Coastal Cuties Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, I'm super happy to be back on the blog with this summer slimline card featuring some cute characters having fun at the beach. To create this card, I did one of my favorite things, which is to start with one single set, and then search through my entire stamps collection to find the images that would go perfectly in my scene.

The first thing I did was to stamp all the images on Transotype perfect coloring paper using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph'it brush markers. So like I said I started with one stamp set, Coastal Cuties, and picked a whole bunch of additional stamps from different sets:

- the palm tree + parrot from Sending Sunshine
- the balloon + sandcastle + bag + sunscreen + parasol + shovel + two characters from Beach Babies
- the sun from Balloon Rides
- the leaves + flowers from Fabulous Flamingos
- the fish from Penguin Pals
- the grass sprigs from Garden Critters
- the palm tree + coconuts from Seasonal Trees
- the heart sunglasses from Beach Buddies
- the chair + a character from Kiddie Pool

Once the coloring was done, I moved on to the background, and cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel. I divided it into three parts that I colored using oxide inks and stencils. At the bottom I created an ocean border using salvaged patina + peacock feathers + blueprint sketch oxide inks. In the middle I did two sand borders using antique linen + vintage photo oxide inks. And at the top I created the sky using squeezed lemonade + dried marigold + kitsch flamingo oxide inks.

Next I white heat embossed my "Happy summer" greeting from Beach Babies at the very bottom of my panel, and then attached my images using 1mm foam squares. As always I finished my card by adding highlights and details using a white gel pen. And I ended up with three little scenes: building a sandcastle on the upper part, relaxing and drinking a cocktail on the middle part, and having fun in the waves on the lower part. 

Where do you see yourself? Me? You will find me in the chair with an orangeade in my hand! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Coastal Cuties Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Coastal Cuties Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Puppy Dog Kisses Card with Catherine

Hello Crafty Friends! Catherine here! Today, I am sharing a birthday card created with the adorable Puppy Dog Kisses.

To start, I ink blended white cardstock 4”W x 5 ¼”H using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide with a cloudy stencil made with Slimline Nature Border Dies. I stamped the top left corner of the panel with “Sending You” from Sending Sunshine Stamps.

I then die cut the grass border using Picket Fence Border Die. I ink blended the border with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide and sprayed the border with some water for added detail. I stamped and die cut the cute dogs from Puppy Dog Kisses Stamps and colored with Copic Markers listed in my blog link below.

To make the kissing booth, I die cut the awning from Sweet Treat House Add-On, I trimmed off one panel of the awning. I trimmed white cardstock to the following dimensions for the rest of the kissing booth:

Base: 3” W x 1 ¼”H - x 2 pieces. I trimmed one piece into 3 strips and adhered the strips onto the second piece for a wood effect.

Top: 3 ¼” W x ¼” H - x 1

Side Poles: 3/8” W x 3”H – x 2 pieces

I inked blended the pieces with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide. I glued the booth together and adhered it onto the background and then I glued the grass border. I die cut two sets of “kisses” out of white cardstock. I ink blended one set with Festive Berries Distress Oxide and adhered it onto the white set for added dimension.

I added White Heat Embossed sentiments from the set, some hearts from Stitched Heart 2 Dies. I finished off the card by adding a border from Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies.

Thanks so much for joining me today! For a list of Copic Markers used, please visit me at Crafti-Cat. Have a wonderful week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Dog Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puppy Dog Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweet Treats House Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Heart 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Radiant Plumeria Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with a CAS mixed media card featuring the Radiant Plumeria stamp and coordinating dies. I love these layering stamps as it gives GORGEOUS results immediately.

First, I die-cut a panel using the Stitched Rectangle dies. Sponge with salvaged patina distress ink. Flick the same ink for a soft splatter look. Die-cut the herringbone part from the frilly Frilly Frame Herringbone dies. Use this die-cut as a stencil and apply crackle embossing paste to the panel through it. Let it dry.

Stamp the images from the Radiant Plumeria stamp using various inks by altenew, die-cut using the coordinating dies. Stamp the sentiment to the panel. Adhere the panel to a white cardbase. Adhere the images to the card.

Thanks for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Radiant Plumeria Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Radiant Plumeria Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Frilly Frames Herringbone Shop at: Sunny Studio

Beach Buddies Card with Bobbi

Hey everyone, Bobbi here. Guess who is having a pool party this summer? BARBIE!  Wherever you look this season, it's all about Barbie, Ken and the new Barbie movie. I went to see the movie last weekend so I have Barbie on my mind. I made this card featuring the Beach Buddies stamps and dies. Are you ready for some hot pink?! Let's go!

To make this 5" X 7" card, I I started by stamping and die cutting the beach buddies using the coordinating stamps and dies. I colored them using lots of pink! For the accessories, I used the hottest and brightest pinks including Copic colors, RV02, RV04, RV06, RV09, and RV17. I cut the pool using the Swimming Pool dies and three palm trees from the set, Tropical Trees Backdrop Dies.

To create the scene, I attached the pool in the middle of my front panel, blended on some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink for the clouds in the sky above the pool and used a fine-tip black marker and ruler to create the concrete squares around the pool terrace in the foreground. I used Copics in W3 and W1 to add some color to the concrete along with a few black dots for divots in the concrete. I kept it simple to let all the accessories show brightly.

I tucked a few palm trees behind the pool and added a number of hot pink accessories in the foreground. I added the floaties, animals, beach bag, bunny and accessories to the card. I hand cut a beach towel, adding scissor-cut fringe to the edges and stamped hearts on it for a print. I used the sand shovel stamp to make poolside tropical drinks. Barbie loves pink hearts so I stamped a string of hearts between the palm trees and connected them with a black marker. I attached hot pink rhinestone gem stickers to each hanging heart, the heart-shaped sunglasses, the beach bag, the drinks and the "summer sunshine" sentiment for some fun, sparkly, bling. I think this party would be Barbie-approved!

Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Swimming Pool Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio

Scrumptious Cupcakes Cards with Cathy

Hey friends! Cathy here today and I've got a deliciously sweet CAS card for you featuring the Scrumptious Cupcakes Stamps!

This is an A2 card and I started by die-cutting a piece of white cardstock using the Frilly Frames Retro Petals Die. I cut a piece of aqua cardstock 3 1/2" x 5" and adhered the white frame over it on the card front.

Next, I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using the second largest Stitched Semi-Circle Die and adhered it to the center of the card front using foam dimensional tape. I stamped the cupcakes from the Scrumptious Cupcakes Stamps and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. I added Pure White Jewels to the frosting as little candy pieces.

To finish, I die-cut 2 pieces of kraft cardstock using a die from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies. I heat embossed the "hope your day is" sentiment with white embossing powder using stamps from the Savanna Safari Stamps and cut along one edge of each piece close to the sentiment. I die-cut the "Sweet" sentiment from dark brown cardstock using the Hayley Uppercase and Hayley Lowercase Dies.

For my second A2 card and I adhered all the elements directly to the card front. First, I added 3 papers to the bottom. I die-cut 6" long strips of the brown and green papers from the Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper using the ribbon die from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. I overlapped and adhered the green strip on the brown and adhered them 1 1/4" from the bottom edge. I trimmed them on the left and right edges of the card. I then cut a piece of red paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper 1" x 6", die-cut one edge using a die from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and adhered it even with the bottom edge of the card. I trimmed the excess from the left and right edges.

Next, I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using the Sweet Word Die and inked it with Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo Distress inks. I adhered it above the brown paper and slightly off center. I die-cut the "friend" sentiment from white cardstock using the Loopy Letters Dies, inked the letters with Ground Espresso Distress ink and adhered them along the top of the red paper as shown. I heat embossed the "HELLO" sentiment from the Radiant Plumeria Stamps with white embossing powder on brown cardstock, fussy cut around it and adhered it above and to the left of the sweet sentiment.

To finish, I stamped the cupcakes and cherries from the Scrumptious Cupcakes Stamps and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. I just love the detail in these sweet stamps!

I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sweet Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Loopy Letters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Radiant Plumeria Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Savanna Safari Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Semi-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hayley Uppercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scrumptious Cupcakes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scrumptious Cupcakes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio