Summer Picnic: Relax Card with Anni

Hey stampers, Anni here!   It's another tuesday and I am here to show you another card! This week we are featuring the cute set Summer Picnic.

This set is so versatile! It has all the yummy food in it but also this beautiful tree I knew I wanted to use for this card.  And the cute little apple is just the little extra a card needs. I love that Mendi adds those smiley faces to a lot of her sets. That's so cute and I was able to make my apple smile!

As always I started by stamping, coloring and fussy cutting the tree and the apple from the set. To create a "stage" for the tree I cut a banner from white cardstock, To make it a little bit more interesting I used the Fishtail Banners dies. They are so great, don't you think? And the scalloped one is my favorite.

I added some ink blending in green for the grass and in turquoise for the sky!

I adhered the banner to my card base and finished the card with some faux stitching.

Thanks for stopping by and have a sunny week.

Anni

You're My Hero Card + The Last Day of Our Memorial Day Sale

Happy Memorial Day!  I hope you all have been enjoying a wonderful 3-day weekend with your friends and family!  For those of you who might not be on our store mailing list, I thought I would share with you a special card I created with a mini star die that automatically comes free with every order placed from our online store in May and June.

You can download a PDF for this card idea with step-by-step instructions HERE.  For my sentiment I used a stamp from our Stars & Stripes set.

Also, there's still time to take advantage of the 25% off sale in our online store using the code "MEMORIAL", but you must hurry!  This offer expires tonight at midnight PST.  ;)

Hope you enjoy the rest of your day and don't forget to scroll down to see the Eloise's adorable card for today.  :)

Comfy Creatures Heart Themed Thank You Card Set by Eloise

Hello everyone! Eloise here today and I’m here to share a fun set of cards featuring the new stamp sets – Comfy Creatures, Summer Picnic and Fresh and Fruity. I’m also using some little heart dies from the Stitched Heart Dies to create something fun and using the Sending my Love stamps too. I had so much fun creating these four cards for you all today and they’re just great little thank you notes to give to someone. Plus the punny sentiments make them all the more fun too!

So to begin my cards today, I created two 4” x 5 ½” side fold card bases out of some white cardstock. I then took a trimmer and cut them both long ways at 2 ¼” – so I created 4 top-fold mini cards. My thought for these mini cards was having something easy to pop on a box of chocolates or a small gift, just something simple to say thank you. So once my card bases were cut, I moved on to decorating them. I decided it would be fun to create a stencil out of some of the small simple heart dies from the Stitched Heart Dies, so I took all three small ones that didn’t have the stitching detail and adhered them randomly together with some washi tape, I then ran this through many times on top of some acetate to create my own re-useable stencil. By all means you could do this with cardstock of course, but acetate will last longer. Once it was all die cut out – just enough to cover the card base I adhered it over the top just using some washi tape along the sides and used some red distress ink to blend over the top. I was heavier handed towards the bottom and lighter at the top to create a fun ombre pattern without having to use several shades of red.

I completed this on all four cards and then worked on the images. I stamped out the bodies, tails and a couple of the heads from the Comfy Creatures stamp set and then stamped a couple of other heads from the Sending My Love set. I also stamped out some of the fruit images from the Summer Picnic stamp set. I decided to use my Copic markers this time around to colour in all my images. Once they were all coloured I used the coordinating dies to cut them all out – so super easy!

Now that I had everything together I decided to figure out what body I wanted with each head and fruit. Once I figured that out I adhered them together. I then stuck the critters on each card with some foam adhesive and then took the Fresh and Fruity stamp set and figured out which sentiments went with each fruit and then stamped them directly on the card base with some black ink and that finished up all of my four cards.

I hope you enjoyed a look at my cards today. I had a lot of fun making them and I hope this inspires you. Make sure you check by the blog this week as the other ladies are going to have some amazing projects as always!

- Eloise

Sunny Studio Products Used:

• Stitched Heart Dies 
• Fresh and Fruity 
• Summer Picnic 
• Summer Picnic Dies
• Comfy Creatures 
• Comfy Creatures Dies 
• Sending My Love
• Sending My Love Dies

Guest Designer Spotlight: Woo Hoo Owl Graduation Card by Chari Moss

I'm so excited to share a second card by the lovely Chari Moss using our Woo Hoo Stamps and coordinating dies.

Loving her lavender owl (why didn't I think of that?!) and the addition of the wiggle eyes.  Her beautiful color scheme with the blended background and sequins is so stunning too!

Thank you Chari for sharing more of your wonderful talents with us!  

Guest Designer Spotlight: Summer Cards with Isha Gupta

I'm so excited to welcome the talented Isha Gupta to the blog today as our special guest!  I love her fun style and all the amazing cards she is sharing with our Fresh & Fruity and Tropical Paradise stamps today.  Take it away Isha...  

Hi there!  For my first card I created the background using a stencil as a stamp. For my images I used the awesome “Tropical Paradise” stamp set. I embossed the images using gold embossing powder and colored them using my Zig markers. I arranged them using a die-cut circle frame. To create some depth, I used 3D foam for various heights.

My second card also uses the stamps from the “Tropical Paradise” stamp set. I created a sunset background using my distress inks. I then stamped the Flamingos and colored them using my Zig markers. To create the scene, I used a vellum circle frame. I stamped and embossed the flowers onto vellum. Once I positioned the flamingos, I adhered the flowers to ground them.

I created my third card using all the yummy fruits from the “Fresh & Fruity” stamp set. I created a background strip using vellum. I stamped the images using memento black ink and colored them using copic markers and fussy cut them out. I then stamped the sentiment onto the vellum background using StazOn ink. Finally I adhered the fruits using 3d foam in various thickness for added dimension. To finish, I added glossy accents on some parts of the fruits.

For my last card I started with creating the background by stamping the watermelon onto the watercolor paper. I colored it using damp brush and some distress ink. I then cut this panel using the Fishtail Banner die. I then sponged some red inks onto a piece of cardstock, flicked some water and white paint. I tied some black twine around the melon panel and adhered it to the base using 3D foam. I then stamped and embossed part of the sentiment onto black cardstock and cut it in a strip. I stamped the word “melon” using red ink and fussy cut it. Finally adhered the sentiment onto the card and adhered some sequins to finish off.

I hope you like my creations as much as I enjoyed creating them! Thank you Mendi for having me as a guest on the blog totally. It was total fun to use your awesome products.

Island Getaway Sushine Card with Lexa

Hello everyone!  Lexa here with a bright summer-y card showcasing the Island Getaway stamp set and coordinating dies. You already know that coordinating dies surely make your life easier, right? :)

I chose to use all bright colors for this one.  It reminds me of one hot sunny day... it's just me and my flip flops walking under the trees' shade. Did you just smile imagining that? Or is it just me? Hehe. First I cut my pink panel to 2.25" x 5.5" and created a tone-on-tone background by stamping some hibiscus images with Hero Arts Pale Tomato. The bigger hibiscus are from Tropical Paradise stamps, while the smaller one (and the leaves) are from Island Getaway. They matched perfectly!

The circle diecut is blended with some Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey Distress Inks on the edges. I die-cut the Sunshine Word Die four times and layered them together to get some dimension. All the images are stamped with Versafine Onyx Black and watercolored with Distress Markers. I also cut a strip of burlap to add an extra fun texture for this card. Last but not least I added my favorite clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh.

I hope you like today's card. Have a great weekend to you all! 

Sunny Studio Stamps 25% off Memorial Day Sale!!!

Just popping in to let you know that today we are celebrating Memorial Day weekend with a special 3-day sale at our online store using the code: MEMORIAL

As an added bonus all orders placed in May and June will automatically receive a mini star die. Happy Shopping!  :)