Sunny Saturday Share: 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 caught my eye lately, and I couldn't wait to share them with all of you! 

Purrfect Birthday cards by Scrapbena Creations (video tutorial HERE)

Birthday Balloon card by Luv 2 Scrap N’ Make Cards

Purrfect Birthday card by Tina

Bold Balloons card by Simply Sandy

Bold Balloons card by Lindsay Olmstead

Tiny Dancers card by Lori U’ren

Breakfast Puns card by Becki Adams

Born To Sparkle cards by Creations Galore

Timeless Tulips card by Leanne West

Two Scoops card by Angelica Conrad

Easter Wishes & A Bird’s Life card by Leanne West

Froggy Friends card by Lynn Hayes

City Streets card by Nancy Sturtz

Summer Picnic card by Rachel Bergfeld

Magical Mermaids card by Laurie C

Missing Ewe card by Beth B

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:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	City Streets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	City Streets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Easter Wishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Easter Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Froggy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Froggy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Magical Mermaid Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Magical Mermaid Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Picnic Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Picnic Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Timeless Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Timeless Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Two Scoop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Two Scoop Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Missing Ewe Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Missing Ewe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Balloon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Balloon Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bold Balloons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bold Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Born To Sparkle Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Breakfast Puns Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Breakfast Puns Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tiny Dancers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tiny Dancers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Purrfect Birthday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Purrfect Birthday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek Week: Introducing Fast Food Fun & New Fancy Frames

Today's the big day!!! Before you run off to shop, don't forget to check out our last set of new products, as well as enter today's giveaway and a special offer.  ;)

Our last sneak peek is sharing a happy set called Fast Food Fun which comes with all your favorite guilty pleasures, 4 separate faces and 7 punny sentiments.

I kept things simple for my first card, stamping the bottom striped pattern using our Background Basics stamps and a simple stitched edge using my sewing machine.  

For this card I highlighted the cute slice of pizza, using the Window Trio Square Dies, the stitched pennant from our new website exclusive Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies and the Background Basics stamps for my black striped strip.

Up next is a bright and happy card using the new VersaFine Clair Inks.  I started by stamping my background using the "wrong" side of the stamps.  I then flipped them over to stamp the correct side.  This technique is a great way to add fast color and works well with symmetrical stamps like these.  For my sentiment I layered the ribbon slider label from our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies with the stitched oval label from our Fancy Frames Oval Dies.

For my next card I featured the cute little popcorn bucket.  The image comes with a label where you can either stamp a face or the little "pop" word.  The set also comes with two individual pieces of popcorn perfect for having a few fallen pieces or stamping a fun piece of custom patterned paper like I did here.  I framed my images using the stitched scallops from our Fancy Frames Circle dies and stamped my sentiment on the banner from our Sunny Borders set.

Last up is a card spotlighting the cute little Taco from the set. The word "let's" from the set can be borrowed from the other phrase "Let's Ketchup" to complete this sentiment. To frame the cute tacos I watercolored a freehand circle using Daniel Smith watercolors in New Gamboge & Permanent Orange. I then cut down my panel and adhered a stitched scallop border using our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies.  For my background I painted loose stripes into another piece of watercolor paper. Studio Katia Radiant Pineapple sequins were the perfect finishing touch.

With this release we are also introducing a new mini butterfly die that will automatically come free with every order!  

For my card I adhered my simple white butterflies to my card front which had been covered with strips of patterned paper from out new Striped Silly Paper pack. 

In honor of our new release, we have a special sale using the code "SUNSHINE".  Enter this promo code at checkout to save 15% on orders placed through Monday, April 9th at 11:59 pm PST.  

I'm so excited you've joined me for this week for all the countdowns and I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.  If you haven't enter our contests from earlier in the week, there's still time. The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, April 8th. :)


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Here's a full look at the new Fast Food Fun stamps and coordinating dies featured today (which will be available for purchase on Friday, April 6th). 

     

We are also have a full look at the newest Sunny Studio Online Store exclusives called Fancy Frames Oval dies and Fancy Frames Rectangle dies.  These are only available in our online store which allows us to offer them to you for a special value price.

     

Other Supplies Used:

Backyard Bugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Borders Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Borders Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Clair Ink- Charming Pink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Verafine Clair Ink- Summertime Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Cheerful Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Verdant Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Clair Ink- Warm Breeze Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek Week: Introducing Berry Bliss & Background Basics

Hello there!  Only one more "sleep" until the big day!  I have been anxiously waiting for today to arrive because I am seriously giddy over our newest stamp layering set called Berry Bliss which includes everything you need to create strawberries, blueberries, raspberries & cherries that look juicy enough to eat (available for purchase April 6th).

We also have a new background stamp set called Background Basics that I have fallen so madly in love with that it was hard to resist the urge to use it on nearly every card this week.  It is perfect for when you just need a little snippet of patterned paper and I love all the different looks I was able to create from this single 4x6 set.  I don't think I've made a dent in all the variations you can achieve!

For my first card I wanted to use all the stamps in the Berry Bliss set to create a yummy border.  I’m a huge fan of bold black and white prints with pops of color so the striped border stamped in Versafine Black Onyx Ink was the perfect compliment.  For my sentiment I paired our new Hello Word die with the word sweetie from the set.

Up next is another clean & simple card using the gingham border from the set.  Sadly in this example my ink pad was a bit over-inked so some of the definition disappeared, but I think it's a fun look either way--It sort of reminds me of lattice which goes so well with the fruit theme.  ;)

To dress up my panel down the center, I die-cut small zig-zag borders using our Ric Rac Border dies.  To help my fruit stand out and add some dimension, I adhered each one to my card using foam tape.

For my next card I took inspiration from Gymboree and one of my many favorite collections of theirs from over a decade ago.  My daughter had these sandals way back when (I swear I was obsessed with them) which I based the feel of my card on.

For my card I die-cut the three windows using our Window Trio Square dies.  I then backed the background for each, alternating yellow gingham and polka-dot using the Background Basics stamps.  For the sentiment I borrow a stamp from our Fresh & Fruity set and die-cut my scalloped edge using our Stitched Scallop dies.

For this card highlighting the cherries from the set, I paired them with the cherries from our older Fresh & Fruity set which I heat embossed with VersaMark ink and clear embossing powder on red cardstock.  I then took a Copic Marker in a slightly darker shade and added some quick swipes with my pen to give light definition to them.

I was very strategic when stamping my gingham background.  While this border doesn't invisibly repeat, you can line them up to form a continuous background--You will just see the seam were the two solid triangles line up to form a diamond.  With this in mind I was able to position the layers of my Fancy Frames Oval dies so that you would never know there was a seam or notice the gingham was actually stamped three times across.  To perfectly match the scalloped edge of my oval I used the long edge of the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies for the bottom edge of my card.

For my last card of the day I wanted to play with different ink colors for my fruit.  I love that you can switch things up and create the look of raspberries, boysenberries and blackberries all with the same set of stamps!  I used our newest exclusive Fancy Frames Rectangle dies to form the lacy edge of my card base and then clear heat embossed the polka-dots and stripes from the Background Basics set to form glossy tone-on-tone prints.  As a final finishing touch I stamped my sentiment with stamps from our Sweet Shoppe set which has so many phrases that play nicely with these images.

When I first started stamping with the polka-dot border I was having trouble judging where to position my stamp to achieve a continuous background without any strange gaps. Then I discovered a fabulous trick!  If you line up the edge of the back of the stamp with the bottom of the previously stamped polka-dots it will line up perfectly.  There's a strange illusion that it's too close and that it should be moved further down, but as you will discover the edge achieves perfect spacing (which I learned the hard way after several failed attempts).  ;)

Here's a layering guide to help you line up the Berry Bliss stamps (you can click on the photo below to view it larger).  For all the fruits, except the blueberry, I stamped them starting with the lightest ink color, working to the darkest.  The black outlines indicate where that layer touches the previously stamped layer.  :)

I frequently am asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there that can provide good results, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images (in the ordered shared from lightest to darkest)...

Blueberries
Colorbox Sky
Colorbox Blueberry
Colorbox Atlantic Blue

True Red Strawberries
Colorbox Bubblegum
Colorbox Candy Red
Colorbox Cranberry

Berry Red Strawberries
Colorbox Bubblegum
Stampin' Up Melon Mambo
Colorbox Red Devil

True Red Cherries
Colorbox Strawberry
Colorbox Candy Red
Colorbox Cranberry

Berry Red Cherries
Stampin' Up Melon Mambo
Colorbox Blossom
Colorbox Red Devil

Red Raspberries
Stampin' Up Melon Mambo
Colorbox Blossom
Colorbox Red Devil
Colorbox Cranberry

Pink Raspberries
Colorbox Candy
Colorbox Pinkolicious
Colorbox Very Berry
Colorbox Dark Cherry

Boysenberries
Colorbox Burgundy
Colorbox Dark Cherry
Colorbox Deep Grape
Versafine Nocture

Olive Green Stems
Colorbox Tree Frog
Colorbox Artichoke

Dark Green Stems
Colorbox Grasshopper
Colorbox Golf Course

I'm so excited you've joined me for today's sneak peek 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 Berry Bliss stamps & coordinating dies and Background Basics Stamps featured today (which will be available for purchase tomorrow).

    

Before you head off to shop tomorrow morning, don't forget to stop here first for one last sneak peek, a giveaway, and a special offer.  ;)

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fresh & Fruity Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Scallop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Shoppe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border 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	Hello Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio