Friday, August 23, 2024

9th Birthday Blog Hop + Introducing Toasty Hugs & Merry Mocha

Sunny Studio Stamps 9th Birthday Blog Hop Celebration

Hello and welcome to the final day of our Holiday Sneak Peek Week!  Each morning this week I have been showcasing projects using our newest fall & winter collections which are now available in our store!!!

Today I have the pleasure of celebrating our company's 9th birthday with all of you and our talented designers who are joining us for an inspirational blog hop with prizes at every stop and a special sale (more details below). Each milestone feels like such an accomplishment and I couldn't have made it this far without your sweet support. Thank you so much. ❤

Card No. 1: My first card features the Merry Mocha Stamps, I used the cute script greeting from the set with the coordinating dies. 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.

Sunny Studio Holiday Christmas Card (using Merry Mocha & Baking Spirits Bright Stamps, Mini Mat & Tag Die 2, & Joyful Holiday Paper)

Card No. 2: 
For this 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.

Sunny Studio Holiday Christmas Card (using Merry Mocha & Mug Hugs Stamps, Frilly Frames Stripes Dies, & Stitched Circle Dies)

Card No. 3: 
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.

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 Gingham Pastel Paper to match my pink mug. To add a little interest to 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.

Sunny Studio Warm Wishes Hot Cocoa Mug Holiday Cards (using Merry Mocha Stamps, Scalloped Square Tag, Wishes Word, Winter Greenery & Stitched Circle Dies, & Joyful Holiday Paper)

Card No. 4: Switching gears I have a few cards to share using our new Toasty Hugs Stamps featuring a new girl and boy bundled up for winter. I paired them with the new snowman from our Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps and the snowy neighborhood background from our Winter Scenes Stamps. For my sky, I blended a light amount of Seedless Preserves, Picked Raspberry, and Worn Lipstick distress inks before heat embossing the falling snow using our Frosty Flurries Stamps. For the stitched snowdrifts and banner to match the curve of my scene, I used our Slimline Nature Border Dies with our Fishtail Banner Dies.

Sunny Studio Kids with Snowman Holiday Christmas Card (using Toasty Hugs, Frosty Flurries, Winter Scenes & Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps)

Card No. 5: I had the idea that it would be cute to arrange the kids from our new Toasty Hugs Stamps with the kids from our retiring Eskimo Kisses Stamps to make them look like they are sort of holding hands around a world globe. To achieve this, I cut out my land mass using this Silhouette cut file HERE and then added the curved outside edge using our Slimline Nature Border Dies. For my miniature clouds, I used the two cloud dies that come with our Comic Strip Everyday Dies. I completed my card by heat embossing the greeting from our Holiday Express Stamps onto a red banner die-cut using our Brilliant Banner 2 Dies.

Please note: The new Toasty Hugs stamps and Eskimo Kisses stamps use the exact same dies so if you already have the dies for Eskimo Kisses, you can pick up the new Toasty Hugs stamps and use the same dies for both. Likewise, if you like this set and would like to pick up the Eskimo Kisses Stamps to add to your stash at the same time, those are still available at a discounted price in our store HERE while supplies last.

Sunny Studio Kids Holding Hands around World Globe "Sending Smiles Across the Miles" Card using Toasty Hugs 2x3 Clear Stamps

Card No. 6:
 For my last card of the day using the new 
Toasty Hugs Stamps I colored my boy and girl pair all in red and white to look like Santa suits. I framed them with our Stitched Heart Dies and Scalloped Heart Dies. Before die-cutting my stitched heart though, I embossed the background using our new Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies and then inked the gingham print using our new Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. Since I hated for any part of my background to go to waste, I positioned it so that I could save the outside to use for another card which I shared on Tuesday. 

To create a tone-on-tone background to match, I inked up another cardstock panel with worn lipstick distress ink and stamped it with the polka-dot print from our Background Basics Stamps using Candied Apple distress ink (with a Misti tool so I could repeatedly stamp it until the dots were solid). I then die-cut it into a square using our Stitched Square Dies and mounted them onto a Scalloped Square 1 Small Die to form my card base. Lastly, I heat embossed the sentiment from the set using white detail embossing powder onto our Brilliant Banner 2 Dies which had been cut from red cardstock to match.

Sunny Studio Kids Winter Holiday Card (using Toasty Hugs & Background Basics Stamps, Buffalo Plaid Diagonal, Scalloped & Stitched Heart, Brilliant Banner 2, Scalloped Square Dies)

In honor of our 9th birthday festivities, we are celebrating with an inspiring BLOG HOP which also includes a $25 gift code giveaway to our store at every stop on the hop!  Visit each link to see more amazing ideas by our team & guest designers. Leave a comment at each stop to be entered to win each drawing.

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Our blog hop and daily contests will run through Monday, August 26th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Friday, August 30th. :)

Blog Hop List:

Sunny Studio Blog (you are here)
Leanne West
Marine Simon
Nicky Meek
Hanh Nguyen
Amanda Fitterer
Teri Anderson
Tina Henkens

Your next stop in the hop is Leanne's blog HERE.

You can also enter to win a $25 gift code at each of our daily contests earlier this week and view more ideas using our new release at each of the posts linked here: 

Sneak Peek Day 1: Autumn Garland, Buffalo Plaid Dies, & Striped Stencils
Sneak Peek Day 2: Happy Howl-o-ween and Brilliant Banner 3 & 4 Dies
Sneak Peek Day 3: Crisp Apple, Wood Barrel, & Punny Apple Greetings
Sneak Peek Day 4: Distinctive Door, Holiday Add-on, & Inside Greetings Seasons
Sneak Peek Day 5: 
Roly Poly Penguins & Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps

In honor of our birthday festivities, we are also running a sale for 20% off all Sunny Studio branded products (excluding the new release and clearance items) using the discount code NINEYEARS at checkout through August 30th at Midnight. Limit one discount code per order.

Save 20% off all Sunny Studio branded products (excluding the new release and clearance items) using the discount code NINEYEARS at checkout through 8-30-24

With each new collection, we always have a free mini die we include automatically with orders placed in our online store. For this release we have a fun new mini snowflake die!

Sunny Studio Stamps Free Mini Snowflake Metal Cutting Craft Die with any online store purchase while supplies last August 2024

For those of you who might want to bookmark the video to watch later, I've also created a special video sharing the full Fall and Holiday Release, as well as a closer look at each of the projects I made with it (you can watch it on our YouTube Channel HERE).

Here's a closer look at our new Basic Mini Shape 5 DiesMerry Mocha Stamps & Dies, and Toasty Hugs Stamps & Dies used today:

Sunny Studio Stamps Basic Mini Shape 5 Metal Cutting Craft Dies featuring Acorn, Paw Prints, Hibiscus Flower, Snowflake, Cherry Blossom, & Posy Sunny Studio Merry Mocha 2x3 Winter Holiday Hot Cocoa Coffee Mug Clear Photopolymer Craft Stamps Sunny Studio Stamps Merry Mocha Metal Cutting Craft Dies

Sunny Studio Toasty Hugs 2x3 Winter Holiday Boy & Girl Clear Photopolymer Craft StampsSunny Studio Stamps Toasty Hugs Metal Cutting Craft Dies

Other Supplies Used:

Heartfelt Wishes Stamps
Heartfelt Wishes Stamps
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Mug Hugs Dies
Mug Hugs Dies
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Mug Hugs Stamps
Mug Hugs Stamps
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Wishes Word Die
Wishes Word Die
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Holiday Express Stamps
Holiday Express Stamps
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Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
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Versafine Onyx Black Ink
Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Frosty Flurries Stamps
Frosty Flurries Stamps
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Background Basics Stamps
Background Basics Stamps
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Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper
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Comic Strip Everyday Dies
Comic Strip Everyday Dies
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Alpaca Holiday Stamps
Alpaca Holiday Stamps
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Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper
Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper
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Frilly Frames Stripes Die
Frilly Frames Stripes Die
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Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies
Frilly Frames Hexagon Dies
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Subtle Grey Tones Paper
Subtle Grey Tones Paper
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Scalloped Tags-Square
Scalloped Tags-Square
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Sweet Treats Gift Bag
Sweet Treats Gift Bag
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Slimline Nature Borders
Slimline Nature Borders
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Winter Scenes Stamps
Winter Scenes Stamps
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Winter Scenes Dies
Winter Scenes Dies
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Stitched Circle Small Dies
Stitched Circle Small Dies
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Stitched Circle Large Dies
Stitched Circle Large Dies
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Winter Greenery DIes
Winter Greenery DIes
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Scalloped Heart Dies
Scalloped Heart Dies
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Stitched Heart 2 Dies
Stitched Heart 2 Dies
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Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies
Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies
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Joyful Holiday Paper
Joyful Holiday Paper
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Brilliant Banner 2 Dies
Brilliant Banner 2 Dies
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Baking Spirits Bright Stamps
Baking Spirits Bright Stamps
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Baking Spirits Bright Dies
Baking Spirits Bright Dies
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Stitched Square Dies
Stitched Square Dies
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Scalloped Square 1 Small Die
Scalloped Square 1 Small Die
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Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps
Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps
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Snowmen in Sweaters Dies
Snowmen in Sweaters Dies
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Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die
Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die
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Bear Hugs Stamps
Bear Hugs Stamps
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Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils
Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils
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Hero Arts White Detail
Hero Arts White Detail
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VersaMark Watermark Ink
VersaMark Watermark Ink
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54 comments:

  1. Happy Birthday!!!! It's my birthday on the 25th! Two days from yours! I LOVE this whole release but the penguins are my favorite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  2. Thank you for all of the wonderful cards and inspiration this week! I love the penguins and all of the apple/basket products!

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  3. What a great week of inspiration! Thank you ! I love those Roly Poly Penquins!!

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  4. Happy Birthday! My favorites are those penguins (from the other comments these guys are a great favorite so far) and the buffalo plaid.

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  5. The penguins are my favorite! They are adorable!

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  6. I'm most excited for the door dies.

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  7. Happy 9th Birthday - and how sweet you are to share both inspiration and gifts with us! Thank you! Such a delightful release and so many products that bring smiles. My favourites are the roly poly penguins and the snowmen in sweaters. Irresistible, both.
    carol

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  8. I love the new buffalo plaid dies and stencils

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  9. Toasty Hugs is so cute. Happy 9th Sunny Studio and many more!

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  10. Happy Birthday! Merry Mocha looks so yummy.

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  11. I love the adorable penguins! And so much more! Congrats on 9 years!

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  12. Happy 9th Anniversary! I love the Merry Mocha set, Roly Poly Penguins and Toasty Hugs - the perfect companion to Eskimo Kisses!

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  13. Happy Birthday… love the new releases! Cards are awesome!
    Sherry Storjohann

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  14. Hot cocoa and birthdays. What could be better?

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  15. Happy birthday!! Hard to choose but I really like the snowmen and penguins!

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  16. So many cute things and fabulous inspiration! Love everything but the apple products really caught my eye - brings out the teacher in me I guess!

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  17. Happy birthday!! So many beautiful products!!

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  18. Happy birthday! Oh my gosh, how to choose a favourite, they're all so fantastic!?! I'll choose a few - the Distinctive Door Dies, Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies, and the Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die are all fantastic!

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  19. Happy Birthday Sunny Studio!!!!! So many great products but I am in love with the penguins and the snowmen.

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  20. Happy Birthday! I love the Distinctive Door!

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  21. Happy birthday! There are several items in the new release that I am interested in. My favorite would have to be the penguins.

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  22. Happy 9th anniversary! I’m most excited about the Roly Poly Penguins! ☺️

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  23. Happy 9th anniversary! I’m most excited about the Roly Poly Penguins! ☺️

    (Forgot my name in previous comment, please ignore earlier comment, thanks!)

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  24. I really like the penguins and the frilly frame diagonal stripe

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  25. If I'm able to choose these new ones, I would say Toasty Hugs would be my favorite.

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  26. Happy birthday looking forward to all the inspiration!

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  27. Everything is so cute and sweet! An incredible release! Loads of fun products! Happy birthday Sunny Studio! Congratulations!

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  28. Love the Merry Mocha stamps and all the awesome samples!
    My favorite is that fabulous Distinctive Door! I love all the decorating possibilities!
    Big congrats on your 9th birthday!

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  29. Happy birthday. Those mugs are so cute. Love that there are smaller sets.

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  30. Happy birthday! I love all of the cards. The scalloped tags are my favorite

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  31. I love those cute penguins but the merry mocha cups would be really cute on tags. Happy 9th!!

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  32. There are several awesome things in this release. I really love the Autumn Garland stamp set.

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  33. Thank you for these wonderful products! Love them all, and it’s hard to choose. I’ll say the Door designs are my fave.

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  34. Marisela Delgado said: What beautiful cards and colors. 😍 Happy Birthday! 🎉🎉🎉 mariandmonsterd@yahoo.com

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  35. The Roly Poly Penguins are the cutest!

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  36. Love the crisp apple (but there are also SO many other fabulous ones!)

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  37. Happy 9th birthday to you and your team, my fave are the snowmen!

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  38. I am most excited about Autumn Garland, Crisp Apple and Wood Barrel.

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  39. Happy Birthday Sunny Studio!!! Today is my sons birthday, 27 yikes. I wish he was 9...again! Love your release and the snowmen are my favorite but I loved everything. Design Team did an amazing job! Enjoy your day!!! Congratulations!!

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  40. I am so excited for the penguins- I love images that can peek or hold things!

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  41. Happy Birthday❤ I love all of the cards and I think this release is pretty special!

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  42. Happy Birthday❤ I love all of the cards and I think this release is pretty special

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  43. Great release! I love all of your cards- so much inspiration! The penguins are so cute!

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  44. Happy 9th Birthday! Love the penguins!!!

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  45. Oh happy day, congratulations! I like the mug set.

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  46. I always love anything with mugs and yours are adorable!

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  47. Congratulations on your 9th year. You wonderful varied release is a tribute to your love of crafting.

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  48. Happy Birthday! One of my many favorites is the Snowmen in Sweaters stamp set.

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  49. I most excited about the snowmen in sweaters and the sentiments! Although, basic stitched shape dies are always very useful!

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  50. I always love the fantastic characters from Sunny Studio.

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  51. Wow 9 years! Congratulations! Great release..thanks for all the cuteness!

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