Pretty Pink Posh - Elephant Baby Card

Hello there,

I'm so happy to be back today with this lovely baby card featuring, as always, a whole bunch of images from different sets. I had so much fun going through my entire Pretty Pink Posh collection to find the stamps that would match my baby theme!

I started off by stamping all my images on 80lb Neenah using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and my Graph'it brush markers.

Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Elephant Friends for the elephants • Holiday Stockings for the teddy bear • Spring Robins for the branches • Dinosaur Friends for the leaves • Jungle Friends for the flowers, leaves and ivy • Baby Basics for the rattle • Easter Signs for the pinwheel • Baby for the onesie, bottle, bib, hearts and safety pins.

I cut a Strathmore bristol smooth slimline panel using the largest Slimline Peekaboo Windows die, and colored it using oxide inks. From top to bottom, I applied tumbled glass, squeezed lemonade and dried marigold. And I made this background more interesting by using the Mini Polka Dots stencil along with, from top to bottom, salty ocean, mustard seed and carved pumpkin oxide inks. Next I added texture to my panel, starting with water droplets that I dried with a paper towel. I mixed some black soot oxide ink with water, used a small brush to add splatters to my piece of paper, and did the same with copic opaque white ink.

Once my panel was dry, I stuck all the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added highlights and details using a white gel pen, and applied white blizzard nuvo drops to the hearts to make them shine. I white heat embossed my "Congrats on the new baby" greeting from Sentiment Strips: Occasions, cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches panel out of light brown woodgrain cardstock, attached my panel on top using double sided tape, and finally stuck everything on a kraft card base.

PRETTY PINK POSH SUPPLIES

- Elephant friends stamp set

- Holiday stockings stamp set

- Spring robins stamp set

- Dinosaur friends stamp set stamp set

- Jungle friends stamp set

- Baby basics stamp set

- Easter signs stamp set

- Baby stamp set

- Sentiment strips: occasions stamp set

- Mini polka dots stencil

- Slimline peekaboo windows die set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: tumbled glass, salty ocean, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, dried marigold, carved pumpkin, black soot

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- Jet black ink by Lawn Fawn

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Light brown woodgrain cardstock by Lawn Fawn

- 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)

Sunny Studio - Flamazing Sliding Window Card

Hello there,

I'm so happy to be back on the Sunny Studio blog with this fun and bright interactive Sliding Window card featuring three cute Fabulous Flamingos in a tropical scenery. Oh how I love to make tropical cards!

As very often I started off with the coloring and stamped all my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my alcohol markers using corals for the flamingos, red for the flowers and different greens for the leaves. Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Fabulous Flamingos - flamingos, hearts • Tropical Birds - ivy, leaves, flowers • Silly Sloths - flowers, leaves.

I cut a 5 x 3,75 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel using the largest Stitched Rectangle, and colored it using oxide inks. I started off by covering it with cracked pistachio oxide ink to create a nice and even base. I added and blended some lucky clover oxide ink on the four edges, and then brought more interest to this background using a leafy stencil from my stash along with lucky clover oxide ink. I splattered clear water all over my panel and dried it using a paper towel. Next I mixed some pine needle oxide ink with water, used a small brush to make splatters on my panel, and then did the same with black soot oxide ink and with copic opaque white ink.

Next I cut and colored two additional Strathmore bristol smooth panels. The first one measures 5 x 3,25 inches, I cut the second one using the largest Stitched Rectangle die, and colored them both using the same colors. I first covered them with tattered rose oxide ink, and used the same leafy background stencil as before along with saltwater taffy oxide ink.

Once my leafy green panel was dry, I cut my Sliding Window out of it, as well as the notch at the top, folded my panel on the score lines, flipped it over, and added double sided tape on the slim bottom tab. I peeled the backing paper off this tab, flipped my 5 x 3,25 inches leafy pink panel over, and attached it at the back of my leafy green panel, lining up the bottom edge of the leafy green panel with the slim tab. I glued the small tab piece at the top of my leafy green panel, pierced a hole through that tab, cut a green eyelet using a die from Sliding Window, attached this eyelet to the tab, and added red twine to create a handle and be able to pull the interactive panel.

I flipped my leafy green panel over, and added foam strips along the bottom edge, on the side edges as well, but not along the top edge. I peeled all the backing papers off, and attached my leafy green panel to the remaining leafy pink panel to complete the whole interactive process. Next I cut a 5,25 x 4 inches white panel that I attached to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Polka Dot Parade red pattern paper, and then stuck this whole panel to a white card base.

At the inside bottom of the card, I stamped "You're flamazing" from Fabulous Flamingos in black, added a few extra images, and did the same at the inside top of the pull tab. I also white heat embossed the banner from Little Birdie on vellum, embossed "Hello friend" from Chubby Bunny and Bighearted Bears inside the banner, cut it using the matching die, and attached it below the flamingos using clear foam squares. As always I finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

SUNNY STUDIO SUPPLIES

- Fabulous flamingos stamp set

- Tropical birds stamp set

- Silly sloths stamp set

- Chubby bunny stamp set

- Little birdie stamp set

- Bighearted bears stamp set

- Sliding window die set

- Stitched rectangle die set

- Polka dot parade 6x6 paper pack

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks:

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- White blizzard nuvo drops

- Jet black ink by Lawn Fawn

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Leafy stencil from the Layered leaves & flowers stencil pack by Pretty Pink Posh

- Vellum by Lawn Fawn

- 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)

Pretty Pink Posh - Strawberry Cupcake

Hi there,

How about we take a break and have a sweet treat? Who's with me? I took out a bunch of dies from different Pretty Pink Posh sets to help me build this lovely card, and I love how refreshing it looks.

I cut an Eyelet Rectangle panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and started off by covering it with spun sugar oxide ink to get a nice soft pink base. Next I used the Layered Strawberries stencils to create a beautiful pattern on my panel. For the strawberries, I used worn lipstick, candied apple, hickory smoke, shabby shutters and mowed lawn oxide inks. For the flowers, I used squeezed lemonade, mustard seed and carved pumpkin. And for the leaves, I used shabby shutters, mowed lawn and rustic wilderness oxide inks.

I added texture to my panel, starting with water droplets that I dried using a paper towel. Next I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and used a small brush to add splatters to my panel, and then I did the same with black soot oxide ink. Once it was dry, I attached my Eyelet Rectangle panel to an A2 white card base that I set aside for later.

I die cut all the bits and pieces out of colored cardstock, kraft cardstock and white cardstock, and assembled everything on a 4,5 x 3,25 inches vellum panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, liquid glue and 3mm glue dots.

Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Big Celebration Cupcake for the ants, strawberries and blueberries • Big Easter Cupcake for the cupcake wrap and sign • Big Valentine Cupcake for the cake and cream • Easter Mug Additions for the flowers • Winter Foliage for the leaves • Baby Rattle Shaker for the hearts.

For my greeting, I used stamps from Fresh Berries. I stamped "Love you" in black on white cardstock, and trimmed it into a banner using a Sentiment Strips die. And I stamped "Berry much" in red on white cardstock, cut it using the matching die, and attached both pieces below the cupcake using foam squares.

Next I flipped my vellum panel over, added liquid glue behind all the die cut pieces, and stuck the panel to my Layered Strawberries card base. I picked a few sprinkles from the Strawberry Banana clay confetti pack, and glued them on the cream. I added highlights and details using a white gel pen, and finished my card by applying white blizzard nuvo drops to the hearts.

PRETTY PINK POSH SUPPLIES

- Big celebration cupcake die set

- Big Easter cupcake die set

- Big Valentine cupcake die set

- Easter mug additions die set

- Winter foliage die set

- Baby rattle shaker die set

- Eyelet rectangle die set

- Sentiment strips die set

- Fresh berries stamp set

- Layered strawberries stencils

- Strawberry banana clay confetti

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Oxide inks: spun sugar, worn lipstick, candied apple, squeezed lemonade, mustard seed, carved pumpkin, shabby shutters, mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, hickory smoke, black soot

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- Black versafine ink

- Lobster ink by Lawn Fawn

- White blizzard nuvo drops

- Vellum by Lawn Fawn

- Colored cardstock by The Stamp Market

- White cardstock by Lawn Fawn

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)

Sunny Studio - Pandastic Rainforest Scene

Hi there,

I'm super happy to be back on the Sunny Studio blog with this extra busy slimline card that combines two of my favorite things: a stenciled background and alcohol marker coloring. I've had this idea of pairing the pandas from Panda Party with the panda umbrellas from Spring Showers for quite some time, and I'm thrilled to finally be able to share it with you!

I started off by stamping all my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and my Graph'it brush markers. Obviously I used my black and light gray markers a lot to color my cute pandas and umbrellas, as well as greens, yellows and aquas for the leaves and flowers.

Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Panda Party + Bighearted Bears - pandas • Seasonal Trees - log • Spring Showers - umbrellas • Fabulous Flamingos - leaves • Tiki Time - toucans • Bunnyville - butterflies • Tropical Birds - leaves, ivy, flowers • Silly Sloths - flowers, leaves.

To fit all my images in one single scene, I cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, and colored it using stencils from my stash. On the lower part, I created a grass border using a slimline hillside stencil along with mowed lawn and rustic wilderness oxide inks. I then mixed some rustic wilderness oxide ink with water and used a small brush to make splatters on my grass border.

Next I covered the whole upper part with salvaged patina oxide ink, and used a bamboo stencil along with peacock feathers oxide ink to create a bamboo forest. I also applied a little bit of peacock feathers oxide ink on the edges of my panel, and added texture, starting with water droplets that I dried using a paper towel. Next I mixed some peacock feathers oxide ink with water, added splatters on my bamboo background using my small brush, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink. And finally, I used a rainy background stencil along with sparkling clear paste to make rain.

Once my panel was dry, I attached all my images on the panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and then worked on my greeting. I started off by white heat embossing the banner from Little Birdie on vellum, next I embossed "You're pandastic" from Panda Party inside the banner, cut that banner using the matching die, and attached it to my panel using clear foam squares. And as always I finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

SUNNY STUDIO SUPPLIES

- Panda party stamp set

- Seasonal trees stamp set

- Spring robins stamp set

- Fabulous flamingos

- Tiki time stamp set

- Bunnyville stamp set

- Tropical birds stamp set

- Bighearted bears stamp set

- Silly sloths stamp set

- Kiddie pool stamp set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, salvaged patina, peacock feathers

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Bamboo stencil by Card Deco Essentials

- Slimline hillside stencil by Lawn Fawn

- 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)

Pretty Pink Posh - Dinosaur Friends Fancy Card

Hello there,

I'm kicking off the Animal Theme Week on the Pretty Pink Posh blog with this super colorful dinosaur themed fancy card featuring a mix & match of "old" and new Pretty Pink Posh products. As you may already know, I like to create cute busy scenes, and this Fancy Card die set is just perfect to do that!

There is also a 15% discount on all items in the Animal Section during this theme week (until July 21st) at Pretty Pink Posh!

I stamped my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph'it brush markers. Here is a detailed list of the products I used: • Dinosaur Friends for the palm trees, bones, leaves and dinosaurs • Dinosaur Additions for the volcano and dinosaurs • Construction Trucks for the rocks • Jungle Friends for the flowers.

Next I worked on my three panels, and started off by cutting a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I colored using oxide inks. On the lower part, I created a mud/sand border using antique linen and vintage photo oxide inks. In the middle part, I created a grass border using mowed lawn and rustic wilderness oxide inks. And on the top part, I did the sky using tumbled glass and salty ocean oxide inks. I white heat embossed my "You are dino-mite!" greeting from Dinosaur Friends on the top right hand corner, and set my panel aside.

I cut a second panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using the second Fancy Card die, and colored it using the same inks as before, except for the sky. Next I used the same die again to cut a colorful plaid panel, cut the tab off, and glued that panel at the back of the other.

I cut a third panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock using the third Fancy Card die, and colored it using the same green inks as before only. I used the same die again to cut a panel out of the same colorful plaid paper as before, cut the tab off, and glued that panel at the back of the other.

Next I attached those two Fancy Card panels on each side of the main panel, stuck the whole thing to a white card base, and then attached all my images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. As always, I finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

PRETTY PINK POSH SUPPLIES

- Fancy card die set

- Dinosaur friends stamp set

- Dinosaur additions stamp set

- Construction trucks stamp set

- Jungle friends stamp set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: antique linen, vintage photo, mowed lawn, rustic wilderness, tumbled glass, salty ocean

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- Jet black ink by Lawn Fawn

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Hillside stencil by Lawn Fawn

- A birthday wish pattern paper by Echo Park

- 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)