Cherry Blossoms Cards with Ashley and Mayra

Hello friends! It's Ashley with a card featuring Sunny Studio's newest layering stamp set, Cherry Blossoms! Cherry blossoms always make me think of spring so I am so happy to have this stamp set to play with. Have you ever seen a bunch of cherry trees in blossom? I have heard it is beautiful and hope to see it myself some day!

I started this card by stamping several of the Cherry Blossoms onto white cardstock with the pink Fairy Dust ink cube set from Pinkfresh Studio. I actually skipped the very first layer, opting to leave it white for extra light petals. I cut my flowers out with the matching Cherry Blossoms dies and set them aside. Instead of stamping the leaves from the Cherry Blossoms set, I grabbed the Spring Greenery dies and chose a favorite leaf shape from there. I cut the leaves out of two shades of grey cardstock as well as silver glitter cardstock to go with my flowers.

I created a simple background for my florals by using the Quilted Hearts Portrait die on white cardstock and adding it to a white card base. I layered my leaves and flowers in an L-shape on the front, popping a few flowers up with foam tape for dimension. I used the "hugs" die from Scalloped Oval Mat 3 dies on the same greys and silver glitter cardstock that I used for the leaves. I stacked the die cuts up, letting the silver glitter peek out behind to create a dimensional sentiment and added it to the card. I finished up with a scatter of light pink pearls.

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

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Happy Monday everyone, Mayra here. I am sharing this card with you today using the lovely new Cherry Blossoms stamp set. 

I began by using the larger of the two rectangles from the Stitched Rectangles die set to die cut a panel from smooth cardstock. I then used the beautiful Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace die to die-cut the center of the die-cut rectangle with the eyelet lace patterned die. I then added color to the panel. I used Picked Raspberry, Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet Distress Oxide inks, and Drive-In colored ink from Catherine Pooler. I then used a spray bottle to spritz a bit of water over the whole panel. 

Next, I stamped the layers to create the flowers from the Cherry Blossoms stamp set. I used Spun Sugar, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, and Seedless Preserves Distress Oxide inks.  I then used the coordinating dies to die-cut the flowers. Next, I used the leaves from the Spring Greenery die set. I added a bit of color using Lucky Clover Distress Oxide ink. 

I then layered the base panel onto a slightly larger one using the stitched rectangle from the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil die set. The sentiment is from the Lovey Dovey stamp set. 

Thank you very much for taking the time to stop by. I pray you each have a wonderful and blessed day. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cherry Blossoms Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Cherry Blossoms Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Passionate Penguins Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara Zoppi here! Today I am totally thrilled because today I am guesting again for Sunny Studio Stamps. I really love cute critters and if you are here, I’m sure you will too! I made three cards, using two of the recently released stamps and a background die too. So, let’s dive into the first one!

As soon as I saw the Bursting Hearts Die I loved it!! Look how gorgeous it is! And I have seen a lot of inspirations from the Design Team that I couldn’t wait to play more. I firstly took a piece of 4.25”x 5.5” white cardstock and I ink blended the Distress Inks in Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick. When I liked the blending, I splattered some Festive Berries ink and some Gansai Tambi Starry Watercolor (pearl) to create some texture and I let aside to dry.

I now moved to the two protagonists from Passionate Penguins Stamps, which I stamped on a piece of Neenah Solar White and I colored with Copics. I went for a totally new combo for me: blue, white, red and pink. It works really great! I also die cut everything with coordinating dies. 

Here’s my first trick: since I didn’t like the white between all the balloon strings from the Heart Bouquet Stamps so I fussy cut them all and I stamped them directly on the background panel before adhering the balloons. I then took the background panel and I die-cut it using the Bursting Hearts Die. I didn’t throw away all the smaller hearts, I took a little plastic bag and I put them there. My idea was to layer a white sheet of paper behind, but I didn’t like the look so much…and while looking in my stash I found some holographic paper and I couldn’t resist! I cut a 4” x 5.25” piece of that (I also cut the heart panel, since I wanted to mat everything with some white) and I layered behind…it is really difficult to catch in the photos all the shine and light that it gives. I completed the card adding the sentiment strips and an A2 white panel behind. 

My second inspiration uses the same Passionate Penguins Stamps but in a night-time scene. The idea came from the sentiment found in the Lovey Dovey Stamp Set. The sentiment is in a circular shape and it was perfect to fit into a moon! I firstly started from the background: I masked a circular shape with a Post-it note and I ink blended the sky using Distress Inks in Shaded Lilac, Blueprint Sketch and Black Soot. I then removed the post it and silver heat embossed the sentiment. And here’s another trick: if you use a stamping tool, you can heat emboss twice, to get a smoother look (after my first layer, the sentiment didn’t look so bold). I also added some white stars in the sky.

I then stamped the penguins on the card and I colored with Copics too. Look how lovely they are! To complete the scene, I added some hearts (the ones that I saved from the previous background LOL) and I matted three times, using in order silver glitter, pink and white paper. 

And here’s my third and last inspiration, using the same Passionate Penguins stamp set. 

I must say I was inspired by another super talented crafty friend for the background, Amy Young. When I saw her card, I knew I wanted to case (copy and selectively edit) her, using this couple under the umbrella. I stamped the penguins on a piece of Neenah Solar White paper and I colored my one-layer scene using Copics. I masked the bottom part in order to get a horizontal white stripe. To create the rain effect, I created some blue lines over my scene, and I used a white gel pen to add some shining details.

I also wanted to complete the scene with a giant SUNSHINE word, made of a rainbow colors. I used the Chloe Alphabet Dies, I really love this bold font and it is perfect to customize sentiments. I die cut them from some colored cardstock but when I layered them the word was “too heavy” for my card and I didn’t like the final look. So, I came up with another idea (I never give up!). I cut white letters and I used the colored pieces behind, with a small offset, in order to create a colored shadow. And I loved the look! I then matted the scene with a slightly larder black panel and a rainbow patterned paper. The one I used comes from another brand, but Sunny Studio has in stock the Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper with a really similar pattern. 

And here’s my third and last trick: when you are choosing a color palette or – like here – the colors for the letters, choose your patterned paper and take inspiration from it! The project will seem more organic. Thanks for stopping by! I hope you have found my project inspiring! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rainbow Bright 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bursting Heart Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heart Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio