Birthday Smiles: Smiley Face Balloon Birthday Card

Happy Friday!  I'm back today with another card using the Birthday Smiles Stamp set.

My background is mostly one layer which I created by stamping the balloons on masking material and moving the masks around as I stamped the balloons in back.  I like how this looks, but it would have been equally easy to stamp & color them on cardstock and layer them afterwards.

When I had my card nearly completed I realized my white background was a bit too stark so I lined up those masks again and came in with some light color using my Copic airbrush (the Tim Holtz Distress Marker Spritzer tool also works great).

I finished my card by popping up one smiley face balloon with foam tape and adding a matching sentiment on a piece of scratch cardstock which I inked up with Mustard Seed and Fossilized Amber distress ink.

You may have noticed there's a little tiny curved "sprinkle" in the Birthday Smiles stamp set.  That was added as an extra stamp to layer over the balloon tie to make the appearance the dangling string is tied on.  ;)

Thanks again for stopping by!  I hope you have a nice and relaxing weekend!  :)

Birthday Smiles Girly Birthday Card Ideas

Today I have a couple of girly birthday cards to share using some more of the Birthday Smiles stamp set.

My first card uses a snippet of everything offered from this set:  Cupcakes, Balloons and Banners, oh my!  I colored my stamped images with Copic Markers.  The background was lightly watercolored using Tumbled Glass Distress Reinker and the sentiment strip was inked up by sponging on Mustard Seed and Wild Honey Distress inks.

I will admit that once I had all of the images adhered to the card, it felt like I had space everything too far apart, leaving a huge gap in the center.  Crystal Reflections sequins from Simon Says Stamp came to my rescue and saved my card.  I love the colors in this mix!  They're so pretty!

My second card uses most of the remaining images in the set, focusing on the ice cream cone.  Once again I colored the images with Copic markers and then matched them to distress inks for the background strips.

This was a fairly quick and easy card to create and yet it's one of my favorites.  Because I knew I would be fussy cutting the simple ice cream images out, I didn't worry about coloring within the lines which made coloring and blending so fun and carefree.  I finished off my card with some straight machine stitching using coordinating colors of thread.

With some simple changes to the color scheme (and switching the sequins to paint splats or epoxy dots) I think these would also look great with a masculine spin.  I'd love to see your take on these stamps.  As your orders start to arrive, don't forget to share your creations on our new Flickr group.  ;)

Birthday Smiles & Fishtail Banners Birthday Scrapbook Layout

I'm super excited to officially share a scrapbook layout using the Birthday Smiles stamp set along with the new Fishtail Banners dies!

I still had a few photos to scrapbook from an ice cream party my daughter had a number of years ago so when it came time to play with these stamps, I immediately knew the project I wanted to use them on!  I love how they look stamped out in matching inks with Doodlebug's Petite Prints Collection.

Here's an close-up view of how I used the fishtail banners on this layout.  I love how they look layered with one another and cut from different widths of patterned paper!  

To add a fun detail to the ice cream cones and cupcake, I dressed them up with Doodlebug Sprinkles.

Here's another look at the dies.  The little cutout tick marks make it easy to line up your paper strips no matter what the width.  They can create pennants and banners up to 4-1/4 inches wide from any basic strip of paper.  For those that missed it, I shared a video last week on how these dies work on our YouTube channel HERE.  :)
 

I hope I've inspired you to try stamping on your scrapbook layouts.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  :)

Furever Friends: Birthday Kitty Card Using a Grid Design

Hi there!  Today I have one last Furever Friends card I'm excited to share.

For this card I chose to go with a gird design and created my own tone-on-tone prints with the tuna can and paw print images in the stamp set using Peacock Feathers and Barn Door distress inks.  I just love how these colors look together when paired with the kraft cardstock!

I colored my little kitty to have a little bit of a Siamese flair which just happened to tie in my kraft background.  I realized after taking my photos that I had failed to draw in the missing whiskers which I had trimmed off the cat and mouse.  They are there now, but unfortunately you'll have to use your imagination with these photos.  ;)

Starting tomorrow I have some Harvest Happiness cards to share and then on Friday I will be announcing my new design team.  I can't wait for you guys to meet these talented ladies (if you don't know them already).  ;)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Furever Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends: Kitty Faces Purrfect Birthday Card + Winners

Hi there!  I hope you're having a Sunny Monday in your neck of the woods!  I am excited to be sharing some more Furever Friends.  The idea for this card woke me up out of a sound sleep.  I thought it would be fun to stamp one of the kitty's faces repeatedly onto small pieces of scratch cardstock.  I then colored them as all sorts of varieties and cut them out leaving just the heads.

I inked up my background using Salty Ocean distress ink and then when it was good and dry, heat embossed my sentiment with white embossing powder.  For my little kitty faces, I arranged them on the diagonal and popped them up on my card using foam tape.  I was a bit unhappy with the extra space between them so I then took that same Salty Ocean distress ink and stamped some subtle tone-on-tone hearts between them.

I wasn't about to fussy cut all those whiskers so when I was nearly done, I sketched in some new whiskers on my background using a .3 Copic Multiliner pen.

That wraps up today's card.  For those of you who have started to receive your orders and have created some projects with your new stamps and dies, don't forget we would love to see them!  Share them with us on our Facebook Page and upload them to our Flickr Group.  I will be sharing projects that catch my eye on our Sunny Saturday posts in the near future.  ;)

Also before I go I wanted to announce the winners from our Sunny Studio Blog hop.  Congratulations ladies! Please email me at info@sunnystudiostamps.com with your favorite stamp set and mailing address.  :)

• Jeanne Nicholson
• Carol Hintermeier
• Sarah Caudill

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Furever Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends: Smitten Kitten Tabby Cat Card

Today I have a Furever Friends card to share using the curled up kitty image which I colored with my Copic markers to look like a big orange tabby cat.

For my background I was looking for a complimentary color that would make my kitty pop so I chose to blend peacock feathers and mermaid lagoon distress inks.  I then cut my panel down to 3.75" x 5" and punched a 2" circle out of the right side to make room for my sentiment.

Before I adhered my kitty, I colored in a little shadow below him by drawing a freehand oval with my Neutral Grey Copic marker.  To finish my card I topped the little stamped hearts with glossy accents to make them shine.

Don't forget today is the last day to get those comments in for the blog hop we had on Tuesday.  I will be back to announce the winners on Monday.  I hope you have a happy and relaxing weekend!  :)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Furever Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Furever Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

School Time: You're A Good Apple Card

Today I have one last card to share from the School Time stamp set.  This time I wanted to create a card that would be suitable for anyone so I focused on the apple image and coordinating sentiment in the set.

Once again I knew I was going to fussy cut these apples so I was fairly sloppy in my coloring and focused on just getting them nice and blended with my Copic markers.  I added my highlights by using lighter colors on the upper right and some darker colors for my shadows on the bottom left.  Seriously quick and easy!

To ground my sentiment I stamped it over the notebook paper image which I tied with some red Baker's Twine.  Along the bottom of my card I used my favorite Petite Prints paper by Doodlebug.

Check back tomorrow when I will share some of my ideas using the Birthday Smiles set.  Hope your day is extra amazing!  :)