Guest Designer Spotlight: Love Monkey Cards with Keeway Tsao

Hi friends! It’s Keeway Tsao from Kiwi Koncepts and I’m crashing in to do a little guest blogging today! I instantly fell in love with the recent release of Love Monkey and have a couple of projects to share with you.

The first thing I like to do is stamp all the images, color, and die cut so that I can play around with the pieces. My images were stamped in a dark brown hybrid ink, colored with copic markers, and die cut with the coordinating dies.

The hanging vines in the set create the perfect opportunity for these playful monkeys to hang around frames. I chose to use a frame with three openings, using the top two frames to hang monkeys, and the bottom frame to have one sitting on the ground.

My frame was die cut in white and behind each rectangular opening, I ink blended Evergreen Bough, Cracked Pistachio, and Antique Linen distress oxide inks.

Before I started assembling it all together, I also stamped the sentiment ‘I’m totally bananas for you’ onto the background in the same dark brown hybrid ink. The sentiment was already in three separate sections, perfect and easy to split up for each frame!

Finally, I added the frame and all my images to the card with foam tape to give that beautiful dimension to the card. The two monkeys are vying for the cute little girl’s heart and just showering her with bananas and gifts.

My second card takes a more simple look, but uses the beautiful Frilly Frames Lattice dies to add a delicate texture to the background. I die cut the lattice out of white card stock, and the background was ink blended with Stormy Sky, Shaded Lilac, and Spun Sugar from top to bottom.

The focal point of this card is the pair of monkeys in love. I made use of the balloons held by another monkey image, trimmed off the monkey, and adhered them behind other images as if the bananas and flowers were weighing the balloons down. I surrounded these gifts around the pair.

I heat embossed the sentiment ‘for my little monkey’ in white onto kraft card stock. I trimmed it down to strip and just the same width as the frame. I added the strip to the card first, and then all my images above it after.

These are the cutest little monkeys ever! Sending lots of love and inspiration your way. Thank you for dropping by and have a wonderful weekend!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Frilly Frames Lattice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Everything's Rosy Cards with Lexa and Rachel

Hi everyone! Lexa here today with a greeting card featuring Everything's Rosy Stamps and the coordinating dies. This layering stamps from Sunny Studio always become hits, and I no wonder why. Just take a look at the results, they are so pretty and realistic. This roses stamp is a perfect addition to your flower layering stamps collection. It also goes really well with older stamp sets too. Let's get started because I'm excited!

First I stamped the roses and other elements with the help of stamping tools. It makes the work so much easier especially when I need to double stamp one layer to get the color I wanted. I used Lawn Fawn Dye Inks because they are so crisp and have subtle colors. I'm so obsessed with them!

Ink colors for roses (in order from the lightest to the darkest): MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Cotton Candy, Lawn Fawn Dye Ink Wild Rose, MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Razzle Berry, Lawn Fawn Dye Ink Cranberry, Lawn Fawn Dye Ink Walnut 

Ink colors for leaves (in order from the lightest to the darkest): MFT Hybrid Ink Pad Sour Apple, Lawn Fawn Dye Ink Jalapeno, Lawn Fawn Dye Ink Noble Fir

As for the background, I use the brand new Frilly Frame Polka-Dots and Frilly Frames Lattice dies. Add a layer of vellum behind the lattice to soften the purple patterned paper from Flirty Flowers Paper Pad. The flower's stem is from the older stamps called Timeless Tulips and the Vintage Jar Stamps for the vase. I blend Tumbled Glass Distress Ink to create water illusion on the bottom part of the jar.

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you like today's card as much as I do.

Have a wonderful day!

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Hello everyone! It's Rachel Alvarado here and I am showcasing the Everything's Rosy Stamp Set today. This is one of the most gorgeous rose layering stamp sets that I have ever seen. And the fun part is that they are super easy to use!

I have two cards to share with you today. I used both the Everything's Rosy Stamp Set and Frilly Frames Lattice Die Set on both of my cards. For my first card (shown above), I decided to create a shaker card beneath the lattice. I simply added a clear sheet of acetate behind the lattice with a light amount of liquid adhesive. I then added small strips of foam tape around the sides before adding some Studio Katia Crystal Clear Mini Sequins.

Altenew ink colors for the roses: Blue Roses: Sea Glass, Ocean Waves, Dusk, and Desert Night; Sepia Rose: Sand Dunes, Rocky Shore, Mocha, and Espresso; Leaves: Bamboo, Parrot, Olive, and Moss

Lastly, I added a sheet from the Classic 6"x6" Gingham Paper Pad and some Tiny Dew Drops.

For my second card, I used the same sets but different colors. It's amazing how switching up the colors helps to change up the look of your card completely. I first die cut the Frilly Frames Lattice Die Set three times from white card stock and glued them together. I wanted to get bolder look with the lattice and accentuate it by giving it some more depth.

Once again, I used the Altenew Ink Mini Cubes for my roses and leaves. In addition, I also two Mini Ink Cubes from My Favorite Things. I added a beautiful blue sheet of patterned paper from the Gingham Jewel Tones 6"x6" Patterned Paper.

Colors Used: Yellow roses: MFT Lemon Chiffon, MFT Sunshine, Altenew Buttercream, Altenew Caramel Toffee, and Altenew Paper Bag; Leaves: (Altenew) Bamboo, Parrot, Olive, and Moss 

I hope you enjoyed my cards today! If you like flowers, don't hesitate to check out these gorgeous rose layering stamps! You won't be disappointed. See you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Timeless Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Timeless Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Vintage Jar Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Everything's Rosy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everything's Rosy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Lattice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Shop at: Sunny Studio

Chubby Bunny Cards with Vanessa and Anja

Hello everybody! Vanessa here today with a z-fold card using the cute Chubby Bunny set. These little bunnies are adorable, I wanted to put a lot of them onto my card. A z-fold card offers plenty of space to do so.

For the base, I trimmed my cardstock pieces like this:

As you can see, I trimmed the upper panel 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 and scored it at 2 1/8 and 4 1/4. For the grass layer, I scored the panel at 4 1/4 and 2 1/8 from the other side. To assemble the card, I put on the adhesive as shown in the pic. 

But before assembling, I used a cloud stencil on the base to create the sky, then I die-cut the birch trees and leaves from Rustic Winter, colored them with Copics and adhered them. 

Now I trimmed a strip of cardstock, inked it with green Distress Oxide ink, die-cut a grass edge and adhered it.

I stamped all the images onto white cardstock, colored them with Copics and adhered them, raising some with foam tape.

As you can see, I added two more strips of grass into the square to add more dimension here. And when folded, the card fits into an envelope easily.

I'll be trying to provide you with a video of this card in action, so you might like to check my Instagram account for it! Thanks for stopping by today!

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Hello everyone, Anja here and I'm happy to be back again with a new card showcasing the adorable Chubby Bunny Stamps. I just love their cute little faces!

At first, I created an A2 landscape top-folding card base from white cardstock. I used the Window Trio Square Dies to cut three openings into a panel of lilac cardstock. I also chose a stitched scalloped die to create a decorative border.

Next, I took a piece of Strathmore Bristol Smooth Cardstock and marked where the windows would be with a pencil. I did some light handed ink blended with Distress Oxide Inks (Spun Sugar, Milled Lavender, Tumbled Glass). I picked one of the purple Gingham Pastels 6x6 Papers, cut it to size and adhered it at the bottom of my card base and popped up the window panel with foam tape.

I stamped the bunnies, sentiment banner and a little flower in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers (colors listed below). I used the coordinating dies to cut the images out and adhered them with foam squares.

(Copic colors used - Aqua: BG10, BG11, BG32, BG45; Green: G40, YG11, YG13; Grey: C00, C0, C1, C3; Pink: RV10, RV02, RV55; Purple: V000, V01, V12, V15)

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rustic Winter Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chubby Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chubby Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Love Monkey Cards with Franci and Mona

Hello there! Franci here with you today with a love themed card feat the new adorable Love Monkey set.

First, I created a standard card base out of white cardstock. Then I cut out a coordinating panel from white cardstock as well and I die cut some circles out of it using the new Staggered Circles die.

I used the partial die cutting technique, leaving out of my Big Shot sandwich the circles I didn't want to cut out. I position my die how I want it on my card and adjust the last clear plate on top to leave out the parts that I don't want to be cut out. I put some washi tape to keep everything in place and pass through the die cutting machine.

I backed all the windows up with some lovely papers from the new paper sets and I stamped, colored and die cut all the images with the coordinating dies.

I glued them all down with liquid glue and foam tape, stamped the sentiment and the little hearts all around. Finally I added some details with a white gel pen and this clean and simple love themed card is complete! 

Hope you like this and thank you so much for stopping by today :)

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Hi crafty friends! It's Mona here and today I am going to show you an interactive card with the gorgeous Love Monkey Stamp Set!

I started the card making with die-cutting. I picked a beautiful pink patterned paper from the Flirty Flowers 6x6 Cardstock and run it through my Die-Cut machine with the Sliding Window Dies. You can find a video tutorial at Sunny Studio Stamps Youtube Channel on how to use this amazing die. 

When it was done I built up the scene. I made tree Die-cuts with the Rustic Winter Dies and fresh grass with Comic Strip Everyday Dies.

After this I made the backgrounds of my scene with ink blending. For outside I cut a 3x4" size cardstock and blended with Blueprint Sketch, Mermaid Lagoon and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks. I also blended the Die-cut grasses with Twisted Citron and Lucky Clover Distress Oxides. I blended the inside "secret" background with Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Inks. 

After heat embossing the sentiments I started the stamping and coloring. I stamped the images from the Love Monkey Stamp Set and cute tulips from Spring Greetings stamp set. These monkeys are absolutely super cute! 

I stamped monkeys and lots of bananas to my hidden panel. I colored them with Copic Markers. After the coloring I used the coordinating dies to cut the images and added highlights with Signo Uniball white pen.

(Used Copic Markers: Y11, Y15, Y19, E0000, E000, E30, E33, E35, E42, E47, YG01, YG03, YG17, YG67, B000, B05, B18, R20, R32)

In the end I styled my card and adhered everything together. Thank you very much for reading through my post, I hope that you have enjoyed it and I have inspired you! If you like my creations let's be friends on Instagram. :)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rustic Winter Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Staggered Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio