Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Amy Young

Hi, I'm Amy Young and I'm very excited to be guesting for Sunny Studio today. I've got two fun cards to share using stamps and dies from from the latest release. First up is this crazy cute scene featuring the Happy Hamsters set. Seriously, who can resist a pudgy cheeked hamster, let alone four of them? 

Right away I knew that I wanted to color all four of them into a cohesive scene showing them hanging out together in their cage. One would be running like crazy on the exercise wheel that is included in the set but what to do with the others? That's when inspiration hit and I decided to try my hand at coloring them all into one of those plastic maze tunnel type set ups. To help sell the idea that they are inside the tube I stamped them up using the lighter Memento desert sand ink versus the Memento tuxedo black that I had used to stamp up the wheel and its occupant. You can especially see the difference this makes on the hamster peeking out up top. 

First I stamped him in desert sand using my Misti then inked up only his top half in tuxedo black, creating the illusion that his bottom half is obscured by the tube that I then colored over top. For extra contrast on the plastic tubing I brushed on Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof White after my Copic coloring was complete. I also dabbed some around the feet of the running hamster to add to the motion and speed of the spinning wheel.

 

For my second card I had a great time stamping and masking together a tropical beach scene using the Tiki Time set. Rather than have the sweet hula girl elephant dancing out front I thought it would be fun to have her tending bar at this beach front tiki bar instead. Her parrot patron looks quite pleased with the drink she has prepared. Because I also wanted to have those tiki torches blazing bright I ended up coloring in a rather dark sunset sky in the background, which also adds a lot of drama to the overall scene. 

The trade off for all that dynamic color is that it would be hard to stamp on one of the sentiments from the set and have it show up. Luckily for me I had the super cute Chloe Alphabet dies on hand which made adding a sentiment quick and easy. I really can't even tell you how much I love this playful font! In the end it was just what I needed to tie this card design all together. 

So thank you to Mendi for this chance to showcase a few of her darling stamp sets. I can't wait to see what else I can create with your fantastic images.  :) 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Happy Hamsters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tiki Time Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Color My World Cards with Kay and Candice

Hi there! Kay here with a card to share with you using the new Color My World stamp set and Color My World coordinating dies. I chose to use just the crayon and sentiment out of the stamp set, but I can't wait to use some of the other fun images too! I have many fun ideas in my head for the paint set!

So I first stamped all of the crayons in the Color My World Stamp set in several different colors using inks from Pinkfresh. These stamps are four step layering stamps, and the Pinkfresh inks come in four shades for each color, so they work perfectly! I then cut out all of the images with the Color My World dies and set them aside.

I created my background using the same inks that I stamped the crayons with. I watercolored onto white cardstock. Cardstock doesn't move the ink around quite as well as watercolor paper, but since the areas were small it worked fine. I then speckled with some more of the same ink colors and some white ink as well.

After this dried, I cut my panel out and mounted it onto a A2 white card base with foam tape. I then added all of the crayons with foam tape as well. The sentient was heat embossed with white embossing powder on black and pink cardstocks and added above the crayons with foam tape.

I hope you have enjoyed my card today! Have a great weekend!

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Hello crafty friends, it's Candice back with you this Friday! I know this past year of school has been tough for kids and those special teachers that were there for your kids deserve some recognition! I have a great card with a great sentiment just for that occasion!

I used these Sunny Studio products to create my mini slimline design:

• Color My World stamps & coordinating dies
• Teacher Appreciation stamps
• Slimline Pennant dies

I began my mini slimline with a 6 1/2 x 4 card base. I then created the stitched background with the slimline pennant die using the partial die cut method (run the die through partway, rotate and line up, and run it partway again!)

Next, I made the rainbow of pencil ends in an assembly way. I first stamped the base in all the colors and then moved to the next layer in all the colors until the pencils were created using Altenew inks. This allowed me to line it up evenly throughout all the stamping. I then used the coordinating dies to cut them all out.

I finished the clean and simple design by gluing the pencils down the right side in rainbow order, trimmed the edges, and stamped my sentiment on the left!

I hope you find inspiration to show appreciation for the teachers that have helped your family in the past year! Thank you so much!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio