Hello Crafty
Friends! This is Hanh. I
am so honored to be back to Guest Design for Sunny Studio Stamps. Today I am
sharing a couple of birthday cards that I made with the adorable Tropical
Birds Stamps set. This set contains 6 super cute birds,
flowers, leaves, and the most beautiful vine.
Happy Bird Day!
For my first card, I have a shadow box card featuring these cute Tropical Birds. I love box cards! Today, I am going to show you how to make your own
shadow box card from scratch. I am convinced that this is the easiest way
to make a shadow box card and the best part ... (drumroll please) ... no
special die needed! When upright, the card measures 4.25" by 4.25".
It flattens to 4.25" x 5.25" when folded and can easily fit into a
standard A2 size envelope. The only die that you need is any die of your choice
to create the front window. If you know of an easier way to create a shadow box
card, please comment below. I would love to know. So let's get started.
I stamped the
images from Tropical Birds Stamps set onto some Neenah Solar White 110 lb
cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Tropical
Birds Dies to die-cut them out. I colored them with Copic
markers and accented them with a white gel pen.
COPIC
COLORS:
Green Bird:
YG0000/00/01/03/17, Y38 YR04, RV10
Pink Bird:
RV000/10/21/13/14, Y38 YR04/07, W5, RV10
Yellow Bird:
Y000/11/13/15 V12, Y38 YR04/07, W5, RV10
Vine/Leaves:
YG00/01/03/17
Branch:
E21/23/25/27
Flowers:
RV10/21/13/14, Y11/13/15 RV21/13, Y13
For the
background, I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock (4.25" x
4.25") and blended it with Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Oxide
inks.
For the shadow
box card, I took a piece of white cardstock (4.25" x 11") and used a
Score Board to score at the 1", 5.25', 6.25" and 10.5" marks.
(This will result in a long card with 5 panels which I will refer to, from left
to right as the following: left, front, right, back and a 0.5" end tab.) I
used the second largest circle die (3.5") from the Stitched
Circle Large Dies set to die-cut a window into the center of
the "front" panel (see photo). I stamped one of the sentiments from
the Tropical Birds Stamp set directly onto the lower right corner of the
"front" windowed panel. I folded along the score lines.
I adhered the
inked background panel to the inside of the "back" panel of the
shadow box card. The colored images were adhered to the inside of the front
panel. I closed off the box card by adhering the 0.5" end tab to the
inside of the 1" wide left panel with some strong double-sided tape.
A-parrotly It's
Your Birthday! My second card is a 5.25" square birthday card featuring
the Tropical Birds, Scalloped
Square 2 Large Dies, and Stitched
Square Dies. I absolutely adore square shaped cards and was so
excited to see FIVE square die sets during this last release.
I stamped,
die-cut and colored the images from Tropical Birds Stamps set in the same
manner as my first card.
COPIC
COLORS:
Bird 1 & 3:
YG0000/00/01/03/17, B0000/000/00/02/04, Y38 YR04/07, W5, RV10
Pink Bird:
RV000/10/21/13/14, Y0000/000, Y38 YR04, RV10
Vine/Leaves:
YG00/01/03/17
Branch:
E21/23/25/27
Flowers: RV21/13
I used the
largest die from the Scalloped Square 2 Large Dies and the third largest die
from the Stitched Square Dies to die-cut the two panels out of white cardstock.
I trimmed two slightly larger squares out of pink cardstock to mat the white
panels.
I stamped one to
the sentiments from the Tropical Birds set directly onto the smaller stitched
square panel. I layered and adhered the squares. I adhered the colored images
with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. Finally, I adhered the
panel to a 5.25" square white card base.
As always, I
appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my
cards. Be sure to check out the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop for more info and
ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for
more inspiration.
Have a wonderful
and crafty day!
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