Happy Owlidays Card with Amanda

Hey friends, and welcome back to the Sunny Studio Stamps blog! It’s Amanda here with you today, and I’m so excited to share a sweet little card I created—one that coordinates perfectly with the Trio of Tags I featured in last week’s post!

This time, I switched things up and used the Joyful Holiday paper pack instead of All is Bright that I used for the tags. These two paper packs work so well together ,thanks to their similar color palettes. 

For this card, I really leaned into creating layers—lots and lots of layers! I pulled several patterns from the Joyful Holiday papers and used the Notebook Tabs and Notebook Photo Corners dies to build a playful, dimensional base. 

The soft pink snowy layer might look like patterned paper, but it’s actually a piece of plain white cardstock that I ink blended using Catherine Pooler’s Cotton Candy and It’s a Girl inks. After blending, I added a sprinkle of snowflakes using the Happy Owlidays stamp set. It creates the prettiest, subtle wintery background!

While I had the Happy Owlidays stamps out on my desk, I went ahead and stamped all the adorable little images in the set that I wanted to add to my card. I inked them up in black ink, then colored everything with Copic markers to bring them to life. Once they were all colored, I used the coordinating dies for quick, clean cutting.

The sentiment comes from the Holiday Express stamp set. I stamped it on white cardstock, trimmed it down, and then snipped the ends of the strip with scissors to create a simple banner shape.

With all my pieces ready to go, I started assembling the card using a mix of liquid glue, foam strips, and foam squares. The dimension helps all those layers pop! After everything was in place, I added a touch of sparkle with the Bright Jewels Mix—because no holiday card is complete without a little sparkle!

Thanks so much for spending a bit of crafty time with me today. I’ll be back next week with more festive inspiration! But, you can come back every day for some more holiday inspo from other designers, too!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owlidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Holiday Express Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm back with this lovely gingerbread themed card featuring images from different sets, which is my favorite thing to do when I make cards, I really love how the Sunny Studio stamp sets can be mixed to create super cute scenes!

I started off by stamping the images on light kraft cardstock instead of the usual white cardstock because for some reason when I color gingerbread themed images I like to use kraft cardstock. I cut them all with the coordinating dies and colored everything with my Ohuhu markers. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Holiday Express - locomotive, wagons, presents, smoke, holly, connecting pieces • Christmas Cookies - gingerbread characters (wagons) • Baking Spirit Bright - gingerbread character (locomotive) • Snowmen In Sweaters - snowflakes.

I added highlights and details to the images with a white gel pen, and next I worked on the background. I cut a scalloped panel out of the same cardstock as the images using a Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace die and added texture to that panel using the Dotted Diamond Landscape die. I applied vintage photo and ground espresso distress inks to my scalloped panel edges, next I mixed some vintage photo distress ink with water and added brown splatters all over the panel, I did the same with vintage photo distress spritz for sparkles, and then the same again with copic opaque white ink for contrast. When my panel was dry, I attached it to a 5,5 x 4,25 inches light kraft panel using 1mm foam squares, and then to a card base using liquid glue.

I cut a banner out of dark brown cardstock using a Notebook Photo Corners die, white heat embossed "Have a holly jolly Christmas" from Build A Greeting Holidays on it, attached that banner to my card using 1mm foam squares, and finally the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares. 

And that's it! Are you ready to get on the gingerbread holiday express? Come on and let's have some fun! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Cookies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Cookies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Landscape Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baking Spirits Bright Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio

Fall Scenes & Too Cute To Spook Card with Amanda

Hey, hey, crafty friends, Amanda here! Halloween is just around the corner, and I'm celebrating with this fun card I created! I'm here to explain how I made it so you can get inspired to make something crafty today!

First, I created an A2 card base out of white cardstock. I trimmed the cardstock to 5.5" x 8.5" and then scored it at 4.25". I, then, folded it on the score line. Next, I pulled out my Critter Country Paper. This pack is full of beautiful fall colors and patterns! I trimeed the orange polka-dot date paper down to 4" x 5.25" and then glued it directly to my card base.

I also pulled out the dark orange polka dot paper, the pumpkin pattern paper, and the green plaid paper. I ran the pumpkin paper through my die cutting machine with the large notebook paper die from the Notebook Photo Corners Die. I also cut a plain piece of white cardstock with this die as well. I cut the photo corners out of the dark orange paper. I created the tab from the green plaid paper with the Notebook Tabs Dies.

Next, I trimmed a piece of white cardstock to 3 - 3/8" x 2 - 5/8". On this panel, I stamped the Fall Scenes background stamp. I also stamped the "trick or treat" from the Too Cute To Spook Stamps on a separate small piece of white cardstock with my MISTI.

Then, it was time to color! I used Copic markers to color my scene and here are the markers I used:

• Grass: YG00, YG21, YG23, YG25, YG17
• All Orange spots:  YR04, YR09
• Lights: Y13
• House: N4, N5, N7
• Concrete: C1, C2, C4
• Sky: B41
• Critter: E35, E25, E27, E29, YG23, YG 25, W3, W5, W7, N9, RV21, V05

I also added some white highlights to the little bear with a white Gelly Roll pen. I used the Too Cute to Spook Dies to cut out my little costumed friend. Next, I arranged everything as I wanted it on the card and started adhering the pieces together! I used foam squares, tape, and liquid glue to assemble everything.

I love all the layers to this card and that sweet little bear in his costume! Hopefully, you're feeling inspired to make a card yourself! Have fun! 

Supplies Used:

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
Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Intense Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Critter Country Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Notebook Photo Corner Die Focused Card with Amanda

Hey, hey crafty friends, Amanda here! I just got my hands on the Notebook Photo Corners Dies and I am OBSESSED! If you have these dies, you know what I’m talking about! I love the little notebook paper! Keep scrolling and craft along with me!

I started by grabbing the Sweater Weather Paper, but you could use any patterned paper for this card! I trimmed the flower piece to 4” x 5.25” and glued it to an A2 card base. Then, I grabbed a coordinating piece of paper and trimmed it to 2” x 5.25”. I glued that to the center of the card.

Next, I die cut 2 of the notebook paper dies from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies with white cardstock. I used a ruler and light blue and pink pens to make the lines across the paper to make them look like they really came from a notebook! I glued the 2 notebook papers together and then put 3D foam tape behind them. I attached them to the center of the card and added a little yellow paperclip to them.

For the stamped images, I gathered my MISTI, black ink, and the Harvest Mice Stamps. I stamped the 2 mice, the wagon components, and a bunch of cheese! I colored all the images with Copic markers and used a white Gelly Roll pen to create some dots and highlights. Then, I die cut the images out with the coordnating die set. I put 3D foam squares behind all the images and arranged them on the card. 

For the sentiment, I die cut one of the banner dies from the Notebook Photo Corners Dies with black cardstock. Then, I stamped the sentiment with a WOW!  Embossing pad. I applied white embossing powder to the glue and then melted the powder with my heat tool. I added a 3D foam strip to the back of the sentiment and added it to the card. The final step is to add those cute little flowers from the Clay Flower Confetti! I attached them to the card with a tiny bit of glue.

I just love this color combo with that beautiful floral paper, don’t you!? I hope you enjoyed this post and you find some time to get crafty today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sweater Weather Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Notebook Photo Corners Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Big Panda Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here and today I am creating a ‘get well’ project for my sister who is recovering from surgery. What better way to cheer her up then to send her a card featuring the cute Big Panda stamp and die set.

The whole idea for this design was combining the panda with a bold background. I browsed through my paper pads and came across this gorgeous rainbow wavy sheet (Spring Fever) which I cut to size so it would fit inside a white scalloped panel (Frilly Frames Polka-Dots). After gluing these two pieces together, I adhered both to a white card base.

Next, I stamped the cute panda (Big Panda stamp), a little bow, the flower bouquet and a letter (Big Bunny). I cut all the images with the matching dies, making sure to use the special die which cuts the arms of the panda. Now the bear can hold the flowers, so cute!! After coloring the images with my copics, I added some white highlights with a gel pen.

Although the panda looked cute against the bold background, I still decided to add an extra layer of vellum to tone the brightness down a bit. I wanted this layer to stick well to the pattern paper, so I adhered the vellum to a large piece of double sided sticky paper before cutting it with the spiral notebook die (Notebook Tabs dies). I glued this piece to the wavy paper at a little angle. My sentiment was taken from the Heartfelt Wishes set and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink onto a white banner (Brilliant Banner 1).

To assemble the card, I placed the banner near the bottom of the vellum notebook page so I could tug in the bear behind this piece. I added the bow, flowers and letter and mounted everything with foam tape. After sprinkling a few Iridescent Clear Jewels this sweet project was ready!

Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Heartfelt Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Polka-Dot Shop at: Sunny Studio	Spring Fever Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Notebook Tabs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bunny Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bunny Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Panda Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio