Designer's Choice: Special Day Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here and for this designer’s choice I created a special ‘easel’ birthday card mixing several sets.

Starting off with a white square card base and adding several layers using the fun Scalloped Square 1 Dies Small (in white card stock and vellum) and Stitched Square Dies (in teal glitter paper and white card stock). The smallest white square is also dry embossed with the Quilted Hearts Folder.  

I glued all the layers together and before adhering them to the card base, I scored the front of this base horizontally in half. That way, I can add the squares only to the bottom part of the base to create the ‘easel mechanism’.

On the inside of the base I adhered a ‘stopper’ consisting of a rectangle of white card stock on which I stamped the ‘Happy Birthday’ from Everyday Greetings with Versafine Onyx Black ink and a scalloped white banner strip made by using one of the Ribbon & Lace Borders. When you ‘fold’ the front of the card base, the stopper will make sure your easel card is standing up perfectly.

A special birthday deserves a wonderful and festive cake! I selected a two-tiered one decorated with beautiful flowers (Special Day) and colored the image with my Copics in teal, pink and yellow tones. The blue ’70 candles’ make this cake even more amazing! I love how you can provide that extra accent with the numbers.

The cake was mounted to the embossed panel with foam tape for dimension. As extra decoration, I added white leaves from the Winter Greenery Die set and a few Crystal Clear Jewels scattered around the focal point.

I hope you like this card design and give it a try! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Quilted Hearts Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Everyday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Cherry Blossoms Card with Isha

Hello everyone, Isha here today with a floral watercolor card as my designer's choice feature. I decided to use a mix of new and old products.

To start, I die-cut the scalloped squares using the Scalloped Square 1 Large dies. I then die-cut the inside of the smaller square using the Stitched Square dies. I then die-cut the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil and adhered it behind the scallop frame.

Sponge salty ocean ink to the center of the larger scallop square. Adhere the smaller lattice pattern to it using foam tape. Adhere this to a cream card base.

Stamp the florals from the Cherry Blossoms stamp using versamark ink, sprinkle white embossing powder and heat set. Die-cut the florals and leaves using the coordinating dies. Die-cut some strawberries from the Strawberry Patch dies. Add color using watercolors and let dry. Assemble the cluster and adhere to the card. 

Next, stamp the butterfly from the Watering Can stamp set, die-cut using the dies. Add some glitter to it. Stamp the sentiment from the Punny Fruit Greetings. Adhere the sentiment and the butterfly to the card. 

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cherry Blossoms Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cherry Blossoms Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Punny Fruit Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Strawberry Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Mermaid Kisses Card with Leanne

Hi there! Leanne here today. I'm sharing all the details of how this tropical birthday card came together. I've used the Tropical Trees Backdrop dies to create an idyllic beach scene for my little mermaid. 

I started this card with an ink-blended background. I used the following Distress Oxide inks to create the dreamy sunset sky and ocean: Kitsch Flamingo, Saltwater Taffy, Fossilized Amber, Salvaged Patina, and Peacock Feathers. 

Next, I die-cut the frame, palm trees, beach area, and clouds from white card stock. I then used blending brushes and Distress Oxide inks to color: Vintage Photo for tree trunks, Mowed Lawn for palm leaves, and Antique Linen + Tea Dye for Sand.  Note I did double up on the palms for the tree tops to make them look fuller. 

I Copic colored a mermaid and some shells from the Mermaid Kisses stamp set. I then used the coordinating dies to cut them out. 

Copic colors used - mermaid tail: RV02, RV06, RV09, skin color: E00, E11, E13, hair color: E42, E74, E81, shells + starfish: YR01, YR30, R20, R21

I adhered everything in place onto the A2-sized inked background panel. The white frame and mermaid are popped up with foam tape. I also used foam tape to adhere the layers of palms together. This gives a little separation between the two layers and adds to the fullness.  Lastly, I stamped the greeting which is included in the Mermaid Kisses set. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mermaid Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mermaid Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Big Panda Card with Cathy

Hey friends! Cathy here today sharing a Hawaiian themed card featuring the adorable Big Panda Stamps!

I started this A2 card by cutting the hibiscus paper from the Summer Splash Paper 4 1/8” x 5 3/8” and adhering it to a white card front.

Next, I die-cut a piece of white cardstock using the largest of the Fancy Frames Oval Dies and inked the background center portion with Squeezed Lemonade, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade and Ripe Persimmon Distress inks. I stamped the Panda, flower and ukulele from the Big Panda Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. (I stamped 2 small flowers from the Fabulous Flamingos Stamps on the ukulele to add a fun accent). I adhered the panda to the bottom center of the oval overlapping the bottom edge and trimmed off the excess of the stamped image. I then adhered the inked oval to the center of the card front and adhered the white oval frame around it.

To finish, I stamped the hibiscus and leaves from the Hawaiian Hibiscus Stamps using inks from my stash, die-cut them using the coordinating dies and popped them up with foam dimensional tape. I die-cut a frond from white and black cardstock using the Summer Greenery Dies, inked the white piece with Twisted Citron Distress ink and then overlapped them slightly. For my ALOHA sentiment, I die-cut the letters from white cardstock using the Chloe Alphabet Dies and inked them with Squeezed Lemonade and Dried Marigold Distress inks for a tone-on-tone effect against the background. I die-cut the letters a second time and layered them for a bit more dimension.

I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by today! 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:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hawaiian Hibiscus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hawaiian Hibiscus Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Greenery Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sunny Saturday Share: Customer Cards

Hey everyone, how are you all doing this weekend? I'm so excited to be popping in today with a Sunny Saturday Share. There have been so many amazing cards popping up on Instagram that have made my jaw drop so I couldn't wait to share them with all of you! 

Tropical Birds card by Kristina Werner

Big Panda card by Teri Anderson

Bunnyville cards by Maria

Passionate Penguins card by Anna Moreno

Wedded Bliss card by Lynn

Passionate Penguins altered ruler by Nicole Kayaalp

Thank you for sharing all these fabulous ideas with us! I hope you will continue to share your gorgeous projects with us--It always makes my day to see them. Please tag us on instagram @sunnystudiostamps or share your projects with us in our flickr group. Sadly we are no longer able to view all the posts using our hashtag on Instagram so it's super important for you to also tag us @sunnystudiostamps so we can find them and they don't get missed. ❤

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wedded Bliss Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Wedded Bliss Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio