Merry Mice Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to share with you the latest adventures of the mice family with this cute and festive slimline card featuring a bunch of images, including ones from Merry Mice. If you have missed their first adventures, here is a recap: they went apple picking during the Fall season here, were busy delivering presents here, and today is all about Christmas caroling, or should I say Christmouse caroling?!

So I started off by creating a simple wintery landscape on a 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel. On three quarters of the panel, I created snow hills using salvaged patina oxide ink and a hillside stencil from my stash. And at the very top, I created the sky using salvaged patina oxide ink again, with a little bit of peacock feathers oxide ink. I love to add texture to my backgrounds when I use oxide inks, so I mixed a little bit of peacock feathers oxide ink with water, and used a small brush to make splatters on the snowy hills. I did the same on the sky with a mix of blueprint sketch oxide ink and water. And the same again with a mix of white ink and water, but this time I made splatters all over the panel.

Next I stamped all my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them all using the matching dies and colored everything using once again my favorite color palette for this holiday season, which is red, light pink, aqua and green. Here is the detailed list of the stamp sets I used:

• Merry Mice - singing mice, mice (with the scarves), scarves, ear muffs, beanies, Santa hat, snowmouse

• Harvest Mice - mice (with the sweaters), sweaters

• Christmas Critters - mouse (in the balloon)

• Balloon Rides - hot air balloon, banners

• Feeling Frosty - trees

• Snowman Kisses - snowflakes

I stamped my "Have yourself a merry little Christmouse" greeting from Merry Mice at the very bottom of my panel: "Have yourself a merry little" in black, and "Christmouse" in silver. Next I attached the images on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and finally added highlights and details to the images and sky using a white gel pen. 

And that's it! I hope that you like this lovely and fun holiday card. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Merry Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cozy Christmas Card with Gladys

Hello crafty friends! Gladys here with a holiday card featuring the Cozy Christmas stamp set.

To start, I stamped the images from the Cozy Christmas set with alcohol friendly ink. I colored them using Copic markers then used the coordinating die to cut them out.

Next, I used an A2 size stitched rectangle die to cut the card panel out of the Joyful Holiday paper pack. I used two patterns, the blue snowflake background and gray plaid paper. I darken the edges of the blue paper using chipped sapphire distress oxide ink to add depth. Then I used the largest Stitched Arch die to cut the center creating a window for my scene.

To assemble the card, I cut a piece of kraft paper to ground the images. I backed the images with double side foam tape to give some dimension. I adhered all the elements within the arched panel. To add interest, I added scallops using the Sweet Treats House Add-On dies on the top panel to make it look like the roof top of the house. Finally, I stamped and adhered the sentiment to complete this cozy little Christmas scene.  

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog. Have a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Sweet Treats House Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cozy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cozy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Feeling Frosty Card with Isha

Hello everyone, Isha here and I am back with a fun and adorable card featuring the Feeling Frosty stamps and coordinating dies. We all need Christmas and new year cards and this design can be adapted to any. These snowmen are so adorable so I decided to have as many as I could on this card.

I started by sponging distress oxide ink in wilted violet, salted ocean and blueprint sketch. Flick some water and white paint to this. Apply white paint for snowbanks and let this dry.

Stamp the images from the Feeling Frosty stamp set, color and die-cut using coordinating dies. Stamp the sentiment from the Season's Greetings stamp set, die-cut using the coordinating dies.

Adhere the panel to a white card. Add the images and the sentiments using 3D foam. Add diamond stickles to part of the images and snowbanks.

Thank you for dropping by and have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Season's Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Season's Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Feeling Frosty Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Feeling Frosty Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Winter Scenes Card with Bobbi

Hello friends! It’s Bobbi and I am sharing a card today that features the Winter Scene stamps and dies. These stamps set the stage for many different wintery fun scenes like ice skating on a lake, a penguin habitat complete with an igloo, adorable log cabins nestled in the woods, a ski resort and more. For my card, I am using the scene stamps to create a winter wonderland for a pair of happy snow people. They’re enjoying a colorful snowfall from above. The snowmen are from the set called Snowman Kisses.

To make this 5″ X 7″ card, I stamped the background scene using the Winter Scene stamps. My card is 7″ wide so I extended the lines and stamped a singular tree on each side of the scene to fill the gaps and extend the scene to 7 inches. Because I plan to send this card in the mail, I stamped the snowmen right on the front panel (i.e., for a one-layer card) to avoid any unnecessary bulk on the card front. I colored the background and foreground using Copic Sketch Markers. 

You’ll notice that I shaded below the trees and snowmen for dimension. I like to use  blue-violet and blue colors for the shadows on snow. It helps to ground the images, too. I typically use B00, B000, B0000, BV000, BV00, and BV13. Everything else was colored in bright colors.

To complete the card, I stamped the “happy holidays” sentiment from the Holiday Greetings stamp set in two shades of pink and cut it using the coordinating dies. I attached the sentiment in the lower right corner. Lastly, I added colorful snow that reminds me of candy sprinkles on a Christmas cookie. I love that the snow people have their hands extended out to catch the falling snowflakes!

Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Winter Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Merry Mocha Tags with Tammy

Hello friends! Tammy here with some fun Holiday tags featuring the adorable set, Merry Mocha. This set is a FREE gift with purchase for a limited time, while supplies last, so go get yours today! 

To begin, I stamped the images from Merry Mocha, colored with Copic markers, and die cut with the Merry Mocha dies. 

Next, I cut three white tags using the Scalloped Square Tag Dies. I then attached candy cane striped patterned paper, from the Joyful Holiday Paper, to fit inside the stitched squares. I then layered a black cardstock square, that I white heat embossed with the fun sentiment from the Merry Mocha set.

Next, I attached the die cut mugs to the tags using foam tape for dimension. I added white die cut snowflakes, cut using the Basic Mini Shape Dies 2, then added some red and white bakers twine to finish up my tags! 

Thanks so much for stopping by! See you soon!

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The Merry Mocha Stamps used today are not available for purchase this holiday season but rather will be automatically included with all retail orders of $45 or more from our online store through November 27th at Midnight PDT. Here are all the details:

Receive free shipping on U.S. orders of $40+

+ Receive the exclusive mini "Merry Mocha" stamp set with a $45+ purchase.

+ Receive the coordinating "Merry Mocha" dies with a $75+ purchase.

+ 10% of retail sales will be donated to the Maui Strong Fund with the Hawaii Community Foundation.

*Please note: No discount codes are needed. All offers will be applied automatically and cannot be combined with additional discounts at checkout. Purchases are based on order subtotal, prior to shipping & tax.

Supplies Used:

Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio

Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio

Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Black Friday Exclusive: Merry Mocha Card Ideas with Mendi

Hello & welcome!  I'm excited to be joining in the Black Friday fun with several card ideas featuring our new little Merry Mocha Stamps and Dies which aren't available for purchase this year but can be received as a free gift with a $45+ purchase through Monday, November 27 (see below for full promotion details). 

Card No. 1: For my first Merry Mocha card I started by cutting out my red striped, scalloped mat by combining the inside portion of our Frilly Frames Stripes Dies with the outside portion of our Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies. I then backed it with white cardstock and mounted it onto an A2-sized kraft cardstock panel. I then cut a Large Stitched Circle and mini gift tag from our Sweet Treats Gift Bag Dies, inking them both along the edges using Tea Dye Distress ink.

To create my grouping of three unique hot drinks, I paired the Merry Mocha mug with the cups and sugar cookie from our Mug Hugs Stamps. I then heat embossed the "warm wishes" greeting from our Alpaca Holiday Stamps, tying the tag with red baker's twine to slip around one of my mug handles and securing it on the back before adhering the mug to my card with foam tape.

Card No. 2: For my next card featuring the Merry Mocha Stamps, I used the cute script greeting from the set with the coordinating dies (that come with purchases of $75 or more). I paired the drink with an extra candy cane and gingerbread man from our Baking Spirits Bright Stamps and mounted them onto a scalloped mat cut using our Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies. I layered a slightly smaller piece of green cardstock beneath to peek out behind the eyelet lace scallops and then mounted them onto a red and white snowflake print from our Joyful Holiday Paper pack.

Card No. 3 & 4: Up next is a card set featuring the same card design with the Merry Mocha Stamps in two different color palettes. For both cards, I started by adhering a small pale grey striped patterned paper to my background using a print from our Subtle Grey Tones Paper pack. 

I then cut an elongated Scalloped Tag from Joyful Holiday tone-on-tone snowflake patterned papers using our Scalloped Square Tag Dies. To achieve this I partially cut the top portion of the tag while hanging the bottom portion of the die off the cutting plate, I then flipped the die over and hung the top half off my cutting plate, matching up the scallops and securing the die with washi tape to help me keep them straight. Once you've done this trick a couple times, it becomes super easy to do, looks like the die came that way, and really makes you look at your die stash with a fresh eye.

Blue Card: For my sentiments on each card, I heat embossed the word "warm" using our Heartfelt Wishes Stamps, pairing them with our Wishes Word Die cut from a pink Pastel Gingham Paper to match my pink mug.

Pink Card: To add a little interest behind each of my mugs, I framed them with our Small Stitched Circle Dies and added some twigs and leaves from our Winter Greenery Dies. For this particular card, I matched my aqua mug to the Wishes Word cut from an aqua grid print from our Classic Gingham Paper pack.

Which color combination is your favorite? Thanks so much for joining me today and I hope you have a wonderful holiday weekend. ❤

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The Merry Mocha Stamps used today are not available for purchase this holiday season but rather will be automatically included with all retail orders of $45 or more from our online store through November 27th at Midnight PDT. Here are all the details:

Receive free shipping on U.S. orders of $40+

+ Receive the exclusive mini "Merry Mocha" stamp set with a $45+ purchase.

+ Receive the coordinating "Merry Mocha" dies with a $75+ purchase.

+ 10% of retail sales will be donated to the Maui Strong Fund with the Hawaii Community Foundation.

*Please note: No discount codes are needed. All offers will be applied automatically and cannot be combined with additional discounts at checkout. Purchases are based on order subtotal, prior to shipping & tax.

Other Supplies Used:

Heartfelt Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mug Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mug Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wishes Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats Gift Bag Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Baking Spirits Bright Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Dies 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