Saturday, October 30, 2021

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Stephanie Isom

Hello friends, Stephanie Isom here with you today and I’m happy to be back on the Sunny Studio blog to share 3 fun holiday cards using stamps and dies from the latest release. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Pristine Poinsettia Winter Greenery Season's Greetings Christmas Card by Stephanie Isom

My first card is a clean and simple design featuring  the gorgeous Pristine Poinsettia and Winter Greenery dies. I love the layers of this beautiful poinsettia. I started with a standard A2 white card base and die cut the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace layer out of white card stock. For the sentiment, I stamped, heat embossed, and die cut Merry Christmas using the Seasons Greetings stamps and coordinating die set. I heat embossed with silver embossing powder. I also die cut the sentiment out of a very thin foam, to make Merry Christmas pop up a little and adhered to the top half of my card.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Pristine Poinsettia Winter Greenery Season's Greetings Christmas Card by Stephanie Isom

Next, I die cut the layers of the Pristine Poinsettia and Winter Greenery out of red, silver and green card stock and adhered them to the bottom corner of the card. To finish, I added silver enamel dots around the sentiment. This card is simple and uses classic Holiday colors, and a beautifully scripted sentiment that I just love.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Christmas Critters Scalloped Tag Dies Christmas Card by Stephanie Isom

For the next two cards I used cuties from the Christmas Critters stamp and die setI started with an A2 card base and then cut some 6x6 papers from the All Is Bright pattern paper pack to add  layers. I used the Fancy Frame Rectangles and the Scalloped Tags Circle dies to frame the wreath and little mouse. The scallop circle tag is cut from silver, glitter card stock.  

Sunny Studio Stamps: Christmas Critters Scalloped Tag Dies Christmas Card by Stephanie Isom

I stamped, colored and die cut the mouse and wreath and popped them up with foam squares. Next, I stamped Merry Christmas and die cut a banner also from Fancy Frames Rectangles. To finish, I added a few turquoise glitter enamel dots. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Christmas Critters Slimline Dies Christmas Card by Stephanie Isom

The last card is a slimline size with plenty of cute critter faces. I cut the first layer from the Slimline Scalloped Frame die and then cut 3 squares in the center of that. I used Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxides to ink blend and color the background squares. I used white and black inks to add subtle splatters over top of the oxide backgrounds.  

Sunny Studio Stamps: Christmas Critters Slimline Dies Christmas Card by Stephanie Isom

I stamped, colored and die cut the images and adhered them all with foam squares. To complete the card, I used a thin banner die cut from black card stock and white heat embossed the sentiment.  

That’s it for me today, thanks for stopping by. And thank you Sunny Studios for letting me play with such delightful stamps and dies and having me as a guest today! Happy Crafting.

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Christmas Critters Stamps
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Christmas Critters DIes
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Fancy Frames- Rectangles
Fancy Frames- Rectangles
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Season's Greetings Stamps
Season's Greetings Stamps
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Scalloped Tags-Circle
Scalloped Tags-Circle
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Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace
Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace
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Slimline Scalloped Frame
Slimline Scalloped Frame
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Season's Greetings Word Dies
Season's Greetings Word Dies
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Pristine Poinsettia Dies
Pristine Poinsettia Dies
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Winter Greenery DIes
Winter Greenery DIes
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All Is Bright Paper
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Friday, October 29, 2021

Holiday Express Cards with Audrey and Tammy

Hello friends! Audrey here with a fun holiday card to share with you! 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Holiday Express Slimline Dies Forest Tree Stencils Train Themed Christmas Card by Audrey Tokach

To create my card, I started off with a piece of patterned paper from the All Is Bright 6x6 paper pad cut to 4" x 5.25". I used the Forest Trees Stencil and teal and green shades of Distress Oxide ink to add a tree line near the top of the panel, when splattered the paper with watered down white paint to add more snowflakes to the background. I added a snowy hill to the bottom of the panel using the Slimline Nature Borders dies and some white cardstock. Then, I stamped and colored images from the Holiday Express stamp set with my Copic markers and die cut them with the coordinating Holiday Express diesI popped those images up with foam tape once I was happy with the arrangement.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Holiday Express Slimline Dies Forest Tree Stencils Train Themed Christmas Card by Audrey Tokach

I stamped a sentiment from the set onto a die cut banner and adhered it under the train on the snow bank. Next, I added some die cut snowflakes to the sky above the train using the Basic Mini Shapes II dies, along with some snowflakes made with white Nuvo Drops. Before mounting the panel to an A2 card base with foam tape, I added a strip of candy cane striped paper from the All is Bright paper pad. I finished off my card with some white gel pen accents.

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Hello friends! Tammy here today with this fun holiday card, featuring the adorable set, Holiday Express. Santa and his reindeer are traveling by train this year to deliver all the Christmas packages, haha! 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Holiday Express Slimline Dies Train Themed Christmas Card by Tammy Stark

To begin, I cut a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock to 3 1/2 X 8 1/2" and ink blended the background with Peacock Feathers, Broken China, and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide inks. I cut a snowy border using the Slimline Nature Borders Dies, lightly inking the edge with Tumbled Glass ink before attaching to the bottom of the inked background. Next, I splattered white acrylic paint onto the background for a snowy effect.

I stamped the images from Holiday Express, colored with Copic markers, and die cut with the Holiday Express Dies. I then splattered white acrylic paint, thinned with water, onto the die cut images to give the appearance of freshly fallen snow.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Holiday Express Slimline Dies Train Themed Christmas Card by Tammy Stark

Next, I attached all the images to my card, using foam tape for dimension. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment in black ink across the top of my card then attached it to a 3 1/2 X 8 1/2 white card base to complete my card. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend!

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Holiday Express Stamps
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Holiday Express DIes
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Mini Basic Shape Dies II
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Slimline Nature Borders
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Forest Trees Stencils
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All Is Bright Paper
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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Gingerbread House Die Focused Cards with Marine and Anja

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm back today with a cute and colorful shaker card showcasing the Gingerbread House Dies. Most of the elements I used to build this sweet little house come from that set, but I also used the wreath and bow dies from the Sweet Treat House Add-On die set and two Icing Border dies to help me decorate the house.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Gingerbread House Dies Sweet Treats House Add-On Dies Christmas Cookies Christmas Card by Marine Simon

I cut all the bits and pieces using a pink + green + blue combination, some were cut using sparkling white cardstock to create the icing, and I picked a kraft paper to create the gingerbread cookie.

To emphasize the gingerbread cookie effect, I applied vintage photo distress ink on the house edges. And then to add a cookie texture, I smooshed my vintage photo ink pad onto my glass surface, added a bit of water to the ink and then used a small brush to splatter small droplets on the house. And for a bit of contrast, I mixed some Copic opaque white ink with a drop of water to create more splatters on the house.

Once the house was dry, I glued it on a piece of cardstock, and then I assembled all the other elements: roof, windows, icing pieces, candy, etc. using liquid glue. For the smallest pieces, I used my twizzlers to keep my fingers away from the glue, and used my quick stick tool to pick up the tiniest things, such as the small circles.

Next I moved on to the shaker panel and cut a 5,5 x 4,25" panel out of a pink pattern paper from the Very Merry 6x6 paper pack. I also cut a frame out of white cardstock, and glued that frame on vellum. The vellum will mute the shaker background so it won't steal the gingerbread house thunder but we will still be able to see the shaker material.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Gingerbread House Dies Sweet Treats House Add-On Dies Christmas Cookies Christmas Card by Marine Simon

I trimmed the vellum around the frame, and applied foam strips at the back of that frame, on the four edges. And to keep the shaker material away from those foam strips, I applied powder all along the foam edges. This way the sequins and beads won't stick to the foam.

I cleaned the vellum window using a microfiber cloth, and then added the shaker material into the window: white beads, clear sequins, and a bunch of small pink jewels. I peeled the backing paper off the foam strips, and placed my pink panel directly on those foam strips to close the shaker panel.

Next I stuck the gingerbread house in the middle of the vellum panel using liquid glue, and also added more decorative pieces at the top of the house using foam squares.

For the last final details, I cut two sparkling white Lacy Snowflakes, cut a kraft banner using a die from Stitched Rectangle and white heat embossed my sentiment from Christmas Cookies on top of it. I also white heat embossed two gingerbread cuties from Christmas Cookies on kraft cardstock, and I created the same texture on those elements as the one on the house.

I attached those gingerbread cuties on both sides of the house using foam squares, stuck the banner on the roof, and then the snowflakes on both sides of the roof.

And finally, I added some details around the house, directly on the vellum, using a white gel pen, and brought more shine and sparkles by adding a dot of glossy accents on each little circle below the roof, and glitter on the candy at the bottom of the house.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Gingerbread House Dies Sweet Treats House Add-On Dies Christmas Cookies Christmas Card by Marine Simon

And that's it, I hope that you like this very cute, bright and shiny and colorful gingerbread house. Feel more than welcome to check the process video above (click on the photo), maybe it will inspire you to create your own gingerbread house! Thanks for stopping by and see you next week! 

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Hi everyone, Anja here and today's shaped card was made with the sweet Gingerbread House Dies.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Gingerbread House Dies Sweet Treats House Add-On Dies Christmas Cookies Christmas Card by Anja Bytyqi

First, I die cut the house shadow base from cream cardstock. Next, I die cut all the elements from colored cardstock. The scalloped trims for the roof and windows as well as the bottom piece were cut from glitter cardstock. I sponged the edges of the kraft gingerbread house die-cut with brown ink and added some splatters with a paint brush. To decorate the top window, I picked the cute little bow from the Sweet Treat House Add-on Dies set.

Now comes the fun part of putting the gingerbread house together by adhering all the die-cuts. I covered the gumdrops with Crystal Stickles to match the glitter cardstock. To make the pink part of the peppermint candy shiny, I applied a coat of Glossy Accents. I also turned it into a lollipop by putting it on a stick.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Gingerbread House Dies Sweet Treats House Add-On Dies Christmas Cookies Christmas Card by Anja Bytyqi

Of course I had to decorate the house with one of the adorable Christmas Cookies. I stamped the gingerbread girl and heart cookie in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the images and adhered them with foam tape.

Finally, I stamped the 'Merry Christmas' sentiment from the Bear Hugs set in VersaMark Ink onto a dark brown cardstock strip and heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an awesome day!

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Stitched Rectangle Dies
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Bear Hugs Stamps
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Christmas Cookies Stamps
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Christmas Cookies Dies
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Gingerbread House Dies
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Icing Border DIes
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Lacy Snowflakes Die
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Very Merry 6x6 Paper
Very Merry 6x6 Paper
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Sweet Treats House Add-on
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Wednesday, October 27, 2021

Lacy Snowflake Die Focused Cards with Franci and Julia

Hi there! It's Franci here, with a cute card showcasing the new Lacy Snowflakes set.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Lacy Snowflake Die Bear Hugs Christmas Critters Merry Mice Slimline Die Winter Christmas Card by Franci Vignoli

First of all I die cut all the snowflakes out of white cardstock and shaded them with a light blue marker. Then I stamped the adorable bear couple from the Bear Hugs set, colored it with my Copics and die cut it with its coordinated dies.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Lacy Snowflake Die Bear Hugs Christmas Critters Merry Mice Slimline Die Winter Christmas Card by Franci Vignoli

I created a card base out of white cardstock, inked the front center with light blue Distress Inks and glued down all the snowflakes and the cute bear couple into this fun design. I added a little confetti heart, stamped my sentiment and this card is ready to wish a loved one Merry Christmas!

Hope you're now inspired to create fun designs with these new products, happy crafting!

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Hello crafty friends! It’s Julia here and for today's card, I had to bring out the adorable little mice again!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Lacy Snowflake Die Christmas Critters Merry Mice Slimline Die Winter Christmas Card by Julia Englich


I stamped the images from
Christmas Critters, Harvest Mice, and Merry Mice and colored them in using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers.

I die-cut two snowy hills with the Slimline Nature Borders as well as the Comic Strip Everyday frame out of white cardstock. I snipped off the inside pieces, so I could just use the stitched frame. I ink blended the background with Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Prize Ribbon, Blueprint Sketch, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot. I also added a few black splatters and lots of snowy splatters to the background for more interest.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Lacy Snowflake Die Christmas Critters Merry Mice Slimline Die Winter Christmas Card by Julia Englich


I stamped the sentiment from
Merry Mice onto the lowest hill and I adhered the background and the hills to an A2-sized card base. Then, I die-cut lots of the Lacy Snowflakes out of white glitter cardstock and adhered them to the background. I layered the white frame over top. Finally, it was time to add all my cute little mice and of course the Snowmouse!

I had such a blast creating this one and I really hope you like it! Have an amazing day and a merry Christmouse!!

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Bear Hugs Stamps
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Bear Hugs Dies
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Christmas Critters Stamps
Christmas Critters Stamps
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Christmas Critters DIes
Christmas Critters DIes
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Lacy Snowflakes Die
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Comic Strip Everyday Dies
Comic Strip Everyday Dies
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Merry Mice Stamps
Merry Mice Stamps
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Merry Mice Dies
Merry Mice Dies
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Slimline Nature Borders
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Harvest Mice Stamps
Harvest Mice Stamps
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Harvest Mice Dies
Harvest Mice Dies
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