Guest Designer Spotlight: Summer Cards with Juliana Michaels

Hi everyone! It's Juliana and I'm so happy to be sharing with you today as a guest on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog. 

For my Have A Sunshiny Day card, I used the Tropical Paradise, Island Getaway and Sunny Sentiments stamps. I love how all of these stamps from different sets coordinate so well together. I stamped each image using archival ink onto watercolor paper, colored them with Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens and then fussy cut each image. To create the background I made a mask with the waves stamps. I then applied Distress Ink with a sponger applicator in various shades of blue for the sky and brown for the sand. The final touch to background was a bit of water splatter and then a splatter of ink to give it some added interest.

The tropical theme continued with my next card - Cheers To You. For this card, I used the Tropical Paradise stamp set. I created masks of each image using a Post-it note and then created a festive little scene with the flowers and drinks. I stamped the images onto watercolor paper with archival ink and then colored it in using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens.

To create my One In A Melon card, I used the new Fresh and Fruity stamp set. I stamped the watermelons and the sentiment with black pigment ink onto watercolor paper, sprinkled them with clear embossing powder and then heat set the powder. I love how it gave the watermelons and the sentiment a bit of wet and juicy look! To color in the images, I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens.

For the Thanks A Bunch card, I used the Fresh and Fruity set along with the pineapple from the Tropical Paradise set. I created masks for each of the images and then created a fruity scene by stamping them onto watercolor paper using a Distress Ink Pad in Pumice Stone. I then colored in each image using Zig Clean Color Real Brush pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I invite you to check out my blog, 17turtles, for one more card I created using the Fresh and Fruity Stamp Set and a fun watercolor bleaching technique.

HUGS!
Juliana

   

Fresh and Fruity Birthday Card with Lexa

Hi everyone! Lexa here with the whole fruity gang to share a birthday card starring the Fresh and Fruity stamp set and coordinating dies. Don't you think that they are the cutest gang everrr??

I started with a panel of 4.25"x 5.5" white cardstock and a blue striped patterned paper in the same size. I had the thought of giving these fruits legs (since they already have the smiley faces, why not?) and they were dancing together. So drew some legs for them, and I think it makes them even cuter. I lightly blended Tumbled Glass Distress Ink in the bottom part of my card.

I stamped all the images with Versafine Onyx Black and watercolored them with Distress Markers, my favorite!  The pink flowers on the lemon and the pear are from Comfy Creatures, I love to add extra details every time. The sentiment also comes from the same set. And you know that I love sequins, right? This various size clear sequins from Pretty Pink Posh are so pretty. Here's a closer look at the gang...

I can't get enough of googly eyes in my life. LOL in fact I really love to shake and see them moving, so much fun! I hope you like today's card as much as I do. Have a wonderful weekend. xx

Fresh & Fruity Thanks A Bunch Card with Vanessa

Hi everyone! Vanessa here with a bright card using Fresh & Fruity (and the coordinating dies). I wanted the card to be happy and sunny and chose my favorite color combo for this.

Yellow and aqua work so well together, don't you think? I started with a panel of white cardstock that I had trimmed a bit smaller than my card base and inked the bottom part with yellow dye ink, the top part with the aqua dye ink. Then I applied tiny drops of aqua with a paint brush. I stamped the sentiment and adhered the panel to a card that I had covered with a yellow striped patterned paper. Now I stamped, colored and die-cut the fruits and adhered them (using foam tape for the lemon and the pear). Finally, I added clear and yellow sequins.

This set is so fun to play with, it always makes me want to go and eat fresh fruits! I hope you liked today's card! Thanks for visiting :)

Vanessa

Fresh & Fruity Fruit Starburst Thank You Card with Lindsey

Hi there! Lindsey here today with a card featuring Fresh and Fruity. This stamp set has lots of fun fruits and cute sentiments to accompany them. Today I decided to use lots of the fruits to make a sort of "star burst," using fruit. LOL. Let's get started!

To begin, I arranged the fruit in a sort of circular pattern on a white stitched square. Once I had all my fruit stamped out, I colored the images with Copic markers. I decided to make the little cherry in the set into a blueberry. I simply covered the part of the stamp I didn't want to show before I stamped it. I backed my stamped panel onto an orange piece of cardstock, and then used foam tape to pop the panel up on a larger plaid  stitched square. I stamped my sentiment from Fresh and Fruity onto a gingham strip of paper which I flagged at the end. I attached the sentiment to the stamped panel using some foam squares. To add a little sparkle, I placed a few iridescent sequins onto the stamped panel and added Wink of Stella to all the fruit. 

That's it for me today! I hope I've inspired you to create something fun with this cute set! Remember to check back to the blog for more inspiration. I can't wait to see what you create!

Fresh & Fruity: Hi Sweetie Lemon Card by Anni

Hey stampers, Anni here!  Today's card is featuring the very healthy stamp set Fresh & Fruity (and coordinating dies)

I love watercolors for backgrounds but I always struggle to use it for coloring images. But for this card I challenged myself to do just that. And I have to say I am quite happy how it turned out.  I used Peerless watercolors. The colors are bright and I find them easy to use. I also used them to add a little bit of color behind the lemons.

For the background I stamped the lemons randomly and embossed them with clear embossing powder on a light yellow cardstock.

I chose an aqua cardbase and assembled the card. For a little bit of contrast I added black sequins and black and white twine as finishing touches.

Thanks for stopping by and have a sunny week.
Anni