Mini Mat & Tag Die Focused Cards by Cathy and Bobbi

Hey friends! Cathy here today with a few tropical Christmas projects for everyone living in a sunny, warm climate and everyone who wishes they were! Even though I live in the South, it can still get quite chilly in the winter. We never really know whether Christmas Day will be sunny and 80 or winter, so I always love a little tropical right about now!

To start this card, I die-cut the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies from white cardstock and adhered the outside frame portion to an A2 card base. I then die-cut the Frilly Frames Herringbone die from white cardstock and adhered the center portion to the card front.

For the background, I cut a piece of white cardstock 2 1/4" x 3 1/2". I masked the bottom 1” of the cardstock and inked the sky with Spiced Marmalade, Ripe Persimmon, Saltwater Taffy and Scattered Straw Distress inks. I then masked the sky and inked the water with Tumbled Glass and Peacock Feathers Distress inks. For the sand, I die-cut the Tropical Trees Backdrop Die from white cardstock and inked the sand portion with Antique Linen Distress ink. I adhered it across the bottom of the cardstock piece and trimmed the excess along the right and left edges. I heat embossed a sentiment from the Surfing Santa Stamps which worked perfectly for my flamingos. I matted the background on a hot pink cardstock.

The Mini Mats are perfect for showcasing small scenes, so I die-cut one from the Mini Mat & Tag 1 Dies from a piece of Critter Country Paper, centered my background piece on the mat and adhered these to the card front.

I stamped all images on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I used the following stamps and dies:
Fabulous Flamingos Stamps and Dies
Reindeer Games Stamps and Dies (Santa hats)
Tropical Paradise Stamps and Dies (hibiscus)
Seasonal Trees Stamps and Dies
Santa Claus Lane Stamps (ornaments)

I also die-cut a monstera leaf from the Summer Greenery Dies from white cardstock and colored it with Copics.

I couldn’t resist making a couple of tropical penguin tags to coordinate with my card. These were so fun to make! I die-cut both tags from hot pink cardstock using the Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies. I also die-cut white cardstock with the tag die and inked backgrounds for each using Tumbled Glass, Scattered Straw and Saltwater Taffy Distress inks. I heat embossed the sentiments which I combined from the Reindeer Games Stamps, Passionate Penguins Stamps, Santa Claus Lane Stamps and Penguin Party Stamps. For the ocean wave, I used a Slimline Nature Borders Die and for the sand, I used the Tropical Trees Backdrop Die. I adhered them across the backgrounds, trimmed off the excess on the sides and cut the backgrounds to 2 1/4" long. I then adhered them to the tags.

 

I die-cut bright and cheery papers from the Sweater Weather Paper and used the flower hole reinforcer die from the Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies to keep with the tropical theme.

 

I stamped all images on Neenah Classic Crest 80lb solar white cardstock, colored them with Copics and die-cut them with the coordinating dies. I used the following stamps and dies:
Passionate Penguins Stamps and Dies

Penguin Party Stamps and Dies

Tropical Paradise Stamps and Dies

Ocean View Stamps and Dies

Surfing Santa Stamps and Dies

 

I hope you enjoyed these sunny Christmas projects and thanks for stopping by today! For more inspiration, please visit my blog www.inkredibleadventures.com and you can also find me on Instagram as @cathy.chapdelaine.

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Hello friends! Bobbi here with tags for the holidays. We add tags to all of our gifts and for the little children’s gifts, I go for bold and colorful prints to make them more youthful and fun for the kids. My tags in these festive colors will coordinate perfectly on my bold gift wraps. I am using the following products by Sunny Studio: Mini Mat & Tag 1 dies, Mini Mat & Tag 2 dies, Mini Mat & Tag 3 dies, Mini Mat & Tag 4 dies.

All four mat/tag die sets create fun and unique shaped tags for the holidays. Even though I could just use the tag dies for a smaller gift tag, I chose to use the matching mats to share here. I love how big the tag is with the mat and how frilly the edges look, too. Because these tags are colorful with the Joyful Holiday Paper, I wanted a white border to make the tag really pop off my gift wrap on the presents.  Note: There are four different mats (one unique one in each set) and I used mat 2 twice, in place of the mat in 1. It was not intentional. They are all so cute! 

I used Reindeer Games stamps and dies with the Joyful Holiday Paper to make these two tags. I also ink blended the backgrounds with Distress Oxide Inks in greens and blues. Everything was cut out and assembled using Precision Tip Glue and foam tabs. I added a few rhinestones to make the tags sparkle. The snowballs in the Santa tag were made from pure white jewels. I added red garnet rhinestones by the sentiment. The stars in the sky by the reindeer are made with a white pen and iridescent jewels. I used a red twine for the tag string and Liquid Applique for the dimensional fur on Santa’s outfit.

For my next two tags, I used the Snowman Kisses stamps and dies for the cute snowman. I used Liquid Applique for the snow around the first snowman. To make the circular opening on the second tag, I used a simple punch. What’s fun is you can use your own punches with these dies to get even more fun looks from these staple sets! More rhinestones accent the right side tag, too!

You can shop the entire Sunny Studio Stamps store here. Thanks for stopping by today. If you want to see more ideas and inspiration from me, subscribe to my blog, BobbiHartDesign.com. I’ll send you updates on new posts! You can also find me on Instagram as @BobbiHartDesign and on Facebook as BobbiHartDesign.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Tropical Paradise Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Paradise Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Fabulous Flamingos Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Seasonal Trees Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Seaonal Trees Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Santa Claus Lane Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames Herringbone Shop at: Sunny Studio
Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surfing Santa Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Surfing Santa Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Sweater Weather Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Passionate Penguins Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Ocean View Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Ocean View Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Summer Greenery Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Tropical Trees Backdrop Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 1 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 3 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Country Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio	Joyful Holiday Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Cards with Rachel Alvarado

Hello crafty friends! It's Rachel here and I have a few winter projects to share with you today that feature items from the latest Sunny Studio Stamps Release.

The first project that I want to share with you features the adorable pup from the Dashing Dachshund stamp set. I created a one-layer slimline card (measuring at 6.5" x 3.5") by using some masking paper to mask my images while I stamped. I made sure to stamp and mask the hats, sweaters, and antlers prior to stamping the dogs so that it looked like they were actually wearing their outfits. For my background sky, I used a blend of Salvaged Patina and Peacock Feathers Distress Ink.

I colored my images with Copic Markers and then added some snowy white accents with both some diluted opaque white paint as well as a size 10 white gel pen to add snow on top of the dogs.

Copic Colors Used:

• Reds: R14, R46, R89
• Browns: E41, E43, E44, E47
• White: 0, C00, C1, C3

My second project is a set of mini cards using the Snowman Kisses Stamp Set and their coordinating dies. I stamped my images onto a piece of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. For my scalloped background, I die cut some pieces of white card stock using the Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies. I layered each panel with a 3 9/16" x 2 5/16" piece of blue card stock and heat embossed some snowflakes onto them using some Fine Detail White Embossing Powder. I used the Snow Flurries Stamp Set to stamp mine (this set is retiring) but you can easily use the snowflakes that come with the Snowman Kisses Stamp Set if you like!

I also added some stitched snow drifts using the long stitched slope dies from the Slimline Nature Borders Die Set. I added all of my snowmen to the cards using some 3D Foam Adhesive Tape for a pop of dimension. 

Lastly, I created a trio of simple gift tags using the Penguin Party Stamp Set, coordinating dies, and Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies. I layered each tag with some pieces of red card stock and then stamped my sentiment from the Victorian Christmas Stamp Set. I love this sentiment because it fits perfectly and the script is gorgeous!

In order to get the red strip at the bottom of my tag, I simply die-cut the tag base from red card stock and then used my paper trimmer to trim off the edge so that I could add it to my white tag base. I once again used Copic Markers to color my images and adhered them with foam adhesive tape for added dimension. 

Copic Colors Used:

• Reds: R14, R46, R89
• Black/Penguin: W1, W3, W7, W9
• Orange: YR68, YR18
• Green: YG07, YG67
• White: 0, C00, C1, C3

I hope you enjoyed my projects today! Thanks so much for taking the time to stop by! If you liked these projects and want some more crafty inspiration, please feel free to check out my INSTAGRAM feed! Wishing you all a lovely day! 

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Snow Flurries Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio	Victorian Christmas Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Party Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Snowman Kisses Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Snowman Kisses Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 2 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio