Holiday Inspiration from Sunny Studios
Hi friends! TGIF! Thanks for popping back over to the blog this afternoon for some BONUS weekend inspiration! Were here with Mendi Yoshikawa who has made FOUR gorgeous holiday cards to get you inspired and in celebration of the newest collection release from Sunny Studio Stamps! Read on & enjoy!
Hello there! It’s Mendi here today. I’m so happy to be back sharing a handful of holiday cards using Sunny Studio’s new Winter Release!
For my first card I paired the new layering set called Holiday Style with a phrase from the new Merry Sentiments stamps and coordinating Merry Word die. I love that the branch from this set can be used in so many fun way for completely unique looks. For this card I stamped the branch twice so that it would stretch across the length of my card.
This set comes with a number of layering images to decorate the tree with including glass ball ornaments, a life-like jingle bell and holiday bows. For this card I layered the ornament in fun shades of pink and then topped them & my merry word with glossy accents for a touch of shine. I finished off my card with a sweet scalloped border using the Sunny Borders Stamps & coordinating dies.
Ornament Card Supplies:
For my next card I turned to the new Gleeful Reindeer stamp set. This set comes with three sweet Reindeer images, trees in three sizes (perfect for scene building) and a number of supporting images including decorations for the trees, gifts and a sled.
I started by stamping my card base with the hearts from the new Mug Hugs set and Sending My Love set using Versamark ink and clear powder on red cardstock. I stamped an extra Heart from the Mug Hugs set with Copic Friendly ink, colored it in with Copics and topped it with Glossy Accents before setting it aside to dry.
To create my arched panel, I used the new Sunny Semi Circle Dies. These dies were designed to be ultra flexible for creating tags, labels, bookmarks, card panels and shaped cards from 1/2″ wide to 4″ wide. To use them, I drew a faint pencil line on my cardstock with a T-square ruler, used some washi tape to secure them in place along the line that was drawn, ran it through my die-cutting machine and then used my paper trimmer to trim them down each side. Because they are sized at exact 1/2 increments they are super easy to trim.
I stamped and colored my images from the Gleeful Reindeer set with Copic Markers and then cut them out. I inked up a small piece of white cardstock with mowed Lawn Distress Ink and stamped the banner from the Little Angels set with the same color of ink before fussy cutting it out. I then heated it up with my heat gun to make sure the ink was completely dry before heat embossing my sentiment with white embossing powder.
To create my snowy hills, I used the Wavy Border dies which were cut from masking material and then inked along the edge with my jumbo dauber and tumbled glass distress ink to create soft snow drifts. I love the results! When I was done I just assembled my pieces as pictured using a glue pen to adhere the smaller pieces.
Reindeer Card Supplies:
For my third card I wanted to focus on the sweet angel images in the new Little Angels set. To create my background I started by inking a panel of white cardstock, starting with a small spot of squeezed lemonade where I thought one of my angels with her candle would go. I then applied some Broken China distress ink around the edge to create my glow and some more along the bottom of my card panel. Next I switched to Salty Ocean distress ink and I blended it out to the edges of my panel, applying it lighter towards the bottom as it blended into the Broken China. As a last step, I added some Chipped Sapphire distress ink on the outer edges.
I then die-cut some clouds from vellum using the Rain or Shine dies and Sunny Sentiment dies which I applied using 3M spray mount for an almost invisible application. Some simple dots with a white gel pen became my starry sky.
The sentiments in this set are geared towards the Christmas season, but there is a smaller companion set that I used for my card today call Angelic Sentiments which can extend it’s use to all year ’round.
To finish my card I trimmed down my panel, added a simple stamped sentiment and stitched it along the edges with my sewing machine before adhering it to my card base. As a final step I adhered my little angels which were colored with Copics and given glittery wings using Stardust Stickles.
Angels Card Supplies:
My last card lets the fun images from the new Mug Hugs set take center stage. I stamped all my images from the set (along with the mint candies from Sweet Shoppe set) using Black Licorice Hybrid ink and then Copics to color them in. After my images were colored and cut out, the rest of the card came together quickly.
I applied Evergreen Bough distress ink along the bottom of my card base and then again about 1-1/2″ from the bottom using a jumbo dauber and a post-it to mask off a “table” of sorts to rest my images on. I then stamped the tree branch image from the Holiday Style set repeatedly along the bottom to give my card a soft border.
I finished my card by adhering my images with a glue pen and stamping my sentiment with my favorite VersaFine Black Onyx ink (using the Mini Misti because I wasn’t wanting to risk messing it up at this point). A little bit of glossy accents was added to my cookie sprinkles and I was done.
Phew! Are you still with me? Sorry to be so long winded. ;)
I hope I’ve inspired you in all your holiday card making endeavors. I would love to hear which products are your favorite from our new release! Thanks so much for having me today. :)
Coffee & Cocoa Card Supplies:
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Love this new release and her awesome cards! Thanks for sharing on the blog.
These are all so cute!! Thanks for the inspiration. :o)
The coffee cup card is adorable!
These are all fantastic!!, really feel in love with the Holiday Style set!
Beautiful cards! I enjoyed them all!!
Cute cards! Thanks for sharing.
I love the branches and ornaments.
I love the layering stamps of Christmas
lights. I’ve gotten into that technique
and use it a lot – even on things that
aren’t technically for layering.
thanks for sharing
Love the coffee cups and colors.
Such adorable cards! I love all the ideas you showcased.
Love these cards and all the fabulous new products in this Sunny Studio release.
Ohhh .. awesome products and love love love the cards! :)
saw the layering bells on their blog on they look so realistic it’s uncanny, and the reindeer and angels are so so sweet,
Cute cards, thanks for sharing
Wonderful holiday creations.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Such a wonderful release with beautiful creations by the DT!
So many cuties, what a great release. And I love all the great cards.
Reindeer and hugs in a mug, it does not get any better for the diverse holiday season. Lovely projects. Very enchanting stamps. Cheers!
Lovely Cards – I love, love, love the reindeer on the second card. SO cute!
Great cards! :)
Great cards. I love this release.
Beautiful stamps! I just put my order in and can’t wait to play :)
Great colours on that bauble card!
Your cards are all so adorable!!!
Fabulous cards Mendi! Love each beautiful scene and beautiful coloring!
Cute cards and great techniques..
Fabulous designs and adorable cards. Loving these stamps.
Fun stuff today
All the cards are gorgeous, I love the adorable little reindeer!
Love that ‘cup of cheer’ card. Feeling the holidays inch closer with the snow outside :S
I adore the cup of cheer set and the card is fantastic!!
These are so pretty!
Oh I love these! Those angels are just gorgeous! Hugs, Robin
really adorable. . . .
All the stamps are beautiful.
I love the darling little angels with the sentiments, “you are heaven sent”.
Lots of fun and sweet
cards, lovely work.
Carla from Utah
Such great cards!!!
Love the hot coco card!
Such fab creations! The coffee cup card is so soothing and cool, my fave one!
Gorgeous cards and stamps/dies! Your coloring is beautiful.
Super cute critters and angels, love the realistic ornaments and the coffee set is awesome! Beautiful cards, thanks so much for sharing all of them.
Love that Cup of Cheer card! Always a good sentiment at holiday time. Great cheery colours.
Cute cards! Love the reindeer set!
These cards have such unique and creative designs, love them all!!!
I totally love the evergreen branch card!! So pretty.
Cute critters and cards are always my favorites! Love these sweet reindeer!
THANK YOU for sharing with us Mendi!!!
EACH and EVERY card made me SMILE :)
Really love that cup of cheer card as it’s so original and eye-catching. x
Thank you for the Christmas card update. The cup of cheer card is my favorite. Glad you posted these cards…..I make Christmas cards all year long because it always puts me in a good mood when I am having a not so good day. I wish you would post more Christmas ideas year round because it takes me awhile to make stuff