CardMaker & Sunny Studio Blog Hop Featuring Holiday Cards

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Today for my project I created a rainbow inspired card using our popular Bundled Up stamp set along with word & snowflake dies from our Santa's Helpers and Snow Kissed die sets.

As I was stamping out the accessories, I thought to myself how cute it would be to make the penguins represent all the colors of the rainbow so I created a card that is 4" x 9" and fits perfectly in a business sized envelope.

For my background I lightly inked it up with some Tumbled Glass distress ink and scattered tiny snowflakes.  For my sentiment I blended the colors of the rainbow using the same Copic markers I had used to color my images and then added some glossy shine over the top using Ranger Glossy Accents (after adhering the words to my card with a Zig glue pen).

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This is the last stop in the hop, but if you are just joining us, make sure to check out all the inspiring ideas using our holiday stamps starting at the beginning with the Cardmaker Blog.

CardMaker  
Melissa Bowden
Chitra Nair
Audrey Tokach
Mendi Yoshikawa (you are here)
Heidi Criswell
Stacy Morgan
Elise Constable
Gini Williams Cagle
Marion Vagg
Jennie Harper
Sunny Studio Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by.  We're so happy you joined us!  :)

Snow Kissed Find Joy in The Simple Pleasures Penguin Skiing Card

Hello there!  Today I'm sharing a card using the Snow Kissed stamp set.  My kids and oldest daughter in particular are major snow bunnies so I designed this set with them in mind. 

This set includes a lot of individual snowflake images.  Not only were these added as a way to take advantage of the extra tiny space available around the main images, but they were designed to be used together on a clear block for stamping unique custom backgrounds.

I finished off my card with a couple of tabs topped with some die-cut snowflake shapes from the coordinating Snow Kissed die set.  The red, white and blue color scheme is somewhat unexpected for a Winter card, but I like the way it turned out.  ;)  

I hope you will join us tomorrow for a special blog hop with CardMaker Magazine.  :)

Holiday Puppy Fishtail Banner Shaped Christmas Card

This week I will be sharing a variety of Christmas and Winter themed cards using our three holiday stamp sets.  Today's card focuses on the Santa's Helpers stamp set and the Fishtail Banners die set.

I love the little puppy in the present.  I think he would be so cute turned into a birthday card with a change of colors!

To dress up my card I used the extra holly dies that come with the Santa's Helpers die set and added some red pearls for the berries.

A couple months ago I shared a video tutorial on how I created this card base on our YouTube channel (which you can view HERE).  I love that I was able to stretch the fishtail banners and use them in a multitude of ways on this little card.  :)

Sunny Saturday Share: Turkeys, Penguins & Ice Cream, Oh My!

Hello there!  It's time for another Sunny Saturday Share (although I think it's going to have to be more of a sunny state of mind since it is pouring cats and dogs right now in my neck of the woods).  ;)

I thought I would share some fun ideas I came across on the web this week using our stamps.  Up first we have three darling cards created by Becki Adams that she featured over on the Scrapbook Expo blog earlier this week.  Make sure to hop over there to see all oh her cards up close.  I love how she paper-pieced them all using our Happy Home and Harvest Happiness stamps!  So cute!

When I was surfing around Pinterest this week I also came across this darling card using our Snow Kissed stamps.  You can see more of her beautiful cards on her Pinterest board titled Cards by Nicola.

The last card was shared with us on our Flickr group by Graciellie Design.  Isn't it so yummy?!  I adore the sweet colors she chose, but most of all I love the texture she added to her ice cream scoops from our Birthday Smiles set!  So fun!  To see a tutorial on how she created this happy card, make sure to visit her blog HERE.  :)

I can't fully express how happy it makes me to stumble across your beautiful creations on the web.  I hope you will join these talented ladies and upload your projects to our flickr group, share them with us on our Facebook page or share them on instagram using the hashtag #sunnystudiostamps.

Thanks so much for visiting today.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend!  :)

Big Hugs!

Happy Home Neighborhood Scene Card with Marion

Hi there, it's Marion here. I hope you have been enjoying all of the Design Team's projects this week using the Happy Home stamp set.

For my card today, I stamped a row of houses from the set and coloured them with Copic markers.  I then fussy cut around the row of houses so I could pop the whole front panel up with foam squares. Before adhering the front panel of houses, I sponged in a sky using Salty Ocean distress ink onto the card base.

I also fussy cut around the tree and popped it up with foam squares, to add another colour to my scene.

Sunny Studio products used:

• Happy Home stamp set

Thanks for stopping by today,

Marion