Meet our new guest designer, Sara Zoppi!

Hey SugarPeeps! Welcome back on the blog for some inspiration!

We’re extremely happy to introduce with you all yet another guest designer on our team for the entire month: Sara Zoppi! Here’s a little bit she shares about herself and her very first project with us!

Hi, my name is Sara, I am 29 years old and I come from the north of Italy.

Since I was a child, I have always loved coloring and creating things. About 5 years ago, while I was studying Engineering at University, I discovered the “magical” world of stamps and dies and I instantly fell in love with them. I started collecting stamps of many brands, I especially love critters and cute designs. Coloring and crafting is my way to escape from the daily routine and I really love making cards and creating scenes. I usually color with alcohol based markers, I love them! When I am not creating, I am working for school, as I am a teacher.

In 2018 I created my Instagram account (@le_cosebelle_di_sara) where I started sharing my creations. I love the crafty world, I virtually “met” a lot of talented crafty friends and I got inspired by them.

Today I will show you my first card, which is fall themed. I love this season so much, I love the colors of the nature. As you may know, I love critters ad the Sugar Pea seasonal bears really stole my heart. I just had to have them!

To create my card, I firstly stamped the “Hey Fall” images on a piece of Alcohol friendly paper and I colored them with copics. On a different 5”x5” piece of paper, I created a really simple forest background, using greens, yellows and brown markers. I wanted to create a simple scene to set the adorable bear and his friend the squirrel.

I die cut the stamped images using coordinating dies and I arranged them to my square scene. I realized I didn’t like it, there was too much empty space. So I had the idea to create a circle window on a white paper (you can use any kind of round dies or you can cut it with a circular cutter) and I layered it between the background and my protagonists. I really loved the result! To complete the card, I added the sentiment which comes from “Autumn Blessings”: I stamped it with brown ink and I added some white shades. I also matted the whole scene using a piece of 5,25”x5,25” Desert Storm cardstock. And here’s a closer look of the scene I created.

I really hope you will like my first inspiration! I will be back in a week for another one!

Hugs from Italy,

Sara