Monday, March 18, 2024

Sunny Studio Little Birdie Birthday Card

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing an easy and fun to make birthday card. I've created an outdoor scene featuring two sweet birdies and their neighboring houses hanging from a tree branch. 

Now of course my branch and birdhouse scene first needed a pretty sky background. I used the Fluffy Cloud Border dies to cut out masks for creating some soft billowy clouds with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.  


Next I used the Tree Branch and Build-a-Birdhouse die sets for the branches, birdhouses, and little birds. I die cut all the pieces from white card stock. I used small blending brushes and the following Distress Oxide inks to color: Blueprint Sketch, Tattered Rose, Rustic Wilderness, Crushed Olive, Kitsch Flamingo, Wild Honey, and Walnut Stain. I added all the die cut elements onto the background with thin foam adhesive so they all would be popped up a bit. 


For the birthday sentiment I used stamps from the Little Birdie stamp set. There's separate words and short phrase stamps in this set. That made it easy to customize a birthday greeting and integrate it into the scene in three places.  Lastly, I trimmed the completed scene panel down to be slightly smaller than A2 size and adhered it to a pale yellow card base.  

Sunday, March 17, 2024

Pretty Pink Posh Layered Butterfly Cards

Hello everyone! I have a duo of butterfly cards to share I made using a bunch of new products from Pretty Pink Posh. Both my cards feature a stenciled background and die cut layered butterflies. 

I created the backgrounds for my cards with the new Layered Butterfly Floral Stencil Set. Trust me when I say this stencil set is very addictive. I could not stop playing with it! I kept wanting to try out different color palettes.  I'm sharing a couple favorites from my stenciling session.  


I have trimmed my stenciled panels down so they fit onto an A2 size card base.  The length of these panels is 4 7/8" inches.  I wanted them to be a bit shorter than A2 length so I could add a strip of card stock at the bottom.  I thought this would help draw attention to the sentiment.  The sentiments I used come from two new stamp sets... Decorative Blutterflies and Sentiment Strips: Easter.  I used a die from the Sentiment Strips dies to create the stitched scalloped pieces I've adhered my sentiments to.  


For each card I have added two layered butterflies.  There's many sizes to pick from in the new Stitched Butterflies die set. I chose four different ones.  I die cut the back layer from vellum. The top layers are die cut from card stock to match my stenciled color palettes.  I lightly inked the bottom edge of each card stock butterfly just to add some subtle shading.  I adhered the layers together with thin foam tape.  This gives a nice little bit of separation from the two layers and adds some dimension. 


To finish off these cards, I added a scattering of Sparkling Clear Sequins. These are my go to embellishments when I want to add a little bling but not distract from the main elements on the card.  

This card design is quick, easy, and definitely fun to make. It would be perfect for mass producing to make gift sets of notecards.  The butterfly theme can go for many occasions just by switching up the colors and sentiments.  I have a feeling I'll be reaching for these new butterfly dies and stencils often this spring and summer. 


Monday, March 11, 2024

Sunny Studio Puddle Jumpers Rainbow Card

Hello everyone! I have a fun card to share today featuring the most adorable little duck images. These sweet images can be found in the Puddle Jumpers stamp set from Sunny Studio.  When I first saw this set, I kept envisioning a rainbow scene so that's what went with for this card. 

There's few ways you can incorporate a rainbow into a scene.... stamping, die cuts, coloring with markers, or use a stencil which is what I chose to do.  I stenciled the rainbow right in the center of the scene.  I used the following Catherine Pooler ink colors for the rainbow bands: Be Mine, Tiki Torch, Grass Skirt, & Cummerbund.  

I trimmed the scene panel down to 3.75" x 5".  I very lightly inked blended the Cummerbund ink around the top and sides edges of the panel.  Then I used the same blue ink for splatter and stamping the rain drops.  


I colored the ducks and puddle images with Copic markers in these colors: W3, T1, YR12, YR18, Y00, Y32, Y35, R20, BG11, BG13. I used the coordinating Puddle Jumpers dies to cut them out. I then adhered the images with thin foam squares.  To stamp the sentiment, I used my Misti and curved the stamps to follow the bend in the rainbow. Lastly I added decorative corner die cuts.  I used one the Fancy Frames Rectangle dies to die cut a frame from aqua blue card stock.  Then I simply cut off the corners and adhered them to my scene panel.  Once my scene was complete, I adhered it to an A2 size soft yellow card base. 


Thursday, March 7, 2024

Pretty Pink Posh March Release Blog Hop

 


Hello crafty friends! I'm excited to be joining Pretty Pink Posh this month to help showcase the March Product Release. My post today is part of a 3 day blog hop. There are 3 $30 gift certificates up for grabs (one winner each day). Winners will be picked randomly from all comments which must be left by 11:59 PM PST on 3/13/2024. Winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

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I have three cards to share today. They all have a Spring/Easter cupcake theme.  For this first card, I've created a slimline scene using only the Big Easter Cupcake die setI absolutely love this set! There's so many fun possibilities for creating Easter and Spring themed cupcakes plus all the decorations to go with.  


I die cut all the pieces for my scene from colored card stock 
except for the white bunny parts. (All card stock colors I used will be listed at the end of this post) I lightly shaded each piece before assembling.  I added rosy cheeks to the chick and bunny.  I also added highlight lines with a white gel pen. For the background I created a rainbow blend of colors that coordinated with my card stock colors.  

For my next card I again used the Big Easter Cupcake set. I had a little fun with the dies to create the backside of a bunny for the cupcake. I wanted him to appear like he's digging for carrots.  


Other March Release products used to create this card are: Eyelet Circle die, Easter Words Stencil, Easter Sentiment Strips stamp set.  

This last card features some super cute images from the Easter Cupcake stamp set. I've created a simple mini slimline card with four of the cupcake images and a row of Easter Eggs.  


I have Copic colored the cupcake images with the following colors: BG11, BG13, Y11, Y15, YR12, YR18, YG11, YG18, R00, R20, RV10, RV04

Below is a list of card stock colors I used for all cards:




Monday, March 4, 2024

Sunny Studio Birthday Bluebells Card

Hello everyone! Today I'm showcasing the Beautiful Bluebells layering stamps and coordinating dies from Sunny Studio. No floral arranging experience needed with these. The way the images are designed, makes it very easy to create a nice bouquet.  


I started this card with an A2 size white card stock panel and gave it subtle pattern with the Dotted Diamond Portrait die.  Next I adhered a die cut Stitched Oval to the center of my background panel.  This oval helps to ground and spotlight my Bluebell arrangement.  

I used the Watering Can stamps to create a container for my Bluebell arrangement.  I stamped it in two shades of grey and then splattered with some rust colored ink.  I used the coordinating Watering Can die to cut out.  I then stamped the "happy birthday" sentiment onto the center.  This stamp comes from Inside Greetings Birthday


To create the Bluebells I used these colors of Altenew ink: Iceberg, Eastern Sky, Ultramarine, Azurite for the blues; Parrot & Olive for the greens. Once I had enough flowers to make a full arrangement, I added them into the Watering Can which has a slot cut out for the stems.  I adhered this entire piece to the oval with foam tape. I left an open spot in the arrangement to place a butterfly. This image is included in the Watering Can stamp set.  To finish, I added a gingham bow and a few sequins.  


Sunny Studio Little Birdie Birthday Card

Hello friends! Today I'm sharing an easy and fun to make birthday card. I've created an outdoor scene featuring two sweet birdies an...