SSS Sunny Vibes, Sunshine Stencils

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Hi all!  Today I'm sharing a couple cards created using the new Sunshine stencils from Simon's Sunny Vibes release.

There are three stencils and a few masks in this set which create a fun sunrise/sunset landscape, but I thought I would show you can stretch those stencils a bit.

For my first card, I inked up the portion of the sun rays that doesn't include the sun.  I used Canary and Cheeky for one set of rays and Dandelion and Peachy for the other.  This essentially creates a fun patterned paper for my card.

I wanted to create kind of a modern summer/beach card.  I stamped two of the umbrellas from the Beachy Keen set, coloring them with my B01, B02, and B04 Copics.  Once my coloring was done, I placed the stamped images back into my stamping platform (I hadn't removed the stamp yet) and stamped again with Versa Clair black ink to get a really bold black.  The umbrellas were then fussy cut, adhered to my panel, and trimmed down.

The sentiment is also from the Beachy Keen set and was stamped directly onto my stenciled background.  I added a mat and that was all the card needed.

Next up I thought it would be fun to use the rays to create a focal point, taking advantage of the fact that the sun is essentially masked off in the two ray stencils.  The stencils were placed on one half of my card, with the sun side at the center of the card.  I then inked the rays using Dandelion and  Peachy for one set of rays, and Cheeky and Guava for the other.  

Once that was done, I turned the stencils around to ink the other half of the card, creating an empty circle in the center of my panel.The very center darker orange rays didn't quite connect, so I used a bit of masking tape to mask off that area, inking it to 'connect' the two parts of the design.

The center was a bit stark, so using the remaining ink on my yellow blending brush, I added a bit of color to the center of the circle.

The sentiments, from the Spring in My Step set, were then stamped with Versa Clair black ink.

This one was so easy to create, it would be a great design for mass production and you can easily mix up the colors for different looks.

That's all for me today, thanks for visiting!