Inspiration Week: Introducing Gleeful Reindeer Stamps & Dies

Hello & welcome to our holiday inspiration week.  I'm so happy to have you join us!  I'm absolutely giddy to share what I've been up to for the past several months and all that I've planning and creating with our new release for Winter!

Today I'm sharing ideas using a new set called Gleeful Reindeer.  This set comes with three darling reindeer images, trees in three sizes, a sled, several companion images like presents and decorations for the trees and five happy sentiments.

Up first is a card that I just was dying to create using the reindeer happily leaping through the sky.  I inked up my background with Salty Ocean & Blueprint Sketch Distress Inks and then flicked on some water to help add to the snowy/ starry look.  I then added some random dots of sparkle with my favorite Stardust Stickles.  My images were colored with Copic Markers and Glossy Accents (by Ranger) was added to the reindeer noses for a touch of shine.

I love how the trees in this set look equally beautiful colored in green or snowy white for two completely different looks!

For my next card I went with an offset design, creating a sweet little scene with the sitting reindeer and the largest tree.  I stamped the string of lights on my tree before coloring with Copics and then added glossy accents over the top of them to make them shiny after they had been colored.  To ground my little scene I sponged on some Tumbled Glass distress ink with my favorite Jumbo Dauber by Tsukineko in the bottom right corner before adhering my pieces with a zig 2-way glue pen.  

I like the way the Doodlebug Sugarplums 6x6 paper compliments the colors in my scene and balances out a design that might have otherwise felt a bit heavy on the one side.

For those who know me well, I'm a sucker for red & white prints so I couldn't resist creating a card with a red & white snowflake background using the little snowflake images in the set.  This time I chose to decorate my tree with the little ornament image in the set.  The sled image is perfect for pulling gifts, a Christmas tree or even the sitting reindeer.

To finish off my scene, I stamped the edges of my card panel with a scalloped border from our Sunny Borders stamp set and coordinating dies.

For my next card I have the reindeer pulling his Christmas tree on the sled.  The set comes with two different ways for the reindeer to pull his sled with both a leather strap with jingle bells and a tied rope as seen here.  I love how these trees come to life with a little creative coloring!  

This time I used those same snowflakes for a soft, snowy backdrop.  To save time, I added several to my clear block at once, giving me the ability to stamp and heat emboss my background in just a few minutes.  For my sentiment I used a banner that is part of a set that will be shared on Wednesday.  ;)  You are going to see me using that a lot--It's quickly become my new favorite.

I thought I would also share a bonus card with you today, combining the sentiment from this set with a complimentary 7/8" stitched holly die that will automatically come free with each order placed in our online store starting on Friday, October 7th (while supplies last).

I have created a free printable PDF for you with step-by-step instructions on how you can re-create this card at home, found HERE.

Here's a full look at the new Gleeful Reindeer stamps and coordinating dies available for purchase this Friday...

     

I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peek.  Would you like to win a $20 gift code to our online store to spend on some of the new sets?  Use the rafflecopter below to enter to win.  We will be giving away a new gift code each day for a total of five chances to win!  Contest closes on October 8th at Midnight PST.  Winners will be announced on Sunday, October 9th.  :)

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Make sure to check back tomorrow when I will be sharing two fun new sets that I'm hoping you'll fall in love with as much as I have. ;)

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Welcome New Design Team Member Emily Leiphart!

Please help me in welcoming a new member to our creative team: the talented Emily Leiphart!  I'm thrilled she agreed to share her talents with us and I know you're going to fall in love with her adorable designs as much as I have!  I asked Emily to share a bit about herself today, along with a card showing off her fun style.  I'm so excited to see more!

Hi!  I’m married to a bicycle designer and have a very energetic eight-year-old son who has made numerous appearances in my videos!  I have a background in corporate research but I’m also an accomplished makeup artist so I still draw a lot of my inspiration from the fashion world.

I'm so excited to be joining Sunny Studio Stamps as a design team member! I love fun, quirky stamps and Mendi's illustrations are perfect for me. Of all the stamps currently in the Sunny Studio collection, my favourites are the critters with mix-and-match heads and bodies. I had to use the silly raccoon for today's card.

To create my scene, I picked the two main images; the mailbox from Sending My Love and the raccoon from Woodsy Creatures, then stamped and cut masks for them. I created two asks for the raccoon, one for the entire body for stamping the mailbox and another, just for the paws, so I could stamp the apple from Summer Picnic behind the digits.

After stamping the main part of the scene, I stamped the sentiment and added falling leaves - also from Woodsy Creatures - to create movement down and across the card. After colouring everything with Copic markers, I used the same colours from the leaf on the apple and the mailbox to create a pointillist anchor to ground the scene.

Thank you, Mendi, for this wonderful opportunity!

Blog:  http://leiphartonart.blogspot.com
Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/leiphartonart/
YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/user/leiphartonart

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Guest Designer Spotlight: A Sweet Halloween Card With Stephanie

Hi everyone, it's Stephanie and I'm thrilled to be guesting on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog. I have a fun Halloween themed card to share that I created by combining the Halloween Cuties stamp set with the Sweet Shoppe stamp set. I thought it would be fun to mix and match the Halloween images with some of the sweet treats and colour them all in with Halloween colours.

I stamped out all of the images that I wanted to use on white cardstock and then coloured them all in with Copic markers. I used mainly purples, oranges and greens so they would all match and look Halloween themed. Once I had them all coloured, I used my scissors and fussy cut everything out. I used a glue pen to add glue to each piece and adhere them all together on a white cardstock panel.

I layered all of the images together to create my sweet scene and then once I had them all adhered, I added some detail to the images. I added clear sparkle to the icing on the donuts and the cupcake and I added some white highlights to various images using a white gel pen. I also added some sprinkles to both of the donuts using a black gel pen. I completed the card by adding the sentiment which was a combination of two different sentiments from each of the stamp sets.

Thanks so much for joining me today! ;)
Stephanie

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Harvest Happiness Thank You Card by Lexa

Hello Sunny Studio friends! 

Lexa here with another Haverst Happiness inspiration card.  I believe it's almost fall somewhere out there. Imagining all the beautiful leaves and weather makes me want to travel to where you are. But since I don't celebrate Thanksgiving or the fall season, I tried to make a thank you card with all the pretty fall colors.

I started my card with a 4" x 5.5" white cardstock and die-cut a circle window on the top center of my card. I blended Spiced Marmalade and Wild Honey Distress Inks on my circle panel and also stamped two sizes of pumpkins with an orange ombre ink pad, that matches the pumpkin border on the bottom. I mixed the sentiment from two stamp sets, Autumn Splendor and City Streets, just because I need to thank someone for spending their time with me. I hope it will make someone's day.

Rather than watercoloring my images as I usually do, I choose to paper-piecing the pumpkins instead. And I'm glad I did because I think it looks so cool with all-patterned pumpkins. :) I colored the stems, leaves, and tiny hearts with my alcohol markers to make them look more solid. To add some sparkles to this card, I also add some clear sequins along with the pumpkin border.

I hope you enjoy today's post and I will see you next time. Have a wonderful crafty day! :)

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Harvest Happiness Watercolor Thankful For You Card with Vanessa

Hello everybody! Vanessa here with my Harvest Happiness card. We do not celebrate Thanksgiving here in Germany, so I chose to create a more neutral autumn card. The colors of fall make me so happy! 

First, I trimmed a piece of watercolor paper slightly smaller than my Kraft card base and stamped/heat-embossed the small leaves from the set with white embossing powder. Then I applied watercolors around the embossed images and added droplets of color around them. After it was dried, I adhered the panel to the card. I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto a strip of purple cardstock and adhered it. Now I stamped and heat-embossed the pumpkins onto watercolor paper, colored them with watercolors, fussy-cut them and adhered them with foam tape. To finish the card off, I added matching sequins.

Autumn is in full swing here and I am happy the pumpkin season has started! Nothing like a good Pumpkin Risotto :) What's your favorite pumpkin recipe?
Thank you so much for stopping by!

Vanessa

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