Santa's Helpers: Happy Howlidays Christmas Card with Audrey

Hello there! Audrey here with a card featuring the Santa's Helper's stamp set.  It was difficult trying to decide which images to use for my project today, but then as I was coloring them, I had a lightbulb moment.  At first when looking at this image I didn't see a cocker spaniel, but then I decided to color the patch of hair under their chin like a bandanna and suddenly I thought they started looking like my babies!  I'm so excited to finally have a stamp that looks like them!

I started off by watercoloring a piece of Tim Holtz watercolor paper with my Artist's Loft watercolor set from Michaels.  When it was dry, I ran it through my die-cut machine to give it a stitched edge. I wanted to bring in a bit of red to coordinate with the Santa's hats so I pulled out a piece of red and white striped patterned paper from my stash.  I popped the dogs up using foam tape after die-cutting them with their coordinating dies.  I stamped a sentiment from the set on a speech bubble die-cut and then added some diecut snowflakes which are also included in the Santa's Helpers die set.  To add a bit of sparkle around the snowflakes, I added some sparkling clear sequins, and then mounted the panel on a dark green card base using foam tape.  Finally, I added a bow with my favorite red and white bakers twine.

That's all for me today!  I hope you like my card!  Be sure to stop back by tomorrow with more inspiration from the design team!  Happy Thanksgiving to you!!

Santa's Helpers Purrfect Kitty Cat Christmas Card with Heidi

Hello everybody, welcome back to the Sunny Studio Stamp blog!  This week we are introducing the Santa's Helpers stamps and coordinated die set. This stamp set is perfect for all you cat and dog lovers out there. Here is my card that I created to share with you today.  I hope you'll enjoy it!

For this card I stamped and colored the images using Copic Markers.   I then created a brick background on a piece of red cardstock using a stencil.  I added a scalloped glittery green border and hung the stockings with the kittens on top using some festive colored bakers twine. 

I stamped the sentiment directly onto the card base along with a little paw print from the set. I also added some detail with a white gel pen on the stockings. 

The "Santa's helpers" stamp and die set are available at the Sunny Studio Stamp shop.  We can't wait to see what you create with them!   Have a lovely day!

A Santa's Helpers Kitty Card with Free Fireplace Cutting File

I just wanted to pop in and share a peek of a card using our Santa's Helpers stamps that's being featured over on the CardMaker​ blog today.  

I hope you will visit for a closer look and to get a free download of the fireplace shaped card cutting file.  ;)

Santa' s Helpers Cat Tangled In Christmas Lights Card by Melissa

Hello everyone, Melissa here. Today I have a card to share with you using the Santa’s Helpers stamp set. I love all the cute critters in the set but my favorite has to be this little kitty dressed up as a Christmas tree. He is too cute! 

To create this card I first stamped the cat image onto a piece of blank cardstock and then masked him off with masking paper. I then die cut a hill border with masking paper and placed that over the bottom portion of the card, this would become the snowy hill. I then worked on inking up the sky. This time I used Simon Says Stamp inks and they worked perfectly! I added a light yellow around the cat to make him look like he was glowing and worked my way out to the edges of the card using darker blues. 

To finish off the sky I stamped a Santa and reindeer flying over head and added some dots of white gel pen for the stars. I then removed the masks from the cat and the hill. I colored the cat with Copic markers and added some shadow to the snowy hill. To finish off the card I embossed the greeting with red embossing powder and mounted the card on top of some white and red papers. 

I hope you enjoyed the card for today!   Don't forget that the Sunny Studio Online Store is having a 20% off sale that ends tonight at Midnight (using the code: SCTMagazine).

Thanks for stopping by!

Sunny Saturday Share: Birthday Smiles Ice Cream & Cupcake Cards

Hello there!  For today's Sunny Saturday share I have some special cards created by my good friend Cara Goedeking using our Birthday Smiles Stamps.

Cara Says...

For my first card I paper-pieced the cupcakes and used dimensional magic on the cherries with Mr. Huey's mist on the background."

For my second card I wanted to keep it really simple. I used the balloon string to do the wave effect...I used 2 different colored stamp pads on each string and then used a glue pen and sprinkled with prism glitter. I stamped the cone on cork patterned paper and used some more dimensional magic on the heart "nose".  I love this set...it's so much fun to play with!

Didn't Cara do a great job?!  I love her creative touches with the balloon string and heart nose.  I also love how she mixed things up with her cupcakes! 

While we're on the topic of ice cream cones and cupcakes, I have another darling card  shared with us on our Flickr group last week by Graciellie Design.  

I think Graciellie's card is so fun mixing the birthday icons with a holiday spin and I love her color scheme!  :)

I hope you enjoy the rest of your Saturday and that you see some sun in your neck of the woods.  :)

Harvest Happiness I Love You Tag with Marion + Sale & Giveaway

Hello, it's Marion here with a very different and unexpected way to use the Happiness Harvest stamp set.

When I looked at the turkey in the stamp set, I thought that without the tail feathers, I could create some chickens!   I had to create a tiny little mask out of a post it note to mask off the little bit of skin that hangs down from the side of the beak (and I had to Google it to find out that flap of skin is called a snood!) I then hand drew the chicken's combs with a black marker and added a bow tie, then coloured the whole scene in with Copic Markers.

Again, with a little bit of masking, I partially stamped the sentiment, leaving off the 'more than pie' words. This tag just goes to show that with some masking and a little creativity, you can get a whole lot more from your stamp sets!

Sunny Studio Products used:

• Harvest Happiness Stamp set 

I hope you will take another look at your stamps and see how you can stretch them a little further.

Before you go, I also want to let you know to check out the Scrapbook & Cards Today Blog today for your chance to win two more stamp sets and to get a special discount code to the Sunny Studio online store for this weekend only.  ;)

Thanks for stopping by,
Marion

Harvest Happiness Happy Thanksgiving Card with Elise

Hi everyone! It's Elise here to share a cute Thanksgiving card with you that features the Harvest Happiness stamps and dies!

I stamped and die cut all of the images from white card stock, and colored them with Prismacolor pencils. The images are all attached with foam tape to help them stand out against the background. I finished the card off by adding a few clear sequins around the images. 

Here is a close up on the images that are included on this card. That turkey looks like he has his eye on that pumpkin pie!!

Thanks for stopping by to see this card featuring the Harvest Happiness stamp set!  Don't forget to stop by again tomorrow for some more inspiration! :)