Sunny Studio Stamps - Country Carnival

Hello and thank you for visiting my blog today where I'm sharing this card for Sunny Studio Stamps featuring their Country Carnival stamp set which I LOVE and of course the coordinating die set for all those intricate little images.  I'm happy to share that they are ON SALE.  The stamp set is $11.99 and the die set is $16.99.  Imagine all the fun scenes you can make with Country Carnival, I shall definitely be reinventing this stamp set in a daytime scene in a couple of months from now.

To create this scene I started with a panel of white cardstock and I ink blended to create the night sky using Distress Oxide Inks in Black Soot, Chipped Sapphire, Tumbled Glass and Blueprint Sketch.

I added a strip of black cardstock along the bottom for the ground and applied the panel my prepared card base.

I framed it out in white cardstock using the Comic Strip Everyday Die but I snipped out the inner 'cross bars' to leave just the nice skinny frame.  I do love a skinny frame!  This was applied popped up on dimensional foam tape.

I stamped all of the images using black ink and coloured with Copic markers:-

Red - R89, R29, R24, R05

Blue - B37, B24, B32

White - C3, C1, C0

Grey - C7, C5, C3

Bears - E43, E42, E41

I used the coordinating die to die cut the images and then starting from the back of the scene with the big circus tent, I began to apply all the different elements using dimensional foam tape in either a single or double layer (the little bears wandering around in the foreground).

For the finishing touches I took black sentiment strips and stamped the sentiments using Versamark Ink and heat embossed in ultra fine white embossing powder.  Lastly, I went to town with using my white gel pen creating stars in the sky and lots of highlights throughout the scene.

I hope you enjoyed my card today for Sunny Studio, I know that I enjoyed making it!

Happy crafting!

 

Glittery, Congratulatory Goodness!

Hello all!

I'm sharing what is a relatively quick card to make and yet it is so impactful and beautiful.



All the fun is basically care of Nuvo Glitter Paste.  If you haven't bought any yet I urge you to treat yourself.  It is sold in delicate little pots but I just want to put it out there into the universe that I believe it should be sold by the pint .... like Haagen Dazs ice cream!!!

This card starts with 110lb solar white cardstock by Neenah and then a panel of the same was created and stencil embossed using Distress Oxide inks in 3 different colours and using the 'Folk Dance' stencil by Simon Says Stamp ... so pretty!  Keeping the stencil in place I then applied a generous amount of Nuvo Glitter Paste for a highly dimensional look.  I removed the stencil carefully and left the design to dry and I find this paste dries pretty rapidly which is good - maybe 20-30 mins.



Once the paste was dried to sugar encrusted perfection I was able to attach a die cut MFT frame using dimensional foam tape.  I then stamped the word 'CONGRATULATIONS' in black on white cardstock and attached this also with foam tape and the final touch was to make several die cuts of the word 'Smile' with the cute heart for the dot of the 'i'.  I did about 5 in white and a final one in yellow 'foil' cardstock and then glued each together to make a neat stack finishing with the gorgeous yellow and then attached this to the card using Ranger Multi Medium Matte.



I didn't feel this particular card needed any further embellishment since the whole thing is dazzling when it is handled and moved.

That's all for this time, thanks for stopping by and please do leave me any comments and questions if you have them!

Nicky x