2017 Cat Lovers Hop with Fireplace Card with Eloise

Today we're thrilled to be a sponsor for the 2017 Cat Lovers Hop so with that theme in mind, Eloise has created one of the cutest cat themed Christmas cards:

Hi everyone, Eloise here and today I have a shaped card to share with you all using the brand new Fireplace Dies which is so super fun and I'll also be using the Santa's Helpers and Christmas Icons stamp sets to create my scene.

To begin my card, I first stamped out four stockings from the Christmas Icons stamp set and the cat in stocking and cat tree image from the Santa's Helpers stamp set and coloured them all in using Copic Markers. I then used both coordinating die sets to cut out all my images.

Next up, it was time to create my card base. I used the Fireplace Dies and first cut out the main panel out of some kraft cardstock. Next up I cut out a ton of brick images from the same kraft cardstock. I then used Gathered Twigs and Antique Linen Distress Inks to colour my main fireplace panel and used Fired Brick Distress Ink to ink blend over all the bricks. I then used some liquid glue to adhere them all down into place. Once all my bricks were adhered down, I used some watercolour cardstock and ink blended some Mustard Seed, Carved Pumpkin, Festive Berries and Black Soot Distress Inks into each corner, then cut the flames and fire stand from each of the colours. I then took some gold foil cardstock and cut the fireplace arch from it also. I then wanted the inside of the fire place to look black and charred. So I used the negative piece from the arch die, adhered it over the top of my panel and ink blended Black Soot Distress Ink on the inside over the bricks to make it look charred.

Now all my pieces were ready to be adhered together. I first adhered my gold arch around the outside of black arched piece and then adhered the fire stand and flames on top. I used foam tape behind the rest of my images and for all the stockings, I pierced a hole through each of the hanger pieces and threaded some hemp cord through, to make it seem like all the stockings were hanging over the fire. Before tying a bow to hold them all in place, I added two jingle bells onto the string, then tied it into a bow. Lastly, I adhered the tree cat next to the fire. 

To finish up, I white heat embossed the 'Meowy Christmas' sentiment from Santa's Helpers onto a strip of black cardstock, and adhered it with more foam tape onto the bottom of my panel. To make this panel into a card, I cut down a card base to 4 3/4" x 4" and adhered it onto the back of my fireplace. You could cut an additional fireplace base, score the top and adhere it onto the back - but I decided to do it this way this time around. 

In honor of the hop Sunny Studio is donating a $25 gift code to our online store so make sure to check out the Peaceful Garden blog for details on how you can win. 

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I'll see you next time! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Icons Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Icons Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa's Helpers Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa's Helpers Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fireplace Shaped Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Sunny Saturday Share: Halloween, Fall, and Christmas Themed Cards

How are you? I'm so excited to be popping in today with a Sunny Saturday Share. There have been so many amazing cards popping up on Instagram that have made my jaw drop so I couldn't wait to share them with all of you! 

Happy Owl-o-ween card by Waleska Galindo

Happy Owl-o-ween card by Teri

Happy Owl-o-ween card by From The Woman Cave

Woodsy Creatures card by Kathy Straw

Pretty Pumpkins and Autumn Greetings card by Dana Kirby

Autumn Greetings card by Shelly

Holiday Style card by Ashlea

Holiday Style card by Andrea S

Merry Sentiments Die card by Tasha K

Holiday Style card by Cardstock Queen

Playful Polar Bears card by Lori U’ren

Gleeful Reindeer card by Karolina Kucharski

Thank you for sharing all these fabulous ideas with us! I hope you will continue to share your gorgeous projects with us--It always makes my day to see them. You can tag us on instagram with the hashtag #sunnystudiostamps or share your projects with us in our flickr group or on our facebook page. ☺


Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Gleeful Reindeer Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Gleeful Reindeer Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Style Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Style Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Sentiments Die Shop at: Sunny Studio
Woodsy Creatures Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Woodsy Creatures Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Autumn Greeting Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Pumpkins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Playful Polar Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Playful Polar Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Playful Polar Bears Winter Themed Everyday Cards with Lexa

Hello everyone! Lexa here today with two cards using a winter theme stamp set, Playful Polar Bears. This stamp set is super sweet for both holiday and everyday cards. As for today, I'm going to show you some inspirations for non-holiday cards.

For the first card, we have the lovey dovey couple sitting there in the snow. Don't they look adorable together? The Playful Polar Bears coordinating dies also cut the bears' hands so they could hold something from the set. Brilliant! And my polar bear here is holding a cup of hot cocoa, perfect on snowy days. It's just me and my pink sky (again), for the background I white embossed the falling snow from Frosty Flurries then blend Abandoned Coral and Sugar Spun Distress Inks. Looove it. I also add snowy mountains on the background to complete the scene. I stamped all the images with Versafine black ink and watercolor them with Distress Markers.

The pun sentiment is really my thing, that's another reason why I love this stamp set so much. I white embossed the sentiment on a stripe of pink card stock and create a fish tail on one edge, I adhere it with foam tapes to add dimensions.

My second card's size is smaller than usual. Honestly this is my leftover images after I did some coloring ... so why should I waste them? These polar bears are just too cute to be abandoned. Hehe. I created a birthday card with a monochrome color combo, in my favorite color, blue. I stamped various sizes of snowflakes from the set on a piece of blue paper of the background. The polar bear is skating in the snow ready to deliver a present for someone special (read: you). After I finished with my little scene, I adhere it on a piece of patterned paper to complete the look.

Thank you so much for stopping by today, I hope you like today's cards. I hope everyone have an amazing Friday!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frosty Flurries Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Playful Polar Bears Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Playful Polar Bears Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Christmas Chapel Festive Christmas Card with Vanessa

Hello Sunny Studio friends! Vanessa here today with a festive Christmas card using Christmas Chapel, Christmas Home and Festive Greetings. 

I first stamped the chapel, the fence and the tree and colored it with Copics. Now I masked the stamped images and applied various blue inks with an ink blending tool to create the sky. Afterwards, I added droplets of white ink and removed the masks. I tore off a rough edge from a scrap of paper and used it as a mask to apply soft blue ink to the white area to create snow drifts. Then I stamped the sentiment with Versamark ink, embossed it with gold embossing powder and adhered the panel to the card base.

Finally, for a festive shine, I applied Stickles to the snow. With these cute new stamp sets, I get into the right mood to create Christmas cards. 

How about you? Are you busy stocking up on cards for the season? Thanks for stopping by today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Chapel Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Christmas Home Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Festive Greetings Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Happy Owl-o-ween and A Bird's Life Friendship Card with Nancy

Hey there Sunny fans, Nancy here today with a closer look at a few of my favorite Sunny Studios stamp sets. I combined Happy Owl-o-ween (owl), A Bird's Life (birds, nest, bird house), Barnyard Buddies (fence) and a cute sentiment from Cute as a Button to create this every day friendship card.

The watercolored background was created with a wash of Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn. I then used a small paintbrush to flick some "grass" and splattering of dots to make the background look more like grass. All of the stamped images were watercolored with Distress ink. The sentiment was stamped and embossed in white creating a nice bold contrast to the olive banner. A sprinkle of sequins adds a little bit of movement around the nest. 

I hope this inspires you to create a card with a combination of your favorites! It's a fun and versatile way to get more use out of your stamp sets.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

A Bird's Life Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	A Bird's Life Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Barnyard Buddies Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Barnyard Buddies Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Cute As A Button Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Happy Owl-o-ween Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Happy Owl-o-ween Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio