Sunny Studio Warmest Winter Wishes

Hello everyone! Today I'm sharing a 4.5 inch square card design for Sunny Studio. My card features the adorable bear image from Holiday Hugs and a fun way to add a greeting over top a cable knit background.

I love a good textured background on my cards. The only catch is, you can't stamp a greeting onto these types of background. There's an easy solution for this problem... stamp the greeting onto a die cut banner which can then be adhered anywhere on the background. Sunny Studio has four different banner styles to choose from. The one I'm using for this card is the Brilliant Banner 4 dies. The curved banner design fits perfectly right over the bear. I used a Misti to stamp the words onto the banner. I did bend the stamps slightly to match the curve of the banner. 

Here are the other Sunny Studio supplies used to create this card:

-Stitched Square Die (I used the largest die in the set)

-Cable Knit Embossing Folder (I embossed the texture onto pink card stock, then used a white pigment ink pad and swiped the pad across the embossed panel. This technique highlights the raised part of the cable knit design.)

-Holiday Hugs Stamp Set and coordinating dies (for polar bear and mug images plus warmest winter wishes word stamps) 

-Snowflake Circle Frame Die (for snowflake embellishments die cut from white glitter card stock) 

Copic used for coloring: scarf - RV42, R22, G17, G29; bear - N0, N2, N4, N6, R00; mug - G02, G09, G17, E25, R24

Spellbinders Stitched Felt Reindeer and Candy Cane

Hello everyone! I have some really fun felt projects to share today. I recently received some new Spellbinders dies included in the Felt Stitch & Create Collection by Nichol Spohr. These stitching dies create some of the cutest felt plushies you ever did see! 

For today's projects I used the Felt Candy Cane die set and Felt Reindeer die set. 

I love the size of these. The reindeer measures about 6.5 inches tall and the candy cane is about 5.5 inches tall. They would so be so cute on a tiered tray or incorporated into a wreath or simply used as ornaments. 

I won't go into much detail about how to make these because Nichol has posted videos on her YouTube channel showing the process. I recommend watching them if you're new to stitching felt plushies. I followed many of her tips when I made these and they turned out so adorable! 

Full disclosure, they are a labor of love! These are not difficult to make but they will take some time. After I had all the pieces cut out, I picked out something to watch on my iPad and got to stitching. 

Spellbinders offers some great felt sheet bundles. The felt I used is from two of those bundles and I'll list them below. 

For reindeer:

• browns for the body, hooves, antlers -  100% Merino Wool Neutral Collection
• red nose and pink cheeks - 100% Merino Wool Warm Collection

Here are a few tips when assembling the reindeer: I lightly stuffed the body and head with poly fiber fill. Don't overfill or you can stress the stitches. I used a hot glue gun with a fine tip nozzle to adhere the cheek blush circles and hooves. I die cut four antlers pieces and glued two together for each antler. This makes them a bit more sturdy. Otherwise they would flop over. 

Here are the felt colors I used for the Candy Cane:

pink and red - 100% Merino Wool Warm Collection

green - 100% Merino Wool Neutral Collection

I again used my hot glue gun to adhere the holly, berries, and twine bow after the candy cane was fully stitched. 

If you have any questions, please drop them in the comments. If you are new to felt stitching, I know these may look intimidating to make, but trust me when I say they are worth the time and effort!

Honey Bee Stamps Mini Holiday Florals Card

Happy weekend friends! As promised, I'm sharing more holiday card inspiration showcasing products from Honey Bee Stamps Cozy Christmas Release. My card features a festive floral bouquet created with the beautiful new Lovely Layers Mini Holiday Florals. 

The Mini Holiday Florals set includes dies to create a mix of florals, berry sprigs, and greenery. You can use these pieces for accents or like I've done and compose a full arrangement. I decided to make a vertical style arrangement on an A6 size card. I die cut all the pieces from solid color card stock. On some I added shading with a small blending brush and ink. 

For the background I used pattern paper from the new North Pole 6 x 8.5 paper pad. There are some really pretty prints in this paper pad which make for quick and easy background mats. 

After I had my floral arrangement adhered to the background, I splattered the entire piece with thinned white paint to give it a snowy look. 

To create the large Season's Greetings sentiment, I used the new Great Greetings Holiday dies. I love the font and size of the words in this set. I adhered the words with foam squares to help them stand out a bit more. 

To finish, I added a few silver pearl embellishments. These are from the North Pole Pearl Sticker set. 

Thank you for stopping by today. I still have lots more holiday themed projects to share all this month so stay tuned!

Waffle Flower Snow Fun Release

The November release from Waffle Flower is now available to order. 

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I have several cards to share, all featuring the cutest snowmen you ever did see! Below each photo I have listed all Waffle Flower supplies used and a few creative notes. You can click on each item listed to take you to the individual product page. 

• Oversized Snowman Stencil - he fills an A2 size card!
• Snow Cheer Sentiments stamps & dies

I have made an infinity shaker with the A2 stencil snowman panel.  I added the stenciled panel into the shaker pocket then filled with glitter and fake snow. Once sealed up, I adhered the greeting and some die cut snowflakes on the outside. 

• Gifting Snowmen dies
• Snowflake Cluster die - This is a single die that cuts a bunch of snowflakes that are connected. 
• Frosty Texture die - cuts a detailed snowflake pattern for an A2 size background panel
• Snow Cheer Sentiments stamp

• Snowman & Friends die - this set includes dies for the large snowman, accessories, and birds. The snowman with hat measures about 4.75 inches tall
• Frosty Texture die
• Snow Cheer Sentiments stamps & dies

• Gifting Snowmen dies
• Snowcapped Tree dies - I applied an opaque white paste on the trees and then sprinkled with fine glitter before the paste was dry. 
• Snowflake Background Stencil - I used the same white paste with this stencil. I peeled off the stencil and sprinkled on the glitter. I also splattered this background panel with thinned white paint. 
• Snow Cheer Sentiments stamps & dies

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Sunny Studio Toasty Hugs Card

Hello everyone! Today's card features some adorable images from the Toasty Hugs Stamp Set. I've made a 4.75 inch square card to house a little snow globe with these winter cuties all bundled up and ready to play in the snow. 

Here are the Sunny Studio supplies needed to recreate this card design:

• Toasty Hugs stamps - for boy & girl images plus the sentiment
• Snowmen in Sweaters stamps - for tree images
• Stitched Semi-circle dies - for globe dome
• Woolen Mitten dies - mitten cuff die for globe base
• Snowflake Circle Frame dies - for snowflakes 
• Scalloped Squares 2 small dies - largest in the set for white scalloped mat
• Stitched Square dies - for square mat

I used the middle size Semi-circle die for the globe part of my snow globe. I die cut it from white card stock then blended on the aqua blue ink. I splattered with thinned white paint to give it the snowy look. I then hand cut a little snow drift to layer onto the bottom of the semi-circle. I used the mitten cuff die to create the base with silver glitter card stock.

I adhered the Copic colored images and stamped the sentiment. To complete the snow globe, I tied some twine around the base and added a few snowflakes for embellishment. 

If square card formats aren't your thing, this snow globe certainly can be used on an A2 size card base instead. Just fill in the extra space with more snowflakes. 

Here are the Copic colors I used on the stamped images: pink - R30, R22; light green - G40, G43; dark green on trees - G43, G46; shading on white areas - C1, C3; brown - E41, E42, E44; flesh tone - E000, E00, E21