Welcome New Design Team Member Ana Anderson

Please help us welcome a new member to our creative team: the talented Ana Anderson! We are beyond thrilled that she has agreed to share her talents with us and we just know that you are going to fall in love with her adorable designs as much as we have! Make sure and check out her blog, as well as following her on Facebook and Instagram.

Hello everyone! It's Ana here today and I am so excited to be sharing my first post as a Sunny Studio Design Team member! For today's post I made a birthday card featuring adorable Best Fishes stamps and coordinating dies, as well as Catch a Wave dies and Summer Splash patterned paper.

I started with creating the background with waves patterned paper from Summer Splash collection, trimming it to A2 size. To create the waves, I used Catch a Wave dies then added Snow Pen to add white caps. On the bottom half of the background panel I inked Salty Ocean and Peacock Feathers Distress inks.

I created the sand next, by inking Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry Distress inks on Bristol paper and die cutting them with sandy beach border die from Oceans of Joy die set.

For the sky, I inked Salty Ocean then used Fluffy Clouds Dies to add the stitched clouds.

I stamped and Copic colored the images from Best Fishes stamp set, and few (rock, green plant and coral) from Magical Mermaids stamp set. Once all images were colored, I used coordinating dies to cut them out. To an A2 size card base I adhered the waves and sand panels, using craft foam.

I stamped the sentiment (from Best Fishes stamp set) next, then added the images adhering some directly to the background and some with foam tape.

To finish off the card I added bubbles with white Pigment ink, and embellished with Nuvo drops in Morning Dew.

Copic markers: sharks – BV04, BV13, BV02, BV31, B01, B00; V17, V15, V12, V01; marlin – B05, B02, B01, B00, YG41; clown fish – R37, R35, R14, CG01; puffer – G02, YG41, G00, Y11, Y00; crab – G05, G02, YG41; crab – Y02, Y11, Y00, R22, YR61, R20; rock -Y11, Y00, WG5, WG3, WG1; starfish – BG45, BG01, BG00; Y02, Y11, Y00; V17, V15, V01; I used the same color combinations for all the plants.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you're having a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Magical Mermaid Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Magical Mermaid Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Oceans of Joy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Catch A Wave Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Fluffy Clouds Cards with Lexa and Rachel

Hi everyone! Lexa here today with a scenic card using Fluffy Clouds Dies. I personally love these dies so much. It's so versatile that you can use it all year around with any theme especially outdoor scenes like I did with mine today. Let's get started!

The images are stamped with Versafine black ink and watercolored with Distress Markers. I used the pine trees from Seasonal Trees Stamps for the forest background. For my focal point image I used the cuddling little foxes from Foxy Christmas Stamps and I also added a tiny red bow on the smaller fox. Aren't they so adorable? After finished with the coloring I used the coordinating dies to cut out all the images. I make the foxes sit on a tree trunk.

As for the sky, I used the stitched cloud shapes several times on the top part of my card. I also cut some white fluffy clouds to add dimension. For my sky I blended Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feather Distress Inks and used Mowed Lawn Distress Ink for the grass. I then adhered the pine trees with glue in the background. I used the orange patterned paper from Amazing Argyle Paper Pad to match the orange foxes. My last step was to stamp the "hello" sentiment on a piece of fishtail banner.

That's all for today, I hope you enjoy today's post and have an amazing day!

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Hello, crafty friends! It's Rachel here and I have a birthday card to share with you that features the new Fluffy Clouds Die Set. I love how you have the option to die cut a cloud from card stock or just add gorgeous cloud stitching as a subtle effect to your card.

I chose to do both today. As you can see in the photos, there are some stitched outlines of clouds that lightly cover the background. I also added a few puffy white clouds to pop out on the ink-blended sky.

I started by stamping my images from both the Love Monkey and A Bird's Life Stamp Sets with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock. I then used some Copic Sketch Markers to color everything. I used the coordinating Love Monkey and A Bird's Life dies to cut them out.

For my background, I blended some Tumbled Glass, Shaded Lilac, and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Inks onto some smooth white card stock. I then splattered this image with some water and blotted it dry with a clean paper towel after letting it sit for a minute. I also splattered this panel with some diluted Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink and Opaque White Paint for some added interest.

Once this panel was dry, I then began to die cut my stitched-only clouds into the background. I added my white puffy clouds and die cut images to the front of my card with some 3D Foam Adhesive Squares to give them some dimension. Lastly, I heat embossed my sentiment with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder onto a strip of black card stock.

I hope you enjoyed my card today! Thanks so much for dropping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Amazing Argyle 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio