Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Meow & Furever Cards with Isha and Kavya

Hello everyone! Isha here with you with a fun CAS shaker card. I love making flat shaker cards a lot as they are easy to post too :)

Sunny Studio Stamps: Meow & Furever Slimline Dies Stitched Circle Dies Valentine's Day Cards by Isha Gupta

Hope you might be enjoying our new release. Today I am featuring the new Meow & Furever stamp set and the coordinating dies along with the Slimline Pennant dies and the Stitched Circles - large dies.

To start, I stamped the image from the Meow & Furever stamp set using memento black ink. Color them using Copic markers and die-cut using the coordinating diesDie-cut the biggest of the pennants using the Slimline Pennant die. Die-cut a circle towards the center of the pennant using the Stitched Circles - large dies

Sunny Studio Stamps: Meow & Furever Slimline Dies Stitched Circle Dies Valentine's Day Cards by Isha Gupta

Adhere acetate to the back of the circle opening. Adhere the white circle onto the pink card base. Add some WOW! Sparkles onto the circle to create the shaker. Adhere Scor-tape all around the circle opening onto the acetate to keep the shaker flat. Adhere the pennant to the card base. Now using a 3D foam, adhere the image and the sentiment stripe to the card.

Hope you enjoyed the shaker interactive element using the new release. Thank you for dropping by.

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Hi folks, Kavya here. Valentine’s Day is just a month away and the new Meow & Furever stamp set is perfect for creating a sweet card for the special someone or a friend for that matter!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Meow & Furever Slimline Dies Stitched Circle Dies Inside Greetings Valentine's Day Card by Kavya

I first started by matting my card-base on a linen colored card stock. I die cut the banners from the Slimline Pennant Dies set and ink blended using shades of blue and pink. I splattered some white paint to add some texture! Sunny Studio Stamps: Meow & Furever Slimline Dies Stitched Circle Dies Inside Greetings Valentine's Day Card by Kavya

I then stamped and colored various images from the Meow & Furever stamp set using Copic Markers and colored pencils. I added some highlights to the images using a white gel pen.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Meow & Furever Slimline Dies Stitched Circle Dies Inside Greetings Valentine's Day Card by Kavya


To finish my card, I stamped a sentiment from Inside Greeting Birthday stamp set using black ink and added some stamped hearts on each side!

I hope you enjoyed this card as much I did making it! 

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Inside Greetings Birthday
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Meow & Furever Stamps
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Meow & Furever Dies
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Slimline Pennant Dies
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Stitched Circle Large Dies
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Monday, January 11, 2021

My Otter Half Cards with Ashley and Mayra

Hi friends! It's Ashley with my first card of the new release and it features one of my favorites - My Otter Half! The otters are just too cute for words! I combined them with the seaweed from Best Fishes and some ombre ink blending for a lovely watery scene. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: My Otter Half Best Fishes Slimline Dies Otter Punny Card by Ashley Ebben

I started by blending Distress Oxides in Peacock Feathers, Mermaid Lagoon, and Blueprint Sketch onto some light aqua cardstock. I splattered some white paint and some Inkon3 Pixie Dust shimmer liquid for a bubbly, watery feel. I added some sand to the bottom by cutting light brown cardstock with one of the Slimline Nature Border dies and adhering it in place. Then I die cut the whole piece with my favorite frame from Frilly Frames Stripes to make a scalloped edge. I added this to a dark teal card base to finish the background.

Sunny Studio Stamps: My Otter Half Best Fishes Slimline Dies Otter Punny Card by Ashley Ebben

I stamped the otters from My Otter Half and the seaweed from Best Fishes in Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink on white cardstock. I colored with Copics then cut everything out with the matching dies and arranged them on my card front. For the sentiment, I stamped phrases from My Otter Half in Pinkfresh Studio Tidal Pond ink. I used the otter word die from the My Otter Half dies three times on dark teal cardstock, then glued them together for a dimension sentiment. I added it to my card, then brushed the whole word with clear Wink of Stella shimmer to match the shimmer in the background. I finished with a few scattered dew drops to add some extra bubbles.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

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Hello everyone!! Mayra here with you today. I have a fun card to share with you. I used the adorable and super sweet new My Otter Half stamp set. This is such a sweet set. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: My Otter Half Stitched Circle Dies Otter Punny Card by Mayra Duran-Hernandez

I began by coloring the cute little otters using Copic markers. I used E41, E31, E55, and a bit of E35. I also colored the little fishes from the Penguin Pals stamp set. I used R22 and R05 for the fishes. Next, I die cut the layers I would be using for the little otters swimming scene. I used the Stitched Circle Large dies and the Scalloped Circle Mats 3 sets. I used Mermaid Lagoon and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks to add color to the water area. I then used the Slimline Nature Borders dies set to create a sandy area. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: My Otter Half Stitched Circle Dies Otter Punny Card by Mayra Duran-Hernandez

Then, I die cut a stitched rectangle panel using the rectangle from the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil dies set from a red patterned sheet of paper from the Sleek Stripes paper pad. I used the 'otter' die from the set as part of the sentiment. I hope you enjoy this fun card that I created to share with you today. Thank you so much for stopping by. I pray you each have a wonderful and blessed day. 

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Frilly Frames Stripes Die
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Best Fishes Stamps
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Best Fishes Dies
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Frilly Frames Quatrefoil
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Slimline Nature Borders
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Penguin Pals Stamps
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Penguin Pals Dies
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Sleek Stripes Paper
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My Otter Half Stamps
My Otter Half Stamps
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My Otter Half Dies
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Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies
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Stitched Circle Large Dies
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Sunday, January 10, 2021

Spring 2021 Release Winners & Introducing New Design Team Members

Thank you for helping us celebrate our Spring 2021 Release. Your excitement is infectious and my week was brightened by all your sweet comments!

The winners for our five $50 giveaways are...

Monday
Marilyn Marciw

Tuesday
Jana Falk

Wednesday
Teresa Russell

Thursday
Pam Giudici

Friday
Beth Fralix

Congratulations ladies!  I have emailed each of the winners so if you don't see my email, it may have accidentally gone to your spam folder.  :)

I would also like to take this moment to introduce three new designers to our team. We're very excited to welcome these talented ladies to our little Sunny Studio family.


Kay Miller


Julia Englich
YouTube: www.youtube.com/craftroomadventures
Instagram: www.instagram.com/craftroomadventures
Blog: https://craftroomadventures.blogspot.com



Kavya

Can't wait to start showing all the fun projects the team has been creating starting tomorrow! 


Friday, January 8, 2021

Sneak Peek: Captivating Camellias, Inside Greetings Birthday & Sympathy

Hello and welcome to the final day of our Spring Peek Week!  All this week I have been showcasing cards using our newest collection which is now available for purchase. Before you run off and shop though, make sure to check out our our last peek at three new stamp sets below, including two brand new inside greetings sentiment sets and a video showing a closer look at everything.

Card No. 1: Today's stamp set I'm showcasing is called Captivating Camellias which includes 2 blossoms, a leaf and a Mother's Day greeting.

For my first card of the day created a bold, elegant card where I mounted four 4" x 3/4" strips of black cardstock onto a white 4" x 5.25" panel before adhering them both to a metallic gold card base. For my "hello" word sentiment I used a die from our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. It's a very clean and simple, but turned out to be one of my personal favorites.

Sunny Studio Stamps B&W Striped Floral Flower Hello Card (using Captivating Camellias Stamps & Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies)

Card No. 2:  For my next card I started by die-cutting the stitched mat for the center using our Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies set. This die is much longer, but I was able to customize the length by flipping it around after the first cut, feeling where the stitching of the die locked into place with my previous cut and then running it through my die-cutting machine a second time.  I then stamped a sentiment from our new Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps and assembled my pre-stamped Captivating Camellias flowers onto my panel, trimming off were they extended beyond my stitched mat.

My next step was to add a little temporary adhesive and attach my panel to the center of my card front so that I could then put the card in my MISTI stamp positioning tool and use the coordinating 1c, 2c & 3b images from the set to align the stamps one by one before removing the panel and stamping them with Altenew Limestone ink. For a couple of my flower images with the overlapping leaves I cut some quick masks to cover the flower so that it would still appear the leaves were behind the focal point flowers when I stamped them. After a couple images were stamped, I could return the panel to the center, reposition my next set of stamps and then repeat the process until my background was complete. My last step was to adhere the panel to my card using foam tape to make color vs. b&w the effect a bit more dramatic.

Sunny Studio Floral Flower Layered Card (using Captivating Camellias & Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps)

Card No. 3:  For my next project featuring the Captivating Camellia Stamps, I wanted to go more soft and sweet for a card using our new Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps. Cards like this are always tough to create and I find I'm often at a loss for what to write inside them, but I'm hoping this stamp set might help for those moments when I feel like they are no words.

My wood embossed background was created using our Woodgrain Embossing Folder. I originally had just the white background, but I had mounted my focal point images a wee bit higher than I wanted and the card was feeling a bit top heavy to me so I cut off the bottom, added a small Ric Rac Border and a polka-dot print to match the flowers with our Background Basics Stamps. For the sentiment, I die-cut a frame using our Stitched Circle Small Dies and Stitched Circle Large Dies. I then stamped my sentiment onto vellum using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed it with Hero Arts Ultra Fine Embossing Powder before die-cutting it out using the outer circle die. This gave me a thin space to add adhesive to where it wouldn't be seen behind my pink circle frame. A few scattered Mirror Droplets were the perfect finishing touch.
Sunny Studio Floral Flower Card (using Captivating Camellias, Inside Greetings Sympathy, Background Basics Stamps, Stitched Circle Dies & Woodgrain Embossing Folder)

Card No. 4:  Up next I used another sentiment for our Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps. For this card I die-cut the outer frame with our Botanical Backdrop dies. I then layered it with our Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies to hold my stamped greeting, backing them with two different colored panels for some contrast. The background panels were created by inking them with PinkFresh Meadow Ink and Gina K. Ocean Mist (and then splattered with a little watered down Gina K. Blue Lagoon and an old toothbrush). A few shiny green pieces of confetti from our Iridescent Pastel Confetti mix complimented the colors perfectly.
Sunny Studio Floral Flower Card (using Captivating Camellias, Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps, Botanical Backdrop Dies & Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies)

Card No. 5:  This card combines our new Layered Basket Stamps with our Captivating Camellias Stamps. Aren't they pretty together? Love having another way to display flowers!  For my background I created a lacy scalloped panel using our Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace dies which I backed with a piece of pale pink cardstock and mounted onto a piece of patterned paper from our Classic Gingham Paper pack. For my greeting I heat embossed the word "happy" from our Happy Thoughts Stamps and paired it with the "birthday" word die from our Blooming Petals Frame Dies.
Sunny Studio Floral Flower Layered Card (using Captivating Camellias, Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps, Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Dies, Blooming Frame Dies & Classic Gingham Paper)

Every time I cut down our 6x6 Paper to fit my A2 sized card, I'm left with an extra 1/2" strip so I have a Ziploc baggie I save them in for future use. However, this time I actually completed the inside of my card (such a special day for me) so I was able to use it right away to tie the outside of my card together with the inside, using our new Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps.

Sunny Studio Floral Flower Layered Card (using Captivating Camellias, Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps & Classic Gingham Paper)

Card No. 6: While my last card was a bit more shabby chic, this card design which also features the Captivating Camellias Stamps with Layered Basket Stamps is clean and simple. This time I cut that same pale pink cardstock out into a banner shape using our Slimline Pennant Dies. For my sentiment strip, I used the smallest pennant from that same die set to stamp my greeting, cutting off the ends and just using it as a stitched strip. I love how long this die is to give me maximum flexibility. I found myself using it for many, many of my cards this week. My last touch were two little White Pearls to give the appearance they are holding my strip in place almost like two pearl topped straight pins.
Sunny Studio Floral Flower Layered Card (using Captivating Camellias, Layered Basket, Eggs To Dye For Stamps & Slimline Pennant Dies)

Here are just a few flower, leaf and Basket combinations I experimented with trying for the most part to use ink colors we carry in our store (linked below):

Sunny Studio Stamps Layered Basket & Captivating Camellias Floral Flower Layering Examples

I frequently am asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:




Basket 1
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Concord & 9th Wheat or Gina K. Kraft
Hero Arts Cup O' Joe

Basket 2
Skipped Lightest Layer
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Memories Soft Sand or Gina K. Sandy Beach
Memories Sand

Basket 3
(card no. 5)
Hero Arts Soft Sand
Gina K. Sandy Beach
Memories Sand
MFT Kraft

To help you line up our layered stamps like a pro I've created a special layering guide (you can click on the photo below to view it larger).  The guide shows the stamps starting with the lightest ink color, working towards the darkest, but sometimes I find it easier to start backwards. They both work depending on what your preference is.  The black outline indicates where that layer touches the previously stamped layer.  :)

Sunny Studio Captivating Camellias Stamps Layered Layering Guide

In honor of our big release today I created a video sharing a closer look at all 30 of our newest products, along with the cards I created using them. You can also view it on our YouTube Channel HERE.


Here's a look at this season's free mini Layered Ladybug Die that will automatically come with all orders while supplies last.

Sunny Studio Stamps Mini Layered Ladybug Metal Cutting Dies Free with any Spring 2021 Store Purchase

Also, just a reminder that we are continuing to offer free shipping on all USA Retail orders over $25 using the discount code FREESHIP or to save $5 on in order over $49 using discount code SAVE5. Limit one discount code per order.


That wraps up today's sneak peeks. I'm so happy you joined me this week! I'd love to give a $50 gift code to one lucky winner using the rafflecopter below.  If you haven't had a chance to enter the four other giveaways from earlier in the week, there's still a little time. The contests run through Saturday, January 9th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 10th. :)

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Here's a closer look at the our new Captivating Camellia Stamps & Dies, Inside Greetings Birthday Stamps and Inside Greetings Sympathy Stamps used today and now available for purchase.

Sunny Studio Captivating Camellias Layered Layering Floral Flower 4x6 Clear Photopolymer Stamps Sunny Studio Stamps Captivating Camellias Metal Cutting Dies

Sunny Studio Inside Greetings Birthday 4x6 Clear Photopolymer Sentiment Stamps Sunny Studio Inside Greetings Sympathy 4x6 Clear Photopolymer Sentiment Stamps 

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Ric Rac Border Dies
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Fancy Frames- Rectangles
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Background Basics Stamps
Background Basics Stamps
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Happy Thoughts Stamps
Happy Thoughts Stamps
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Botanical Backdrop Die
Botanical Backdrop Die
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Woodgrain Embossing
Woodgrain Embossing
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Blooming Frame Die
Blooming Frame Die
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Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace
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Slimline Scalloped Frame
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Eggs To Dye For Stamps
Eggs To Dye For Stamps
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Layered Basket Stamps
Layered Basket Stamps
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Layered Basket Dies
Layered Basket Dies
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Slimline Pennant Dies
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Stitched Circle Small Dies
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Stitched Circle Large Dies
Stitched Circle Large Dies
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Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper
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Iridescent Pastel Confetti
Iridescent Pastel Confetti
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Mirror Droplets
Mirror Droplets
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