Sunny Studio - Happy Summer Slimline Card

Hello there,

I'm so happy to be back with this Sunny Studio busy card! Since summer is officially here, I thought it would be nice to take you to the beach, drink some refreshing cocktails and have fun in the ocean. As very often, the scene I had in mind had many images in it, so I went for a slimline design to create my card.

I started off by stamping all the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, and then colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and my Graph'it brush markers.

As always, here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Tiki Time - bar, torches, cocktails, leaves, toucans • Seasonal Trees - palm tree, coconuts • Tropical Birds - flowers • Paris Afternoon - table & parasol, chairs • Beach Bus - surfboard • Ocean View - seashell • Beach Babies - two characters, balloon • Kiddie Pool - four characters, droplets • Beach Buddies - sunglasses, snorkeling mask.

I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, set them aside for later, and cut a 3 x 8 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel. I masked the stitched edges off with washi tape, divided it in three sections using washi tape again, and used oxide inks to create my beach landscape:

• in the upper section, I created a cloudy sky using a stencil from my stash along with tumbled glass and broken china. I mixed some broken china oxide ink with water, and used a slim brush to add splatters to my sky,

• on the middle section, I blended antique linen and vintage photo to create sand, and added brown splatters using vintage photo oxide ink,

• on the lower section, I did the ocean using broken china and uncharted mariner, and added dark blue splatters using uncharted mariner oxide ink.

Next I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and added white splatters all over the panel. And to give the illusion of sea foam between the sand section and the ocean section, I applied white ink on that area using a sponge dauber, and added even more ink using the rounded end of a brush.

When my panel was dry, I white embossed "Happy summer" from Beach Babies at the very bottom, and then I attached all the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

Next I cut a scalloped panel out of aqua cardstock using a Slimline Scalloped Frame die, attached it to an 8,5 x 3,5 inches white card base using 1mm foam tape, and finally stuck my beach scene panel using foam tape again.

SUNNY STUDIO SUPPLIES

- Tiki time stamp set

- Seasonal trees stamp set

- Tropical birds stamp set

- Beach babies stamp set

- Paris afternoon stamp set

- Beach bus stamp set

- Ocean view stamp set

- Kiddie pool stamp set

- Beach buddies stamp set

- Slimline scalloped frame die set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Ohuhu markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: tumbled glass, broken china, antique linen, vintage photo, broken china, uncharted mariner

- Copic opaque white ink

- Sakura white gel pen

- Memento tuxedo black ink (images)

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn (greeting)

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Cloudy stencil by Lawn Fawn

- Tide pool cardstock by Lawn Fawn

- 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock (images)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)