Snowflake Ovals by Jenny Griffiths

Hello Everyone!

So glad you dropped by today as I share two cards using the same dies but with very different looks.  The Batavia Snowflake Oval and Poinsettia Blooms are the featured dies today.  I'll be posing the question, "which one do you like the best" so be thinking about that as I explain my process...

The blue card on the left is cool and serene while the card on the right is bold and dramatic.  After creating the blue card I realized I made several using the same or similar colors in the past few months so I switched gears and designed the black card...maybe it was the eclipse yesterday, I don't know. 

Starting with a splattering of gold paint onto black card stock is always a good start.  There's something satisfying about letting it fly.  To go along with the gold paint, I used gold glitter paper---as a vertical strip on the (throughly dried) note card and to overlay snowflakes onto the oval.  The Batavia Snowflakes are very intricate yet cut through the glitter paper with ease.  I cut the green background from the Stitched Oval Layers die set, stamped and adhered it to the reverse side of the snowflake oval.

The poinsettia...I love this die so much.  The petals are embossed so you see the detailed veins AND there are three sizes in the set.  For this bloom I die cut the largest in licorice gingham, the mid-size in red as well as two of the small size.  The die set even includes the little perfect centers (I googled the technical names of all the flower parts but I going with "petals" and "centers"). 

I couldn't resist adding a little gold crazy wire (sometimes called bullion wire) for pizzaz.

Changing direction...literally going horizontally now... I postioned the Batavia Snowflake Oval, backed with the stamped light blue card stock, onto the note card atop of some thin silver stripe washi tape.  Cut from silver and blue glitter paper, the Batavia Snowflakes were adhered over the corresponding snowflakes on the oval.   

Once again I used the Poinsettia Blooms die set and created the flower using more glitter paper and white paint splattered onto red petal layers.  Oh! and silver crazy wire this time.

I hope you like these cards and see how the same dies can create such different looking cards...now, here it is..."which one do you like the best"?

Thanks again for stopping by today...

Happy Tuesday!

Supplies

99816 Batavia Snowflake Oval

99825 Batavia Snowflakes

30093 Poinsettia Blooms

CL5212 Merry Christmas Sentiments clear stamp set

30069 Stitched Oval Layers

Let It Snow: Snowflake Swell, Snowflake Wire, Piccolo Snowflakes by Anne Thompson

I'm continuing my personal challenge to create as many holiday/winter cards as I can this month.  Today's post features two "merry Christmas" cards and three "let it snow" cards.  

I used the SNOWFLAKE SWELL 99828, SNOWFLAKE WIRE 99809, PICCOLO SNOWFLAKES 99850, and either the MERRY CHRISTMAS SENTIMENTS clear stamp set CL5212 or the LET IT SNOW PERKY SCRIPT die 99866 to make the five cards.

First up--Christmas:

I cut the Snowflake Swell from a light blue cardstock and trimmed it down for the front of a white notecard.  I had some fun experimenting with the placement of the die--above you'll see the Swell curving left on one card and to the right on the other.  I then cut the Snowflake Wire and the Piccolo Snowflakes from navy blue cardstock.  I anchored the larger snowflake on the Wire loop to the center of the middle snowflake on the card front with a little glue.  I then used dots of glue in the centers to add the three navy snowflakes on top of the light blue ones.  This left me the option of pulling up the "legs" of the snowflakes to add more dimension to the card fronts.  I stamped "merry Christmas" in Achival Jet Black ink.  I used pearls in several sizes for the centers of the snowflakes, the little circles on the Snowflake Wire, and to accent some of the light blue open space.

Here's a close-up:

Next--Snow:

I constructed these cards in the same manner, just changed the orientation of the Snowflake Swell (one side-fold, two top-fold cards), the cardstock colors, and the color of the base notecards.   For the card on the left, I cut the Snowflake Wire, Piccolo Snowflakes and the word "snow" from white cardstock.  For the one on the top right, I used the same color cardstock as the base notecard.  For the one on the bottom right, I cut the "let it snow" from the same dark green as the Snowflake Swell and tucked the words in along that channel.

I think it's time to replenish my stock of white pearls.  I particularly love the tiniest ones and I'm almost out. I do love a little bling!  When I'm mailing cards like these with lots of pearls or other dimensionals, I like to add a tiny piece of bubble wrap over the card front when tucking it into the envelope. Other things I like to do--add something from the card front to the inside of the card.  Each of these cards gets an extra Piccolo Snowflake inside.  And I always decorate the envelopes to coordinate and hint at what might be inside.  For these, I'll use the small snowflake stamp on the B2007 Joyful Combo wood-mounted stamp with Hero Arts Cornflower Blue ink on the white envelopes.

 Happy Crafting!

Supplies

99828 Snowflake Swell

99809 Snowflake Wire

99850 Piccolo Snowflakes

99866 Let It Snow Perky Script

CL5212 Merry Christmas Sentiments clear stamp set

Tree Line by Penny Ward

Hello and hi there. Penny here today with a snowy tree line card. I love to ski at Breckenridge and Vail....this card makes me want to get out there now! However...I will have to wait until January. Brrrrrrrrrrrr!!!!!

Here we go:

 

Start with a piece of White cardstock measuring 4.25 x 5.50 inches. Ink the top portion with Distress Oxide Salty Ocean, Peacock Feathers and Seedless Preserves until happy with your "sky".

Adhere this panel to a base card of White cardstock 4.25 x 11 inches, folded in half.

 

Now for the die cutting. Start with a 4.25 x 5.50 panel of White cardstock. Die cut Stitched Tree Horizon (yes, some of your trees will get cut off). Now die cut Stitched Circle Trees from a large scrap of White cardstock. Trim the top portion of the circle away. I also die cut a small portion of the Stitched Curves to adhere over the "circle" so it looked more uniform.

 

 

Adjust your tree line as desired and adhere trees with foam adhesive and bottom of card front with glue. (Back row of trees has one layer of foam adhesive, front trees have two layers of foam adhesive).  Stamp sentiment from Blessed to Know You with VersaFine Majestic Blue ink.

Wrap card front with sheer Navy ribbon and tie a knot.

Pretty simple yet stunning with all the white space.

 

Happy crafting....

Supplies

99843 Stitched Circle Trees

99842 Stitched Curves

99841 Stitched Tree Horizon

CL5213 Blessed to Know You clear stamp set

A Starry Thank Youby Melissa Rusk

Happy Saturday Friends! Today I have a starry thank you card to share with you using some new dies. Let's get started!

The Starry Lens die is so much fun! I die cut it in a white paper and then glued some silver glitter paper behind it. To add some extra fun to this card I die cut three sizes of the Stitched Stars die and glued them to the card.

I stamped the thank you from the Sentimental Iris stamp set in purple ink and glued the whole thing to a fun and shiny purple paper. Some gems finished off this thank you card. Change up the colors and the sentiment and it would make a great gift set for someone.

Have a great day!

Supplies

99808 Stitched Stars

99824 Starry Lens

CL5202 Snetimental Iris clear stamp set

Christmas Wishes by Donna Sledzik

Good morning everyone,

Today I have a Christmas card for you that features a few new stamps and dies, along with some older ones.  That's the great thing about Memory Box , the old and the new products work well together to create beautiful cards. 

To make this card I cut two pieces of white cardstock 4"x 5 1/4" and placed the Country Road Oval die in the center and die cut it.  On the second piece of cardstock I sponged Candied Apple Distress ink on it and misted it with water.  I glued the oval die cut piece on top up the inked background.  Next I glued the cabin die cut back into the oval.  

Next I die cut the Oval Snowflake Frame from white cardstock and using foam tape I adhered this over the cabin oval.

For the holly leaves I sponged watercolor paper using Mowed Lawn and Forest Moss distress inks, and the Holly Collage die to cut the leaves.  For the sentiment I stamped on a licorice cardstock strip and embossed with white embossing powder.  

To finish the card assemble as shown and adhere the card front to a white card base.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Supplies

CL5213 Blessed to Know You clear stamp set

99790 Holly Collage

99608 Country Road Oval

99480 Snowflake Oval Frame

Dazzling Dragonfly, Little Dragonflies, Square Basics and Wrapped Stitch Frames by Jean Okimoto

A Persimmon Notecard is the perfect background for a bright summer-into-fall card layered with the Dazzling Dragonfly and Little Dragonflies.  This great new color is an eye-opening orange ideal for a simple design created with artpapers cut using dies from the Square Basics and Wrapped Stitch Rectangles sets.  

Hi, Jean Okimoto here, with a quick dragonfly card in splashy summer colors.  If you obsessively buy/collect/save/hoard beautiful artpapers - but stash them away because they're too pretty to cut into - Memory Box dies are the answer.  They cut through handmade, silkscreened, metallic, marbled and embossed papers - like these from Shizen Design - quickly and easily, producing clean edges and sharp corners.  The fibers and beautiful textures of these papers won't yield to paper punches - but our dies cut through them as easily as they slice through papers and cardstock.  

Dies save time - and minimize wasted paper.  Just use the open dies to "frame" portions of the papers to see and select what you'll be cutting.  If you're not sure which of two sizes you need to cut, cut the larger size - you can easily trim it with the smaller size if necessary.  Rectangle Basics and Wrapped Rectangle Frames are proportioned to cut perfect layers for A-2 cards - and they're great for A-6 and A-7 sizes too.

Cut the floral print and embossed Shizen Design papers with Square Basics dies.  Impress at Tukwila recently started selling a select assortment of these fabulous artpapers.   I'll be using them for classes as often as I can - especially during the holidays.  

Cut turquoise cardstock with a Wrapped Stitch Rectangle.  This new set of five dies is quickly becoming a favorite at Impress.  It adds so much - in a subtle way - as an accent that doesn't compete with the main elements of a design.  We love it!

Cut Dazzling Dragonflies and Little Dragonflies from gold mirror cardstock.  

Attach the diecuts to a Persimmon Notecard.  Add green gem stickers.

Just a reminder - if you're in the Seattle area, join us for the Impress Holiday Kickoff event this Saturday.  Goodie bags to the first 25 people at both stores, a 10% shopping discount, inspiring samples and displays - and Cindi, Whitney and I will be demo-ing or doing make+takes at Tukwila on Saturday morning.  View the Memory Box Collection at Impress - and bring your wishlist!

Thanks for stopping by - see you again next week...

 

 

 

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Supplies

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

30088 Square Basics Set

99751 Little Dragonflies

99668 Dazzling Dragonfly

New Single Deer Oval and Piccolo Snowflakes by Jean Okimoto

Diecut the new Single Deer Oval from matte Kraft cardstock - then surround it with sparkly, glittery bling!  Hi, Jean Okimoto here, with a simple design for everyone on your Christmas list.  

Diecut a Stitched Oval Background to add dimension and interest - and to elevate the deer ever so slightly.  

Attach Scor-Tape behind silver glitter cardstock and cut two of the Piccolo Snowflakes.

Place one side of the Curled Ribbons die on the backside of red glittered craft foam to diecut a scarf that curls upwards towards the left. (This section would normally curl downwards, or to the right.) You'll be able to cut two different scarves from this portion of the die - save one for another card.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded textured white card.  Add silver gem stickers.

Special thanks to everyone from the PAPER PLEASE and NEW MEMORY BOX CHRISTMAS COLLECTION CARDS classes at Impress last weekend!  It was a real family day - mother/son/girlfriend, mother-in-law/daughter-in-law, aunt/sisters/cousins - and my very loyal 'regulars' who are almost like sisters.  I appreciate how so many of you flew in from California, drove or caught the ferry to get to Tukwila.   Thank you all - and to Shari and Erin too, for helping everyone fill their shopping baskets with everything we needed.

 

If you're in the Seattle area - or can get here on Saturday August 19th - join us for  the annual HOLIDAY KICKOFF at Impress.  Special displays, a 10% discount, demos, samples, goodie bags to the first 25 at each store - and special holiday inspiration throughout the stores.  Stop by and say hello - I'll be doing a Christmas card make+take at Tukwila that morning.   Bring your Memory Box/Open Studio/Poppystamps wishlist and save 10% on everything you purchase at Impress this Saturday.  See you!

 

Related articles

Glittered New Deco Trees by Jean Okimoto - Outside The Box

New Single Deer Oval and Piccolo Snowflakes by Jean Okimoto - Outside The Box

Supplies

98936 Curled Ribbons

99834 Single Deer Oval

99850 Piccolo Snowflakes

30069 Stitched Oval Layers

Peppermint Striped Snowman by Laura Fulcher

Greetings friends.  I have another snowman to share with you today.  Can you tell that I like them a lot?  The die I used today is called Snowman Panel.  When you cut the die, this is what you get:

As you can see, the stripes and snowman are all connected.  I thought that if I put red behind the white stripes, it would resemble peppermint stripes.

Next, I added the hat, eyes, scarf, buttons, and nose I cut from the Snowman Heart die.  To finish the card, I cut a hill from the Stitched Curves set and added one of the sentiments from the Merry Merry die set.  As a last step, I added some Stickles to the curve hill.  Here is a closeup of the snowman with embellishments as well as the sparkly hill:

Supplies

30062 Make Merry

99791 Snowman Panel

99801 Snowman Heart Collage

99842 Stitched Curves

Just a Note by Isha Gupta

Hello everyone! Isha here sharing a CAS "Just a Note" card using the AWESOME holiday new release dies. I love how versatile these are. I could have easily made it into a Christmas/ Winter card too but decided to make a general card :)

I started with die-cutting the Deer Family Circle and Stitched Circle Trees using white cardstock panel. I then colored the trees, snow and the deers using Copic markers. 

Stamp sentiment onto the Deer panel.

Apply some Nuvo glimmer paste for the snow.

Cut the deer panel slightly smaller than the cardbase. Adhere the pine tree panel behind the Deer panel using thin foam pad.

Sponge some yellow distress ink to the cardbase. Flick little water for some texture.

Adhere the mat layer to the cardbase.

Simple isn't it? Hope you enjoyed the card and got inspired. Have a wonderful crafty day!

Supplies

99843 Stitched Circle Trees

99575 Deer Family Circle

CL5202 Snetimental Iris clear stamp set

Snowy Pine Oval with Poinsettia Blooms by Anne thompson

I'm on a roll creating Christmas cards.  There are sooo many wonderful dies and stamps in the Holiday Release that make this an easy and fun task!  Today's cards feature the SNOWY PINE OVAL die 99831 and the POINSETTIA BLOOMS set of five dies 30093.  Each notecard base is a different green--using up what I have for single cards in my green basket.   

Here's the first card I made:

To start this card, I cut the Snowy Pine Oval as well as the stamens from the Poinsettia Blooms in white cardstock.  I then cut the poinsettia blooms from both red and dark green cardstocks--I set the largest green ones aside to use as leaves.  I secured the oval to a green notecard, just putting glue on the oval outline.  I then decided that I needed green trees behind the white ones for more dimension and definition, so I cut the Snowy Pine Oval from dark green cardstock, snipped off the trees, and slid them behind the white trees.  A few dots of glue secured the two layers together.  I assembled the Poinsettia Blooms with a glue dot between each layer, added two of the green leaves to the base of the flower, white stamens and a white pearl in the center and secured it to the card with a dimensional foam square.  I chose the "merry Christmas" from the Merry Christmas Sentiments clear stamp set CL5212 and curved it a bit on an acrylic block before stamping it in Archival Jet Black ink in the upper left.  I used a clear Wink of Stella pen to add some glittery goodness to the trees and the poinsettia.  Here's a closeup from one of the cards.

I made a second card in the same manner, using a white poinsettia with a green gem center.

For the third card, I offset a dark green Snowy Pine Oval underneath a white one which was definitely the easiest and quickest layering strategy and I curved the sentiment a bit more to fit closer around the oval's edge.  This is the design that I will reproduce multiple times.

For the bonus card, I used the TALL PINE OVAL 99845 cut from white cardstock and the TALL PINE 99848 cut from dark green cardstock layered underneath the white with the sticking-out bits snipped off.  I added a Poinsettia Bloom cut from metallic gold cardstock and some brown pearls.  Love the gold!

I really like the look of the dark green branches under the white trees.  And the Wink of Stella adds just enough sparkle!  

These layered trees would also make great "Let it snow!" cards for this winter.  (Planning ahead...)  Happy Crafting!

Supplies

99831 Snowy Pine Oval

30093 Poinsettia Blooms

99845 Tall Pine Oval

99848 Tall Pine

CL5212 Merry Christmas Sentiments clear stamp set