Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Die Focused Tags with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm super happy to be back on the blog with this trio of shaker tags showcasing multiple die sets, including the Distinctive Door Holiday Add-On that I used on its own to create three mini scenes in jars.

I started off by cutting all the pieces to build the backgrounds, and each background was built following the same steps:

1. Cut a Stitched Arch panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, and divide it in half. On the lower part, blend some tumbled glass and broken china oxide inks using a hill stencil to create a snow border. And on the upper part, blend some broken china, uncharted mariner and chipped sapphire oxide inks to create a night sky.

2. Mix some tumbled glass oxide ink with water, and add splatters to the snow border using a slim brush. Splatter water droplets on the sky, and dry them using a paper towel. Mix some chipped sapphire oxide ink with water, and add splatters to the sky. Mix some copic opaque white ink with water, and add more splatters all over the Stitched Arch panel, and then do the same with liquid stardust. Cut a small hole at the top of this panel.

3. Cut another Stitched Arch panel out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock, cut the bottom using a wavy die, and add the same inks and same textures as before to create a slim snow border.

4. Cut another Stitched Arch panel out of a Holiday Cheer snowflake pattern paper, and use a Ribbon & Lace Border die to cut the top of the panel. Add some uncharted mariner and chipped sapphire oxide inks on the edges, and add splatters of copic opaque white ink. Cut a small hole at the top of this panel.

I set all those elements aside to dry, and then cut all the bits and pieces out of colored cardstock. I used distress inks to add shadows and more depth to each element, and also splattered white ink to give the illusion of snow or frost on all the pieces. Here is a detailed list of the die sets I used: • Distinctive Door Holiday Add-On - trees, strings of lights, bows, piles of snow • Window Quad Circle - poinsettias • Rustic Winter - deer • Comic Strip Everyday - car, house.

I assembled a few of the pieces to build the car, house, poinsettias, etc. and then created the jars using Summer Jar Mug dies. And once again, each jar was built following the same steps:

1. Cut a jar frame out of holographic cardstock and cut the handle off.

2. Cut a whole jar out of acetate, and stick it at the back of the jar frame using liquid glue.

3. Still at the back of the frame, add foam strips all around the jar, following the curved edges.

4. Cut another whole jar out of vellum, and attach trees and a main focal object (house, car or deer) using liquid glue.

5. Sprinkle a few White Snowflake confetti on the die-cut pieces.

6. Peel the backing papers off the foam strips at the back of the jar frame, and attach the jar frame to the vellum frame to close the jar.

7. Cut another jar out of light brown woodgrain cardstock, trim the lid off and add some vintage photo distress ink on the edges to darken it, add copic opaque white ink splatters, and stick the lid to the holographic shaker jar.

8. Glue a pile of snow on one side of the jar using liquid glue.

9. Tie some golden thread around the lid.

Next I cut three different banners out of dark blue cardstock using Brilliant Banner 1, Brilliant Banner 2 and Brilliant Banner 3, and silver heat embossed a greeting on each banner. "Sweet" is from Christmas Cookie, "Have a... holiday season" is from Santa Claus Lane, and the whole thing reads "Have a sweet holiday season". To make those banners pop on the tag, I used the same dies to cut the banners a second time out of holographic cardstock, and I layered each banner with its twin using 1mm foam squares.

Next I finally assembled and attached everything on my Stitched Arch panels. I first glued the jar using liquid glue, and then the slim snowy hill using 2mm foam squares. I attached the straight string of lights at the back of the topper element using liquid glue, and then stuck the topper piece using 1mm foam squares. Attached a banner between the jar and string of lights, added a poinsettia and a Christmas tree, cut one last Stitched Arch panel out of white cardstock, cut a hole at the top of this panel, attached it at the back of the tag to finish it nicely, and cut a white eyelet using a Mini Mat & Tag 4 die that I glued at the top of the tag.

For the last details, I glued a white pearl in the middle of each poinsettia, a tiny confetti star at the top of each Christmas tree, applied white blizzard nuvo drops to the lights, tied a double bow that I attached below each eyelet, and finally added a handle using some slim silver ribbon from my stash.

And that's it! I went a little bit crazy to build those shaker tags, and they took me longer than the standard type of card I usually make, but sometimes I like to throw myself into more complicated projects! If you ever wanted to recreate those tags, my advice would be to die cut all the pieces first, then do all the inking, next the jar, and finally all the assembly. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Cookies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rustic Winter Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Quad Circle Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Jar Mug Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Panda Card with Nicky

Happy Friday everyone it's Nicky with you today on the blog where I'm sharing a fun and super summery card featuring the Big Panda stamp set.

I ink blended a soft focal point on an A2 panel of white cardstock using Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide Ink and glued this to my card base. I took another A2 panel of white cardstock and die cut using the Comic Strip Everyday Dies and created a simple frame by snipping out and discarding the 'window openings'. I backed this with dimensional foam tape. Before applying it to the background I also created some grass using the Mini Grass Border Dies and I ink blended the piece I created using Peacock Feathers and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Inks. I then glue the grass to the background panel and then layered over the frame.

The Big Panda images were stamped with Memento Ink in Tuxedo Black and I coloured the images using the following Copic marker combinations:

Pandas - T7, T6, T5, T4, T3, C3, C1, C0, C00

Blushes - R22, R21, R20, R00, R000

Pink Sunglasses R39, R29, R27, RV04, RV02, YR21, Y15, Y06

Pink Sunglasses Frame - FRV1

Blue Sunglasses - BG78, BG49, BG57, BG15, BG32, G00, G000

Blue Sunglasses Frame - FBG2

Cocktail (left) - E29, E27, E57, E23, E34, BG78, BG57, G00

Cocktail (right) - YR07, Y38, Y19, YR21, Y06, Y02, R39, R27

The images were die cut using the coordinating Big Panda Dies. I gave each panda a cocktail to hold using dimensional foam tape to secure it within their paws and I also used foam tape to put their sunglasses on. I then backed each one with more foam tape and tucked them behind the grassy border with their heads sweetly tilted together.

Time for the finishing touches! I added a flower to the ear of the Panda on the left. I die cut yellow cardstock using the sun image from the Comic Strip Everyday Dies and used Copic markers to add a little gradient colouring and I tucked it up under the frame and secured it with foam tape.

Last but not least I stamped the sentiments with pink ink. I fussy cut the 'hello' and added both words with foam tape and finished by highlighting a few points with a white gel pen and adding a few sparkling clear sequins for accents.

I hope you can squeeze some cardmaking into your weekend and I will be back with you again next Friday with something new to share.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tree Branch Die Focused Card with Nicky

Hi, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio blog and I have a card to share that features the Tree Branch Dies along with other products.

As I so often do, I started at the back and worked forwards. To that end I die cut pink cardstock using the Bursting Hearts Die and popped out all of the hearts and layered the piece on top of a white A2 panel and then glued to my card base. I took another white A2 panel and die cut using the Comic Strip Everyday Die and I snipped out the divisions to leave a skinny frame.  This was backed with foam tape and applied to the heart background. I die cut a circle from the same pink cardstock and stamped the sentiment from Lovey Dovey, this was also applied with foam tape.

I die cut two tree branches from white cardstock using the Tree Branch Dies and coloured with Copic markers. I also stamped the birds and blooms from Love Birds using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa, and die cut using the coordinating dies. Here are the Copic colours used:

Branches - E44, E42, E31, E41
Leaves - B04, B12, G40, G20
Birds - B04, B12, B41, BG70, Y17, YR31
Blushes and Blooms - R85, R83, R81

A white gel pen was used to highlight a few points then the  branches and birds were applied with foam tape and leaves and blooms glued in their positions and with that ... the card was complete!

Thanks for stopping by to read the blog today, I'll be back next Friday with something new.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bursting Heart Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovey Dovey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tree Branch Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bighearted Bears Gift Tags with Nicky

Hello everyone, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny blog and I'm sharing some very cute Valentine's themed gift tags with you. These tags feature the Bighearted Bears stamp set and would work well tied to a package of candy or a Valentine's gift. I have done two styles of gift tags so keep reading to see the second style.

For this first trio of tags, I die cut both bright pink and white cardstock using the Scalloped Tags Circle Dies and the mini sentiment tags come from the Wrap Around Box Die.

I masked and ink blended each white die cut and splashed to distress the background. I stamped in some little hearts. I then die cut trees, hearts and clouds using the Comic Strip Everyday Die and adhered these in position. I assembled the mini tags and stamped the sentiment from the words included in Bighearted Bears at a fun angle. I assembled the tags, glueing the different parts together.

I stamped the bears and accessory images from Bighearted Bears in black ink and coloured with the following Copic marker combinations:

Bears - T5, T4, T3, C3, C1, C00, RV10 (blush)
Pink - V06, RV17, RV06
Envelopes - C1, C0, B000
Clouds - C1, C0, B000

I highlighted with a white gel pen and die cut using the coordinating dies and applied everything either directly with glue or popped up on dimensional foam tape. To finish this group of tags I backed the white tags with dimensional foam tape and applied the bright pink die cuts to the back to make the tags heavier and more interesting, then I passed pink and white baker's twine through the tag and cinched the twine together with a cheerful pink ribbon bow.

Not satisfied yet, I decided to make a shaker tag version. I cut three of the scalloped tags for this shaker version and I also cut a sheet of acetate so that I could create a shaker window which I filled with glitter and a variety of sequins and hearts.

For this tag I used the coordinating mini scalloped die from the Scalloped Tags Circle Dies for my sentiment and my colouring of the bears etc is exactly the same as for the tags above except that my pink combination here is RV17, RV55 and RV23.  

I hope you feel inspired to create your own little tags for your Valentine's gifts and I wish you a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wrap Around Box Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Circle Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bright Balloons Card with Marine

Hey crafty friends, Marine here, so happy to be back on the blog with this bright and cheerful birthday card showcasing some Bright Balloons. Once again I went for a rainbow theme, definitely a safe bet to make someone smile, and I started off by creating the background. 

I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Quilted Heart Landscape panel, and used blue oxide inks to color it: salty ocean + blueprint sketch + chipped sapphire. As always I added splatters on my panel to make it less flat: chipped sapphire + water splatters, and white ink + water splatters.

Once my Quilted Heart Landscape panel was dry, I cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches panel out of a rainbow pattern paper from the Spring Fling paper pack, and I attached my Quilted Heart panel on top using 1mm foam squares.

Next I cut three round shaped balloons and two oval shaped balloons using dies from Bright Balloons. I used another rainbow pattern paper from the Spring Fling paper pack to cut them all, and to really make them stand out on the blue background, I cut additional balloons out of gold glitter cardstock. I stuck a gold glitter balloon behind each rainbow balloon, and I attached them on my panel using foam squares.

To make the balloons pop even more, I cut the highlight details out of white cardstock using dies from Bright Balloons, and I gave each balloon its own highlights. And I also wanted to add a string below each balloon, so I used a die from Comic Strip Everyday to cut five light grey strings that I glued on the panel using liquid glue.

For my sentiment, I started by cutting a black banner using a die from Notebook Photo Corners, I white heat embossed the "Floating by to say happy birthday" greeting from Floating by on it, and then I attached the banner on my panel right below the balloons using 1mm foam squares. And finally I glued a few golden heart sequins here and there to bring even more shine to my card.

And that's it! Love this birthday card, it's so bright, I love how the balloons pop with those gold glitter details. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Floating By Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fling Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Quilted Hearts Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bright Balloons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio