Hi everyone,

I'm on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog today with a new Christmas card highlighting the beautiful Layered Poinsettia Die.

I started off with a 4.5" x 4.5" white square card base. The striped paper from the Subtle Grey Tones 6x6 Paper pack measures 4.25" x 4.25". Next, I die cut all the poinsettia layers (I did the bottom layer twice) from Bristol cardstock and watercolored them with ZIG Clean Color Real Brushes. Only the top layer of the center was cut from silver glitter cardstock. All the die-cut layers stacked together create such beautiful dimension.

I decided to create some kind of wreath design and die cut the circle frame and a couple of snowflakes from white cardstock using the Snowflake Circle Frame Die set. In the center of the circle frame, I stamped the large word 'Merry' (by masking off the word 'Christmas') from the Season's Greetings Stamps set in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with WOW! Metallic Platinum Sparkle Embossing Glitter. I also stamped the words ' Little Christmas' from the Merry Mice set and heat embossed them with Ranger Liquid Platinum Embossing Powder.

To finish off my card, I adhered some matching crystals by Little Things from Lucy's Cards.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope you're having a wonderful day!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Winter Release • Buffalo Plaid

Hello everyone,

today I'm sharing a pastel Christmas card over on the Sunny Studio Stamps blog. It features the Buffalo Plaid Embossing Folder and one of the cute Merry Mice Stamps. As a little bonus, I added a circle shaker element.

First, I ran the embossing folder with a piece of white cardstock through my die-cutting machine. To enhance the texture of the embossed plaid pattern, I diagonally applied Distress Oxide Inks (Milled Lavender, Spun Sugar and Tumbled Glass) with a soft blending brush. I also added some random ink and white paint splatters.

Next, I stamped the mouse and its hat in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and did some coloring with Copic Markers. I added little dots to the stocking with a white gelly roll pen and used the coordinating dies to cut out the images.

For my shaker element, I die cut three stitched scalloped circle frames from white cardstock using the Fancy Frame Circle Dies. I stacked two of them together to create a more sturdy top frame. I adhered an acetate circle to its back and die cut a narrow circle frame from white fun foam which I adhered with double-sided tape. This will create the right height for the embellishments to move around freely in the shaker. I then taped the last stitched scalloped circle frame to the other side of the fun foam circle (this step is not necessary but this bottom layer made it easier for me to adhere the shaker to the card later).

Now for the fun part of creating a shaker, I picked all kinds of tiny embellishments: Pink & White Clay Heart Confetti as well as sequins and seed beads from my stash. I also adhered some White Pearls and Blue & White Clay Snowflake Confetti to the embossed plaid background, so they won't fell to the bottom of the shaker when the card stands upright.

Finally, I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark Ink onto a banner and heat embossed it with silver embossing powder.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Winter Release • Santa Claus Lane

Hello everyone,

have you started creating your Christmas cards, yet? Today I have another inspiration card for you using products from the latest Sunny Studio Stamps Winter Release which help to build a gorgeous holiday scene quickly.

I immediately fell in love with this beautiful patterned paper from the Very Merry 6x6 Paper pack. It's the perfect winter night scene and the glowing moon looks amazing!

I combined it with the cute Santa Clause Lane Stamps. The images were stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

For the sentiment, I die cut the word 'merry' included in the Christmas Garland Frame Die set from red glitter cardstock and adhered it across the moon. Next, I stamped the words in VersaMark Ink above and below it and heat embossed them with silver embossing powder. I added silver star sequins to complete my card.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Hope to see you again next week!
Anja

Hello Bluebird • Oh Nuts!

Hi peeps,

these cute squirrels from the Oh Nuts! set are on the Hello Bluebird blog today. I just love to create colorful fall cards!

Thank you so much for stopping by!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Winter Release • Snowflake Frame

Hi everyone,

I'm back again with another winter-themed card featuring the Sunny Studio Stamps Layered Snowflake Dies. I picked untraditional, feminine colors and one of the adorable snowmen from the Feeling Frosty set.

First, I did an ink blended background with warm-toned Distress Oxide Inks (Seedless Preserves, Worn Lipstick and Dried Marigold). I sprinkled on some random water droplets to lift the color here and there. To create the look of falling snow, I added white acrylic paint splatters with a brush.

Next, I die cut the smaller snowflake frame from white cardstock using an additional metal shim because of the intricate details. I stamped the sentiment below in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with gold embossing powder. For a little bit of dimension, I adhered the snowflake frame panel over the ink blended background with foam tape. I stamped the snowman in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Copic Markers. I cut it out with the coordinating die.

To embellish my card, I die cut individual snowflakes from white and golden glitter cardstock. I adhered White Pearls to the middle of the snowflake die-cuts (I colored three of them with Copics to match the gold). Finally, I added a little heart die-cut and three white Clay Snowflakes.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Until next time!
Anja

DT Stempelgarten Challenge October

Hi crafty peeps,

I'm finally back again creating inspiration cards for the Stempelgarten Challenge (can't believe it's already October!). The new theme for this month is Halloween.

I made a CAS Halloween card using some older Lawn Fawn stamps. I love how they are designed to work well together.

Since I only have one Lawn Fawn Halloween stamp set, I turned the girl from the "Bicycle Built for You" set into a little witch. I simply dressed her up with the hat and colored her hair purple and the dress green. I combined her with the cute kitty and some typical Halloween stamps from the "Spooktacular" set. All images were colored with Copics and I used the coordinating dies to cut them out.

For the background, I did some masking and sponged on Dried Marigold and Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink. When it was completely dry, I stamped the sentiment in black. I cut out the panel with one of the My Favorite Things "A2 Stitched Rectangle STAX Set 2" dies and adhered it to a black card base. Finally, I adhered the images and two star sequins as well as a heart die-cut.

You will have time until October 31st, 2019 to join the Stempelgarten Challenge and this is the prize you could win:

A craft package from the Stempelgarten Online Shop with a value of CHF 20.–.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful Sunday!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Winter Release • Season's Greetings

Hello everyone,

so excited to share my first project made with new products from the amazing Sunny Studio Stamps Winter Release.

Today I'm highlighting the Season's Greetings Stamps which I combined with the Christmas Garland Frame Die.

First, I created a watercolor background using Nuvo Shimmer Powders. I let it dry completely and stamped the oversized 'Greetings' sentiment in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed it with WOW!  Metallic Platinum Sparkle Embossing Glitter. The other sentiment was white heat embossed on a strip of matching silver cardstock.

I also stamped some tree sprigs and berries with Hero Arts dye inks (tree sprigs: Pool to Navy Ombré; berries: Red Royal). In addition, I heat embossed the berries with clear embossing powder to make them shiny. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the images.

I die cut the pretty intricate tree bough frame with the help of a metal shim and adhered it on top of the watercolor background. To finish off my card, I added a couple of Nuvo Dragon Scales Dream Drops.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful day!
Anja