Bear Hugs Cards with Vanessa and Audrey

Hello to you! Vanessa here with a fun infinity card using the adorable Bear Hugs set.

I colored my images with Copic markers and die-cut the elements with the matching dies. The pieces for the sentiment were heat-embossed with white embossing powder. On my background papers, I inked the edges with white pigment ink and added white ink droplets for a wintery feeling.

Supplies used:
Bear Hugs stamps + dies
All Is Bright 6x6 Paper
Fluffy Clouds Dies
Slimline Nature Borders Dies

Want to see the card in action? Here you are:

I created a little tutorial, so you can make one yourself. Because I didn't have time to film and edit a video, I tried to explain it with this:

You will need 4 square paper pieces. Cut and fold piece A and B as shown. Fold at the dotted lines, then apply adhesive to the back of piece A, but only apply to the red areas. Adhere piece B to piece A and make sure to match the squares marked 1,2,3,4. Now fold open the AB piece. Cut and fold piece C as shown, apply adhesive to the red areas and adhere C to AB. Fold open the ABC piece. Cut and fold piece D, apply adhesive all over the ABC piece and adhere piece D to ABC. 

Happy weekend and thanks for visiting!

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Hello Friends!  Audrey here today with some Bear Hugs for you! 

To create my card, I pulled out the Very Merry paper pad. I love the preprinted backgrounds that are part of this collection!  I chose the night sky background, and trimmed it down to 4" x 5.25". I stamped and colored the sleeping polar bear and the floating ice image from Bear Hugs and die cut them with the coordinating Bear Hugs dies. 

I wanted a large sentiment to break up the moon image, so I pulled out the Thank You Words dies and die cut "thanks" from set and cut it twice from white cardstock and once from navy cardstock. I stacked them together for dimension. I also stamped a smaller sentiment from the Bear Hugs stamp set onto a banner die cut and popped that up underneath. 

To add more interest to the sky, I die cut a trio of the Lacy Snowflakes and placed them around the sentiment. To finish off the card panel, I added white gel pen accents, Frosted Lace Stickles to the iceberg, and a scattering of clear confetti.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Thank You Words Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lacy Snowflakes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fluffy Clouds Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Very Merry 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio

Oval Die Focused Cards with Marine and Anja

Hi crafty friends, Marine here with a tunnel shaker card featuring three super cute penguins having fun and dancing to celebrate the holidays. They are from Penguin Pals as well as the fishes, postcards and candy canes, and I also picked the tree from Feeling Frosty. I stamped those images on white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, and colored them using my alcohol markers.

Next I created the tunnel panels. I cut four 5,5 x 4,25" panels out of grey, white glitter and white cardstock as well as a grey pattern paper from the Subtle Grey Tones paper pack. I set the pattern paper panel aside and kept the three others. And using dies from Stitched Oval 2, I cut a large oval window out of the grey panel, a medium oval window out of the white glitter panel, and a small oval window out of the white panel.

I wanted this tunnel card to be a shaker card as well, so I kept the white panel and attached a piece of acetate at the back of it using liquid glue. I added foam tape at the back of each tunnel panel.

And on the white panel, I also added foam tape all around the window to create room for the sequins. I applied powder all along the inside edges of the foam around the window (the powder makes the edges of the foam non sticky and this way the sequins don't stick to it), I cleaned the acetate, and then I added a mix of white sequins, snowflakes, Pure white jewels and Crystal clear jewels into the window section. I peeled the backing off the foam tape and attached the pattern paper panel to totally close the shaker. And then I stuck the two other tunnel panel on top of this shaker panel: the white glitter one first and then the grey one on top.

To finish this tunnel nicely, I created a frame. I first used the largest die from Scalloped Oval Mat 1 to cut a white woodgrain panel, and then I used the largest die from Stitched Oval 2 to cut a window out of this woodgrain element and this way create an oval frame that I attached on the tunnel panel.

I also cut and glued a white wavy border at the bottom of the panel, and then I attached the images using liquid glue, foam squares and glue dots. Finally I white heat embossed my sentiment "It's penguining to look a lot like Christmas" from Penguin Pals on a slim blue banner that I attached at the top of the tunnel using liquid glue.

And that's it. Feel welcome to check the process video (click on the photo above) to see how easy this tunnel technique is. I hope that you will give it a try! See you next week with a new card and video!

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Hello everyone, Anja here and today I'm sharing another holiday card where I mixed and matched several fun products. The Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies and the Stitched Oval 2 Dies set the scene for the sweet Lazy Christmas sloth.

First, I created an A2 card base from white heavyweight cardstock. I die cut the peppermint stripes paper from the All Is Bright 6x6 Paper pack with the largest of the Stitched Rectangle Dies. The scalloped oval was cut from teal cardstock. I die cut the stitched oval from white cardstock as well as from Subtle Grey Tones woodgrain paper. I trimmed the patterned paper and adhered it to the bottom. I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed them with silver embossing powder.

Stamp sets and dies used:
Sloth: Lazy Christmas Stamps + Dies
Cookie plate: North Pole Stamps + Dies
Stack of gifts: Lovable Llama Stamps + Dies
Candy Cane, tree, sack (used as a pillow): Santa Claus Lane Stamps + Dies

Next, I stamped the images from several sets (find them listed below) in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I cut everything out with the coordinating dies. The fir tree was stamped in green and brown ink and I added Rainbow Pearls in matching colors as ornaments. Finally, I assembled my card by adhering everything with liquid glue.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a cozy day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Subtle Grey Tones Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Santa Claus Lane Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feeling Frosty Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovable Llama Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Lovable Llama Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Oval 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Pristine Poinsettias & Winter Greenery Focused Cards with Julia and Franci

Hello friends! It’s Julia here and today I want to share this holiday wreath card with you! 

First, I stamped my cute little reindeer from Holiday Express on Bristol Smooth cardstock and colored him with Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. Then, I die-cut lots of the Winter Greenery elements. I also used the 3rd and 4th sizes of the Stitched Circle Large dies to create a base for my wreath. I added a little ink blending with Evergreen Bough to the branches and I just layered them to make my wreath. To create the look of berries on the wreath, I adhered lots of Rubellite Pink Jewels.

For the background, I adhered the light pink plaid paper from the All Is Bright paper pad to a card base. I used the Cable Knit Embossing Folder on a piece of white cardstock, cut it down to be a little smaller than the background, and glued it down. I layered my wreath on top.

For my sentiment, I stamped the greeting from Christmas Critters on the fishtail banner from the Stitched Rectangle dies. I added a little bit of Kitsch Flamingo Distress Oxide ink to the edges of the banner to make it stand out against the white background.

Thank you so much for stopping by today and have a wonderful week!

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Hi there and happy Wednesday! It's Franci here with you today, with a pretty poinsettia festive card.

First of all I die cut all my stitched panels out of white cardstock and patterned paper from the All Is Bright 6x6 paper using the Stitched Rectangle dies. Then I die cut my poinsettia and leaves out of some white cardstock and more patterned paper from the same sets used before using the Pristine Poinsettia Die and the Winter Greenery Dies. I assembled my poinsettia together with liquid glue and then I adhered it down to my white stitched rectangle.

I stamped my sentiment from the Inside Greetings Holiday Stamps at the bottom and then adhered this panel onto the patterned paper one with foam adhesive. Then I secured everything down to my white card base. Finally I added a little heart at the bottom and some clear sequins here and there to finish my design.

I'm so happy about how this Christmas card turned out, this unexpected color combo is my fave! Have a lovely day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cable Knit Embossing Shop at: Sunny Studio
Inside Greetings-Holidays Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Large Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pristine Poinsettia Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio
All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Lacy Snowflake Die Focused Cards with Kavya and Isha

Hi folks! Kavya here with another fun project! With the holidays around the corner, I decided to make some fun tags to go with my gifts. 

I first started off by ink blending die cut Build a Tag #2 using two different distress oxide inks for each color:

• Blue: Faded Jeans and Tumbled Glass
• Green: Mowed Lawn and Shabby Shutters
• Red: Abandoned Coral and Tattered Rose

I added some Lacy Snowflake die cuts and white splatter paints to make a fun background.

Finally, I added some cute critters from Christmas Icons and sentiments from Holiday Express stamp set to finish off my tags!

I hope you liked these tags! Happy Crafting.

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Hello everyone! Isha here with a CAS mixed media card featuring our Lacy Snowflakes. I really like the size and the intricate design of these dies. 

To start, I die-cut the slimline stitched rectangle from the Slimline Scalloped Frame dies. I then applied some crackle paste to it and let it dry. Once dry, we will get fine cracks, it's tough to capture them in the photo but it really looks pretty in real life.

Now I added a light watercolor using worn lipstick distress ink to this piece. Once dry, mat it with a pink cardstock. Adhere to a white card base. Flick gold paint.

I die-cut the snowflakes using pearl paper in pink and beige. Adhere these to the card by layering them as per your liking to create some movement. Add a gold floss for some more movement. Stamp the sentiment from the Holiday Express stamp, cut in stripes, sponge some ink to the edges and adhere to the card. To finish, adhere, some Crystal Clear Jewels.

Thank you for stopping by. Have a nice day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Icons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Icons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Express Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lacy Snowflakes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Build-A-Tag #2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio