Let's Chill Card with Nicky: Black Friday Exclusive!

Well hello there everyone, this is Nicky back with you today on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog and I'm sharing a new card featuring the delightful Let's Chill stamp set. This stamp set is a free with purchase 'treat' during the Black Friday sale and I refer you to the Sunny website for full details. Please read on for all the details of how I made this card.

I started by creating all of the panels that you see. I created the largest one with the patterned Spring Sunburst 6 x 6 Cardstock using the Stitched Square Dies and then a smaller die from the same set for the smaller square and then I die cut two little scalloped squares using the Scalloped Square 1 Large Dies.

I took the 3 white die cuts, masked off the edges and ink blended using Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink. I spattered the ink blending with some white acrylic paint loosened with a drop or two of water and then I carefully removed the masks. Each panel was backed with foam tape and applied to the patterned panel which was then glued to a slightly larger white card base. Lots of dimension here and I'm not done yet!

I stamped the beautiful sea lions from Let's Chill with black ink and coloured them using Copic markers in W4, W3, W1, W0, W00 and blushed their cheeks using R22, R21, R20 and R00.

I added foam tape to the back of each sea lion and adhered them into position, I stamped the sentiment on a little strip and added that with foam tape and I used 5 Iridescent Star Jewels to embellish this chilled scene.

Many thanks for reading the blog today and I'll be back next Friday with something new to share with you all.

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The Let's Chill Stamps used today are not available for purchase this holiday season but instead will be automatically included with all retail orders of $50 or more from our online store through December 2 at Midnight PDT. Here are all the details:

Receive free shipping on U.S. retail orders of $40+

+ Receive the exclusive mini "Let's Chill" stamp set with a $50+ purchase.

+ Receive the coordinating "Let's Chill" dies with a $75+ purchase.

+ 10% of retail sales will be donated to UNICEF USA.

*Please note: No discount codes are needed. All offers will be applied automatically and cannot be combined with additional discounts at checkout. Purchases are based on order subtotal, prior to shipping & tax.

Other Supplies Used:

Spring Sunburst 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Scalloped Square 1 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Brilliant Banner 4 Die Focused Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here. Today I'm sharing a 4.5 inch square card design featuring the adorable bear image from Holiday Hugs and a fun way to add a greeting over top a cable knit background.

I love a good textured background on my cards. The only catch is, you can't stamp a greeting onto these types of background. There's an easy solution for this problem ... stamp the greeting onto a die cut banner which can then be adhered anywhere on the background. Sunny Studio has four different banner styles to choose from. The one I'm using for this card is the Brilliant Banner 4 die. The curved banner design fits perfectly right over the bear. I used a Misti to stamp the words onto the banner. I did bend the stamps slightly to match the curve of the banner. 

Copic used for coloring: scarf - RV42, R22, G17, G29; bear - N0, N2, N4, N6, R00; mug - G02, G09, G17, E25, R24

Here are the other Sunny Studio supplies used to create this card:

- Stitched Square Die (I used the largest die in the set)

- Cable Knit Embossing Folder (I embossed the texture onto pink card stock, then used a white pigment ink pad and swiped the pad across the embossed panel. This technique highlights the raised part of the cable knit design.)

- Holiday Hugs Stamp Set and coordinating dies (for polar bear and mug images plus warmest winter wishes word stamps) 

- Snowflake Circle Frame Die (for snowflake embellishments die cut from white glitter card stock)

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowflake Circle Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Toasty Hugs Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here. Today's card features adorable images from the Toasty Hugs Stamp Set. I've made a 4.75 inch square card to house a little snow globe with these winter cuties all bundled up and ready to play in the snow. 

Here are the Sunny Studio supplies needed to recreate this card design:

• Toasty Hugs stamps - for boy & girl images plus the sentiment
• Snowmen in Sweaters stamps - for tree images
• Stitched Semi-circle dies - for globe dome
• Woolen Mitten dies - mitten cuff die for globe base
• Snowflake Circle Frame dies - for snowflakes 
• Scalloped Squares 2 small dies - largest in the set for white scalloped mat
• Stitched Square dies - for square mat

I used the middle size Stitched Semi-circle dies for the globe part of my snow globe. I die cut it from white card stock then blended on the aqua blue ink. I splattered with thinned white paint to give it the snowy look. I then hand cut a little snow drift to layer onto the bottom of the semi-circle. I used the mitten cuff die to create the base with silver glitter card stock. I adhered the Copic colored images and stamped the sentiment. To complete the snow globe, I tied some twine around the base and added a few snowflakes for embellishment. 

Here are the Copic colors I used on the stamped images: pink - R30, R22; light green - G40, G43; dark green on trees - G43, G46; shading on white areas - C1, C3; brown - E41, E42, E44; flesh tone - E000, E00, E21

If square card formats aren't your thing, this snow globe certainly can be used on an A2 size card instead. You'll have more space at the top of the card so just fill in with more snowflakes. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Snowflake Circle Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Semi-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Small Die 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

Roly Poly Penguins Card with Leanne

Hello everyone! Leanne here and I'm excited to start sharing some winter holiday cards made with all the fun new sets from the latest release. Today's card features the adorable images from Roly Poly Penguins.

Here are the Sunny Studio products you'll need to recreate this card:

• Roly Poly Penguins stamps & coordinating dies -  for penguins & accessory images
• Snowflake Circle Frame die - for die cut snowflakes
• Holiday Hugs stamps & coordinating dies - for greeting
• Stitched Square dies - largest die in the set for background mat
• Scalloped Square 2 Large dies - largest die in the set for scalloped mat

This card is a very easy to create so I won't go into too much detail about the process.  But below are some of the specifics if you want to recreate this design. 

Copics used for coloring the Penguins: black-N2,N4,N6; shading on white areas-N0,N2; orange-YR12, YR16; green-G20, G21,G24; pink-R80, R81, R85; blue violet-BV60, BV63; rosy cheeks-R00, R30

The finished card measures 5 inches square. The background is an ink blended combo of Catherine Pooler Hot Tub & Cummerbund inks. I love the soft aqua color this combo creates. Since this is a winter scene, I added lots of splatters with the diluted aqua ink and white paint. 

After I had the penguins and greeting adhered to the card, I filled in the extra space around the greeting with the little snowflakes. The snowflakes were die cut from plain white card stock and then I applied Stickles glitter glue to each to give them lots of sparkle. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Snowflake Circle Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 2 Large Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Wood Barrel Die Focused Card with Tina

Hello crafters, it’s Tina and today I am creating a colorful Fall themed card using the beautiful Wood Barrel Die. I wanted to use some non-traditional hues and I knew that idea would match perfectly with the fun layering dies from Pumpkin Patch. I love that you get three different shaped and sized pumpkins with this set.

Starting with a white square card base, I added a layer of dark pink by ink blending the edge of a white panel cut with the largest of the Scallopped Square 1 Small Dies. Next, I created another white panel slightly smaller with one of the Stitched Square Dies which was embellished by using the Dotted Diamond Portrait die.

After creating all the layers of the pumpkins, the leaves (Pumpkin Patch), two grass borders (Mini Grass Border) and barrel (Wood Barrel Die), I put all the pieces on a grip mat and started blending with several ink color from my stash, I went with yellow, pink and teal blue shades.

Now it was time to put the card together! I first added the grass borders to the white panel. I added foam tape to the lower one so I could tuck the barrel between the two borders. Next, I started playing with the positioning of all the pumpkins and leaves. I like to use repositionable tape for this!

For this bold Fall scene, I selected a combined sentiment consisting of the big Wishes Word Die and the smaller ‘Autumn’ banner (Fall Kiddos).

I love finishing a card with some embellishments and today I chose some sparkling ones from the beautiful Iridescent Jewels. Thank you for joining me and I am looking forward to seeing your gorgeous creations with this fun rustic barrel die! Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Wishes Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pumpkin Patch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Square 1 Small Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wood Barrel Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Brilliant Banner 3 Die Focused Card with Leanne

Hi there! Leanne here with you today. Autumn cards are simply my favorite types of cards to make. I just can't get enough of all the pretty fall color palettes with pumpkins, apples, acorns, leaves, etc. Leaves are especially fun to play with and today's card is filled with them! 

Here are the Sunny Studio supplies you'll need to recreate my card: Autumn Greenery dies for the leaves & acorns, Autumn Garland stamps and dies for the greeting, Brilliant Banner 3 dies to emphasize the word "autumn", and largest die in the Stitched Square die set for a mat to help ground the leaves. 

This type of card design is so easy and fun to make. It's just as simple as die cutting a bunch of leaves, coloring the leaves, and arranging them to fill the card front. Add a greeting plus some embellishments and it's done! 

My finished card measures 5"x5" square. All the leaves and acorns were die cut from white card stock and then I blended on the ink colors. I used the following Catherine Pooler inks: Green Tea, Rose Petals, Spiced, Sauna, & Over Coffee. 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Autumn Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Garland Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Garland Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio