Sunny Studio Tropical Birthday Card

Hello everyone! I have a fun birthday card to share today. My card features a cute little parrot from the new Tropical Birds stamp set. I created a cluster of tropical leaves where he is happily perched. 

I started this card by creating an inked background with a combo of Kitsch Flamingo and Saltwater Taffy Distress Oxide inks. I find this pairing creates a nice warm pink.  I added lots of splatters before stamping the birthday greeting. These sentiments are included in the Tropical Birds stamp set.

I Copic colored the parrot, little flowers, and vines and cut out with the coordinating Tropical Birds dies. Next, I created a bunch of tropical leaves in different shades of green. I used the Summer Greenery dies to cut out the leaves from white card stock. To color I used blending brushes and these Catherine Pooler inks: Mardi Gras, Spruce, Garden Party, & Eucalyptus. 

I adhered the leaves, florals, and parrot to the center of my inked panel. The bottom layer of leaves are glued flat to the panel The vines and the parrot are adhered with foam squares so they would popped up a bit. 

Copic colors used: W1, W3, W4, E42, E43, R00, R20, R22, R30, R32, G07, YG00, YG21, YG23, YG25, Y11, Y15, Y17

Honey Bee Stamps Squared Spring Florals

Hello everyone! I have 3 cards to share today all featuring a large cascading floral arrangement made with the Squared Spring Florals product collection from Honey Bee Stamps. This collection includes the 6x8 stamp set, coordinating dies and stencils.  

I started with the stenciling. Once I had the color palette picked out (colors used listed at the end of the post), I began testing out the stencils to get a feel for how to color each layer.  There's 6 stencils in the Squared Spring Florals set. With a stencil set this detailed, I always like to do a test run or two ...or three in this case. I was struggling to get the stenciling just right and almost threw these away.  Luckily I didn't and in the end, I decided even with their imperfections, the test runs were too pretty to trash. I embraced this imperfect artsy look and added lots of splatters with white and gold watercolor.  

After stenciling, I stamped the detailed outline with the large image included in the Squared Florals stamp set.  It's fairly easy to line it up over the stenciled image. I used Catherine Pooler Buttercream ink to stamp. I wanted the outline detail to be visible and very subtle. 

Next I used the coordinating dies to cut out the entire image.  There's separate dies so you have the option to cut out just the outside or inside of this image.  I decided to cut out both so there's more of the card stock in the background showing.  

For the background, I embossed each A2 sized panel of solid color card stock with the Burlap 3D embossing folder.  I adhered the die cut floral images with thin foam tape onto the burlap panels.  I then added a different sentiment to each.  The sentiments, which are from the Squared Spring Florals stamp set, are gold heat embossed and cut out the coordinating dies.  

I used the following Catherine Pooler inks for stenciling the floral image: Chiffon, Buttercream, Sage, Cotton Candy, Polished, & Sixteen Candles. 

Sunny Studio Big Panda Card

Hi everyone! Sunny Studio has just launched their summer release. Today I'm showcasing one of the new stamp sets... Big Panda. 

I Copic colored the panda and accessory images. I then used the coordinating Big Panda dies to cut them out. I love that there's a die included to make cuts around the arms so the panda can be holding something. I added my panda to a die cut Scalloped Square. I used the second largest die in the Scalloped Square 1 Small set.  I then added the Hello Summer sentiment which is included in the Big Panda set. 

Next I made the background panel. I used the Sunburst Embossing Folder to give this panel its embossed sun rays. Before running it through my die cut machine, I tapped a yellow ink pad directly onto one side of the the folder. This gives a letterpress effect to the card stock. The resulting impression is not perfect, however I really liked how it turned out.  I lightly blended on some of the same yellow ink (Catherine Pooler Tiara) and added spatters to the panel before die cutting it into a square. I used the largest die in the Stitched Squares set. 

My finished card measures 4.75" square. Copic colors used: N2, N4, N6, W1, W3, RV10, RV04, RV06, YR12, YR14, YR18, YG11, YG13, Y15, BG10, BG11, BG13, B21, B23, V22, V25

Spellbinders Angel Trumpets Card

Hello everyone! Spellbinders has just released some new sets to expand their very popular Fresh Picked Collection.  I had the pleasure of working with the Angel Trumpets set. It's such a unique set of dies to create a large focal point. I've have used it as intended on an A2 size card but you could separate the florals and leaves and get creative with it.  

I have die cut all the pieces from white card stock then used blending brushes and the following Catherine Pooler inks to color: In the Park, Mardi Gras, Coral Cabana, Do-Si-Do, Polished, & Lemon Grass. 

I created a greeting for this card with the Smooth Lines Mix & Match Sentiments die set.  I adhered the Just a Note greeting to a vellum panel.  I used a die from the Notched Corner Frames set to create the little decorative vellum panel.  

Sunny Studio Thanks A Buzzilion Card

Hi everyone! I'm sharing a bee themed thank you card complete with custom made bee hive.  I just love the little bees in the Garden Critters stamp set from Sunny Studio.  I thought they needed a bee hive to call home. 

The hive was very easy to make.  I used one the mid sized Stitched Oval dies to cut out an oval from yellow card stock. I then cut the oval in half.  I used the smallest oval in the set to cut out an opening and backed it with dark brown card stock. To give the hive some details lines I simply used tape to mask off sections and lightly blended on some dark yellow ink. I stamped the "thanks a buzzilion" sentiment from Garden Critters right onto the hive. 

I Copic colored three bees and tulips planters. I die cut with the coordinating Garden Critters dies. I added the hive, bees, and tulips with thin foam squares to a Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace panel. I then adhered the eyelet lace panel to a hot pink A2 size card base. Lastly I embellished the scene with a few sequins. 

Copic colors used: RV14, RV29, R12, R32, Y32, Y35, Y38, YG61, YG63, BG11, T2, T4, T6