A Bird's Life Birthday Card with Lexa

Hi everyone! Lexa here today, finally back from a family holiday. And today I'm sharing a birthday card using an older set called A Bird's Life Stamps and the coordinating dies. This stamp set is so cute and I can't get enough of it.

I'm going to play with bright colors today. I stamped all of the images with Versafine black ink and watercolored them with Distress markers. After I finished with the coloring I used the coordinating dies to cut all of the images. I had so much fun coloring these images.

I used the largest Tag Topper Dies on the top and bottom part of my center scene. After that, I blended some Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feather Distress inks for the sky and added bright yellow stripes using the Sun Ray Dies. 

As for the green hills and the card base, I used patterned papers from Sunny Studio's 6x6" Striped Silly and Classic Gingham paper pad collections. I white heat embossed the sentiment on a piece of brown cardstock that was cut as a fish tail banner. I love how happy this card looks. Do you agree with me?

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I hope you'll like this card as much as I do. Have a wonderful day everyone!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sun Ray Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tag Topper Dies-Traditional Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Background Basics Puppy Themed Birthday Tags with Franci

Hello there! Franci here with you today with 2 little birthday tags. I was inspired by the new Background Basics set to create a simple tag design. I thought these backgrounds would pop up nicely with a clean look and white cardstock. 

First, I created the two tags using the Tag Topper dies and the Ric Rac Border dies. Then I stamped my favorite dog from the Party Pups set twice, colored them with Copics and die cut them with the coordinating dies.

I stamped the background stripes with Spice Marmalade and Broken China Distress Oxide inks and let them dry.

I also stamped the sentiment from the Party Pups set and glued down the dogs with foam tape. Finally, I added some ribbon and twine.

Hope you like them and thank you so much for stopping by today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Tag Topper Dies-Traditional Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pups Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Party Pups Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Background Basics Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Christmas Themed Gift Tags with Lexa

Hello everyone! Lexa here with you today. Have you got all of your presents wrapped up? Don’t forget the gift tags too. This time of the year is the most wonderful and hectic at the same time. So today I will share some inspiration for last minute tags that can maybe save you a little time in these last few days before Christmas.

I used the Tag Toppers Traditional Dies together with the Fishtail Banner II Dies. Attached them to the paper with low tack tape and die cut them at the same time. Such a time saver. I blend Distress Inks for the background, Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick, Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers. After I'm happy with the blending I stamped Frosty Flurries with matching dye inks.

I stamped all of the images with Versafine black ink and watercolored them with Distress markers. The Gleeful Reindeers are so adorable, and no one can get enough of the cute gingerbread boy from Jolly Gingerbread. After I finished putting them all together, now it's time to tie up some ribbons and twines to finish the tags.

Thank you so much for visiting the blog today! I hope you enjoy today's post and have an amazing holiday.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fishtail Banner II Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gleeful Reindeer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gleeful Reindeer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tag Topper Dies-Traditional Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frosty Flurries Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Jolly Gingerbread Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Jolly Gingerbread Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Polar Playmates Christmas Themed Tags with Eloise

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have some quick tags to share with you all using the Polar Playmates and Tag Topper Crescent Dies.

To begin I cut down three pieces of watercolour paper to 3" wide by 4 1/2" tall. I then used the largest Crescent Topper Die and cut down each of the pieces to have a tag like edge. Then I ink blended some Tumbled Glass and Salty Ocean Distress Ink on top of each of the tags and sprinkled them with water to appear like snow. Next I cut down some Neenah Solar White cardstock to 3" wide and used my scissors to cut a snowy hill on each of the pieces. I then stamped 'Merry Christmas' from the Jolly Gingerbread stamp set with some black ink onto each of the snow pieces. I then added some foam tape along the back and adhered it down onto the bottom of each of my tags.

Next, I stamped, coloured and cut my images out from the Polar Playmates stamp set. I used Copic Markers for my colouring and the coordinating dies to cut them out. Once they were cut out I adhered them onto my tags with more foam tape. To finish up my tags, I punched holes at the top of my tags and threaded through some twine and that finished up my tags.

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll catch you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Tag Topper Dies-Crescent Shop at: Sunny Studio

Jolly Gingerbread Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Polar Playmates Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Polar Playmates Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gleeful Reindeer Christmas Ornaments and Treat Bags with Franci

Hi there, happy Wednesday! It's Franci here with you today with a little Christmas party! 

"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very shine nose". And that's where my inspiration came from! I love the Gleeful Reindeer stamp set so much that I thought it would have been perfect for my little party! So first of all - the little Christmas tree.

I found this little Christmas tree at one of my local stores and loved how tiny and festive it is. I wrapped it in some gold starry twine and then I created my ornaments. I stamped all of my reindeer in memento black ink, colored them with Copics, and drew some details with a white gel pen. I then added some Wink of Stella sparkle and die cut them with the coordinating dies. 

Then I die cut some circles out of white cardstock and embossed the Frosty Flurries in white on the top of them. I let them cool and then sponged some Peacock Feathers distress ink to create the sky and make them pop.

This mini background is amazing, and I love the beautiful snowy effect! To complete my ornaments, I glued down all my reindeer with foam tape to give extra dimension and I also added a little clear twine. 

Then of course I had to make treat bags! For these I took some clear plastic bags and I cut 2 rectangles out of some white cardstock to match in size. I decorated them as I did for my ornament with the embossed Frosty Flurries and Distress ink. Then I created a mini tag out of white cardstock with the Tag Topper dies, stamping my little reindeer on them and coloring them with Copics. 

Then I filled my bags with treats and closed them with my decorated rectangles, gluing down the little tags on top with foam tape and adding a little red bow. So festive, right! For the treats, I took some salted dried pretzels, coated them with chocolate and let them cool. I sprinkled them with powdered sugar to finish them off. Super easy. Nothing fancy, but oh they are so yummy!

And speaking about yummy Christmas treats, here they come. Last, but not least, my reindeer cupcakes! How cute are these? And they perfectly match my reindeer! YAY! If you would like to create these too, here's how I made them. I just decorated some vanilla cupcakes with some chocolate. Then I cut some salted dried pretzels in a half to create the horns, and added some eye candies and a little mini red chocolate peanut for my Rudolph nose!

This party was so, so, sooo much fun to make. I hope you enjoyed it and host a little reindeer themed party too! Thank you so much for stopping by and have a lovely day! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gleeful Reindeer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gleeful Reindeer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tag Topper Dies-Traditional Shop at: Sunny Studio

Frosty Flurries Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

25 Days of Christmas Tags with Franci, Lexa & Mendi

Hello there!  We're so excited to be joining you today to share some fun ideas for holiday gift tags for Day 8 of Tracey McNeely's 25 Days of Christmas Tags!  :)

Hello there! Franci here with you today with some festive tags! I'm super happy to be part of the 25 Days of Christmas Tags 2017 by Tracey!!

I created these tags with the Petite Poinsettias and the Festive Greetings stamp sets. I die cut them with the Tag Topper Dies -Traditional and I colored them with Distress Inks. The colors that I used are: Spiced Marmalade, Tumbled Glass, Shabby Shutters and Abandoned Coral. I sprinkled them with a little with water, and then put a paper towel on the top to remove the excess water and let them dry.

I stamped all my poinsettias and I die cut them with the coordinating dies. Then I stamped all of my sentiments onto my tags with the Versamark ink and heat embossed all of them with a silver embossing powder. Finally, I glued all of the flowers in place and added some twine and ribbons to make them extra festive. Perfect for all my Christmas gifts! 

Next up is Lexa... Hi there!  Today I used the Cresent Tag Topper Dies to make my tag.  I used the largest one which is 3" wide. Since I'm totally a dog person, I choose this adorable puppy from Pet Sympathy and add the Santa hat from Jolly Gingerbread Stamps. This little friend originally had a heart on his mouth, but I replaced it with a Christmas sock from Playful Polar Bear instead. The present comes from the older stamp set, Christmas Icons, just like it's name you can find anything related to Christmas in one stamp set.

I blended some Mowed Lawn Distress Inks for the background and stamped some cute paws with green dye ink. A classic red, green and gold won't hurt at all. It's simple and lovely as always. I use matching thin ribbon and twines, and finished it with some pretty sequins.

For the last set of tags, I couldn't resist joining in the fun with some tags of my own using our Sunny Semi Circles dies for the tag shape and Polar Playmate stamps (& various other sets) for embellishing.  ;)  

I cut a 2.5" wide x 4" high tag from white cardstock which I masked off for the snow drift before applying Shaded Lilac distress ink to my background and rounding the bottom corners.  I then stamped the background twice with our mini Frosty Flurries stamps which I heat embossed with white pearl embossing powder.

Then for each tag, I cut two more from black polka-dot paper measuring 3" x 4.5".  I wanted my tags to look as cute on the back as on the front so I adhered my cardstock tag to the patterned paper and stitched around the edge before adhering the second piece cut from patterned paper to the back of my tags.  Once they were adhered together, I was able to use my Crop-a-dile to punch a hole in the top and set an eyelet to run my twine through.  I love the finished look an eyelet gives to gift tags, don't you?

I hope we've inspired you to create some gift tags of your own and will join the festivities over on Tracey's blog.  There's so many great prizes up for grabs.  ;)

Here's a list of all the fabulous sponsors sharing ideas for Christmas tags this month:

1 Simon Says Stamp
2 Newtons Nook
3 CAS-ual Fridays
4 Reverse Confetti
5 Altenew
6 Lil’ Inker Designs
7 Birch Press
8 Sunny Studio
9 Paper Sweeties
10 Winnie & Walter  
11 Studio Katia 
12 Lawn Fawn & Lawn Fanatics 
13 Neat & Tangled 
14 Concord & 9th and C9
15 Muse
16 Ellen Hutson 
17 Jillibean Soup
18 Avery Elle
19 Technique Tuesday
20 Waffle Flower
21 Uniko
22 Stamplorations
23 Pretty Pink Posh
24 Right at Home
25 Pink & Main
26 High Hopes Rubber Stamps (bonus day)

Thanks so much for joining us!  :)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Tag Topper Dies-Traditional Shop at: Sunny Studio	Festive Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Petite Poinsettias Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Petite Poinsettias Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bundled Up Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Icons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snow Kissed Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sunny Semi Circles Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frosty Flurries Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Playful Polar Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Playful Polar Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polar Playmates Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polar Playmates Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Christmas Icons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tag Topper Dies-Crescent Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pet Sympathy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pet Sympathy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Jolly Gingerbread Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio