Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara here! Today I am really thrilled to be here, guesting for Sunny Studio again! I find their products really interesting and fun, and I know you think the same because you are here on their blog! For my guesting spot, I made three cards, using their recent Holiday release. So, let’s dive into the first one!

Look how cute are those snowmen from the Snowman Kisses stamp set! I wanted to feature them all on my card and I had the idea to color their accessories using rainbow colors. What’s happier than rainbows?

I stamped them on some Neenah Solar White cardstock and then I colored them up with copics. It didn’t took a while, since they are almost white! I then die cut them using coordinating dies.

I then moved into the background, which I ink blended with rainbow colors too! I used some blending brushes, they work really well when blending from color to white. I then stamped the “Happy Holidays” sentiment from Holidays Greetings stamp set using black ink. I knew I wanted a white sentiment, but I used the black to create a sort of halo: in fact, using the stamping tool I slightly moved the sentiment and I white heat embossed it (twice). I also added a few of the snowflakes included in the Snowman Kisses stamp and I white heat embossed them too.

To complete the card, I added the four snowmen using a combination of liquid glue and foam tape, and I stamped on of the sentiment included in the same set at the bottom of the card. I cut the rainbow panel to 4”x5,25” and I matted it using a white A2 panel to complete my design. And here’s the finished result!

My second inspiration features the Penguin Party stamp set, which has the most adorable penguins ever! I created a 5,5”x5,5” square card, with a bold sentiment at the centre and many penguins around.

I stamped all the penguins on some Neenah Cardstock (it is my favorite one when I have to copic color) and I colored them all at once, it really didn’t take a lot. I then cut them with coordinating dies and let them aside while working on the rest of the card.

I white heat embossed the “Merry Christmas” words (from Holiday Greetings stamp set) on red cardstock: I really love those hand-lettered sentiments, and they have coordinating dies too. I usually stamp those kind of sentiments using colored ink on white cardstock, but I am glad I tried to use white on red cardstock because I really love the result!

I kept the background really simple: starting from a light blue cardstock (which measures 5 1/8”x 5 1/8”) I splattered some white acrylic paint and I let it dry. Then I started adding the sentiment and the penguins I had prepared.

I had too much empty space, and since I am a “more is better” cardmaker, I added some Majestic Clear Confetti and some White Snowflake Confetti. To finish off the card, I matted it with a 5,5”x5,5” white panel too.

And here’s my third and last inspiration, using the Snow One Like You stamp set and the  Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies. I remember when I saw this cute stamp last year, I think it was a freebie with Black Friday Sale and I wished I had lived in America to get it. But now it is available for purchase and I couldn’t resist!

I stamped the cute image on some Neenah cardstock and colored with copics. I created a mini scene on the tag (included in the Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies), I used the trees from Here Comes Santa. I also decorated the tag with some of the greenery included in the Holiday Greetings stamp set.

I took a piece of Kraft Cardstock and I splattered some white acrylic paint. I then wanted to add a few snowflakes but when I looked into my stash I found the Snowflake Circle Frame Die, which has a gorgeous circle of snowflakes. And I cut it twice from my background, creating a lot of interest in my background panel.

I added the tag on the right side of the card, I added 4 small strips with the stamped sentiment on the left. I also matted the background with an A2 white panel. And here’s a finished result!

Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you have found my projects inspiring! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Here Comes Santa Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowflake Circle Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snow One Like You Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snow One Like You Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Snowman Kisses Cards with Vanessa and Tina

Hello to you! Vanessa here with a fun winter card using the adorable Snowman Kisses set.

I die-cut the Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies from white cardstock and inked the inside parts with Dried Marigold and Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide inks. Now I stamped all my images, colored everything with Copics and die-cut the pieces with the matching dies. Then I adhered the Scenic Route images to the little squares and rectangles, trimmed them and adhered these to the card base. 

I adhered the snowmen with foam tape and added the cute banner from Balloon Rides. Finally, I added snow with a white gel pen.

Have a happy weekend, everybody! 

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Hello crafty friends, Tina here with an ornament shaped Christmas card featuring the new Snowman Kisses stamp and die set!  How adorable is this set, and perfect for your holiday projects!

To create this ornament card, I used shaped dies from my stash. But it works just as great with two nesting circle dies. The biggest die creates our panel and our card base, while the two dies together cut a circular frame. I also had an ornament topper die, but you can add a small rectangle piece as well.

The sky portion of the circular panel was inked with Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy and I splattered it with white paint droplets to give the illusion of snowflakes. Once this was dry, I stamped the sentiment from the Snowman Kisses stamp set directly onto the panel.

Next, I used Salvaged Patina on the layers of the Forest Trees stencil and fussy cut these tree borders from some Neenah card stock. As extra dimension, I also created two snowbanks from the same Neenah paper.

For a ‘frosted’ look on the snowbanks, I added an opaque white layer with a snow pen and sprinkled some fine white glitter on top. While this was drying, I stamped and die cut my three darling snowmen. Going for a nontraditional color scheme, I colored these cuties with my copics and added a ‘knit’ detail to the hat of the middle snowman. And put in lots of snowdrops with my white gel pen!

All the elements were ready, and I could start assembling the shaped card by gluing the trees and snowbanks to the circular panel. Next, I added the panel to the card base and lastly, adhered the circular frame, three snowmen and topper (that was cut from glitter card stock).

To embellish the card, I added a few of the Pure White Jewels scattered around the sentiment. These jewels are my favorite on snowy projects!! I thought it would be fun to include a few small jingle bells from my stash to the ornament topper, using some white thread.

Another sweet Christmas card finished and ready to send in December! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Speech Bubble Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Balloon Rides Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Forest Trees Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Holiday Greetings Cards with Marine and Waleska

Hey crafty friends, Marine here with you today, back with this cute gingerbread shaker card that features one of the gorgeous sentiments from Holiday Greetings, as well as both characters from Christmas Cookies and the holly leaves from Holiday Express. 

I started off by cutting a Frilly Frame Eyelet lace panel out of kraft cardstock, and I created a giant gingerbread cookie by applying rusty hinge, vintage photo and ground espresso distress inks on that panel. I also added cookie texture all over the panel by mixing each distress ink with water to splatter droplets on the paper, as well as white ink.

Once my cookie panel was dry, I cut an opening out of it, right in the middle, using a die from the Stitched Oval 2 die set, next I white heat embossed my "Season's Greetings" sentiment from Holiday Greetings on a piece of acetate that then I attached at the back of my cookie panel.

Still at the back of the panel, I added foam stripes all along the oval opening, rubbed the foam strips edges with my powder tool to make those edges non sticky, cleaned the excess of powder using a microfiber cloth, and then poured some shaker accessories inside the oval window. And then I closed my shaker panel using a Joyful Holiday panel that I attached to the foam strips.

Next I cut a 5,5" x 4,25" red panel from the Joyful Holiday paper pack, as well as a slightly smaller vellum panel. I attached my shaker panel on top of the vellum panel, and then the vellum panel to the red panel. And to totally complete my shaker panel, I cut a white glittery frame using a die from the Stitched Oval 2 die set + another one from the Scalloped Oval Mat 1 die set, and I attached that frame around the oval window to give the illusion of icing on the gingerbread cookie.

I stamped both characters from Christmas Cookies, as well as two holly leaves from Holiday Express using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them using the coordinating dies and colored everything using my alcohol markers.

To finish my card, I white heat embossed the second part of my sentiment "Sending you sweet holiday wishes" on a red banner I cut out of a Joyful Holiday pattern paper. The words "Sending you" are from Bear Hugs, and the words "Sweet holiday wishes" are from Christmas Cookies. I attached that banner below the window, as well as the images using foam squares. And finally I added highlights on the images using a white gel pen, as well as glossy accents on the holly berries.

And that's it! I hope that you like this cute and yummy Christmas shaker card! Feel welcome to watch the process video for further details about this card (click on the image above). Thank you so much for stopping by and see you next time! 

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Hello Friends, Waleska here. Today I am sharing a very festive card mixing the Holiday Greetings Stamps and the Sledding Critters. I love colorful Christmas cards for this card I wanted to have red as the main color.

I first stamped and cut the Merry Christmas sentiment from the Holiday Greetings Stamps with red ink. I then stamped the cute Sledding Critters. I love this stamp set with all the different critters, I used copic markers to color them.  

For the base of the card I inked a piece of white cardstock with Oxide Inks in colors Peacock Feathers and Mermaid Lagoon. I wanted to add more interest and texture to this piece so I used the Moroccan Circles embossing folder.

I added this panel to a white and red bases and finally I mixed some white acrilic paint with water to create some snow! I hope you have a wonderful day, thank you so much for stopping by!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Cookies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Cookies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Moroccan Circles Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scaredy Cat Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sledding Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio