Alpaca Holiday Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and I have another cute holiday card for you! This time we are creating an oval design with the sweet images from the Alpaca Holiday stamp and die set.

To create an oval shaped card base from white card stock, I folded the paper in two and used the largest die from Stitched Ovals. You just have to make sure to place the die higher than the fold line from the card stock, that way it will not cut through.

I wanted to have a fun frame for my scene, so I opted for the largest of the Scalloped Oval Mat 1 dies combined with a smaller die from the Stitched Ovals. These sets work great together. My paper was a sheet of teal from the Polka-dot Parade pack. To give this frame a more distressed look I went in with a blending brush and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide.

To build the scene I needed three more pieces of white card stock in an oval shape (Stitched Ovals), two for the snow banks and one for my sky (also inked with Salvaged Patina and sprinkled with splatters of white paint to mimic the snow).

From the Alpaca Holiday stamp, I selected three cuties and the mountain range (twice). I colored my images in pink, brown and teal Copics colors. Then it was time to build the scene layer by layer, starting with the sky and adding the two snow banks (cut with a die from my stash). Next, I added the two mountain ranges tucked in behind the snow. I used the second piece to strategically place the hills, doing some cutting with my scissors were needed. Then, I could add the frame and the sweet alpacas.

For oval designs, I love to work with a banner (Brilliant Banners 2), because it has that perfect rounded shape. My sentiment was taken from the Inside Greetings Holiday set and stamped in a pink ink from my stash. As embellishments, I glued three small snowflakes (Snowflake Circle Frame die) across the sky, adorning each of them with an Iridescent Jewel. For this winter scene, I added lots of snowy dots with my white gel pen! 

I hope you got inspired by these cute alpacas for your holiday cards! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Alpaca Holiday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Alpaca Holiday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowflake Circle Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings-Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Reindeer Games Card with Amanda

Hello there and welcome to the Sunny Studio blog! Amanda here! I’m so glad you’re here with me today as I share this SUPER JOLLY card with you! I am pumped about making holiday cards!  I know we have a lot of time left, but it’ll be here before you know it! Have you started making yours yet?? Either way, I hope this card inspires you to make one!

To make this card, I started by cutting the largest frame from the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies. This die actually cuts 2 separate pieces, which is great for creating dimension! I glued the outer frame directly to an A2 card base. I set the other frame aside to use later.

Next, I trimmed a white piece of cardstock to 5”x3.75”. On this panel, I stamped the hilly scene from the Scenic Route Stamps. With the leftover ink that was on the stamp, I stamped the image again on a piece of low tack masking tape. I trimmed the masking tape so that I could mask off the hills and trees.  

Then, I used Catherine Pooler’s Hot Tub and Skylight inks and a blending brush to blend out the sky. Once that was finished, I spritzed it with water and set it aside. On another piece of white cardstock, I stamped my deer, gifts, and ornaments from the Reindeer Games Stamps. Once stamped, I colored the images with Copic markers.  

Here are the colors I used:
Deer: E30, E31, E33, E35, E37, E50, R00, R22,R46,  E41, E43, W5, 27
Gifts: BG70, BG72, BG75, BG78, R422, R46, BG93, BG96, BG99

I removed the mask from the background panel and colored in the trees and snow.
Trees: BG93, BG96, BG99
Snow: BG70, BG72

After I was finished coloring, I cut the deer, ornaments, and gifts out using the coordinating Reindeer Games Dies. On the background panel, I stamped my sentiment in black ink.

I glued my background panel to my card base. I, then, applied foam tape behind my inner frame and attached it o the card base as well. I adhered 3D foam squares behind the images and added them to my card. Using some white acrylic paint, I added “snow” and dots on the deers.

I love the dimension the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies make! I hope you enjoyed learning how I created this card and I hope it inspires you to make something crafty today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some Christmas cards featuring our Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder.

For my cards today, I was having fun experimenting with Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Glazes. I started by inking up a 6x6 white cardstock panel with Peacock Feathers Distress Inks before running the panel through my die-cutting machine with the Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder. I then pressed my Versamark Ink Pad directly to the surface, trying to coat the entire panel, before sprinkling it with Evergreen Bough distress embossing glaze. When I created the panel, I wasn't sure how I was going to use it, and I wanted to be able to crop it around any mistakes I might make. I love how the speckled glossy embossed background invokes the feeling of real handmade Moroccan tiles!

I thought red would look so good against the teal green background, so I embellished my card with three layered Pristine Poinsettia Dies. Each flower is comprised of three stacked layers, twisted to show 9 petals in all. I used a paper piercer to poke a hole down the center and inserted a small red brad to hold the layers together tightly, before using a craft hammer to completely flatten the head of the brad. This gave me a smooth surface to adhere groupings of Red Zicron Jewels adhered with Multi Matte Medium, which dries clear. Our Winter Greenery Dies cut from a couple different shades of green cardstock were used as filler around the poinsettia flowers. I completed my card by heat embossing the "Enjoy the Beauty of the Season" sentiment from our Inside Greetings Christmas Stamps on a black pennant cut with the Notebook Photo Corners Dies.

For my second card, I started with the leftover embossed strip cut off the first card using the Moroccan Circle Embossing Folder. I decided to experiment some more by adding a second layer of Versamark Ink and another coat of Evergreen Bough Distress Embossing Glaze. This second pass filled in some low spots and made the surface even more glossy and smooth. The additional layer also deepened the rich green color of the glaze over the original peacock feathers inked cardstock. On my second pass there were a few low spots I couldn't see that I had missed with the Versamark Ink pad, so going back with the VersaMark Pen was the perfect way to touch things up and make those misses almost entirely invisible. I really struggled to get good crisp photos of this beauty of the glaze since my camera wanted to focus on the wreath, but it's stunning in person!

I used our Winter Wreaths Stamps for the focal point of my card, embellishing it with the bow, mini layered poinsettias, berries, and extra bough image. I chose to stamp my wreath and evergreen sprigs onto green cardstock to help the die-cut images fill out and blend with the stamped images for a tone-on-tone look. I heat-embossed a simple "noel" greeting in the center of my wreath from the Classy Christmas Stamps and added a scalloped lace border from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. Lastly, I added some more mini Red Zicron Jewels to the center of each poinsettia for an extra touch of holiday shine.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Prestine Poinsettia Dies, Winter Wreath Stamps, and Moroccan Circles Embossing Folder in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image so there are lots of ideas to scroll through there organized by set.

Supplies Used: 

Pristine Poinsettia Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Wreaths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Wreaths Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings-Christmas Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Red Zircon Jewels Shop at: Sunny Studio	Multi Medium Matte Shop at: Sunny Studio

Holiday Hugs & Woolen Mitten Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a fun mitten shaped card featuring these absolutely adorable bear from the Holiday Hugs set as well as a custom made sentiment using the new Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamp set. 

I stamped the bear and mug from the Holiday Hugs Stamp set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Holiday Hugs Dies to die-cut them out. I made sure to use the special die that allows you to diecut the arms on the bear to allow her to hold the mug. I colored the images with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Bear: E40/41/81 W3, R20, R000/20
Scarf: RV10/21/23, RV21/23/25/29, C1
Mug: RV23/25/29, E33, R24

Merry Everything and Happy Always! I love this fun sentiment, but it is hard to find a premade clear stamp for it. I used the recently released Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamp set for this task. This fun stamp set has oodles of holiday-themed words and is just perfect for creating custom sentiments. I aligned the words that I needed and stamped onto a piece of white cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used a paper trimmer to trim it out. 

Next, I used the Woolen Mitten Dies to die-cut the mitten once out of pink and twice out of white cardstock. I also diecut the cuff out of pink cardstock. The pink mitten was placed into the Cable Knit 6 x 6 Embossing Folder and run through the die-cutting machine. This created a beautiful, deep-knit impression on the mitten. I adhered the pink to one of the white mittens. Foam tape was used to adhere the cuff to the pink mitten.

In order to create a hinge for the card, I used a score board to score a line along the top 0.5" of the second white mitten. I stamped one of the sentiments from the Inside Greetings Seasons Stamp set onto this white mitten with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide ink and Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used a strong double-sided tape to adhere the two white mittens to each other along the previously scored 0.5" space along the top of the mitten.

The colored images and the sentiment were adhered to the card front with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. I finished the card with a few white snowflakes die-cut using the Basic Mini Shape 2 and Basic Mini Shape 5 Dies. 

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. Be sure to check out the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop for more info and ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspiration.

Have a wonderful and crafty day! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Seasons Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 5 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sunny Saturday Share: Customer Card

Hey everyone, how are you all doing this weekend? I'm so excited to be popping in today with a Sunny Saturday Share. There have been so many amazing cards popping up on Instagram that have made my jaw drop so I couldn't wait to share them with all of you! 

Garden Fairy, Scalloped Oval Mat 3, Brilliant Banner 1 card by Nicky Meek

City Streets and Sprawling Surfaces card by Amanda Fitterer

Too Cute To Spook and Majestic Meadows card by Janneke Peters

Scaredy Cat card by Crystal O Minkler

Fall Kiddos card by Andrea Janzon

Thank you for sharing all these fabulous ideas with us! I hope you will continue to share your gorgeous projects with us--It always makes my day to see them. Please tag us on instagram @sunnystudiostamps or share your projects with us in our flickr group. Sadly we are no longer able to view all the posts using our hashtag on Instagram so it's super important for you to also tag us @sunnystudiostamps so we can find them and they don't get missed. ❤

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

City Streets Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	City Streets Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scaredy Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scaredy Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Majestic Meadow Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Majestic Meadow Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio