Introducing A New Team Member & A Sad Goodbye...

I knew this day was coming, but I'm so sad it is finally here.  Audrey Tokach has decided to step down from the team to give herself a little breathing room.  When she signed on I knew she could probably only squeeze us into her busy schedule for a few months, but I am so grateful for the time she gave us and for taking a chance on our new little company.  She's the best and will be welcome back anytime.  :)

To fill her spot, we have the talented Francine Vuillème joining us.  I have been a huge fan of hers for a long time and have been dying to have her join us since she played along with us for grand opening blog hop last September.  I just know you are going to fall in love with her too (if you're not already head over heals).   ;)

Thanks Ladies!  Your talents are so appreciated!  :)

Sending a Smile Birthday Card with Audrey

Hi there!  Audrey here!  I am so sad that this will be my last post as part of the Sunny Studio design team.  I have thoroughly enjoyed my time on the team and have had so much fun!

Today I am sharing a card using the Bundled Up stamp set and Birthday Smiles stamp set.  I stamped the balloons from the Birthday Smiles stamp set on the top of my white card base, followed by the balloon strings.  I stamped, colored and fussy cut two penguins from the Bundled Up stamp set and grounded them on a piece of black cardstock.  

To add a fun pop of color, I added a strip of cardstock that was inked with distress inks in a rainbow of colors, and then along the left edge, a piece of polka dot paper.  I added a black and white twine bow along the bottom, and stamped a sentiment from Birthday Smiles in the top right corner.  It didn't pop enough for my liking, so I outlined it with a white gel pen, a trick I learned from a fellow stamper, Kelly.  Finally, I added a scattering of clear sequins in various sizes.

That's all for me today, but before I go we have one final sneak peek for the Spring release with another look at the Sunny Borders stamps (with coordinating dies).  This set not only features some fun borders, but all a very versatile banner die and extra sentiment to fit inside.  :)

Be sure to stop by tomorrow for more inspiration from the design team!! :)

Cool Christmas Watercolored Card with Heidi

Hello everyone, Heidi Here!  Today I have a card that I created by combining a couple of adorable winter stamp sets, the "Bundle Up" and "Snow Kissed" I think these two stamps complement each other nicely.

For this card, I stamped and heat embossed the winter accessories from the "Bundle Up" stamp set to created a background pattern, then I water colored all the little images and I applied a very subtle blue color on the whole background. I stamped the adorable penguin from the "Snow Kissed" stamp set and I colored using water color brush markers as well, and I die cut it using its coordinated die. Finally, I stamped the sentiment on a piece of black card stock and I heat embossed it using white embossing powder.

I hope you've enjoyed this card, the "Snow kissed" and the "Bundle Up" stamp set are available at the Sunny Studio shop.

For today's sneak peek we have one last look at the Rain or Shine stamp set which includes a rainbow and two clouds.  The beauty of these images is that they come separate so you can use the clouds with the rainbow or on their own (or mixed with the larger cloud from the Sunny Sentiments set).  ;)

I wish you a very Merry Christmas to all of you who celebrate, and a Happy New Year! 

Have a lovely day! 

Spring Release Date Pushed Back to January 1st

It is with a ton of stress and great sadness that I realize I must push back the release date for our Spring Release by a week and move it to January 1st.  I am still feeling my way through this industry and learning that even when extra padding in timelines is added, the stamp and die manufacturers get overwhelmed and push back their ship dates.  

Rather than have you wait so long after you've paid for an order (and to literally help me sleep better at night) I have decided it would be best to move the release date all together.  All next week I will be featuring the new stamps though so I hope you will hold tight and enjoy all the ideas I have to share using them.  :)

For those who have ordered the fishtail banners on pre-order I promise to make those a priority and package those up for shipment the moment they arrive which I'm hoping is just after Christmas.

Big Hugs!

 

Bundled Up Snowy Night Peguin Christmas Card with Melissa

Hello everyone, Melissa Here!  Today I have a card to share with you using one of my favorite stamp sets of this release, Bundled Up. I love making cute winter scenes, which this little penguin is perfect for! 

To create the card for today I first cut a square of white cardstock. I stamped the two penguins with their accessories and masked them off with masking paper, I also masked off a snowy hill underneath them. I then stamped the sentiment above the two penguins with VersaMark ink and heat embossed it using white embossing powder. 

I made the sky by first blending several different purple shades of Simon Says Stamp ink together, and then adding little dots with a white gel pen for the snow. I then pealed up the masks and colored the penguins with Copic markers. To finish the card I mounted it onto a piece of white card with a black border. That finishes up the card for today. 

We're down to our last few sneak peeks before the stamps and dies are available for purchase on January 1st.  For today's peek, we have another look at the Sending My Love stamp set.  Depending on the choices you make, this fun set can also be stretched to work for Easter and has loads of fun sentiment options revolving around the theme of "sending". 

I hope you all have a fantastic Christmas!

Spring Release Peeks of Backyard Bugs & Sweet Script

Hi there!  I hope you are enjoying one last holiday weekend getting ready for Christmas.  I can't believe how much I still have left to do... I have bought all the ingredients for my holiday baking, but wouldn't it be wonderful it they would just magically assemble themselves?  When life gets busy I would much rather be in my craft studio than in the kitchen and I'm still not sure when I'm going to find the time to squeeze that in but I'm ready when the small window presents itself.  ;)

I thought I would pop in and share a couple more sneak peeks with you.  This first one shows a couple more images from our Backyard Bugs set which includes a separate flower and flowerpot (to be used together or separately), a butterfly, a couple different trails and several fun punny sentiments. 

For my second peek we have another look at our Sweet Script Alphabet, this time for the uppercase letters.  This was my first attempt at creating a font from scratch and while it felt daunting, I am really happy with how it turned out. 

Here's a little look at the stamp set in action...  I used it for the names on some Christmas tags I created for Pebbles Inc. this past week (the to and from sentiments are by Lawn Fawn).  ;)

Thanks for taking a peek.  I hope you enjoy the rest of your day! 

Santa's Helpers Happy Howliday Card with Marion

Hello - it's Marion again with some more inspiration for you using the Santa's Helpers stamp set and the coordinating dies. I've also used the popular Fishtail banners dies to create the focal panel on my card.

I stamped the puppy image and then die cut it before colouring it with Copic markers. I added the dots on the box with a white Uniball Signo gel pen and also added some clear Wink of Stella glitter brush pen to the ribbon. I sewed the banner on with my sewing machine for some added interest.

 

The sentiment is from the same set and was white heat embossed. The holly was die cut from the Santa's Helpers die set and also colored with Copic markers. The berries are covered with Glossy Accents and add a Christmas element, to a very non-traditional Christmas card.

Products used:

• Santa's Helpers stamp set
• Santa's Helpers dies
• Fishtail Banners dies

For today's sneak peek we have a second look at our Sunny Borders stamps.  I think you are going to love the way you can use these on their own or along with the coordinating border dies.

Thanks for stopping by today,
Marion