Holiday Express Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and I am so excited for the festive season! Today, I am sharing another sweet Christmas card that I made with the amazing Holiday Express stamp and die set. Not only do you get a fantastic train but also several cute passengers and even a Santa!

Let’s start with creating 3 panels from white card stock. We will turn the first one into a snow bank with a die from my stash. The remaining panels will become our shaped sky cut with the Fluffy Clouds Borders. To get an instant shiny and sparkly sky, I sprayed both panels with a blue Distress Mica spray.

I set the panels aside to dry and selected my images from the Holiday Express stamp which wasn’t easy since there are so many options in this set! Continuing with the bright blue from the sky, I added some contrast with coral, red and grey Copic markers. When I was done coloring, my sky panels were dry to the touch and I could glue them to the snow bank.

Next, I created a white card base slightly smaller than the scene we just assembled and used liquid glue to adhered the whole. I placed my images on the lower part of the card to see where I could put my sentiment. While browsing through my stash, I decided that the Holiday Hugs sentiment would match this card perfectly. I stamped the words in a red dye ink and used the matching dies. To create that chipboard effect, I ran the dies through the machine two more times using plain white paper. I stacked the three layers with liquid glue and adhered both words to the blue sky. Next, I used foam tape to add my train, it’s passengers, the gifts and all the decoration.

This wouldn’t be a Christmas card without loads of snow. I recently invested in a few white paint pens and they are perfect for that magical snowy look that I love so much! I added a light shadow under the train by using a grey Copic marker. And of course, I had to finish this card with some bling (Champagne Clear Jewels).

Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

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Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

My Otter Half Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some otter-themed cards for summer using our My Otter Half Stamps.

For my first card, I stamped and masked off the kelp and underwater plants from our Ocean View Stamps, Best Fishes Stamps, and Fintastic Friends Stamps so they were all on a single layer along the bottom of my card. I used the large clear stamp in my positioning tool to mirror the rock and plant image from the Ocean View stamps so that the tall portions of the plant could be on the outer edges for both sides of my card. I then layered a piece of aqua colored vellum which I die-cut along the top using our Slimline Nature Border Dies. I happened to have this vellum in my stash, but I also found some colorful assortments on Amazon HERE, HERE, and HERE.

The two adorable otters from our My Otter Half Stamps take center stage, with half of their bodies under the water and half above. I didn't want to mess with spray adhesive, so I used my sewing machine to stitch the vellum in place. Sadly, my machine has issues, so don't look too closely. I inked up some clouds to match the turquoise water using Peacock Feathers distress ink and our Fluffy Cloud Border Dies cut from masking material. I completed my card by stamping one of the punny sentiments from the set on a speech bubble from our Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Dies and adding three tiny hearts from our Basic Mini Shape 2 Dies.

For my second card, I started my scene by layering the mountains and trees from our Spring Scenes Stamps along the top of my card and then tucked in a grassy border using our Mini Grass Border Dies. For my lake, I inked up my cardstock panel with Salty Ocean, Mermaid Lagoon, and Prize Ribbon Distress Inks before drawing loose ripples with my B16 Copic Marker. For my family of otters from the My Otter Half Stamps, I carefully cut the two snuggling otter apart so that I could tuck them around the mama otter holding the baby otter to look like a family of four. I then stamped the punny phrase "We Need Each Otter" onto our Brilliant Banner 2 Dies which I die-cut from a green print from the Classic Sunburst Paper pack.

That wraps up my projects for this morning. I hope I've inspired you in your own cardmaking and that you spread a little happiness by sending out a card to a loved one today. 😊

Don't forget to check out our My Otter Half Stamps, Best Fishes Stamps, Spring Scenes Stamps, and Fluffy Clouds Border 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 there organized by set. 💛

Supplies Used:

Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Best Fishes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	My Otter Half Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
My Otter Half Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fintastic Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Sunburst Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Spring Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sprawling Surfaces Card with Nicky

Happy Friday everyone this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio blog and I have a card featuring the Sprawling Surfaces Stamp set to share with you. This is such a handy stamp set for scene building or just grounding other stamp images.

I took an A2 panel of white cardstock. I stamped the brick pattern from the Sprawling Surfaces Stamp set and then ink blended the sky. I die cut the panel using the Stitched Rectangle Die and backed the centre portion with white craft foam. The outer cut was adhered to an A2 panel and then I nestled the inside cut in the centre with glue.

I used the Fluffy Clouds Border Die to create some interest and sized it by again using the Stitched Rectangle Die and I applied with foam tape.

Using Memento Ink in Rich Cocoa I stamped the Cruising Critters image and coloured with the following Copic marker combinations:

Car - RV17, RV55, RV06, RV04, RV02
Car Trim - C3, C1, C00
Tires - T6, T4, T3
Hearts - RV17, RV06, RV02
Raccoon - T6, T4, T3
Bunny - E31, E41
Hedgehog - E44, E42, E31, E41
Kitten - YR24, YR31, YR20
Chick - YR00, YR31, YR21
Black Bear - T6, T4, T2, E31
Dog (left) - E57, E23
Dog (right) - E44, E42
Blushes - R22, R20, R00

I die cut the image using the Cruising Critters Dies and added it to the background with foam tape then fussy cut and glued on the hearts. Points were highlighted with a white gel pen including adding 'prickles' to the hedgehog and the sentiments stamped on strips and applied with foam tape.

Many thanks for coming by to read the blog today, I'll be back next Friday with something new. Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cruising Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cruising Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tree Branch Die Focused Card with Leanne

Hello friends! Leanne here and today I'm sharing an easy to make birthday card. I've created an outdoor scene featuring two sweet birdies and their neighboring houses hanging from a tree branch. 

Now of course my branch and birdhouse scene first needed a pretty sky background. I used the Fluffy Cloud Border dies to cut masks for creating some soft billowy clouds with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.  

Next I used the Tree Branch and Build-a-Birdhouse die sets for the branches, birdhouses, and little birds. I die cut all the pieces from white card stock. I used small blending brushes and the following Distress Oxide inks to color: Blueprint Sketch, Tattered Rose, Rustic Wilderness, Crushed Olive, Kitsch Flamingo, Wild Honey, and Walnut Stain. I added all the die cut elements onto the background with thin foam adhesive so they all would be popped up a bit. 

For the birthday sentiment I used stamps from the Little Birdie stamp set. There's separate words and short phrase stamps in this set. That made it easy to customize a birthday greeting and integrate it into the scene in three places.  Lastly, I trimmed the completed scene panel down to be slightly smaller than A2 size and adhered it to a pale yellow card base. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used: 

Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Build-A-Birdhouse Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tree Branch Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sprawling Surfaces Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here and I have an Easter card to share today. Did you know Easter is early this year? It's on March 31st. So it's time to get started on those Easter cards! This fun one showcases how I've used the Cobblestone image from Sprawling Surfaces to create a pathway for my tulip garden scene.   

I started with an ink blended sky on an A2 card base (a combo of Broken China & Salvaged Patina Distress Oxides). Next I used the Mini Grass Border and Fuffy Cloud Border to create a grass and shrub border. I used a green Copic marker and a white gel pen to add random dot detail to the grass and shrubs. I stamped the Cobblestone from Sprawling Surfaces with dark grey ink then Copic colored. I used W0 + W1 for the stones and N4 in between the stones. I then adhered the grass, pathway, and shrub border onto the card base.

Copic colors: YR01, YR02, YR12, YR14, YR18, Y11, Y17, YG11, YG13, YG17, BG11, BG13, BV01, BV02, BV04

I picked out several images from the Bunnyville stamp set to create my little garden scene. I Copic colored all these images. I die cut all the colored images with the coordinating Bunnyville dies and then adhered them onto the scene with thin foam squares so they would be popped up a bit. I hand drew the butterfly trails and lastly I added the greeting. The word "Easter" is from the Big Bunny stamp set. The die cut word "happy" is from Treat Bag Topper.  

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fluffy Clouds Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bunnyville Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sprawling Surfaces Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Treat Bag Topper Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio