Retro Ornaments Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi here today, popping in to share some Christmas cards featuring our Retro Ornaments Stamps. 

For all of my cards today, I used ornaments I had previously stamped and shared HERE when this set first debuted. I took my images to the next level today by stamping over them a second time using clear VersaMark Watermark Ink or Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink before sprinkling them with Judikins Iridescent Sparkle Embossing Powder. I own about a dozen different sparkly embossing powders, and this one is truly my favorite due to it's all around versatility. It comes in a huge 2-ounce bottle (a lifetime supply), has a clear base, and one of the best sparkles that doesn't lean towards a particular color family, so it takes on whatever color you are pairing it with.

First, I made a card using traditional Christmas colors with the Retro Ornaments Stamps. I positioned my three vintage glass baubles in a window cut using the Stitched Arch Dies. I colored behind the opening using Salvaged Patina Distress Ink and heat embossed the beaded chains using Ranger's Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder. 

I created a garland over the archway using the flower from the Pretty Poinsettia Stamps with some Glossy Accents added to the center and the leafy vines from the Winter Greenery Dies. Lastly, I heat embossed a customized greeting from our new Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamps, which I stamped onto a red banner using the Brilliant Banner 1 Dies.

For my second card, I started by inking my background with a light hand of Picked Raspberry Ink, blended with a light amount of Seedless Preserves near the top, which gradually became darker near the top. I then stamped small snowflakes with lilac ink in the background using the various snowflakes from the Deck the Halls Stamps. I then added a Tree Branch Die, topped with snow, which I created by slightly altering the snow border from the Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Dies. Once the tree branch was in place, I sprinkled in some larger white snowflake die-cuts using the Snowflake Circle Frame Dies. 

I then added three baby blue, silver, and white ornaments to hang from the branch. I used a paper piercer to poke holes to run silver thread with a needle through, taping them down on the back of my panel, before adhering the entire background piece to my card base. Lastly, I stamped my "Happy Holidays" sentiment on the bottom of my card using the Holiday Greetings Stamps and VersaFine Clair Hawthorn Ink.

For my last card using the Retro Ornaments Stamps, I tried to capture a 1950s vintage feel with glittery flocked glass baubles in shades of aqua and pink. Pluto's Christmas Tree is one of my holiday favorites, so I'm always trying to find ways to recreate the sparkle and glow from the scene where Chip and Dale are inside the Christmas tree. I added the garland frame around my card using the two fir tree branch images from the Classy Christmas Stamps. I then stamped my "Merry Christmas" greeting in the center using the sentiment that comes with the Retro Christmas Stamps.

I stamped my first few atomic stars from the Retro Ornaments set using only VersaMark Ink with the Judikins Iridescent Sparkle Embossing Powder, however, I quickly realized that the stars were almost invisible at certain angles without a colored ink beneith them so I did my best to trace those first attempts with a Copic Marker (since my card was pretty far along at that point), and then I switched to stamping them first with a dye ink and then immediately going over them a second time with the VersaMark before heat embossing. It made the stars so much crisper and gorgeous, so I hope my trial and error can help you avoid similar pitfalls in your cardmaking.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Retro Ornaments Stamps, Classy Christmas Stamps, Pretty Poinsettia Stamps, and Snowflake Circle Frame Dies in our online shop, which are all currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always upload tons of card ideas following the product image, so there are lots of ideas to scroll through, organized by set.

Supplies Used: 

Classy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Classy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Retro Ornaments Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Retro Ornaments Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Deck The Halls Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holiday Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowflake Circle Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pretty Poinsettia Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Poinsettia Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Tree Branch Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Distinctive Door Holiday Add-on Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Verafine Clair Ink- Hawthorn Rose Shop at: Sunny Studio	Zig Chisel Tip Glue Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio
Hero Arts Sparkle Embossing Powder Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	Judikins Iridescent Sparkle Powder Shop at: Sunny Studio	Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Fairy Dust Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Heartbeat Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Over The Hills Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Garden Stroll Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Island Oasis Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
PinkFresh Morning Sky Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Crisp Apple & Punny Apple Greetings Card with Nicky

Hello friends, this is Nicky with you today and I'm sharing a new friendship card with you that was created using products from the latest release, focusing on the Crisp Apple Dies, and paired with formerly released products which are great staples to have in your die collection.

I ink blended a white A2 panel of cardstock using 'Blush' ink by The Stamp Market. I then took another A2 panel and created two grass strips using the Mini Grass Border dies. I ink blended the grass with 'Gumdrop' ink by The Stamp Market and then I used the Picket Fence Die to create the white picket fence and I glued the grass and fence to the pink background and set it to one side.

I die cut white cardstock using the Tree Branch Die and ink blended it using Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Inks. This die cut was backed with a skinny strip of foam tape and applied to the background.

Next, I used the Crisp Apple Die and die cut the small apple image 6 times and created several leaves too. Leaves were ink blended with the same Gumdrop ink mentioned above and the red apples were done with 'Lipstick' ink by The Stamp Market.

Punny Apple Greetings was used to create both the sentiment and a smiley face on each of the apples, I then glued all the components together where necessary and backed with foam tape and applied them to the scene.

Last but not least I took three of the bird images from Little Birdie and stamped and coloured them. I used Copic markers in B24, B12, B41, BG0000, R000 to colour them and I blushed their cheeks with R22, R21, R20 and R00. I fussy cut the images and adhered them to the scene. Points were highlighted with a white gel pen and some daisies dotted in the grass then the whole panel was backed with white craft foam and applied to a fractionally bigger card base.

I certainly hope you enjoyed my happy little scene card and I'll see you again next Friday with something brand new.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Picket Fence Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tree Branch Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Punny Apple Greetings Shop at: Sunny Studio
Crisp Apple Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tropical Birds Card with Nicky

Hi! This is Nicky with you today on the Sunny Studios blog and I'm sharing a somewhat CAS Tropical Birds birthday card with you today. Please read on for the details.

I've used the following products to make this card:-

Tropical Birds
Tropical Birds Dies
Tree Branch Die
Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies

To start things off I took an A2 panel of white cardstock and knowing that I wanted my focal point to be offset to the left hand side I started my ink blending there. I used Saltwater Taffy and then intensified the blend on the left side with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Inks. I splattered with water and blotted it up and then dotted in interest with Copic markers and a white gel pen.

I die cut the tree branch die for the bough only. I coloured it with Copic markers in E44, E43 and E42. I backed it with a thin strip of craft foam and adhered it to the blended background.

Next, I stamped the images I was needing from Tropical Birds. I chose the two little parrots and I coloured them as Peach Faced Lovebirds but when it comes to parrots there are of course a huge array of fun ways to colour them. Here are the Copic colours used:

Lovebirds - R05, R22, R21, YG03, YG01, YG00, E42, E41
Greenery - YG03, YG01

I backed these images with foam tape and applied them to the scene. To finish things up, I die cut more sturdy white cardstock using the Fancy Frames Rectangle Dies. I backed this frame with dimensional foam tape and applied it to the background then I popped the panel in my Misti and repeat stamped the birthday sentiment for a nice crisp appearance and to complete the whole project I used Nuvo Dream Drops in 'Cloud 9' for sweet accents.

I look forward to sharing a new card with you next Friday, meanwhile I wish you a beautiful weekend!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tree Branch Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tropical Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Tropical Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio