Sunny Studio Stamps : Wonderful Windows Dies

 

Hello Crafty Friends! Thank Heavens, it's officially Spring! Out with the cold and in with the warmth! Spring brings about renewal, and rebirth within nature as well as within ourselves. Spring can also be a reminder to revive or nurture past friendships. In my case, Spring couldn't have come at a better time as I reconnect with a dear friend from my high school days! My card creation today is a friendship card I created for my friend to show her my gratitude that we have finally reconnected after so many years. This card features the Wonderful Windows Dies  from Sunny Studio Stamps' Spring 2023 collection! It sure is wonderful as it's one of my favorite dies from this release! I also paired this window scene with tiny adorable bees from their Garden Citters Stamp .  

The first step to create this friendship card was to cut out two A2 sized card panels from Bristol Smooth Cardstock paper. This paper is super smooth and perfect for ink blending. Then taking the background panel, I used a brick stencil, and ink blended a light lavender color using Milled Lavender Distress Oxide Ink. To darken the edges, I went in with Shaded Lilac Distress Ink. For the bottom portion of the card, I inked it with some Mowed Lawn Distress ink and splattered some water droplets to create some texture.

For all my die cuts except the flowers, I used bristol smooth cardstock because it takes copic markers very well. Starting with my window frame, I colored it using copic markers in cool grey tones. I used two in the colors Cool Gray No.3 (C-3) , and Cool Gray No 1. (C-1). For the window curtains I used some beautiful  yellow pattern paper from the Spring Fever Paper . For the inside window portion and the top window pieces, I used Vintage Paper Distress Oxide to mimic the warmth of a softly lit room. I used some gold metallic paper for the curtain holders. For the flower box, I used Copic Markers in the colors Chamois ( E35) and Sepia (E37) and to make it a terracotta color, I layered over top Rose Blush (PP4) from Spectrum Noir Illustrator Markers. All the dainy and adorable mini flower blooms were cut from various colors of red, and shades of pink. For all the tiny leaves, I used Yellow Green Copic marker in (YG03) and did some MOwed Lawn distress ink for shading on the base. For the cute fence, I used Sunny's Scalloped Fence Dies  and colored it using Mauve Shadow (BV00) and Cool Grey No. (C-1) Copic Markers. I positioned all my die cut elements and adhered them to my card front panel with Bearly Art Precision Craft Glue. 

Next, I stamped out all the bee images onto watercolor paper.  I used Faber-Castell watercolor pencils to color all the images. I cut out the bees using their corresponding die from the Garden Critters Dies . I adhered the bees using repositionable double sided tape adhesive. For some detailing, I used a white Gelly Roll pen to create some flying bee trails.

Moving on to the inside of my card, I did the same brick stenciling and ink blending as I did on the front to create continuity. I stamped out my Sentiment from the Garden Critters Stamp onto 110 lb. cardstock, and used some banner dies to cut them out. I also inked around the edges for some added interest with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide. Finally, I used some bee images on the inside, and voila all finished and ready to personalize!   

That's it for this week's Spring time friendship card inspiration! Thank you so much for joining me today!  Until next time, Happy Cardmaking!