Guest Designer Spotlight: Garden Critters Cards with Leanne West

Hello everyone, Leanne West here! I’m so happy to be here on the blog again. I have made two cards to share and they both feature the adorable bugs from the Garden Critters stamp set. I have such an affinity for bug images. Especially bees and ladybugs! They always add a touch of whimsy to any scene.

The first card I’ve made is a relatively clean and simple one. I’ve created a stenciled cloud background and placed a greeting right in the center. I then arranged the bugs flying around it. I hand drew some swirly trails for the dragonflies. After trimming this panel down a bit, I added a scalloped white border and the colorful gingham pattern paper behind it. The finished card is A2 size. 

Here are the copics I used to color the stamped images: bees- Y11,Y13,Y15, N4,N6, B00; butterfly- RV52, RV63, RV55, YR61,YR65, W3, W4; Dragonfly- B00, BV01,BV02, YG11, YG05; Ladybug- RV63, RV55, N4,N6, N8

My second card is a mini slimline design. I’ve created a garden scene with the bird houses, grassy hills, some flowers, bees and a ladybug. The cloud background and polka dot grass hills are patterned paper from the Spring Fever paper pad.

I’ve done a little die-cutting magic to create the double-decker birdhouse. You’ll notice that the Build-a-Birdhouse dies come with two different styles of house. I wanted the third in my scene to be a little different. When die-cutting this birdhouse, I positioned the top cutting plate off of the bottom edge of the die before I ran it through my die cutting machine. Then on the next pass through to complete the cut, I moved the die down slightly to elongate the shape. I positioned the top cutting plate off of the roof area of the die this time. This may sound complicated, but it’s really easy to do and allows you customize die cuts.  

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Build-A-Birdhouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Panda Party Cards with Tina and Vanessa

Hello crafty friends, Tina here with a festive card featuring the adorable Panda Party stamp and die set. With all their fun accessories, these cuties are ready to have a great time!

First, I stamped and die cut all my images from this set and colored them with my Copic markers, adding extra details with a white gel pen. I followed the color scheme from a Spring Fever plaid paper.  Next, I cut a circle frame from this sheet using the largest die of the Scalloped Circle Mats 3 and a smaller circle from an Infinity set.

My card panel was cut from a piece of Neenah Solar White paper using the Frilly Frame Eyelet Lace die. Next, I dry embossed this panel with a bamboo folder from my stash. The Panda Party stamp set has lots of words you can mix and match to create a custom sentiment. I stamped the ‘Happy annibearsary’ onto a small white banner with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

To assemble the card, I adhered the white embossed panel to a pink card base. Next, I mounted the circle frame with foam tape for dimension. The little pink rectangle for my bears to stand on was cut with one of the Ribbon And Lace Border dies.

I continued building the scene with the two banners and the sweet bears, making sure they all were given a party hat to celebrate! Lastly, I adhered the sentiment banner under the circle frame and added a few Pastel Mix Jewels for that extra bling! After considering white pompoms for the hats, I discovered that the smallest of the Pure White Jewels were a perfect match.

I hope you will create a fun party card with this sweet set too! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

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Hello to you! Vanessa here with a fun explosion card using the cute Panda Party set.

I created the box with the WRMK Explosion Card Punch Board. Onto the yellow background, I applied Distress Oxide inks with an ink blending tool and a circle stencil. Then I added white strips of cardstock to the bottom of the box. Now I stamped the images, colored everything with Copics, die-cut the pieces with the matching dies and adhered them to the box.

Onto the tray, I stamped the sentiment from Big Bold Greetings and added the same circles. Finally, I used a white gel pen to highlight the images, sentiment and the circles.

You will find a video on my instagram account to see the card in action. Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tranquil Tulips Cards with Waleska and Marine

Hello there friends, Waleska here! My card today features the beautiful Tranquil Tulips Stamps from the most recent release mixed with the Moroccan Circles Embossing folder and the Mini Mat and Tag Dies #3.

For this card I wanted the Tulips to be the focal point in my card, to do that I decided to leave the tulips very colorful and the background white so they can really stand out.  I started by stamping the different layers of the tulips with the following inks: Hero Arts Ombre Pink Ink, Lawn Fawn Plastic Flamingo Ink and Lawn Fawn Lobster Ink, for the leaves I used Lawn Fawn Jalapeno Ink and Lawn Fawn Noble Fir Ink. I hand cut the tulips and arrange them in the way I wanted.

I then embossed a white panel with the Moroccan Circles Embossing folder and cut 4 of the scalloped rectangle from the Mini Mat and Tag Dies #3, I wanted to have dimension to this piece so I adhere them together.  Finally I assemble my card by using the pattern paper as a base layer from the Dots and Stripes Jewel Tones, then the embossed panel and finally the small scalloped rectangle, my sentiment is from the Big Bold Greetings.

Thank you so much for stopping by today I hope you will be inspired to create today by my post!

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Hello crafty friends! Marine here, so happy to be back on the blog today with a bright & beautiful bouquet showcasing Tranquil Tulips! It's no secret that I love to create little scenes with multiple images and details, but I also really love to play with the amazing layering stamp sets we have in the Sunny Studio catalogue.

I started off with the background. I knew that the flowers, watering can & shaker accessories would be very bright, and I didn't want all those elements to get lost on a too colorful background, so I picked a light pattern paper from the Subtle Grey Tones paper pack, and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel. Next I took a sheet of plastic from my stash a little bit bigger than my panel, added double sided tape along the four edges, placed my grey panel in the middle of it, and while keeping the panel in place with my left hand, I cut the four plastic corners off, and this way created four plastic tabs on each side of the grey panel. I folded and attached three of those tabs at the back of the grey panel, added a mix of sequins, jewels & confetti inside the plastic pocket, and then folded and attached the fourth tab to totally close the pocket. I attached my infinity shaker panel on a white card base using double sided tape, and then moved on to the images.

I stamped the tulips and leaves from Tranquil Tulips, as well as the watering can from Watering Can on Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using distress oxide inks. For the tulips, I used spun sugar + kitsch flamingo + picked raspberry. For the leaves, I used shabby shutters + mowed lawn. And for the watering can, I used salvaged patina + hickory smoke. Once all the images were stamped, I used the coordinating dies to cut them all, and then I attached everything on the infinity shaker panel using foam squares.

And finally I created my greeting in two parts. I started by cutting the word "Thanks" out of gold mirror cardstock using a die from the Thank You Words die set. Next I white heat embossed the phrase "for always being there" from Words Of Gratitude on a dark grey slim banner, and then I attached both elements on the bottom left corner of my card using liquid glue and foam squares.

And that's it! I hope that you like this new shaker card! Feels like Spring, right? Thanks for stopping by, and see you next week with more flowers!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Thank You Words Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tranquil Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tranquil Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Hayley Alphabet Die Focused Cards with Catherine and Marie

Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here, today I am sharing a rainbow card featuring Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies and Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies.

To start, I ink blended the cloudy background with a stencil made using Fluffy Cloudy Border Dies with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide on to A2 size cardstock. I splattered some blue watercolor onto the card for added interest.

Next, I die cut four more cloudy borders for the top and bottom of the card. Two out of white cardstock and two out of pearlescent vellum. I lightly inked the edges of the two white cloudy borders with the same ink. I layered the cloudy borders onto the top and bottom of the card with foam tape.

To make the rainbow, I used the circle dies from Stitched Circle Large Dies and Stitched Circle Small Dies. I nested the smaller circles inside the larger circles and ran it through my die cut machine and cut the circles into an arch. I tucked the rainbow into the cloudy border and adhered it onto the background with glue. I used the bright and cheery paper from Spring Sunburst Paper. I added a sun using Sunny Sentiments Dies and a stitched circle from Stitched Circle Large Dies using paper from Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper.

For the sentiment “Bright,” I die cut the letters twice  with Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies and Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies out of white card stock and once out of scrap colored cardstock. I adhered the white letters together and then the colored letters on top and added highlights with a white gel pen.

I added a few more clouds from Balloon Rides Dies and I couldn’t resist but to add a panda from Panda Party Stamps. I finished off the card with a colorful sentiment Happy Thoughts Stamps using the following Altenew Inks: Fresh Lemon, Pinkalicious, Deep Iris, and Firefly.

Thank you so much for stopping buy! Have a wonderful day!

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Hello Crafty Friends, Marie here! Today I am back sharing a very simple Easter card featuring Sunny Studio Stamps' Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies and Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies as well as some super cute images from their Chubby Bunny Stamps and Bunnyville Stamps. This adorable chubby bunny has been blessed with tons of Easter treats and it doesn't look like he's about to share anytime soon! 

To create this simple and sweet Easter card, I first start off by die cutting my A2 sized card base from 110 lb. heavyweight cardstock. I die cut another A2 sized panel of bright yellow pattern paper from the new Spring Fever Paper. I then attached my pattern paper to my card base using a double sided tape adhesive. To create my background, I die cut a smaller sized panel from bristol smooth cardstock because inks glides smoothly with this type of paper. I used distress ink in the color Salvaged Patina to ink blend my sky and Twisted Citron for my grass. I centered my background panel and attached it to my card front with Bearly Art Precision craft glue.

For my Easter Blessings sentiment, I combined the Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies with the Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies. I cut out all my alphas from  Neenah Solar White cardstock. I just love the typography of these dies! It's whimsical and elegant at the same time, and I absolutely love how you can create your own sentiments. 

For my images, I used both the Chubby Bunny Stamps and the Bunnyville Stamps. I stamped out all the images onto watercolor paper using Distress Ink in Antique Linen. I colored all my images using watercolor pencils. I cut all my images using the Chubby Bunny Dies and the Bunnyville Dies. 

Finally, I adhered my sentiment and all my images using a combination of craft glue, tape adhesive, and foam tape. There you have it friends, a very simple Easter card that could be mass produced! Thanks so much for joining me for this week's card inspiration! Until next time, have fun crafting and creating! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sunny Sentiments Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chubby Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Chubby Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio