Bear Hugs Stamps & Holiday Express Stamps Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some Christmas cards featuring our Bear Hugs Stamps and Holiday Express Stamps.

For my first card today, I used all the cute polar bears from the Bear Hugs Stamps with the Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Die to frame each miniature scene using the set's tree, ice block, balloon, and candy cane. I inked up behind the frame using a light touch of Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink and then cut out stitched snowy slopes using the Slimline Nature Border Dies. Finally, I stamped a punny greeting using VersaFine Onyx Black ink from the set. I really loved how clean and fresh this turned out with the simple red, white, and blue color scheme, so I thought it would be fun to challenge myself to design both cards today using that limited color palette.

My second card features the adorable train, critters, decorations, and gifts from the Holiday Express Stamps. To help make my train feel extra festive, I added peppermint candies to the wheels of the locomotive and train cars using images from the Candy Shoppe Stamps and Baking Spirits Bright Stamps. For the backdrop behind my Christmas train, I taped two of the three 6" borders from the Forest Trees Stencils together and inked up one continuous line of trees with Salty Ocean Distress ink. Above the trees, I added a cloud border using the Slimline Nature Border Dies cut from masking material and inked with Mermaid Lagoon Distress ink. Lastly, I combined several mix-and-match greetings from the Holiday Express stamps to create one long, continuous sentiment to span the length of my 8" wide card.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Bear Hugs Stamps and Bear Hugs Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Plus, check out our Black Friday Sale, which has also kicked off! Save 15% on Sunny Studio branded products, automatically receive a free "Mouse in Mug" enamel pin with orders of $25 or more, and free USA shipping on retail orders of $50 or more using discount code BLACKFRIDAY. These deals run through December 1st at Midnight PST, but some clearance items are in short supply so shop early for the best selection. 💛

*Limit one discount code per order and one free enamel pin per household.

Supplies Used: 

Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Candy Shoppe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Candy Shoppe Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Forest Trees Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spellbinders Masking Sheets Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio

Merry Mice Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today sharing a fun and punny Christmas card featuring these sweet mice from the Merry Mice and Harvest Mice sets. I love how the two sets play so well together.

I stamped the images from the Merry Mice Stamps, Harvest Mice Stamps and a few hollies from the Hedgey Holidays Stamps sets onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Merry Mice Dies, Harvest Mice Dies, and Hedgey Holidays Dies to die cut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and highlighted them with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Mice: E51/53/33, R000/00/20, R20, E25
Red: R14/24/29/39
Green: YG01/03/17
Yellow: Y13/15/19
White: C1

For the layout, I used the Comic Strip Everyday Dies to die cut a panel out of white and red cardstock. I used only the inside parts from the white and the frame from the red panels. I lightly ink blended the edges of the white pieces with Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink. I adhered the red frame and inked white pieces onto the front of a white A2 card base (4.25" x 5.5").

For the sentiment, I used the colored images to roughly layout my design and align my sentiment. I stamped the "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmouse" from the Merry Mice Stamps directly onto the front panel with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Finally, I adhered the colored images onto the front panel with a combination of liquid glue and foam squares for a bit of dimension and interest.

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

Wishing all of you a Happy Thanksgiving! Have a wonderful and crafty day!

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Plus, check out our Black Friday Sale, which is kicking off today! Save 15% on Sunny Studio branded products, automatically receive a free "Mouse in Mug" enamel pin with orders of $25 or more, and free USA shipping on retail orders of $50 or more using discount code BLACKFRIDAY. These deals run through December 1st at Midnight PST, but some clearance items are in short supply, so shop early for the best selection. 💛

*Limit one discount code per order and one free enamel pin per household.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday 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
Hedgey Holidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hedgey Holidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Deck the Hall Holiday Ornament Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some Christmas cards featuring our Deck the Halls Stamps.

For my first card today, I started by cutting an A2-sized panel using the snowflake patterned paper from the Joyful Holidays Paper pack. I layered a Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Die cut from red cardstock with a Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Die over the top, cut from white cardstock. I then attached a garland across my card, created with Tim Holtz "Pine Twine" from my stash. I threaded narrow Offray red satin ribbon through each die-cut opening for the snowman, penguin, and polar bear ornaments from the Deck the Halls Stamps, and added some bows over the top with liquid adhesive. Lastly, I heat-embossed a customized greeting using our new Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamps on the Brilliant Banner 2 Dies, which I had inked to look like a black chalkboard color to match my penguin.

For my second card using the Deck the Halls Stamps, I started by stamping the tree branches from the Classy Christmas Stamps with Versamark ink onto black cardstock, before taking turns sprinkling them with Ranger Leaf Green & Fern Green Embossing Powders. I first stamped and embossed them all in one color, leaving space between them so I could go back and stamp another branch to heat emboss in the alternating color. When I was done, I heat-embossed the greeting from the set with white embossing powder. I also added a scalloped edge along the bottom of my panel using a border from the Slimline Pennant Dies. I then loosely laid out where I wanted my ornaments to go and drew straight lines for the strings using a ruler with a white gel pen before adhering the ornaments with liquid adhesive. Lastly, using a print from the All is Bright Paper pack, I added a candy cane striped patterned paper to contrast with the scalloped edge at the bottom of my card.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Classy Christmas Stamps, Slimline Pennant Dies, and Joyful Holiday Paper in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image, so there are lots of ideas to scroll through, organized by set.

Supplies Used: 

Deck The Halls Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Deck The Halls Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Alpaca Holiday Winter-Themed Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some holiday cards featuring our Alpaca Holiday Stamps.

My first card showcases all the adorable critters, gifts, and mountain range from the Alpaca Holiday Stamps. In fact, aside from using the Slimline Nature Border Dies for my stitched snowy slopes, this entire card was created using only elements from this stamp set. For my beautiful northern sky, I lightly blended Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry Distress Ink using Pinkfresh Studio Blending Brushes and then stamped a greeting from the set. This stamp set is one of my favorites for endless mix-and-match sentiment options. I then stamped some tone-on-tone snowflakes from the set to match the blended background using Gina K. Blue Sky, Gina K. Light Orchid, and Altenew Puffy Heart.

For my second card using the Alpaca Holiday Stamps, I paired two of the alpacas and mountains from the set with the birch trees from the Bear Hugs Stamps. I once again added snow-covered hills using the Slimline Nature Border Dies; however, this time I inked up my sky using Seedless Preserves Distress ink. For the decorative border along the bottom of my card, I added a stitched edge using the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and an aqua scallop from the Slimline Basic Border Dies. To pull my color scheme together, I alternated purple, fuchsia, and teal striped strips from the Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones Paper pack which had been die-cut using the Slimline Pennant Dies.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Alpaca Holiday Stamps, Bear Hugs Stamps, and Slimline Pennant Dies in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image, so there are lots of ideas to scroll through, organized by set.

Supplies Used: 

Alpaca Holiday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Alpaca Holiday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes 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

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