Hello and welcome to the blog hop of a brand new stamp company that is making its debut today – Sunny Studio Stamps. You should have arrived from Elise Constable’s blog.

First up I have made a CAS card using the Birthday Smiles stamp set. I coloured the cupcake in with Copic markers and added some Clear Wink of Stella Brush pen to the frosting.

My second card uses the Snow Kissed Stamp set. I had a lot of fun colouring this cute little penguin in with Copics. I masked off the rectangle in the background and sponged in some Distress ink to create a focal point.

…and popped him up on some mounting foam for some dimension.

If you want to be in the running to win a new Sunny Studio stamp set, then read on. Mendi is giving away one stamp set to three lucky winners, offering a free digital stamp download on the Sunny Studios blog and offering free shipping (in the US) for all orders over $35 in the Sunny Studio Online Store.

Below is a link to a Rafflecopter giveaway where you could be a winner. (You have until Friday at Midnight EST to comment).

Blog hop order:

 

I hope you will check out the store and the blog. Your next stop on the hop is Jo Williams.

Until next time,

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Hi, I hope you have had a great week. I’ve just come back from a weekend away at my parent’s farm. I also got to attend my 20 year high school reunion! Wow, what a blast from the past, but it was great catching up people I haven’t seen in 20 years – I’m feeling rather old right at this moment!

Anyway, it’s my turn over on the Jane’s Doodles blog again today. Being winter here in Australia, this little snow man was begging to be coloured and placed into a snowy scene. It’s cold here now – so thankful for our wood fire! The idea of a cold Christmas is just so foreign to me, but I do like the idea of it! However, the closest I am going to get to a wintery Christmas, is to have it in June!

The diagonal stripes in the background were created with texture paste, coloured with some Peacock Feathers Distress ink. I think it creates a chilly background perfect for my snowman. He is coloured with Copic Markers.

It’s a bit hard to tell, but I’ve added some glitter to his hat.

Thanks for stopping by today,

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Happy New Year! I’m popping in to share a Christmas tag that I made about a month ago and I have only got around to photographing it today! Better late than never. I hope you had a very Merry Christmas.

Another project that I have managed to complete over Christmas was to make some Scrabble tile ornaments. I originally saw the idea on Ardyth’s blog over a year ago which lead me to here. I am a huge Scrabble fan so this idea really appealed to me. During the year at a local market, I came across an old Scrabble set for $5 with the intention of making them. It wasn’t until last week, with the help of my handy-man Dad (who was staying with us for Christmas), they turned into a reality. I love how they turned out. I would have made more but I ran out of the tile holders.

I’ll definitely be on the lookout for another Scrabble set as I would love to make some more.

Thanks for stopping by,

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It’s time for another Tag You’re It! Challenge.  This week’s inspiration tag is made by the lovely Tracey McNeely.

I kept my tag simple with white heat embossing on red card stock, but added extra detail with some sparkle. The ‘Merry’ sentiment was coloured with a dark red Copic marker and then some clear Wink of Stella brush glitter pen was added over the top. You can see a tiny bit of sparkle in the photo.

For more details on the challenge and the guidelines, go here.

Hope you can find some time to play along. To link up your creations head to the Tag You’re It! Challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by,

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Can you believe it is less than a month until Christmas? Well today I have a new card up on the Jane’s Doodles blog that will hopefully get you thinking about Christmas, if you haven’t already.
I did a little stamp modifying…the snowman does not have a hat in the set, but with a little masking (like Jane showed in a tutorial here), I gave him one. This card has lots of sparkle and glitter and was fun to make.

Thanks for stopping by,

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This week the Tag You’re It! Challenge team are playing along with Tracey McNeely’s 25 Days of Christmas tags.

Maureen Merritt is the the designer this week for the TYI Challenge #11. I love everything about her card, especially the chevron backdrop.

It is pretty obvious where my inspiration came from. I have never made a double tag before, but I quite like it and it certainly adds more interest to the tag. And I just had to get those chevrons in there somehow 🙂

For more details on the TYI challenge and the guidelines, go here.

Tracey is also giving away some awesome prizes from Reverse Confetti, Clearly Besotted, CAS-ual Fridays, Neat and Tangled and Paper Smooches. If you would like a chance to win, you can leave a comment HERE on my blog post (please comment by Thursday, November 27th at 11:59pm EST). You can also go over to Tracey’s blog and leave a comment there to win as well.

Hope you can find some time to play along. To link up your creations head to the Tag You’re It! Challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to Tracey for letting me join in on her 25 Days of Christmas Tag fun.

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