Monday, October 10, 2016

Night Time Gleeful Reindeer Scene with Eloise

Hello everyone! Eloise here and I'm back with my card for this week. I was inspired by a card I did a few months ago for a previous Sunny Studio release, but I switched it up a little and came up with this super cute reindeer card! This is the new Gleeful Reindeer stamp set that has just been released along with the Merry word die as well. I love these word dies, they're so versatile and fun! 

Sunny Studio Stamps: Gleeful Reindeer Grid Style Christmas Card by Eloise Blue.

To begin my card today I first started off with die cutting 6 squares to use on my card. You don't have to use dies if you don't want too, since they're square - you can just use your trimmer! I just used dies because they were convient for me. I then pulled the stamps I wanted to use from the Gleeful Reindeer stamp set and stamped each of the images I wanted down in the squares. I did have to use some masks since I wanted things to appear in front and behind and I wanted these pieces to be completely flat. Once all the stamping was done I used my Copic Markers and coloured in all the images.

Once all the colouring was done I wanted to colour in the backgrounds of each of the squares, so I stamped my images once again on masking paper and covered them up. I then used a couple of Distress Inks and ink blended over the images and created the night sky look. While the masks were still colouring the images, I also used my favourite water splotch technique and splatted a litter water over each square also.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Gleeful Reindeer Grid Style Christmas Card by Eloise Blue.

Now that all the colouring was done I could start bringing my card together. I first pulled some red and white striped patterned paper from my stash and adhered that down to my white 4" x 5 1/2" cardbase. I then pulled another piece of white cardstock and used an embossing folder to give that plain white piece some texture and interest and I stuck that on top of my patterned paper piece with some fun foam. I then used some foam adhesive to adhere down my squares onto that white piece. I made sure they were basically all even on there too - I used a t-square ruler to help with that.

Now my card was basically done I needed a sentiment. I was dying to use the Merry die so I die cut that out of some fun foam and gold mirror cardstock and adhered the two together and then on my card. For the word christmas, I masked off one of the sentiments in the set and white heat embossed it on some black cardstock. Then I adhered it down flat to my card. For a last finishing touch I used some Wink of Stella and added a little clear shimmer onto some of the images. You have to have a little sparkle on Christmas cards, right?

Thanks for stopping by today, I hope you enjoyed and got inspired. Make sure you stop by the blog for the rest of week to see the other ladies projects for the week, they're going to be amazing!

- Eloise

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Sunday, October 9, 2016

Sunny Studio Winter Release Giveaway Winners!


Thank you everyone who joined our Winter Release festivities this week!  It was such a joy having you help me celebrate.  Without further ado, the winners of our five $20 gift codes are... 

Monday, Oct 3
Heidi Hurley

Tuesday, Oct 4
Karen Linkogle

Wednesday, Oct 5
Gilda (McStamper)

Thursday, Oct 6
Jo Williams

Friday, Oct 7
Sue Martin

Ladies, I have emailed you.  For everyone else, there's still two days left to take advantage of our free shipping offer. Please note that with Columbus Day on Monday, any orders placed in the next two days will go out on Tuesday.  :)


Don't forget you can also combine the free shipping offer with our SAVE5 promo code on orders over $49.  

Hope you have a wonderful and relaxing Sunday. :)


Saturday, October 8, 2016

Sunny Saturday Share: Customer Fall & Winter Cards


Hello Peeps!  I just wanted to thank you for your overwhelming support this past week.  Your sweet comments truly made my week extra special.   I think our paper crafts industry is filled with some of the sweetest souls around.

I thought I would take this Saturday to share a handful of gorgeous customer cards that caught my eye over the past couple of weeks.


City Streets Scene Card by Vanessa


Sunny Studio Stamps: City Streets Scene Card by Vanessa

Bundled Up Penguin Shaker Card by Andreea Raghina


Sunny Studio Stamps: Bundled Up Penguin Shaker Card by Andreea Raghina

Autumn Splendor Fall Leaves Card by Cassie Tezak


Sunny Studio Stamps: Autumn Splendor Fall Leaves Card by Cassie Tezak

City Streets Fall Scene Card by Julene VanKleeck


Sunny Studio Stamps: City Streets Scene Card by Julene VanKleeck

Snow Kissed Skiing Penguin Card by Nicky



Gleeful Reindeer Card by my friend Lorna.  :)


Thank you so much for sharing your beautiful cards with us.  Please keep 'em coming.  Tag me with the hashtag #sunnystudiostamps on Instagram, our facebook page or in our flickr group for your chance to be featured here in our next Sunny Saturday Share feature.  :)

Also, mark your calendars.  Two weeks from today I will kick off a fall themed challenge.  ;)  






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Friday, October 7, 2016

Simon Says Stamp Guest Post with Sneak Peeks

I'm sharing some bonus cards over on the Simon Says Stamp blog today.  I hope you will hop over there to see the full reveal and read more about how I created each card.  :)  

Gleeful Reindeer Card

Sunny Studio Stamps: Gleeful Reindeer Holiday Christmas Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

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Holiday Style Card
Sunny Studio Stamps Holiday Style Pink Hanging Ornaments Christmas Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

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Little Angels Card

Sunny Studio Stamps: Little Angels & Angelic Sentiments Holiday Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

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Mug Hugs Card

Sunny Studio Stamps: Mug Hugs Cup of Cheer Christmas Holiday Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

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Also, don't forget there's still time to enter our five giveaways for the week using the rafflecopter at the bottom of each day's post from this week.  Contest ends Saturday night at midnight PST. ;)