Bright Balloons Card with Tina

Hello crafty friends, it’s Tina and today I am featuring the super fun Bright Balloons dies. This set is perfect for lots of occasions, and by keeping the sentiment festive but neutral it’s a versatile card! Although I am a little bit of a hoarder of pretty craft papers, I do have (as many of us!) a large pile of scraps too! These balloon dies are perfect for using up small colorful pieces.  

I love going through my paper pads mixing and matching patterns. All four balloon shapes were cut using scraps from Gingham Pastels, Dots & Stripes Pastels, and yes … even two Christmas pads (All Is Bright, Joyful Holiday)!

My goal is to keep cards relatively flat for mailing purposes. But today, I went all out with foam tape for lots of dimension in this circle tunnel design!

The card panel is a pretty blue paper from Dots & Stripes Pastels cut with the outside border Frilly Frames Stripes Die. I selected three circles from an infinity die set and used the largest one for this panel. I repeated this step with a smaller circle die and a white panel, finally I cut the third circle from a pink paper. Next, I dry embossed a white piece of Neenah paper with the Woodgrain Embossing Folder.

Of course I needed a cute critter to hold the big pile of balloons, I went with an adorable bear from Panda Party. All the coloring was done with Copic Markers. I stamped a combined sentiment from Happy Thoughts onto a small white banner with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Finally, I folded a white card base and adhered all my layering panels using foam tape where needed. I placed the sentiment on the bottom of the blue card panel and added my panda with the party hat. To assemble the balloon cluster, I used some Press ‘n Seal and temporary adhesive so I could easily adjust. I opted to just add one string to the balloons because ten was a bit much! A few Chrystal Clear Jewels were all the embellishment this card needed.

I hope you will enjoy creating sweet balloon cards with this cute set too! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodgrain Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio
All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Birthday Cat Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today! In case you don't know, I'm French, and next week on July 14th we will celebrate Bastille Day. I never make cards or anything crafty for this day, so I thought it would be fun to mark the occasion and finally create something to celebrate our National Day. My card features four adorable kitties from Birthday Cat, and to complete my scene, I shopped my entire Sunny Studio collection and found the perfect images that match today's theme.

So I started off with the coloring. I stamped the images on Transotype perfect coloring paper using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, as always I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and then colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph'it Brush markers. Of course I went for a blue, white and red color palette to match the French flag, and in addition to the kitties from Birthday Cat, I picked:

- the hot air balloon + banners from Balloon Rides
- the Eiffel tower + beret from Paris Afternoon
- the stars from North Pole
- the birds from Seasonal Trees

I silver heat embossed the Eiffel tower from Paris Afternoon on the same paper as the images, and then I worked on the background. To fit the four hot air balloons, I went for a slimline design and cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I colored using salty ocean + blueprint sketch + chipped sapphire oxide inks. I splattered my panel with copic opaque white ink, as well as a mix of black soot oxide ink and water.

I cut another 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, and cut a cloud border out of it using a die from the Slimline Nature Borders die set. I added a little bit of color to that border using tumbled glass oxide ink, and then I stamped my sentiment on the right side. I stamped the words "Floating by to say" from Floating By in black, and I silver heat embossed the word "Bonjour" from Charming City.

I attached everything on my dark blue panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and finally added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. And that's it! I really had a lot of fun creating this card, I love how it turned out, and I hope you like it too! Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Charming City Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Paris Afternoon Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Paris Afternoon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Scrumptious Cupcakes Card with Catherine

Hello Crafty Friends! It’s Catherine! Today, I’m sharing a yummy cupcake card created with Scrumptious Cupcake Stamps! The cupcakes created with this layered stamp set look good enough to eat!

To start, I die cut white cardstock with Frilly Frames Polka Dot. I ink blended the panel with Twisted Citron, Spun Sugar, and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxides.

Next, I die cut the cupcake liners, frosting, and cherries with white cardstock. I kept the negative to use as I guide for stamping. I used the following inks and stamped the liners, cherries, and frosting according to the numerical order listed in the set.

Yellows: Altenew Buttercream, Citrus Burst, Mango Smoothie
Blues: Altenew Blueberry, Iceberg, Hero Arts Soft Sky
Greens: Altenew Mint Choc, Mountain Mist, Sweet Leaf
Pinks: Altenew Frosty Pink, Blush, Pink Diamond

Cupcake: Catherine Pooler Buttercream
Cherries: Catherine Pooler Do Si Do, Coral Cabanna, Samba, Altenew Grass Field

I added a critter from Beach Buddies and colored with Copic Markers; T2, T1, C00. I stamped the “wishing you a” sentiment from Happy Thoughts onto the top left corner of the panel and “birthday” onto the bottom right corner of the panel.

I die cut Sweet Word Die out of white cardstock and ink blended with Spun Sugar and Festive Berries Distress Oxides. I added some highlights with a white gel pen. I thought it would be fun  to add some Ice Cream Party Sprinkles. I adhered the images onto the background with foam tape. I finished off the card by adding a white A2 sized background and some clear enamel dots.

Thanks so much for joining me today! Have a wonderful week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sweet Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scrumptious Cupcakes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scrumptious Cupcakes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Special Day Card with Isha

Hello everyone! Isha here with a bright and happy CAS card featuring the Special Day stamps and coordinating dies. This set is so versatile, perfect for birthdays, anniversaries, weddings and more. I went with a fun 20th birthday card, which I made keeping my daughter in mind :)

I started by sponging a white panel with picked raspberry and mustard seed distress oxide inks. I left the center light to create a halo around my focal image. Next I added subtle details by inking the same colors through the Heffy Doodle twinkle twinkle stencil. Now add white paint splatters and let it dry. Adhere this panel to a white cardbase.

I die-cut the frame using the Fancy Frames Rectangle. Adhere to the card. Stamp the images from the Special Day stamps, color using copics and die-cut using the coordinating dies. Apply, nuvo clear shimmer pen to the parts of the images for extra shimmer.

Adhere to the card using 3d foam. Stamp the sentiment, sponge some ink to the edges and adhere to the card.

Thanks for dropping by and have a nice day.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio

Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Perfect Gift Boxes Card with Bobbi

So many boxes adorn this card for a special birthday. It’s Bobbi here with a celebration card featuring our Perfect Gift Boxes dies. This set features a tall box and a smaller square-shaped box, both fitted with coordinating bows on top. 

I cut four sets of box/bow pieces in yellow, green, blue and red and then mix and matched the colors for unique looks. I also used my white Gelly Roll pen to add dots, stripes, and stitches to make them a little more decorative.

I like to make 5″ X 7″ greeting cards so I attached these cute presents to the top of a white A7 card base. I added strips of warm gray cardstock strips in three graduating widths with white showing through between each strip. I like the contrast of the clean strips on the bottom with the bold presents on top.

To complete the card, I added a bright red heart balloon at the top using the Bright Balloons dies. I hand drew the black string to connect it to the boxes. I also added some hand cut banners at the top. If you prefer a die, Sunny Studio has one! The Banner Basics die set works perfect for this! I stamped the word “celebrate” from the stamp set, Birthday Cats. Lastly, I added a few pieces of shimmery confetti above and around the balloon for a bit of fun sparkle.

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Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Birthday Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Perfect Gift Boxes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio