Guest Designer Spotlight: North Pole Cards with Kelly Lunceford

Hi friends! It's Kelly Lunceford here today and I am thrilled to be guest designing using the latest Sunny Studio Stamps release! I'm sharing three holiday projects with you that I'm super excited about! First up is this fun North Pole scene using Santa and Mrs. Claus! The Winter Scenes stamp set is perfect to create charming scenes all winter long! I stamped it in black and then colored it with an assortment of alcohol markers in blues, reds, and greens to create a festive look!

I created the background by blending Distress Oxide inks in two shades of blue: Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans. The addition of white paint splatter creates the illusion of snowflakes falling in the background. I die cut the Winter Scenes using the coordinating dies and added it to the background panel using foam squares for optimum dimension. I always love adding some coarse crystal glitter to many of my holiday designs which I did here on the trees, roof tops, and snow drifts!

Santa and Mrs. Claus are from the super sweet North Pole stamp set and they look so cute all decked out in their holiday finest! I added them to the bottom of the panel using additional foam squares to really make them pop! Mrs. Claus has two dots of Crystal Glaze over the top of her glasses for a realistic touch. I chose the sentiment that works perfectly with Santa's nice list and added it to the top of the snowy sky panel. A few sparkling clear sequins here and there finish off this little scene!

I had so much fun working on the first card, I decided that if I cut the Winter Scenes image in half, it would make two perfect tags! I colored it exactly the same way as the first card for ease, and then cut it straight in half and added them to two tags cut from Classic Gingham pattern paper.

I chose to use Santa on the first tag, all set with his list in hand and stamped the sentiment directly at the top using black ink. I love making all kinds of handmade tags for the season to dress up all of my packages and treats! If you're not a tag maker, you could use this same design and add it to a card base for a fun look.

Mrs. Claus is accented with a plate of Christmas cookies, which I'm sure taste delicious! ha ha! I love this sentiment that says "Spreading Christmas Cheer"...it will be perfect to package up all of the sweets and treats I love to make during the holidays!

My final project for today uses the playful elves from the North Pole stamp set. They were just screaming for something fun and whimsical, so I chose to use them in a way similar to something you might find on holiday wrapping paper! I stamped each one twice so I would have lots of options and colored them with alcohol markers. 

I love the play on words with this sentiment, which is just perfect for this design. I used my mini MISTI for ease in alignment and precision. I cut it out and added it to the pink Classic Gingham background using foam squares. From there I was able to add the elves in all different directions for a playful look!

I was thrilled to find that I could use the excess heads or feet that were trimmed off by adding them to a different portion of the card. I added in a few die cut gifts and the North Pole sign as filler! Each of the jingle bells on their hats got a dot of Crystal Glaze for some dimension and shine! Once I had them all arranged like I wanted, I added some White Nuvo drops here and there for a pop of added detail!

I had a lot of fun working on these three projects and I'm happy to add them to my growing stash of holiday projects! Working on Christmas is a year-long affair for me, so I'm always in the mood for Christmas! It will be here before we know it! Have a wondeful day and thanks for joining me today!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Classic Gingham 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Scenes Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bountiful Autumn Cards with Rachel and Candice

Hello friends! Rachel here with a Thanksgiving card that features the new and adorable Bountiful Autumn Stamp Set! 

To start, I first stamped all of my images with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock, colored them with Copic markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I then set them aside to work on my card background.

I trimmed a piece of smooth white card stock to 4.25" x 5.5" and masked the edges with some tape. Next, I blended this piece with some Squeezed Lemonade, Fossilized Amber, Carved Pumpkin, and Ripe Persimmon Distress Oxide Inks. I then splattered this blend with both water as well as diluted white, orange, brown, and gold paint. 

I set this piece aside to dry and then die cut another piece of white card stock using both the outer die of the Frilly Frames Retro Petals Die Set as well as the largest die from the Stitched Arch Dies Set. I adhered this piece on top of my ink-blended base and then stamped my sentiment with black ink. Lastly, I added my images with both 3D Foam Adhesive Tape as well as some with liquid adhesive.

Thank you all so much for stopping by! Wishing you all a wonderful weekend!

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Hello my crafty friends! Candice with you today super excited to start sharing the new release with you! I am beginning with the wonderful Bountiful Autumn set which is full of images to mix and match and I used it to create a table of Thanksgiving!

I used these new release products for my card:

• Bountiful Autumn stamps & coordinating dies
• Slimline Scalloped Frame dies
• Slimline Basic Borders dies
• Iridescent Pearls

I began my slimline card with an 8 1/2 x 3 1/2 card base which works great with the new slimline dies from this release! For my background, I first die cut the stitched slimline panel and inked it with peeled paint, crushed olive & shabby shutters. I then die cut the scalloped border and cut it again with the same stitched slimline die I used for the panel to line them up and inked with rusty hinge.

Next, I stamped all my images from the Bountiful Autumn stamp set onto watercolor paper, colored with Zig clean color markers, and used the coordinating dies to cut them out. I set them aside and created my sentiment by die cutting the "thank you" multiple times and inked the top layer with rusty hinge & brushed corduroy. I glued it to the card and added the banner to the center. I then arranged the images on the top of the scalloped border adhering with either glue or foam tape for dimension. To finish I added some of the iridescent pearls for a bit of shine!

Thank you so much for visiting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Arch Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Basic Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Scalloped Frame Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bountiful Autumn Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Bountiful Autumn Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio