Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Oceans Of Joy Clean and Simple Get Well Card with Karin

Hi everyone, it’s Karin here. Today I am here to share a new, very sweet get well card card that I've created with the new Oceans Of Joy set!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Oceans Of Joy Clean and Simple Get Well Card by Karin Ã…kesdotter

For this card, I made a card base and two panels to create a window. One panel is made from cardstock and one is made from vellum. In the panel cut from vellum, the circle cut is smaller to create dimension and create a decorative edge/frame to the window. Before I adhered the window panel I embossed a piece of cardstock with a wavy pattern and added it to the card base as a background for the window. 

I stamped and colored my whale from the Oceans Of Joy stamp set, and then die cut the whale using the coordinating dies. I adhered the cute whale to the center of the window with foam adhesive.

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Sneak Peek of Summer Cards Created For Simon Says Stamp

Hello there!  It's Mendi here, popping in with a sneak peek of four fun cards I'm sharing over on the Simon Says Stamp blog today.  :)


Card No. 1: Two Scoops and Perfect Popsicles Ice Cream Let's Chill Card

Sunny Studio Stamps Two Scoops & Perfect Popsicles Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

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Card No. 2: Magical Mermaid & Oceans of Joy Heart Window Card


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Card No. 3: Pirate Pals & Island Getaway Porthole Encouragement Card

Sunny Studio Stamps Pirate Pals & Island Getaway Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

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Card No. 4: A Bird's Life Home Tweet Home Grid-style Card

Sunny Studio Stamps A Bird's Life Card (with stitched scalloped border dies) by Mendi Yoshikawa

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I hope you will hop on over and join me for a full look at all the cards over on the Simon Says stamp blog today.  ;)

Monday, May 22, 2017

A Bird's Life No Place Like Home Card with Eloise

Hi everyone. Eloise here and today I have a card for you all using the A Bird's Life set. This set is so super awesome and has so many uses! The four different types of bird houses along with all the birds and sentiments - you can make so many different types of cards using this set - I love it!

Sunny Studio Stamps: A Bird's Life No Place Like Home Card by Eloise Blue

To begin my card today I first took a piece of white cardstock and used a cloud border to create my fun background. I started at the top, ink blended over the cloud border with some Tumbled Glass Distress Ink, then moved down the stencil and repeated the process until the background was all coloured with clouds.

Once my background was done, I stamped all the images I wanted to use from the A Bird's Life stamp set and coloured them in using Copic Markers and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Sunny Studio Stamps: A Bird's Life No Place Like Home Card by Eloise Blue

To assemble my card I first added foam tape behind all the images, then before adhering them I adhered down some folded twine onto the back of my bird houses and adhered them down where I wanted them onto my background. I then placed the twine behind the branch I stamped and coloured and adhered it down too. Then I tied a bow around the branch three times to make it look like my houses where hanging my the string. Super cute!

I finished adhering my birds and then added Wink of Stella onto some of my images. To finish up I white heat embossed my sentiment onto some black cardstock, cut one side at an angled and adhered that down with foam tape over top, too. To completely finish up my card I adhered some clear droplets by Pretty Pink Posh and adhered my panel to a pink card base.

I hope you enjoyed my card and got inspired and I'll be back next week!

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Saturday, May 20, 2017

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards & Video Tutorials by Nina Marie Trapani

I'm so excited to welcome Nina Marie Trapani to the blog today as our special guest. She has some gorgeous cards that you are going to just love!  

Hello crafters, it's Nina Marie here! Today I’ve got two cards to share with you that both feature stamp layering. They are simple and fun to make, plus are easy to mail; what could be better than that?
Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani

I’m sharing these cards today as a guest post for Sunny Studio Stamps. Mendi – the creator and owner of Sunny Studio – is a good friend of mine and I always love supporting her company as often as I can by making cards with her fun products. Here’s a look at the two cards I made … each use the same general technique but both look completely different!
Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani

Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani

For these cards, I am using some of her newest stamps - Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops. There are also coordinating dies available for both sets (see the Perfect Popsicle dies and Two Scoops dies).
On the first card with the adorable mint chocolate chip ice cream cone I was being very conscious of the fact that I was going to be making this particular card for my dad. When I create a “guy card”, I like to make them clean-lined and no frills. Guy cards can be a struggle for many of us I know, so I find it helpful to keep them clean and simple.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani

I chose to make a mint chocolate chip ice cream cone because it is my favorite ice cream flavor (plus I think its more interesting). I used inks from both Simon Says Stamp and Altenew for my stamping. You can find the colors listed below:
•  Ice cream scoops: Mint and Mint Candy
•  Chocolate chip sprinkles: Dark Chocolate
•  Cone: Paper Bag and Caramel Toffee
Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani 

Next I made a background behind the ice cream cone; I used a couple of the stamp layering images and stamped a tone-on-tone pattern. For those of you new to the term, tone-on-tone stamping is where you stamp a pattern onto paper using an ink shade that is very close or slightly darker than the paper you are stamping onto.
To create the tone-on-tone effect on this card, I paired Lipstick Red ink and cardstock from Simon Says Stamp together.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani

For the greeting, I heat embossed a sentiment from the Perfect Popsicles set in white embossing powder.
My next card came as an idea that I had while creating the card above! This one is completely one layer and features the Perfect Popsicles set.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani 
These popsicles are so cute, don’t you think? I stamped this card out in a summery color combo; you can find the ink colors I used below:
    •       Pink: Teeny Bikini and Hot Lips
    •       Orange: Sunshine and Orange Slush
    •       Yellow: Lemon Chiffon and Lemon Zing
    •       Mint green: Mint and Mint Candy
    •       Blue: Maliblue and Caribbean Blue
    •       Brown sticks: Paper Bag, Caramel Toffee and Dark Chocolate

Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani 

After stamping the popsicles, I also added some of the cute melting drops around the popsicles. This brought out the colors of the popsicles really nicely and I like the additional pop of color!
Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani

Next it was time for some dimension, even though this is a one layer card. Because it is also clean and simple, details are important. I used Nuvo white gloss and white blizzard drops from Tonic Studios on the popsicles and melting drops to add that little bit of depth.
You’ll also notice the brown heat embossed sentiment; this was from the Two Scoops set and I stamped it with Dark Chocolate ink. I also added a bit of clear embossing powder on top to create some contrast.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Perfect Popsicles and Two Scoops Guest Spotlight Cards by Nina Marie Trapani

I hope you will check out the two videos below to see how I created both cards. Stamp layering is so much fun, and a perfect way to add color (with detail!) to your cards without having to break out any markers, paints or pencils!

TWO SCOOPS video (watch in HD at YouTube HERE)


PERFECT POPSICLES video (watch in HD at YouTube HERE)


Thanks for visiting me today and a big thank you to Mendi for letting me guest with Sunny Studios today! 

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There's still a little time to place an order before our mini break.  All orders placed after Sunday night will ship out on June 1st.  


Friday, May 19, 2017

Heartfelt Wishes Treat Filled Birthday Card with Lexa

Hello everyone! Lexa here with a card featuring the Heartfelt Wishes Stamp, which I'm pairing with the Sweet Shoppe Stamp. Candles on top of everything! I bet my little boy will love this, since he loves to blow out candles. Well, who doesn’t?

Sunny Studio Stamps: Heartfelt Wishes and Sweet Shoppe Treat Filled Birthday Card by Lexa Levana

I aligned the sentiment from Heartfelt Wishes and Wishes Word Die on the white cardstock before I white heat embossed the sentiment. I made sure to leave enough empty space for the word "wishes". I stamped all of the images with Versafine black ink and watercolored them with Distress Markers. Stitched Scallop Dies is so adorable both as wave and scallop borders, as you can see here. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Heartfelt Wishes and Sweet Shoppe Treat Filled Birthday Card by Lexa Levana

I blended the background with Festive Berries Distress Ink. The red is so vibrant and I love it. The cherry and strawberries are there to compliment the red on the background. I use some brown polka dotted patterned paper on the bottom part of my card. The last touch was to add some glossy accents and glitter on the cupcake's icing. 

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I really hope you like today's card. Have a wonderful day everyone!

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