Looking Sharp Cards with Ashley and Mayra

Hi friends! It's Ashley with a cute birthday card featuring the Looking Sharp set that is just on point! 

I started this card by ink blending a background using Distress Oxides in Squeezed Lemonade, Worn Lipstick, Seedless Preserves, and Chipped Sapphire. I knew I was going to make a cut out, so I blended my colors sideways to cover the area that would be showing. I then splattered my blending with a bit of watered down white acrylic paint and dried it with my heat gun. If the paper warps, I put it inside a folded up piece of printer paper and run it through my die cutting machine - ta da! Flat again! I used two of the Slimline Basic Border dies on white cardstock to make the top and bottom sections, then added them on top of my blended piece with foam tape to give the window a sunken feel.

I stamped the cacti and party hat from Looking Sharp onto more white cardstock with Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink and colored with Copics. I added a few white gel pen highlights, then used the matching Looking Sharp dies to cut the images out. I added them inside the window with more foam tape. I used the sentiment from Looking Sharp and added it to the opposite side of my card from the images for balance. I finished up with a few Crystal Clear jewels for extra interest.

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

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Hello everyone!!! Happy Monday! Mayra here with you today. Can you believe June is almost over already?! Wow!! I hope your summer is off to a wonderful start. I have this CAS card to share with you. I used the cute Looking Sharp stamp set.

I started by coloring the cute little cactus images using Copic markers. I used YG01, YG00, G28, YG67, YG17, G16, G09, G05, G14, and G02. I then die-cut the base panel using the largest rectangle from the Stitched Rectangles die set. Next, I used the Cable Knit Embossing Folder to add a beautiful embossed texture to the panel.

I hope you enjoy the card I created to share with you today. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by. I pray you each have a wonderful and blessed day.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Looking Sharp Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Looking Sharp Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio

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

Scalloped Fence Cards with Anja and Vanessa

Hello everyone, Anja here today and I think mixing and matching products is so much fun! Today, I incorporated the Scalloped Fence Dies into my little fairy scene.

My card is a bit larger than the regular A2 size and measures 5 7/8" x 4 1/2". The patterned paper from the Spring Fling 6x6 Paper pack was the perfect fit for this scene. I die cut the fence pieces from white cardstock and assembled them – love the details and dimension. I also cut the grass border included in the Picket Fence Die set from green cardstock and adhered it at the bottom of the card.

Next, I stamped the sweet Garden Fairy images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I cut everything out with the coordinating dies. I adhered the mushroom house and fence flat and popped up the other images with foam tape.

The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark Ink and I heat embossed it with Salvaged Patina Distress Embossing Glaze. Finally, I applied some Crystal Stickles to the fairy wings.

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

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Hello to you! Vanessa here with a new card using the Scalloped Fence Dies. Ready for a stroll in the park?

I inked the front of my white card base with Cracked Pistachio and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. Now I die-cut the fence, the tree trunks and the borders from white cardstock and inked the tree pieces with Distress Oxide Ink. I added details with ink droplets and a white gel pen, assembled the elements and adhered them to the card. 

These are the sets I used for today's card:
Scalloped Fence Dies
A Bird's Life stamps (birds, bird house)
Lovable Llama (hello)
Fluffy Clouds Border Dies (top of trees)
Rustic Winter Dies (tree trunks)

After I had stamped the images, I colored them with Copic markers, fussy-cut everything and adhered it to the card with foam tape. Finally, I stamped the "hello" and drew the string with a black marker. 

Our garden is bursting with life right now, I loved creating this card with the beautiful stamps and dies :) Wishing you a wonderful day wherever you are! See you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Fence Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rustic Winter Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Lovable Llama Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gift Card Pocket Focused Cards with Julia and Franci

Hey crafty friends! It’s Julia here with super fun mini birthday card!

I wanted to create a tiny card that would perfectly fit a gift card, so this is what I came up with! I stamped out the image from Love Monkey onto Strathmore Bristol smooth paper and colored it in using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Then, I die cut the smallest of the Stitched Rectangle dies and I ink blended the background using a grass and cloud stencil and Distress Oxide Inks. I heat embossed the sentiment from Inside Greetings Birthday in white onto vellum and layered it over the grass.

Inks used: Tumbled Glass, Bundles Sage, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn. Zig Markers used:  999, 74, 68, 64, 66; 28; 45, 41; 33, 42; 50, 51, 55.

To create the card base for my mini card, I cut a strip of light blue cardstock to 2 1/2 x 7 1/2" and I scored it at 3 3/4". I added the background to my little card base and then attached the Gift Card Pocket to the inside. 

I also die cut the word dies that come with the Gift Card Pocket die set out of teal cardstock and added the words "for you" to the front of the pocket. To finish off my mini card, I added some sparkly Aquamarine Jewels to the gift card pocket!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week!

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Happy Wednesday crafty friends! It's Franci here with you today, with a cute new yummy project.

First of all I die cut all the cupcake elements out of colored cardstocks and patterned papers from these sets: Classic Gingham, Summer Splash and Dots & Stripes. I also cut out the lemon using the Slice of Summer coordinated dies and glued my cupcake together with liquid glue.

Then I die cut all the elements from the new Gift Card Pocket die set, glued the sentiment on the front and the little pocket on the back - turning this cute cupcake into a little gift tag! 

Thanks a lot for stopping by today and have a lovely day! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slice of Summer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio