Roly Poly Penguins Red Gingham Winter Holiday Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi popping in to share some winter-themed holiday cards featuring our Roly Poly Penguins Stamps. 

I made all my cards today using the same basic elements, only changing out the penguin, the object he (or she) is holding, and the customized greeting. I started by trimming a sheet of white 120 lb. cardstock into four A2-sized panels, which I die-cut and embossed with the Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die. I then inked them up using the coordinating Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils using Candied Apple Distress Ink. 

I filmed a short video showing how those products were designed to work together HERE. 

Next, I worked on creating my focal point scenes. I cut the largest Scalloped Circle 2 Die from white cardstock and then layered it over a Scalloped Circle 1 Die cut from red cardstock. I cut a 2-7/8" Stitched Circle Large Die from white cardstock and inked it with Peacock Feathers Distress ink for my sky with white gel pen dots for snowfall. I cut another partial circle from white cardstock and die-cut a stitched slope through the center using the Slimline Nature Border Dies to form my snowy hill. As the star of each card, I paired the Roly Poly Penguins Stamps with the tree and gift images from the Holiday Express Stamps. Last, I heat-embossed a customized greeting to fit each individual card theme using the Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamps, which I added to the Brilliant Banner 4 Die cut from aqua cardstock.

Here's a closer look at the four cards from this set, which I created assembly line style. Making cards as small sets, like this one, with your supplies already out and ready, is a great way to speed up cardmaking while keeping the creative process interesting.

Card No. 1: "Wishing You Warm Holiday Wishes" Penguin with Hot Cocoa Mug

Card No. 2: "May You Be Wrapped in Happiness" Penguin with Gifts

Card No. 3: "May Your Days Be Merry & Bright" Penguin with Candy Cane

Card No. 4: "Sending Joy Across the Miles" Penguin with Santa Letter to the North Pole

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 

Supplies Used: 

Roly Poly Penguin Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Roly Poly Penguin Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Circle Mat 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Buffalo Plaid Diagonal Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Buffalo Plaid Straight Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Diagonal & Straight Stripes Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Brilliant Banner 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio

Penguin Party Card with Hanh

Hello Crafty Friends! This is Hanh on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today sharing a fun slimline Christmas card featuring these adorable Penguin Party and the Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamp sets on a Scalloped Tag Circle and Slimline Scalloped Frame background.

I used the smaller die from the Scalloped Tag Circle Dies set to die cut three tags out of Neenah Solar White 110 lb cardstock. I stamped the images from the Penguin Party Stamp set onto the tags with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I also stamped a few hollies from the Hedgey Holidays Stamps set onto a piece of Neenah cardstock and used the coordinating Hedgey Holidays Dies to die cut them out. I colored the images with Copic markers and accented with a white gel pen.

COPIC COLORS:
Penguins: T4/5/7, W00/0/1, Y38 YR04, R000/20
Red: R14/24/29/39
Light Green: YG11/13
Dark Green: YG06/07/09
White: C00/1/3

For the sentiment, I took a piece of pink cardstock (3" x 8") and used the colored tags to roughly layout my design and align the sentiment. I used the Build-a-Greeting Holidays Stamp set from the latest release to create the "Have a Holly Jolly Christmas" sentiment. I stamped the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink directly onto the pink panel. This is such a handy sentiment stamp set. It easily allowed for a variety of sentiments that can be broken up into segments to fit your design. 

For the layout, I used the Slimline Scalloped Frame Dies to die cut a panel out of white cardstock. I adhered the pink panel with liquid adhesive. The hollies were adhered with liquid adhesive. I used twine to tie some bows onto the tags and adhered them to the panel with foam tape for a bit of dimension and interest.

I appreciate you taking the time to stop by and visit today. I hope you liked my card. Be sure to check out the Sunny Studio Stamps Shop for more info and ideas. Please also visit my INSTAGRAM feed for more inspirations.

Have a wonderful and crafty day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Scalloped Tags-Circle Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hedgey Holidays Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hedgey Holidays Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-a-Greeting Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio

Christmas Home & Victorian Christmas House Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi popping in to share some holiday cards featuring our Christmas Home Stamps and Victorian Christmas Stamps.

My first card combines the house from the Victorian Christmas Stamps with the house, car, tree, snowman, lamp post, and sentiments from the Christmas Home Stamps. I started by adding a multi-colored strip of patterned paper to the bottom of my card using a print from the Joyful Holiday Paper pack. I then added a 4-1/4" wide x 4-7/8" high white cardstock panel to the top of my card that had stitching added to the bottom edge using a die from the Ribbon & Lace Border Dies. Before stamping my greeting, I inked below it with some Tumbled Glass Distress ink to maintain the feeling of a 2x2 grid.

I created an evening scene for my second card using the house, fence, and trees from the Christmas Home Stamps. To frame the scene and give myself a place for a night sky, I inked up our Stitched Semi-Circle Dies with Mermaid Lagoon, Salty Ocean, and Prize Ribbon Distress Inks. I then stamped Santa in his sleigh with his reindeer flying through the sky in a black silhouette using the Here Comes Santa Stamps. 

I used my white gel pen to add snowflake dots to the background and then curved my sentiment from the Christmas Home Stamps to match the curve along the top of my semi-circle. Curving your sentiments is easy to do when placing a piece of acetate over your card in MISTI tool. It gives you a slick surface to adhere the stamps to and the freedom to visually position the stamps exactly where you want them on your card. You can then close your lid to pick up the images and set the acetate aside for next time. I use clear acetate so much with my stamping that I always store a trimmed sheet with my stamp positioning tool. 

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Don't forget to check out the Christmas Home Stamps, Victorian Christmas Stamps, and Stitched Semi-Circle Dies in our online shop, which are currently on sale!

Also, please check out all the card ideas using these sets on each of their product pages. I always make sure to upload tons of card ideas following the product image, so there are lots of ideas to scroll through, organized by set.

Supplies Used: 

Christmas Home Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Home Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Victorian Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Victorian Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Here Comes Santa Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Semi-Circle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ribbon & Lace Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Versafine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Pen Shop at: Sunny Studio

Holy Night Nativity Christmas Cards with Mendi

Hello and welcome! This is Mendi popping in to share some nativity Christmas cards featuring our Holy Night Stamps.

My first card showcasing the Holy Night Stamps utilizes as many images from the set as I could squeeze onto my A2-sized card panel. Before adhering any images, however, I started by inking the center of my card panel with Mustard Seed Distress Ink. I then hand-cut a curved mask, taking turns using both halves. For the ground, I inked the bottom of the card with Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks. For the sky, I added Mermaid Lagoon around the glowing yellow center and then layered on Prize Ribbon and Chipped Sapphire Distress ink around the outer edges. To add additional layers to the nativity scene, I incorporated the palm trees from the Sending Sunshine Stamps and the Tropical Scenes Stamps. I then heat-embossed the glimmering star above the baby Jesus and the sentiment from the Holy Night set, before adding white dots for stars to the sky with a gel pen.

For my second card, I used that same curved mask I had fussy cut with my scissors for the first card to ink the light ray layers for the shining Star of Bethlehem. I first started by inking the center of my card panel with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. I then took turns inking the two outer corners with Chipped Sapphire and re-adjusted the mask to rotate down on each corner before inking each side again with Salty Ocean. Finally, I removed all the masks and inked from the outside edges of the panel with Mermaid Lagoon, fading towards the center to leave it lightest with the Tumbled Glass ink peeking through. When I was done, I thoroughly dried the cardstock panel with my heat gun and used anti-static powder to prepare the surface for embossing the stars.

Next, I cut a curved stitched hill using the Slimline Nature Border Dies and blended Antique Linen with Vintage Photo along the bottom corners, which would be darker and further from the light. Once I had the stable, Mary, Joseph, and the Baby Jesus roughly laid in place from the Holy Night Stamps, I took turns stamping the stars from the Baby Elephants Stamps and heat-embossing with White Detail Embossing Powder and Wow! Opaque Pastel Blue embossing powder. I then added the smallest two twinkly star images from the Holy Night set and filled in with some white dots, which were added with a gel pen. Lastly, I heat-embossed a sentiment in white from the Inside Greetings Christmas Stamps.

That wraps up my projects for today. Thanks so much for hanging out with me. I hope I've inspired you to spread a little happiness by sending out a card to someone you love. 💛

Supplies Used: 

Holy Night Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holy Night Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Inside Greetings-Christmas Shop at: Sunny Studio	Baby Elephants Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sending Sunshine Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sending Sunshine Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	PinkFresh Studio Blending Brushes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Hero Arts White Detail Shop at: Sunny Studio	VersaMark Watermark Ink Shop at: Sunny Studio