Holiday Greetings Cards with Marine and Waleska

Hey crafty friends, Marine here with you today, back with this cute gingerbread shaker card that features one of the gorgeous sentiments from Holiday Greetings, as well as both characters from Christmas Cookies and the holly leaves from Holiday Express. 

I started off by cutting a Frilly Frame Eyelet lace panel out of kraft cardstock, and I created a giant gingerbread cookie by applying rusty hinge, vintage photo and ground espresso distress inks on that panel. I also added cookie texture all over the panel by mixing each distress ink with water to splatter droplets on the paper, as well as white ink.

Once my cookie panel was dry, I cut an opening out of it, right in the middle, using a die from the Stitched Oval 2 die set, next I white heat embossed my "Season's Greetings" sentiment from Holiday Greetings on a piece of acetate that then I attached at the back of my cookie panel.

Still at the back of the panel, I added foam stripes all along the oval opening, rubbed the foam strips edges with my powder tool to make those edges non sticky, cleaned the excess of powder using a microfiber cloth, and then poured some shaker accessories inside the oval window. And then I closed my shaker panel using a Joyful Holiday panel that I attached to the foam strips.

Next I cut a 5,5" x 4,25" red panel from the Joyful Holiday paper pack, as well as a slightly smaller vellum panel. I attached my shaker panel on top of the vellum panel, and then the vellum panel to the red panel. And to totally complete my shaker panel, I cut a white glittery frame using a die from the Stitched Oval 2 die set + another one from the Scalloped Oval Mat 1 die set, and I attached that frame around the oval window to give the illusion of icing on the gingerbread cookie.

I stamped both characters from Christmas Cookies, as well as two holly leaves from Holiday Express using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them using the coordinating dies and colored everything using my alcohol markers.

To finish my card, I white heat embossed the second part of my sentiment "Sending you sweet holiday wishes" on a red banner I cut out of a Joyful Holiday pattern paper. The words "Sending you" are from Bear Hugs, and the words "Sweet holiday wishes" are from Christmas Cookies. I attached that banner below the window, as well as the images using foam squares. And finally I added highlights on the images using a white gel pen, as well as glossy accents on the holly berries.

And that's it! I hope that you like this cute and yummy Christmas shaker card! Feel welcome to watch the process video for further details about this card (click on the image above). Thank you so much for stopping by and see you next time! 

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Hello Friends, Waleska here. Today I am sharing a very festive card mixing the Holiday Greetings Stamps and the Sledding Critters. I love colorful Christmas cards for this card I wanted to have red as the main color.

I first stamped and cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Holiday Greetings Stamps with red ink. I then stamped the cute Sledding Critters. I love this stamp set with all the different critters, I used copic markers to color them.  

For the base of the card I inked a piece of white cardstock with Oxide Inks in colors Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon. I wanted to add more interest and texture to this piece so I used the Moroccan Circles embossing folder.

I added this panel to a white and red bases and finally I mixed some white acrilic paint with water to create some snow! I hope you have a wonderful day, thank you so much for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	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
Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scaredy Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sledding Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cozy Christmas Cards with Anja Bytyqi

Hi everyone, Anja here with you today. I'm so happy to be back again as a guest on the Sunny Studio Blog. Today I'm showcasing the wonderful Cozy Christmas Stamps from the latest Holiday Release.

On my first sample, I used the stamps for a non-holiday card and created a sweet little living room scene.

First, I started off with a white A2 card base and die cut the largest of the Stitched Rectangle Dies from light blue cardstock. In the next step, I die cut the stitched scalloped mat from the Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies set out of white cardstock. I masked off the scallop border as well as the stitching and did some ink blending with Distress Oxide Inks. For the wall background, I blended on Tattered Rose and a little bit of Saltwater Taffy. The floor was done in Pumice Stone. I let it dry completely and stamped one of the Penguin Party sentiments in VersaMark Ink. I heat embossed it with Ranger Platinum Embossing Powder. For a bit of dimension, I popped up the scalloped mat with foam tape.

Next, I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out. On the armchair, I did some Paper Piecing with blue gingham paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper Pack. I also created a little rug from a piece of Flirty Flowers patterned paper. Finally, I assembled the scene by adhering the images and floral rug with liquid glue and adding a red enamel heart next to the heat embossed sentiment.

The second sample just had to be a holiday card and I really wanted to use the comfy sofa.

I created a landscape A2 card base from white cardstock and covered the front with a striped Joyful Holiday paper. I cut the largest of the Stitched Oval 2 Dies from white cardstock. I also used it on a piece of woodgrain patterned paper (Subtle Grey Tones Paper Pack) and a thin white cardstock strip. In the background, I did some faded ink blending with Tumbled Glass and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide Ink. Then, I adhered the woodgrain floor and white strip to the bottom half of the oval. I stamped the sentiment on top using aqua blue pigment ink.

The images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic markers. I paper pieced the pillows and cut everything out with the coordinating dies. I adhered the images to finish off the scene and applied some Crystal Stickles to the white parts of the christmas tree decor.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a cozy weekend!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cozy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Cozy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Holiday Greetings Cards with Cathy and Bobbi

Hey friends! Cathy here today sharing a card featuring the Holiday Greetings Stamps paired with a cute reindeer from the Reindeer Games Stamps. I just love these big, bold greetings!

To begin this card, I die-cut a piece of light gray cardstock using the Frilly Frames Stripes Dies and adhered the frame portion to a red A2 card base. I then cut a piece of ivory cardstock 3 1/2” x 4 3/4" and embossed it using the Cable Knit Embossing Folder. I matted this piece on a red cardstock (3 5/8” x 4 7/8”) and adhered it to the gray frame.

Next, I die-cut a piece of kraft cardstock using a Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Die and a piece of patterned paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper Pack using a Stitched Oval Die. I adhered these together on the center of the card front.

I stamped the pinecones and berries from the Winter Wreaths Stamps using Brushed Corduroy, Walnut Stain and Festive Berries Distress inks and die-cut them using the coordinating dies. I also die-cut a few leaves from cream cardstock using the Winter Greenery Dies and adhered these towards the bottom and right side of the oval.

I stamped the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Holiday Greetings Stamps on white cardstock using Barn Door Distress ink and stamped it again with Versamark ink. I then heat embossed it with clear embossing powder for a little shine and die-cut it using the coordinating dies.

To finish, I stamped a reindeer from the Reindeer Games Stamps on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored it with Copics and die-cut it using the coordinating dies. I adhered it using foam tape for added dimension.

I hope you enjoyed and thanks for stopping by today! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

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Hello Sunny friends. It’s Bobbi here sharing some festive tags for the holidays. I’m using the Holiday Greetings stamp set and coordinating dies.

For each tag, I cut the tag out of the Joyful Holiday Paper using the largest tag shape from the Stitched Arch Dies. I added hole reinforcements cut from coordinating patterns and glued them at the top. I personalized each one with cute images and a greeting from the Holiday Greetings stamp set and coordinating dies. This set comes with four large, scripted phrases.

For the "Merry Christmas" tag, I used the reverse cut from one of the tag reinforcement cuts and created an arch window for the cute snowman from the Snowman Kisses stamp set and coordinating dies to peek through. Greenery and the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Holiday Greetings stamp set and coordinating dies were attached for a festive feel.

For the "Happy Holidays" tag, I added the cute Santa Claus and reindeer from the Reindeer Games stamp set and coordinating dies and a white hand cut snow hill along with some berries and holly to finish the look.

My third tag is decked out with two cute penguins from the Penguin Party stamp set and coordinating dies. I hand drew a string of lights for the penguins to hold and added in the "Season's Greetings" phrase at the top. The phrase was stamped using two colors of green ink for a two-tone look.

For my last tag, I used the other two snowmen from the Snowman Kisses stamp set and coordinating dies and attached the "Happy New Year" phrase at the bottom. I added white Pearl Pen dots to all the white dots in the background for a more dimensional look.

Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Wreaths Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Wreaths Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Squirrel Friends Cards with Tina and Vanessa

Hello friends, Tina here with a slimline card for you today. Yes, I needed a BIG card to fit as much cuties as I could from the new Squirrel Friends stamp and die set.

To create this scene card, I started off by cutting a slimline card base and rectangle panel both from Neenah Solar White card stock. I used traditional Autumn colors and blended a soft yellow sky with a cloud stencil and Scattered Straw Distress Oxide.

Next, I created a grassy border with a stitched hill side die and did some more ink blending using a mix of Cracked Pistachio end Evergreen Bough Oxides. To add a sweet detail to the card I die cut two white scalloped borders with the Slimline Basic Border Dies. After stamping a sentiment from the Squirrel Friends stamps set onto the cloud sky, I was ready to start assembling the card.

First, I glued the grassy border to the sky panel with some liquid glue. Next, I adhered the two border strips and finally I attached this whole piece to the card base.

I wanted to create a sweet wood scene for my squirrels to play around. And I noticed that if I cut out the tree from the new Fall Scenes stamp and die set with my scissors, it would match perfectly with the tree from the Woodsy Autumn stamp set. I also added some mushrooms from that set to complete the scene.

I love that the Squirrel Friends stamps set comes with a tree trunk in which the squirrels can play hide and seek! So, of course I had to include that in my scene too! After stamping and die cutting all my images, I colored them with my Copic markers and added some details with my white gel pen.

Then it was time to create the scene, the images in the background were glued down flat to the panel with liquid glue, those in front I popped up with some foam tape. I had a lot of fun adding the cute squirrels which I had colored in two shades of brown to make them stand out more.

Next, I scattered some colorful leaves and acorns all over the ground. That gave the squirrels the perfect surroundings to have a fun time! For some matching bling, I adhered a few of the Sunny Studio Stamps Gold Jewels with liquid glue around the stamped sentiment.

I hope you like this sweet card and I’ll see you next week!

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Hello to you! Vanessa here with a fun inside window card using the adorable Squirrel Friends set.

I created this card with a regular card base + an inside panel of 14 x 10,5 cm. From this middle panel I die-cut an oval, scored the middle and scored the ends of the window to adhere it to the card. I created a video of the process, you will find more info here.

I used the following products:
Squirrel Friends stamps + dies
Too Cute To Spook stamps + dies
Harvest Mice stamps + dies
Beautiful Autumn stamps + dies
Autumn Tree Dies
Chloe Alphabet Dies
Picket Fence Border Die
Slimline Nature Borders Dies
Stitched Oval 2 Dies

The images are all colored with Copics and die-cut with the matching dies. I used Distress Oxide inks to create the background, the grass and the tree tops.

The front is kept pretty simple, the fun is happening on the inside. Don't you love these fun squirrels? 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Chloe Alphabet Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beautiful Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodsy Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Woodsy Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Squirrel Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Squirrel Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Too Cute To Spook Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Autumn Tree Die Shop at: Sunny Studio