Three Sunshine Cards with Video

Hi, I created a video tutorial showing how I made these three cards using products by Concord and 9th. You can see this video by clicking HERE.

For the backgrounds I printed out the alignment guide for this Sunburst turnabout stamp and made my cross marks on the back of the stamp and trimmed a piece of card to 6 x 6″ (jig), and draw lines from each point to make a cross mark on the card. With this jig in my stamp platform I lined up the marks on the stamp to the lines on this jig – making sure everything was lined up correctly. I closed the lid of the stamp platform (on the clear side). For all the cards I used Neenah Solar White card trimmed to 4.25 x 5.5″ and used some tape adhesive to hold the card in place on the jig.

I used the Party Collection – Life of The Party inks for two of my backgrounds, and Spa Collection – Zen Garden for one background. Inking up my stamp (little love taps) and closing the door to transfer the ink to the card. I rotated the card 90 degrees each time in the same direction and stamped with four different colours. I used the same stamp and die bundle for all these cards but finsihed them differently.

The colours I used for this card are Something Borrowed, Tiki Torch, Lime Rickey and Tutti Frutti. I die cut the circle from the Everyday Circle die (available in a bundle with the Everyday Greetings stamp set) and stamped the sentiment in Midnight black ink. I love that this sentiment “You’re The Best Ever” completely fills the circle. I added this circle (which has some stitching detail) on foam tape and added it to the stamped background. To add some more interest I added some bright Nuvo Crystsal Drops in colours that matched the stamping. The colours of Nuvo drops I used are Ripened Pumpkin, Dandelion Yellow, Red Berry and Midnight Blue.

I used Party Dress, Tiki Torch, Tiara and Somthing Borrowed for this birthday card and trimmed my card down. I diecut the circle and the striped die from white card, then moved the striped die to cut it from the bottom of the circle too, and stamped Happy Birthday. I love that the sentiments are sized to fit between the extra dies that come with the Everyday Circles. Because my stamped background was all colourful I needed something behind the striped diecut to help it stand out. I diecut another circle and used the direct to paper method to colour it the same Party Dress ink. I also used this technique for the small frame and on a piece of card to go behind the stamped panel. I finished this card with some irridescent sequins from a Little Things by Lucy sequin shaker mix.

For the background with the Spa Collection of clolours I went for a softer looking sentiment. The colours I used are Shea Butter, Sea Foam, Sky Light and Sugared Lavender. I diecut the same circle die with the sunburst die (which gives a dashed line effect) from white card and stamped the sentiment with Sugared Lavender ink. I also used the direct to paper methoud to colour a piece of card to go along the edge and one of the frames. I trimmed the stamped panel down and adhered the Sugared Lavender strip to a card base and then adhred stamped panel. I added the circle diecut and layered three of the tiny frames with the purple frame on top. For the finishing touches I added some Morning Dew Nuvo drops.

On all the cards I tried to adhere the center of the circle with the center of the sunrays. You can also place your focal piece off center, and it doesn’t have to be a sentiment – critters and florals look cute with this stamped background too! Don’t forget to watch the corresponding video tutorial, leave a thumbs up and subscribe to our YouTube channel.

Let me know which is your favourite card? All the products I used are listed and linked below and are available from the online shop.

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STAMP

Concord and 9th Sunshine Turnabout

Concord and 9th Everyday Greetings

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Concord and 9th Everyday Circles

INK

Catherine Pooler Designs – Life of The Party – Party Dress, Tiki Torch, Tiara, Tutti Frutti , Lime Rickey and Something Borrowed

Catherine Pooler Designs – Zen Garden – Shea Butter, Sky Light, Sea Foam and Sugared Lavender

Catherine Pooler Designs – Midnight black ink

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