Treat Bag Topper Die Focused Card with Tammy

Hello friends! Tammy here with another fun Sunny Studio project! One of my favorite things to make are favors, or little gifts. Before I became a card maker, I got started in paper crafting making handmade party favors for my daughter's birthday, so it's always fun to get back to my "roots"! I had so much fun making these Valentine themed treat bags for my girls' using the new Treat Bag Topper Dies.

To begin, I stamped the images from Bighearted Bears, colored with Copic markers, and die cut with the Bighearted Bears Dies. Next, using the Treat Bag Topper Dies, I cut toppers from red and pink cardstock. I die cut the included stitched rectangle mat using Bristol smooth cardstock, then ink blended the mats with Spun Sugar and Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide inks.

I stamped the mats with the sentiments from Bighearted Bears in black ink, highlighting the 'beary' in red ink, then attached them to the treat bag toppers. I adhered the stamped images with foam tape then added some stamped red hearts.

I die cut white tags from the Window Quad Square Dies, stamped Happy Valentine's Day (also from Bighearted Bears) and red hearts, then tied them to the treat toppers with red and white bakers twine. Lastly, I attached the toppers to little clear bags filled with Valentine Hershey kisses. These are such fun little gifts; I will definitely be reaching for the Treat Bag Topper Die often for upcoming occasions!

Thanks so much for stopping by! See you next time!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Window Quad Square Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Treat Bag Topper Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Bighearted Bears Cards with Ashlee Bellinger

Hey, Sunny Studio friends it's Ashlee and I'm super excited to be back again with another guest post here at Sunny Studio Stamps. I'm also excited because I got to create with some of the brand new release that's available celebrating Spring and Valentine's.

Here are the products I used for my first card :

- Bighearted Bears Stamps / Bighearted Bears Dies

- Dotted Diamond Portrait die

- My Heart Stamps / My Heart Dies

To create this card I started with a dark pink card stock base. I then got a light pink card and added a touch of ink blending to it with Catherine Pooler ink before splattering it with water giving it a mottled effect. Once that was dry I die-cut it using the Dotted Diamond Portrait die before adhering it to the card base. 

Now it was time to add all the super cute elements to create a Valentine-themed card. 

Using the My Heart Stamps I selected one of the sentiments and heat embossed it on black card stock using WOW! Opaque bright white embossing powder before die cutting it with the coordinating My Heart Dies and adhering in place with liquid glue.

I stamped, coloured and die-cut a bunch of the Bighearted Bears images. These were all coloured using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers with added white pen highlights. Using foam tape I added varying depths of the tape to the back of all the images so I could adhere them in place and create dimension on the card with the sweet little scene! To complete the card I added a touch of pretty sequins.

Onto my second card. For this one, I used these products :

- Bighearted Bears stamp / Bighearted Bears Dies

- Dotted Diamond Portrait Die

- My Heart Stamps / My Heart Dies

- Gift Card Envelope Die

To create this one I started with a light grey card stock base, added some Catherine Pooler grey ink and then splattered with water creating the same effect for the card base as I did for my first card. Die cut also using the dotted diamond die. 

The new Gift Card Envelope Die is too cute, I couldn't resist using that to add a sweet little envelope to the centre of my card. I die-cut it from light pink card stock before folding and adhering it into place. I also wanted it to look like it had a little letter inside so I cut a piece of white card to add inside it.

I stamped, coloured and die-cut three of the Bighearted Bears before adhering them in place with foam tape on the little card. All coloured using Spectrum noir tri-blend markers with added white pen highlights!

This sentiment was also heat embossed using WOW! Opaque bright white powder on black cardstock before die-cutting with the coordinating die and adhering to the envelope with foam tape for more dimension. I love using foam tape on my cards just to make the scene pop up off the card.

And of course, to finish it all off a touch of sequins, I just can't go without adding some!

That's all for my cards today, I really hope you enjoyed them and thank you for having me as a guest here with you all at Sunny Studio Stamps. Big crafty hugs!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	My Heart Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	My Heart Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bighearted Bears Gift Tags with Nicky

Hello everyone, this is Nicky with you today on the Sunny blog and I'm sharing some very cute Valentine's themed gift tags with you. These tags feature the Bighearted Bears stamp set and would work well tied to a package of candy or a Valentine's gift. I have done two styles of gift tags so keep reading to see the second style.

For this first trio of tags, I die cut both bright pink and white cardstock using the Scalloped Tags Circle Dies and the mini sentiment tags come from the Wrap Around Box Die.

I masked and ink blended each white die cut and splashed to distress the background. I stamped in some little hearts. I then die cut trees, hearts and clouds using the Comic Strip Everyday Die and adhered these in position. I assembled the mini tags and stamped the sentiment from the words included in Bighearted Bears at a fun angle. I assembled the tags, glueing the different parts together.

I stamped the bears and accessory images from Bighearted Bears in black ink and coloured with the following Copic marker combinations:

Bears - T5, T4, T3, C3, C1, C00, RV10 (blush)
Pink - V06, RV17, RV06
Envelopes - C1, C0, B000
Clouds - C1, C0, B000

I highlighted with a white gel pen and die cut using the coordinating dies and applied everything either directly with glue or popped up on dimensional foam tape. To finish this group of tags I backed the white tags with dimensional foam tape and applied the bright pink die cuts to the back to make the tags heavier and more interesting, then I passed pink and white baker's twine through the tag and cinched the twine together with a cheerful pink ribbon bow.

Not satisfied yet, I decided to make a shaker tag version. I cut three of the scalloped tags for this shaker version and I also cut a sheet of acetate so that I could create a shaker window which I filled with glitter and a variety of sequins and hearts.

For this tag I used the coordinating mini scalloped die from the Scalloped Tags Circle Dies for my sentiment and my colouring of the bears etc is exactly the same as for the tags above except that my pink combination here is RV17, RV55 and RV23.  

I hope you feel inspired to create your own little tags for your Valentine's gifts and I wish you a wonderful day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Comic Strip Everyday Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Wrap Around Box Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Circle Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bighearted Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Love Birds Card with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this winter card featuring two Love Birds which is a set I like a lot because you can use it for all the seasons: color the birds in aqua, bright pink or yellow and you get tropical birds, color them in brown and they're perfect for Fall, and color them like I did on today's card, and you get beautiful winter birds. So many possibilities!

I started off by creating the background, and I wanted to get a snowy sky so I used lost shadow and hickory smoke oxide inks along with a cloud stencil from my stash to achieve that. And once my 5,5 x 4,25 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel was covered in clouds, I added some texture to make it more interesting: I mixed some hickory smoke oxide ink with water and used a small brush to make splatters all over the panel, and then I did the same with black soot oxide ink and with copic opaque white ink.

While my panel was drying, I stamped my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them all using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers and Graph'it brush markers. And along with two birds, the branch, flowers and leaves from Love Birds, I picked the birdhouse, nest and two birds from Little Birdie, and the snowflakes from Holiday Hugs.

Next I stuck all the images on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, leaving enough space for my sentiment, and once everything was attached, I stamped my "Sending winter hugs" greeting from Holiday Hugs using black Versafine ink. As always I finished my card by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen. And that's it! 

I hope that my card will inspire you to use those sweet Love Birds all year long and not just on Valentine cards. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next week!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Little Birdie Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Little Birdie Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Love Birds Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Love Birds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Gift Card Envelope Die Focused Card with Tina

Hi crafty friends, Tina here and today we are integrating the cute Gift Card Envelope die into a card design. Of course, this die is totally adorable on its own and you can create the sweetest little card projects. But I thought it would be fun to create a little scene and have a Garden Fairy fly out of the envelope!

To start, I created a white A2 card base and grabbed a colorful flower paper from the Flirty Flowers pack. This set is one of my favorites, not only do you get gorgeous pastel colors, but one side of the papers has a heart pattern whilst the other side are flowers. I love having these versatile paper pads that give you a ton of options! For this fairytale card I opted for a beautiful purple tone and cut the panel with the outside border die from Frilly Frames Chevron. I glued this piece directly to the card base.

For my Gift Card Envelope I selected another purple paper, polka dots this time from the Dots & Stripes Pastels pad. The envelope is very easy to assemble, I just used a few strips of narrow double-sided tape to connect the flaps.

Next, I stamped and die cut my elements for the scene from the Garden Fairy and Garden Critters sets. All the coloring was done with my favorite medium, being Copic markers. I kept the color palette simple sticking with purples, pinks, and blues. Isn’t it great that in cardmaking you can have pink mushrooms and ladybugs!

For a grassy border I used the same paper as the background and one of the Mini Grass Border dies. I placed all the elements I had so far on my card and decided I needed a big bold sentiment. Since I am always in need of birthday cards I used this sentiment from the Big Bold Greetings set and cut it with the matching die. Another set that is an absolute staple piece for any craft room!

Finally, I mounted the envelope to the card base and build the scene. I love how the fairy seems to fly out! Lastly, I added the sentiment and a few pink gems from the Pastel Jewels mix.

Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Flirty Flowers 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dots & Stripes Pastels 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Chevron Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Fairy Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Big Bold Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Big Bold Greetings Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Gift Card Envelope Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Grass Border Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio