Guest Designer Spotlight: Crisp Apple & Wood Barrel Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It's Rachel from RachelAlvaradoDesigns.com. I am so happy to be back on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with some apple-themed projects that feature new products from their latest release. This release is absolutely gorgeous, so I hope you'll love it as much as I do!

All of my cards today feature the yummy new Crisp Apple Dies. For all of my cards, I die cut a variety of both large and small apples from a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Card Stock. To add color, I then blended each apple with a combination of Candied Apple, Lumberjack Plaid, Ground Espresso, and Scorched Timber Distress Inks. I blended my darkest colors on the left side of my apples and worked my way to the right with my lighter colors, leaving a very light spot on the top left portion of the apple to give it more of a 3D appearance. I did the same for my leaves, but used Mowed Lawn Distress Ink instead.

For my apple core area, I die cut it from a piece of light beige card stock and lightly blended the bottom left area of this piece with some Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink.

I then added a rectangular layer of lattice and scalloped circles with a piece of white card stock that I had die cut using the Frilly Frames Lattice Die Set. Next, I added a red circle to which I adhered a white scalloped circle that I had die cut using the beautiful Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies. Lastly, I added my apples with some 3D foam adhesive tape as well as my sentiment (from the new Punny Apple Greetings Stamp Set) that I had heat embossed to a strip of black card stock with some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder.

For my second project, I combined the Crisp Apple Dies with the new Wooden Barrel Die Set. After ink-blending my apples, I went ahead and die cut my wooden barrel from a piece of Kraft card stock. I then added some shading my barrel by blending the vertical slats in the barrel with some Ground Espresso and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink to give it more depth. Next, I die cut my "metal" barrel pieces from some silver shine card stock to make it look more realistic.

To give my background some texture, I die cut my red background piece with the new Buffalo Plaid Straight Die and then layered it with a piece of white card stock to which I had added some more texture using the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die. I also added a red scalloped circle once again using the Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies and layered it with a white stitched circle that I had die cut with the Stitched Circle Small Dies. To finish my card, I again heat embossed my sentiment with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder onto a banner that I had die cut from red card stock using the Brilliant Banner 1 Die.

For my last card, I combined the Crisp Apple Die Set with the previously released Slimline Scalloped Frame and Slimline Nature Border die sets. I also added some cute little mice that I had stamped using both the Harvest Mice and Merry Mice clear stamp sets. I stamped my images with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock, colored them with Copic Markers, and used their coordinating die sets to cut them out.

For my background sky, I lightly blended some Antique Linen Distress Oxide Ink and added some spatters of diluted Copic Opaque White Paint and some light brown dots from Copic Markers for added interest. I also added some white ink spatters to my grass area after I had ink-blended it with some Mowed Lawn Distress Ink. I stamped my sentiment from the Punny Apple Greetings Stamp Set onto the top right corner with black ink and once again added my images with 3D foam adhesive tape for a pop of dimension.

I hope you enjoyed my cards today and will check out these amazing new products! Thanks so much for dropping by! If you want more card making inspiration, feel free to also check out my Instagram Feed! Wishing you all a lovely day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Frilly Frames Lattice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio
Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wood Barrel Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Brilliant Banner 3 Die Focused Card with Nicky

Hello everyone this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio blog with a new card featuring new products from the latest release, which is all available for purchase.

I started by creating a layer of panels starting with kraft cardstock then a slightly smaller white panel and then slightly smaller again using a patterned sheet from the Sweater Weather 6 x 6 Paper. I glued these together and then adhered the stack to a prepared card base.

Next up, I die cut the oval using the Stitched Oval 2 Die and I ink blended the focal point using Distress Oxide Ink in Spun Sugar. I backed the oval with some white craft foam and glued it to the patterned background.

I die cut the different parts of the Brilliant Banner 3 Die from white cardstock. I adhered the pieces together and then stamped the sentiment from Punny Apple Greetings using 'Lipstick' Ink from The Stamp Market. I backed the sentiment strip/banner with dimensional foam tape and adhered it to the bottom of the oval.

Using sturdy white cardstock and the Crisp Apple Die, I die cut all the different parts to form the apples and apple slices. I used the Lipstick ink again to ink blend red parts and Twisted Citron Distress Oxide Ink (used sparingly sometimes) to ink blend the green parts. I assembled and glued together the different parts and then backed them with dimensional foam tape and arranged them, tucking them behind the banner and building up and out until it looked balanced and finishing with a small apple under the banner for an accent.

For the finishing touch I adhered water droplet style embellishments in place which I thought felt right with the Crisp Apple slices and with that this card was complete.

I appreciate you taking the time to read about my card today and hope you have a wonderful weekend. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweater Weather Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sunny Studio 9th Birthday Blog Hop Winners!

Thank you again for helping us celebrate our 9th Birthday this past week. Without further ado here are all the winners for the $25 gift codes to our online store. Congratulations! 

Sunday's Winner
Shar Zar

Monday's Winner
Carol Mayne

Tuesday's Winner
Lynne Takayesu

Wednesday's Winner

F. Simkins

Thursday's Winner
Jennifer Petersen

Friday's Winner
Heidi Hurley

Leanne's Winner

Rosalie D B

Marine's Winner

Danielle Dunlop

Nicky's Winner

Denise Bryant

Hanh's Winner
Virginia Ellison

Amanda's Winner

Rebecca Yahrling

Teri's Winner
Cindy Knickerbocker

Tina's Winner

Stacey Kowbel

I have emailed everyone I have emails for, but if you didn't hear from me and don't see it in your spam folder, please reach out to me at: info@sunnystudiostamps.com

Also, today is the last day to take advantage of our 20% sale on Sunny Studio branded products (excluding new arrivals and clearance). One discount code per order. 

Wood Barrel Die Focused Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this autumn card featuring the Wood Barrel that I mixed with many other things to create this lovely still life autumn scene.

I started off by cutting a 5,5 x 4,25 inches kraft panel that I stenciled using a fall leaves stencil from my stash. When I stencil on kraft, I often like to create a white base first in order to make my colors pop, so that's what I did here, and then I used peacock feathers, fossilized amber, peeled paint, carved pumpkin, festive berries and vintage photo oxide inks to create a colorful background. I mixed some vintage photo oxide ink with water and added splatters to my panel, and then did the same with copic opaque white ink.

Next I cut all the bits and pieces, starting with a Fancy Frame Rectangle that I cut out of light brown woodgrain cardstock, colored with vintage photo oxide ink on the edges, and attached to my panel using 1mm foam squares. Next I cut the Wood Barrel out of kraft cardstock and silver mirror cardstock. The sunflower is from Botanical Backdrop, the leaves and acorns are from Autumn Greenery, and the pumpkins are from Pumpkin Patch. I cut all those pieces out of colored cardstock that match with the background, added more depth to each element using oxide inks and copic opaque white ink, and once everything was dry, I stuck all the pieces to my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

For my greeting, I started off by cutting my Brilliant Banner 3 pieces out of dark kraft cardstock. I added a little bit of vintage photo oxide ink on the edges, white heat embossed my "Autumn Blessings" greeting from Turkey Day on the main element, and then attached both pieces right below the Wood Barrel to finish my card. 

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

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Botanical Backdrop Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pumpkin Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wood Barrel Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Howl-o-ween Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here and we are getting ready for the spooky season with this fun ‘Howl-o-ween’ card using almost all the sweet dressed up dogs from the Happy Howl-o-ween stamp and die set. I loved these cuties so much that I went with a card design that could feature six of them!

To start, I die cut a panel from white card stock with the outer border of the Frilly Frames Stripes Die. In my stash I found a giant spiderweb stencil and used it to ink up the panel with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide. For extra interest, I added a few black ink splatters with a small paint brush.

Once the ink was dry, I ran the panel twice through the die cutting machine with the Window Trio Square Dies, thus obtaining 6 windows for my critters.

Next, I prepared a white card base and added 6 matching squares from two patterns of the Subtle Grey Tones pack. I have used these papers so many times before, they give that extra little texture to your card without being too busy! Then I could layer the purple panel with small foam tape strips for dimension.

After selecting 6 cute dogs and some accessories from the Happy Howl-o-ween stamp set, I browsed through my stash and also selected the witch hat, the cauldron (Bewitching stamps) and some small pumpkins (Truckloads of Love).

All the coloring was done with my trusty Copic markers and white gel pen details made the images pop even more. I played around with the placement of the dogs and the pumpkins trying to evenly spread the colors over the panel. Once happy with the positioning, I mounted all the critters and accessories with foam tape to the window frames.

My sentiment was taken from the Happy Howl-o-ween stamp and stamped in Versafine Onyx Black ink. I think it’s a perfect match for this card. Adding a few Crystal clear Jewels finishes this sweet project. 

I can’t wait to see all these adorable dogs featured in your projects! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bewitching Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bewitching Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Trio- Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Truckloads of Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Truckloads of Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Howl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Crisp Apple & Wood Barrel Card with Amanda

Hey there, friends! It's Amanda here sharing a card I made using some of the New Release items! Although I love that this release has some fabulous Fall and Winter products, I'm really not ready for the weather to turn cold! Are you looking forward to it or hanging on to the summer, like me?! I am sharing this cheery card that will be perfect for the beginning of the school year! Every teacher deserves a handmade card in my book!  

To create this card, I started by swiping my Catherine Pooler Rockin' Red ink over some white card stock. Then, I die-cut some of the new Crisp Apple Dies. Once they were cut, I used Cranberry Fizz ink to make the edges darker. For the leaves, I used Melon Ice and the stems are Sand Castle.

Next, I die-cut the new Wood Barrel Dies. For the barrel, I used Copic markers to create even more dimension. I used C3, C5, and C7 for the metal bands. I used E30, E31, E34, and E35 for the wood. For my background, I trimmed a piece of paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper Pack to 4"x5.25". I adhered this paper to my A2 card base. 

Now for the tricky part ... Getting my apples in the barrel! I played around with them until I was happy with how they looked and then put 3D foam squares behind them. I also propped up my barrel with 3D foam tape.

Once I had my card looking good, I could create my sentiments! I used the new Punny Apple Greetings Stamp Set. I stamped the sentiments on black card stock using a WOW! Embossing Pad.  I applied white embossing powder and then melted the powder with my heat tool. I used a trimmer to cut the sentiments out and then applied foam tape to the backs of them. I adhered them to my card and then added some sequins for a little bit of extra fun!

I think my kiddo's teacher is going to love this card! I hope you enjoyed my card and feel inspired to make something crafty yourself now!

Thanks for stopping by the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today! Hope you have fun shopping the new goodies from the New Release!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio

Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Wood Barrel Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Crisp Apple & Punny Apple Greetings Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here and I'm excited to start sharing cards showcasing the new fall products. I've made a fun apple theme card created with the Crisp Apple dies and Punny Apple Greeting stamp set. 

I started with a white mini slimline card base that measures 3.25 inches wide by 6.25 inches tall. I added a panel of red Classic Gingham patterned paper that I trimmed down so there would be a 1/4 inch white border. I die cut three scalloped squares and adhered them to the gingham panel. I used the smallest die in the Scalloped Square 2 large die set to create the squares. 

I die cut all the pieces needed to create 3 whole apples with the Crisp Apple dies. These were die cut from white card stock and then colored with ink and small blending brushes. I blended the ink starting on the outside edges and applying lighter going toward the center. That is how I get the highlighted area in the center of the apple.

I used the tiny blossom dies from the Strawberry Patch set to make a few white flowers to add the card. I used the Brilliant Banner 3 dies to make a banner to stamp the "apple-solutely" word. All the words used to complete the greeting and the smiley face are included in the Punny Apple Greeting set.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Strawberry Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Autmnn Garland Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh. I am so excited to be back with my first post as a member of the Sunny Studio Stamps Design Team. I am honored and beyond thrilled to have officially joined the team. 

Autumn Greetings! Today, my card features the gorgeous new Autumn Garland set. This beautiful image is just perfect for the upcoming fall season. And the best part ... a layered look without the need to layer or mask! I had so much fun coloring up this one with all of the rich fall colors.

I stamped the image from the Autumn Garland stamp set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and used the coordinating Autumn Garland Dies to die cut it out. I colored it with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Pinecones: E53/33/35/37/39/29
Pine needles: YG63/67
Green Leaves: YG21/23/25
Yellow Leaves: Y13/15/17/38
Orange Leaves: Y17/38 YR04 R24/27
Red Orange Leaves: Y38 YR04 R24/27
Berries: Y38 YR04 R24/27/59

This is such a beautiful image with so many intricate details that I wanted to keep the card design clean and simple to give all of the attention to the garland. The largest die from the Stitched Rectangle Dies was used to diecut the white panel. I stamped the word "Greetings" from the set directly onto the front panel with Memento Rich Cocoa ink. I adhered a piece of craft foam to the backside of the panel before adhering the panel to a piece of brown cardstock. 

Next, I stamped the word "Autumn" from the set with Versamark Watermark ink and gold heat embossed it onto a piece of white cardstock. The coordinating die was used to diecut the word "Autumn" and 2 additional blank die cuts, which I then used to layer and adhere to the back of the embossed word to add a bit of dimension and interest. 

I adhered the garland and "Autumn" onto the panel with liquid adhesive before adhering the panel to a white A2 cardbase (4.25" x 5.5"). A few matching jewels from the Bright Jewels Mix were added to the card for a little sparkle.

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

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Autumn Garland Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Autumn Garland Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Introducing Our New Design Team Member Hanh Nguyen!

Thank you to everyone who has joined us for our holiday sneak peek week and helped us celebrate our 9th birthday yesterday! Your sweet comments always really brighten my day. There's still time left to hop along and enter our thirteen $25 gift code giveaways HERE.

The team will be sharing their new card ideas on the blog starting tomorrow using the new release and I can't wait for you to see what they have up their sleeves. I've been getting sneak peeks and they are so inspiring!

In the meantime, please help me welcome our newest design team member, Hanh Nguyen! She has been our guest designer several times this year and I'm so happy to have her joining us full time!

You can find Hanh online here:

INSTAGRAM:  http://www.instagram.com/hanhmadecards/

BLOG:  http://www.hanhmadecards.blogspot.com/

Also, just a reminder. You can save 20% on Sunny Studio branded products using the discount code NINEYEARS at checkout through August 30th. Excludes new arrivals and clearance. Limit one coupon per order.