Sunny Studio's 7th Birthday Blog Hop

Hello and welcome to the Sunny Studio's 7th Birthday Blog Hop! I can't believe it's been a year since I posted on this blog. I didn't stop creating, I am just sharing my cards on Instagram rather than posting long blog posts, so find me there if you like to :)

Happy Birthday Sunny Studio!  

Today you will find amazing inspiration along this blog hop and you'll get to see products from the newest release in action. Be sure to read the details at the bottom of this post about how to win a $25 gift code to the Sunny Studio Shop. If you started from the beginning, you should have arrived from the amazing Kavya. I am sure she made your jaw drop with her beautifully colored creation! 

Here comes my first card made with the new release:

I chose to use the super adorable new set called "Too Cute To Spook" and combined it with various older dies. First, I masked a circle on a white cardstock panel and inked the background with Carved Pumpkin and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Inks. Using a cloud stencil, I created the clouds from bottom to top, adding light shading with black ink. After I had removed the mask, I inked the moon with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink and adhered the panel to a black card base.

Now I die-cut the trees, the fence and the grassy border from black cardstock, trimmed the pieces and adhered them to the card. I stamped all the images onto white cardstock, colored the elements with Copic markers, die-cut them with the matching dies and adhered everything to the card with foam tape.

I hope you love this set as much as I do! These critters and this bat!

Be sure to leave me a comment on this post before Wednesday, August 31st for your chance to win a $25 gift card. For more chances, leave a comment on every stop of the hop. This is the hopping order:

Sunny Studio
Marine
Bobbi
Isha
Kavya
Vanessa
Marney
Cathy
Waleska
Alma
Tina

 

If you missed the festivities from earlier in the week, be sure to check these for more entries to win a gift card!

Day 1: Introducing Squirrel Friends, Fall Scenes, Autumn Greenery & Autumn Tree Dies
Day 2: Introducing Too Cute To Spook, Pumpkin Patch and Mini Mat & Tag Dies
Day 3: Introducing Winter Wreaths, Holiday Greetings & Joyful Holiday Paper
Day 4: Introducing Penguin Party, Snowman Kisses & Snow One Like You Stamps
Day 5: Introducing Cozy Christmas & Reindeer Games Stamps

 

Sunny Studio is also offering 20% off Sunny Studio branded products (excluding clearance and new release products) using the discount code SEVENYEARS at checkout through August 31st. Limit one discount code per order. Automatically a free mini acorn die on all orders will be included. 

Find all the new products in the store HERE.

And now it is time to hop on to the talented Marney! Thank you so much for stopping by today and good luck!

Vanessa

Supplies:

Too Cute To Spook stamps + dies

Picket Fence Die

Rustic Winter Dies

Slimline Nature Borders Dies

Sunny Studio's 6th Birthday Blog Hop

 Hello to you and welcome to the Sunny Studio's 6th Birthday Blog Hop! Happy Birthday, Sunny Studio!! Mendi is such a sweet and kind person, and I am wishing her all the best for the upcoming years!

I will provide more info about this blog hop at the end of this post, so be sure to read on. But first, my card for today.

I couldn't resist using these adorable images from the set called Bear Hugs. Just love these bears and trees! For my card, I first stamped the two cuties, masked them, stamped the trees, masked again and inked the background with Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries Distress Oxide Inks. After I had removed the masks, I colored the images with Copic markers and adhered the panel to the card base. Now I die-cut the letters from the Chloe Alphabet from white cardstock, inked them with pink ink, matted the letters with black ones to create a shadow and adhered them to the card. Finally, I stamped and heat-embossed the "sending" onto a strip of black cardstock, trimmed it and added it to the card.

I hope you like today's inspiration! The new release is so beautiful, you don't want to miss it. Find the complete release here.

Now to the details of this blog hop. Besides all the inspiration, you get the chance to win a $25 gift code to the Sunny Studio shop. Simply leave a comment on my post below! This will run through Friday, August 27th and the winners will be announced on the Sunny Studio Blog on Sunday, August 29th. And Mendi is also offering this:

For additional information, please visit the Sunny Studios Blog! Here comes today's blog hop list:

Sunny Studio
Vanessa 

Anja
Ashley
Audrey
Franci
Isha
Julia
Kavya
Marine
Mayra
Tammy

Thank you for taking the time to comment, happy hopping and good luck!

Vanessa

MFT Camp Create: Emboss Resist

 Happy Sunday! Today I am sharing a card for the MFT Camp Create: Emboss Resist.

I loved playing around with my colors:

I used the large Floating Petals background stamp and heat-embossed it onto white cardstock. Then I inked the image with Distress Oxide inks and die-cut a part of the stamp and adhered it to the card.

This background stamp is pretty versatile, love the different looks you can achieve! Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

Floating Petals Background

BB Bitty Bears

MFT Camp Create: Wonderful Watercolor

 Back again with a card for the MFT Camp Create: Wonderful Watercolor. 

Can't remember the last time I used so much watercolor on a card:

The adorable RAM image is perfect to be colored with watercolors, it adds to the storybook look.

I wonder what book they read! Thank you for visiting and have a lovely day!

Vanessa

Supplies:

RAM Fairy-tale Friendship

Stitched Alphabet Die-namics

MFT Camp Create: Spectacular Shakers

 Hello there! I've been enjoying crafting while watching the Olympics and created a fun shaker card for the MFT Camp Create: Spectacular Shakers.

This is the result:

I love creating my little shaker boxes! Here I stacked the adorable cuties from the BB Birthday Buds set for a fun birthday card. The images are colored with Copics, the base is inked with Distress Oxide inks.

Have a wonderful weekend everybody and thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

BB Birthday Buds

Card Sized Confetti Stencil

MFT Sketch 547

 Hello to you! I made a cute card for the current MFT Sketch Challenge 547 using the following sketch.

And here is my last-minute take on it:

I created a dimensional shaker base to add plenty of sequins. To not cover too much of the shaker element, I used vellum underneath my image, which was stamped onto a piece of cardstock, colored with Copic markers and fussy-cut before I adhered it. The sentiment is heat-embossed with white embossing powder.

Have a wonderful day everybody, thank you so much for stopping by :)

Vanessa

MFT sets:

BB Birthday Buds

BB Bitty Bears

A Cute Lawn Fawn Scene

 Hello there! I had such fun creating a cute scene for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge.

Here is my first take, and probably not my last:

 The background is inked with Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide inks. The images are colored with Copic markers.

This is the list of sets I used:

butterfly kisses flip-flop stamps + lawn cuts

elphie selfie flip-flop stamps + lawn cuts

gleeful gardens stamps + lawn cuts

center picture window card (banner + clouds)

grassy border

Thank you for stopping by today! 

Vanessa x

99 Red Balloons - Lawn Fawnatics Challenge

 Happy weekend! After my daughter shared her card yesterday, I am back with my card for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge. We love being inspired by fun challenges and enjoy creating together. 

My first ever favorite song I can remember was 99 Red Balloons from Nena when I was in Kindergarten. Of course, I loved the original, German version that only says 99 Balloons and nothing about red - but for my card it was perfect:

The balloons were stamped, masked, stamped and so on. Then I masked off the rectangle and inked the background with Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Ink. I added a red line with a marker around that rectangle and colored my balloons with Copics. Not sure how I like my try to make them look translucent by indicating the shapes with a pencil! I added highlights with a white gel pen and adhered my panel to the card base. After I had stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto a strip of blue cardstock, I adhered it together with tiny star sequins.

Having the song in your head now? You are welcome! Thank you so much for stopping by, have a wonderful weekend and happy Easter!

Vanessa x

Lawn Fawn set used:

really high five

A Card Made by Alyssa

 Hello! Here is Alyssa. I really liked the idea and made a card for the current Lawn Fawnatics Challenge inspired by the book Bliss Bakery, one of my favorite book series. This challenge is a wonderful inspiration!

Here is my card:

This sleeping gnome was required for a recipe in the first book. He had to whisper the secret of time into the dough. And every time a magic ingredient is put into the bowl, there are these blue bolts. I liked that the Bliss family wanted to help others with their magic recipes. 

These are the stamp sets and dies that I used:

milk and cookies (cookies, cookies tin)
bugs and kisses (jar)

ho-ho-holidays ("gnome")

life is good (water in jar)

seahorsin' around (bubbles)

cole's abcs (letters)

I hope you like my card!

Bye,

Alyssa

MFT Sketch 535 Guest Designer + a tutorial!

Hello to you! It's my last day guesting for the MFT March Sketch Challenge. Besides my take on the sketch, you'll get a tutorial on how to color number balloons to make them look like foil number balloons. I got asked a lot about them on previous cards, so here it is. But first comes Sketch 535:

And this is what I made inspired by it:

Here I started with a white card base and stamped the Pumped-Up Numbers with grey ink. After I had added highlights with a white gel pen, I added a strip of grey cardstock, a rectangle of white cardstock and covered the front with vellum to tone it down. Now I stamped the images, colored them, fussy-cut the pieces and adhered them to the card. Finally, I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of pink cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, trimmed it and adhered it to the card.

This cute little bear always makes me happy! But now to the promised tutorial. I hope you like it!

Will you try this? Let me know what you think. And don't forget to join the MFT Sketch Challenge this week for your chance to win $50 to the MFT shop! Thanks for visiting today!

Vanessa

Supplies:

Pumped-Up Numbers

Partners in Adventure

BB Adorable Elephants

MFT Sketch 534 Guest Designer

 Hello to you! Welcome back to another week guesting for MFT. Today the new Sketch 534 is up and this time it is a slimline card design:

Here comes my take, are you ready for take-off?

The adorable new High-flying Adventure stamp set fit perfectly for this sketch. I love this little bunny holding on to the string. On the background, I created light pink clouds with Spun Sugar Distress Oxide ink, using the Cloud Stencil. I colored the images with Copic markers and the sentiment is heat-embossed using white embossing powder.

Be sure to head to the MFT Blog to find all the details on how to win a $50 gift card to the MFT Shop! I hope you'll join us! Thanks for visiting and see you next week!

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

High-flying Adventure stamps + Die-namics

Cloud Stencil

MFT Sketch 533 Guest Designer

Hello again! I am back with my card guesting for this week's MFT Sketch 533.  This is the wonderful sketch:

And here comes my monochromatic, girly take:

I first stamped the gnomie and the eggs, masked them and inked the background to create the hills, using Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet Distress Oxide Inks. Then I stamped the greenery and flowers, removed the masks and colored the images with Copic markers. After I had adhered the panel to my card base, I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, trimmed it and adhered it.

These gnomes make me smile. So lovely! Now it is your turn, I hope you will join us this week for the Sketch Challenge. Thank you so much for visiting!

Hugs,

Vanessa

MFT Supplies:

BB Spring Gnomes

Dandelion Greenery

Drifts and Hills Stencil

MFT & Friends March 2021 Release

Welcome to the MFT & Friends March 2021 Release! I am thankful to be guesting this month, and have created samples using the new release for your inspiration. It feels like an early birthday present, March being my birthday month! So grab a cup of whatever you prefer and enjoy the cards. I hope you like what you see!

The new BB Spring Gnomes set is the cutest, don't you agree? Here I colored them with Copic markers, the background is inked with Cracked Pistachio, Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide inks. 

To make the die-cut letters stand out better, I added a rectangle of vellum behind them.

The new Stacey Yacula set is next:

I wonder what these little bears whisper into each others ear? I wish I had their heart-shaped flowers in my garden! This background was ink blended using Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries Distress Oxides. The images are colored with Copics. This garden gate is a new favorite of mine!

Ready for take-off? Good, because here comes the Amazing Airplane Die-namics:

This die is such fun! I wanted to put all the cute critters from my stash into the planes. Here I chose to add the bears from Partners In Adventure. The background and the planes are inked with Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers, Spun Sugar, Picked Raspberries, Milled Lavender and Wilted Violet Oxides.

 And finally a card using a lovely new Rachelle Anne Miller set:

This little girl is from the RAM Rainy Day Friends. I gave her a rainbow that I created with Distress Oxide inks. The images are colored with Copics again. This is a one-layer card made with masking paper.

You made it through all the cards! I hope you enjoyed them and that you were inspired! Now be sure to stop by the MFT Blog to see all the fabulous creations everybody came up with for today and to find the details on how to win $100 to the MFT shop! Thanks for stopping by my blog and for leaving me love.

Hugs,

Vanessa

Supplies:

Good Egg Card:

BB Spring Gnomes stamps + Die-namics

Birch Trees Die-namics

Gift Card Window + Frame Die-namics

Grassy Hills Die-namics

LLD Stitched Alphabet Die-namics

Love Bears Card:

SY Being With You stamps + Die-namics

Garden Gate Die-namics

Bears in Planes Card:

Partners in Adventure stamps + Die-namics

Banner Day Sentiments

Amazing Airplanes Die-namics

Banner Flags Die-namics (free with $60 gift option)

Mini Cloud Edges Stencil

Rainbow Umbrella card:

RAM Rainy Day Friends stamps