Hi peeps,

I'm a bit late with sharing my card for the current Stempelgarten Challenge with the theme In the forest.

I had so much fun mixing and matching several Lawn Fawn products to create this fun fall card.

The three stamp sets I used are "Butterfly Kisses" (fox and bear), "Jump For Joy" (hedgehog, fall leaves, sentiment) and "Yay, Kites" (kite). I cut the "Leafy Tree Backdrop Landscape Die" from brown cardstock.

For the background, I blended together the Distress Oxides Pine Needles, Peacock Feathers and Tumbled Glass. I added lots of small ink splatters with a paint brush.

I stamped my images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, colored them with Copics and fussy cut them out. The grass was done with Shabby Shutters, Bundled Sage and Pine Needles. I used one of the Hello Bluebird "Grassy Knoll" dies to create the grass border.

Finally, I white heat embossed the sentiment onto a black cardstock strip and assembled my card by adhering everything with liquid glue and foam tape.

You will have time until September 30th, 2020 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 weekend!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Fall/Winter Release • Farm Fresh

Hi everyone,

today I'm sharing a fall themed card that features the adorable Farm Fresh Stamps. One of my favorite images from this set is the cute scarecrow. I combined him with some beautiful Colorful Autumn Papers as well as a couple of accessory stamps from the Bountiful Autumn and the Harvest Mice stamp set.

First, I trimmed the orange leafy patterned paper with the stitched rectangle die included in the Frilly Frames Quatrefoil Dies set. I used one of the Slimline Basic Border Dies to add scalloped borders to the top and bottom of the green cardstock mat which I adhered behind the striped patterned paper.

Next, I created an ink blended background with Distress Oxides (Shabby Shutters, Mowed Lawn, Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Carved Pumpkin, Ripe Persimmon) that I die cut with the second largest Stitched Semi-Circle Die. I also cut out a slightly bigger berry cardstock mat with a circle die and trimmed off the bottom to make it match.

I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I used the coordinating dies (Farm Fresh Dies, Bountiful Autumn Dies, Harvest Mice Dies) to cut everything out. The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark Ink onto a black cardstock banner and I heat embossed it with white embossing powder.

Finally, I assembled my card and added three Iridescent Pearls as well as tiny dots of Platinum Stickles.

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

Sunny Studio Stamps • Fall/Winter Release • Little Buckaroo

Howdy everyone,

today I'm sharing a farm scene featuring the Little Buckaroo mini stamp set. I combined the sweet cowgirl and cowboy with the cow from the Barnyard Buddies set.

First, I worked on my fall inspired background by blending together Distress Oxide Inks (Broken China, Speckled Egg, Carved Pumpkin and Ripe Persimmon) on a Bristol cardstock panel. I let it dry completely before stamping the Farm Fresh barn border image in VersaFine Smokey Gray Ink. This way I tried to create a subtle background with the intimation of something in the distance. I trimmed the background with the stitched rectangle die included in the Frilly Frames Retro Petals Dies set and adhered it to a top folding card base made from Kraft cardstock.

Next, I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut out the cowgirl and cowboy. For the cow, I did some good old fussy cutting with scissors ;-)

To create a bit of ground for my images to stand on, I used the Slimline Nature Borders Dies and cut out a grassy border as well as two stitched hillside borders. I ran them through with the same stitched rectangle die to get a perfectly finished look when layered on top of my background.

For the sentiment, I combined the die-cut word 'happy' from the Blooming Frame Die set with the white heat embossed word 'birthday' included in the Penguin Pals Stamps set. I adhered a tiny silver star next to the birthday sentiment to finish off my card.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a fabulous rest of the week!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Fall/Winter Release • Slimline Dies

Hello everyone,

I'm so happy to share my first project using some of the brand new Sunny Studio Fall and Winter Release products.

Today I'm featuring the new line of slimeline dies. I picked the Slimline Scalloped Frame die and one of the Slimline Nature Borders Dies.

First, I die cut the pretty scalloped frame from Kraft cardstock and adhered it to a white top-folding card base that measures 8 11/16" x 3 5/8". To create a little scene, I did some ink blending with Distress Oxides on Bristol cardstock. For the sunset sky, I used Scattered Straw, Wild Honey, Carved Pumpkin and Ripe Persimmon. The curved grassy border was ink blended with Bundled Sage and Mowed Lawn.

Next, I stamped the images from the sweet Harvest Mice set in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. The solid cornstalk images were stamped in Hero Arts Lime to Forever Green Ombré Ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and assembled my card using liquid glue.

Finally, I stamped the birthday sentiment in VersaMark Ink onto a black cardstock banner and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. I had so much fun creating this cute harvest scene!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you an awesome day!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps 5th Birthday Blog Hop

Hi everyone,

I'm so excited because today we are celebrating the 5th birthday of Sunny Studio Stamps with a special Blog Hop!

And I have more happy news to share – the new Fall and Winter Release is now available in the store and there's an amazing SALE going on, too!

You don't want to miss out on these special offers: there's free USA shipping on all retail orders over $25 using the code FREESHIP or 20% off all Sunny Studio Branded Products (excluding the new release and retired products) using the code FIVEYEARS through Wednesday, August 26th at 11:59pm PDT. Only one discount can be used per order so you will need to choose the one that has the biggest savings for you. And this season's free mini die will automatically come with all orders while supplies last.

Now on to the Blog Hop – you should have arrived from Angelica's blog. You can find the full list of participants at the bottom of this post. And there's also a GIVEAWAY waiting for you!

I created this fun holiday card combining the new North Pole Stamps and Winter Scenes Stamps. I just adore this little elf hanging on a bunch of balloons and flying over a peaceful winter village.

For the background, I picked the snowfall paper from the Subtle Grey Tones 6x6 Paper pack. I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored them with Copic Markers. To stamp the star balloons, I used Altenew Dye Inks (Dew Drops, Aqualicious, Dusk; Crimson, Vineyard Berry). I drew in the balloon strings with a thin black marker.

Next, I cut everything out with the North Pole Dies and Winter Scenes Dies (which only cut along the top). I adhered the images with liquid glue and stamped the sentiment in VersaFine Onyx Black Ink.


Your next stop at the hop is Ashley and here you can find the complete hopping order:

Sunny Studio
Ana
Angelica
Anja —> you're here ;-)
Ashley
Candice
Christiana
Franci
Isha
Juliana
Leanne
Mayra
Rachel
Tammy
Vanessa

Make sure to hop along as we're giving away a $25 gift code to the Sunny Studio Store at each stop of the hop. Please leave a comment here on this blog post for your chance to win. The winner will be randomly chosen on Wednesday, August 26th. All winners will be announced on the Sunny Studio Blog on Sunday, August 30th (the gift code will be emailed to you).

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have a wonderful weekend and happy hopping!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Underwater Tag

Hello everyone,

today I have another summer inspiration project for you. I came up with this tag featuring a little underwater scene.

First, I chose the waves patterned paper from the Summer Splash Paper pack. I used the second largest Stitched Arch Die to create the tag. I extended it in heighth by die cutting the first half, shifting the die a bit and running it through again. I also die cut the small hole at the top and added some navy/white bakers twine.

I stamped the seal (the Sealiously Sweet Stamps), fish (Best Fishes Stamps) and ocean border (Tropical Scenes Stamps) in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored the images with Copic Markers. I used the coordinating dies to cut them out. To be able to line up the ocean border with the tag, I die cut it with the bottom part of the stitched arch die.

The sentiment was stamped in VersaMark Ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I finished off the tag with clear enamel dots.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Have an amazing day!
Anja

Sunny Studio Stamps • Summer Release • Stitched Arch

Hi everyone,

I'm a big fan of dies with stitching details and the Stitched Arch Dies are really versatile. By hazard, I discovered that you can build a heart with them.

I started off with a turquoise A2 card base. From a slightly smaller white cardstock panel, I die cut the second largest arch twice using the Partial Die Cutting Technique. To get the heart shape, I rotated the die 90 degrees before running it through my die cutting machine again. For the actual heart, I die cut the arch from 3 shades of turquoise cardstock. I did some additional die cutting and inlaid the pieces into the negative white space.

Next, I stamped the floral and leaf images from the Pink Peonies set onto the same cardstock colors and some vellum using VersaMark Ink. I used the coordinating dies to cut everything out and arranged the images into a cluster right over the heart. I adhered them with liquid glue and popped up the largest peony in the center with foam tape.

I stamped the birthday sentiment from the Floating By set in VersaMark Ink onto a small cardstock strip and white heat embossed it. I adhered it with foam tape as well and added matching enamel dots and clear sequins to finish off my card.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Wishing you a beautiful day!
Anja