Guest Designer Spotlight: Holiday Cards with Amanda Fitterer

Hey there, crafty friends! It's Amanda here sharing TWO cards I created using a similar layout!

This first card was so much fun to color! I started by ink blending my background. I used Catherine Pooler Suede Shoes and Dress Blues. Next, I stamped some snowflakes from the Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps all around the background with WOW! Embossing Glue Ink. I applied WOW! Disco Ball embossing powder to the glue and then melted the powder with my heat tool.

Next, I stamped my snowmen from the Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps. I colored them with Copic markers and then cut them out with the coordinating dies. Once I had the adorable snowmen and snowflakes ready, I placed my card front in my MISTI to stamp my sentiment. This sentiment is from the Inside Greetings Seasons Stamps.

Once I stamped my sentiment, I was able to adhere my snowmen and snowflakes to the card using 3D foam squares. The last step was to attach my card front to my card base with double sided tape.

My second card uses the same sentiment from the Inside Greetings Seasons Stamps! I also placed it in the same position on the card.

For this card, I used a piece of paper from the Joyful Holiday Paper for my background. I glued that directly to my card front, which is cut down to 3.75"x5". My sweet little kiddos are from the Toasty Hugs Stamps. I used Copic markers to color them in as well! 

Which card is your favorite?!  I love them both for different reasons! I appreciate you coming by the Sunny Studio blog today and checking out my 2 holiday cards! I hope you have a great crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings Seasons 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

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

Let's Chill Tags with Marine: Black Friday Exclusive!

Hello crafty friends, happy Thanksgiving! Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this trio of lovely tags showcasing the adorable seals from Let's Chill. I love those little guys so much, they're super cute and very fun to color. I mixed them with the darling characters from Toasty Hugs, and picked a few additional images from other sets (listed down below) to create three wintery scenes.

I started off by cutting three Scalloped Square Tags out of Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock. I masked the four edges on each tag using washi tape, leaving the cute stitching details visible, and created a winter landscape on each tag using oxide inks. On the upper part, I applied uncharted mariner to make a night sky, and on the lower part, I applied tumbled glass, but just on the edges, to bring a little bit of color to this snow section. Next I added texture to each background. I splattered water on the sky and dried the panel with a paper towel. I mixed some uncharted mariner oxide ink with water, and added more splatters to the sky using a slim brush. Next I mixed some tumbled glass oxide ink with water, and added splatters to the snow section. I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and added splatters all over the tag, and then I did the same with liquid stardust. I removed all the washi tape, and put my three tag panels aside to dry.

I stamped my images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink. I cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and my Graph'it brush markers. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Let's Chill - seals • Toasty Hugs - characters • Winter Scenes - igloos • Snowmen In Sweaters - trees, snowflakes.

I attached my images on the tags using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and added highlights and details using a white gelly roll pen. It's not visible on the pictures, but to make the back of my tags neat and pretty, I cut three Scalloped Squares Tags out of a Polka Dot Parade blue pattern paper, and attached those polka dot tags at the back of my main tags using liquid glue. And to totally complete my panels, I used a Mini Mat & Tag 4 eyelet die to cut three eyelets out of dark blue cardstock, and stuck an eyelet at the top of each tag.

For the greetings, I went for small tags and used Window Quad Square dies to cut the different pieces. I assembled them, silver heat embossed "Warmest winter wishes" from Holiday Hugs on each tag, and attached each small tag to a large tag using dark blue twine. And as a final shiny detail, I added a double white and silver bow on each small tag. 

And that's it! Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

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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:

Polka-dot Parade 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Square Shop at: Sunny Studio	Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Holiday Hugs Stamps 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

Let's Chill Cards with Mendi: Black Friday Exclusive!

Hello & welcome!  I'm excited to be kicking off the Sunny Studio Black Friday week of fun with several card ideas featuring our new little Let's Chill Stamps and Dies which aren't available for purchase this year but can be received as a free gift with a $50+ purchase starting today through Monday, December 2 (see below for full promotion details). 

Card No. 1: For my first card, I started by creating a patchwork background using the stitched strip die from our Ribbon & Lace Border Dies, cutting prints from our Joyful Holiday Paper, Striped Silly Paper, and Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper. I layered the Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies with the Stitched Oval Dies, which were cut from Gingham Pastels Paper to frame the seals from the Lets Chill Stamps. I stamped the sentiment from the new mini stamps onto one of the layering pieces from our Brilliant Banner 2 Dies, trimming the ends with our Fishtail Banner Dies. Finally, I added a sprinkle of snowflakes topped with Aquamarine Jewels. One of these snowflakes is a free gift with purchase right now, while the other two can be found in our Basic Mini Shape 2 Dies and Basic Mini Shape 5 Dies.

Card No. 2: For my next card of the day using the new Let's Chill Stamps, I paired the seals with the kids from our Toasty Hugs Stamps, the iceblock and igloo from our Winter Scenes Stamps, and the fish from our Penguin Pals Stamps. To create my snow drifts and the pond, I used the stitched slope die from our Slimline Nature Border Dies set.

It's difficult to tell in this photo, but I slipped a piece of pale blue vellum over the fish to make it look like they are swimming under the water. With this in mind, I added a thin strip of striped paper from our Subtle Grey Tones Paper pack to make it easier to hide my adhesive above and below with no visible glue lines. I finished my scene by stamping the mini snowflakes from Let's Chill and the mini hearts from Toasty Hugs in the sky and added a little pennant with my heat embossed greeting using our Stitched Rectangle Dies and a lavender print from our Dots & Stripes Pastels Paper pack.

Card No. 3: For my last card today, using the Let's Chill Stamps, I started by embossing a piece of white cardstock using our Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Dies. Then, using a stencil spray, I inked the piece with a gingham print using our Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils and Picked Raspberry Distress ink. To frame my seal couple, I cut rectangular mats from white and aqua cardstock in two sizes using our Stitched Rectangle Dies and our Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies. I added the small snowdrift behind them using our Slimline Nature Border Dies and inking the sky with Peacock Feathers Distress ink. Lastly, I stamped a greeting from our Penguin Party Stamps and added hearts from our Toasty Hugs Stamps.

Thank you so much for joining me today. I hope you will continue checking back each day this week, as the team will share their adorable ideas with this set! ❤

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:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Striped Silly 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gingham Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 2 Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Nature Borders 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	Scalloped Oval Mat 1 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	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Toasty Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Toasty Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Basic Mini Shape Dies 5 Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Aquamarine Jewels Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stickles Twinkle Glitter Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio