Savanna Safari & Silly Sloths Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some critter cards for Summer!

For my first card, I showcased the adorable African critters from our Savanna Safari Stamps. I took inspiration from some graphic art which I reimagined with stamps. I started by inking my card panel background with Scattered Straw distress ink. I then masked off the clouds using Spellbinders Masking Sheets with our Majestic Meadow Dies and Tulip Path Background Dies and a basic circle die for the sun. For my next layer of ink, I covered the top half with fossilized amber distress ink. I then peeled off just the cloud masks and inked my panel once again with Wild Honey distress ink, fading it out towards the center where my horizon would land.

I then die-cut two stitched hillside borders using our Slimline Nature Border Dies and marked in pencil where they would land and set them aside so I could stamp five of the Baobab trees in PinkFresh Studio Doe Ink. I then colored one hillside to match using Tea Dye distress ink and a second one using Vintage Photo and Gina K. Warm Cocoa Ink. I used that same warm cocoa ink to stamp some tufts of grass from the Savanna Safari set. 

Lastly, I arranged my critters in the scene and then stamped my greeting from the set. Please pretend the top line was stamped higher than it is. That was the very last thing I did and I was so bummed it stamped lower than I was planning. Especially since I was so happy this card had turned out, exactly how I had envisioned it up to that point. Ha-ha! It's the story of my life.

For my second card, I moved from Africa to South America with a card featuring our Silly Sloths Stamps. I started by inking up my background using Twisted Citron distress ink, lightening it towards the center of my card panel. I then stamped layers of tropical leaves using our Radiant Plumeria Stamps with VersaFine Clair Verdant Green Ink and Gina K. Key Lime Ink. I had colored and fussy cut these images out back when these stamps first came out in 2019, so my goal was to use up all the remaining images I had on hand. I needed a few extra tree branches to complete my vision though so I added the branch from our Love Birds Stamps and another from our Little Birdie Stamps. I completed my card by taking one of the sentiments from the set and enlarging the word "hanging" by spelling it out with our Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies and the question mark from our Chloe Alphabet Dies.

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💛

Don't forget to check out our Savanna Safari Stamps, Silly Sloths Stamps, and Radiant Plumeria Stamps in our online shop, which are both currently on sale!  Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Silly Sloths Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Radiant Plumeria Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Radiant Plumeria Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Savanna Safari Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Savanna Safari Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hayley Lowercase Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tulip Path Background Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tulip Path Background Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spellbinders Masking Sheets Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Panda Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a fun summery card to share with you featuring the Big Panda and Two Scoops sets.

I stamped the images from the Big Panda stamp set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Big Panda Dies to diecut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Bears: C3/5/7, E40/41/81, R20
Hat: B000/00 BG45, RV00/02/13, YG01/03, C1
Sunglasses: B00 BG45, T7

To create the ice cream, I used the fun Two Scoops stamp set. This cool set offers several different ice cream, cone and topping options. The stamps allow you to layer the ink colors to create a more realistic and dimensional look. I used Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Scattered Straw, Vintage Photo and Ground Espresso Distress Oxide inks to create my flavors. Once the inks are dried, the Two Scoops Dies can be used to die cut them out. I love that these cones tucked perfectly into the arm cutouts of the Big Panda. 

For the background, I die cut another piece of Neenah white cardstock with the largest die from the Stitched Square Dies. I lightly inked the center with some Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide inks to add a bit of color to the background. Next, I diecut of piece of teal cardstock with the largest die from the Scalloped Square 1 Large Dies set. I adhered the panels to each other and then onto the front of a white square cardbase (5.25" x 5.25"). 

For the sentiment, I partially stamped the "let's" part of the sentiment from the Let's Chill Stamp set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto a piece of white cardstock. (Note: The Let's Chill set won't officially go on sale until Sunny Studio's 10th Birthday in late August) I trimmed it out with a paper trimmer. Next, I used the Chloe Alphabet Dies to die cut the necessary letters twice out of black cardstock. I layered and adhered the letters to each other and then onto the card front with liquid adhesive. A white gel pen was used to add some highlights to the letters. Finally, I adhered the bears to the card front with some foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. 

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card and it inspires you to make and send out some happy snail mail. For more info and ideas, be sure to visit the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Two Scoop Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Two Scoop Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Large Die 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! 

Party Pets and Window Heart Trio Portrait card by Tracy Nguyen

Beach Buddies and Kiddie Pool card by Myrthe

Beach Buddies card by Patricia Choi

Harvest Mice, Rainy Days, Brilliant Banner 1, Fancy Frames Rectangle, Puddle Jumpers, and Words of Gratitude card by Nicky Meeks

Tropical Birds cards by Myrthe

Truckloads of Love and Mini Mat & Tag 3 card by Jean Manis

Fabulous Flamingos, Seasonal Trees, Sending Sunshine, and Stitched Rectangles card by Angela Pahl

Berry Bliss and Enchanted card by Kari V

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:

Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio
Berry Bliss Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Berry Bliss 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
Enchanted Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Enchanted Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainy Days Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Truckloads of Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Truckloads of Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Puddle Jumpers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Puddle Jumpers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Party Pets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio Heart Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio