Saturday, November 26, 2022

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It's Rachel here and I have a few winter projects to share with you today that feature items from the latest Sunny Studio Stamps Release.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Card by Rachel Alvarado

The first project that I want to share with you features the adorable pup from the Dashing Dachshund stamp set. I created a one-layer slimline card (measuring at 6.5" x 3.5") by using some masking paper to mask my images while I stamped. I made sure to stamp and mask the hats, sweaters, and antlers prior to stamping the dogs so that it looked like they were actually wearing their outfits. For my background sky, I used a blend of Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Card by Rachel Alvarado

I colored my images with Copic Markers and then added some snowy white accents with both some diluted opaque white paint as well as a size 10 white gel pen to add snow on top of the dogs.

Copic Colors Used:

  • Reds: R14, R46, R89
  • Browns: E41, E43, E44, E47
  • White: 0, C00, C1, C3
Sunny Studio Stamps: Snowman Kisses Winter Themed Card by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Snow Flurries, Mini Mat & Tag Dies)

My second project is a set of mini cards using the
 Snowman Kisses Stamp Set and their coordinating dies. I stamped my images onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. For my scalloped background, I die cut some pieces of white card stock using the Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies. I layered each panel with a 3 9/16" x 2 5/16" piece of blue card stock and heat embossed some snowflakes onto them using some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder. I used the Snow Flurries Stamp Set to stamp mine (this set is retiring) but you can easily use the snowflakes that come with the Snowman Kisses Stamp Set if you like!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Snowman Kisses Winter Themed Card by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Snow Flurries, Mini Mat & Tag Dies)

I also added some stitched snow drifts using the long stitched slope dies from the
 Slimline Nature Borders Die Set. I added all of my snowmen to the cards using some 3D Foam Adhesive Tape for a pop of dimension. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Penguin Party Winter Themed Tags by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Mini Mat & Tag Dies)

Lastly, I created a trio of simple gift tags using the
 Penguin Party Stamp Set, coordinating dies, and Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies. I layered each tag with some pieces of red card stock and then stamped my sentiment from the Victorian Christmas Stamp Set. I love this sentiment because it fits perfectly and the script is gorgeous!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Penguin Party Winter Themed Tags by Rachel Alvarado (featuring Mini Mat & Tag Dies)

In order to get the red strip at the bottom of my tag, I simply die-cut the tag base from red card stock and then used my paper trimmer to trim off the edge so that I could add it to my white tag base. I once again used Copic Markers to color my images and adhered them with foam adhesive tape for added dimension. 

Copic Colors Used:

  • Reds: R14, R46, R89
  • Black/Penguin: W1, W3, W7, W9
  • Orange: YR68, YR18
  • Green: YG07, YG67
  • White: 0, C00, C1, C3

I hope you enjoyed my projects today! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! If you liked these projects and want some more crafty inspiration, please feel free to check out my INSTAGRAM feed! Wishing you all a lovely day! 

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Snow Flurries Stamps
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Slimline Nature Borders
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Victorian Christmas Stamps
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Penguin Party Stamps
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Penguin Party Dies
Penguin Party Dies
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Snowman Kisses Stamps
Snowman Kisses Stamps
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Snowman Kisses Dies
Snowman Kisses Dies
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Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies
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Friday, November 25, 2022

Dashing Dachshund Cards with Vanessa and Tina

Hello to you! Vanessa here with a fun card using the Dashing Dachshund set.
I love this cute dog image! Here I used an interactive slider card base die from Lawn Fawn to extend my scene. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Vanessa Menhorn (featuring Charming City, Scenic Route, Frilly Frame Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies)

I first stamped the houses from Charming City onto my background and inked everything with the same ink. Then I added a strip of white cardstock to the bottom to create snow. Next, I stamped all my images -  the bike from 
Paris Afternoon, the tree from Seasonal Trees, the scarf from Critters on the Go, the lights from Scenic Route, and the dogs. I colored everything with Copics, die-cut the pieces with the matching dies, and adhered the images to the card. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Vanessa Menhorn (featuring Charming City, Scenic Route, Frilly Frame Dies, Stitched Rectangle Dies)

After I had assembled the slider card, I mounted the piece to a red rectangle that was die-cut using the Stitched Rectangle Dies. I created a card base with two die-cuts of the Frilly Frames Stripes Dies and adhered the slider piece to the card. Finally, I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of red cardstock, heat-embossed it with white embossing powder, and adhered the strip to the card with foam tape before adding snowflakes with a white gel pen.

I hope you've been enjoying the dachshund inspiration all week! Have a lovely weekend!

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Hello crafty friends, it’s Tina, and today I am experimenting with a bit of mirror stamping! As soon as I saw the adorable Dashing Dachshund set, I knew I wanted to give this technique a try. And I was pleasantly surprised by how fun it was!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Tina (featuring Seasonal Trees, Reindeer Games)

To obtain a mirrored image I stamped the cute dog, his hat and sweater onto a white silicon mat with my usual Copic-friendly ink. Then I transferred these images to a piece of Neenah Solar White paper by simply placing this onto the mat and rubbing over the area where the images were stamped on the mat. When you lift off the paper you can reveal your mirrored images. Which I then fussy cut and set aside while I stamped everything again in my Misti. I also used the cute Santa and packages from the Reindeer Games set.

To create the background I added a few trees from the Seasonal Trees set, which is a great set to have in your stash since you can use it all year round. All the coloring was done with my Copic markers and as always on my Christmas cards, I added tons of snow with a white gel pen! Some fine white glitter makes the trees extra sparkly. 

For the sweaters, I first colored them with a green Copic marker and then stamped a pattern with the smallest snowflake of the Dashing Dachshund set in a contrasting dark pink color. As an extra touch, I added a white dot with my gel pen to the middle of each snowflake. Contrasting blue and white borders finish their ‘custom made’ pullovers.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Tina (featuring Seasonal Trees, Reindeer Games)

I die cut three snowbanks from white Neenah paper and inked up the edges with Distress Oxide Prize Ribbon. This color was also used for the sky portion of my card panel, and I splattered it with white paint droplets to give the illusion of snowflakes. Before assembling the card, I stamped the sentiment from the Reindeer Games set directly onto the smallest snow bank.

Next, I could adhere the trees and snowbanks to my card panel before gluing it to my card base. Lastly, I added all my images with some foam tape. The doggies are in such a rush to reach Santa that their hats are flying in the air! They remind me a lot of our dogs Mira and Lena who love running around too!!

If you haven’t tried mirror stamping before, I hope this card will inspire you to give it a try! Thank you for joining me and happy crafting!


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Stitched Rectangle Dies
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Frilly Frames Stripes Die
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Seasonal Trees Stamps
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Seaonal Trees Dies
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Scenic Route Stamps
Scenic Route Stamps
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Scenic Route Dies
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Charming City Stamps
Charming City Stamps
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Charming City Dies
Charming City Dies
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Critters on the Go Stamps
Critters on the Go Stamps
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Critters on the Go Dies
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Paris Afternoon Stamps
Paris Afternoon Stamps
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Paris Afternoon Dies
Paris Afternoon Dies
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Reindeer Games Stamps
Reindeer Games Stamps
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Reindeer Games Dies
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Thursday, November 24, 2022

Dashing Dachshund Cards with Marine and Waleska

Hey crafty friends, Marine here, Happy Thanksgiving! I'm so happy to be back on the blog with a pop-up card showcasing the ever-so-cute and fun Dashing Dachshund stamp set. My card features three lovely pups running in the snowy grass, and to complete my scene, I also picked the tree from Holiday Express.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Holiday Card by Marine Simon (featuring Holiday Express)

I started off by building the pop-up card. I cut the back panel, the front + side pieces, and the grass borders out of white cardstock, the decorative pieces out of three different papers from the 
Joyful Holiday paper pack, and white heat embossed my "Dachshund through the snow" greeting from DashingDachshund on the long decorative strip that goes on the front.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Holiday Card by Marine Simon (featuring Holiday Express)

I stamped the images on white paper using alcohol marker-friendly black ink: three dachshunds, three sweaters, as well as three hats + many trees, and I stamped each sweater a second time on pattern papers from the Joyful Holiday paper pack. I colored the images using my alcohol markers, and for the sweaters I used light grey shades to bring a little bit of shadows to those images.

Once the coloring was done, I fussy cut each sweater, stuck them on the non-colored sweaters, and then attached them on the dachshunds.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Holiday Card by Marine Simon (featuring Holiday Express)

I added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and next, I attached the images inside the box. To do a nice and clean job, with no oozing glue on the grass borders, I first attached each image to an acetate strip and then stuck the acetate strips inside the box at the back of the grass borders. Feel free to check the video to visualize the process more easily (click the image below)!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Holiday Card by Marine Simon (featuring Holiday Express)

And that's it! Love those cute little guys, they're just so fun! If you and your family celebrate it, I'm wishing you a very happy Thanksgiving, I hope you have a nice day. Thank you so much for stopping by, and see you next time!

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Hello there, Waleska here! Today I have two good friends happy to see each other again on the winter season. For my card today I used the Snowman Kisses and the Dashing Dachshund stamps. 


Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Holiday Card by Waleska Galindo (featuring Rustic Winter Dies, Snowman Kisses)

The first thing I did was the snowy background, I used oxide inks in colors Bundle Sage and Evergreen Bough I used water, sparkly watercolor, and white acrylic paint to create the snow.

I then cut some birch trees from the Rustic Winter Dies, the top of the tree is white and the back is kraft cardstock. I cut a snowy hill and I added some chunky glitter.  I stamped and colored the cute snowman and doggy ready to reunite in this cute scene.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Themed Holiday Card by Waleska Galindo (featuring Rustic Winter Dies, Snowman Kisses)

I finally added some little hearts and the sentiment to this panel, and used a kraft and red card bases.  This little scene is my favorite! Sunny Studio stamps are so amazing that you can mix and match them on all your projects. Thank you for stopping by and have a wonderful rest of your week!

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Holiday Express Stamps
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Holiday Express Dies
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Rustic Winter Dies
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Snowman Kisses Stamps
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Snowman Kisses Dies
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Joyful Holiday Paper
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Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Dashing Dachshund Cards with Alma and Marie

Hello, my dears, Alma here. This week is Black Friday Week and Sunny Studio Stamps has come up with something special. This cute Dashing Dachshund Stamp set is only available as a free gift with purchase (see details below). 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Alma Störk (featuring Snowflake Circle Frame Dies, Cozy Christmas)

I stamped the dog, the hats, the antlers, and the sweater six times and colored them in different colors. I then punched out the images with the associated punches. I chose a square format for the card. I embossed the white cardstock with the Lots of Dots Embossing Folder and punched a round hole in the middle. As a highlight, I placed the Snowflake Circle Frame Die around the circle in brown as decoration. So I created a shaker card.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Alma Störk (featuring Snowflake Circle Frame Dies, Cozy Christmas)

I made a background with the clouds from the
Slimline Nature Border Dies and wiped the sky blue with the Distress Oxides. I then drew the snowflakes with a white gel pen. Now I coloured the Christmas tree from the Cozy Christmas Stamps set and punched it out with the Cozy Christmas Dies. Finally, I glued the foil to the white cardstock and filled the shaker card with snow. Now just stick on the dogs and the black snowflakes from the Snowflake Circle Frame Dies set and they all sing "Running Around the Christmas Tree" together.

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Hello Crafty Friends!! Marie here back to share another Holiday Card Inspiration featuring the cutest mini stamp set from Sunny Studio Stamps called Dashing Dachshund. This is such a delightful mini set that's perfect to mix and match with other sets!

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Marie Marco (featuring Holiday Greetings)

As a dog person, I couldn't wait to color this little dachshund and put him in a nighttime scene where he is flying to chase a special holiday candy cane treat from Santa. All good boys get treats every day, especially Christmas! 

To create this card, I started by die-cutting 2 panels from 110lb Neenah Solar White Cardstock. I also cut two more A2-sized panels of pattern paper from the Joyful Holiday 6x6 patterned paper pack. I also used the Subtle Grey Tones 6x6 Paper. The papers used are both grey tones with white print and go so well with my theme! After cutting, I adhered each pattern paper panel to the white cardstock. I then inked the edges of both panels using Distress Oxide in Speckled Egg and Chipped Sapphire. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Marie Marco (featuring Holiday Greetings)

I then die-cut a dome shape and used a cloud stencil to create my night sky background. I inked my could stencil using Distress Oxide inks in the Color Speckled Egg, Uncharted Mariner, Chipped Sapphire, and Black Soot for that super dark edge. I then cut out a dome frame using 2 dome dies. I also die-cut some glitter snowflakes to frame the outside of the dome. 

I stamped out my Daschund image using Distress ink in Antique Linen onto watercolor paper. I colored him using Derwent Inktense water-soluble pencils. I used the candy cane element from the Penguin Party stamp set and cut it with the coordinating dies. I cut out the rest of my images using Dashing Dachshund dies. I placed my dachshund in the middle of my card in a flying position so it looked like he was chasing after his candy cane. I glued down my images using adhesive foam strips. I adhered my snowflakes using bearly art precision craft glue. 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Dashing Dachshund Winter Holiday Card by Marie Marco (featuring Holiday Greetings)

Moving on to the inside of my card, I used the Holiday Greetings Stamp to stamp out the "Merry Christmas Sentiment" using Candied Apple Distress Ink. I then used the coordinating dies to perfectly cut out my sentiment! I also used sentiments from Penguin Party to finish off my inside greetings. As a finishing touch, I added stars to the front of my card using a white Sakura Gel Pen. 

That does it for my card inspiration! Thank you so much for joining me today and I hope you all have a very Happy and Memorable Thanksgiving!!! Until next week, Happy Cardcrafting!! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Lots of Dots Embossing
Lots of Dots Embossing
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Subtle Grey Tones Paper
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Snowflake Circle Frame
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Slimline Nature Borders
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Cozy Christmas Stamps
Cozy Christmas Stamps
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Cozy Christmas Dies
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Holiday Greetings Stamps
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Holiday Greetings Dies
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Penguin Party Stamps
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Penguin Party Dies
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Joyful Holiday Paper
Joyful Holiday Paper
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