33 to stipple the texture of the sand.  

For ocean waves, I moved the masking material to the sand side of the horizon and inked the top portion of my card using a light application of tumbled glass distress ink.  I die-cut another mask using our Wavy Border dies and rotated and moved them around as I inked on additional layers of tumbled glass distress ink.  As a final finishing touch I used an old toothbrush to pounce on some of Aleene's True Snow to give the look of frothy waves.

Up next is a grid-style card using our Window Trio Square dies.  This time I used the dies on the vertical and cut them twice from the same card panel to form my fun grid design.  

This card also debuts something I'm extremely excited to finally share: Patterned paper!  With this release Sunny Studio is introducing 4 bright and happy paper packs!!!  I'm a huge fan of tone-on-tone papers to add subtle interest to my projects without competing with my focal point images and these papers totally fit the bill.  I hope you fall in love with them as much as I have.  ;)

For my next card I created a little beach scene enclosed in an oval frame using our newest Sunny Studio website exclusive which I will be sharing more of as the week progresses.  The polka-dot background also shows a sneak peek of another set that will be debuting more later this week.  ;)

To form my waves to tuck my kids between, I cut borders using our Stitched Scallop Border Dies and inked on tumbled glass distress ink, fading it towards the top of each wave.  

The trees on the beach in the background were created with a single stamp image which I used together with a stamp positioning tool.  I started by stamping the palms with Colorbox Artichoke Ink and then inked up just the trunk portion with the edge of my VersaFine Clair Acorn ink pad and stamped it again. It was so easy and I love the little detail it adds!

For my last card of the day I created another grid design, this time turning it on the horizontal using the Window Trio Circle Dies.  Rather than using them as windows like I did on the first two cards, I simply backed them with patterned paper from our new Classic Gingham Paper Pack for a fun graphic look.  I love how a small strip of paper from our new Rainbow Bright Paper Pack ties all my colors together.

The Beach Babies stamps come with a little pair of sunglasses that can fit onto all the cute kids.  I fussy cut these out as a last minute addition, but I think they would be really fun used together with masking to look like they were part of the original image.

I'm so happy you've joined me for today's sneak peeks and I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win.  The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, April 8th. :)

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Here's a sneak peek at the new Beach Babies stamps & coordinating dies, hello word die and Window Trio Circle & Window Trio Square dies featured today (which will be available for purchase on Friday, April 6th).

    

   

And here's a full look at our four new 6x6 paper packs called Classic Gingham, Rainbow Bright, Polka-dot Parade and Striped Silly (which will also be available on Friday, April 6th).  Each set comes with 24 double-sided patterns in a 12 brilliant colors printed on 65 lb. cardstock.  :)

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Little Angels Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Stitched Scallop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Wavy Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

*The Background Basics Stamps & other new sets shared today will not be available for purchase until April 6th.

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Chari Moss

Hello everyone! Chari Moss here today and I'm thrilled to be a guest today on the Sunny Studio Blog! I have three cards to share with you today using three different stamp sets. First up is a card featuring the super cute images from Breakfast Puns. I seriously had a hard time picking which images I wanted to play with first but I ended up going with the cute toast and butter.  

I created a tone on tone pattern on my card base by stamping the toast, butter and little heart images in yellow ink on yellow cardstock. I also stamped toast and butter with brown ink on cream cardstock and used colored pencils to color them in.  

I popped my images up with some foam adhesive and then stamped the sentiment, little arms, and legs around my images. I added a few enamel heart accents and stamped some tiny pink hearts as well. Finally, I added some small googly eyes on the toast for a little more fun.

My second card is clean and simple. I die cut a piece of white woodgrain cardstock and mounted it with foam tape onto an aqua card base. The little "sparkles" are stamped, using the Born To Sparkle stamp set, with distress oxide ink in rainbow order from one corner to the other. 

I die cut the Sparkle Word die sentiment from white glitter cardstock and used Copic markers to color it in a rainbow. I stacked it on top of two more die cuts to create a thick die cut in the center of the card. I used white embossing powder for the smaller parts of the sentiment on black cardstock and then cut them out and mounted them on thin foam adhesive. I finished it off with some colored jewels on each of the stamped areas and clear jewels around the sentiment.

My last card is a one layer card, using the Birthday Balloon set, which I rarely create. But I had fun stamping these layered balloons with lots of ink colors. I stamped all of the lighter colors first to arrange my balloons. I started in the center and worked my way to the edges to that they were evenly spaced. After stamping all the colors I used Versafine black ink to stamp the strings and sentiment. Finally, I added some fun flat sequins to look like confetti.

Big thanks to Mendi for having me as a guest today. Happy Stamping!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Birthday Balloon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Born To Sparkle Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sparkle Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Breakfast Puns Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Breakfast Puns Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio