Designer's Choice: Penguin Pals Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this slimline card featuring the cutest penguin family celebrating the new year. It was super fun to create this lovely North Pole habitat for these guys, and as always I mixed and matched a bunch of images from different sets to achieve this super adorable scene.

I started off by stamping the images on 110lb Neenah solar white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. I cut them all using the matching dies, and used my alcohol markers to color everything. Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Penguin Pals - penguins, fish • Kiddie Pool - splatters • Bear Hugs - snow floe • Winter Scenes - igloos • Country Scenes - mountains • Snowmen In Sweaters - trees, snowflakes.

I cut an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, divided it in five sections, and used stencils along with oxide inks to create a lovely winter landscape. At the very bottom of the panel, I made the sea using a hill stencil along with uncharted mariner and chipped sapphire oxide inks. I splattered water on the ink and dried the panel using a paper towel. I also mixed some chipped sapphire oxide ink with water, and used a slim brush to add more splatters to my sea section.

Right above that sea section, I created three snowy hills using another hill stencil along with tumbled glass and broken china oxide inks. I mixed some broken china oxide ink with water, and used my slim brush to add splatters on those snowy hills.

At the very top of my panel, I created a night sky using uncharted mariner, chipped sapphire and black soot oxide inks. I splattered water on the sky and dried the panel using a paper towel. I also mixed some chipped sapphire oxide ink with water, and added more splatters to the sky.

To achieve my winter landscape, I added falling snow and sparkling details. I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water, used my slim brush to add splatters all over my panel, and then I did the same with liquid stardust.

Once my panel was dry, I attached all the images using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, and added highlights and details using a white gelly roll pen. I white heat embossed "Happy New Year" from Holiday Greetings on black cardstock, cut it using the matching die, and attached it on the sky section using 1mm foam squares. For the final details, I added a frosty effect to the snow on the trees and snow caps on the mountains: I first added liquid glue on those spots, sprinkled fine glitter on the glue, let the glue dry, and finally used a fluffy brush to get rid of any excess glitter.

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

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Dies 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	Country Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Country Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Kiddie Pool Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Kiddie Pool Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Brilliant Banner 3 Die Focused Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm back with this cute holiday card featuring Santa, Rudolph and his reindeer friends. They're busy delivering presents to everyone who's been nice this year, and for the first time, Santa's sleigh stays in the garage, and the little gang is travelling the world in a Christmas van. How fun!

I started off by stamping all the 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 in my favorite holiday color palette, which is red, pink, aqua and green.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Beach Bus - van • Lazy Christmas - presents • Snowmen In Sweaters - trees, snowflakes • Holiday Express - Rudolph • Fall Friends - reindeers • North Pole - Santa, nice list • Panda Party - banner • Scenic Route - houses • Winter Scenes - trees.

I set my images aside, and cut a 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel that I divided in two sections using washi tape: the sky at the top, and snow at the bottom. I colored the sky using kitsch flamingo and picked raspberry oxide inks, and the snow using salvaged patina and peacock feathers oxide inks. As always I added lots of textures to my panel, starting with water droplets on the sky. I also mixed some picked raspberry oxide ink with water, and added more splatters to the sky. I mixed some peacock feathers oxide ink with water, and added splatters to the snow section. Next I mixed some copic opaque white ink with water and added splatters all over the panel, and then I did the same with liquid stardust.

Once my panel was dry, I attached all the images on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, added highlights and details using a white gelly roll pen, and then moved on to my greeting that I created using Brilliant Banner 3 dies. I cut the two main pieces out of light pink cardstock, and white heat embossed "You're on my nice list" from North Pole on the front piece. I layered both pieces on top of each other using 1mm foam squares, and for an extra shiny detail, I cut another banner out of holographic cardstock, stuck it behind my pink banner using liquid glue, and finally attached the completed banner in the top part of my panel using foam squares again.

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

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fall Friends Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Friends Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Lazy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Panda Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Panda Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Beach Bus Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowmen in Sweaters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowmen in Sweaters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 3 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