Cupcake Shape & Gift Card Pocket Dies Project with Leanne

Hello crafty friends, Leanne here! I have a super fun project to share with you all today. It's a no sew cupcake plushie that doubles as a gift card holder. I have used the Cupcake Shapes dies to create this cute cupcake plushie. I have always found that any metal die that can cut card stock, can cut felt. Any kind of felt will work for this project. This project is also an excellent opportunity to use up any felt scraps you might have.

Besides felt, you'll also need some type of adhesive.  I used an iron on adhesive called Heat'n'Bond. It's as simple to use as it sounds. Heat'n'Bond is a double sided adhesive. To start, simply iron on the adhesive to the back side of the felt.  After applying the Heat'n'Bond to the back of all my felt scraps, I then started die cutting the cupcake pieces. The metal dies easily cut through the felt even with the adhesive on the the back. It's important to note, you won't need to apply the Heat'n'Bond to the back side of the large solid cupcake shapes (you'll need a front and a back). These pieces will just require adhesive around the outer edge when it's time to stuff the cupcake.  

To assemble, I placed all the parts of the cupcake (frosting, sprinkles, cake, wrapper, and heart) onto one of the solid cupcake shapes. Since all the separate cupcake pieces had Heat'n'Bond on the back, I simply ironed them in place. There's one last step before stuffing the cupcake if you want to make this into a gift card holder. You can add a pocket to the back piece. I used the Gift Card Pocket Die to create a felt pocket. Again I used the Heat'n'Bond. I used the iron on adhesive to apply the words "for you" onto the pocket. Then I just used little strips of Heat'n'Bond to adhere the pocket flaps down onto the back cupcake piece. As long as you keep the center free of adhesive, you'll have a functional little pocket to slide a gift card into.  

Once I had the front and back pieces complete, I adhered the edges together and stuffed with poly fiber fill. I used my hot glue gun to apply a thin line of adhesive all along the outer edges.  At the top of the cupcake, I added a ribbon hanger while gluing. I left a small opening at the bottom to add the stuffing. After stuffing, I glued the opening shut. To customize the cupcake for any occasion, you can add a paper tag. I made a birthday tag to add to mine. I used Build-a-Tag 2 dies to make a cute little scalloped edge tag. The sentimenFelt stamps come from the Candy Shoppe stamp set.  

I hope this project gives you lots of inspiration for making your own felt plushies using the Cupcake Shapes dies. As you can see from the photos, the felt plushie is much more dimensional than the card stock version. It will definitely add some extra sweetness to the recipient's special day.  

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Candy Shoppe Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cupcake Shape Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio

Build-A-Tag #2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Poppy Fields Cards with Vanessa and Anja

Hello to you! Vanessa here with a pastel birthday card using the beautiful Poppy Fields set. Although I love the classic red poppies, I decided to go with iceland poppies for my card:

First, I trimmed a panel of vellum slightly smaller than my white card base and die-cut the Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace from it. After I had adhered it to the card, I stamped all the poppies, die-cut them with the matching dies and adhered them to the card with foam tape.

These sets were used for today's card:
Poppy Fields stamps + dies
Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace Dies
Blooming Frame Die
Crystal Clear Jewels

I used the following inks for my flowers:
Pink: Distress Ink Spun Sugar + Kitsch Flamingo + Picked Raspberry, MFT Cotton Candy
Yellow: Hero Arts Soft Yellow + Butter Bar, MFT Sunshine, Distress Ink Squeezed Lemonade
Orange: Hero Arts Soft Yellow + Soft Apricot, Distress Ink Dried Marigold, Memento Morocco

Now I die-cut the happy birthday from white cardstock and adhered it before finishing the card off with clear jewels.

Thank you for visiting today! 

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Hi everyone, Anja here. Poppies are some of my favorite flowers, so I was excited to create a card with the Poppy Fields Stamps.

I started with an A2 card base and trimmed the gingham patterned paper from the Subtle Grey Tones 6x6 Paper pack to the same size. I then cut one of the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies from white cardstock and adhered it with foam strips.

Next, I stamped the layered poppies, leaves as well as the tiny ladybug from the Layered Basket set using dye inks (you can find the ink colors below). I used the coordinating dies to cut all the pieces out and arranged them on my card. I added a grass border (Picket Fence Die) at the bottom which I die cut from green grid paper (Gingham Jewel Tones Paper).

Dye Inks used:
Poppies: Altenew Pink Pearl, Coral Bliss, Crimson, Vineyard Berry, Grapevine; Simon Says Stamp Stone, Cobblestone; Leaves: Altenew Just Green, Hunter Green; Stems: Altenew Just Green; Ladybug: Altenew Heart Beat

Black details: VersaFine Onyx Black Ink

I die cut the words 'for you' included in the Gift Card Pocked Die set from black cardstock and double heat embossed them with clear embossing powder for a glossy look. To finish off my card, I adhered three Crystal Clear Jewels.

Thank you so much for stopping by! See you soon!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Poppy Fields Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Poppy Fields Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Blooming Frame Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio
Layered Basket Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Layered Basket Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gift Card Pocket Focused Cards with Julia and Franci

Hey crafty friends! It’s Julia here with super fun mini birthday card!

I wanted to create a tiny card that would perfectly fit a gift card, so this is what I came up with! I stamped out the image from Love Monkey onto Strathmore Bristol smooth paper and colored it in using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Then, I die cut the smallest of the Stitched Rectangle dies and I ink blended the background using a grass and cloud stencil and Distress Oxide Inks. I heat embossed the sentiment from Inside Greetings Birthday in white onto vellum and layered it over the grass.

Inks used: Tumbled Glass, Bundles Sage, Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn. Zig Markers used:  999, 74, 68, 64, 66; 28; 45, 41; 33, 42; 50, 51, 55.

To create the card base for my mini card, I cut a strip of light blue cardstock to 2 1/2 x 7 1/2" and I scored it at 3 3/4". I added the background to my little card base and then attached the Gift Card Pocket to the inside. 

I also die cut the word dies that come with the Gift Card Pocket die set out of teal cardstock and added the words "for you" to the front of the pocket. To finish off my mini card, I added some sparkly Aquamarine Jewels to the gift card pocket!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a wonderful week!

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Happy Wednesday crafty friends! It's Franci here with you today, with a cute new yummy project.

First of all I die cut all the cupcake elements out of colored cardstocks and patterned papers from these sets: Classic Gingham, Summer Splash and Dots & Stripes. I also cut out the lemon using the Slice of Summer coordinated dies and glued my cupcake together with liquid glue.

Then I die cut all the elements from the new Gift Card Pocket die set, glued the sentiment on the front and the little pocket on the back - turning this cute cupcake into a little gift tag! 

Thanks a lot for stopping by today and have a lovely day! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Monkey Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Monkey Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slice of Summer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Birthday Shop at: Sunny Studio

Color My World Cards with Mayra and Ashley

Hello and Happy Monday everyone. Mayra here with you today. I am sharing this thank you card using the cute Color My World stamps. 

I began by die cutting the 'crayon box' by using the Gift Card Pocket die, I cut it twice from yellow cardstock. I then cut a strip of green cardstock to create the stripes on the box. Next, I die cut the oval that would go on the center. I then used the sun, trees, and house from the Balloon Rides stamp set to create the panel to look like a drawing. I used the smaller of the stitched rectangles from the Stitched Rectangles die set to die cut the panel. I also used the banner from this set. 

I then stamped the layers to create each of the crayons. I used the PinkFresh Studios ink sets in the colors Heartbeat, and Wild Truffles. For the green color, I used Lawn Fawn inks: Celery Stick, Freshly Cut Grass, Jalapeno, and Noble Fir. For the yellow, I used Butter (LF ink), Squeezed Lemonade (Distress Oxide ink), Sunflower (LF ink), No.2 Pencil (LF ink). For the blue color, I used the Northern Shore color set by Altenew. 

I colored the images on the small panel using Copic markers. For the red, I used R05, R46, and R17. For the yellow, I used Y11, Y08, Y19, and YR24. For the green, I used YG01, YG17, and G46. I then heat embossed the sentiments onto the die-cut banner, and oval from the Teacher Appreciation stamp set. 

I hope you enjoy the card I created to share with you today. Thank you so much for taking the time to stop by. I hope you each have a wonderful and blessed day. 

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Hi friends! It's Ashley with a cute card that is perfect for that special teacher in your child's life. Plus, there is no coloring required!

I started this card by stamping the crayon from Color My World several times using many different Pinkfresh Studio cube sets. These are my absolute favorite for layering stamps and I love that Sunny Studio carries them in the store! I decided to skip the black lines on the crayons to keep them softer, so once I was done with the four colored layers, I cut all my crayons out with the matching die.

I cut a white rectangle out using the medium sized Stitched Rectangle die and layered the crayons along the bottom edge in a staggered rainbow pattern. I trimmed off the excess, then added the piece to a grey starburst paper from the Subtle Grey Tones paper pad. I stamped the large "teacher" from Teacher Appreciation in black ink, then finished the sentiment with "you color my world" from Color My World. I stamped that section on black cardstock with VersaMark and embossed with white before adding it to the card with foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!

Color My World Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Color My World Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Teacher Appreciation Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gift Card Pocket Cards with Kay and Candice

Hi there! Kay here, and I have a cute card to share with you today using the new Gift Card Pocket die along with two older stamp sets Timeless Tulips and Daffodil Dreams. I don't know about you, but I've had a lot of graduates to send gift cards to in the past month, so the Gift Card Pocket Die has really come in handy! And because graduation happens in the spring, the Timeless Tulips and Daffodil Dreams stamp sets are perfect for this time of year!

So for my card, I started by watercoloring a piece of Bristol Board card stock with some green ink. I then speckled it with white ink. When that was dry, I cut the Gift Card Pocket Die out. I then cut the for you out of white card stock twice and added it to the front of the pocket.

I stamped all of the tulips with Pink Fresh inks using Coral Reef, Passion Fruit and Berrylicious. I stamped the daffodils with Pink Fresh inks using Lemon Whip, Sunshine, Sweet Mustard and Marigold. The leaves and stems were also stamped with Pink Fresh inks using Fresh Pear and Olive.

I then cut all of the flowers out using the Timeless Tulips Coordinating dies and the Daffodil Dreams coordinating dies. Most of the flowers I glued down behind the gift card pocket before adding it with double sided tape. I then added the last tulip on top of the pocket with liquid glue.

And last but not least I added a Target gift card! Such a fun card and great gift for someone!

I hope you have enjoyed my project today! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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It's Candice back with you this Friday and I have a simple and quick graduation card for you! I know that it is that time of year that you have grad parties popping up and this is a great quick card including a place to give them a short notice gift card, check or tuck some money in using the Gift Card Pocket die!

I used these products for my mini slimline design:

• Grad Cat stamps & coordinating dies
• Gift Card Pocket dies
• Chloe Alphabet dies
• Slimline Pennant dies
• Comic Strip Speech Bubbles dies (stars)

I began my slimline with a 6 1/2 x 4 card base. I first die cut the stitched pennant using the partial die-cut method from the school's colors and popped it up with foam tape.

Next, I created the gift card pocket from white cardstock, heat embossed the sentiment along the bottom, and lined it above the layered GRAD cut from the Chloe Alphabet set. I then stamped the grad cat and book, colored them with Copic markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I finished with the "mew did it!" heat embossed in gold on a banner and sprinkled a few glitter stars around!

I hope this helps you out if you are in need of a quick grad card for this weekend! Thanks so much!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Daffodil Dreams Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Daffodil Dreams Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Timeless Tulips Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Timeless Tulips Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gift Card Pocket Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Grad Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio