Tuesday, January 9, 2018

Inspiration Week: Introducing Purrfect Birthday & Fancy Frames

Hello there!  I'm back with a couple more sneak peeks of our Spring release on January 12th!  Today I'm showcasing our new Purrfect Birthday Stamps & Dies and two new Sunny Studio Website Exclusive die sets called Fancy Frames Circles and Fancy Frames Squares.

Card No. 1:  For this first card I created my card base, pairing both sides of the largest 4.5" wide scalloped circle from our new Fancy Frames cut from two different colors of cardstock to make them stand out.  

I adore the darling kitty balloons in the new Purrfect Birthday set and they come with both the option of the outline as well as the solid image.  For this card I chose the outline, coloring in all my images with Copic markers.  For my background I watercolored it with some Daniel Smith watercolors in Permanent Green Lt. & Manganese Blue Hue, letting the grass fade into the skyline.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday & Fancy Frames Pawsome Cat Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 2:  For my next card I was inspired by THIS adorable card by Amy Yang.  This time I chose to use the solid balloon image and the separate kitty face stamp to create my balloon bouquet.  You could use dye inks to overlap the colors for a fun look, but I decided to cut a couple masks from Post-it notes.  I started by stamping my first kitty balloon in blue and then working around the bouquet until it reached a fullness I was satisfied with.  I then used my Copic Multiliner 0.1 black pen with a ruler to draw in my little balloon strings and sketch some around the tummy of my kitty.

For my chevron-striped background I used some new Ric-Rac Border dies that I will be sharing tomorrow and inked them up in colors to match my balloons (using ink colors linked below).  Knowing most of them would be covered by my center panel, I decided to cut each border into smaller pieces to reduce my need to die-cut more and to save on paper.  It turned out to be a great way to use up my small scraps.  :)
Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday, Fancy Frames & Ric Rac Border Rainbow Cat Balloon Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 3: For my third card I wanted to show that these little kitties are for so much more than just birthdays.  I went clean and simple for this everyday card, featuring the square fancy frames and some simple inking with tumbled glass distress ink and my favorite jumbo dauber to ground my cat images.  
Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday & Fancy Frames Cattitude Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 4: For my next card I inked up a white cardstock panel with my jumbo dauber, alternating Peacock Feathers, Wilted Violet, and Picked Raspberry distress inks.  I then used our Frosty Flurries stamps along with my mini Misti and those same ink colors to stamp a polka-dot pattern for my background.  I love that I can get extra mileage out of that little stamp and continue to use it throughout the year.

I framed each kitty with the smallest scalloped circle from our fancy frames set and sponged on some ink on a punched-out circle to fill the background to match those same three ink colors.  I finished my card by stamping my sentiment on a curve to match the curve of the die-cut banner from our Little Angels set and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday & Fancy Frames Pawsome Cat Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 5: Next up is another everyday card with sort of a comic strip feel using the second from the smallest frame in our Fancy Frames Square set.  I watercolored each background in a different rainbow color using Daniel Smith Watercolors and then added my little kitties which I fussy cut out over the top.  

I adore this punny sentiment!  Several of the sentiments in this set can be mixed and matched to say things with different puns and to mix with sentiments from our other sets.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday & Fancy Frames Favorite Purrson Cat Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 6:  For my last card, I used the medium-sized scalloped circle in our Fancy Frames set to ground my little scene.  For my background, I stamped a random pattern of confetti using the different confetti pieces that come with the set. My banner (from our Sunny Borders set) was stamped and colored using Mermaid Lagoon distress Ink, masking off the front portion with a Post-it note before inking up another layer for the tails to create extra depth.  When it was good and dry, I then heat embossed a sentiment from the set with white embossing powder.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday & Fancy Frames Cat Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

I'm so excited you've joined me for today's sneak peek and I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win.  The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 14th. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a full look at the new 4x6 Purrfect Birthday Stamps & Dies and the new Fancy Frames Squares and Fancy Frames Circles dies today.  

The Fancy Frames die sets will be exclusive to our online store so that we can offer them at the awesome price point of only $19.99 per set!  I can't tell you how much I am enjoying them--I honestly couldn't stop reaching for them!  Each set includes 6 individual frames measuring up to 4.5" wide.  :)

Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Purrfect Birthday 4x6 Cat Themed Clear Stamps     Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday Cat Themed Coordinating Dies

Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Fancy Frames Stitched Circle Die Set     Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Fancy Frames Stitched Square Die Set

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Little Angels Dies
Little Angels Dies
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Sunny Borders Dies
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Sunny Borders Stamps
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Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
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Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
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Frosty Flurries Stamps
Frosty Flurries Stamps
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VersaMark Watermark Ink
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Monday, January 8, 2018

Inspiration Week: Breakfast Puns & Cascading Hearts Background

Hello there!  I'm so excited to kick off our official inspiration week all this week leading up to our new release on January 12th!  Today I'm showcasing our new Breakfast Puns 4x6 Stamps & Dies and a new Cascading Hearts 3x4 background stamp set.

Card No. 1:  For this first card I wanted to showcase as many of the stamps from the new set as possible so I created a border with the breakfast images.  For my background I sponged on some tumbled glass distress ink and then stamped a faint heart pattern using the new Cascading Hearts background stamp.  My sentiment ended up a bit higher than I had envisioned so to help bridge the distance I stamped the outlined hearts using some of the companion images from the Breakfast Puns set.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Breakfast Puns A Toast To The Happy Couple Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 2:  This set comes with a pair of arms and legs to add to any of the little breakfast foods making adorable happy couples.  The fun punny sentiments in this set make it a perfect choice for Valentine Day cards, but they aren't holiday specific also making them work for all year 'round.  For my die-cut hearts I used a freebie that will automatically come with all orders placed after January 12th (see more details below).  I die-cut them from red glitter paper and then coated them with glossy accents making my own homemade epoxy embellishments.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Breakfast Puns & Cascading Heart Bacon & Eggs Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 3: For this card I stamped the cascading hearts on my background before using the sparkle shimmer spritz to add a light sparkle over the top.  The scalloped die-cut frames are from a new die set that will be showcased tomorrow.  ;)  I heat embossed my sentiment using Versamark ink with white embossing powder and adhered it to the back of the smaller frame before popping them up with foam tap in the center of my card.  I was able to hide more foam tape under the images for additional support. I added glossy accents to the donut glaze and coffee portion of the latte cup for a touch of realism. 
Sunny Studio Stamps: Breakfast Puns & Cascading Hearts I Love You A Latte Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 4: 
I just love this butter sentiment so this time I colored my toast to look like it was buttered and added two little butter slices to my waffle, strategically placed to cover the face on the waffle.  For my strawberries I added white seeds using a Sharpie White Paint Marker to match my polka-dot patterned paper.  I grounded my little scene using our Stitched Heart dies and heat embossed my sentiment with white powder on a strip of black cardstock that was die-cut with our Fishtail Banner dies.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Breakfast Puns We're Butter Together Toast & Waffle Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 5:  For this card I colored a trio of the donut image with my Copic Markers and then added shiny highlights with that same Sharpie White Paint Marker.  To stamp my donuts with perfect spacing, I used my ruler to find the center and stamped my center donut directly on my card background and then stamp each donut friend approximately 3/8" from each side.  I then stamped all the arms and legs and added my colored donut images over the top.  This allowed me to hide any mistakes I might have made in stamping the arms and legs just right.  I finished by adding a little shadow below each donut with Colorbox Cloud ink using Paper Smooches Shadow Stamps.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Breakfast Puns Donut Know What I Would Do Without You Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 6: As many of our loyal customers know we have a special freebie with each new release that is automatically included with orders (no codes needed).  The spring freebie is a mini heart trio die perfect for shaker cards and small embellishments.



For this card I stamped my card front with the cascading hearts stamp, heat embossed with white embossing powder and then watercolored over the top for a resist technique.  I then die-cut a heart from the center using our Stitched Heart dies and stamped my sentiment on my card base before sandwiching some heart die-cuts in-between for a little shaker card.  I colored my slices of toast to look like Peanut Butter and Jelly for another fun way to use the sentiment "We Go Together Like.."
Sunny Studio Stamps: Breakfast Puns & Cascading Heart We Go Together like PB&J Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

These are just a few of the many ways the Cascading Heart stamps can be repeated to create fun backgrounds. The set measures 3x4 making it easy to quickly stamp a couple times to create a horizontal background.  There are also 2 separate small hearts in the set that help continue the pattern for vertical cards as well.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Cascading Hearts 3x4 Heart Background Examples

I'm so excited you've joined me for today's sneak peek and I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner.  Make sure to keep checking back all this week for more peeks & prizes for up to five chances to win.  The contests run through Saturday at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Sunday, January 14th. :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway Here's a full look at the new 4x6 Breakfast Puns Stamps & Dies and the 3x4 Cascading Hearts stamps featured today.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Breakfast Puns Dies   Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Breakfast Puns 4x6 Clear Stamps   Sunny Studio Stamps: Introducing Cascading Hearts 3x4 Background Stamps

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Stitched Heart Dies
Stitched Heart Dies
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Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
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Memento Tuxedo Black Marker
Memento Tuxedo Black Marker
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Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
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Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Fishtail Banner Dies
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Fancy Frames-Square Dies
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Sparkle Shimmer Spritz
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VersaMark Watermark Ink
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Friday, January 5, 2018

Sneak Peek Week: Tiny Dancers Ballerina Card with Franci


Hi there and Happy Happy new Year!! Franci here with you today with a pretty card featuring the new little ballerinas!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Tiny Dancers Happy Ballerina Card by Franci Vignoli

These are so super cute and pretty, perfect for a lovely girly themed card! First of all, I stamped all my little ballerinas from the Tiny Dancers stamp set with Memento black ink and colored them with my Copics. Since my coordinated dies are still on their way, I fussy cut them out and put them aside. I die cut a stitched rectangle as my panel and colored it by sponging some Distress ink in the color of Spiced Marmalade. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Tiny Dancers Happy Ballerina Card by Franci Vignoli

I also added the floor for my ballerinas to dance on and glued everything down with a combo of liquid glue and foam adhesive. Finally, I stamped all of my sentiments (I looove them!!) and added some sequins to finish it up.

We can't wait to show you the entire new release. I love all the happy new stuff so, so much! Start saving your pennies and be sure to come back for more inspiration and sneak peeks. Thank you so much for stopping by and have a lovely day!

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Tiny Dancers Stamps
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Thursday, January 4, 2018

Sneak Peek Week: Purrfect Birthday Card with Vanessa


Hello and happy New Year to you all! Vanessa here today with a cute card giving you a glimpse at one of the soon-to-be-released sets, Purrfect Birthday. I am sure you will love the adorable cats of this set as much as I do!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday Kitty Cat Birthday Card by Vanessa Menhorn

I started with a panel of white cardstock and stamped the kitty first. After I had masked it, I applied ink with an ink blending tool, using a stencil I made from a scrap of paper and circle punches. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday Kitty Cat Birthday Card by Vanessa Menhorn

Then I removed the mask from the cat and colored it with Copics. I stamped the sentiment and adhered the panel to the card base. Finally, I adhered matching sequins to enhance the bokeh look.

I hope you like the sneak peek of this new set! Can't wait to see Mendi's wonderful samples next week! Thanks for stopping by! 

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Purrfect Birthday Stamps
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Wednesday, January 3, 2018

Sneak Peek Week: Purrfect Birthday Card with Eloise


Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I'll be sneak peaking the brand new set Purrfect Birthday that's being release on the 12th of January! This set is so cute with all the little kitties and accessories and just makes for super cute cards! I'll be making a simple grid design and colouring up several different kitties in different colours to make them all look different.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday Grid Design Happy Birthday Card by Eloise Blue

To begin, I took a piece of watercolour cardstock and used some Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink to ink blend a gradient effect all over the paper fading up to white. I then cut twelve squares out of the watercolour cardstock, three on each level of gradient. I then added foam tape along the back of each of the squares and adhered them onto a white card base. I then stamped a ton of kitties from the set enough to fill all twelve squares.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Purrfect Birthday Grid Design Happy Birthday Card by Eloise Blue

Next I coloured them up with Copic Markers and cut them out using the coordinating dies. I then added more foam tape onto the back of the kitties and adhered them on top of the squares. I left one in the middle blank to stamp my sentiment. I used the 'Meow' sentiment from Purrfect Birthday and stamped that towards the top with black ink and then used 'Happy Birthday' from Tiny Dancers which is another new set and stamp that stacked under the Meow with more black ink and that finished up my card for today.

I hope you enjoyed a sneak peak at one of the new sets coming in a few weeks and I'll catch you all next time!

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Tiny Dancers Stamps
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Purrfect Birthday Stamps
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Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Missing Ewe and Cute As A Button Friendship Card with Lexa

Hello and Happy New Year everyone! Lexa here and today I'll be using some older stamp sets, Missing Ewe and Cute As A Button stamp sets along with their coordinating dies.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Missing Ewe and Cute As A Button Friendship Card by Lexa Levana

To start my card, I stamped the little sheep with Versafine black ink and watercolor them with Distress Markers. As for the buttons, I made it with two colors pink and purple. After I finished with the coloring and all elements, I use the coordinating dies to die cut them all. With pink twines going through the needle, it adds a whimsical design and some textures. I blend Tumbled Glass Distress Ink for the background, totally love the color combination in the end. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Missing Ewe and Cute As A Button Friendship Card by Lexa Levana

Arranging every pieces to the card is always the most fun part. Some of the images are adhered with glue while I use foam tapes for some others. It gives such a nice dimensions that's needed for such a simple card. I really hope you like the final result as much as I do.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you and your beloved ones have an amazing day!

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Cute As A Button Dies
Cute As A Button Dies
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Cute As A Button Stamps
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Missing Ewe Dies
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Missing Ewe Stamps
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Monday, January 1, 2018

Polar Playmates & Playful Polar Bear Winter Birthday Card with Nancy

Hey there Sunny fans, Nancy here with a look at a mix of wintery friends from the Polar Playmates and Playful Polar Bear stamp sets. I've mixed them up to create this birthday greeting for one of my January babies. This card is almost monochromatic with shades of blue and a just a hint of green. The color scheme ties the scene together and gives it a nice cool feel.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Polar Playmates & Playful Polar Bear Winter Birthday Card by Nancy Damiano

To create this card, begin with a strip of medium blue and darker blue adhered to the bottom of the card. A circle die cut of aqua cardstock was stamped with the Snow Flurries stamp to give it some movement and tie it into the theme. 


Sunny Studio Stamps: Polar Playmates & Playful Polar Bear Winter Birthday Card by Nancy Damiano

All of the whimsical images were watercolored with Zig Clean Color makers for a bright punch of color. They were adhered with pop dots for some added dimension. A few dew drops and the sentiment stamped in black and blue inks complete this card.

Making monochromatic card is a fun and easy way to combine multiple stamp sets. Check out our winter releases including Polar Playmates and Playful Polar Bears to create a scene of your own!

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Playful Polar Bears Stamps
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Playful Polar Bears Dies
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Polar Playmates Stamps
Polar Playmates Stamps
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Polar Playmates Dies
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Snow Flurries Stamps
Snow Flurries Stamps
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