Slimline Birthday Greetings by Jean Okimoto

Need a celebration card for spring and summer birthdays?  Hi, Jean here with a basic design that would work in many color combinations with prints from our Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack.  Here's a purple version of my hybrid card combining dies from our floral collection - Clara Blooms on the Curved Magnolia Branch.  

Cut Curved Magnolia Branch from a bright green 6x6 in the Greenery Collection.  Color the stem with a brown marker.

Cut Clara Blooms from a medium-purple 6x6 in the Twilight Purple Collection.  Cut an extra set of the small petals and trim 2 of them to create a bud.  Cut the group of 4 smaller centers from the chartreuse Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  Assemble the 2 larger flowers.  

Cut the purple and gold petal print from the Shimmering Gladiola 6x6 with a portion of the 2" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  It'll be shorter than the die - but it's easier than measuring.  Cut lavender cardstock with the 1-½" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Trim the rectangles with a corner rounding punch.

Cut, score and fold a lavender slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½") and round the corners.

Attach the diecuts - use foam tape for the blossoms.  Add a Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab for an instant greeting.

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Supplies

 

pp1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack

94688 Clara Blooms

94719 Curved Magnolia Branch

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

SP1008 Twilight Purple

ST010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

Anemone Thank You Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have another thank you card using the Greeting Tabs.  This one features the Blooming Anemone flower in a warm yellow and brown.

Background: Ink blend a A2 watercolor paper panel with Distress Oxide Fossilized Amber than Tea Dye and then Scorched Timber.  3D embossing using the Magnolia Bloom embossing folder.  Splatter with gold paint.

Flower: Die cut the Blooming Anemone from heavy white card stock.  Ink blend the petals with Distress Fossilized Amber fro heavy in the center to light at the tips.  Ink blend the center with Tea Dye and lightly add Scorched Timber.  Adhere together using the envelope as a guide. Shape the petals with the body of the pen.  Splatter with gold paint.

Frame: Create a frame using the middle Double Stitch Square Cut Out die and 2 size larger die from the Square Basics set.  Use the shiny gold paper from Vintage Pastel Mirror pad and position the 2 dies to create a frame and die cut.  Adhere foam tape to the back from the frame.  Use the same Square Basics die and but fro white card stock.  Ink blend with Distress Oxide Tea Dye and then Scorched Timber.  Adhere the frame to the square die cut.

Assembly: Adhere the background panel to a cream A2 card.  Adhere the frame to the center of the card.  Adhere the flower in the center.  Adhere a Thank You Foil Greeting Black Tab.

 

 

Supplies

 

94770 Blooming Anemone

94362 Double Stitch Square Cut Out

30088 Square Basics Set

ST005 Thank You Foil Greetings Black Tabs

EF1036 Magnolia Blooms 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Spring Bird Birthday Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a happy spring birthday card featuring the new Sitting Sparrow die.  I am loving all the layering birds and creating differs cards with them.  They are easy to color and layer for a beautiful look. 

Bird:

Die cut the Sitting Sparrow from white card stock.  Ink blend using a small blending brush and Distress Oxide inks in Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, and Scorched Timber.  Use the lighter color first as on the bottom layers and the darker colors for the top layers.  For the beak use Oxide Squeezed Lemonade. Use a black gel pen to dolor in the eye.  Adhere the layers together with glue.

Flowers:

Die cut the Clara Blooms from white card stock.  Ink blend with small blending brush and Distress Oxide Squeezed Lemonade for the center and Broken Glass and Milled Lavender.  for the flower ink blend heavy on the end with Broken Glass then ink blend from the end to the middle of petal with Milled Lavender. Shape the flowers using your fingers and then adhere together using the envelope as a guide.

Branch:

Die cut the Magnolia Leaf Branch from white card stock.  ink lend with a small blending brush and Distress Oxide Vintage Photo and Scorched Timber for the branch and Peeled Paint and Scorched Timber for the leaves.

Assembly:

Make a 6" x 4" white card.  Trim a light blue paper from the Lagoon paper ad to 6" x 3" and had to the center of the card using foam tape.  Cut and adhere 1/8" strips of gold card stock from the Rainbow Reflection Mirror pad.  Adhere the branch and leaves across the front of the card.  Adhere the flowers to each side and the bird to the upper center of the branch.   Adhere a Happy Birthday white circle tab to the lower left side.

 

 

Supplies

 

94688 Clara Blooms

94724 Sitting Sparrow

94721 Magnolia Leaf Branch

st010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Glittery Pumpkins on the Vine by Anne Thompson

I've got more pumpkins--glittery ones on a glittery vine!

to make this card

• start with a plain white notecard and add a piece of green plaid paper 5 1/4 X 4 to the front; this plaid that was in my scrap box is from MAGNOLIA PLAID 6X6 PP1021
•  die cut the MAGNOLIA LEAF BRANCH 94721 in green glitter paper from GLITZY GLITTER PAD GP1007

• die cut two pumpkins from orange glitter paper and their stems and leaves from green glitter paper, both from GLITZY GLITTER PAD GP1007 using the AUTUMN PUMPKIN 94690 die

• add the leafy branch to the front of the note card

• use glue dots to adhere the stems to the pumpkins
• put dimensional foam in two different thicknesses on the center back of the pumpkins 
• at this point I decided to orient the card with the fold at the top in order to place the pumpkins in the bottom right corner
• loop the stems over the branch and adhere the pumpkins to the front of the card, one slightly higher and on top of the other
• add one leaf to each pumpkin and place the other pumpkin leaves on the vine

There's plenty of room to add an appropriate sentiment in the upper left once I decide who will get this card and for what occasion.  I've been doing this with most of the cards I've been making lately as I'm building up a stash of fall-themed cards and I don't send many at Halloween.  

Happy Crafting!

Glitzy Glitter Pad GP 1007
Magnolia Leaf Branch 94721
Autumn Pumpkin 94690
Magnolia Plaid PP 1021

 

 

Monochromatic Halloween Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a monochromatic Halloween card featuring a lot of the fall release dies.  This design can use any of the other color options of the Magnolia Grove leaf paper.  Their is matching papers in both paper pads that will coordinate nicely.  

Background:

Trim down the brownish leaf paper in the Magnolia Grove paper pad to A2 size.  Ink blend Distress Oxide Black Shoot around the edges. Die cut the Fanciful Gilded Frame from white paper from the Vintage Paper Mirror pad.  Adhere the frame die cut to the pattern paper.

Pumpkin and Sentiment:

Die cut the Autumn Pumpkin and the top Happy Halloween Posh Scrip from a white paper from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad. Die cut the bottom of the Happy Halloween Posh Scrip die from the same leaf pattern paper from the Magnolia Grove pad.  Ink blend with Distress Oxide Black shoot.  Die cut the bottom again from black card stock 2x.  Adhere the 3 layers together with the pattern paper on top.  Adhere the top die cut. 

Greenery:

Ink blend 2 pcs of white card stock with Distress Oxide.  1 with Lost Shadow and the other with Hickory Smoke.  Platter with Distress Mica Stain Iron Gate and Black Shoot.  Let Dry.  Die cut both with Layered Greenery Stems.  Adhere the 2 die cuts together using 1 each of the 2 different shades.

Assembly:

Adhere the stems and pumpkin the the center of the card.  Adhere the sentiment at the bottom of the die cards using foam tape.  Adhere to a A2 size card.

 

 

Supplies

 

94694 Layered Greenery Stems

94690 Autumn Pumpkin

94585 Happy Halloween Posh Script

94660 Fanciful Gilded Frame

pp1022 Magnolia Grove 6x6 pack

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

The Pumpkin Patch by Anne Thompson

Here's a card you can use any time this fall.  This Pumpkin Patch features the Autumn Pumpkin 94690 multiple times and the Fanciful Gilded Frame 94660 which looks to me like a vine-y garden space.

To make this card, start with a white note card.

Add a light green plaid paper from the MAGNOLIA PLAID PP1021 6X6 paper pad cut to fit the front of the note card.

Die cut the FANCIFUL GILDED FRAME 94660 from a dark green card stock.

Add this frame to the front of the card using a glue pen.

Die cut the AUTUMN PUMPKIN 94690 three times from an orange paper and three times from a bight green paper, both in the RAINBOW REFLECTIONS MIRROR PAD PP1003.

Assemble the pumpkins, using the green stems and leaves with the orange pumpkins. 

Reorient the card so it folds at the top.

Add the three pumpkins using dimensional foam of varying thicknesses, so the one on the left is the flattest and the center one pops up more than the others.  Add any extra green leaves among the vines.

This cute card would be perfect for any fall occasion with an appropriate sentiment tucked inside.  Love these newest products from Memory Box!  Think about how you might combine the new with other Memory Box stamps, dies, stencils, and embossing folders you already have or ones that are still available to purchase from previous collections.  Try other color combinations and textures--glossy mirror paper, glitter paper, card stock, and printed papers from Memory Box.  And there are idea books on the website for even more inspiration.

Happy Crafting!

Autumn Pumpkin 94690
Fanciful Gilded Frame 94660

Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad PP1003

Magnolia Plaid PP1021

Framed Boiling Cauldron by Anne Thompson

Here's another Halloween card, setting the Boiling Cauldron on top of the Fanciful Gilded Frame.

• This is quite a simple design. 
• I cut the FANCIFUL GILDED FRAME 94660 from one of the plaids in MAGNOLIA PLAID PP1021 and added it to the front of a white note card using a glue pen.

• I then cut the BOILING CAULDRON 94691 multiple times from several shades of green card stock from LUSH GREEN COLLECTION SP1003 and several times more from black card stock.
• I assembled the cauldron using black on the bottom layer, two layers of green, and another layer of black on the top.
• I used two layers of the greens for the foamy bubbly frothy stuff and added it to the top of the cauldron.

• I added BRIGHT FAIRY JEWELS JWL003 in a lime-y green to the tops of the bubbles.
• I used foam dimensional dots to add the finished cauldron to the note card.
• I then scattered a few more of the Fairy Jewels on the front of the note card above the bubbles.

There are so many wonderful Memory Box papers that could be used to change up this design.  Imagine the frame in gold or purple mirror paper, the cauldron in black mirror paper, and the bubbles in a lime green or blue mirror paper.  Or use glitter paper or solid card stocks for various parts of this design.  Or mix and match various textures in your paper choices.  And there are Fairy Jewels, Fairy Crystals, Fairy Dewdrops, and Fairy Gemstones that can all add that extra sparkle.

Happy Crafting!

Boiling Cauldron 94691
Magnolia Plaid PP1021
Fanciful Gilded Frame 94660

Bright Fairy Jewels JWL003

Debossed Gracious Floral Thanks by Anne Thompson

Experimentation continued in my craft room this week which resulted in a debossed image of the Gracious Floral and this thank you card.

to make this card

• start with a plain white note card
• cover the front with a green plaid paper from MAGNOLIA PLAID PP1021
• ink the inside of the GRACIOUS FLORAL 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER EF1026 with VersaFine Clair Rain Forest (green) ink; put a piece of white card stock inside the folder and run it through your embossing machine to deboss the image which pushes it down rather than raising it up
• color the Gracious Floral with colored pencils
• trim it to 4 X 5 1/4; back it with a piece of black card stock trimmed closely
• decide on the orientation of the card--I chose top-fold because of where I wanted to place the sentiment
• stamp "thanks for all you do" from the GRACIOUS FLORAL CLEAR STAMP SET CL5280 using the VersaFine Clair Rain Forest ink
• add tiny amber FAIRY JEWELS /BRIGHT JWL003 to the flower centers
• add larger amber AUTUMN FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY101 in white space on the card front
• add the finished panel to the front of the note card

This was really a happy accident as I thought I had inked up the side of the folder that would emboss rather than deboss the image.  I decided to work with it and colored everything but the flowers as if they were all leaves, trying to match the ink's green with an appropriate colored pencil.  Maybe this is more inspiration for this month's green blog challenge.

Happy Crafting!

Bright Fairy Jewels JWL003
Autumn Fairy Crystals CRY101
Magnolia Plaid 6X6 PP1021
Gracious Floral Clear Stamp Set CL5280
Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder EF1026

 

 

Circle of Thanks by Jean Okimoto

 

Send a note of thanks with designs from our Magnolia and Gracious Floral Collections.  Add glittery, sparkly accents too!  Hi, Jean here with a layered mix of classic favorites and our latest designs.

Cut the Stylish Frame Trio circle and Curved Magnolia Branch from green cardstock.  We'll use some of the extra leaves from the branch set too.  Trim the large leaf that would be hidden behind the blossom - it'll be repositioned at the bottom of the branch.

Cut Tilted Thanks from a purple Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.

Cut the blossom - from the Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set - from a Twilight Purple 6x6.  Spritz both sides with a light mist of water to make the cardstock pliable for embossing.  Press Electric Purple Radiant Neon ink onto the upper blossom section of the embossing folder - tap the inkpad repeatedly, don't squish or rub the ink into the design.  Place the diecut in the folder and pressure emboss it using the plate(s) required for your machine.

Sprinkle the embossed, inked diecut with detail clear powder, firmly tap off the excess powder.  Heat-emboss it.  Lightly ink the center using a cotton swab and Brilliance Graphite Black.

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

That's it!  3D embossing adds dimension to the blossom - inking and heat-embossing it accents the details. 

Thanks for visiting the blog...have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94470 Tilited Thanks

ef1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

94719 Curved Magnolia Branch

cry101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

94308 Stylish Frame Trio

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

sp1008 Twilight Purple

Gold & Plaid Gracious Floral Collection by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today!   I have this fun plaid "Thank You" card I made for a friend using the newly released "Gracious Floral" products.

To make my card I took the center floral die and cut it from a piece of polished gold paper that was attached to a piece of card stock.  That paper is quite thin so to get a deeper impression later when I emboss it, I want it to be thicker.  After the shape was cut out, I opened the 3D embossing folder and ran it through my die cutting machine.  It gave the flower lovely dimension as you can see in the picture below.

 

I cut a piece of plaid paper to add the the bottom of the card base and then topped it with a thin strip of gold and another thin strip of black card stock.  The sentiment from the Gracious Floral stamp set, was heat embossed in white on black card stock.  I added the gold flower and sentiment to the card with foam tape and glue.  Here's another look:

I made one more card using the Memory Box papers and the gold polished foil and here it is:

 

 

The paper is from the Magnolia Grove and I used the large floral die from the stamp set to cut the image out and then ran it through my die cutting machine with the 3D embossing folder.  The sentiment is a 2 piece die called Hugs Tender Script.  It's so shiny in real life!

 

I hope you like my cards for today.  I really like how it turned out.  Be sure to come back tomorrow for some more inspiration!

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

EF1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

CL5280D Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

PP1022 Magnolia Grove 6x6 pack

PP1021 Magnolia Plaid 6x6 pack

94669 Hugs Tender Script