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Thursday, January 9, 2025

Sneak Peek: Party Pets, Doggone Birthday & Inside Greetings Belated Birthday

Hello and welcome to day 4 of our Spring Sneak Peek Week! All this week I have been sharing cards showcasing our newest collection, which will be available for purchase tomorrow morning!

Card No. 1: Today, I'm featuring cards with our new Party Pets, Doggone Birthday, and Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps. The Party Pets Stamps feature adorable cats and dogs ready to celebrate. For this card, I paired the three dogs, balloons, and gifts from the set with the dachshund dog in the center from our Doggone Birthday Stamps. I framed them using our Stitched Rectangle Dies, which I mounted onto a balloon print from our Suprise Party Paper pack. This card is a bit oversized measuring 6" wide x 4.75" high. For my large script Birthday sentiment, I used our Big Bold Greetings Stamps with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

Sunny Studio Happy Birthday Dog Card using Doggone Birthday, Party Pets, & Big Bold Greetings Stamps and Surprise Party Paper

Card No. 2: For this card, I started by die-cutting three stitched windows from my white cardstock panel using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. I then backed each opening using coordinating pink prints from our Gingham Pastels Paper and Flirty Flowers Paper packs. I tried to color the dog, cats, balloons, birthday cake, and party hat images from the Party Pets Stamps in complementary shades of red, pink, and tan using my Copic markers to match the patterned paper and add balance. I then paired the elements so that they each roughly filled the same space within their window and added a greeting by heat embossing the phrase "Happy Birthday to you" from our Happy Thoughts Stamps on a Brilliant Banner 3 Die cut from red cardstock.

Card No. 3: Up next, I used the cute kitty and the set of three-heart balloons from the new Party Pets Stamps with the Tulip Path Background Stamps to form my card scene. I colored the tulips and the windmill in shades of red and pink to match my balloons and give my card a Valentine's Day feel. I even colored my sky a cotton candy pink to match! I completed my card with the sentiment "You make me happy" from our Happy Thoughts Stamps. I love how it all came together!

Card No. 4: Similar to my second card today, I used the Rounded Rectangle Window Dies to create three horizontal windows on a vertically oriented card. I just love how versatile these dies are and how many options and combinations they provide within a single set! I filled each opening with green, yellow, and aqua-blue Swiss dot polka-dot prints I stamped using our new Background Basics 2 Stamps. For the center window, I stamped the bold "Happy Birthday" greeting that comes with the set, and then I built party scenes using the cats and other birthday elements from the Party Pets Stamps. When I was nearly done, I was in the process of adding some white highlights with my Sharpie Paint pen when the pen leaked and splattered a big glob in the middle of my scene, so I decided to disguise the boo-boo and cover it up using PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops in coordinating shades (linked below). As my good friend always says, there's no such thing as mistakes in crafting; it's just an excuse to embellish!

Sunny Studio Cat Birthday Card using Party Pets & Background Basics 2 Stamps and Rounded Rectangles Metal Cutting Craft Dies

Card No. 5: I used the white cardstock leftovers that popped out when die-cutting my windows for the 2nd and 4th cards using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies for this card. I couldn't resist the chance to use up every last piece! For my background, I blended a rainbow using distress inks, and then when I was done, I put the panel into my Misti tool and used those same 1" distress ink cubes to ink up our Background Basics 2 Stamps. Because the distress inks don't stamp as crisply as ordinary dye ink, I embraced the distressed look and splattered my panel with water and picket fence distress ink afterward. I also took it one step further and turned some splatters into stars using my Sharpie white paint pen. I ran a strip of black cardstock through my machine three times with the same window die to form the ground for my critters within each scene. I then stacked the critters from the Party Pets Stamps with gifts and party hats to create the height I needed for each frame. Lastly, I heat-embossed a sentiment from our new Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps onto a black speech bubble from our Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Dies. This might be the first time I've tried using a black speech bubble, but I really liked how it balanced out the other black in my card and popped against the rainbow background!

Sunny Studio Cat & Dog Card using Party Pets, Background Basics 2, Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps, & Rounded Rectangle Dies

Card No. 6: I wanted the adorable pup from the Doggone Birthday Stamps to take center stage for this card. I set him in the center and repeatedly stamped the balloon from the Party Pets Stamps to look like a helium balloon bouquet that just got let go and is flying through the air. I stamped each balloon in colorful shades of Versafine Clair ink to get the no-line coloring look. While the balloon was still in my Misti tool, I carefully inked the balloon string using VersaFine Onyx Black ink. The simplicity of the balloon image made this surprisingly easy to do, and I love the results! I then heat set the images and colored them with coordinating Copic Markers. The only other element I added was a simple blue strip of cardstock with a stitched edge along the top using our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. The strip not only helped ground the little dog but also gave me a good place to center the greeting from the Doggone Birthday Stamps just below the dog and her present.

Sunny Studio Dachshund Dog with Floating Rainbow Balloons Card using Doggone Birthday & Party Pets Clear Craft Stamps

Card No. 7: For this last card of the day featuring the Doggone Birthday Stamps, I thought it would be fun to show that it works just as well for holiday cards as it does for birthday cards. In this case, I created a Christmas thank you card and started by inking my card panel background with various green distress inks before sketching in some loose tree branches with my Copic Markers. I then layered in some holiday lights onto my tree using the border from our Scenic Route Stamps and added some ornaments using images from the Happy Owlidays Stamps. To add additional gifts under the tree and to match a similar scale to the gift in the Doggone Birthday set, I turned to the present from our Holiday Hugs Stamps, stamping it three times and coloring the gifts in different festive colors.

For my sentiment, I stamped the phrase "thank you so much" from the Words of Gratitude Stamps, the word "for" from the Enchanted Stamps, the word "the" from the Panda Party Stamps, and the word "gift" from the Inside Greetings Christmas Stamps. I've never pieced together a greeting using so many different stamp sets, but I had something very specific in mind for this card, and I realized we don't have any sentiments that say something similar.

Sunny Studio Holiday Thank You Card using Doggone Birthday, Scenic Route, Holiday Hugs, Happy Owlidays & Words of Gratitude Stamps

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Here's a closer look at our new Party Pet Stamps & Dies, Doggone Birthday Stamps & Dies, and Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps used today, which will be available for purchase on Friday, January 10th.

Sunny Studio Doggone Birthday Dog Mini Photopolymer Clear Craft Stamps for Cardmaking, Cards, Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts

Sunny Studio Stamps Doggone Birthday Dog Metal Cutting Dies for Cardmaking, Cards, Scrapbooking & Paper Crafts

Other Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owlidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Surprise Party 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Enchanted Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings-Christmas Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Amber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Leaf Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Turquoise Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Sneak Peek: Introducing Foxy Friends Clear Stamps & Dies

Hello and welcome to day 3 of our Spring Sneak Peek Week! This week I am sharing cards showcasing our newest collection which will be available for purchase this Friday!

Card No. 1: Today, I'm sharing cards using our adorable new Foxy Friends Stamps, and I truly had so much fun with them! The set has cute accessories like a wagon, watering can, umbrella, and four darling little chicks to compliment the 7 different foxes. For my first card, I started by cutting two stacked windows using our new Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. I then backed the openings with a polka-dot sky I had created using the new Background Basics 2 Stamps and some grass using the Mini Grass Border Dies. The two windows gave me the perfect space to create two small scenes. I added some clouds from our Majestic Meadow Stamps and finished my card with a punny sentiment from the Foxy Friends set stamped onto our Brilliant Banner 1 Dies.

Sunny Studio Spring Fox with Chicks Card using Foxy Friends Stamps and Brilliant Banner 1 & Rounded Rectangle Window Dies

Card No. 2: Next up is a Valentine's Day card featuring the Foxy Friends Stamps. I started by creating a red gingham background using our Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies and Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I then inked up the background with a light amount of distress ink to create a tone-on-tone look. I created a cutout to frame my little fox scene using our new Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I then arranged a spring scene using the flowerpot and watering can from the Foxy Friends set with the clouds from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. For my greeting, I was able to piece together the word "foxtastic" from the new set with the words "Have a" and "Valentine's Day" from our Bighearted Bears Stamps.

I should note that all of the images and grass on this card were colored using the artPOP! Infinity Brush Markers that I received to try out from Dick Blick. While the 24-piece set I tested felt a bit limited in terms of color options, I really liked the brush tip on these markers! To get the most color range out of the smaller set I used some tip-to-tip ink blending techniques, together with a colorless blender. I think their larger 36-piece set is worth a try if you're on a budget because the price per alcohol marker is pretty impressive, and the larger set fills in some crucial gaps in the color wheel. I use Copics for much of my coloring and found their nibs quite comparable in terms of quality, flexibility, and blending.

Sunny Studio Red Gingham Fox Valentine's Day Card using Foxy Friends Stamps, Rounded Rectangle Mat & Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies

Card No. 3: Next up is a card using the fox and chicks from the Foxy Friends Stamps with the kite from the Spring Showers Stamps and the scenic backdrop from our new Tulip Path Background. This incredible background did all the heavy lifting in terms of my card design, so all I needed to add was a couple of clouds from the set and a nice oversized spring greeting from our Cheerful Daisies Stamps, which I heat-embossed using Hero Arts White Detail Embossing Powder.

Sunny Studio Fox Flying Kite Hello Card using Foxy Friends, Tulip Path Background, Cheerful Daisies & Spring Showers Stamps

Card No. 4: It wouldn't be spring without a little rain so for my next card, I colored up a polka-dot umbrella, the chicks, and fox from the new Foxy Friends Stamps. I then stamped the raindrops in my background using our Rain Showers Stamps with a light ink color and then used a Jumbo Dauber to ink that same ink lightly over the top. To frame my scene, I stamped a panel using our Background Basics 2 Stamps (to compliment my umbrella) and die-cut a frame from the center using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies. Lastly, I added some clouds from our new Majestic Meadow Stamps and stamped a cute oversized greeting using our Sunny Sentiments Stamps.

Sunny Studio Fox with Umbrella Spring Card using Foxy Friends, Background Basics 2, Sunny Sentiments & Rain Showers Stamps

Card No. 5: I started my next card by stamping the Majestic Meadow Background using Hero Arts Wet Cement Ink. I stamped an extra set of tulips in each corner so I could use the coordinating Majestic Meadow Dies to layer over the top of the other images in my scene. For my "party" banner, I used the string on a curve from our Bold Balloons Stamps and then stamped my Balloon Alphabet letters in alternating shades using VersaFine Clair Baby Pink Ink and Gina K. Light Lilac Ink. When I was done, I felt the word party wasn't centered on my card so I inked up a piece of scratch cardstock using the same baby pink ink and die-cut an exclamation mark using our Chloe Alphabet Dies.

For my focal point, I colored the images from our Foxy Friends Stamps using the party hats, wagon, and gifts from the set in colors to match my balloon banner. I kept my background monochromatic and left it uncolored so it wouldn't visually compete with my focal point, which also sped up my cardmaking process. Lastly, I completed my card by inking up a small strip of cardstock with light lilac ink and die-cut a pennant using the extra die from our Notebook Photo Corners Dies. I then heat-embossed the phrase "Happy fashionably late birthday!" using our new Inside Greetings Belated Birthday Stamps.

Sunny Studio Pink & Lilac Fox Belated Birthday Card using Foxy Friends, Majestic Meadow & Balloon Alphabet Clear Craft Stamps

Card No. 6: For my last card of the day, I created a mini slimline that measures 7" wide x 3.75" tall using the Foxy Friends Stamps. I then die-cut three stitched mats from white cardstock to frame my scenes using our new Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies, which I inked with Tumbled Glass Distress ink. I added grass along the bottom of each panel using our Mini Grass Border Dies and then randomly stamped small tufts of grass using the different images from our Tulip Path Background Stamps. I tucked a panel of our Scalloped Fence Dies beneath each section of grass and added some clouds to the sky using the three mini clouds from our Comic Strip Everyday Dies. I then began adding foxes to each little scene, doing different activities. For the first panel, I paired the butterfly net from our Spring Shower Stamps with the butterflies from the Tulip Path Background Stamps. I completed my card with an altered sentiment from the set, changing out the word "friend" for "sister" using the word from our Outback Critters Stamps. I stamped my greeting onto a grid print patterned paper from our Gingham Pastels Paper pack, which I then die-cut using one of the pennant strips from our Notebook Photo Corner Dies.

Sunny Studio Spring Fox Mini Slimline Sister Card using Foxy Friends Stamps, Scalloped Fence, & Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies