Guest Designer Spotlight: Penguin Pals Cards with Tammy Stark

Hi friends! Tammy here with a couple of cards I made with one of my favorite sets, Penguin Pals. While this set can certainly be used to make holiday cards, I love that it can be used to create winter themed cards, as well!

I chose a cool color palette in pinks, and purples, with a pop of aqua, to create these fun cards...perfect for Winter birthdays!

For my first card, I created a slimline birthday card. To begin, I cut a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock, using the rectangle die from the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies. I ink blended the background with Milled Lavender, Seedless Preserves, and Black Soot Distress Oxide inks. Next, I splattered some white acrylic paint onto the background and white heat embossed some snowflakes to create a fun snowy sky. 

I stamped, colored with Copic markers, and die cut images from the following sets:
Penguin Pals/ Coordinating Dies
Winter Scenes Stamps/ Coordinating Dies

Copic Colors: Aqua: BG49, BG13, BG11, BG10; Pink: R39, RV66, RV55, RV63, RV52; Green: G40, G21, G24, G28; Purple: V09, V17, V15, V12; Orange: Y35, YR04

Next, I die cut some snowy hills using the Slimline Nature Borders Dies from white cardstock, inked the tops with Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide, and attached to my inked background. I then tucked the trees behind the hill, and trimmed to fit the width of my card before attaching it to a white Scalloped Frame Die. Lastly, I attached the colored images to my card, using foam tape for dimension, then stamped the sentiment from Penguin Pals in black ink along the bottom to complete it.

To make this fun shaker card, I started by cutting a rectangle from white cardstock, then used the Stitched Arch Dies to cut out a window. Next, I attached a piece of acetate to the back of the white rectangle, covering the arch window. I applied foam tape around the opening and added some Majestic Mini Sequins and other jewels from my stash before attaching it to a piece of Bristol smooth cardstock, ink blended with Blueprint Sketch, Seedless Preserves, and Milled Lavender. Next, I attached my shaker to a piece of 4 1/4 X 5 1/2" purple patterned paper from the Gingham Jewel Tones 6 X 6 Paper.

I stamped, colored with Copic markers, and die cut images from the following sets:
Penguin Pals/ Coordinating Dies
Winter Scenes Stamps/ Coordinating Dies
Gleeful Reindeer/ Coordinating Dies

Lastly, I attached the colored images to my card, using foam tape on some for dimension. Next, I white heat embossed the sentiment from Penguin Pals onto a black sentiment strip and attached it to my card to complete it!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you were inspired to create some winter themed cards of your own! Have a great day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gleeful Reindeer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gleeful Reindeer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Winter Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Surfing Santa Cards with Vanessa and Anja

Hello to you! Vanessa here with a colorful card using the adorable Surfing Santa set. This cute little set is such fun!

I first inked a panel of white cardstock with Distress Oxide Inks and an ink blending tool, using these colors:

Now I die-cut the mason jar from this panel and adhered a piece of clear cardstock behind it, created a shaker window and filled it with faux ice crystals. Then I stamped the images, colored the Santa and his board with Copic markers, die-cut the elements with the matching dies, adhered the images to the die-cut mason jar and adhered this behind the shaker window before adhering the panel to the card base. I die-cut the lid of the jar from white cardstock, inked it with black soot Distress Oxide Ink, tied-on the baker's twine and adhered the lid to the jar. 

Stamps and dies used for this card:
Surfing Santa stamps + dies
Vintage Jar dies
Stitched Arch dies

I die-cut the tag from white cardstock, inked it with festive berries Distress Oxide ink, stamped the sentiment and tied it on with the baker's twine. Finally I added the little trees.

We got our first snow this week so it felt strange to create a summery Christmas card. But I loved playing with this set and hope you like my take :) Thanks for visiting!

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Hello everyone, Anja here and today's card makes me giggle! It features the Surfing Santa mini stamp set and I just love this cutie in his swim trunks!

Of course I had to create a fun little ocean scene using the palm tree and sandy island from the Tropical Scenes set. For the background, I picked the waves patterned paper from the Summer Splash Paper pack. I added some light bulbs (Gleeful Reindeer Stamps) to the palm tree and a small gift (North Pole Stamps) next to Santa. The clouds are included in the Comic Strip Everyday Dies set.

I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and added some details with a white gelly roll pen. To frame my scene, I die cut a window from white cardstock using the largest of the Stitched Arch Dies. I trimmed off the sides a bit and adhered the striped paper from the Holiday Cheer Paper pack behind it.

The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark Ink onto blue cardstock. I white heat embossed it and used a speech bubble die from the Comic Strip Speech Bubbles Dies set. Finally, I popped up the arch frame panel as well as some of the images with foam tape. The rest was adhered flat with liquid glue.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you're having an awesome day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gleeful Reindeer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gleeful Reindeer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Vintage Jar Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Summer Splash 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surfing Santa Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Surfing Santa Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Window Quad Die Focused Cards with Vanessa and Anja

Hello to you! Vanessa here with a new Christmas card featuring the Window Quad Square Dies. This set of dies is full of plenty of possibilities! I love the tiny tags included, but today I focused on the main dies:

I first trimmed two panels of white cardstock slightly smaller than the card base, die-cut the windows from the top panel and stamped the sentiment. Then I die-cut the trees from Kraft cardstock and adhered them to the uncut panel before assembling the two layers and adhering them to the card.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:
Window Quad Square Dies (windows)
Foxy Christmas stamps + dies (foxes, holly, sentiment)
Happy Owlidays stamps + dies (ornament)
Rustic Winter Dies (trees)

I stamped all the images onto white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers, die-cut the pieces with the matching dies and adhered them to the card with foam tape. Finally, I added snow with a white gel pen.

Thank you so much for visiting today! See you next week!

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Hi everyone, Anja here and I'm showcasing the Window Quad Square Dies today which create a grid of stitched cutouts – just perfect to place sweet images inside. I picked some of my favorite holiday and winter themed critters from four different stamp sets.

I started with trimming the snowflake patterned paper from the Holiday Cheer Paper pack with the stitched rectangle die included in the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies set. Next, I die cut the square window grid, adhered colorful paper squares (Very Merry Paper) behind the openings and popped up the whole thing with foam tape.

I stamped the images (Alpaca Holiday, Gleeful Reindeer, Foxy Christmas, Harvest Mice) in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and did some Copic coloring. I fussy cut them out but of course there are coordinating dies available.

The lovely sentiment from the Inside Greetings Holiday set was stamped in VersaMark Ink onto black cardstock. I heat embossed it with white embossing powder and used a banner die (Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies) to create a stitched and rounded rectangle. Finally, I adhered the sentiment and images with foam tape.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gleeful Reindeer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gleeful Reindeer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Alpaca Holiday Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Alpaca Holiday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owlidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Rustic Winter Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Very Merry 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio
Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio