Merry Mocha Card with Alma

Hello everyone, Alma here! Today I want to show you a card that is as colorful and cheerful as I imagine Christmas to be! At the center of the card is the winter mug from the Merry Mocha Stamps set. 

Since everyone loves to enjoy a big slice of Christmas cake with their hot cocoa, I stamped the cake from the Special Day Stamps set and decorated it with elements from the Holiday Express Stamps set to give it a festive Christmas look. For me, the "marzipan" tree ;-) is the big highlight of the cake. The cake’s pattern is created with the snowflake from the Merry Mocha Stamps set. I colored the images using Copics.

Overall, the card is designed as an indoor scene, as I created the card base using the Windows Quad Square Dies. This die is perfect for quick window cards and fits a classic card format beautifully. It's also great for making shaker cards. The scent of hot chocolate and Christmas cake has even drawn in guests from outside! As you can see, Santa and his reindeer friends have sneaked up to the window, waiting for a big slice of delicious cake. Santa is from the Santa Claus Lane Stamps, and the reindeer are from the Reindeer Games Stamps set.

For the background, I used Distress Oxide Inks in Chipped Sapphire and Peacock Feathers, and created a winter landscape using the Forest Trees Stencil and a white gel pen. Finally, I added sequins to complete the shaker card! To finish, I used the Brilliant Banner 4 Dies and stamped the text "Have a super jolly Christmas" from the Reindeer Games Stamps set.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Forest Trees Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Special Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Special Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mocha Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mocha Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Snowmen in Sweaters Card with Leanne

Hi there! Leanne here today. I'm sharing an A2 size wintery card featuring the Snowmen in Sweaters stamps. Full disclosure - I was short on time and energy last week to get some cards made (we had the flu going around our house), but I still wanted to produce something eye catching and cute. So for this post, I thought it was a good opportunity to share some of my best tips for creating cards when you may have limited time to do so. 

First tip: pattern paper is your friend! For this card I choose to use a tone on tone red gingham (from the Joyful Holiday Paper Pack) as a background mat for my scene panel. Pattern paper is always a quick and easy mat solution... just trim to the size you need and adhere.

Second tip: keep the scene and coloring simple. Coloring snowmen images is just about as quick and easy as it gets. I used a limited color palette and just did some basic coloring with Copics. I had this trio of cuties ready to add to the card in no time. 

Third tip: use a big, bold greeting. The greeting I used is included in the Snowmen in Sweaters stamp set and has a coordinating die (bonus!) With this bold greeting and my snowmen trio, my card was nearly finished. 

Final tip: to finish add simple embellishments. My go to embellishments are sequins, small die cuts, and twine. It really didn't take long to tie some twine around the gingham paper and add some snowflakes around the greeting. These simple details can add so much interest to any card design. 

I hope you will find these tips useful especially for when the hustle and bustle of the holiday season is in full swing. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Die Focused Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today to share this fun Christmas card featuring the Distinctive Door Dies and the Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies. I had so much fun playing with these Distinctive Door and Holiday Add-on Dies and creating a house for these penguins that I was completely tempted to go out and start putting up the Christmas decorations on my own house. 

I stamped the penguins from the Penguin Party Stamps set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Penguin Party Dies to die cut them out. I also used the Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies to die cut two trees and a wreath out of the same Neenah cardstock. I colored them with Copic markers and accented them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Penguins: T3/5/7, Y38 YR04, W0, R000/30
Hats: R24/29
Scarf: YG03/17
Trees/Wreath: YG03/25/17

I die cut the remaining door and the accessories from the Distinctive Door Dies and Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies from a piece of white, yellow, green and red cardstock. I also used silver cardstock for the door hardware and white glitter cardstock to represent the snow. I lightly colored the windows and lights with Copic markers (Y000/21) for a bit of dimension and realism. 

For the background, I took a piece of gray cardstock (4.25" x 5.5") and added a slim strip of white glitter cardstock to the bottom edge for the snowy ground. I assembled the elements of the door and adhered them to the panel with a combination of liquid adhesive and foam tape. I used a white gel pen to add highlights to all of the elements. Finally, I attached the panel to a white top folding card base (4.25" x 5.5").

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card and are inspired to create your own front door card (or decorate your house for the holidays!). 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:

Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Penguin Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Distinctive Door Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Roly Poly Penguins Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara here! Today I am so happy to be here, guesting again for Sunny Studio Stamps! And today I have three cards featuring the most adorable penguin stamp set ever, the recent released Roly Poly Penguins! So, let's dive into the first one!

As soon as I saw the stamp set I knew I would have created a sort of pattern with lots and lots of penguins. The dimensions of the images are perfect because they aren't too much small so it didn't take a lot to mask and cover an A2 piece of cardstock.

I firstly created all the masking pieces by stamping the 6 Roly Poly Penguins on some Judikins Masking Paper (it is my favorite to create masks, and the roll really lasts a lot). Then I took a piece of A2 cardstock and I started randomly stamping the penguins from the lower edge to the upper one. I then started coloring: it didn't take soo long because I firstly colored all the penguins, then all the accessories with the same markers, which are listed below.

• Penguins: 100-N9-N8-N7-N5-N4 | E50 | YR15
• Blue combo: B06 - B04 - B02 - B01 - B00
• Red combo: R39 – R29 – R27 – R24
• Pink combo: R24 - R22 – R21 – R20 – R00
• Light brown combo: E43 – E42 – E42

When I was happy with the result, I trimmed the panel to 3 5/8"x 4 7/8" and I layered a 3.75"x5" glittery silver cardstock behind. For the sentiment, I white heat embossed one of the Inside Greetings Season stamp on some red cardstock and I created a strip. To complete the card, I attached the penguin panel on an A2 piece of white cardstock using foam tape and then I adhered the sentiment strip. And here's the finished result!

 
For my second inspiration, I went for a clean and simple look on kraft cardstock, that I especially love when I create winter cards.
 
I firstly stamped the 4 Roly Poly Penguins in the lover part of an A2 piece of kraft (this one is Neenah Desert Storm Smooth), I recicled the masking pieces created for the first card. I used a light brown ink, since I wanted a no-line look. Then I colored the penguins using the Copics listed below.

• Penguins: T10 – T8 – T7 – T6 – T5
• Beak: Y38
• Red combo: R89 – R59 – R46 – R35

When I use the no-line technique, I always combine Polychromos Pencils too, because I need to better define the edges and reinforce some shadows. I took some coordinated greys and red to do that. I also took a white pencil to add white onto the body of the penguins and some of the accessories.

 
I then decided to add a big sentiment on the upper part: I used the big "Greetings" word which comes from the previously released Season's Greetings stamp set, while the word "sending" is from Festive Greetings stamp. I white heat embossed everything and then I also stamped some snowflakes (which come form the Deck the Halls stamp) here and there to add some interests. I trimmed the panel to 3 5/8" to 5.5" and I layered a slightly larger rosegold glitter cardstock behind. To complete the card, I attached everything to an A2 white panel. And here's the second finished result!

 
For my last inspiration, I have to say I found a beautiful layout like this on Pinterest, which was my main inspiration. So I decided to turn it into a card.

 
I took a 4 3/8" square panel and I drew 4 circles of 1,5". I created a mask for the "holes" and I carefully stamped the four Roly Poly Penguins with some accessories, like the gift or the Christmas hats. I used a really light ink because i wanted a total no-line look, and as I said before I firslty colored with the Copics listed below and then defined the edges with pencils.

• Penguins: 100 – W10 – W9 – W8 – W7 – W6
• Red combo: R59 – R46 – R29 – R43
• Pink combo: R21 – R20 – R00
• Backgrounds: G21 – B93 – RV95 – Y32

 
I then die cut the Merry Word from some silver glitter cardstock and I layered two white die cuts behind to create depth. To complete the sentiment, I also white heat embossed two black strips using the words included in the Lazy Christmas stamp. To complete the card, I layered a 4,5"x4,5" silver glitter cardstock and a 5"x5" white panel too. And here's the finished result!
 
Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you will like my projects and you will be inspired to create something! Hugs from Italy!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Merry Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Deck The Halls Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Festive Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings Seasons Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Roly Poly Penguins Card with Nicky

Hello friends, this is Nicky with you again today on the Sunny blog and I'm sharing another card using the lovely Roly Poly Penguins stamp set. Please read on for all the details.

To create the card I first die cut a white A2 panel of cardstock using the Buffalo Plaid Straight Die. I then layered the straight stencil from the Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencil 2 pack over the panel and ink blended in both directions using Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink. I trimmed the panel down a fraction in my paper trimmer, backed it with white craft foam and applied it to an A2 card base.

I used the Slimline Nature Borders Die to create the two banks of snow at the base and applied them with glue. The large sentiment was stamped with Cotton Candy Ink by The Stamp Market and die cut with the coordinating die. I added little pieces of foam tape to the back and then adhered it into the buffalo plaid sky.

I stamped those gorgeous Roly Poly Penguins with black ink and coloured with the following Copic markers: 

Penguins - T7, T6, T5, C3, C1, C0, YR04, Y38
Pink - R85, R83, R81
White - C3, C1, C0

The images were die cut using the coordinating Roly Poly Penguins Die and applied with foam tape.

To finish things up, I die cut several snowflakes using dies included in the handy dandy Basic Mini Shape Dies Sets 1-4 collection. I glued the flakes in place then highlighted the penguins and Holiday Greetings sentiment with a white gel pen and with that this card was complete!

I do appreciate you coming to read the blog today and I'll be back next Friday with something new to share.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Basic Mini Shape Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Basic Shape Dies 3 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 4 Shop at: Sunny Studio
Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio

Buffalo Plaid Die Focused Cards with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm so happy to be back on the blog with this trio of colorful Thank You cards showcasing the Buffalo Plaid Straight die and Buffalo Plaid Diagonal die. I used the cute turkeys from Turkey Day only one time last year, so I thought it would be nice to bring them back during this year's autumn season. And as you may already know, I looove to stamp and color images on kraft cardstock, especially on fall cards, so these cards were another occasion for me to have some fun, and I hope these will inspire you to try to do some coloring on kraft, if you haven't already.

And speaking of which, I started off by stamping my images on kraft cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and Graph'it brush markers using a red, orange, yellow, green and brown color palette.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Turkey Day - turkeys, pumpkins, cup, leaves, slice of pie • Beautiful Autumn - oak leaf, acorn • Fall Friends - acorn • Happy Harvest - sunflowers.

Next I cut three panels out of kraft cardstock using the Mini Mat & Tag 4 die, and I stenciled them using the Diagonal & Straight Stripes stencils along with a different color palette for each panel. On the first panel, I used vintage photo, fossilized amber and peeled paint oxide inks. On the second panel, I used fossilized amber, rusty hinge and lumberjack plaid oxide inks. And on the third panel, I used vintage photo, lumberjack plaid and rusty hinge oxide inks. I mixed some ground espresso oxide ink with water and used a slim brush to add splatters on my panels, and I did the same with copic opaque white ink.

I cut three 4,5 x 3,25 inches Stitched Rectangles out of dark brown cardstock, and attached a panel on each dark brown panel using 1mm foam squares, and then each panel on a 5 x 3,75 inches Gingham Jewel Tones panel using liquid glue.

I attached my images on each panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added highlights and details using a white gel pen, tied some twine at the bottom of each panel, right below the images, and then worked on the greetings. I stamped three different sentiments from Words Of Gratitude on brown cardstock using black versafine ink, and trimmed them into slim banners. Next I white heat embossed "Thanks" from Big Bold Greetings three times on dark brown cardstock, cut them using the matching die, and then attached all those pieces of my cards using 1mm and 2mm foam squares again.

And that's it! I hope that you like this lovely set of cards. Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Words of Gratitude Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Beautiful Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Harvest Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Turkey Day Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Turkey Day Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio