Hi everyone,

I'm thrilled to share my first card using new products from the freshly released Sunny Studio Stamps Summer Release.

Today I'm kicking it off with the fun Cruisin' Cuisine Stamps. From the moment I saw this set, I knew I wanted to create an ice cream truck!

The stamp set comes with various food accessories and sentiments. I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. For the ink blended background, I used yummy pastel Distress Oxide Ink colors (Picked Raspberry, Spun Sugar, Milled Lavender, Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio) which remind me of ice cream.

I stamped the scripty sentiment from the Pink Peonies set in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Next, I cut a small road hill from grey cardstock. I used the stitched scalloped die from the Frilly Frames Stripes set to add a decorative border to the background panel and the hill. I adhered them to a white A2 card base and popped up the ice cream cone and truck with foam squares.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • April Release • Thank You

Hello peeps,

today I want to share a CAS card with you where the adorable cow from the Party on the Farm set took center stage.

I also used the background image and single tulips from the Besties stamp set to create a little scene. I added the butterfly from the Meadow Bunnies set and colored everything with Copics. The sentiment is included in the Happy Wishes set and I heat embossed it with Ranger Liquid Platinum embossing powder.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a beautiful weekend!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • April Release • Little Painters

Hello crafty friends,

do you love rainbows as much as I do? I just had to make these cute bunnies from the Little Painters set (it's actually Easter-themed but I wanted to use it in a non-holiday way) color some pretty rainbow clouds.

I did some watercoloring with Distress Oxide Inks (Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin, Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade, Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch and Wilted Violet) and used the Grassy Knoll Dies to cut out the cloud borders. When everything was completely dry, I stamped the sentiment from the Besties stamp set with VersaMark Ink and white heat embossed it.

Next, I applied Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink to the card base by letting it fade into the white. I layered the two rainbow cloud borders on top of each other and added a small black and white striped paper strip below.

To create a cluster of color tins, I did some masking. I colored the images with Copics, fussy cut them out and adhered them with foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a wonderful weekend!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Showering You With Love

Hi everyone,

today I'm sharing another inspiration card over on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog. Again I used one of the fun colorful patterned papers from the Spring Fling 6x6 Paper pack. With all the clouds and rainbows, I thought the cute critter umbrellas from the Spring Showers set would be the perfect match.

I trimmed the patterned paper to the size of my card base and cut out three openings with the Window Trio Square Dies. Behind the windows, I did some gradient ink blending with Distress Oxides (Mowed Lawn + Twisted Citron, Salty Ocean + Tumbled Glass, Picked Raspberry + Worn Lipstick) and popped up the panel with foam tape.

Next, I stamped the umbrellas in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and did some coloring with Copic Markers. I cut out the images with the coordinating dies an adhered them with foam squares. Finally, I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark Ink onto a black cardstock rectangle and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a sunny day!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • April Release • Besties

Hi everyone,

today I'm sharing a friendship card on the Hello Bluebird blog which I created with the new Besties set. I combined these sweet critters with the Gallery Frame #2 Die, some yummy cardstock colors and a sparkly sunset background made with Distress Oxide Inks.

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • April Release • Party on the Farm

Hi there,

hope you're spending a Happy Easter!

Today I have a birthday card for you made with the Party on the Farm set which is another favorite of mine! It goes perfectly with the also freshly released Farmland Background.

First, I colored all images with Copics. I stamped the birthday sentiment inside the white area of the background scene which I adhered directly to my card base. Next, I die cut a circle window out of another white cardstock panel and stamped the grass border from the background stamp at the bottom using Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink. I adhered the panel over the background using foam tape and added the farm critters, balloon and cupcake to the card front. The banner went across the top of the circle window and was popped up with foam tape as well.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an awesome day!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • April Release • Meadow Bunnies

Hello sweet friends,

I created a fresh and modern card with the new Meadow Bunnies Stamps which of course can be used for Easter but also all year round.

I tried something different and colored them in pastel colors using Copics. To create a colorblock design, I trimmed matching cardstock and adhered the pieces to my card base. I stamped the sentiments in VersaMark Ink and embossed them with white embossing powder.

Thank you so much for stopping by! See you again tomorrow!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • April Release • Picked For You

Hi peeps,

have you already seen the incredibly cute Hello Bluebird April Release? For the next couple of days, we will be sharing our cards using the new products.

Today I'm starting with the adorable Picked For You set – love it so much!

I colored the images with my Copics and fussy cut them out (the coordinating dies will be available soon!). For the soft background, I did some ink blending with Distress Oxide Inks (Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass and Cracked Pistachio). Next, I adhered the images and framed my little spring scene using the Gallery Frame #1 Die. Finally, I stamped the sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a beautiful day!
Anja

DT Stempelgarten Challenge April

Hi again,

I'm a little bit late with sharing my card for the new Stempelgarten Challenge. This month's theme is Sea of Flowers.

I finally was able to create this colorful floral scene that has been in my head for ages! Therefore I combined the gorgeous Mama Elephant "Wild Meadow" set with the cute "Little Fairy Agenda" stamps.

I stamped the images and sentiment with VersaFine Onyx Black Ink and heat embossed everything with clear embossing powder. I did some watercoloring with my ZIG Clean Color Real Brush Pens and I'm totally pleased with how it turned out since it is out of my usual comfort zone.

For the background, I did a light wash with Tumbled Glass and Spun Sugar Distress Oxide Inks and added lots of small ink splatters with a paint brush. I fussy cut the little fairies and sentiment before adhering them with foam tape.

You will have time until April 30th, 2020 to join the Stempelgarten Challenge and this is the prize you could win:

A craft package from the Stempelgarten Online Shop with a value of CHF 20.–.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a nice evening!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • From One Bunny To Another

Hello everyone,

I created one more Easter card combining several Sunny Studio Stamps products. I turned the Easter eggs from the Chubby Bunny and the Chickie Baby set into balloons with the help of masking and the Floating By Stamps.

First, I did a soft background by sponging Distress Oxide Inks (Squeezed Lemonade, Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold and Worn Lipstick) over self-made stencils that I cut with the Fluffy Clouds Border Dies. I used the stitched rectangle die included in the Frilly Frames Retro Petals set to cut out my panel.

Next, I stamped the bunny in the basket, the balloons as well as the little birdies (Seasonal Tree Stamps) and the fence with grass border (Spring Scenes Stamps) in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the images with Copic Markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies. Before adhering the images with foam tape, I stamped the balloon strings and sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink directly onto my cloud background. I also stamped the word 'bunny' with the Phoebe Alphabet Stamps and fussy cut it out with scissors leaving a small white border.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you all a HAPPY EASTER!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Spring Release • Kinsley Alphabet

Hi everyone,

on today's Spring card for the Sunny Studio Stamps blog, I created my own custom sentiment with the Kinsley Alphabet.

I started off with a lilac card base and adhered the pretty scene paper from the Spring Fling 6x6 Paper pack. I die cut one of the Fancy Frames Rectangles from white cardstock and put it on top of the patterned paper.

Next, I stamped my favorite cute bunny and the two little chicks from the Chubby Bunny set in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I colored the images with Copic Markers and cut them out with the coordinating dies. I also stamped and colored two butterflies (included in the sets Spring Scenes and Spring Showers).

For the custom sentiment, I picked one of the Banner Basics Stamps. I arranged the individual Kinsley Alphabet Stamps to spell out the word 'somebunny' following the curve of the banner. I also added the words 'to' and 'sweet' from the Home Sweet Gnome set and stamped everything in VersaMark Ink onto lilac cardstock. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder and used the matching die to cut out the banner. I carefully blended on a bit of Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Ink to darken the bottom half of the banner.

I popped up the banner and images with foam tape and stamped an additional sentiment (Sending Sunshine Stamps) above the banner in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink. Finally, I adhered two small pink die-cut hearts.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Sending hugs!
Anja