Wrapped Stitch Hearts, Happy Penguin and Rectangle Basics by Jean Okimoto

 

A background of Wrapped Stitch Hearts creates a twirly setting for the Happy Penguin on a simple card today.  Add a brightly bold greeting from the Smile Clear Stamp Set - and a swirly circle print background - and it's a quick card for your favorite guy.  Hello, Jean Okimoto here, the big day is just two weeks away - quick and easy is the way to go!


Layer a set of red Wrapped Stitch Hearts onto a 2-¼" x 3-½"  Rectangle Basics block of silver and black printed paper.  

Cut Happy Penguin from watercolor paper and again from black cardstock.  Color two eye dots on a scrap of orange cardstock with a black marker and attach it behind the white penguin.  Attach the additional black penguin behind the white, slightly lower for dimension.  

Attach black duct tape to a scrap of cardstock and diecut a glossy contrasting overlay for the head and flippers.

Stamp the greeting -  from the Smile Clear Stamp Set  - on turquoise cardstock with Onyx Black VersaFine and dry the ink.  Trim it with the ¾" x 2" Rectangle Basics die.

Attach everything to a white  A6 (4-⅝" x 6-¼") card.  Cut a bunch of red glittered hearts with the Dibble Heart Border die.  Attach one of the little hearts to the penguin.  Add black sequins.

Need a more gal-ish design?  Just diecut some fuchsia, pink or peach Wrapped Stitch Hearts and add a garden print instead.  Finish it off with pastel or glittery gem stickers.  

Special thanks to everyone who stopped by to make a Heart Gift Box at my Impress make and take last Saturday!  Big thanks to everyone who joined us for the Love Is Sweet Valentine cards class too - and to Ann, Erin and Laura for finding those great dies and papers for all of our projects.  See you again at the CAKES, CANDLES + BIRTHDAY WISHES class on February 10!

Thanks for visiting - see you again on Thursday too...

 

 

 

Supplies

 

99919 Happy Penguin craft die

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

30116 Wrapped Stitch Hearts craft die

CL5152 Smile clear stamp set

99932 Dibble Heart Border craft die

Heart Gift Box by Anne Thompson

One of my favorite dies from the latest Memory Box release is the HEART GIFT BOX 99954.  It is the perfect size for a small gift or candy treats for your valentine.  I used it on the front of a notecard and on a tag.  

First, the card.

• I covered the front of a white notecard with Cranberry Gingham paper.
• I cut a heart from Cranberry Dot paper using the next to the largest heart in the HAVE A HEART dies set 30118.  I glued this to the notecard at a bit of an angle.
• Then I die cut the HEART GIFT BOX 99954 from Cranberry Distressed Dot paper.

• Assembling the box is easy since all of the fold lines  are pre-scored during the die-cutting process.  
• I decided to add a small piece of acetate to the box window.  I glued it in place and trimmed off the extra.  
• I then added a piece of skinny Scor-Tape to the outermost flap on the printed paper side.

• All I had to do next was remove the covering over the tape, fold everything (be sure to tuck in the tiny tab at the bottom), and secure the flap under the front side of the box top.

• I added some Scor-Tape to the back of the heart gift box and stuck it in the center of the heart on the notecard.  
• I found some pretty tissue paper and tucked a couple of small pieces into the box.  
• A white satin bow was the last thing I added to the front.
• Remember the small heart that cut out to leave the window?  I added it inside the notecard.

I will give this card to my mother on Valentines Day with a cute little crystal sun catcher tucked into the Heart Gift Box.

Here's the tag.

• I assembled the box in the same way I did before.
• I used a large white tag and I added a strip of Cranberry Gingham paper down the center.
• I used Scor-Tape to secure the heart box to the tag, lining up the edge of the box with the edge of the tag.
• I threaded a pretty red and white striped ribbon through the hole in the tag and tied a bow.

I plan to attach the tag to a valentine basket for my Secret Pal.  I have the perfect little pin to tuck in the heart gift box for her.

I have started making up more of these little boxes to fill with candies (in tiny food-safe bags) to use as table favors/place cards for an early February luncheon.  Wouldn't these be sweet for a bridal shower?!  A sweet sixteen party?!  A wedding?!  I can think of so many more ways to use these little boxes.  Do you have your Heart Gift Box die yet???  You are going to want one!

Happy Crafting!

 

Supplies

 

99954 Heart Gift Box craft die

Sending my Llove by Donna Sledzik

Good morning!

I hope you all had a great weekend and are ready for a new week, hopefully including some card making!  I hope to inspire you with another cute Llama card.

To make this card, start by die cutting the heart frame from white cardstock and glue this to a white cardstock layer that was cut the same size as the frame.  Tie a ribbon around the card layer and adhere this to a black card base.

Die cut the grass circle frame and a plain circle the same size for the background from white cardstock.  Sponge the plain circle with Picked Raspberry and Twisted Citron Distress inks and mist with water to blend the inks.  Stamp, color and die cut the llama and glue that onto the inked circle.  Adhere the grass circle die cut on top of the circle and glue this to the card front using foam adhesive.  

To finish the card, stamp the sentiment in the bottom right corner and embellish the card with pink pearls.

Thanks for stopping by today and have a great week!

 

Supplies

 

32219 Llama Love die set

CL5219 Llama Love clear stamp set

99937 Heart Frame craft die

Elegant Hearts by Penny Ward

 

Hello, hello Memory Box friends. Penny here today with my favorite thing to make...a 10 minute card. A bit of embossing, a couple of die cuts, pretty ribbon and you have a simple yet elegant creation.

Follow along:

 

Start with a White cardstock base, then add a piece of shimmering Red paper.

 

 

Cut a panel of White cardstock just a bit smaller then the Shimmering cardstock. Die cut two of the Double Stitched Hearts near the upper right corner. Now emboss the panel with a Polka Dot folder.

 

 

Wrap panel with Sheer Ribbon and adhere to card front. Add die cut hearts by using foam adhesive and setting them slightly off center.

Add a pretty bow and call it done.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Supplies

 

99929 Double Stitched Hearts craft die

Stitched Circle Landscape, Happy Penguin and Wrapped Stitch Circle Frames by Jean Okimoto

There's a lot to love about the Happy Penguin, especially on a Valentine card!  The floating hearts of the Stitched Circle Landscape create a cool background with Lawn Fawn's Perfectly Plaid Spring print.  Thanks for the great papers Lawn Fawn!

Hi, Jean Okimoto here, with a quick Valentine idea for you.  It's just 2-½ weeks away - let's get started!

Stitched Circle Heartscape can be used in so many ways - and it's great combined with the new Wrapped Stitch Circle Frames too.  I've used just the Heartscape's top inner portion with the Wrapped Stitch Circle Frame and inner circle.

Cut the 3.6" Circle Frame from bright pink cardstock.  Attach the frame to a top-folded 5.5" square card.  Attach the inner circle - slightly offset and overlapping the right edge of the frame.

Cut the heart background section of Stitched Circle Landscape from the Perfectly Plaid Spring paper.  Attach it to the pink circle

Cut  Happy Penguin twice - from watercolor paper and black cardstock.  Use a marker to color two black "eye dots" on a scrap of orange cardstock.  Attach it behind the penguin.  Layer the additional black penguin behind the white penguin to add dimension.  

Cut the head and flippers section from black cardstock.  Or - as I did, from a piece of shiny black duct tape attached to a scrap of cardstock.  That gives him a glossy look - like he just emerged from a quick winter swim.  

Stamp the greeting - from the So Many Things to Love Clear Stamp Set - with Lightning Black Brilliance.

Cut Dibble Hearts Border from pink glittered cardstock.  Attach small hearts to the penguin and the background.  Accent the greeting with the bigger heart.

Add orange gem stickers.

Thanks for stopping by this weekend.  Be sure to visit Impress if you're in the Seattle area today - it's their annual Valentine Open House and it begins at 10:00 AM.  Demos, make+takes, classes, samples and a day of creative inspiration!  Stop by for my Memory Box candy box make+take - and join us for another Love Is Sweet class at noon.

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

30120 Wrapped Stitched Circle Frames craft die

99919 Happy Penguin craft die

99932 Dibble Heart Border craft die

99930 Stitched Circle Heartscape craft die

CL5196 So Many Things to Love clear stamp set

Double Stitched Hearts by Melissa Rusk

Happy Friday Friends! Today I got a little bit messy with my card but it's filled with love. Let's get started!

For my messy background I used three colors of the Distress Oxide Inks in different pinks. I started with my lightest color and pressed some ink into my non-stick craft mat and then sprayed it with some water. I took a piece of water color paper and then pressed it into the wet ink a few times. I used a heat tool to dry the first layer before adding more ink. I kept layering the different colors and drying them in between until I got a background that I liked. I was actually able to do two backgrounds at the same time with this technique.

I took some gold water color paint and added a few splatters to complete my messy background.

I die cut three of the Double Stitched Hearts in a bright pink paper. To make them sparkle I covered them with glitter using my clear Wink of Stella brush pen. To complete the card I placed a piece of gold stripe washi tape along the left side of my background and then glued it to a pink card. I used foam tape to glue the three hearts down and I added just a little more sparkle with some clear gems.

Have you made a messy background like this yet? It's so much fun!

 

Supplies

 

99929 Double Stitched Hearts craft die

Cherry Blossom A2 notecards

Feathered Friends and Swooping Branches and Leaves by Jean Okimoto

Create a Valentine Tree with the Swooping Branches Deep Edge dies - then add a smiling owl from the Feathered Friends Deep Edge dies.  It's all about getting the most from your collection of Memory Box dies.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here, with another colorful Valentine design to brighten your winter day.

Cut the the branch and leaves from dark kraft and red cardstock and construct a simple tree.

Cut the Feathered Friends owl from screen printed paper - I've used a colorful striped pattern from Shizen Design.  Impress can order it for you - it's #HP1156.  Cut another owl from dark gray cardstock and attach it - slightly offset - behind the striped owl for dimension and a sliver of a shadow. 

Cut the face from natural cardstock.  Attach adhesive label paper or sticker sheets to pale peach and red felt and diecut the rosy cheeks and wing.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and keeps adhesives from soaking thru.

Color a section of orange cardstock with a black marker for the eyes.  Cut the eyes and orange beak.

Attach the diecuts to a 5-½" square card of recycled natural cardstock.  

Add some pretty accents from Birch Press Design -  pale peach sequins from the Grandma's Roses assortment and a bit of washi tape from the Sugar Tape set.  Birch Press Design is an upscale online shop featuring craft supplies, cards, kitchen and home products.  It's owned by Memory Box owners Dave and Monica Brethauer.

Hope the deep edge dies have earned a place in your collection - and that we've inspired you to mix and match prints, papers and fabrics on unique cards for any occasion.

Looking forward to seeing everyone at the Impress Valentine Open House on Saturday January 27th.  I'll be doing a Memory Box Heart Candy Box make and take from 10-11:30.  We've added another LOVE IS SWEET class that day too - from 12-1:45.  

Thanks for visiting - see you on Saturday!

 

 

Supplies

 

30107 Swooping Branches & Leaves craft die

30102 Feathered Friends craft die

Grandma's Roses sequins

Rolling Wave Collage, Sweet Seal and Heart Rays by Jean Okimoto

Combine the new Rolling Wave Collage and Sweet Seal for a simple Valentine design.  Add a trio of glittery hearts with the Heart Rays die.  Hello - Jean Okimoto here today - with a quick project for Valentines of any age.

Cut a Pool Notecard with the Rolling Wave Collage.  Stamp the greeting from the Wirework Hearts Clear Stamp Set  with Onyx Black VersaFine.  Memory Box Notecards - with their crisp white interiors - create the ideal background contrast our the collage dies.  Try re-folding the card with the white side out for an entirely different look.  

Cut Sweet Seal twice from gray cardstock.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind the cutouts for his face.  Attach the seal over the waves.  Attach the second seal behind the waves to create a nice finished look on the interior of the card.

Diecut Heart Rays from red glittered cardstock.  Attach the large heart on the card front.  Attach two smaller hearts inside the card.  You'll have just enough space to write or stamp a sweet message inside the card.  No pressure to write a long loveletter!

Memory Box Collage Dies are great when you want a quick card with a detailed look.  Less is definitely more here - less time, more impact.

Big thanks to everyone who took last weekend's SO MANY HEARTS class at Impress!   Hope you liked the techniques, cards and candy box.  Thanks too - Ann, Erin and Laura - for helping everyone fill shopping baskets with the perfect dies, papers and inks for their Valentine projects.  

If you're in the Seattle area - save Saturday January 27th for the Impress Valentine Event.  Special displays, samples and demos.  Stop by for some great inspiration - I'll show you how to make and decorate a heart candy box for your sweeties.  I've also added another LOVE IS SWEET class that day - from 12:00 to 1:45.  We're making 5 Valentine cards and a special candy card too.

Thanks for visiting...see you again tomorrow, and on Saturday.

 

 

Supplies

 

99906 Sweet Seal craft die

99933 Heart Rays craft die

99963 Rolling Wave Collage craft die

CL5218 Wirework Hearts clear stamp set

Pool A2 notecards

"Love Clippings" Layered Paper Valentines with Have a Heart and Honeycomb Stitched Circle Frame Dies by Anne Thompson

I made three valentines today using layers of paper from the "Love Clippings" 6X6 Collection Kit that I purchased awhile ago from Birch Press Design.  (I noticed when I began typing this up that this particular collection appears to be sold out on their website.  Either the St. Tropez papers or the Wild & Free collection would also work or any of the Memory Box patterned papers like the Bubblegum or Cranberry  collections.)   I love the tones in these papers--sort of victorian vintage-y browns and pinks with interesting peeled paint textures.  There are 24 double-sided papers as well as one alphabet sticker sheet, one type and tab sticker sheet, and one journaling card sheet.  I used a variety of the papers and fussy cut some of the smaller images for added details.  I used the HAVE A HEART set of 5 craft dies 30118 to cut hearts in three sizes from this paper collection and from a rich deep red cardstock.  I also cut the HONEYCOMB STITCHED CIRCLE FRAME 99923 from the same papers and from Bubblegum Gingham paper to use as accents like one might use doilies.  The only other embellishment I used was some gold washi tape.

This is the first card I made.

Creating this card was really improvisational.  I just chose pieces from a pile on my table and started layering them together on a white notecard.  I did use one piece first to cover the entire front of the notecard and then started adding bits where I felt I needed more color or a design element.  I love the use of the Honeycomb for a lacey effect as well.

When I finished the first card, this is some of what I had left on the table in addition to more 6X6 pages I hadn't cut into.

I took another white notecard, covered the front with one piece of paper and started layering.  

I added the largest heart at the top on a Wobble so it moves when you flick it.

There were still more than enough pieces for a third card.

To finish all three cards, I took more sheets of paper from the collection that had large open areas for message writing and added them inside each one.

These cards came together easily because I had done lots of precutting in advance and had a huge pile of paper and die cuts to choose from.  These are quite different from what I usually do for greeting cards which tend to be more designed or planned before I start.  I do love improvisational work, though, and make art collages in this manner.  Fun!

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Supplies

30118 Have a Heart craft die

99923 Honeycomb Stitched Circle Frame craft die

Drifting Butterfly by Penny Ward

 

Hello Memory Box fans. Penny here today. All these new dies in my craft room and I selected to use a butterfly and some pretty papers. I just couldn't help myself....I mean really, how beautiful is that Drifting Side Butterfly?!?   So.........Change the color scheme and the sentiment and you have a lovely Valentine's Day card.  :)

 

Let's go:

 

Start with a Coral cardstock base.

On the pretty paper from Birch Press Designs, I stitched across the lower part of the panel with Black thread. I then added a couple of scoring lines with a Scoring Board.

 

 

The focal point of the card is the gorgeous Drifting Side Butterfly also die cut from Coral cardstock. I adhered just the body of the Butterfly so her wings were free to fly with the bit of Spectrum Noir Sparkle I added. The butterfly needed just a little something, something, so I colored the body with a Black pen.

 

 

Sentiment from the Wireworks Heart stamp set using VersaFine Onyx Black ink.

 

Happy Crafting,

 

Supplies

 

CL5218 Wirework Hearts clear stamp set

99900 Drifting Side Butterfly craft die