Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Sunny Studio Grand Opening Blog Hop!


Hello & welcome to the Sunny Studio Grand Opening Blog Hop!  I'm so happy you're here!  For those of you who haven't heard, we are a brand new company offering high-quality photopolymer stamps and matching dies made right here in the USA.  I designed the stamps myself and I couldn't be more excited to be sharing them with all of you today!

My first card features the School Time stamp set which is one of my personal favorites!  I colored each of the stars with Copic markers and then added some sparkle using a clear Wink of Stella pen and some glossy accents over the top.



My next card uses the Happy Home stamp set.  I wanted to give my home a warm feel so I colored the windows in with a yellow marker to make them glow and contrasted it with cool greys for the shadows of my Colonial home.  For my trees I colored them like I would for the daytime and then I went over them all with a dark grey marker, adding more intense shadows where they would be tucked behind the house.

I inked up my background using Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire and Black Soot Distress inks and then added stars using Golden Rod Stickles.  I love the results!  :)

Sunny Studio Blog: Home Is Where Your Heart Is Glowing House at Night Handmade Card using Happy Home 4x6 Clear Craft Stamps

My last card was created using a free digital stamp I am offering you all today, featuring seasonal variations of the tree found in the Happy Home set.  DOWNLOAD HERE


I would love to see the projects you create with it!  You can share all your Sunny Studio projects to our Flickr group page HERE.



I have been receiving some questions about how the new fishtail banner dies work so I also threw together a quick little tutorial on them.  Please bear with me... This was my first video attempt so it's far from perfect (you can watch it at YouTube HERE).  ;)



Hope these ideas inspire you in your own cardmaking today. Thanks so much for visiting us.


220 comments:

  1. I love your new line of stamps especially the penguin stamps. Congratutions on your grand opening! I look forward to seeing what's next.

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  2. Congratulations on your Grand Opening and wishing you much success!

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  3. I love the fishtail die. I was getting tired of the same old plain fishtail and this really adds a nice change.

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  4. How exciting this must be for you! !!! Congrats!! Love the Harvest stamp set, already ordered and can't wait to get started! So many ideas. Good luck in your new journey!

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  5. Your cards are so cute Mendi! But how could they not be with such adorable stamps and dies! Congratulations on your grand opening!!

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  6. Congrats on the grand opening! I just love the banner dies with the decorative edges, very versatile.

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  7. Best wishes for a truly grand opening!

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  8. Congratulations and best wishes on your new adventure! May you have much success!!

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  9. Congratulations on your new venture! I wish you oodles of success.

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    1. Congrats on the grand opening! Stamps and does look great :)

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  11. Mendi, You did great on the video. We all find our niches as time goes along. The banner edgelits are great and the card was adorable. I love the way you made the green banner look like it was wrapping around the white one.

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  12. Wishing you an abundance of success with this new, exciting adventure! I admire your initiative and, especially, your creativity! WOW!
    ~carol

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  13. congratulations for the grand opneing and what agreat find thank you Sandy Allnock's newsletter i'm off hopping and shopping...not neccessarily in that order lol

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  14. Congratulations on opening of your online store. How exciting! Love your stamps and dies especially the penguins! Just so cute!

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  15. Congrats with your new company and grand opening!
    very cute stamps!

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  16. Congrats on your new store! Very exciting (and
    scary i bet) your dress up pengiun set is adorabke

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  17. Congratulations! Your stamps are so sweet I love the images and cards!

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  18. Congrats on your grand opening and lots of success with your adorable stamps! All these talented ladies showed the versatility of your designs in this wonderful blog hop! Those banner dies are fabulous, too!

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  19. Congratulations and best wishes on your grand opening!

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  20. Congratulations on your new venture! Really cute images.

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  21. Your fishtail banner die looks really neat. I like your card and your layout page is beautiful.

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  22. Congrats on the grand opening and thanks for letting me be a part! LOVE the new stamps!!

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  23. Congratulations on your grand opening and your stamp debut! I wish you much success in the future!

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  24. Congratualtions from me too on opening your own new stamp-store and whising you a lot of succes tooo.

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  25. Your stamps are cute as can be. I wish you much success and happiness with your launch.

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  26. Congratulations on your new venture! From what I have seen - you will be a huge success.

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  27. How exciting! I wish you much success!!! Your cards are so super cute!!!

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  28. What a great release! Love the penguins the most!! (Knight)

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  29. Congratulations to your new journey! Love your stamps!!! Yours, Steph
    www.CraftedBySteph.blogspot.com

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  30. Lovely! Just found out your studio via Sandy Allnock's newsletter. I wish you much success and hope one day the shipment will include Czech Republic as well :)

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  31. Congrats on Opening Day! I love the kitties the most (although the penguins are a close second!)

    Chris L.

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  32. Great Hop Mendi, I hopped all around and then saved the best for last :D I'm so happy to see all of your talented friends have hopped in support of your new en-devour!! Everything...Adorable!! TFS Mendi
    Dolly

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  33. Congratulations on your new venture! Great release to get started......LOVE those adorable critters! GREAT job ♥

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  34. Congrats. You did a great job on your first video. Love the fishtail die

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  35. Congratulations on your new company! Some very cute stamps!

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  36. Congratulations! Really love your stamps. Thank you for the free digi stamp download!

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  37. Congratulations, and I just discovered Sunny Studio, like yesterday! I followed you everywhere I believe.
    Your products are so cute, I love them!

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  38. Congratulations and good luck with your new venture!

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  39. Congratulations on opening your on line store! Lovely cards and thanks for the great video.

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  40. I love your artwork - great look. Looking forward to seeing the rest of the hop

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  41. Amazing and super cute products!! The hop is full of talent and great projects, congrats and my best wishes on this new adventure!! Hugs!!

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  42. Congratulations! Love the kitties and the fishtail banner dies!!

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  43. Congrats!! I love your Super cute stamps and dies!! They are really Adorable!!

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  44. so cool to see a new stamp company. love the cute animals and cool dies. good luck!

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  45. Good luck for new company! look very cute!

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  46. Congrats!!Awesome stamps and dies!Totally cute & fun!!
    Have a blessed day,
    Millie

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  47. Love the new stamps - and thank you for the second free download. Can't wait to use the trees!

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  48. Cungratulations on your Grand Opening! I like your new products!!Thanks for the amazing giveaway!!

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  49. I love your new stamps as well as the banner die... thank you for the trees... can't wait to try them out.

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  50. I have been counting down the days until I could order these stamps. They are the cutest I've seen in a long time. Thanks, Mendi!

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  51. Super cute stuff! I can't wait to see more :).

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  52. So cute stamp sets. I love it !
    Congratulations on your opening !

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  53. I am so excited to have found out about you guys via Kay's blog! Your stamps are so cute and I love the banner die! Good luck on your new adventure!

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  54. Holy Genius! I jumped on and ordered those fish tail dies. I had been looking for a die because when I do it myself they are never quite right. This set is FANTASTIC! Yay so glad I waited.

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  55. congratulations for this grand opening!!!

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  56. Great debut! Best wishes in your new venture!

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  57. I love the fish tail dies-I can see myself using those a lot!

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  58. Congratulations on your new venture!! I love your fishtail dies...PERFECT!! Your stmaps are just darling! Good luck!

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  59. Uau!!! congratulations on this new adventure! I love many of your sets! The Bundled Up, the Harvest Happiness and the Snow Kissed are simply lovely!!! Wanna them all and I wait to see more!!!!

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  60. Your cards are very cute but I love your student card. Congrats on your grand opening!

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    1. Thank you for all your nice comments Debbie! You're so sweet! :)

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  61. Great video, wonderful stamps and coordinating dies. Good luck with your new venture. I will share this blog with my other crafty friends.

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  62. Such cute cards! Your stamp sets are adorable!! Congratulations and Good luck!! :)

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  63. I love the new stamp set. Adorable. Congratulations and good luck on your new venture !!!

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  64. Very cool new stamps! I especially love the houses and trees!! Thanks so much and good luck!

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  65. The house really caught my eye. It is just sweet to me. (pretty sure I'll own it shortly) :) Good luck on your adventure.

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  66. Love the stamps! Love the all the cards, especially love the school card.

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  67. Love the stamps! Love the all the cards, especially love the school card.

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  68. Congratulations! The stamp sets are really gorgeous! Beautiful cards!

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  69. Hey! A new company! Welcome! I'm really enjoying your artists/designers work! Love that Thanksgiving turkey! and those Fishtail end dies! *Swoon* Perfect for all my scraps! Congratulations and looking forward to all kinds of awesomeness!

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  70. Woot! Welcome!! Love the Fishtail dies!!!

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  71. Congrats on the new store! The stamps are adorable, especially Santa's Helpers and Snow Kissed. I really like that flag die as well -- thanks for showing us how easy they are to use.

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  72. OH I love it all .... congrats and best of luck as you start a new adventure.

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  73. Wow, these are the cutest stamps ever! These are right in line with my favorite, Lawn Fawn!! Great job!!

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  74. Good Luck on this new and exciting adventure. All card makers KNO we can always use another exciting store.!

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  75. Good luck with your opening! I can't wait to see what your future holds! Many blessings!

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  76. What a great and excited day for you on this great new venture! Heartiest Congratulations and sending loads of wishes to your way! I love all your new release with fresh look! And i can see the result in your wonderful creations, love them all.......!!!

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  77. The banner dies are a must have. I like that they leave a decorative edge to the fishtail cut. On my wish list!

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  78. I am so excited to see your new stamp line! I love them all!

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  79. Mendi, Don't know if it's me, but I can't get your store to open in Internet Explorer 11. I would like to put in an order, but there is a snafu somewhere - haven't figured out if it's my end or yours. Thanks.for the cute new collections.

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  80. Congratulations! I do love those banner dies and that house stamp set is just perfect!

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  81. Beautiful cards!! Great release!! I have been looking on IG and love all the inspiration.

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  82. So excited to head on over to the 'store' and check out your products! Thanks for the free gift of the fab tree images....they are so cute! Looking forward to seeing more of your creations!

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  83. congrats and awesome creations... I came by way of Sandy's email.

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  84. Congratulations!!! Your products look great. I especially like the Snow Kissed stamp set.

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  85. Fun cards - what an exciting new adventure!

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  86. Congratulations on your new journey!
    Stunning products and cards!
    Gorgeous Creative Team Line up!!
    Looking forward to joining you in your future endeavors!
    GREAT Job!
    Hugsss :)

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  87. Congratulations !! Love the cute stamps and love the dies !!

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  88. Congratulations!!! Love your stamps!

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  89. Big time congratulations! Darling stamp sets & love the fishtail banner die!

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  90. Congrats on your new, exciting venture! I really like what you did using varying hues of blue.

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  91. Mendi, your cards are great and I LOVE those fishtail banner dies! Who doesn't need those???

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  92. Great projects as always, the stamps are adorable, and the banners dies a must have!

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  93. Super cute stamps and loving those banner dies!!

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  94. Have been enjoying your blog
    since you stated it and seeing
    all your cute stamps and dies!
    Carla from Utah

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  95. So much to love...but especially loving the penguins, the school set, and those banner edge dies!

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  96. Love the cuteness of your stamps and my fav. sets are the school time and Birthday smiles.

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  97. Best of luck on your new venture! Always happy to see a new U.S. Stamp company!

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  98. Congratulations on your new endeavor. What a wonderful beginning.

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  99. I love everything but I think my favorite is the Thanksgiving set. I love autumn.

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  100. Just found you via Sandy A. Congratulations on your new venture. The stamp sets (especially your penguins) are very cute.

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  101. Congrats and best wishes. I love the penguins!

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  102. Congratulations on your new business venture. I wish you much success and little to zero problems. Thanks for offering free shipping for orders of $35.00. That is great for us consumers.

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  103. I love how versatile the fishtail dies are. They don't restrict one to a certain size and they have cute edges. Great job on them and congratulations on your grand opening!

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  104. Huge congrats on your new business! I wish you lots of success! Your new sets of stamps/dies are awesome! Love all the critters...too CUTE!!!

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  105. Congrats on your new company! Some really cute sets, I'm especially loving those houses!

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  106. Your stamps and cards are darling! Always good to see a stamp company making their stamps in the USA. Wishing you much success!

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  107. So cute. Love your happy home set and your pet inspired stamps.

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  108. Love the clean, uncomplicated lines of your new stamps. Good luck!

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  109. Great blog hop and lovely stamps!
    Linda Lipford

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  110. Congrats on the grand opening! Super cute projects today and great stuff in the store!!

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  111. These are adorable stamps. Congratulations on your new adventure.

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  112. love the happy home card! Thanks for the trees!

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  113. Great stamps. My favorite is the penguin.

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  114. Love the stamps and edge dies. Congrats on the new venture. Just love the penguin and owls. Decisions decisions :)

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  115. Congratulations on your launch! Love your stamps!

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  116. Congratulations on the new store. Absolutely love those penguins. I wish you much success! ~M~

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  117. Congrats on your adventure! Love the new stamps and that wonderful die set!

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  118. Congrats on your grand opening I wish you much success. Love the stamps♡

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  119. Welcome to the retail craft products world. Your first release is awesome.

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  120. Good luck with your store! Your furry friends stamps are very cute! Can't wait to try them!

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  121. Welcome to the stamping world! I love your stamps! Wishing you lots of luck!

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  122. Your stamps are all so cute, congratulations!

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  123. Congrats on your new adventure ... and wishing you much success! Great job on your first video .. love the tag dies!

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  124. Lo v e the student card...perfect. Much success to you and thanks for sharing.

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  125. Congrats and best wishes. All so cute.

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  126. Love the new sets! Such cute critters to color and make scenes with.

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  127. all the best with the new business, your stamps are so gorgeous! congratulations!!!

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  128. Congratulations on your opening. Your stamps are wonderful; looking forward to seeing even more. Wishing you lots of luck.

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  129. Love the stamp set, especially since SIL just bought a new house.

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  130. Congratulations on the launch of Sunny Studio! The stamps are all adorable! Thanks for the chance to win and also the free digi stamps!

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  131. I love that house image! Such a beautiful scene!

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  132. Congrats on your grand opening! Love the dies and stamps! Love the download of the cute trees... thank you!

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  133. I love your stamp sets and your banner dies are amazing! I cat wait for payday so I can get the penguin stamps w/dies and the banner dies too, so cool. I hope your company does well😃

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  134. Congrats. cant wait to purchase your stamps and dies...i love them!

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  135. congrats on your store. good luck with it. like your banner die set. like the versatility of it. also really like your school stamp set.

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  136. Congrats on your adventure! Love the new stamps and that wonderful die set!

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  137. I really like what I'm seeing so far.. Congratulations on your business. Thank you for taking the time to make a video.

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  138. I love your cards and projects. I love the banner and the penguins the most!

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  139. Everything looks so very lovely. Best of luck with you new aventure.

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  140. Yay!! Hooray for your grand opening! Congratulations! I'm like loving all the variety in the stamp sets and projects!

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  141. Congratulations on your grand opening. I love the fresh designs of your stamps. not too fussy, and easy for "regular" crafters to make something out of. :)

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  142. Cute cute stamps! I can't wait to get hopping!

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  143. Congratulations! Love these adorable stamps and dies!

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  144. Congrats! Your stamps are great! Good luck and much success with your grand opening!

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  145. These are adorable!! So excited to see a new company with some super cute stamps! Congratulations! I will be back.

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  146. SQUEAL!! LOVING LOVING LOVING your Sweet Cards and the AMAZING New Products!! =) CONGRATS on your Grand Opening and I look forward to ALL of the AMAZING things to come!! THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and for the chances to WIN!! Have a FABULOUS Grand Opening Release Week!! =)

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  147. Very cute stamps! Especially loved the School Time set! And the Fishtail Banners die set is also great! All the very best for the future!

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  148. WHOA, NELLIE!!!! I AM SO IMPRESSED with the turnout you have had - so good and so awesome!! I think about you all the time and hope things are going the way you want them too!!! SO HAPPY FOR YOU - EVERY SET IS AMAZINGLY ADORABLE AND AWESOMELY CUTE!!!!!!

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  149. What adorable stamps and fabulous cards! Best wishes for much success.

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  150. Best of luck!! Looking forward to following you guys.

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  151. Wow, what an amazing line up of blog hoppers. Great video, too! Those fish tail banners are more versatile than I thought. And can we talk about the cute home card?! I love the "night" background. Go Queen of Cuteness, GO.

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  152. I am loving these cute stamp sets!! Can't wait to get over and get the penguins. Just darling!! Good luck and looking forward to following your blog.

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  153. Just came across your website through Sandy Allnock. Looks like you have some really cute stamp sets!!
    I like the looks of that fish tail banners also! Good Luck with your new venture!!

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  154. So excited to have come across your Blog Hop on Instagram. What amazing products you have and I love what everyone has done with their projects. I especially love your house card (I love house stamps), the night sky is incredible!!!

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  155. My favorite card is Kay's penguin with the hot drink. So cute.

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  156. It's always nice to have another stamping store! :)

    I think the home set and the cute penguin were my favorites! :)

    Thanks for the chance to win and good luck in this new adventure...

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  157. Congratulations on your new business, I wish you much success! I love everything I see so far, especially the Penguins.

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  158. Best wishes for the grand opening. I loved those stamp sets

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  159. Congratulations my friend on your new stamp company!!!! Your new line of stamps are gorgeous! And I had a blast working with School time! It was an honor to be apart of this special milestone with you and I had a great time working with your stamps! I wish you a ton of success!
    Hugs,
    Jo
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  160. Those projects and new products are so great! I especially love that house stamp and the stitched dies!

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  161. Great projects! Can't wait to follow on the hop!

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  162. Congratulations! Your stamps are so cute, and that fish tailed banner is a great die!

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  163. Congrats on your new business. Wishing you much success with it. Love what I've seen so far. So many cute projects

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  164. Best wishes for your new endeavor! The stamp sets are so cute and the little penguins are just adorable all dressed up!

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  165. Your cards are adorable and thank you for the video on the fish-tail dies. I love these dies - they are brilliant and I can see myself using them in so many ways! I had a look in your store and you have so many cute sets! My favourites were the cats!

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  166. I love the fishtail tie. I can imagine so many uses for it! It is nice to know that we have another local crafting company here in Washington!

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  167. Love your house set!! It is super cute and has so many uses. Your card was beautiful, I loved your blue sky!!

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  168. Congratulations! It is evident that you have put your heart and soul into this. I love your stamps and dies - they are adorable!

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  169. Congratulations on your Grand Opening!! Your stamps and dies are fantastic, best of luck to you!!

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  170. Congratulations on your Grand Opening!! AWESOME job on the video, Best of luck to you! ! ADORABLE stamps and dies :-D

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  171. Wonderful, cute stamps! I love the coordinating dies too!

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  172. Just discovered your blog and your stamps. I esp. like the school set as I have 14 grandkids ages 0-17 that this set could be used for.

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  173. Congratulations on your grand opening! Loving the Happy Home stamp set and the fishtail dies!

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  174. Congratulations on your new venture! I wish you many years of success. I am absolutely loving the Penguins I have seen! :)

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  175. I like what I have seen of your grand opening. Congratulations!

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  176. Best of luck on your new venture. I love what I have seen so far~keep the great stuff coming!

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  177. Fabulous release. I enjoyed the blog hop. I like the kitty cat set and the house. Thanks for the digi tree set and for the video on the fishtail banners.

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  178. Congratulations on your grand opening! Your stamps/dies are super cute! Wishing you great success on your new venture!

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  179. Congratulations on your grand opening. Wonderful stamp sets. Especially love your cute kitties and puppies. I like the idea for the fish tail die - clever design. Your Happy Home card is fabulous it just glows! Thank you for the free digi.

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  180. so very excited....your new stamps are AWESOME, I love the teacher set and the houses set!!!! Yayyy for you, can't wait to see more!

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  181. Congratulations and best wishes. Your stamps and dies are fantastic. Love the teacher and houses set. And all your dies are lonely too. Looking forward to see more awesomeness.

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  182. Congratulations and best wishes. Your stamps and dies are fantastic. Love the teacher and houses set. And all your dies are lonely too. Looking forward to see more awesomeness.

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  183. Cute cards! Looking forward to using your stamps.

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  184. Love ALL the stamp sets! The y are great!
    Congrats on your new adventure!

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  185. All stamp sets are so cute .good luck in everthing

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  186. I like the cute images and fun, bright colors!! Glad to learn about you!

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  187. Adorable stamps! Wishing you the best on your new venture.

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  188. Congradulations and best wishes for your journey. Cute images

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