Wednesday, November 11, 2015

CardMaker & Sunny Studio Blog Hop Featuring Holiday Cards


Hello there!  You should be arriving here from Jennie's blog.  For those visiting for the first time, we would love to welcome you!  We are a new company specializing in quality made clear photopolymer stamps and steel dies lovingly made in the USA.  Here's a peek out our debut release... We are planning new releases every three months with our next release due out by early January.  


Today for my project I created a rainbow inspired card using our popular Bundled Up stamp set along with word & snowflake dies from our Santa's Helpers and Snow Kissed die sets.

As I was stamping out the accessories, I thought to myself how cute it would be to make the penguins represent all the colors of the rainbow so I created a card that is 4" x 9" and fits perfectly in a business sized envelope.



For my background I lightly inked it up with some Tumbled Glass distress ink and scattered tiny snowflakes.  For my sentiment I blended the colors of the rainbow using the same Copic markers I had used to color my images and then added some glossy shine over the top using Ranger Glossy Accents (after adhering the words to my card with a Zig glue pen).



In honor of today's hop we are offering 20% off on all orders using the code "CARDMAKER" today through Saturday at Noon PST.  You can find our online store HERE.

We are also giving away a stamp set (of the winner's choosing) to two lucky winners!  You have up to 5 chances to win using the rafflecopter below.  :)

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This is the last stop in the hop, but if you are just joining us, make sure to check out all the inspiring ideas using our holiday stamps starting at the beginning with the Cardmaker Blog.

CardMaker  
Melissa Bowden
Chitra Nair
Audrey Tokach
Mendi Yoshikawa (you are here)
Heidi Criswell
Stacy Morgan
Elise Constable
Gini Williams Cagle
Marion Vagg
Jennie Harper
Sunny Studio Blog


Thanks so much for stopping by.  We're so happy you joined us!  :)

49 comments:

  1. Fun cards!! I love both of the penguin sets. In the future, I'd love to see more critters....maybe a set of all birds? And I love large sentiments too :)

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  2. I like the builder penguin set. I would like to see more like that. Different animals and different seasons to mix and match

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  3. Love the card.....great coloring

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  4. Fun and colorful. Love this Mendi.

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  5. I love this release! Super cute stamps! Lots of cute samples too!

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  7. What a cute card. Love the colors. My favorite set of stamps is the Thanksgiving one. Those owls are so adorable. I would love to see more critter stamps (with their dies of course).

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  8. I love the penguins! Thank you for the sale now I can get more on my list!

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  9. I love those cute owls
    with Thanksgiving details!
    Would like to see some
    archery stamps..
    Carla from Utah

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  10. I love these cute images and working on getting more. I adore critters and versatile stamp sets.

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  11. I love all of your stamp sets and look forward to more. Right one my favorites are the balloons.

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  12. I just love your newest set with the cats and dog dressed up for Xmas. The cat wrapped in lights and the one with the reindeer antlers are my favourites. More stamp sets with animals would be fabulous!!!

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  13. Cute, cute, cute! I love your stamps! The penguins are adorable! My favorite stamp set is Furever Friends. I also love Santa's Helpers! I am so excited about your giveaway - thank you!

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    1. Forgot to say which stamps I'd like to see in the future - I love cats and critters so I'd love to see more animal stamps!

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  14. Love this penguin card! It is adorable!

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  15. Adorable card! My favorite stamp set is Bundled Up. I bought it as soon as it was released. I love dressing up the little penguin. In the future, I'd like to see more critters.

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  16. This Merry & Bright card is super cheerful and a way to bless anyone's day! :)
    My favorite stamp set in this release is the Happy Thanksgiving one.
    Thanks for the hop!

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  17. I love the penguins!!! It's adorable!!!

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  18. I am a huge penguin fan so I absolutely ADORE this card!! Adorable!!
    I am also a huge critter fan! Love all of your stamps.
    Have a blessed day,
    Migdalia
    Crafting With Creative M

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  19. Oh yay, you did a correct rainbow. I am so fussy about the "right" rainbow. You even did a special sized card to fit all the colours in so I'm delighted with you :-) I also love the card, I'm off to shamelessly copy it right away. Thank you!

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    1. Thank you! I'm so happy I was able to inspire you. :)

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  20. Super cute stamps!! I'm in love with Bundled Up and Happy Harvest. Would love to see more stamps like the ones you already have. Everyone loves animals.

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  21. Darling card! Love the colors!
    Santa's Helpers is my favorite set!

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  22. I love how you did this card it is so cute!

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  23. Cute stamps. I am enjoying checking out your blog.

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    1. It is hard to select a favorite, but I like the home one and I like the penguins.

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  24. Yay! So bright and cute! Love these guys!!!

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  25. Adorable!! I have the bundled up stamps and they are so adorable!

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  26. Those penguins are so cute! lovely coloring!

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  27. I love love love the santas helpers set! super cute!!

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  28. Very cute card! I can't wait to see what you come up with for the next release!

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  29. All the cards on the different blogs are so cute. Love the penguins. Thank you.
    Mary L Schreiber

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  30. I really like the Happy home and Bundled up stamp sets- I am just getting familiar with your stamps but think they are super cute- love the penguins!

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  31. Love the chorus line of penguins!
    This will keep me smiling all day long.

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  32. So stinking cute! I love the rainbow look and all the super adorable Accessories for the penguin… Thanks for the chance to win! God bless!

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  33. Bundled up is my favorite stamp set. I like fun critter sets as well as non traditional florals. Your card is adorable! Thanks.

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  34. I love your stamps and dies. Especially love Furever Freinds set.

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  35. So, so cute! Love the rainbow look!

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  36. Oh my favourite is the little penguin with accessories....thats super cute. Love the little houses too. I love cute critters so am pretty easily pleased. Be really cool to see some not so common critters though .....with fun accessories. All the best.

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  37. Very cute and colorful card. I like the Furever Friends set and would like to see a Farm Animal set.

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  38. My favorite stamp set . . . it would be a tie between Furever Friends, Birthday Smiles, and Bundled Up! I think your sets are adorable. I would love to see more of your whimiscal style in general, it is just so cute! Maybe some florals in your style?

    Chris L.

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  39. Love your rainbow card - it's brilliant! I think my favorite set is Bundled Up! because you can choose so many different accessories to change up the penguin's look and the type of card you want. It looks really fun! And I think that's a good idea for other sets: one main character (or two!) with a lot of accessories to go with.

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  40. Fun hop - beautiful cards. Love Snow Kissed! I love penguins.

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  41. Oh my Mendi... this card is by far the CUTEST card I have ever seen!!! I Love your idea to have the penguins represent the colors of the rainbow.... and this card is adorable for sure! Did i say that yet? LOL
    I love the sentiment and how the colors blend and have that beautiful shine and gloss. Gorgeous card my friend. I am sorry that I was not on the computer during the time of the hop but I am sure hoping that everything went well with the hop and sales!
    Hugs,
    Jo
    xox

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  42. Those penguins are super cute and I love that you can mix and match their hats and scarves! Beautiful coloring and so refreshing to see a card that is a different size from 4.25 x 5.5. Cute stamps!!

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