Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Debby van Diepen

Hi all! It is Debby here! I am super excited to be here on the Sunny Studio blog as a guest designer! I have made two cards for today. One slimline card and one shaker card, all with Christmas and winter vibes! 

I will start with the slimline card. For this card, I used the Holiday Hugs stamp and matching die set. I started stamping the bear three times and colored them with Spectrum Noir Markers. Now my coloring skills with alcohol markers aren't that great, but this bear was easy to color. Mostly because I left the bears white (ha-ha). 

I created a slimline white card base. On this, I placed a craft card panel with double-sided foam tape. The white card panel with the bears was softly inked with pink Distress Oxide ink. I glued a few of the snowflakes over the top from the Woolen Mitten die set. 

For the bears, I arranged them in fun angles so it looks like they are peeking. I cut off the overhanging parts with my scissors and used double-sided foam tape to give them a little pop. I white heat embossed the words onto black cardstock and placed them on the card panel. To finish this card I glued a few gems and a little pink bow. 

For the shaker card, I used the Woolen Mitten die set. Instead of using the cutout piece of the mitten, I used the cardstock with the negative part. I then glued a piece of clear acetate at the back of the cardstock. I also die-cut the mitten out of a piece of white craft fun foam and glued this piece on the acetate.

I filled the mitten with sparkles and sequins and glued a super soft pink cardstock at the back. Now the shaker part is ready. I glued the bottom of the mitten in mint on the acetate along with the poinsettia. I love all the layers!

The sentiment is from the Holiday Hugs stamp set and is heat-embossed with white on black cardstock. For a little more interest I glued a few white snowflakes on the white card panel. I placed the card panel on a pink card base with double-sided foam tape. And for the finishing touch and more sparkle, I glued a few gems here and there. 

A big thanks for joining me today and I hope this will give you inspiration to create! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Woolen Mitten Die Focused Gift Tags with Bobbi

“This mitten belongs to…” Just add a name to these cute mitten gift tags and your gifts are in good “hands!” Bobbi here and today I’m using the new Woolen Mitten dies by Sunny Studio Stamps. This is such a cute die set. 

You get a large mitten base that can be used to make cards, gift tags, fireplace or tree garland, table or buffet name tags and more. There’s lots of accessories to add to the mitten, too.  I made these two gift tags and I added a "to/from" on the back side using the Christmas Icon stamps.

To make these mittens, I cut the mitten bases from 80lb Neenah Solar White cardstock. I like to cut two for my tags and attach the back panel at the end with a string sandwiched in between for a nice, finished, hanging tag. Most of the accessories for these tags are cut from white cardstock with the exception of the blue and lavender holly leaves, lavender knit band and the colored strips on the striped mitten.

To make the first mitten, I cut the mitten base from white and ran it through my die cutting machine with the Cable Knit Embossing Folder. I love the texture achieved by doing this. I ink blended Ranger Distress Oxide Ink in Broken China to the textured base using a light hand.

TIP: I wanted to make the yarn look like it was a multi-color fiber variety so I used a Copic V01 marker to add  lavender fibers to the blue inked, embossed design. Think of all the possibilities for creating unique yarns! 

I added a lavender knit band, two cute marbleized buttons in blues and purples, thread, lace trim, a layered snowflake, and white and lavender holly leaves to the mitten front.

TIP: Create marbleized buttons by ink blending on multiple colors to the buttons. I used an ink blender and Distress Oxide Inks in Broken China, Milled Lavender and Spun Sugar for this look.

Once everything was assembled and glued in place, I attached a holiday string to the back of the front panel and then added the back panel to cover the string ends. I glued the front and back together and stamped a "to/from" on the back side to finish the tag.

To create this striped mitten, I cut strips in various widths and attached them to a white piece of cardstock. I ran the striped sheet through my die cutting machine to make the mitten shape.

I stenciled on darker-shaded snowflakes to the blue and light pink wider stripes to make the mitten more interesting.

TIP: To make the snowflake design, use the scrap of the snowflake cutouts from the first mitten to create the stencil. I used Broken China and Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide Inks to stencil the design on the pink and blue wide stripes. 

I used my white gel pen to add smaller snowflakes over the larger, stenciled ones for a fun pattern.

To finish this look, I added the ribbed cuff, lace edge, layered poinsettia, holly leaves, a button center with the threaded “X” and lots of extra stitching between the stripes. For the smaller stripes, I used my white Gelly Roll white gel pen to add faux stitching lines in white. Like the first mitten, I added an iridescent string to the back and attached a mitten back panel to conceal it.

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:

Christmas Icons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Christmas Icons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Buffalo Plaid Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio

Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sunny Saturday Share: Customer Cards

Hey everyone, how are you all doing this weekend? I'm so excited to be popping in today with a Sunny Saturday Share. There have been so many amazing cards popping up on Instagram that have made my jaw drop so I couldn't wait to share them with all of you! 

Truckloads of Fun and Harvest Mice card by Silvia Galloni

Holiday Hugs and Season's Greetings card by Adou

Sledding Critters, Santa Claus Lane, Gleeful Reindeer, and Mug Hugs card by Becky

Woolen Mitten card by Wanda Guess

Holiday Hugs card by Katie Brooks

Snow One Like You card by Jean Manis

North Pole, Scenic Route, Garden Fairy, Santa Claus Lane, Gleeful Reindeer, and Mug Hugs card by Becky

Holiday Hugs card by Stephanie Serrano

Feeling Frosty card by Christina Burillo-Kirch

Holiday Hugs and Scenic Route card by Meghan Kennihan

Thank you for sharing all these fabulous ideas with us! I hope you will continue to share your gorgeous projects with us--It always makes my day to see them. You can tag us on instagram with the hashtag #sunnystudiostamps or share your projects with us in our flickr group or on our facebook page. ☺


Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gleeful Reindeer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gleeful Reindeer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mug Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mug Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Season's Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Season's Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Feeling Frosty Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Harvest Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Harvest Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scaredy Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sledding Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snow One Like You Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snow One Like You Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woolen Mitten Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Truckloads of Love Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Truckloads of Love Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio