Hi friends!
It's Ashley with my first card of the new
release and it features one of my favorites - My Otter Half! The
otters are just too cute for words! I combined them with the seaweed from Best Fishes and
some ombre ink blending for a lovely watery scene.
I started by
blending Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Blueprint
Sketch onto some light aqua cardstock. I splattered some white paint and some
Inkon3 Pixie Dust shimmer liquid for a bubbly, watery feel. I added some sand
to the bottom by cutting light brown cardstock with one of the Slimline Nature Border dies
and adhering it in place. Then I die cut the whole piece with my favorite frame
from Frilly Frames Stripes to
make a scalloped edge. I added this to a dark teal card base to finish the
background.
I stamped the
otters from My Otter Half and
the seaweed from Best Fishes in Lawn
Fawn Jet Black ink on white cardstock. I colored with Copics then cut
everything out with the matching dies and arranged them on my card front. For
the sentiment, I stamped phrases from My Otter Half in
Pinkfresh Studio Tidal Pond ink. I
used the otter word die from the My Otter Halfdies
three times on dark teal cardstock, then glued them together for a dimension
sentiment. I added it to my card, then brushed the whole word with clear Wink
of Stella shimmer to match the shimmer in the background. I finished with a few
scattered dew drops to add
some extra bubbles.
Thank you so
much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
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Hello
everyone!! Mayra here with you today. I have a
fun card to share with you. I used the adorable and super sweet new My Otter Half stamp
set. This is such a sweet set.
I began by
coloring the cute little otters using Copic markers. I used E41, E31, E55, and
a bit of E35. I also colored the little fishes from the Penguin Pals stamp
set. I used R22 and R05 for the fishes. Next, I die cut the layers I would be
using for the little otters swimming scene. I used the Stitched Circle Large dies
and the Scalloped Circle Mats 3 sets.
I used Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks to add color to
the water area. I then used the Slimline Nature Borders dies
set to create a sandy area.
Then, I die cut
a stitched rectangle panel using the rectangle from the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil dies
set from a red patterned sheet of paper from the Sleek Stripespaper
pad. I used the 'otter' die from the set as part of the sentiment. I hope you
enjoy this fun card that I created to share with you today. Thank you so much
for stopping by. I pray you each have a wonderful and blessed day.
Thank you for helping us celebrate our Spring 2021 Release. Your excitement is infectious and my week was brightened by all your sweet comments!
The winners for our five $50 giveaways are...
Monday Marilyn Marciw
Tuesday Jana Falk
Wednesday Teresa Russell
Thursday Pam Giudici
Friday Beth Fralix
Congratulations ladies! I have emailed each of the winners so if you don't see my email, it may have accidentally gone to your spam folder. :)
I would also like to take this moment to introduce three new designers to our team. We're very excited to welcome these talented ladies to our little Sunny Studio family.
Hello and welcome to the final day of our Spring Peek Week! All this week I have been showcasing cards using our newest collection which isnow available for purchase. Before you run off and shop though, make sure to check out our our last peek at three new stamp sets below, including two brand new inside greetings sentiment sets and a video showing a closer look at everything.
Card No. 1: Today's stamp set I'm showcasing is calledCaptivating Camelliaswhich includes 2 blossoms, a leaf and a Mother's Day greeting.
For my first card of the day created a bold, elegant card where I mounted four 4" x 3/4" strips of black cardstock onto a white 4" x 5.25" panel before adhering them both to a metallic gold card base. For my "hello" word sentiment I used a die from our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. It's a very clean and simple, but turned out to be one of my personal favorites.
Card No. 2: For my next card I started by die-cutting the stitched mat for the center using our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies set. This die is much longer, but I was able to customize the length by flipping it around after the first cut, feeling where the stitching of the die locked into place with my previous cut and then running it through my die-cutting machine a second time. I then stamped a sentiment from our new Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps and assembled my pre-stamped Captivating Camellias flowers onto my panel, trimming off were they extended beyond my stitched mat.
My next step was to add a little temporary adhesive and attach my panel to the center of my card front so that I could then put the card in my MISTI stamp positioning tool and use the coordinating 1c, 2c & 3b images from the set to align the stamps one by one before removing the panel and stamping them with Altenew Limestone ink. For a couple of my flower images with the overlapping leaves I cut some quick masks to cover the flower so that it would still appear the leaves were behind the focal point flowers when I stamped them. After a couple images were stamped, I could return the panel to the center, reposition my next set of stamps and then repeat the process until my background was complete. My last step was to adhere the panel to my card using foam tape to make color vs. b&w the effect a bit more dramatic.
Card No. 3: For my next project featuring the Captivating Camellia Stamps, I wanted to go more soft and sweet for a card using our new Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps. Cards like this are always tough to create and I find I'm often at a loss for what to write inside them, but I'm hoping this stamp set might help for those moments when I feel like they are no words.
My wood embossed background was created using our Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I originally had just the white background, but I had mounted my focal point images a wee bit higher than I wanted and the card was feeling a bit top heavy to me so I cut off the bottom, added a small Ric Rac Border and a polka-dot print to match the flowers with our Background Basics Stamps. For the sentiment, I die-cut a frame using our Stitched Circle Small Dies and Stitched Circle Large Dies. I then stamped my sentiment onto vellum using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed it with Hero Arts Ultra Fine Embossing Powder before die-cutting it out using the outer circle die. This gave me a thin space to add adhesive to where it wouldn't be seen behind my pink circle frame. A few scattered Mirror Droplets were the perfect finishing touch.
Every time I cut down our 6x6 Paper to fit my A2 sized card, I'm left with an extra 1/2" strip so I have a Ziploc baggie I save them in for future use. However, this time I actually completed the inside of my card (such a special day for me) so I was able to use it right away to tie the outside of my card together with the inside, using our newInside Greetings Birthday Stamps.
Card No. 6: While my last card was a bit more shabby chic, this card design which also features the Captivating Camellias Stamps with Layered Basket Stamps is clean and simple. This time I cut that same pale pink cardstock out into a banner shape using our Slimline Pennant Dies. For my sentiment strip, I used the smallest pennant from that same die set to stamp my greeting, cutting off the ends and just using it as a stitched strip. I love how long this die is to give me maximum flexibility. I found myself using it for many, many of my cards this week. My last touch were two little White Pearls to give the appearance they are holding my strip in place almost like two pearl topped straight pins.
Here are just a few flower, leaf and Basket combinations I experimented with trying for the most part to use ink colors we carry in our store (linked below):
I frequently am asked which ink colors I used for my layered images. While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:
Basket 2 Skipped Lightest Layer Hero Arts Soft Sand Memories Soft Sand or Gina K. Sandy Beach Memories Sand
Basket 3 (card no. 5) Hero Arts Soft Sand Gina K. Sandy Beach Memories Sand MFT Kraft
To help you line up our layered stamps like a pro I've created a special layering guide (you can click on the photo below to view it larger). The guide shows the stamps starting with the lightest ink color, working towards the darkest, but sometimes I find it easier to start backwards. They both work depending on what your preference is. The black outline indicates where that layer touches the previously stamped layer. :)
In honor of our big release today I created a video sharing a closer look at all 30 of our newest products, along with the cards I created using them. You can also view it on our YouTube Channel HERE.
Here's a look at this season's free mini Layered Ladybug Die that will automatically come with all orders while supplies last.
Also, just a reminder that we are continuing to offer free shipping on all USA Retail orders over $25 using the discount code FREESHIPor to save $5 on in order over $49 using discount code SAVE5. Limit one discount code per order.
That wraps up today's sneak peeks. I'm so happy you joined me this week! I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below. If you haven't had a chance to enter the four other giveaways from earlier in the week, there's still a little time. The contests run through Saturday, January 9th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 10th. :)
