Classy Christmas Card with Amanda

Hello there, friends! It’s Amanda with you on the blog today and I’m here to share a beautiful holiday card with you!

This card features the absolutely stunning Classy Christmas Stamps which has poinsettias, pinecones, leaves, and berries! They are beautiful and so fun to mix and match to create different kinds of layouts! For my layout, I stamped all 3 flowers, all of the leaves, and 3 berries. I colored the images in with Copic markers. Here are the markers I used:

R32, R35, R37, R56, R59, R85
G43, G46, G85

Then, I cut them out with the coordinating Classy Christmas Dies. To create my card base, I trimmed a white piece of cardstock to 5.5”x8.5” and then scored it in the center and folded it. My red background paper is from the All is Bright Paper set. I trimmed that paper to 4”x5.25” and then glued it to my card base.

Next, I trimmed a white piece of cardstock to 3.5”x4.75”. Before adhering this paper to the card, I ink blended a small amount of Catherine Pooler Rouge ink in the lower left corner. I lightly blended it, working my way out to the edges. Then, I glued it to my card base. I placed 3D foam squares behind all of the stamped images and then arranged them in the lower left corner of the panel. I placed the pointsettias first and then worked my way around.

On some black cardstock, I stamped my sentiments from the Build-a-Greetings Holiday Stamps with a WOW! Embossing ink pad and then sprinkled white embossing powder on it. I melted the powder with my heat tool. Once completely dry, I trimmed my sentiments down into strips, using my scissors to create a banner edge. Then, I put 3D foam strips behind them and added them to the card. 

The final step was to add some gold dots with a gold Gelly Roll pen. I added them to the center of each flower and around the background.

What an elegant card, eh? Who knew I could be so fancy!? I hope you’re feeling inspired to make something today! Have a good one!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Classy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Classy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gingerbread House Holiday Cards & Gift Boxes with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi, popping in to share some shaped Christmas cards featuring our Gingerbread House Dies. 

These fun cards measure 4-3/8" wide x 4" high. Several of the elements, like the roof, scalloped trim, the body of the house, and the foundation, all cut out in one pass, so I figured to keep pieces from going to waste, I would cut them out of kraft, red, and pink cardstock and then mix & match the pieces. I also sat and cut many of the decorative elements from small leftover scraps of white cardstock and then colored them with distress inks or Copic markers over a glass mat that was easy to clean up afterward. This allowed me to choose colors as I was assembling them and to give the shapes more shading and highlights, like I did for the gumdrops and doors that all started out as white cardstock. This was my first time using the dies this way, and I love how the woodgrain of the door was accentuated with the distress inks. It also meant I didn't have many leftover pieces since the door and the frame cut out together, and I wanted the door frame to be white to match the windows.

For my first card, I crafted a pink house using the Gingerbread House Dies, with a wreath and bow added from the Sweet Treat House Add-on Dies and loopy trim from the Icing Border Dies. The cute little gingerbread man and girl from our Christmas Cookies Stamps and Baking Spirits Bright Stamps perfectly complement these houses.

Next, I have a more traditionally colored Gingerbread House. This time, I colored the candy decorations in a rainbow of colors using my Copic Markers and accents with a white gel pen. My candy canes started out as solid white. I could have cut another one from red and pieced them together entirely from cardstock, but I found it much quicker to just use the embossed stripes to trace and fill them in with my markers to match. I also utilized some different windows from the die set for this particular card.

My last Gingerbread House card uses many of the same elements as the others, with the wreath from the Sweet Treat House Add-on Dies. However, this time, instead of adding decorative elements along the scalloped trim of the house, I adhered rows of scallops to the roof using the Icing Border Dies. This versatile die set comes with a third adorable border that I didn't get around to using today, but also complements the gingerbread houses so well.

Before I go, I wanted to share how easy it is to turn your shaped cards into shaped holiday gift boxes instead by cutting two of the outer house base shapes and adhering them together on either side with some scored cardstock. Isn't it so cute?! This is the perfect way to dress up a gift card or give small gifts like jewelry, soaps, and candy.

To take some of the guesswork out of measuring, I created a custom SVG cut file for use with a Silhouette or Cricut machine to make boxes of your own. It has been sized just right to work with our Gingerbread House dies, which you can download HERE. This is a visual example of a couple of cutouts illustrating where to score using a scoring board. To download the cut file from the Dropbox link, click "file" at the top left corner of the screen and select "download" from the dropdown menu (or click the downward arrow button at the top right).

That wraps up my projects for today. I would love to hear which of the three designs is your favorite. I can't personally choose. I love them all, and I had so much fun creating them! Of course, these are just a few of the ways these houses can be decorated. You are only limited by your imagination and I can't wait to see how YOU use them!🩷

Don't forget to check out the Gingerbread House Dies and Sweet Treat House Add-on Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

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

Supplies Used:

Gingerbread House Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Icing Border DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats House Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Christmas Cookies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Cookies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Feeling Frosty Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today sharing a clean and simple winter themed card featuring these adorable snowmen from the Feeling Frosty set. 

I stamped the background image from the Scenic Route Stamp set onto the top portion of a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped the snowmen from the Feeling Frosty Stamp set onto another piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock. I used the coordinating Scenic Route Dies to die cut off the top portion of the full panel. I used the coordinating Feeling Frosty Dies to die cut the snowmen out. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Snowmen: B0000/000, Y38 YR04, R20
Pink: RV10/21/13/14
Teal: BG10/53/45
Green: YG01/03/17
White: C1
Black: T5
Trees: YG03/25/17
Shadows: C1/3

For the sentiment, I used the Chloe Alphabet Dies to die cut a set of S-N-O-W letters out of black and teal cardstock. I layered and adhered the letters slightly offset to create a slight shadow. I used a white gel pen to add some snow to the top of each letter. 

For the sub-sentiment, I used the colored snowmen and SNOW letters to roughly lay out my card front onto the colored panel. I aligned and stamped the "happy we're friends" sentiment from the Feeling Frosty stamp set directly onto the panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I adhered the SNOW letters onto the panel with liquid glue.

For the background, I trimmed a piece of patterned paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper Pack and adhered it to the top portion of a white A2 card base. I adhered the colored background panel to the top of the card base. I added some snow to the patterned paper with a white gel pen. Finally, I adhered the snowmen with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest.

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

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Owlidays Owl Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some Christmas cards featuring our Happy Owlidays Stamps.

For all of my cards today, I started by coloring a pile of images, and when I was done, I realized that the aquas and the pinkish shades of red I chose didn't actually match any of Sunny Studio's Christmas paper packs. Switching directions, I pulled tone-on-tone prints of small scraps from my Ziploc bag from various basic patterned paper sets. I also inked up the edges of all the pinks from the pastel paper packs using Worn Lipstick Distress inks to help them lean closer to the colors in my images. It was so fun designing these cards simultaneously as a cohesive set. It made my creative process so much quicker, and I was able to complete these cards in a fraction of the time I usually spend.

For my first card showcasing the Happy Owlidays Stamps, I lined up three of the same owl images dressed in a tree costume, reindeer antlers, and a gift box with a lid. To frame them, I matted them using the Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies with the stitched edge and trimmed off the bottom portion to add a border of colorful pennant strips using the smallest pennant from the Slimline Pennant Dies. I added a thinner stitched strip from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies, cut from an aqua gingham print from the Gingham Pastels Paper pack, to bridge the transition between the two. As I was finishing up, I realized I needed a little snow to go with my punny greeting, so I added some with the Marvy Uchida Snow Marker that you dab on and then heat emboss to help it puff up.

For my second card using the Happy Owlidays Stamps, I built a mini scene using the snowy tree branch with three hanging stockings. Perched on top, I added the owl wearing the scarf and Santa hat, and the red cardinal with its own Santa hat. To frame this scene, I mounted them onto a white stitched banner cut out using the Slimline Pennant Dies and inked behind them with some Salvaged Patina Distress ink. I mounted them on a larger banner cut from a print polka-dot found in the Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper pack and an aqua gingham background from the Gingham Pastels Paper pack. Lastly, I die-cut a stitched strip from a pink print found in that same paper set using the smallest pennant die from the slimline pennant set to heat-emboss my punny greeting from the Happy Owlidays stamps.

For my last card using the Happy Owlidays Stamps, I started by creating a patchwork background using the 1" Stitched Square Dies and patterned paper scraps that I then mounted onto coordinating cardstock squares cut on my paper trimmer that were just a hair smaller than 1.25" wide. This gave me the extra dimension and width to fill the space for my A2-sized card background. I then die-cut a Stitched Oval Die from white cardstock, which really pops against the colorful background. For my focal point, I added the third owl from the set perched inside a holly wreath from which I hung five ornaments and jingle bells. Lastly, I inked up our Brilliant Banner 4 Dies using Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks. I stamped a greeting from the Happy Owlidays set on the curve using a piece of acetate to help me position it over the banner just right before closing my Misti lid over the top to pick up the stamp.

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 Happy Owlidays Stamps, Slimline Pennant Dies, and Stitched Oval Dies in our online shop, which are 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, organized by set.

Supplies Used: 

Happy Owlidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Sunburst Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio