Stitched Arch Die Focused Holiday Tags with Amanda

Hello, dear friends, and happy December! Amanda here. I can hardly believe we’ve already made it to the last month of the year — and that Christmas is only 23 days away! Since we’re in full holiday mode, I thought it would be the perfect time to share some gift tags I made featuring the sweetest little critters. These tags are sure to bring a smile to anyone who finds one attached to their gift!

To create the tags themselves, I reached for the Stitched Arch Dies and made my own DIY tag shape. After die-cutting, I simply used a hole punch to add the opening at the top for the twine. 

Next, I grabbed a mix of patterned papers from the All is Bright paper pack. The colors and designs in this collection are so cheerful and festive that it made it really easy to create tags that look joyful and cohesive. I layered different patterns together to give each tag its own unique little personality, while making them coordinate well with one another.

For the critters, I stamped images from the Holiday Express, Happy Owlidays, and Penguin Party stamp sets. These sets are full of adorable cuties and fun holiday elements!  I colored everything with Copic markers to bring them to life and then used the coordinating dies to cut them out!

When it came to the sentiments, the Build-a-Greetings: Holidays stamp set was absolutely perfect. I wanted greetings that would fit nicely on small tags, and this set gave me so many options. I stamped the sentiments onto black cardstock using my WOW! embossing pad, sprinkled on white embossing powder, and melted it with my heat tool for that crisp, shiny finish. After that, I trimmed them into cute little strips with my paper trimmer and used scissors to round the corners or create banner ends. Once all the pieces were ready, I adhered the critters and sentiments to the tags using 3D foam squares. I love the dimension they add!

To add a touch of winter magic, I took a small tool with a ball end and dipped it into white acrylic paint to create tiny snowy dots across each tag. I love the effect the snow brings to each tag! After the paint dried, the final step was tying on the twine. I chose twine that coordinated beautifully with the colors from the All is Bright papers!

And that wraps up today’s project! I absolutely loved putting these little tags together — they’re quick, fun, and the perfect way to dress up your holiday gifting with a handmade touch. I hope this inspires you to create some of your own festive tags this season. Thank you so much for hanging out with me today, and I can’t wait to share even more Christmas creations with you leading up to the holidays!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio

Roly Poly Penguins Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today sharing a fun Christmas card featuring these adorable Roly Poly Penguins and the Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamp sets. 

I used the smallest die from the Scalloped Square 1 Large Dies set to diecut three squares and the smallest die from the Scalloped Square 1 Small Dies set to diecut one square out of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock. I masked off the scalloped edges stamped the images from the Roly Poly Penguins Stamp set onto the larger scalloped squares with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Penguins: T4/5/7, W00/0/1, Y38 YR04, R000/20
Red: R14/24/29/39
White: C00/1/3
Blue: B0000/000/00/02

For the sentiment, I used the Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamp set from the latest release to create the "Merry Christmas" sentiment. I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Satin Red ink onto the smaller scalloped square. 

I adhered the scalloped squares onto a piece of light blue cardstock with foam tape. I added some snowflakes diecut from white cardstock using the Woolen Mitten Dies, Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 and the Basic Mini Shape Dies 5. Finally, I adhered the entire panel onto the front of a top folding white 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. Be sure to check out the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop for more info and ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

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Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Roly Poly Penguin Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 5 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holidays 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

Rustic Winter Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here. I'm so happy to be back with this monochromatic holiday card showcasing the beautiful Rustic Winter die set. I've had this set in my stash for years but for some reason never used it, and that was a huge mistake because it is amazing, I love those delicate and pretty deer!

I started off by cutting all the bits and pieces out of dark grey, light grey, white, and silver glitter cardstock. I added liquid stardust splatters to the white pieces, copic opaque white ink splatters and liquid stardust splatters to the dark grey and light grey pieces, and then assembled everything. I layered the deer, pine trees, birch trees, and bow on top of silver glitter pieces, but shifted them a little bit to get a pretty silver border around each element. The deer and birch trees are from Rustic Winter, the pine trees are from Distinctive Door Holiday Add-On, and the bow is from Wicker Basket.

Next I worked on my shaker background and cut a Rounded Rectangle Mat panel out of a Joyful Holiday snowflake pattern paper using the second largest die from the set. I used the second Stitched Semi Circle die to cut an opening out of my snowflake panel, cut an acetate panel slightly larger than the opening, created a frosty effect on the edges using copic opaque white ink and a sponge dauber, and once dry, I attached this piece of acetate at the back of my panel to create a window.

To turn this opening into a snow globe, I temporarily taped the second Stitched Semi Circle die to a piece of dark grey cardstock using washi tape, cut the semi circle shape following the outside edges of the die, and then run the panel through my die cutting machine, with the die still attached, to cut a thin frame that I stuck to the front of my snowflake panel around the acetate window using liquid glue. I cut a white panel using the second Stitched Semi Circle die again, cut a wavy border out of this panel, added liquid stardust splatters to it, and once dry, I stuck that border at the bottom of the acetate window using liaquid glue. I cut a fishtail banner out of light grey cardstock using a die from the Stitched Rectangle die set, white heat embossed "Peace, love & joy to the world" from Build-A-Greeting Holidays on it, and attached that banner right below the window using 1mm foam squares.

For the inside of my shaker, I first cut a Classic Sunburst black & grey panel using the second largest Rounded Rectangle Mat die, and added white splatters and liquid stardust splatters to it. On that black & grey panel, I added another white wavy border, making sure it was higher than the one on the front panel, and then stuck seven birch trees from Rustic Winter. I attached two layers of foam strips all around the edges of my inside panel, poured tiny crystal stones on the trees, peeled all the backing papers off the foam strips, and then stuck my front panel to the foam strips to totally close my shaker panel. I attached my shaker panel to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches black panel, next to a white card base, and then I stuck the deer, pine trees, and bow using 1mm and 2mm foam squares.

To decorate each top corner of the card, I cut Lacy Snowflakes out of the same cardstock as the other pieces, added the same details and textures, and assembled them using liquid glue. Finally, I glued White Snowflake Confetti in the center of each snowflake and bow as well. 

And that's it! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lacy Snowflakes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rustic Winter Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Semi-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Sunburst Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wicker Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio