Color My World & A Cut Above Teacher Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some more School-Themed cards showcasing our Color My World Stamps, A Cut Above Stamps, and Teacher Appreciation Stamps.

For my first card of the day, I started by die-cutting white cardstock using our Notebook Tabs Dies and then added the rows of lines to my paper using the stamp from our A Cut Above Stamps. This gave me an easy surface to align the sentiments from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps, which I stamped using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. I made a point to stamp it on the left-hand side so I would have room to add a focal point pair of scissors from our A Cut Above Stamps to layer over the top on the right. I then began the work of randomly layering other pairs of scissors on my black background in a rainbow of colors. I was careful to not let a single piece go to waste, so when a pair bled off the edge of my card front, I saved that trimmed portion to squeeze in another black space. When all was said and done, I believe I created this card with a total of 6 stamped pairs of scissors.

It was challenging to capture the fabulous texture in my background when taking a photo of my card straight on, so here's a closer look at it from an angle. I adore how the Background Basics 2 Stamps add subtle texture and interest without being busy or overwhelming to my design. I stamped the background using clear VersaMark Ink and Clear Embossing Powder to provide a bit of tone-on-tone glossy shine.

Next up is another fun rainbow teacher card featuring the colored pencils from our Color My World Stamps. For this card, I started by die-cutting my stitched panel from white cardstock using our Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I then stamped my sentiment from our Teacher Appreciation Stamps using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. This gave me a focal point to arrange my pencils around. Once again, I tried to not let a single piece of my stamped images go to waste by using the portion cut off on the opposite side. By arranging them outside of rainbow order, it felt more random, and it was easier to hide the fact that I was using fewer pencils than it appeared.

I am frequently asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images from light to dark:

Yellow No.2 Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot (1a)
Concord & 9th Buttercup (1b)
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold (1c)
Hero Arts Soft Granite (1d)
Hero Arts Charcoal (1e)
Gina K. Sandy Beach (1f)
Hero Arts Charcoal (1i)
Pinkfresh Studio Coral Reef (1j)
Pinkfresh Studio Passion Fruit (1k)

Red Pencil & Scissors
PinkFresh Studio Coral Reef
Gina K. Red Hot
Concord & 9th Cranberry

Orange Pencil & Scissors
Hero Arts Butter Bar
Pinkfresh Studio Apricot
Pinkfresh Studio Clementine

Yellow Pencil & Scissors
Pinkfresh Studio Sunshine
Pinkfresh Studio Sweet Mustard
Pinkfresh Studio Marigold 

Green Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Key Lime
Gina K. Lucky Clover
Pinkfresh Studio Olive

Green Scissors
PinkFresh Studio Meadow
Concord & 9th Clover

Blue Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Slumber
Pinkfresh Studio Blue Jay
Pinkfresh Studio Sapphire

Blue Scissors
Gina K. Blue Raspberry
Hero Arts Deep Ocean

Purple Pencil
Pinkfresh Studio Soft Lilac
Pinkfresh Studio Candy Violet
Versafine Clair Purple Delight

As always we have layering guides as the second image on each of these stamp product pages that are also available to download with links in the product descriptions.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out our A Cut Above Stamps and Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Supplies Used:

Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
A Cut Above Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Cut Above Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Shades of Grey Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Ultra Fine Clear Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Heartbeat Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Starry Night Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Soul of Provence Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Indian Summer Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mermaid Kisses Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today. Since it is officially MerMay and summer is just around the corner, I thought I'd share a mermaid card with you featuring these absolutely adorable images from the Mermaid Kisses set. I love how this set is packed with so many mermaids, fishes and ocean floor decor. And of course, I could not resist the sweet sentiment from the set Mermaid Wishes, Starfish Wishes!

I stamped the images from the Mermaid Kisses stamps and the rock from the Ocean View stamps sets onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Mermaid Kisses Dies and Ocean View Dies to diecut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Skin: E000/00/21/11/13/93
Hair: E50/21/53/35/25
Pink Tail: RV000/10/21/13/14
Teal Tail: G0000 BG34/15/49
Teal Top/FIsh: BG34/15
Purple Tail: V01/04/09
Purple Top: V01/04
Starfish: Y02/15
Orange Fish: Y38 YR04
Rock: C0/1/3
Ocean vegetation: Y38 YR04, RV10/13/14

For the background, I took a piece of white cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") and masked off the two sides. I ink blended Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean and Blueprint Sketch Distress Oxide inks. I used the Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide to stamp a few bubbles onto the white space. I also stamped the Mermaid Kisses, Starfish Wishes sentiment with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. 

I adhered the rock to the panel with liquid adhesive. I adhered the rest of the colored images with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. The panel was adhered to a white A2 card base. I finished the card with a few drops from the Clear Drop Mix. 

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. For more info and ideas, be sure to visit the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mermaid Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mermaid Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Watering Can & Lovely Lilacs Spring Bouquet Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some floral cards for Spring using our gorgeous Captivating Camellias Stamps and Dies. These have always been a favorite set of mine, so I had so much fun revisiting them for these two clean and simple cards.

For my first card featuring the Watering Can Stamps, I paired them with the Spring Bouquet Stamps for a blooming floral arrangement, adding them both inside and around the watering can to fill in the backdrop of my card. Before adhering any of them to my card front, however, I inked the center of my panel with a light hand of Seedless Preserves Distress Ink to give my scene a bit of a hazy glow.

I grounded the scene with a 1" green strip of cardstock stamped with a tone-on-tone diagonal grid print using our Background Basics 2 Stamps. Lastly, I added the sentiment "I've been thinking of you often," using a mix-and-match greeting that comes with the Watering Can Stamps.

Ink colors used for Iris:

• PinkFresh Lavender
• Gina K. Wild Lilac
• Hero Arts Grape Juice
• PinkFresh Sweet Mustard

Ink colors used for Daffodil: 

• PinkFresh Sunshine
• PinkFresh Sweet Mustard
• PinkFresh Marigold
• PinkFresh Apricot

Ink colors used for Hot Pink Hyacinth:

• PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
• PinkFresh Bubble Gum
• Gina K.Passionate Pink

Ink colors used for Pink Hyacinth:

• Gina K. Bubblegum Pink
• PinkFresh Sparkling Rose
• PinkFresh Bubble Gum

Ink colors used for Lavender Hyacinth:

• PinkFresh Soft Lilac
• Lawn Fawn Fresh Lavender
• PinkFresh Lavender

The ink used for watering can:

• Hero Arts Soft Granite
• Hero Arts Charcoal

Ink colors used for leaves: Concord & 9th Parsley

For my second card today, I started with many of the same elements using the Watering Can Stamps and the Background Basics 2 Stamps for my subtle tone-on-tone backdrop, but this time I had previously cut a window using our Rounded Rectangle Window Dies from an A2 panel so I had this leftover piece (from THIS card no.4) that I didn't want to go to waste. This card felt meant to be with the beautiful way it complimented the lilacs I had also previously stamped using our Lovely Lilacs Stamps. 

I added the "thanks for your kindness" sentiment using our Autumn Greetings Stamps and VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. I then embellished my cards with two lilac butterflies from the Watering Can Stamps and a few scattered PinkFresh Studio Lilac Clear Drops.

Ink colors used for blossoms:

• PinkFresh Studio Soft Lilac
• PinkFresh Studio Lavender
• Gina K. Wild Lilac
• Hero Arts Grape Juice

Ink colors used for leaves:

• PinkFresh Studio Grassy Knoll
• PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
• PinkFresh Studio Olive

The ink used for watering can:

• PinkFresh Studio Key Lime
• Hero Arts Fresh Lawn

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today.💗

Supplies Used:

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovely Lilacs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Watering Can Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Watering Can Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Bouquet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Background Basics 2 Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Fresh Foliage Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Shades of Grey Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Studio Clear Drops: Lilac Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Soul of Provence Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Fairy Dust Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Rise & Shine Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio