Ruffled Blooms and Exquisite Leaf Set by Jean Okimoto

 

Send a fresh garden greeting with Ruffled Blooms and Exquisite Leaf Set layered over a trellis-y frame from Poppystamps.  Hi, Jean Okimoto  here with a spring design that's easy and versatile - just pick your favorite shades from our 6x6 Collections of 108 coordinating colors.

Cut Ruffled Blooms from different colors in the Vibrant Violet Collection.  I wasn't sure which blossoms and colors I'd use - so I cut all 4 designs, then saved the extras for another day.  Attach the oval centers to the 3 largest flowers.  Color all of the centers using a small dauber or cotton swab and Sunflower Yellow Brilliance.  The resulting color varies when Sunflower Yellow is layered over the different shades of cardstock.

Cut the Exquisite Leaf Set pieces from the Lush Green Collection.

Cut white cardstock with the 2-¾" Square Basics die.  Adding a matching solid background helps the flowers stand out more.

Cut the Poppystamps Penelope Pinpoint Frame from white cardstock.  This versatile A2-sized die looks great layered over a contrasting card too.  I chose a larger card to add a greeting.

Stamp the greeting - from the Open  Studio Friends and Family Clear Stamp Set - on a Lush Green sheet with Shady Lane VersaFine Clair.  Dry the ink, then cut the greeting block with a 1-¼" Square Basics die.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Add the purplish Autumn Fairy Crystals.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...see you on Friday!

 

Supplies

 

94657 Ruffled Blooms craft die

94664 Exquisite Leaf Set craft die

CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

30088 Square Basics Set

SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

CL5276 Friends and Family clear stamp set

2510 Penelope Pinpoint Frame craft die

Torn Paper Backgrounds with Layered Star Flowers by Anne Thompson

I've been studying Chinese collage works recently which use elements of torn paper to create backgrounds and images.  For the three cards I made for this post, I used torn paper to create backgrounds for the Layered Star Flowers all-occasion cards.

Card One

materials used

• white notecard
• scraps of light blue cardstock
• medium green cardstock from LUSH GREEN COLLECTION SP1003
• green plaid paper from MADRAS PLAID CORAL AND GREEN PP1013
• VersaFine Clair Shady Lane ink to edge the torn papers
• white pearl paper from VINTAGE PASTEL MIRROR PAD FP1002
• LAYERED STAR FLOWERS 94612
• AUTUMN FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY101
• "For You" from SIGNATURE GREETINGS CL5272

to make this card

• orient a white notecard so the fold is at the top
• add a small strip of light blue cardstock at the top of the notecard...I let all of my paper strips go over the edges and trimmed the extra off once all of the strips were in place.
• tear two strips of the medium green cardstock and three strips of a green plaid paper; use the Shady Lane VersaFine Clair ink to add color to the torn white edges
• place the strips from top to bottom on the notecard, plaid-green-plaid-green-plaid
• die cut three sets of the Layered Star Flowers blossoms from the white pearl paper and the leaves from the medium green cardstock; assemble them; add Fairy Crystals to the flower centers; add them to the card front
  
• stamp "For You" on a scrap of light blue cardstock; tear around the lettering and ink the edges; add to the card

 

Card Two

materials used

• white notecard, top-fold
• papers from GARDEN FOLLY PP1005
• LAYERED STAR FLOWERS 94612
• AUTUMN FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY101

to make this card

• top-fold white notecard
• tear strips of papers from the GARDEN FOLLY PP1005 paper pad--I used the red one with the gold Xs, the gold honeycomb paper, the penmanship paper, the two shades of red leaves--add to the notecard from the top to the bottom--red-gold-red-gold-red-lined
• cut two of the Layered Star Flowers from the Xed paper and the honeycomb paper; add Autumn Fairy Crystals CRY101 to the flower centers and to the centers of the Xs; add the flowers to the notecard 

Card Three

materials used

• white notecard, side-fold
• light green cardstock from LUSH GREEN COLLECTION SP1003
• plaid paper from SPRING PLAID SLIM PP101SS
• flowered paper scrap from GARDEN FOLLY PP1005
• LAYERED STAR FLOWERS 94612
• WINTER FANTASY FAIRY GEMSTONES GEM102
• PASTEL FAIRY JEWELS JWL002

to make this card

• tear paper strips and add to the card front, top to bottom--solid, plaid, solid, flowers, solid, plaid, solid
• die cut five flowers and three sets of stems; assemble and add to the card front
• add the pale green Fairy Gemstones to the flower centers and the gold Fairy Jewels to the centers of the larger printed paper flowers

Tearing your paper scraps into strips is another way to use the bits that you have left from previous projects to add extra texture to a card.  Those scraps are often just the thing, too, for stamping a sentiment or for even die cutting a small image.  Try a torn paper background on one of your cards.

Happy Crafting!  

Sending Oceans of Love by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome! Today I have a card in blue and yellow using some awesome collage dies.

Here's a closer look at my card:

The fish were diecut from watercolor paper that was "smooshed" with yellow, orange and blue Distress inks. I also cut them from black to layer each fish so they appear to have a little shadow.

The water background was made with lots of dark blues and a little purple watercolor. While it was drying, I cut the following dies from white card stock and layered them one on top of each other.

Bubble Coral Collage Die
Deepwater Collage Die
Kelp Collage Die

These dies are so amazing because each opening is a different size making them easy to layer to get a really realistic and fun look. They are magical and ingenious designs, and help us crafters and card makers look like masterful creators, just by combining these collage dies together!

Once the watercolor panel dried, I added the fish, some with glue and some popped up on foam tape. The sentiment, from the "Deep Blue Ocean" stamp set, was heat embossed in white on black card stock. To finish my card I added lots of clear and "Winter Fairy Jewels" and "Clear Fairy Jewels" inside the die cut bubbles and scattered around the card front.

Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card and thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies

 

94562 Bubble Coral Collage craft die

94561 Kelp Collage craft die

94563 Deepwater Collage craft die

CL5268D Deep Blue Ocean clear stamp and die set

JWL001 Clear Jewels

GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

Woodgrain Candy Totes by Jean Okimoto

Got chocolate??  Create sturdy Woodgrain Paper Pack candy totes for Easter celebrations with Gentle Bunny and mixed blossoms from Memory Box and Poppystamps.   Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a project that took on a life of its own once I started diecutting the flowers from Memory Box 6x6 Color Collections.  No special treat  tote dies required for these!

Score Kraft Woodgrain Paper (that's actually cardstock) lengthwise at 4-¼".  Score it again at 4" and 4-½" and fold it on the 4-¼" scoreline.  Attach the 3" x 4-¼" Rectangle Basics die to the folded cardstock - place the bottom short edge about 1/16" below the fold and cut the folded rectangle.  Repeat twice.

Cut the folded rectangles with the 2" x ¾" Rectangle Basics die to create a handle - save one little rectangle offcut for each tote.  Round the corners of the folded rectangle and the little rectangle.  Crease the bottom of the tote to form a gusset for the candy.

Cut Gentle Bunny from white cardstock.  Attach a 5mm pompom instead of the tail from the bunny set.  

Cut Layered Star Flowers from 3 shades of pink in the Berry Red Collection.  Cut the flowers again from 3 shades each of the yellow and orange Sunny Orange sheet.  Cut 2 sets of the leaves from the Layered Star Flower set from a light green Lush Green Collection sheet.  Cut the longer stem into 2 sections.

Cut the Poppystamps Flower Field Corner from dark orange and yellow sheets in the Sunny Orange set.  Cut it again from a pink sheet in the Berry Red set.  It'll form the pink, orange and pale yellow base layer of the flowers.

Attach the front half of the folded tab to the tote for spacing. Attach the Flower Field Corners - leave some areas un-glued to add the leaves.  Add the leaves and a colorful mix of big and little blossoms.  

Attach Gentle Bunny.  Tape the chocolate inside the tote - Ghiradelli squares are a perfect fit.  Close the tote and adhere the back half of the tab.  Optional - you can also add a sparkly Fairy Crystal, Dewdrop or Gemstone to the tab to dress it up a bit - more handbag, less tote.

Mother's Day will be here soon...replace Gentle Bunny with more flowers or a heart if you're hosting Mother's Day Brunch.  The design also works for bridal showers or wedding favors.  Or anytime you want to share a bit of chocolate!  The Rectangle Basics set includes 16 sizes - there's a rectangle for any treat!

Thanks for visiting...Happy Easter if you're celebrating this weekend!

 

Supplies

 

94237 Gentle Bunny

94612 Layered Star Flowers craft die

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

SH44003 Woodgrain Paper Pack Kraft

2513 Flower Field Corner craft die

Happy Easter by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  For those who are celebrating, Easter weekend begins tomorrow and the Easter bunny is busy hiding… hiding those eggs for the Easter egg hunt that is! 😂*lol*   This was the fun idea behind the hiding bunny on my card today.

Started by die cutting the flowers, foliage and bunny ears (dies are listed at the end) from alcohol marker-friendly cardstock, then colored in with Copic Sketch markers.

purples - BV0000, BV000, BV01, BV04

yellows - Y000, Y13, Y17

pinks - RV000, RV00, 0

greens - G20, YG03, YG07, YG17, YG67

blues - BG70, BG72

 

 

The Knotted Circle Wreath was die cut twice next from Kraft woodgrain paper.  Gathered Twigs distress ink (DI) was then applied to them randomly with a foam blending tool to give variation and a rustic look.  To aid in shaping, a circle was die cut from Bristol paper using a Circle Basics die.   Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass and Mowed Lawn DIs were blended onto it with blender brushes to create the background.   The sentiment from Springtime Typewriter was then white heat embossed onto black cardstock before assembling the card on a white woodgrain panel that was scored every 1”.  

 

 

If the butterfly seems a bit out of place, that is because it was needed to cover up a marking. 😆   Kept it subtle by die cutting it from blue Vintage Pastel Mirror paper.   Pastel Jewels were added to the flower centers to finish.  

 

Wishing all those who are celebrating a happy Easter.  Thank you for joining me today.   Have a wonderful day. 

Supplies

 

94612 Layered Star Flowers craft die

94613 Layered Impatiens craft die

94614 Layered Periwinkle craft die

94666 Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch craft die

94545 Bunny Face craft die

94482 Knotted Circle Wreaths craft die

30087 Circle Basics Set

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SH44001 Woodgrain Paper Pack White

SH44003 Woodgrain Paper Pack Kraft

CL5239 Springtime Typewriter Sentiments clear stamp set

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

Spring Flower Scene Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I'm missing the pretty cherry blossoms from my front window view.  So I recreated it in a card.  Just add any sentiment in the inside and you got a beautiful card anyone would like to receive.

Wood Siding:

Cut a piece of the Cream Woodgrain paper to 5" x 7" with the grain running long way.  Ink blend with Distress Brushed Corduroy ink all over.  Cut into 5" x 1/2" long strings.  Color the edges of each strip with Distress Ground Espresso.  

Cherry Blossoms:

Die cut the smallest flowers from the Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch from white card stock.  Color with Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo and Picked Raspberry.  Concentrating the color to the center of the flower.  Shape the flowers.  Turn the flowers upside down on a foam mat.  Take a stylist the same width as the petals and push the stylist down to the center of the flower.  Repeat on each petal until it forms a cup shape.  Turn the flowers right side up and with a small stylist push in the center of the flower, still on the foam mat, creating a flower shape. 

Window and Branch:

Die cut the Poppy Stamp Grand Madison Window our of heavy weight white paper twice. Glue the 2 die cuts together. Cut a piece of the Black Glossy paper just smaller then the window Fram and adhere the window with double sided tape. Die cut the Woodland Branch from a brown paper from Earth Neutral pad 3 times.  Glue the 3 die cuts together.  

Foliage:

Die cut the Tall Frilly Leaf Stems, leaves from the Layered Star Flowers, and the Wild Grass Boarder from various shades of green from the Lush Green paper pad.  Add a darker shade of ink to the stems of the leafs and blades of grass with Distress Oxide Inks.  For the lighter green I used Crush Olive.  Mid-tone green I used Forest Moss. For the grass I used Rustic Wilderness.  Use the same shaping technique on the leaves as the cherry blossoms but when you turn them over to the front side just light press at the base of the leave.  Die cut the 2 small flowers from the Layered Impatiens die set out of bright pink from the Berry Red pad.  Add a yellow center with a Posca paint pen.  Shape the flowers the same way as the cherry blossoms. 

Assembly:

Adhere the wood strips to the front of a 5" x 7" card from top to bottom.  Adhere the window to the upper center of the card.  Glue the tree branch over the top of the window frame.  Adhere the flowers around the branch.  Arrange the grass and foliage to the bottom of the card.  

 

Supplies

 

94666 Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch craft die

94613 Layered Impatiens craft die

94615 Tall Frilly Leaf Stems craft die

94612 Layered Star Flowers craft die

94415 Wild Grass Border

98187 Woodland Branch

815 Grand Madison Window

SH44002 Woodgrain Paper Pack Cream

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper Pack 10 sheets

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6x6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

Spring Greetings Window Card by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate spring with a Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch window card and a soft felt Gentle Bunny. Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a favorite bunny and the new Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch set. Guessing that your Easter cards are already signed, sealed and sent - here's a spring greeting just to say hello or let someone know you're thinking about them.

Cut a window in a side-folded white A2 card with the 2-¾" Circle Basics die.

Cut the Paisley Bloom arches from a light green 6x6 in the Lush Green Collection.  Attach it to the window to create a wreath. There will be gap near the bottom right section.  Gentle Bunny will cover it!

Cut the flowers - from the Paisley Bloom Arch Set - from 3 sheets in the Berry Red Collection.  Save the extra blossoms for another project.  Attach the flowers to the wreath.

Attach adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to cream felt and cut Gentle Bunny. Cut another tail pouf and stack them for dimension.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and prevents adhesives from saturating the fabric.  Cut another bunny from white cardstock.  Attach the felt bunny to the front of the card - then attach the white cardstock bunny from inside the card for dimension and support. 

Add pink and green Pastel Fairy Jewels.  

Stamp the greeting - from the Big and Little Spring Clear Stamps Set - on white cardstock with Tulip Red VersaFine Clair.  Dry the ink and cut the greeting with the 1" Circle Basics die.  Cut another circle from a pink 6x6 and attach it for dimension and contrast.

Use the Basics die sets - Circle Basics, Square Basics or Rectangle Basics to create window and frame cards for any occasion.  Place a greeting in the window and let it multitask as a design element and to convey your message on the inside.  

Thanks for visiting -  see you again on Friday!

Supplies

 

94237 Gentle Bunny

94666 Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch craft die

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

30087 Circle Basics Set

CL5254 Big and Little Spring clear stamp set

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

Layered Star Flowers Happy Birthday by Anne Thompson

I have two more birthday cards today that use the Layered Star Flowers 94612 with the Happy Birthday Posh Script 94588.  

Card One

materials used

• red notecard
• printed papers from GARDEN FOLLY PP1005 and GARLAND PP1010
• LAYERED STAR FLOWERS 94612
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY POSH SCRIPT 94588
• tiny white pearls

to make this card

• trim one of the printed papers 4 X 51/4 and add to the front of a red notecard
• die cut the Layered Star Flowers blossoms from a flowered Garland paper and the leaves from the red leafy paper in the Garden Folly paper pad
• assemble the flower and leaves clusters using glue or glue dots; add tiny white pearls to the flower centers; and attach three sets to the front of the notecard
• die cut the Happy Birthday Posh Script from the same printed papers; use a glue pen to layer the detailed script on top of the background; add to the notecard 
  
• add another flower/leaves set to the inside of the notecard with a scrap of the flowered paper

Card Two

materials used

• white notecard
• blue papers from MADRAS PLAID BLUE AND VIOLET PP1014 (I also used a blue/pale green stripe from GARDEN FOLLY PP1005 for the background on this card.)
• two shades of blue papers from VINTAGE PASTEL MIRROR PAD FP1002
• turquoise gems from CHRISTMAS FAIRY JEWELS JWL005
• LAYERED STAR FLOWERS 94612
• HAPPY BIRTHDAY POSH SCRIPT 94588

to make this card

• trim a plaid or printed paper 4 X 5 1/4 and add to the front of a white notecard, fold on the top edge
• die cut and assemble the Layered Star Flowers using one of the plaid papers and two complementary shades of the blues metallic/pearl papers from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad; attach three sets to the front of the notecard and one on the inside; add turquoise gems to the flower centers
• die cut the Happy Birthday Posh Script from the same papers; use a glue pen to layer the detailed script on top of the background; add to the notecard 
  
• add three more gems to the left of the sentiment and one more to dot the "i"

I love these little flowers.  You can see in the photo above that I made more from the Mirror pad papers that I will use on another project.  I've got lots of ideas percolating.  They will look sweet on Easter cards.

Happy Crafting!

Happy Crafting!

"Love You" featuring Daisy Blossom Stem Dies by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with this beautiful floral and woodgrain mini slimline card made with the newly released "Daisy Blossom Stem" die and the "Love You Posh Script" die.

Here's a closer look at my card:

Here's how I made this card:

1) Cut a piece of Memory Box "White Woodgrain" card stock to 3" by 6" and applied Distress inks direct to paper. I started with "Tea Dye" then added "Brushed Corduroy" and finished with "Rusty Hinge" making the outside edges the darkest.

2) I die cut both dies from the "Daisy Blossom Stem" die set 3 times from white card stock.

3) Next I colored them with alcohol markers and colored pencils to give them depth and a realistic look.

4) I cut the colored diecuts into pieces of stems and flower and leaves and arranged them on my woodgrain panel.

5) Once I was happy with the arrangement I started gluing them down with liquid glue and popping some up on foam tape.

6) I cut the "Love You Posh Script" word die outline twice from white card stock and glued them together.

7) I cut the thinner word die in the set three times, two from white card stock and once from thick watercolor paper.

8) I colored one of the white thin word dies with the same green markers and colored pencils that I used on the leaf dies then stacked all 3 together then added them to the outline with glue.

9) I cut a card base 6.25" by 6.5" and scored it on the 6.5" side at 3.25 so my card base is slightly larger than my woodgrain panel.

10) I added the woodgrain panel to the card base with double sided adhesive foam and then added some tiny yellow Memory Box jewels to finish the card.

Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today. I had a lot of fun creating it and really love how it turned out. Memory Box dies are so versatile and beautiful - I really enjoy working with them to create one of a kind cards.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

See you next time,

 

Supplies

94668 Love You Posh Script craft die

SH44001 Woodgrain Paper Pack White

94616 Daisy Blossom Stem craft die

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

Hello Little Red Wagon by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I’m popping in today to share a cute spring all-occasion card.  I think it could have easily been an Easter card simply by swapping out the sentiment.

The wagon was created first.  A piece of red Berry Red paper was trimmed to 0.5”x2.75”.   A corner rounder punch was used to round the bottom two corners.  The top crate part is made from Kraft woodgrain paper.  The two horizontal pieces were trimmed to 0.25”x2.75”.   The three vertical pieces were die cut with the Vertical Line Collage die and cut into 1” sections.   You could trim by hand to 1/8”x2.75” as well then cut into 1” sections.  Added shading to them using Gathered Twigs distress ink (DI) and a detailed blender tool to give them dimension.  The two smallest dies from Circle Basics were then used to create the wheels from black cardstock and silver mirror paper.  The handle is black glossy paper die cut also with the Vertical Line Collage die, then cut apart and pieced together to form the necessary angles.

The tulips were die cut from yellow Sunny Orange paper and the leaves from Lush Green.   Used a darker shade of yellow and green dye inks to add shading and dimension to them, respectively.   Took a Bristol panel from my stash next' and lightly ink blended Shaded Lilac DI and splattered with diluted Black Soot DI for the background.  Die cut the Hello Banner Script sentiment from black glossy paper, then assembled the card onto a white card base.  To ground it, added shading beneath the wagon with grey Copic Sketch markers.  Drew in nails and tire rim centers with a black permanent pen to finish.   

That does it for my card today.  Thank you for joining me.  Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

 

94440 Tulip Trio Frame

94392 Hello Banner Script

94553 Vertical Line Collage craft die

SH44004 Black Glossy Paper Pack 10 sheets

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

30087 Circle Basics Set