Guest Designer Spotlight: Foxy Friends Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello friends! This is Rachel with two cards to share with you today that feature the new Foxy Friends Stamps and Die Sets. These sweet little foxes are sure to bring a smile to anyone's face!

For my first card, I created a birthday box card using the MFT Stamps Outside the Box Level Up Die-namics for my card base. I first stamped all of my images onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then colored them with Copic markers and used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

I used a combination of light teal and pink card stock pieces for my base as well as a light blending of Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink for my background sky. In addition to the Foxy Friends set, I also added a few birds from the adorable Little Birdies Stamps and Die Sets.

My second card features the Foxy Friends set combined with the new Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies. I die cut three layers of the rounded rectangles in different colors of card stock and adhered them together. I then die cut a strip of grass from green card stock using the Slimline Nature Border Dies and then a second time using one of the rounded rectangle dies. I once again used some Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink for my background and lightly blended my grass area with some Pinkfresh Studio Grassy Knoll Ink.

Copic Colors Used:

• Fox: 0, E00, E13, E08, E09
• Teals: G000, BG34, W3, W5
• Pinks: RV00, RV10, RV63, BG90, BG93
• Greens: G43, G46

I hope you enjoyed my cards today! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Foxy Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Rounded Rectangle Mat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Designer's Choice: Snowman Kisses Card with Nicky

Hi! This is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog and I hope everyone has been enjoying their holidays these past few days. I'm sharing a card I made and sent to a family member in the UK where we say Happy Christmas (Xmas) almost more than we say Merry Christmas, hence the sentiment. Read on for all the details.

Inspired by peppermint and candy canes I selected to use pinks, white and reds for this project. I took a panel of pink cardstock and I die cut it using the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die. I backed this panel with white craft foam and applied it to an A2 white panel and then to my card base.

I used the Slimline Nature Borders Die to create some snow to ground the snowmen and glued it in place.

I stamped the snowmen from Snowman Kisses and coloured with the following Copic marker combinations:

Snowmen - C3, C1, C0
Red - R59, R39, R29
Pink Cheeks - RV63, RV52, RV00
Black - T9, T6, T5, T4
Brown - E49, E77, E44, E43
Green - YG45

I used a white gel pen to add designs to the scarf and highlight certain points to make them pop and then I die cut the images using the coordinating Snowman Kisses Die. Each image was backed with foam tape and applied to the background.

For the bold sentiment I used the Chloe Alphabet Die. I die cut the required letters once from red cardstock and twice from sturdy white cardstock and glued the letters in stacks with the red top layer slightly offset to the right so the white underneath acts as a highlight. I used some of the red Copic markers listed above to add shading to the lettering so that it had a more 3D appearance and then I glued the letters in place.

The finishing touch was to add some playful snowflake embellishments throughout the scene and I highlighted the sentiment and then this card was ready to send!

Thank you for coming by the blog today and I wish you all a very happy new year!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio

Snowmen in Sweaters Holiday Gift Bag with Nicky

Well hello everyone, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog where I'm sharing a fun Snowmen In Sweaters Holiday Gift Bag project. Read on for all the details:

I started by taking two matching sheets of patterned paper from the All Is Bright 6 x 6 Cardstock and I assembled the Sweet Treats Bag Die which is a very simple process and can be found in a useful video created by Sunny owner Mendi in THIS VIDEO.

I then adorned the bag with two snow drifts at the bottom of both the front and the back, using the Slimline Nature Borders Die, and I added a double layer of lace around the top edge (also front and back) using the Eyelet Lace Borders Die.

With the bag formed I used some cotton cord and knotted the handles in place and set it to one side.

I stamped the snowmen from Snowmen In Sweaters using Memento Ink in Black Tuxedo and I coloured the images with the following Copic marker combinations inspired by colours from the patterned paper:

Snowmen - C3, C1, C0, BG000
Teal - BG49, BG15, BG32
Red - R59, R39, R29, R27
Pink - RV63, RV52
Black - T9, T6, T4
White - C3, C1, C0
Blush - R22, R21, R20, R00
Noses - YR09, YR04

I shaded their coloured clothing using T3 and T2. Images were die cut, with the coordinating Snowmen In Sweaters Die, then highlighted with a white gel pen and applied to the bag with foam tape.

To adorn the bag further I added the little gift tag with the sentiment stamped from Happy Thoughts, I also added some Lacy Snowflakes die-cuts and a few sparkling clear sequins.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today to read about this treat bag, I hope you feel inspired to tackle one for yourself. Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Lacy Snowflakes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sweet Treats Gift Bag Shop at: Sunny Studio	Eyelet Lace Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio
All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Toasty Hugs Card with Nicky

Happy Friday everyone, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog where I'm sharing all the details for this card using the cute little Toasty Hugs stamp set. Read on for all the details.

Using Speckled Egg Distress Oxide Ink, I ink blended the winter sky on an A2 white panel of cardstock.

I die cut the Cityscape Border Die from white cardstock and glued this created panel to the sky.  Over this I layered two snow 'hills' made using the Slimline Nature Borders Die. This background panel was now ready to glue to my card base and set to one side.

I stamped the trees from Snowmen in Sweaters and the two kids from Toasty Hugs using black ink. I coloured with the following Copic markers:

Skin - E34, E11, E21
Hair Girl Left - E44, E43, E40
Hair Girl Right - E42, E40
Blush - R22, R21, R20, R00
Green - G19, YG45
Red - R29, R24
White - C3, C1
Brown - E44, E43

I die cut the images, using the Snowmen in Sweaters Die and Toasty Hugs Die, and backed them with foam tape and attached them to the background.

For the finishing touches I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment on a red strip and attached with foam tape and I glittered the snow on the trees and then using a stylus and white acrylic paint, I dotted in the snow throughout the scene. Your snow will look far more authentic if you make sure to 'nick' the lines of some of your images as I have done and of course by dotting rather than splattering you have full control and won't spoil the faces on the characters etc.

Thank you for coming by to read today, I will be back this time next week with something brand new.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cityscape Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Toasty Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Toasty Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Crisp Apple Die Focused Card by Alma

Hello everyone, Alma here. Christmas is getting closer, and what could be better than enjoying a candied apple at a Christmas market? 

For my card, I die-cut the apple using the Crisp Apple Dies and colored it with Copics. Then, I created a background with the Slimline Pennant Dies and the Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die. To coat my apple with chocolate glaze, I die-cut it from the Slimline Nature Border Dies and colored it in chocolate brown. 

Finally, I stamped a sentiment from the Holiday Hugs Stamps set and die-cut a snowflake from the Basic Mini Shape 5 Dies to use as a highlight. I especially love the Joyful Holiday Paper on this card. 

Have a wonderful Christmas season!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Pennant Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 5 Shop at: Sunny Studio

Roly Poly Penguins Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today sharing a fun slimline Christmas card featuring the most adorable Roly Poly Penguin set. I just can't get enough of these cuties! I have big love for penguins and this set definitely stole my heart!

I stamped the images from the Roly Poly Penguin stamp set onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and used the coordinating Roly Poly Penguins Dies to die cut them out. I colored them with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Penguins: T1/3/5/7, W00/0/1, Y38 YR04, RV00
Pink: RV10/21/13/14
White: C00/1/3

For the layout, I took a piece of Bristol Smooth cardstock (3.5" x 8.25") and lightly inked blended the top and side edges of the panel with Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide inks. I used one of the slope dies from the Slimline Nature Borders Dies to diecut a piece of white cardstock for my snowbank. I adhered the snowbank to the inked panel before adhering it to a white card base (3.75" x 8.5").

For the sentiment, I stamped the sentiments from the Holiday Hugs Stamps set with Versafine Satin Red ink onto a piece of white cardstock before diecutting them out with the coordinating Holiday Hugs Dies. I used scissors to trim out the "sending" sentiment. 

I adhered the sentiment and some snowflakes diecut from white cardstock using the Basic Mini Shape Dies 2, Basic Mini Shape Dies 5 and Woolen Mitten Dies sets with liquid adhesive. Then I adhered the penguins with some foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest. I finished the card by adding clear jewels onto the snowflakes for a bit of sparkle.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. Be sure to check out the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop for more info and ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 5 Shop at: Sunny Studio