Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Marie Marco

Hello Crafty Friends!! It's Marie back on the blog with two birthday cards featuring the lovely Special Day Stamp. This stamp set features two super adorable layered cake images and number candles perfect for celebrating all the special occasions from birthdays to weddings and everything in between! 

My first card features the gorgeous two tiered floral cake from the set. This design made me want to create a vintage inspired color palette for a friend's 40th birthday. To create this card, I first stamped my images onto watercolor paper using Antique Linen Distress Ink. All my images were colored using Faber- Castell Watercolor pencils. I cut out the images using the corresponding Special Day Dies. To construct my card front, I first die cut an A2 sized base panel from 110 lb Neenah Solar White cardstock paper. I also, cut an A2 sized polka dot pink pattern paper panel which I adhered to the base panel. For a simple elegant touch, I created a gold frame with the Fancy Frames Rectangle Die. 

I really wanted to keep my pattern paper visible while keeping the birthday cake the focal point so I cut out a scalloped panel from vellum paper using the Mini Mat & Tag 1 Dies. Taking my cake image, I used double sided tape to adhere it to the vellum paper. Before adhering the vellum to the pattern paper, I apply double sided tape adhesive to the back of the vellum hidden behind the cake so no tape adhesive is visible on the translucent vellum. To finish off this card, I applied foam strips to the back of the number candles to create some dimension and adhered it to the top of the cake. Finally, I used some Nuvo Crystal Drops on the decorative dots of the cake to create dimension. 

My second card features both the Special Day Stamp and the Birthday Cat Stamp. The Birthday Cat Stamp set is too cute for words! The adorable cats in this set inspired me to create a fun a playful pop up box card purrfect for my cat loving friend. To start off, I cut out all my box card elements from Bristol Smooth Cardstock and inked all the edges using Kitsch Flamingo Distress Ink. For all the decorative panels and inside panels, I used the double sided Sunny Studio Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper in the beautiful shade of pink. 

After assembling the box card, I stamped all my images onto watercolor paper and colored them with Faber-Castell Watercolor pencils. I also used party banner images from the Panda Party Stamp. I used the corresponding Birthday Cat Dies, Special Day Dies, as well as the banner dies from Panda Party Dies to cut all my images. I adhered the birthday cake and cats using a strip of cardstock on the backs of all my images so they remain sturdy inside the box. Finally, I stamped my sentiment using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink to the pattern paper and adhered it to the front of the card. I absolutely love how cute this box card turned out that I'm tempted to keep it for myself! 

These two cards were super fun and simple to create! Thank you for stopping by and joining me today! Until next time, Happy Crafting friends!!!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Balloon Rides with Tina

Hello crafty friends, it’s Tina with a sweet wedding card featuring the adorable Balloon Rides stamp and die set! I love that the sentiments in this set are so versatile, allowing you to create cards for many occasions.

Let’s start by making a white A2 card base from heavy weight card stock. It’s very unusual for me to begin this way, but I wanted to get the design part of this project done first.

After folding the base, I selected a cloud die from my stash and used it to cut the front of my base. After creating this cloudy border, I used the rest of that white sheet to cut a similar border for the bottom of the design. With the remaining part of the card stock, I cut two slightly smaller rectangles.

Next, I took a piece of heavy weight acetate and cut it to A2 size. Now I was able to sandwich the acetate between the cloud borders and the two rectangle pieces at the back. Since we have a see through front panel, I glued a pretty pink paper from Gingham Pastels to the inside of my card. Leaving you with the back of your project to write a message!

With the base of the card finished, I stamped and die cut 4 balloons, two decoration ribbons and two cute bears from the Balloon Rides stamp. All the coloring was done with Copic Markers, I left two balloon dies white since they will be glued at the back to give the inside of the card a clean look. To make the bears extra adorable, I added two little bows from the Spring Showers set.

The sentiment from the Balloon Rides stamp was stamped onto a small white strip with pink dye ink from my stash. To assemble the card, I placed both balloons left and right onto the front panel, showing as much as the cloud borders as possible. I glued the blank dies on the back as mentioned before. Next, I added the sweet bears with their bows and finally the sentiment strip.

Since this is a love themed card, I added three shiny hearts from the Heart Shaped Pearls embellishments.

And that finishes this project, I am wishing you lots of crafty fun making your own scene with these beautiful stamps and dies! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Showers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

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