Sparkly Winter Joy by Jean Okimoto

Send frosty winter wishes with the new Aurora Snowflake Frame and the matching Aurora Snowflake dies.  Texture and sparkly glittered diecuts create a card that works in winter pastels, jewel tones or classic holiday colors.  Hi, Jean here with a detailed - but simple - design that includes pressure embossing with a frame die.

Cut heavy white cardstock with the second-largest A2 Rectangle Frames die.  Spritz both sides with a light mist of water and pressure-emboss it with Aurora Snowflake Frame using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine.

Cut heavy white cardstock with the 1.75" x 3"A2 Rectangle Frames die. 

Cut the solid Aurora Snowflake background from the pale pinkish-white Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the detailed snowflake layer from pink cardstock.

Cut the solid Brilliant Joy background from the same pink cardstock.  Cut the detailed top layer from the same Delicate Pastel 6x6.  Save the bonus glittered JOY offcut for another project. Using the same colors - in reversed layers - keeps it coordinated but not too match-y.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (6-¼" x 4-½").  Attach pale pink Pastel Jewels for extra sparkle.

Hope you're enjoying the holiday designs from our team as much as we enjoy sharing our ideas with you!

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

 

Supplies

 

94750 Aurora Snowflake Frame

94753 Aurora Snowflake

94759 Brilliant Joy

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

jwl002 Pastel Jewels

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

Best Wishes by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today's card is inspired by all the beautiful autumn colors!  

To make this card card, I started by die cutting the new Gypsy Oak Leaves several times from colored cardstock.  I glued all the outline leaf shapes to the solid leaf die cuts.  

I used the one of the Wrapped Stitched Rectangles to die cut a card panel from the White Woodgrain cardstock.  

Next, I glued my die cut leaves to the panel and spattered it with gold ink.  

I used foam tape to adhere the panel to a white card base.

I stamped the sentiment onto a strip of white cardstock and gold heat embossed it.  I inked  the edges of the sentiment strip with gold ink and used foam tape to adhere it to the card. 

 

That's it for today!  Thank you for stopping by and enjoy the rest of the week!

 

 

Supplies

 

94744 Gypsy Oak Leaves

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

Birch Tree Forest Cardinal by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  Keeping the bird theme going, I have a vintage brown and red Christmas card to share today featuring the Layered Cardinal die and Birch Tree Forest embossing folder (EF) from the current 2023 Christmas release

The Layered Cardinal, Classic Pine Needle Sprigs and pine cones were all die cut from white paper then ink blended with distress inks (DI) using blending brushes:

reds - Abandoned Coral, Lumberjack Plaid

brown - Gathered Twigs

black - Black Soot

yellow - Fossilized Amber

The background was created by “stamping” with the EF.  Inked the flat side of the EF with Brushed Corduroy and Gathered Twigs DI, spritz with water then pressed onto watercolor paper.  Just like you would for the stencil monoprint technique, except with an EF… so EF monoprint! 🤗

Left the panel to air dry then trimmed down to A2 size before black heat embossing the sentiment from Shining Star with clear glitter embossing powder directly on the panel for a bit of sparkle.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.

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

Supplies

 

94754 Layered Cardinal

EF1039 Birch Tree Forest 3D Embossing Folder

94757 Classic Pine Needle Sprigs

94595 Smooth Pine Cones

CL5285 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

Greet & Treat with the Winter Tree Arch by Jean Okimoto

Greet everyone - and treat the kid-sized tricksters - with the new Winter Tree Arch.  It's fun, a little wonky and slightly spooky.  Hi - Jean here, double-dipping with this versatile new die from our Christmas 2023 Collection.  Whittle Scary Guys - from Poppystamps - complete the Halloween scene.

Prep Winter Tree Arch for easy removal by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper.  Cut it from black and light kraft cardstock.

Trim about  1/16" from the sides of the base of the black diecut. Attach it to a gray 3" wide Nested Globes diecut - keep the far left tree trunk and the open center area free of adhesive to add the Poppystamps pumpkin and Rickety House.

Cut Rickety House from light kraft cardstock.  Add a scrap of the light yellow Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6 behind the door and windows.  

Cut the Boo Posh Script background from olive cardstock.  Pressure emboss it with the detailed top layer.  Cut the top layer from dark orange cardstock.  Pressure-embossing the base layer makes it very easy attach the top layer - it just settles right in!  Attach it to a top-folded black A2 card.

Cut 2 moons from the silver Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6 with the ¾" Circle Basics die.

Cut 2 pumpkins from bright orange cardstock with the Poppystamps Whittle Scary Guys die. Cut the dinosaur and the other guy from green cardstock. Cut a ghost from white cardstock.  Attach black cardstock scraps behind the ghost and pumpkins.

Fold an 8-½" x 3" strip of black cardstock in half crosswise.  Place the bottom cutting edge of the 3" wide Nested Globes die just below the fold and diecut the folded cardstock to create a simple treat wrapper.  Punch a hole at the top.  

Attach the kraft Winter Tree Arch - keep some spots free of adhesive to add the ghost, moon and pumpkin.  Attach the diecuts.  Attach a Ghiradelli Square inside the wrapper with doublestick tape.  Tie it with orange cord.

Have fun with these designs...Halloween means it's OK to take mix-and-match to an extreme!  Thanks for visiting!

 

 

94735 Winter Tree Arch

94632 Rickety House

94587 Boo Posh Script

94532 Nested Globes

30087 Circle Basics Set

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

GP1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

 

 

Supplies

 

2545 Whittle Scary Guys

Pretty in Pink Merry Christmas by Anne Thompson

As a two-time survivor of breast cancer I was inspired by Trina's post yesterday to work up a pretty in pink card also in recognition of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  

to make this card

• cover the front of a white note card with one of the pretty pink poinsettia papers from the POINSETTIA GARLAND PP1024 6X6 paper pad

• emboss a piece of white card stock using the POINSETTIA CORNER 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER AND CUTTING DIES SET EF1038
• trim it to 3 1/2 X 4 3/4

• use a fingertip dauber and pink ink to lightly add pink to the raised image and around the edges of the embossed panel

• select one of the large poinsettias from the POINSETTIA RUB ON SHEET RUB102, and use the wooden stick to rub over the image to transfer it to a scrap of white card stock
• use the die that coordinates with that image from the PERFECT POINSETTIA 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER AND CUTTING DIES SET EF1037 to cut out the poinsettia

• add the large poinsettia to the center of the embossed panel using dimensional foam tape and then adhere that panel to the front of the note card
• add one of the AUTUMN FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY101 to the poinsettia center

• to finish the card select one of the extra thick gold foiled WHITE TABS ST1001 that says "MERRY CHRISTMAS" and add it (I used Scor-Tape on the back) near the stem base

And that's it! 

I like this particular embossing folder because of the open space in the center for adding any number of holiday elements--rub ons, die cuts, stamped images--from the Memory Box 2023 Christmas Collection.  And I love that both of the embossing folders--Poinsettia Corner and Perfect Poinsettias come with coordinating dies.  I'm just getting started with holiday cards and I have so many more to make.  I think I'll be making multiples of this design.

Happy Crafting!

(Think I may need to update my photo since I've added streaks of mermaid teal to all the white this week...and my hair is now quite a bit longer...)

Pink Christmas Hummingbird House by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and in support, I created a monochromatic pink Christmas card using several new products from the current 2023 Christmas release.

 

The Woodgrain Bird House, Layered Hummingbird and Classic Pine Needle Sprigs were all die cut out from white paper.  Colored them with Picked Raspberry and Black Soot distress inks (DI) using various blending brushes.  The snowy layer on the roof was die cut a second time from pink Delicate Pastel glitter paper for some sparkle.

 

 

After seeing a post recently on a crafty friend’s blog, the Torn Paper Mask technique was used to create the cloud background.  This was done by ink blending Spun Sugar DI over the edges of torn printer paper… so no need for a cloud edge stencil! 🤗

 

The cloud background was then die cut down with the third largest A2 Rectangle Frames die.  Assembled the card onto an A2 size white woodgrain panel and added falling snow with a white gel pen (even on the die cut pieces because snow doesn’t avoid them). 😉  A Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Black Tab finished it off.  

A quick note…  I will be linking this card to the Pink Christmas challenge at Jingle Belles where $4 per card entered will be donated to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Fun creating a pink (or predominantly pink) Christmas card while helping fundraise for the Cure?… it’s a win-win!  That does it from me.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Supplies

 

94742 Woodgrain Bird House

94755 Layered Hummingbird

94757 Classic Pine Needle Sprigs

ST003 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Black Tabs

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

Vintage Tray Background Blocks by Jean Okimoto

Diecut a trio of new 6x6 prints and create a collage-y winter background for a favorite Layered Polar Bear.  He's borrowing a cozy scarf from the new Bundled Bird.  Tag a special gift with the new Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Tabs.  Hi, Jean here with an easy way to build a background for the holidays, or any day.

Cut the poinsettia and snowflake prints from the new Poinsettia Garland 6x6 Pack with the artsy die from the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set.  Cut a matching plaid from the Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 Pack.  You'll have a total of 15 great mix-and-match blocks!  

Trim the Rainbow Reflections turquoise 6x6 to fit in the Vintage Tray Embossing Folder.  Emboss the design, then cut it with the coordinating die.  That's 5 more great blocks - these are shimmery and have woodgrain texture.  

Cut two of the loopy Crisp Bows from the pale gold Majestic Hues Glitter Pad 6x6 and layer them for dimension.   Attach them to an embossed Vintage Tray diecut - tape the lower edge behind the "giftbox."  Attach a crisp MERRY CHRISTMAS gold-foiled greeting tab - like a big gift tag.

Cut Layered Polar Bear from heavy white cardstock.  Assemble the layers - place black and brown scraps behind the cutouts for his eyes, nose and ears.

Cut the scarf layers - from the new Bundled Bird set - from the turquoise Rainbow Reflections sheet.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded 5-½" square white card.  Use foam tape for the bear and foiled greeting tab.  Add turquoise Christmas Fairy Dewdrops.  Cut a 5-½" square of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.  Square cards require special handling and extra postage - I hope you think this design deserves that!

It's great being able to combine favorites from earlier releases with our Christmas 2023 Collection.   Layered Polar Bear and the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set are perfect partners.  The Vintage Tray cuts perfectly proportioned blocks - eliminating guessing, thinking and measuring.  That's a good thing!  

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94760 Bundled Bird

ef1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

pp1024 Poinsettia Garland 6x6 pack

pp1023 Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 pack

st001 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Tabs

94685 Layered Polar Bear

98197 Crisp Bows

gp1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

ddp101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Snowflake Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today I have a quick and easy Christmas card for you using new products from the 2023 Christmas release.

I began by ink blending Distress Oxide Inks onto a white cardstock panel to create a background for my card. 

I placed my background into a Misti Stamping tool, misted the snowflake stamp with plain water and stamped the image.  Because I used a water soluble ink for the background, the water on the stamp removed some of the ink.  I repeated this process twice to remove a little more ink.  I love the soft look this gives the background.

Once the panel was dry, I spattered it with white ink and glued it to a white card base.

Next, I die cut the shadow of the Aurora Snowflake from vellum and the snowflake from white cardstock,then glued the white snowflake on top of the vellum shadow snowflake.

I used foam tape to adhere the snowflake to the card and glued the sentiment strip across the center of the snowflake.  I love the new sentiment strips!

To finish the card I glued some Fairy Drops to the snowflake.

Thanks it for today!  Have a great weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

94753 Aurora Snowflake

ST001 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Tabs

CS2083 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

DRP101 Fairy Drops

Merry Christmas with 3D Embossing by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a 3D embossed Christmas card in pinks and greens.

For my card I used the new "Poinsettia Plaid" paper pack, the "A2 Rectangle Frames Die" set, a new "Foil Greeting White Tab," plus the new "3D Perfect Poinsettias embossing folder with dies".
Here's a closer look:

This embossing folder also coordinates with the newly released "Poinsettia Rub-Ons" if you don't have time to color the images. Today I chose to use ink blending tools, mostly small pencils to color the larger embossed images, and watercoloring with Zigs on the smaller die cut flowers.

I cut and embossed 2 of the individual poinsettia with the coordinating dies from the embossing folder set and watercolored them first. Then after they dried, I put them back in the folder to re-emboss for a deep impression. I trimmed down the main panel which was embossed on watercolor card to 3.75" X 5". For the main panel I used my finger daubers and blending stick pencils with green, brown and pink inks.

Using the A2 Rectangle frame dies I cut 4 extra from the 2nd largest in the set to put behind my watercolored panel for dimension, then I used the largest to cut the plaid frame from the new Poinsettia Plaid paper pack. Once I had put them together, and adhered the plaid panel to my card base, I added the top 2 individual watercolored poinsettia die cuts to the top of the ones on the main panel for dimension. Lastly I added some gold jewels from the Christmas Jewels pack.

Here's one last look:



I hope you like my card for today! I had a lot of fun creating it. Be sure to come back each day for more inspiration from the design team.

Supplies

 

PP1023 Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 pack

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

EF1037 Perfect Poinsettias 3D Embossing Folder and Dies

ST001 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Tabs

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

Winter Pastel Poinsettias by Jean Okimoto

Combine layered poinsettias, 3D embossing, mirror cardstock and glitter to create a holiday card in winter pastels.  Shimmery pink and glittery yellow and green pop on a crisp white matte background.  Hi, Jean here with a mix of new designs from our Christmas 2023 Collection.

Cut heavy white cardstock with the largest A2 Rectangle Frames die.  Spritz both sides of the rectangle with a light mist of water.  Emboss it with the new Poinsettia Corner 3D Embossing Folder.  Two simple poinsettia dies are included with the embossing folder.  Here's a photo of the embossed design from our website - and a  link to additional details.  

Cut white cardstock with the 2-¼" wide A2 Rectangle Frames Die and attach it to the 3D embossed background.

Cut 2 sets of the Small Poinsettia Layers petals from the pink Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 - you'll have some extras for another project.  Cut the scalloped centers from the green Graceful Garden Glitter Pack 6x6.  Cut the smaller center from the pale yellow Graceful Garden sheet.  Assemble the poinsettias.

Cut Classic Pine Needle Sprigs from light green cardstock.

Attach the diecuts to the small rectangle, then to the 3D background.  Hope you'll try this design in traditional holiday colors too!

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

 

Supplies

 

94756 Small Poinsettia Layers

94757 Classic Pine Needle Sprigs

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad