Sneak Peek: Alpaca Holiday Stamps, Warm & Cozy Dies & New Paper!

Hello and welcome to day 2 of our sneak peek week as we count down to our new Winter release debuting on Friday!

Today I'm sharing product peeks and card ideas for some adorable wintery themed stamps and dies, along with a brand new Holiday Cheer 6x6 paper pack.  Yay!  I can't can't wait to get started!

Card No. 1:  Up first is a card using our new Alpaca Holiday Stamps.  I normally lean towards bright colors, but the soft colors of my alpaca images made me want to do something pastel and I loved how the aqua and cotton candy pink sky looked with them. 

The set comes with a 3.75" mountain border so to have it cover my entire card, I stamped an extra and overlapped one of the peeks to have it look continuous.  For my sky I heat embossed our Frosty Flurries stamps with some white embossing powder onto a background that had been sponged with Spun Sugar distress ink.  For my snowy hills, I cut three borders using our Woodland Border Dies and then sponged the edges with tumbled glass distress ink.  

As a final finishing touch I stamped my sentiment using the pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies.  This die actually only has the "v" on one side so I left half of it hanging off my cutting plates and then flipped it around and did the same thing on the other side.  The stitching grooves "lock" the die in place so it's a fun trick to get extra life from the die. ;)

Card No. 2:  For my next card I used another die-cutting trick where I cut our Happy Word die three times: once from red cardstock, once from the green patterned paper and once from white cardstock.  When I cut it from the red I positioned it where I wanted it to be on my card front and I once again hung the end of the die off the edge so it wouldn't cut from the end of my letter "h".  I then backed it out of my die-cutting machine before I cut the opposite end of the letter "y" as well.  I then used a ruler with an cutting knife to cut my frame around the word.  From there I filled in the background pieces with the negative space left from my white and green papers and heat embossed the word "holidays" using our Happy Thoughts stamps.

Many of the alpacas in this set have striped scarfs or hats so you can do come fun combinations to make them match each other or your patterned papers.  Love how they look as a colorful striped print!

Card No. 3: For my third card I embossed a piece of ivory cardstock using our new Cable Knit Embossing Folder.  I think it's such a cute compliment to these little guys! I repeatedly stamped the same image three times and colored them just slightly different and topped them with a little santa hat that comes as a separate accessory.  

Even though these are technically alpacas I couldn't resist the urge to create a custom Christmas sentiment using our new Loopy Letter dies (which will be fully unveiled on Friday).  Our Ric Rac border dies cut from red cardstock added a little extra pop of color and a fun detail to finish off my card.

Card No. 4: For my final alpaca card, I thought it would be fun to create a scene using the two little gift images from the set.  I framed my scene using our new Stitched Oval dies layered together with our Fancy Frames Oval dies.  For a subtle pattern in my background, I stamped the the gifts and the little stars from the set onto kraft cardstock using Colorbox Gingersnap Ink.  I finished off my card with a sentiment borrowed from a set I'll be revealing tomorrow.  I heat embossed the greeting onto a piece of red cardstock and clipped the ends using our Fishtail Banner dies.

Card No. 5:  Up next is a super fun die set call Warm & Cozy.  It comes with all the parts and pieces you need to create personalized Hats, mittens and hot cocoa mugs (or even coffee depending on how you lean).  ;)

For my card I cut my pieces from pink and brown patterned paper using a variety of small prints from our 6x6 paper pads (linked below). I created my grid design using the second from the smallest scalloped square from our Fancy Frames Square dies and inked up the background behind them with some Spun Sugar distress ink. I just love how these colors look together!


Card No. 6: For my next project I created a set of holiday gift tags using the hot cocoa mug together with a new tag die you'll be seeing more of tomorrow and our brand new Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper Pack.  There are so many fun prints that are sized just right to embellish your tags and cards.  So fun, right?!  I'm pretty smitten with them. Better yet, the back of each paper in the pack has a great tone-on-tone print that I can't get enough of.

Card No. 7:  Rainbow hats?!  Yes, please. I love that this die set comes with the stripes, polka-dots, chevron stripe, two different pom-pom options, plus a snowflake and heart all to decorate the hats, mittens and mugs with to your hearts content.  I had a grand time playing and experimenting with all the combinations that can be created! 

I finished my card with a sentiment heat embossed from our Heartfelt Greetings stamps which was paired with our Wishes Word die.

Card No. 8:  For my next card I wanted to use one of the borders from our new 6x6 paper pad together with the Hot Cocoa die.  For my steam I used the wind stamp from our Fall Kiddos stamps, stamped in a light grey onto my background.  The sentiment from our Mug Hugs stamps couldn't have been more perfect.  In fact all of the sentiments from that set are a great compliment to these dies.

Card No. 9: For my final card of the day I created a colorblocked background to ground my little mittens which were cut from patterns found in our Rainbow Bright paper pack.  I borrowed the words from our new Alpaca Holiday Stamps for my greeting .  I love how the words have been separated in this set for ultimate flexibility and endless phrasing options!


Phew!  Are you still with me? I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peeks. I'd love to hear what you think.  You're comments mean so much and I love reading every one of them.  :)

Make sure to keep checking back all this week as we reveal more sets from the new release.  On Friday we will be celebrating our company's third birthday with a special blog hop with loads of special guests and prizes.

Here's a closer look at the new Holiday Cheer 6x6 paper pack, stamps & coordinating dies used today (available for purchase on Friday, September 28th). 

      

       

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Fishtail Banner Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Heartfelt Wishes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mug Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wishes Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad Shop at: Sunny Studio	Memento Tuxedo Black Marker Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber Shop at: Sunny Studio	Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frosty Flurries Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ric Rac Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames-Square Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio
Fancy Frames- Rectangles Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fall Kiddos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Thoughts Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Woodland Borders Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio

Versafine Clair Ink- Acorn Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sneak Peek Week: Christmas Trimmings, Embossing Folders & Oval Dies!

Hello and welcome to our Holiday Sneak Peek Week!  All this week I will be showcasing cards using our new collection for Winter coming out on Friday, September 28th.  :)

Today I have our newest layering stamp set for winter with a set of coordinating dies, a new set of Stitched oval dies and two new 6x6 embossing folders to showcase!  Let's jump in!  

Card No. 1: Our new layering set for the holidays is called Christmas Trimmings and it comes with a shorter tree branch to compliment our Holiday Style set which is facing the opposite direction.  It also includes three layered holly leaves, two different options for berries, a fun pine cone image and a Merry Christmas sentiment.

For this card I started by stamping the new smaller tree branch around the edge of my black cardstock panel using clear VersaMark Ink which I heat embossed using Wendy Vecchi's Fern Green Embossing Powder (I completely adore the coverage and quality of all the Ranger embossing powders). I then stamped all my images to layer over the top using the new set, combined with the flowers from our Petite Poinsettias set.  

I considered using the coordinating dies for this one, but in the end I really wanted to see the colors pop directly against the black background so I chose to fussy cut my images.  I will say that I didn't let a single piece go to waste.  I was able to cut many flowers, pine cones and holly leaves in half and adhere them off the edge of my card to give the appearance that I had stamped and cut so many more.  ;)  I finished off my card with our Merry Word die and the word Christmas from our Merry Sentiments Stamps which I heat embossed using Wendy Vecchi's Red Geranium Embossing Powder.

Card No. 2:  Up next is a card using both the new tree branch, along with the original one from our Holiday Style set.  I love that they are the same scale and that with them facing different directions can be used to create beautiful groupings together!  

I layered the three unique holly leaves together with two of the pinecones and the largest poinsettia from our Petite Poinsettias set, adhering some with foam tape for extra dimension.  I then added a little strip of gingham paper from our Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Pack and stamped a sentiment from our Festive Greetings set using VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.

Card No. 3:  With this release we are introducing a new product in our line-up: 6x6 Embossing Folders!  For this card I embossed my front card panel using our Dapper Diamond embossing folder before adhering it to a top folding notecard. 

To create my wreath from the holly leaves, I started by cutting a small ring using two nesting circle dies run through my die-cutting machine at the same time.  I then loosely laid out my leaves before adhering them to my ring with a glue pen.  To complete my look I used both sizes of holly berries which I topped with some glossy accents and a red bow and sentiment from our Holiday Style set.

Card No. 4:  One of my favorite things about the over-sized 6x6 embossing folders is their ability to be used on all cards, whether they have a horizontal or vertical orientation!  For this card I flipped my paper the opposite direction before running it through my machine.  

I then used two of the six ovals from our new Stitched Oval Dies to layer together with one of our Fancy Frames Oval Dies.  We realize ovals can come in all shapes and sizes so due to popular request we have created a new set of basic oval dies to compliment our original Fancy Frames.

I completed this simple card with some holly and berries from the new stamp set.  This card would be a great one for mass producing.  It came together really quickly, but I adore how clean and crisp it looks with all of the fun textures!

Scrapbook Layout:   As I was creating some of my cards I kept coming back to the idea of recreating these looks on a larger scale with a scrapbook page.  

To form my oversized wreath, I started my tracing around a small 8-1/2" plate with a pencil onto ivory cardstock. I then set to work stamping the tree branch along that circle, alternating between Tree Frog & Grasshopper ink. To keep my branches from overlapping too badly, I used a post-it note as a mask along the opposite side of the circle from where I was stamping.  The results at this point weren't pretty as nothing lined up perfectly, but I knew I could then hide all that imperfect stamping along the center seam with my other stamped pieces later.

I had a bit of a assembly line style stamping party one evening with all the holiday layering stamps and my mini MISTI so I actually quite a few extra stamped pieces leftover after creating my cards.  In the end I squeezed all my extras onto this page, doing my best to space out my pinecones and poinsettias to look balanced around my circle before permanently adhering anything.

For my title I used a new set of dies that I will be sharing more later this week, but I must say I'm in love!  They are such a fun font and work great for scrapbooking, custom card sentiments and even personalizing some fun holiday home decor projects.  I can't wait to share more at our Third Birthday Blog Hop on Friday!  ;)

To help you line up our Christmas Trimmings Stamps like a pro I've created a special layering guide (you can click on the photo below to view it larger).  For all the images I started by stamping them with the lightest ink color, working towards the darkest.  The black outline indicates where that layer touches the previously stamped layer.  :)

I frequently am asked which ink colors I used for my layered images.  While I think there are so many great options out there that can provide good results, these are the colors I used today for my stamped images (in the ordered shared from lightest to darkest)...

Pinecones
Colorbox Gingersnap
Versafine Acorn
Colorbox Mudslide

Holly Leaves
Colorbox Grasshopper
Colorbox Green Apple
Colorbox Golf Course

Holly Berries
Colorbox Strawberry
Colorbox Cranberry

Dark Red Poinsettias & Red Bow
Colorbox Strawberry
Colorbox Candy Red
Colorbox Cranberry

Lighter Poinsettias
Hero Arts Pale Tomato
Colorbox Blossom
Colorbox Cranberry

Poinsettia Leaves
Colorbox Kiwi
Colorbox Grasshopper

I'm so excited you've joined me for today's sneak peek!  Here's a look at the new stamps, dies and new 6x6 embossing folders (which will be available for purchase on Friday, September 28).

      

While I didn't get to showcase the new Cable Knit embossing folder today, I promise to have more ideas using it as the week progresses.  ;)

Other Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Holiday Style Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Style Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Sentiments Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Word Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Festive Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Petite Poinsettias Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Petite Poinsettias Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fancy Frames- Ovals Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio