Hello, Crafty Friends! This is Hanh Nguyen. I am so honored and excited to be Guest
Designing for Sunny Studio Stamps and showcasing products from the new Summer
Release.
Summer is just around the corner and this new Release is packed with all sorts
of fun summer vibes.
I am on the Sunny Studio Blog today to share
with you three different ways to use the new Strawberry Patch Dies.
I love all of the fresh fruits that are available during the summer time.
Strawberries are definitely on the top of that list. These strawberry dies are
just the cutest and are perfect for all of those summer themed
cards. There are two dies to die cut the two layers for each of the
strawberries. The top pierced layer leaves a nice texture and gives just a
peek of color from the solid layer below. They are so much fun to play
with and mix and match with the leaves and stems.
May Your Birthday Be Sweet! My first card is a
5.5" square birthday card featuring these delicious strawberries paired up
with the new Build-A-Bowl Dies and some playful
pandas from Panda Party Stamps. With the super cool
Build-A-Bowl dies, you can create everything from a rimmed bowl to a colander
to a basket, which I have used in my card today.
NOTE: For the Build-A-Bowl Dies, the inner and
outer part of the basket are not intended to be die cut together. I found it
easiest to die cut the inner part first, then align and die cut the outer part
of the basket.
I die cut all of the parts from the Strawberry Patch Dies and Build-A-Bowl Dies out of Bristol Smooth, yellow and green
cardstock. You could easily die cut all of the parts out of colored cardstock
but I did not have the color that I wanted for my strawberries so I opted to
ink blend them on white cardstock. I highly recommend die cutting the green
stems and yellow flower centers out of colored cardstock though -- not only was
it easier and faster on those smaller parts but there was also less of a chance
of the white cardstock showing through any poorly inked areas.
I ink blended the pierced (top) layer of the
strawberry with Abandoned Coral, Candied Apple and Fired Brick Distress Inks. I
left the solid (bottom) layer of the strawberry white on this card. I added a
little Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink to the green leaves and stems for a bit of
dimension. I layered and adhered all of the elements.
I stamped the images from Panda Party onto a
piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb card stock. I colored the images with Copic
markers and accented with gel pens. (Copic colors listed below). I used the
coordinating Panda Party Dies to cut them out.
For the
background, I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock and ink blended with
Worn Lipstick, Spun Sugar, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Inks. I
used the largest die from the new Stitched Squares Dies to
die cut the panel.
Did you see that there are FIVE new sets of
square dies with this new release?! I was so ecstatic to see these. I love
making square shaped cards and am so happy to see all of the options for square
dies.
For the sentiment, I die cut two sets of the
necessary letters from the Chloe Alphabet Dies out
of Bristol Smooth cardstock. I ink blended with the same Distress Inks as the
strawberries. I layered and adhered the letters together for a bit of
dimension. I stamped one of the sentiments from the new Punny Fruit Greetings directly
onto the inked panel.
I used the largest die from the Scalloped Squares 1 Large Dies to
diecut a white scalloped mat for my inked panel. I adhered the two panels to
each other. I adhered the letters, bowl and all of the strawberries and pandas
as shown in the picture with a combo of liquid adhesive and foam squares.
Finally, I adhered all of the panel onto a
piece of patterned paper from the Classic Gingham Paper before
adhering it to a white card base (5.5" x 5.5").
Wishing You a Berry Happy Birthday! These
pandas were loving the strawberries so much that I made a second birthday card
with them. I created the strawberries in the same manner as the first card
except that this time, I ink blended the solid (bottom) layer of the
strawberries with the same Abandoned Coral Distress Ink. I think this made for
a slightly redder set of strawberries.
I stamped and colored the pandas in the same
manner as the first card, using the following Copic colors:
Pandas: C00/0/1/3/5/7, R30
Red: R22/24/29
Green: YG01/03
For this layout,
I used the Comic Strip Everyday Dies to die cut the frame out of white and
green cardstock. I matched the green frame with the white inner parts. I
lightly ink blended a bit of Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Ink to each of the white
inner parts for a bit of interest.
For the
sentiment, I stamped the sentiments from the new Punny Fruit Greetings directly
into the upper left corner. I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment from
the Big Bold Greetings Stamps with
red ink and die cut with the coordinating Big Bold Greetings Dies.
I
adhered the green frame and all of the white inner parts onto a white card base
(4.25" x 5.5"). I adhered the sentiment, all of the strawberries and pandas as shown in
the picture with a combo of liquid adhesive and foam squares.
For my last
card, I made a fairly clean and simple note card. I
created the strawberries in the same manner as the first card except that this
time, I die cut the solid (bottom) layer of the strawberries out of green
cardstock. I think this made for a slightly deeper red set of strawberries.
I used
the medium sized die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies set
to die cut a white panel. For the sentiment, I die cut two sets of the
necessary letters from the Chloe Alphabet Dies out of Bristol Smooth cardstock.
I ink blended with the same Distress Inks as the strawberries. I layered and
adhered the letters together for a bit of dimension. I stamped the word "friend"
from the new Big
Panda Stamps directly onto the white panel.
I adhered the letters and all of the strawberries as shown in the picture with a combo of liquid adhesive and foam squares.
I trimmed a piece of green cardstock 1/4"
larger to mat the white panel. I adhered a piece of craft foam to the back
of the panel before adhering it to a piece of patterned paper from the Classic Gingham Paper before adhering it to a white card base (4.25" x
5.5"). I finished the card with a few sparkling clear sequins
from my stash.
I truly appreciated this amazing opportunity
to Guest Design for Sunny Studio Stamps. I had so much
fun playing with these Strawberry Patch Dies. They are so versatile and
can colored in so many different ways. I inked the top layer in the same manner
for all of the cards and just varied the solid (bottom) layer to achieve
a slightly different look. Which of the three different
strawberries was your favorite?
I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I
hope you liked my cards. Be sure to head over to the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop to check out
the awesome new Summer Release. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.
Have a wonderful and crafty
day!
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