Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with two Christmas cards featuring the new Winter Tree Arch die along with lots of other dies from the newest 2023 Christmas release.

Here's a closer look at my first card:

As you can see I used Delicate Pastel Glitter pad paper to cut the tree arch die along with the Merry Christmas Charmed Script and the Aurora Snowflake Frame die, all new dies from the release.  I took a piece of white cardstock and added lots of Distress Inks in shades of reds and then used the Nested Globes die set (3rd largest in the set) to cut out the red background for my glitter trees.  I also inked an extra piece of the red so I could cut the sentiment from it too.  

You can see that I pieced the two sentiment dies, red and glitter together.  Now I had two sentiments to chose from, either glitter outline and red inside, or the opposite.  I chose the glitter outline with the red insert letters.  I'm saving the other one for another project.  

I glued the frame glitter die to the card front and then the trees to the red globe.  Next I added the globe to the card front.  I cut the Layered Evergreen Trees dies from 2 colors of green cardstock from the Lush Green paper pad and glued them together then added them to the card front.  I added the sentiment right on top of everything.  

One tip I have for liquid glue on the glitter paper is to use Glossy Accents if you need to adhere something to the glitter side.  It works much better than regular liquid glue and dries stronger too.

One other tip for cutting intricate dies from the glitter pad papers is to run it through your die cutting machines several times.  The glitter paper is very sturdy and thick.  Running it through multiple times will really help it cut perfectly.

Here's one last look:

Now on to card #2:

For card number two, I cut a Nested Globe from glitter paper to put behind my die cut white tree arch.  I cut the size arch that was slightly smaller than the tree arch because I wanted the branches to hang over into the card base's white space.  I added the tree arch to the globe piece, then cut Pine Tree Grove dies from the same two colors of green card stock.  After putting them together I added them to the globe.  Here's a close up look:

I cut the globe bottom with the Nested Globe base die set, using the largest of those dies.  Each base has the main piece plus two thin edges you add on top of the base.  I cut all that from kraft cardstock and added red inks to the two thin edges before adding them to the globe base.  I added the globe base to the globe and took the left over Merry Christmas Charmed Script die and added it toward the bottom of the globe.  To finish my card I added a few small snowflake embellishments from my stash, 3 on the globe top and six across the base.  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my cards for today and I've inspired you with these designs.  Be sure to come back every day to see the lovely inspiration from the design team.  Thanks so much for stopping by and happy creating!

 

Supplies

 

94532 Nested Globes

94675 Nested Globe Bases

94749 Merry Christmas Charmed Script

94735 Winter Tree Arch

94750 Aurora Snowflake Frame

94736 Pine Tree Grove

94751 Layered Evergreen Trees

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

SP1003 Lush Green

Hello everyone.  I have another Christmas card to share today using several products from the current 2023 Christmas collection.  I was about to make a classic circle wreath, but somehow went rogue. 😂*lol*

Anyway, all layers / pieces were die cut from white paper, then ink blended with distress inks (DI) using blender brushes.

DI used:

chickadee - Brushed Corduroy, Black Soot 

leaf bunches - Speckled Egg, Faded Jeans 

pine needles - Shabby Shutters, Rustic Wilderness 

hexagon frame - Gathered Twigs

 

For the background, the Aurora Snowflake Frame was die cut from Bristol paper and adhered to a Bristol panel for a faux dry embossed look.  The hexagon Stylish Frame was then used to die cut an opening from it.  Next, on a scrap peace of Bristol paper slightly larger than the opening, the sentiment was heat embossed with silver embossing powder before ombré ink blending Stormy Sky DI at the top.  Wiped off excess ink with a paper towel (aka emboss resist), then glued it behind the opening. 

 

The brown hexagon frame looked out of place, so it was inked with VersaMark ink and heat embossed in silver to match the sentiment.  Assembled the card onto a white card base, then added falling snow with a white gel pen to finish.

Thank you for joining me today.   Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

 

94750 Aurora Snowflake Frame

94741 Nestled Chickadee Duo

94745 Leaf Bunches

94757 Classic Pine Needle Sprigs

CL5285 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

94308 Stylish Frame Trio

 

Layered Friendly Snowman - and a glittery star - shine over the new Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp background.  Hi, Jean here  sharing a frosty winter scene with a mix of opposites - big snowflakes and a little snowman.

Prep light teal cardstock with the embossing powder tool to eliminate stray flecks of powder.  Stamp the Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp image with VersaMark and heat-emboss the design with detail white embossing powder.  Trim it with the largest A2 Rectangle Frames die.  Attach it to a top-folded white card.

Cut Layered Friendly Snowman, the hat and scarf from colorful cardstock - white, light teal, medium teal, aqua, red, orange and kraft.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind the eyes.  This set also includes other dies for added dimension. He also has two arm pairs to chose from!

Attach adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to white wool-blend felt and cut the hat cuff and pompom. The paper backing stabilizes the felt and keeps adhesives from saturating it.  

Cut a star from a gold Festive Glitter Pad sheet with a section of the Starry Collage die.  Cut a sliver of medium teal cardstock for the star's hanger.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Shining Star Clear Stamp Set - on white cardstock with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair.  Dry the ink, then cut the cardstock with the 2.75" x 4" A2 Rectangle Frames Die.  

Attach the snowman - without adhering his right arm - to the rectangle.  Attach the star and hanger to the background.  Glue the right arm to the background.

Add clear Christmas Fairy Dewdrops.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

The 6x6" of the Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp makes it user-friendly and versatile for different card shapes and sizes.  It also creates an assortment of snowflakes to diecut individually - or in groups - for your holiday cards.

Thanks for visiting our blog...keep warm and have a safe and happy weekend!

Supplies

 

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

94746 Layered Friendly Snowman

94631 Starry Collage

cs2083 Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp

gp1006 Festive Glitter Pad

ddp101

cl5285 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

Hello everyone!  Today I have a cute little treat box or gift card holder for you.

I started with a pre-made Kraft pillow box that I bought at Hobby Lobby, then used white ink and the Snow Flurries Stencil to create the snow background on the box.

I glued a band around the box using a 3/4" strip of plaid paper from the Christmas Jolly paper pad.

Next, I die cut the Aurora Snowflake from white cardstock and the shadow from red cardstock, glued them together, and used foam tape to adhere it to the box.

I stamped and white heat embossed the words "Warm Wishes" on a strip of black cardstock then cut it into a tag.

I wrapped twine around the box, and adhered the word strip and bells to the box.

That's it for today!  It's a pretty fast project using a pre-made box to embellish!

 

Supplies

 

94753 Aurora Snowflake

PP1019 Christmas Jolly 6x6 pack

CL5285 Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp

88626 Snow Flurries Stencil

Pick your favorite patterns from the Poinsettia Garland and Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 sets and build a frosty blue Christmas tree.  The popular Layered Polar Bear likes it - and it's a great way to use these beautiful new patterned papers.  Hi, Jean here with my favorite bear - and some inspiration for December's Patterned Papers Challenge.

Cut Poinsettia Plaid and Poinsettia Garland circles using the 1" Circle Basics die.  Cut the pale blue and gold plaid with the ¾" Circle Basics die.

Cut the narrowest Birch Tree Trunk from kraft cardstock.

Cut the 2nd-largest Nested Globes die from textured white cardstock.  Attach the tree trunk and circles to the Nested Globe background.

Attach white and pale aqua wool-blend felt to adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to stabilize the fabric and keep adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the Layered Polar Bear from the felt.  Cut the remaining sections from heavy white cardstock.  

Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind his eyes and nose.  Color the ear portions of the felt diecut with a brown marker.

Cut the scarf layers - borrowed from the Bundled Bird die set - from the light aqua felt.

Attach the diecuts to a light blue A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Add pale blue Winter Fantasy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailibng.  Many layers create a very thick card - it may require special handling and additional postage.  

You don't need lights, tinsel or ornaments for his special tree - just use Memory Box 6x6 prints!

Thanks for visiting our blog - see you again on Friday...

 

Supplies

 

94685 Layered Polar Bear

94701 Birch Tree Trunks

94760 Bundled Bird

94532 Nested Globes

30087 Circle Basics Set

pp1024

pp1023 Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 pack

gem102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

Hi everyone.  I have a night sky scene featuring the new Layered Cardinal and Woodgrain Bird House die sets.

Bird:

Die cut the Layered Cardinal die body from red card stock and black for the face and white for the beak.  Ink blend the body with Distress Lumberjack Plaid and Age Mahogany.  Ink blend the beak with Distress Spiced Pumpkin.  Adhere the wings with foam tape. Adhere the head and then peak with glue.

House:

Die cut the house out of cream card stock.  Ink blend the house with Distress Weather Wood. the roof and bottom with Distress Walnut Stain.  Add Distress Opaque Grit Paste to the snowy roof.  Let dry. Adhere together using the envelop as a guide. Adhere a small piece of black paper to the back to cover the hole.

Foliage:

Die cut the Leaf Bunches and Classic Pine Needle Sprigs from green card stock.  Smoosh Distress Oxide Crushed Olive ink on work surface, spritz with water and tap in the Leaf Bunches die cuts.  Add Distress Opaque Grit Paste to the ends of the Needle Sprigs die cut.  Let dry.

Background:

Cut a dark blue card stock to 5" x & 7".  Stencil using the Starlight Snow and Distress Opaque Texture Paste.  Let dry.

Assembly:

Adhere the background to a 5" x 7" white card base.  Adhere the foliage die cuts to the lower right side of the card.  Adhere the bird house and then the bird on the roof with foam tape.  Adhere a Merry Christmas  Foil Greetings Rose Tab.

 

 

Supplies

 

94754 Layered Cardinal

94742 Woodgrain Bird House

94745 Leaf Bunches

94757 Classic Pine Needle Sprigs

88625 Starlight Snow Stencil

st002 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs

This month's Outside the Box blog challenge is to work with patterned papers.  In an effort to use a whole bunch of them from Jolly Christmas and Garland paper pads, here's the card I made.

to make this card

• begin by selecting coordinating papers--I chose ones from JOLLY CHRISTMAS PP1019 and GARLAND PP1010
• cover the front of a white note card with the paper that has the floral detail in the lower left corner
• cut one of the papers--I used the plaid with the most white in it--3 X 4 1/4; mount that onto a dark plaid and trim a close border
• cut another of the darker plaids 2 X 3 1/4 and paste it on top of the lighter plaid, a little off center 

• die cut the WINTER TREE ARCH 94735 from white card stock and set it aside

• die cut the SMALL POINSETTIA LAYERS 94756 multiple times from the floral paper that matches the base layer paper; assemble the flowers using glue dots

• assemble the card front by adding the layered paper panel--I oriented it so the larger white plaid space was on the right
• add the Winter Tree Arch 

• add the three small poinsettias and put tiny pearls in their centers

• choose one of the white MERRY CHRISTMAS FOIL GREETINGS WHITE TABS ST001 and glue it to the card front under the Winter Tree Arch

And here's the finished card!  Go through your papers and pull at least four or five coordinating papers in any color combination that is pleasing to you.  Change up the card stock color of the Winter Tree Arch.   Move the small poinsettias around before gluing them down to see where you might like to place them.   And adding center gems in other colors to the small poinsettias can change the look of this design.  I love the Foil Greeting Tabs and have been using them on many of my cards this year.

Happy Crafting!  It's time to start getting those cards in the mail!!!

Layer the new Aurora Snowflake over plaids, poinsettias and starbursts tucked into compartments of the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set.  Hi, Jean here with mix of matte, metallic, pink and gold - my new favorite holiday combination.

Cut Vintage Tray from pink cardstock - we're using just the frame and left center offcut for the greeting.  Cut the Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 and 2 pale pink and gold Poinsettia Garland 6x6 prints.  You'll have a total of 15 great offcuts to mix, match and layer - save the extras for future projects.

Cut the Aurora Snowflake background from the pale gold Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad6x6.  Spritz the reverse side with a light mist of water and pressure-emboss it using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.  This creates a debossed snowflake that makes it easy to attach the pink snowflake.  It even looks great just embossed, without the detailed pink layer.

Cut the detailed Aurora Snowflake from pink cardstock.

Prep the solid pink offcut with the embossing powder tool.  Stamp the greeting - from the new Shining Star Clear Stamp Set - with VersaMark.  Heat-emboss it with detail gold powder.

Attach the Vintage Tray frame and offcuts to a top-folded pink A2 card.  Add the snowflake - use foamtape for the points.  Add pale pink Pastel Jewels.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

December arrived sooner than expected.  Beautiful printed papers and the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set make it quick and easy to design  cards that look complicated, but aren't.  Diecut several coordinating prints and colors - you'll be surprised at how easy it is to create your holiday cards!  Be sure to enter December's Patterned Paper Challenge too.  The entry deadline is 11:59 PM EST on December 29.  Good Luck - can't wait to see your entry!

Thanks for visiting - have a great weekend...

 

 

Supplies

 

94753 Aurora Snowflake

ef1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

pp1024 Poinsettia Garland 6x6 pack

pp1023 Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 pack

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

cl5285

jwl002 Pastel Jewels

It is time for the last challenge of the year, so we hope you will join us in some cardmaking fun.  Thank you to everyone who participated in the "Let there be Light" challenge. We loved seeing all of your designs.

The winner of the blog badge was Pat J off of SplitcoastStampers. Her window scene was absolutely beautiful:

The random pick winner of the prize pack was Aimeslee from the Paper Paisleys blog. Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation

I don't know about you, but it seems really easy to build up a collection of patterned papers. This month we challenge you to dust them off and add them to your creations. You can make a card, a holiday gift, a scrapbook page, etc. All we ask is that you add some patterned paper to your project and that you use at least one Memory Box product in your entry. You will have a chance to win two of Memory Box's latest 6" x 6" patterned paper packs. Good luck!

Here are some samples to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge102 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Friday, December 29th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

 

Supplies

 

PP1023 Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 pack

PP1024 Poinsettia Garland 6x6 pack

ST002 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs

 

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a holiday card featuring the new Layered Hummingbird, Classic Pine Needle Springs and Brilliant Joy dies from the latest release.  I combined it with a previously released die called Forest Pine Branch.

Here's a closer look:

I cut the bird, branch and some of the pine sprigs from white card stock and then I cut more sprigs from 2 different colors from the Fresh Aqua paper pack.  I stacked one white and one of each of the other two aqua colors and glued them together at the base stem slightly offset from each other.  I wanted the branches to seem really full so by doing this it gives a lot more dimension and texture to the whole card.  

I colored the branch and bird with alcohol markers.  The original branch die had pine springs on it but I cut them off to use the springs from the new classic set of dies.  I added the branch with the new tri-stacked sprigs and then popped the bird up on the branch.  Here's another look:

The Joy die cut was cut from white and black glitter paper, the black is from the Glitzy Glitter pack and the white is from the Vintage Pastel Glitter pack.  I cut the background die from the black and the other die from the white.  This die is very cool because it also has an outline inside the 2nd word die.  So when you cut both dies from 2 different colored papers, you can make a combination of three complete word dies which saves lots of time, and you have 2 extra word dies to use on other cards.  One tip I have if you need to glue something to the glitter paper, it's a lot easier to use Glossy Accents and it adheres with a much more permanent bond.

Here's one last look:

I hope you like my Christmas card for today, it's super easy to make and I think it looks so very festive.  I know just who I will be sending this card to!  Thanks for stopping by and I hope your holiday season is wonderful.

 

Supplies

 

SP1004 Fresh Aqua

94757 Classic Pine Needle Sprigs

94755 Layered Hummingbird

94759 Brilliant Joy

94481 Forest Pine Branch

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad