Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Anita Madden

Hello everyone, it's Anita Madden here! I’m so excited to be guest designing for Sunny Studio Stamps today!  I love this latest release and I used three stamps sets to create today’s cards.

I used the Beach Babies stamp set for this card. I also used the palm tree from the Island Getaway stamp set. I colored all the images with Copics and then die cut them using the coordinating dies. I sponged distress inks onto Strathmore paper to create the “sand” and the “ocean waves”. I die cut a large circle in my card front and used a stencil and distress inks to create the clouds behind the waves. I used foam tape to adhere the card front on to my card base, and I used foam tape to adhere all the beach babies and accessories.

I also used the Beach Babies stamp set for this card. The fun pattern paper is from the Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper. This paper pack is so fun – it’s full of bright patterns. I cut the sentiment tab from paper from the Silly Stripes 6x6 Paper. I colored the boy and his jet ski with Copics and then die cut him using the coordinating dies. I used distress inks to create a wave, and I used distress inks and a stencil to create sun rays on a die cut circle. I adhered the boy with foam tape to add some dimension to my card.

I used the Happy Camper stamp to make this card but went for a night scene on this card.  I colored the camper with Copics and die cut it using the coordinating die. I sponged distress inks on Strathmore paper to create the grassy area, night sky, and the moon. I also die cut the pine trees from the inked paper. I flicked some white acrylic paint on the sky and assembled my card with foam tape. I used white embossing powder and heat-embossed the sentiment. 

I used the Happy Camper stamp on this card. The sweet heart pattern paper is from the Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper. The “grass” was cut from paper from the Striped Silly 6x6 Paper and the sun was cut using paper from the Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper. I colored the camper with Copics and die cut it using the coordinating dies. I used distress inks to stencil some clouds onto a die cut circle and adhered the grass. I used foam tape to adhere the camper, sun and sentiment strip. I would love to have a camper just like this one … it would be so much fun!

For my last card I used the Critter Campout stamp set. I colored the skunk, campfire, fox, and tent with Copics and die cut them using the coordinating dies. I used distress inks on Strathmore paper to create the evening sky, grassy area, and lake. The little pine trees were also cut from the inked paper. I added some water drops to the sky. 

I hope you’ve enjoyed my cards and that I’ve inspired you to go get your fingers all inky! 

Thank you so much Mendi for having me as a guest!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:        

Island Getaway Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Island Getaway Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Babies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Campout Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Critter Campout Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Camper Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Camper Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cascading Stars Gold Embossed Starry Night Sky Card with Lexa

Hello everyone! Lexa here today with a card that's highlighting Cascading Stars Stamp and pair it with my most favorite Critter Campout Stamps. If you're wondering why I always play favorites to critter stamps, it's simply just because I looove animals so much and I feel that I'll never have enough critter stamps in my life .. NEVER! 

First of all, I stamp the Cascading Stars twice and gold embossed it on the background. After the gold shines all over my card, I blend some Distress Inks in Chipped Sapphire, Black Soot, Dusty Concord and Seedless Preserves to create night sky. As for the ground I blend Crushed Olive and Mowed Lawn in the bottom part of my card. To set the horizons I also stamp some pine trees in dark grey dye ink.

All images are stamped with Versafine black ink and watercolored with Distress Markers. After I finished with the coloring, I die cut these three friends and their campfire with the coordinating dies. How adorable is that sleeping bear while his friends sing some lullabies. I love to create a story behind every scenic cards I made. I white embossed the sentiment on black cardstock and use staplers to set it on the fix position.

That's my card for today. I hope you enjoy this post. Thank you so much for stopping by and wish you all a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cascading Stars Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Critter Campout Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Critter Campout Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Hello Word Die Simple Kraft and White Hello Card with Vanessa

Hi everyone! Vanessa here today with a simple kraft card combining various sets.

For my card, I first stamped and heat-embossed the tree from Summer Picnic, the snail from Critter Campout and the lines from Birthday Balloon on a panel of Kraft cardstock. After I had adhered the panel to the card, I die-cut the Hello Word Die trice from white cardstock, assembled the pieces and adhered the word to the card. 

Now I die-cut the butterfly from vellum and cardstock and adhered it. Finally, I added clear sequins for a little bling.

I love that all the sets from Sunny Studio go together so well :) Thanks for visiting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Summer Picnic Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Birthday Balloon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Critter Campout Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Hello Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Camper Oval Shaped Happy Place Card with Franci

Hello there and happy Wednesday! It's Franci here with you today with a pretty card featuring the Happy Camper stamp set and some other new goodies!

First, I die cut the largest of the new Fancy Frames Oval dies out of some kraft cardstock and created a coordinated backdrop from white cardstock. I stamped the little camper in Memento black ink, colored it with Copics, and die cut it using the coordinating dies. I then cut out lots of trees and colored them by sponging some different shades of green distress inks.

I masked the bottom of the white oval and sponged on more Distress ink to create the sky. I splattered some water onto the background and removed the excess with a towel to create more interest in the background. Then I masked the sky and created the "road" as well. 

I die cut a little banner out of some white cardstock using the little die included in the Fancy Frames Rectangle die set and stamped all of the sentiments with the same black ink used before. I glued down all of the elements using a combination of liquid glue and foam adhesive. Finally, I added some details with a white gel pen and a little bow made out of some gold twine.

Hope you like it and thank you so much for stopping by today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Camper Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Camper Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

NICU Card Drive Blog Hop & Fundraiser with card by Juliana

Hello there! Thank you for joining us today.  We're so honored to be helping raise money for families with babies in the NCIU today.  You can read about Leah's story here and how with your help we can raise money to give these families gift cards to Starbucks for some much needed fresh air and time to regroup from everything they are going through.

Juliana Michaels has created a card to give to one of those families. Take it away Juliana...

Hello there!  The card I created was inspired by the Encouragement theme and Woodland mood board. Sunny Studio recently released the Critter Campout stamps and I knew this set would be perfect for the theme.

I began by stamping and coloring a bunch of the cute woodland critters from Critter Campout Stamp Set. I then colored them with Chameleon Pens and die cut them using the coordinating Critter Campout Die Set.

To create the background, I cut a circle from black cardstock. I took the Cascading Stars Stamp Set and stamped it onto the black circle with Versamark Ink. I then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder to make the stars shine!

The grass was created using the Sunny Sentiments Die Set. I simply used the grass die to cut a strip from green cardstock. I then die cut this piece using the same circle die I used to cut out the background.

Using my MISTI Stamping Tool, I curved the sentiment to match the curve on the circle and stamped it with Versamark Embossing Ink. I then heat embossed it with white embossing powder to make it pop against the dark background.

Once the background was complete, I created the scene with the woodland critters gathered around the fire. For the final touch, I embossed a piece of kraft cardstock using a woodgrain embossing folder. I love how this continues the woodland theme.

It was my pleasure to be a part of this blog hop here on the Sunny Studio Blog! I hope this card will bring a bit of comfort to its recipient during their time of need!

PRIZES:

WAYS YOU CAN HELP:

1. Donate! - directly to Layton's Legacy YouCaring Fundraiser. For every $5 donated, you will be entered into the drawing for one of the prizes above!! All winners will be drawn from donations made thru the YouCaring Site. **Prizes will be drawn and announced here on my blog on Saturday, May 19th.**

2. Shop!
-Pinkfresh Studio will be donating 10% of their sales for the week.
-CAS-ual Fridays Stamps will be donating 15% of their sales thru May 19th.
-My affiliate linking dollars will be donated thru May 19th.

3. Create! -  this is also a card drive, and if you'd like to create a card using the theme/moodboard below, I would love that! I will be including these handmade treasures with the giftcards when I hand them over to the NICU social worker, and my dream is that the NICU will be covered in beautiful creations inspired by Layton!! Link them up HERE, and then please email me (lea@lealawsoncreates.com) to get the address for sending - and note that I will need them to arrive by May 31st.

HOW TO STAY UPDATED:

There are two ways to stay updated on the fundraising progress, and to see photos as I drop items off at the NICU. 

1. Subscribe to the Lea Lawson Creates blog via email using the prompt in the upper right corner - then you will get email notifications when I add a new post.

2. Follow Lea Lawson Creates on Instagram. I will add photos & videos to my IG Stories, and likely go LIVE a few times throughout the fundraising effort and as we drop everything off at the NICU!

Here's a full list of everyone hopping today...  You're next stop is Tae Eun Yoo's blog.  :)

An InLinkz Link-up

Fast Food Fun Layered Sentiment Love Themed Card with Eloise

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a card to share with you all using the Fast Food Fun stamp set. I was so inspired by Franci's card the other week, and had to take some inspiration from that card to create my own today. I'll also be pulling in some of the new patterned paper to finish off my card.

To begin my card today, I started off with watercoloring a green background onto some cardstock. I used a green from my Mijello Misson Gold Palette. Once I had a nice base, I set that off to the side to dry and worked on my images. I stamped out the burger, pizza and chips from the Fast Food Fun stamp set onto some more watercolour paper with Versafine Onyx Black ink and then clear heat embossed over them. So when I go to watercolour them, it stays contained. I used my Zig Clean Colour Real Brush Markers for these instead, since they were smaller and I find them easier to use. Once they were coloured, I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

On my watercolour panel that was now dry, I laid out my images in a line on top of each other and left a space between each, since this is where I'm going to stamp my coordinating sentiments. I then used the 'I've Bun Thinking Of You' sentiment underneath the burger, the 'Time Fries When I'm With You' underneath the chips image and then lastly 'You've Stolen A Pizza My Heart' underneath the pizza image. Once they were stamped I clear heat embossed over them as well so I wouldn't smudge the ink. I then added foam tape behind the images and adhered them down as well. To finish off my card I adhered down my panel at an angle on a piece of polka dot paper from the Polka Dot Parade paper pad and then adhered my panel onto a white card base.

That finished up my card for today and thank you to Franci for the inspiration of layering sentiments and scenes, I love this design so much! Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll catch you all next time.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fast Food Fun Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Fast Food Fun Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Froggy Friends Toadally Awesome Frog Card with Mendi

Hello there!  I recently created a card for a special friend who adores frogs so I thought I would pop in and share it with you today.  It was created using our Froggy Friends stamps which I paired with the two green prints from our Polka-dot Parade Paper Pack.

I've always loved the complimentary colors pink & green together (in fact it was the color of my Laura Ashley inspired bedroom in the 90's) so I kept my color palette simple, inking a soft and subtle background behind my little frogs using Spun Sugar distress ink together with my favorite Jumbo Dauber.

This card was really simple to make, but I know my friend will love it!  

I hope you have a wonderful & relaxing Sunday.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  :)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Froggy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Froggy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Lovely Fusion Sequins Shop at: Sunny Studio