Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello friends! Rachel here and I'm so happy to be guest designing today for Sunny Studio Stamps! I created two winter-themed cards to share with you today using some fabulous items from the latest release. 

My first card is a one-layer card featuring the adorable Bear Hugs Stamp Set. To start my card, I first trimmed a piece of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 110lb Card Stock to 4.25" x 5.5". I then stamped my bear images onto the center portion of the card stock. Next, I stamped them again onto a piece of Gina K. Designs Masking Magic Sheets, fussy cut them out, and placed the masking pieces over my bears. I then added more masking paper (that I had cut in the form of a snow drift) and masked off the ground area. Next, I stamped my tree images so that when finished, they would appear to be in the background of my card.

I then stamped all of my tree images onto masking paper and followed the same steps as above to mask my trees. Once finished, I then ink blended my background with a mix of Peacock Feathers, Cracked Pistachio, and Tumbled Glass Distress Inks. With my masking paper still attached, I then splattered this area with some diluted opaque white paint to resemble snow. Next, I removed my masking pieces and colored my images with Copic Markers. Lastly, I stamped my sentiment with some Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and used a white gel pen to add some "snow" on top of my colored images. Copic Colors Used: Bears 0, W00, W1, W3; Trees: E41, E43, E44; Cheeks: RV00, R83.

For my second project, I made a Mini Slimline Shadow Box Card that measures at 5" x 4" when opened and propped up. I layered the box portion with some red patterned paper from the new All is Bright 6x6 Paper Pad. I also lined the inside background of the card with a piece of grey and white patterned paper from the Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper Pad. I cut an oval from the front of my card using the Stitched Oval Dies and added a stitched scalloped frame using the new Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies.

I stamped my images from the Lazy Christmas Stamp Set onto another piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock, colored them with Copic Markers, and used the coordinating Lazy Christmas Dies to cut them out. Next, I added some green foliage that I had cut from green card stock using the new Winter Greenery Dies. I added some "snow" to the edges of these pieces by heat embossing some WOW! White Puff Embossing Powder.

When folded flat, this card fits perfectly into a 4.25" x 6.75" envelope (or larger) that I had made from scratch. This makes it perfect for mailing and so much fun to give during the holidays! Thanks so much for stopping by! If you liked these cards and want some more crafty inspiration, please feel free to check out my INSTAGRAM feed!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bear Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Bear Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lazy Christmas Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Cheer 6x6 Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Stitched Oval Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Oval Mat 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Winter Greenery DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Christmas Critters Tags with Tammy and Audrey

Hello friends! Tammy here sharing these festive holiday gift tags, featuring the adorable set, Christmas Critters. 

To begin, I stamped the images from Christmas Critters, colored with Copic markers, and die cut with the Christmas Critters Dies. Next, I cut the tag bases from the All Is Bright 6X6 Paper using the Scalloped Tag Circle Dies. I then cut a white circle using the Stitched Circle Dies and layered it onto the tag bases. Next, I cut a smaller circle from black cardstock, again using the Stitched Circle Dies. I white heat embossed snowflakes from Penguin Pals, then splattered some white acrylic paint onto each black circle to give them a nice snowy look before layering them onto the tags.

Next, I attached the colored images to the tags using foam tape for dimension. I stamped the punny sentiments from Christmas Critters and Merry Mice in black ink onto white cardstock strips.

Lastly, I added some red bakers twine and the sentiment strips for the finishing touch! These tags would be such a fun way to add a handmade touch to any package or treat! 

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a wonderful weekend!

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Hello there friends! Audrey here with a set of Christmas gift tags! 

To create my tags, I started off by die-cutting one of the tags from the Sliding Window Die set from kraft cardstock four times. I inked the edges of each with Walnut Stain Distress Oxide ink. Then, I die cut the tag topper from four different patterns from the All is Bright 6x6 paper pad, and adhered a topper to each tag along with a hole reinforcer cut from coordinating cardstock. I stamped several images from the Christmas Critters stamp set, colored them with colored pencils, and die cut them with the coordinating Christmas Critters dies.

I popped up an image and critter onto each tag with foam tape, and stamped tiny snowflakes from the stamp set in both white pigment ink and colored dye inks. To finish off the tags, I added some white Nuvo Drops, white gel pen accents and coordinating twine to each one.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Christmas Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Christmas Critters DIes Shop at: Sunny Studio	Sliding Window Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scalloped Tags-Circle Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Circle Small Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio