Sunny Studio - Arctic Friends

Hi there,

I'm so happy to be back on the Sunny Studio blog with this new holiday slimline card showcasing friends from the North Pole, being merry and happy on the ice floe. When the Roly Poly Penguins were released, I knew that I'd pair them with the Holiday Hugs bear at some point, so I'm happy to finally be sharing this lovely card with you.

I started off by creating an Arctic landscape on an 8,5 x 3,5 inches Strathmore bristol smooth panel, dividing my panel in three sections. At the bottom, I created a cold sea using blueprint sketch and chipped sapphire oxide inks. In the middle, I did the ice floe using salvaged patina and peacock feathers oxide inks. And at the top, I did a purple sky using shaded lilac, wilted violet and villainous potion oxide inks.

While my panel was drying, I stamped my images on 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock using an alcohol marker friendly black ink, I cut them using the matching dies, and colored everything using my Ohuhu markers and my Graph'it brush markers.

Here is a detailed list of the stamp sets I used: • Holiday Hugs - polar bear, large present, snowflakes • Scenic Route - strings of lights • Roly Poly Penguins - penguins, candy canes, small presents.

I attached all the images on my panel using 1mm and 2mm foam squares, white heat embossed my Inside Greetings Seasons on a Notebook Photo Corners black banner that I stuck below the polar bear, added highlights and details to the images using a white gel pen, and finally added some white blizzard nuvo drops to the icebergs, pompoms, bow and lights for an extra sparkling touch.

SUNNY STUDIO SUPPLIES

- Roly poly penguins stamp set

- Holiday hugs stamp set

- Inside greetings seasons stamp set

- Scenic route stamp set

- Notebook photo corners die set

OTHER SUPPLIES

- Ohuhu markers

- Graph'it brush markers

- Oxide inks: blueprint sketch, chipped sapphire, salvaged patina, peacock feathers, shaded lilac, wilted violet, villainous potion

- Detail black ink by Pinkfresh Studio (images)

- Clear embossing ink by Lawn Fawn

- Fine white embossing powder by Hero Arts

- Sakura white gel pen

- Copic opaque white ink

- Liquid stardust by Lawn Fawn

- White blizzard nuvo drops

- 80lb Neenah solar white cardstock (background)

- Strathmore bristol smooth cardstock (background)

- Black licorice cardstock by Lawn Fawn