Penguin Pals Card with Rachel

Hello crafty friends! It's Rachel here with a Christmas card featuring one of the sweet little penguins from the Penguin Pals Stamp Set.

I combined this set with a gorgeous sentiment from the Season's Greetings Stamp Set. I first stamped my images (penguin and candy cane) onto a sheet of Neenah Solar White 110lb Card Stock with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink. I then colored them with Copic alcohol markers and used the coordinating Penguin Pals Die Set to cut them out.

Copic Colors Used:

• White: 0, C00, C1, C3
• Black: W7, W9
• Reds: R14, R46, R59, R89
• Orange: YR04, YR18
• Cheeks: RV52

For my background, I trimmed a piece of light blue card stock slightly larger than 4.25" x 5.5" and blended the top of it with some MFT Blue Yonder Premium Dye Ink. I also added some snow spatters with some diluted Copic Opaque White Paint. Next, I trimmed off the ink smudges from the edges by cutting my panel down to 4.25" x 5.5" with my paper trimmer. I then die cut a stitched snow drift from white card stock with one of the Slimline Nature Border Dies. 

To finish my card, I heat embossed my sentiment onto a piece of red card stock with Fine Detail White Embossing Powder and then adhered it to my card base with some liquid adhesive after I die cut it. Lastly, I added my images with 3D foam adhesive tape and also adhered a strip of patterned paper from the All is Bright Paper Pad at the bottom of my card.

Thanks so much for dropping by! Wishing you all a lovely day!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Slimline Nature Borders Shop at: Sunny Studio

Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

All Is Bright Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio

Guest Designer Spotlight: Holiday Cards with Sara Zoppi

Hi crafty friends, Sara here! Today I am really thrilled to be here, guesting again for Sunny Studio Stamps! I really love their products, they are always so funny and sweet! For my guesting spot, I made two cards, using their recent Holiday released products. So, let's dive into the first one!

Look how cute is that big bear from the Holiday Hugs stamp set. I absolutely fell in love with him as soon as I saw him!

I stamped the image with a really light grey ink since I wanted a no-line look over a piece of Neenah Solar White cardstock. I then colored with Copics (Y28 – E84 – E81 – N5 – N4 – W7 – W5 – W4 – W0) and I added some details with white gel pen. I then fussy cut it because I wanted no white edges.

I then moved into the background: I started from a light sage cardstock and I created a quick hill shape with tape to darken the sky. I then used a white texture paste with the Forest Trees Stencil to create a white line of trees.

To complete the card, I added some snowflakes with white gel pen, I white heat embossed the "holiday" script from the Holiday Hugs stamp over some grey cardstock and I die cut it with coordinating dies. The wishes word was stamped over a strip of white cardstock. And here's the finished result!

To complete the card, I added some snowflakes with white gel pen, I white heat embossed the "holiday" script from the Holiday Hugs stamp over some grey cardstock and I die cut it with coordinating dies. The wishes word was stamped over a strip of white cardstock. The finished sage panel measures 3,5"x4,75" and I matted it firstly with a slightly larger silver sparkly cardstock and then with an A2 white panel impressed with the Dotted Diamond Portrait Die.

And here's the finished result!

My second and last inspiration showcases the Pretty Poinsettia stamp set. I started with the idea to create a red monochrome poinsettia wreath but I when I was stamping the red flower, I had the idea to create a rainbow wreath for some colorful wishes!

I created a 5,5"x5,5" square card, with the script sentiment at the centre and all the poinsettia around.

I firstly die cut all the poinsettia shapes from some white cardstock and I created a sort of "template" to insert the die cut pieces and repeatedly stamp the solid flowers in the same place using a stamping tool. I carefully stamped all the layers for each color (you can skip the change of colors and create a monochromatic card). I then gold heat embossed the sentiment included in the stamp set and I cuti t with a circle punch.

I attached all the flowers with foam tape to a 5"x5" piece of white cardstock, I also added the circle sentiment in the centre. I then matted the panel with a slightly larger mirror gold cardstock and then with a 5,5"x5,5" white panel again. To complete the card, I added some gold gems here and there. And here's the finished result!

Thanks for stopping by! I really hope you have found my projects inspiring!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Forest Trees Stencils Shop at: Sunny Studio	Dotted Diamond Portrait Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Poinsettia Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pretty Poinsettia Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Pretty Poinsettia Card with Tina

Hello crafty friends, Tina here with a festive Christmas card featuring the beautiful Pretty Poinsettia stamp and die set. These layering stamps create the most stunning flowers!

I went with a favorite holiday color combo of pink, red and teals for the flowers and the leaves. These are such beautiful winter tones. I stamped 5 flowers and a bunch of the two leaves that the set provides. As always with layering stamps, I used the image sheet the stamps come on to help me position the layers. I added a few white dots with my gel pen on the flowers for extra detail.

To make the flowers really stand out, I opted for a white background but with a festive detail. This panel was made by combining two die sets.

I started by die cutting the outer portion of the beautiful Frilly Frames Eyelet Lace dies. Next, I used the striped part of the Frilly Frames Stripes die to complete the background. Having the opportunity to mix and match these ‘Frilly series’ dies creates endless possibilities!

As I was browsing through the new release, I noticed that the super adorable bear from Holiday Hugs Stamps was just perfect to combine with these festive Poinsettias. I stamped and cut the sweet bear and used matching Copic marker colors. I love that he can hold the sentiment from the Pretty Poinsettia stamp in his paws!

Then I started putting the card together by gluing the bear to the background panel and adding the sentiment which was cut with a small circle die from an infinity set.

I arranged the flowers around the bear and mounted them with foam tape, lastly, I scattered the leaves, filling the gaps. A few Chrystal Clear Jewels were added as a final embellishment.

I hope you will enjoy creating cards with this festive set too! Thank you for visiting the blog and happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Frilly Frames Stripes Die Shop at: Sunny Studio	Frilly Frames-Eyelet Lace Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Holiday Hugs Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Pretty Poinsettia Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio
Pretty Poinsettia Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio

Feliz Navidad Cards with Marine

Hello crafty friends, Marine here with you today, I'm thrilled to be back on the blog with this new trio of mini holiday cards showcasing a mix and match of images from different sets (listed down below), as well as the Feliz Navidad stamp set.

As you can see I went for a non-traditional color palette, and was actually inspired by Critter Country pattern papers to build and color my three Christmas cards. And speaking of which, I started off by cutting all my papers:

- three stripe panels using the second rectangle die from Stitched Rectangles

- three polka dot panels using a die from Mini Mat & Tag 4

- three gingham green panels using the same die from Mini Mat & Tag 4 again, and from each of those panels, I cut three wavy borders using a die from my stash

- three vellum panels using the smallest rectangle die from Stitched Rectangles

I white heat embossed a greeting on each gingham green wavy border: the words "Hoping your... is" and "on point" from Looking Sharp, and the word "holiday" from Santa Claus Lane, in order to read "Hoping your holiday is on point".

I followed the same order to layer my panels and used liquid glue to attach them on top of each other: a stripe panel on a card base, next a polka dot panel on top, then a vellum panel (I put the glue only at the bottom of it), and finally a gingham green wavy border. I set my card bases aside, and moved on to the stamping.

I stamped all my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, cut them all using the coordinating dies, and colored everything using my Graph'it brush markers and Spectrum Noir Illustrator markers. And as I was saying, I followed the same color palette as the pattern papers to color my images. Here is a detailed list of the sets I used:

- Lovable Llama: llamas, presents
- Looking Sharp: cactus
- Scene Route: lights
- Reindeer Games: hats
- North Pole: nice list
- Penguin Pals: candy canes
- Garden Critters: grass
- Merry Mice: scarves

Once everything was colored, I attached the images on my panels: the lights and cactus using liquid glue, and the others using 1mm foam squares. Next I white heat embossed three Feliz Navidad greetings on black cardstock, used the matching die to cut all three, and then attached them on my cards using 1mm foam squares again. And as always I finished my cards by adding highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen.

And that's it! I hope you like those three non traditional but yet super adorable and fun mini Christmas cards. Thanks so much for stopping by, and see you next time.

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Looking Sharp Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Looking Sharp Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Stitched Rectangle Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Merry Mice Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Scenic Route Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Scenic Route Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	North Pole Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Penguin Pals Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Penguin Pals Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovable Llama Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Lovable Llama Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio
Reindeer Games Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Reindeer Games Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Mini Mat & Tag 4 Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Critter Country Paper Shop at: Sunny Studio
Garden Critters Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Garden Critters Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feliz Navidad Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio	Feliz Navidad Die Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bells & Baubles Card with Gladys

Hi crafty friends, Gladys here! I'm excited to be back on the blog today with a holiday card using the Bells & Baubles layering stamps and dies.

To start, I cut an A2 panel from white cardstock and added some color on the opposite edges using distress oxide inks in mowed lawn. I used the tree branch to stamp directly on the top left of the card panel. I stamp it again on a piece of white cardstock and used the coordinating die to cut it. For more interest I used Gansai Tambi starry watercolors in gold loosen with some water to splatter all over the tree branch and panel. 

Next, I used Pinkfresh premium dye inks for the ornaments. Since it is a layering stamp set I chose a light, medium, and dark colors to make the layers stand out. I used my Misti to help me line up the stamps in place. Once again I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

Blue: sky blue, summer shower, seaside
Green: ocean breeze, aquamarine, mermaid cove
Purple:  soft lilac, lavender, candy violet

I arranged all the elements on my card and pop them up with double sided foam tape. Finally, I heat embossed the beautiful "Merry Christmas" sentiment on vellum with gold embossing powder to tie in all the gold specks on the card.

Thanks so much for joining me today. Happy crafting!

Sunny Studio Supplies Used:

Bells & Baubles Stamps Shop at: Sunny Studio

Bells & Baubles Dies Shop at: Sunny Studio