Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Sneak Peek: Happy Owlidays, Eskimo Kisses & Build-A-Tag Dies!

Hello and welcome to day 3 of our sneak peek week as we count down to our new Winter release debuting on Friday!!!

Today I'm sharing product peeks and card ideas for our new Happy Owlidays & Eskimo Kisses stamps, as well as two new Build-a-tag dies that I'm super excited for!

Card No. 1: Up first is a card featuring the new Happy Owlidays stamps and the fun wreath from that set as a window to the inside of the card. I die-cut a circle in the front of my card and then placed the wreath over the opening.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Happy Owlidays Owl Christmas Card with Holly Wreath Window

Here's a little peek at how I finished the inside of my card, inking a small circle in the center with my jumbo dauber.  The patterned paper strip along the bottom peeking out from the Stitched Scallop Border is also a fun way to have the card look cute both inside and out.

Sunny Studio Stamps: Happy Owlidays Santa Owl Stamps

Card No. 2: For my next card I couldn't wait to dress up the owl with the little present and Christmas tree costumes. To frame my trio of owls I turned to our Window Trio Square dies cut from the tree print patterned paper from our Holiday Style paper pack.  I cut the edge using our Stitched Scallop Border dies and inked behind each image using Worn Lipstick distress ink.  A big bow tied from organza with a button stitched over the knot felt like the perfect finishing touch.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Happy Owlidays Owl Be Home For Christmas Card

Card No. 3: This set comes with an icy tree branch and a stocking, ornament & jingle bell, along with strings in two lengths to have them hang from. For this card I cut my front panel using the grey & white polka-dot paper from our Holiday Cheer Paper Pack and layered it with two largest ovals from our new Stitched Oval dies.  I then inked up the center with some tumbled glass distress ink and layered my little owls over the top. In the end I didn't want to take away focus from my owl couple so I decided to save my greeting for the inside of my card.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Happy Owlidays Owl Christmas Card with Oval Frame using Stitched Oval dies

Card No. 4: For my last card I did a stamp resist technique to create the look of a chalkboard for my background using our Snow Flurries stamps.  I started by stamping my entire background with the stamp onto white cardstock using white pigment ink. I then inked over the top using my jumbo dauber with black soot distress ink, leaving a subtle snowflake print visible.  When everything had fully dried, I then heat embossed the snowflakes along the edges of my card using various stamps from our Snow Kissed Stamps.  When that was complete I then inked the center with a little bit of white pigment ink to soften the center and complete my chalkboard illusion.


This time I chose to have the little jingle bells dangle from my wreath and finished off my card using a greeting from our Alpaca Holiday Stamps heat embossed onto the banner from our Little Angels stamps.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Happy Owlidays Holly Wreath with Black Snowflake Background Christmas Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 5: Up next is a fun little 2x3 stamp set called Eskimo Kisses that comes with a bundled up boy and girl, three hearts and a scripty sentiment. There's so much cuteness & possibilities packed in a mini set!  As soon as I had them in my hands I knew they would be adorable paired with our new Cable Knit embossing folder. The rest of my card was left soft and simple to keep the focus on the texture and sweet images.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Eskimo Kisses Pink Cable Knit Embossed Christmas Card

Card No. 6: My next idea for this little couple was to pair them with our Polar Playmates stamps from last year.  The igloo, walrus and ice fishing from this set are the perfect compliment!  

For my card background I inked up my panel with Tumbled Glass distress ink and then heat embossed the snowflake print using our Snow Flurries stamps. The snowdrifts were created with our Woodland Border dies and I heat embossed the sentiment on Navy cardstock that had been cut into a pennant shape using our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Eskimo Kisses & Polar Playmates Arctic Winter Scene Christmas Card

Card No. 7:  For my last card with Eskimo Kisses I thought it would be fun to color them red for the holidays and pose them on an ice block from our Snow Kissed Stamps. As I was pulling out papers the pink snowflakes and striped prints from our Holiday Cheer Paper pack called out to me.  I stamped and colored three of the hearts from the set with my Copic markers and coated them in glossy accents.  I finished my card with a simple white stitched scallop border which felt like the perfect transition between the two prints.  I love that this little set can transition from Christmas cards to Valentine's Day cards!
Sunny Studio Stamps: Eskimo Kisses Pink & Red Winter Love Themed Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Tag Set No. 1: For my last sneak peek of the day I have two new Build-A-Tag die sets to share. Sized at 2" wide x 3-1/2" high they are a great size for mass producing simple gift tags for all your gifts like I've done here or personalizing with stamped images. 

Each set comes with two tag bases with two different bottoms and then several mix and match toppers, edges & hole reinforcers.  The combinations and options are truly endless!
Sunny Studio Stamps: Build-A-Tag Christmas Holiday Gift Tags Set

Tag Set No. 2:  Our Build-A-Tag 1 dies come with a simple 1-1/2" round tag die that is just the right size to fit into the opening of our scalloped circles from our Fancy Frames Circle Dies.  To get them to stay without falling right through the opening I punched a 1-3/4" circle from copy paper and sandwiched it between dies cut for both sides of my tag.  On one side I stamped and colored images from our Christmas Icons stamps and on the other I stamped my "to" & "from" words using that same stamp set.


Sunny Studio Stamps: Build-A-Tag Christmas Holiday Gift Tags Set (using Christmas Icons Stamps & Fancy Frames Circle Dies)

Tag Set No. 3:  For this tag set using our Build-A-Tag 2 dies I pulled out my Holiday Cheer Paper scraps that were leftover from all the cards I created throughout the release.  It was so fun making use of these small pieces that ordinarily would end up on my craft room floor or in my recycle bin. One of the prints in this paper pack includes a variety of borders that compliment so many of our stamps and dies.  They also were great all on their own as a quick way to add interest to my tags with very little effort.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Mix & Match Christmas Gift Tag set using Build-A-Tag #2 Dies

Tag Set No. 4:  While I was going I made another tag set along the same lines with our Build-A-Tag 1 dies.  This set comes with the little "v" shaped border that works as a great pop of color on both die sets.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Mix & Match Christmas Gift Tag set using Build-A-Tag #1 Dies

That wraps up my projects for the day.  I hope you've enjoyed all the peeks. Make sure to keep checking back all this week as we reveal more sets from the new release. On Friday we will be celebrating our company's third birthday with a special blog hop with loads of special guests and prizes.

Here's a closer look at the new stamps & dies used today (available for purchase on Friday, September 28th).

Sunny Studio Stamps: Happy Owlidays Owl Christmas Themed 4x6 Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set    Sunny Studio Stamps: Happy Owlidays Coordinating Low Profile Metal Cutting Dies

Sunny Studio Stamps: Eskimo Kisses Winter Boy & Girl 2x3 Clear Photopolymer Stamp Set    Sunny Studio Stamps: Eskimo Kisses Coordinating Low Profile Metal Cutting Dies

Sunny Studio Stamps: Build-A-Tag #2 Mix and Match Low Profile Metal Cutting Dies    Sunny Studio Stamps: Build-A-Tag #1 Mix and Match Low Profile Metal Cutting Dies

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Christmas Icons Stamps
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Stitched Scallop Dies
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Sunny Borders Dies
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Memento Tuxedo Black Marker
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Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
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Polar Playmates Stamps
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Polar Playmates Dies
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Snow Flurries Stamps
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Ric Rac Border Dies
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Fancy Frames-Circle Dies
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Fancy Frames- Rectangles
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Window Trio- Square Die
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Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper
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Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper
Gingham Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper
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Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper
Dots & Stripes Jewel Tones 6x6 Paper
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Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper
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Cable Knit Embossing
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Alpaca Holiday Stamps
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Stitched Oval Dies
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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

Sneak Peek: Alpaca Holiday Stamps, Warm & Cozy Dies & New Paper!

Hello and welcome to day 2 of our sneak peek week as we count down to our new Winter release debuting on Friday!

Today I'm sharing product peeks and card ideas for some adorable wintery themed stamps and dies, along with a brand new Holiday Cheer 6x6 paper pack.  Yay!  I can't can't wait to get started!

Card No. 1:  Up first is a card using our new Alpaca Holiday Stamps.  I normally lean towards bright colors, but the soft colors of my alpaca images made me want to do something pastel and I loved how the aqua and cotton candy pink sky looked with them. 

The set comes with a 3.75" mountain border so to have it cover my entire card, I stamped an extra and overlapped one of the peeks to have it look continuous.  For my sky I heat embossed our Frosty Flurries stamps with some white embossing powder onto a background that had been sponged with Spun Sugar distress ink.  For my snowy hills, I cut three borders using our Woodland Border Dies and then sponged the edges with tumbled glass distress ink.  


As a final finishing touch I stamped my sentiment using the pennant from our Fancy Frames Rectangle dies.  This die actually only has the "v" on one side so I left half of it hanging off my cutting plates and then flipped it around and did the same thing on the other side.  The stitching grooves "lock" the die in place so it's a fun trick to get extra life from the die. ;)
Sunny Studio Stamps: Alpaca Holiday Pastel Pink & Aqua Snowy Winter Christmas Card

Card No. 2:  For my next card I used another die-cutting trick where I cut our Happy Word die three times: once from red cardstock, once from the green patterned paper and once from white cardstock.  When I cut it from the red I positioned it where I wanted it to be on my card front and I once again hung the end of the die off the edge so it wouldn't cut from the end of my letter "h".  I then backed it out of my die-cutting machine before I cut the opposite end of the letter "y" as well.  I then used a ruler with an cutting knife to cut my frame around the word.  From there I filled in the background pieces with the negative space left from my white and green papers and heat embossed the word "holidays" using our Happy Thoughts stamps.

Many of the alpacas in this set have striped scarfs or hats so you can do come fun combinations to make them match each other or your patterned papers.  Love how they look as a colorful striped print!
Sunny Studio Stamps: Alpaca Holiday "Happy Holidays" Christmas Card

Card No. 3: For my third card I embossed a piece of ivory cardstock using our new Cable Knit Embossing Folder.  I think it's such a cute compliment to these little guys! I repeatedly stamped the same image three times and colored them just slightly different and topped them with a little santa hat that comes as a separate accessory.  

Even though these are technically alpacas I couldn't resist the urge to create a custom Christmas sentiment using our new Loopy Letter dies (which will be fully unveiled on Friday).  Our Ric Rac border dies cut from red cardstock added a little extra pop of color and a fun detail to finish off my card.
Sunny Studio Stamps Alpaca Holiday Fa La La Llama Ivory Christmas Card (using Cable Knit embossing folder)

Card No. 4: For my final alpaca card, I thought it would be fun to create a scene using the two little gift images from the set.  I framed my scene using our new Stitched Oval dies layered together with our Fancy Frames Oval dies.  For a subtle pattern in my background, I stamped the the gifts and the little stars from the set onto kraft cardstock using Colorbox Gingersnap Ink.  I finished off my card with a sentiment borrowed from a set I'll be revealing tomorrow.  I heat embossed the greeting onto a piece of red cardstock and clipped the ends using our Fishtail Banner dies.

Card No. 5:  Up next is a super fun die set call Warm & Cozy.  It comes with all the parts and pieces you need to create personalized Hats, mittens and hot cocoa mugs (or even coffee depending on how you lean).  ;)

For my card I cut my pieces from pink and brown patterned paper using a variety of small prints from our 6x6 paper pads (linked below). I created my grid design using the second from the smallest scalloped square from our Fancy Frames Square dies and inked up the background behind them with some Spun Sugar distress ink. I just love how these colors look together!
Sunny Studio Stamps: Warm & Cozy Winter Hat, Mittens & Hot Cocoa Christmas Card by Mendi Yoshikawa


Card No. 6: For my next project I created a set of holiday gift tags using the hot cocoa mug together with a new tag die you'll be seeing more of tomorrow and our brand new Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper Pack.  There are so many fun prints that are sized just right to embellish your tags and cards.  So fun, right?!  I'm pretty smitten with them. Better yet, the back of each paper in the pack has a great tone-on-tone print that I can't get enough of.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Warm & Cozy Hot Cocoa Christmas Gift Tags by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 7:  Rainbow hats?!  Yes, please. I love that this die set comes with the stripes, polka-dots, chevron stripe, two different pom-pom options, plus a snowflake and heart all to decorate the hats, mittens and mugs with to your hearts content.  I had a grand time playing and experimenting with all the combinations that can be created! 

I finished my card with a sentiment heat embossed from our Heartfelt Greetings stamps which was paired with our Wishes Word die.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Warm & Cozy Warm Winter Wishes Hat Christmas Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 8:  For my next card I wanted to use one of the borders from our new 6x6 paper pad together with the Hot Cocoa die.  For my steam I used the wind stamp from our Fall Kiddos stamps, stamped in a light grey onto my background.  The sentiment from our Mug Hugs stamps couldn't have been more perfect.  In fact all of the sentiments from that set are a great compliment to these dies.
Sunny Studio Stamps: Warm & Cozy We Go Together Like Cocoa & Marshmallows Holiday Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Card No. 9:
For my final card of the day I created a colorblocked background to ground my little mittens which were cut from patterns found in our Rainbow Bright paper packI borrowed the words from our new Alpaca Holiday Stamps 
for my greeting .  I love how the words have been separated in this set for ultimate flexibility and endless phrasing options!
Sunny Studio Stamps: Warm & Cozy Winter Wishes Snowflake Mittens Rainbow Holiday Card by Mendi Yoshikawa

Phew!  Are you still with me? I hope you've enjoyed today's sneak peeks. I'd love to hear what you think.  You're comments mean so much and I love reading every one of them.  :)

Make sure to keep checking back all this week as we reveal more sets from the new release.  On Friday we will be celebrating our company's third birthday with a special blog hop with loads of special guests and prizes.

Here's a closer look at the new Holiday Cheer 6x6 paper pack, stamps & coordinating dies used today (available for purchase on Friday, September 28th). 


Sunny Studio Stamps: Alpaca Holiday 4x6 Clear Photopolymer Stamps    Sunny Studio Stamps: Alpaca Holiday Coordinating Low Profile Metal Cutting Dies  

Sunny Studio Stamps: Warm & Cozy Winter Hat, Mittens & Hot Cocoa Low Profile Metal Cutting Dies       Sunny Studio Stamps: Holiday Cheer 6x6 Double Sided Christmas & Winter Themed Patterned Paper Pack

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Fishtail Banner Dies
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Heartfelt Wishes Stamps
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Mug Hugs Stamps
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Wishes Word Die
Wishes Word Die
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Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
Memento Tuxedo Black Ink Pad
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Memento Tuxedo Black Marker
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Tsukineko Jumbo Dauber
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Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Frosty Flurries Stamps
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Ric Rac Border Dies
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Fancy Frames-Square Dies
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Fancy Frames- Ovals
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Fancy Frames- Rectangles
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Fall Kiddos Stamps
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Happy Thoughts Stamps
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Happy Word Die
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Versafine Onyx Black Ink
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Woodland Borders Dies
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Cable Knit Embossing
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Versafine Clair Ink- Acorn
Versafine Clair Ink- Acorn
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