Happy Howl-o-ween Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm so happy to share this spooky cute and colorful card with you today showcasing the super adorable pups from Happy Howl-o-ween. They're so fun, I adore them, and I hope to be able to feature them on more cards in the coming weeks.

I went for quite a simple background for this card, and started off by cutting a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I divided in two parts: the sky in the upper part, and grass in the lower part. For the sky, I applied, from top to bottom, salty ocean and prize ribbon oxide inks. I splattered water droplets that I dried using a paper towel. I mixed a drop of liquid stardust with a couple of water droplets, added more splatters to the sky, and next I mixed some black soot oxide ink with water to make even more splatters. For the grass, I started off by applying mowed lawn oxide ink on the whole section, and next blended some rustic wilderness oxide ink at the bottom and on the sides. I mixed some rustic wilderness oxide ink with water and added splatters on my green section. And then I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, and added splatters all over the panel.

I stamped my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers, my Graph'it brush markers, and my Ohuhu markers. And for some extra fun, I picked a purple, aqua, green, yellow and orange color palette for the houses and lights.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Happy Howl-o-ween - dogs • Scenic Route - houses, lights • Fall Scenes - bats, small pumpkins, trees • Too Cute To Spook - spiders, tiny Jack 'O Lantern face.

Once the coloring was done, I white heat embossed my "Wishing you a grrreat Halloween" greeting from Happy Howl-o-ween at the bottom of my panel, and then attached all my images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. I added a drop of white blizzard nuvo drops on each light to make them all shine, and finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. 

And that's it! Here's to a fun and colorful Halloween! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Howl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek: Happy Howl-o-ween and Brilliant Banner 3 & 4 Dies

Hello and welcome to Day 2 of our Holiday Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I am sharing cards showcasing our newest collection which will be available for purchase this Friday!

Card No. 1: My cards today showcase our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps which include 7 adorable pups that mix and match so perfectly with our other Halloween sets. For my first card, I used five of the dogs together with our Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies, the spider web & spider from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps, and the grass from our Mini Grass Border Dies. I also scattered a number of the little stars from the new stamp set, but I was feeling like the white die-cut borders were distracting and made my card feel too busy so I fixed that by coloring around them with a coordinating Copic Marker to match my Prize Ribbon Distress inked background.

Card No. 2: For my next card featuring the Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps, I paired the dogs with the haunted house from our Fall Scenes Stamps for a trick-or-treating scene. For my background, I inked up an oversized moon to frame the "Happy Halloween" greeting from the Too Cute To Spook Stamps. I then inked the night's sky around the moon blending both Wilted Violet and Seedless Preserves Distress inks and masked off below my fence and trees so I could ink them up to match to blend into my background. A trio of bats from the Fall Scenes Stamps completed my scene.

Card No. 3: This Halloween card uses the dog wearing a witch costume with the broom, greeting, and stars from our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps with the Haunted House and bats from the Too Cute to Spook Stamps, and the bare tree from the Fall Scenes Stamps. I framed my flying dog with a full moon using our Stitched Circle Large Dies and added a stitched hillside with our Slimline Nature Border dies. 

To create the look of craters in my moon, I dripped some Squeezed Lemonade re-inker on my glass mat, spritzed it with water, smooshed it with a piece of plastic packaging I had sitting on my desk, and transferred the splatters that clung to the clear packaging to my piece of white cardstock. I dried it with my heat gun and then was able to blend the same ink with a lighter touch to fill in the background before die-cutting it. My night's sky was inked by blending Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, Prize Ribbon, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot Distress ink along the outside edges. I wanted to vary the height of my spooky trees so I lengthened the trunk of one tree by inking in the remainder by hand using a Copic Multiliner pen. My stars were heat embossed to match using some old Wow Sunny Yellow Embossing Powder (WK09R) from my stash.

Card No. 4: For a quick & easy card using the Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps, I turned to our Staggered Circle Dies which can cute 5 stitched circle windows. However, I positioned the die to just cut four windows and backed the openings with different bright colored prints from our Polka-dot Parade Paper pack. I added a coordinating purple striped strip along the bottom of my card from our Striped Silly Paper pack, and heat embossed my sentiment onto our new Brilliant Banner 3 Dies which had been cut out using our Classic Gingham Paper pack. Lastly, to add balance to my design by including a little spider hanging down from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps using a stitched trail from our Snail Mail Stamps.

Card No. 5: This card design was inspired from the bottom up. I started by creating my black and orange gingham panel using our new Buffalo Plaid Straight die together with our Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils. I cut off one row along the bottom to add a black scalloped border using our Slimline Basic Border Dies. That in turn inspired me to frame my critters using our coordinating Scalloped Square 2 Small Dies, layered with our Stitched Square Dies. From there I was looking for the perfect grouping of dogs to become my focal point using our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps. The finishing touch was adding an orange ombre colored speech bubble die-cut from our Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies and heat embossed using a punny greeting from the new set.

Card No. 6: Up next is card pairing the costumed doggies from our Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps with our new Distinctive Door Dies (being shared more on Wednesday) for a cute Trick-or-Treating scene. The Distinctive Door Dies come with most of the home elements seen here, but I fashioned my own fall wreath using the leaves from our Autumn Tree Dies and added the spider webs and pumpkins from our Too Cute To Spook Stamps. I finished off my card with a heat-embossed greeting stamped onto our new Brilliant Banner 4 Dies. I have been eagerly awaiting this particular banner die which pairs well with so many of our curved basic dies such as our Stitched Arch, Stitched Semi-Circle, Stitched Circle Dies, and Stitched Oval Dies.

Card No. 7: For my last card of the day, I thought I would show that these stamps aren't limited to only Halloween cards. I used the greeting, paw print, bone, and bow tie-wearing dog images from the Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps to create a fun everyday card. I was able to customize the punny greeting by pairing it with our Chloe Alphabet Dies. I repeatedly stamped the paw print in my background to create a custom tone-on-tone background and arranged the dog bones to form a frame around my dogs and sentiment. Lastly, I finished my card with a coordinating stitched "ribbon" cut using our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies and a white scalloped trim from our Eyelet Lace Border Dies.

That wraps up today's sneak peek. I'm so happy you joined me today! I'd love to give a $25 gift code to one lucky winner using the Rafflecopter below. Our daily contests will run through Monday, August 26th at Midnight PST with winners announced here on Friday, August 30th.

Here's a closer look at our new Happy Howl-o-ween Stamps & Dies, Brilliant Banner 3 Dies, and Brilliant Banner 4 Dies used today and available for purchase on Friday, August 23rd.

 

Other Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Distinctive Door Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio
Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Staggered Circles Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sunny Saturday Share: More Customer Cards

Hey everyone, how are you all doing this weekend? I'm so excited to be popping in today with a Sunny Saturday Share. There have been so many amazing cards popping up on Instagram that have made my jaw drop so I couldn't wait to share them with all of you! 

Pumpkin Patch card by Allison

Pumpkin Patch card by Michelle Bylaw

Crisp Autumn card by Elizabeth Costa-Rogers

Fall Friends ATC cards by Mareike

Fall Kiddos and Fall Scenes card by Kelly Santi

Woodsy Autumn card by Oona

Too Cute To Spook, Fall Scenes, and Autumn Tree card by Janneke Peters

Birthday Mouse cards by Anna

Thank you for sharing all these fabulous ideas with us! I hope you will continue to share your gorgeous projects with us--It always makes my day to see them. You can tag us on instagram with the hashtag #sunnystudiostamps or share your projects with us in our flickr group or on our facebook page. ☺


Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Crisp Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Crisp Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Kiddos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodsy Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodsy Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fall Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pumpkin Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Mouse Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Birthday Mouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio