Happy New Year! by Laura Fulcher

Greetings friends. Can you believe 2024 is over? I wanted to make a card for this last day of the year that wished everyone well in the new year.  I also had it in my head that I wanted a snowflake card for winter that didn't necessarily use traditional "cool" colors.

To make this card, I got out my PanPastel chalks to create a background.

I started by sponging my white cardstock with various colors of chalk:

Next, I stamped my Memory Box snowflake background on top using Versamark ink. If you aren't familiar with Versamark, it is a clear ink that gives you a watermarked look to your stamping. If you look closely, you can see my clear snowflakes stamped on top of the chalk:

Next, I sponged the same inks on top of the Versamark ink to make the snowflakes visible:

Tips with this technique- 1. You don't have to work fast. The Versamark ink won't dry very quickly. Take your time! 2. You don't have to worry about smudging your stamped image. Even though I rubbed my chalk onto my ink, it didn't blur any lines. You don't have to be delicate with the chalks.

Here is a close up of the card:

To finish the card, I cut my background at an angle (I chose my favorite section of the paper) and then layered it onto some Deep Turquoise cardstock. I then added my die cut sentiment using some foam tape and a few clear rhinestones for extra bling.

Thanks so much for stopping by. I wish you all a very happy and healthy 2025.

 

 

Supplies

 

cs2083 Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp

sh44008 Deep Turquoise Paper Pack

cl5286D Holiday Wishes clear stamp and die set

Birthday Winter Blooms by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have a winter birthday card to share today, but it could have easily been a Christmas holiday card just by switching out the sentiment! 😉

 

The Blushing and Delicate Blooms were die cut from white, the Brilliant Berries from Cherry Red, the Pinecone Duo pine needles from light gray and the Festive Holly leaves from dark gray papers.  Shading was added to the blooms and berries using the following Copic Sketch markers.

 

blooms - C00/1/3/5 

berries - R39

 

An A2 size white woodgrain panel was then splattered with diluted black gouache paint.  Once dry, mounted it onto a white card base and assembled/adhered the floral arrangement.  For some sparkle, applied clear shimmer on the berries.  For “water droplets”, added some clear fairy drops.  A black Happy Birthday gold foil greeting finished it off. 

That does it for me this year in 2024.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a safe and happy new year! 

Supplies

 

94844 Blushing Bloom

94840 Delicate Bloom

94801 Festive Holly

94802 Pinecone Duo

94830 Brilliant Berries

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

SH44015 Cherry Red Paper Pack

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

DRP101 Fairy Drops

Snowy Birdhouse by Theary Chea

Hello and welcome! It's Theary on the blog again. I can't believe that this year has just flown by. I am still in denial that it's almost the end of 2024. However, I enjoy the winter weather and love snuggling up with the kiddos.
Today, I am sharing a winter wonderland card created with the adorable Snowy Birdhouse. So, let's get started.

To create the background, I trimmed down a sheet of Memory Box Fresh Aqua cardstock to 4.25 inches by 5.50 inches. I spritz the panel with a little bit of water before I place it into the Memory Box Birchtree Forest Embossing Folder and run that through my die-cutting machine.

To create some interest on the card panel, I used a mini Brayer to run white pigment ink over the raised areas. Then, using dark blue ink I blended around the edges of the card panel to create a bit of dimension.

The snowy birdhouse was cut from white cardstock and Memory Box Kraft Woodgrain Cardstock. I adhered everything using liquid adhesive and popped it on the card panel with foam squares.

I added Memory Box Brilliant Berries behind the birdhouse and placed the adorable Memory Box Wistful Bird on top of the birdhouse.

I added white details using a gel pen.

Lastly, I popped on a sentiment from Memory Box Greeting Tabs.

And, that's it! I hope you found some inspiration and get crafty in your craft space! Until next time!

 

Supplies

 

94830 Brilliant Berries

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

94810 Snowy Birdhouse

94798 Wistful Sparrow

sh44014 Cranberry Paper Pack

sh44010 Fresh Aqua Paper Pack

st016 Merry and Bright Foil Banners White Tabs

ef1039 Birch Tree Forest 3D Embossing Folder

Happy Birthday Presents by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here with a fun quick winter birthday card!  Here's a closer look at the background:

To create the background I took a piece of "Pool Party" cardstock and used the "Falling Snowflakes Stencil" (88627) with clear embossing paste.  The paste when dried just looks slighly darker than the paper, but to accent that I added a little white ink on top of the panel.  Next I trimmed 1/2 inch off the panel so the plaid would show through.

I added the panel to a panel of "Nutmeg Plaid 6x6 pack" (PP1033) then added both of those to my card front.  I cut the "Pretty Presents craft die" (94761) from white and "Cranberry Paper Pack" (SH44014) and pieced them together.  I arranged them on the card front and added a "Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab" (ST010).

Here's one last look:

I hope you enjoyed this quick and easy birthday card and can use the ideas to create a card for someone you know with a winter birthday!  And here's wishing you a Happy New Year!

Supplies

 

PP1033 Nutmeg Plaid 6x6 pack

94761 Pretty Presents

SH44014 Cranberry Paper Pack

ST010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

SH44009 Pool Party Paper Pack

Many Thanks by Jean Okimoto

 

Need a thank you card for a holiday gift ?  Say thanks with a layered arrangement of Nested Globes, blossoms and a Foiled Greetings Circle Tab.  Hi, Jean here with a versatile design you can use throughout the year with your favorite prints and colors.

Cut the new Blushing Bloom and Small Anemone Duo from a light blue/lavender 6x6 in the Ocean Blue Collection.  Color the stems with a marker.  Color the dotted centers from the Blushing Bloom set with a light lavender marker.  Cut the solid center pieces from the pale yellow Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6.  

 

Assemble the flowers - build the 3 Small Anemone Duo petals into a plump bud and add the centers from the Blushing Bloom set.  Cut the scalloped Anemone Grove 6x6 with the 3" wide Nested Globes die.  Cut a matching Ocean Blue 6x6 with the 2", 1.5" and 1" Nested Globe die - cut the largest globe first, then cut the smaller sizes one at a time.  Tape them together on the reverse side to create a textured background.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded white A2 card - use foam dots for top and sides of the Blushing Bloom.  Attach a Thank You Foiled Greeting Tab.  Add the lavender Treasure Chest Gemstones.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.  

Thanks for visiting our blog...have a great weekend.  See you on Tuesday!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94843 Small Anemone Bud Duo

94844 Blushing Bloom

gem101 Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones

sp1005 Ocean Blue

st008 Thank You Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

94532

pp1026

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

Piney Woods Thanks by Anne Thompson

I need a few quick thank you notes to pop in the mail in the next day or so.  Because I live in the snowy piney woods of Maine, I made a card using the SLENDER PINE TREES 94796, PINE BRANCHES 94817, and the punched out snowflakes from DRIFTING SNOWFLAKES 94816 to create this first thank you card.

materials used:
    top fold white note card; white watercolor paper; tree paper from NUTMEG FOREST PP1034;

   slender pine trees 94796; PINE BRANCHES 94817; DRIFTING SNOWFLAKES 94816

    THANK YOU FOIL GREETINGS WHITE TABS SToo4; two shades of green card stock scraps
to make this card

Start with a top fold white note card and add a paper from Nutmeg Forest PP1034 cut 4 X 5 1/4.

Die cut the Slender Pine Trees 94796 from two shades of green card stock and glue the pieces together.  

Die cut the Pine Branches 94817 from the same dark green card stock.

Die cut the Drifting Snowflakes 94816 from white watercolor paper and punch out the two snowflakes to use on this card. (Save the other pieces for another project.)

Cut a piece of the white watercolor paper 2 X 3 1/4 and add this toward the right side of the card front.

Glue on three of the assembled trees.

Attach the two pieces of Pine Branches to the upper left corner of the panel.

Add one of the snowflakes on top of the Pine Branches and the other among the trees.  Add white pearls to the centers of the snowflakes.

Adhere the Thank You sentiment tab on the lower left card front.

One done!  This design may also work for the New Year's cards I intend to send as well with a handwritten sentiment on a die cut or punched out circle.

And here's a variation of this card using PINE TREE GROVE 94736 (from Christmas 2023) and a white circle greeting tab from my stash.

 

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Merry Christmas! by Laura Fulcher

Greetings friends. A very Merry Christmas to you all! I thought I would share a card today that features a Christmas theme to help celebrate the day. My card involves an embossed background, die cut/distressed wood planks and a Copic colored bird as the focal piece.

To make the card, I started with some of the Memory Box kraft woodgrain paper and rubbed some Tea Dye and Bundled Sage Distress Ink on top to make the ridges of the paper pop a bit more:

It added just a touch of extra color to the kraft paper.

Next, I cut out the wood planks from the distressed kraft cardstock:

I thought the planks needed more color, so I added some Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress ink to my planks:

I then cut out some holly using Cilantro and Cherry Red cardstock. I added a bit more ink to the leaves to make them pop. (Pine Needles Distress Ink).

To finish the card, I embossed more of the kraft woodgrain paper using the Pinecones and Berries embossing folder. I cut out the bird using white cardstock and then colored him with B21, V22 and V25 Copic markers. I added a Santa Hat from one of the goose die sets and then colored it with R22, R27 and R46 Copic markers.

All that was left was to add my banner message and layer everything onto some Blueberry Mist cardstock.

Thank you so very much for stopping by today. I wish everyone peace and very happy holidays!

 

 

Supplies

 

94823 Narrow Woodgrain Planks

94838 Huddled Sparrow

94826 Classy Goose

ef1043 Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folder

94801 Festive Holly

st014 Merry Christmas Foil Banners White Tabs

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

sh44012 Blueberry Mist Paper Pack

sh44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

sh44015 Cherry Red Paper Pack

Sweet Treat Wrappers by Jean Okimoto

'Twas the night before Christmas - and you need some quick dinner party favors.  Diecuts, rub-on transfers and foiled greeting tabs add a festive finale to holiday celebrations.  Hi, Jean here with simple candy wrappers for your guests.

 

 

 

Cut Cranberry, Cilantro and Raspberry Sorbet 8.5x11" cardstock with the 2-7/8" wide Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die.  Score  and crease them at 3-7/8" and 4-1/8".  The stitched design frames the holiday icons.

 

Cut Wreath Sprigs from two shades of the green from Greenery 6x6 Collection.  Create a circle guide for the sprigs by pressure-embossing the 1-1/2" Circle Basics die onto the front of the treat wrapper.  Attach the springs in alternating greens.

Cut the berries - from the  Festive Holly set - from a red Festive Glitter Pad 6x6.  Attach the diecuts and add a Merry and Bright Foil Greeting Tab Banner.

 

Cut the Festive Holly stem from dark brown cardstock.  Cut the leaves from a Greenery 6x6.  Cut more berries from the Festive Glitter Pad red 6x6.  Attach the diecuts to the wrapper and add a Merry Christmas White Circle Foil Tab.  

 

Cut two 1" circles and one 1-1/4" circle of Cranberry Cardstock with the Circle Basics dies.  Carefully cut 3 designs from the Snowflake Rub-Ons and remove the paper liner.  Tap the rub-ons onto cardstock circles.  Place them between 2 sheets of printer paper and run them through a diecut machine using the plates used for cutting.  Carefully remove the plastic liner.

Attach the circles to the wrapper and add a Christmas Labels Foil Greetings White Tab.

 

I've used Theo organic Peppermint Cocoa Cups for the treats - and folded and taped the  bottom edge behind the candy to make it more compact.  Attach the candy inside the wrapper with doublestick tape.  Tie it with gold cord and curl the cord with the side of a bonefolder or plastic burnishing tool.    Ghiradelli chocolate squares would also be great in these wrappers.

 

Thanks for visiting our blog - hope you've enjoyed our latest designs.  Happy Holidays if you're celebrating tomorrow!

Supplies

 

94814 Wreath Sprigs

94801 Festive Holly

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles

30087 Circle Basics Set

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

gp1006

rub105

sh44007 Cilantro Paper Pack

sh44014 Cranberry Paper Pack

sh44016 Raspberry Sorbet Paper Pack

st022 Christmas Labels Foil Greetings White Tabs

st016

st012 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

 

Wintery Christmas Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a Wintery Christmas card in a cool colors.  It has an ink blended background with focal image in the lower right hand corner.

Backgrounds:

3D emboss an A2 size craft card using the Pinecones and Berries folder.  Ink blend the edges using Distress Ink, Scorched Timber.  Die cut heavy white card stock with the largest Fringed Scalloped Frame die. Ink blend heavy from the bottom right hand corner and lightly to the upper left Han corner with Distress Ink Unchartered Mariner.  Lightly ink with Scorched Timber.  Splatter with water and pat dry.  Splatter with Uncharted Mariner.  Stamp the background with Aura Snowflake inked with Uncharted Mariner.  Just press lightly to have the snowflakes in the back ground.

Focal Images:

Die cut the following from heavy white card stock.  Ink blend with Distress ink in, Antique Linen, Iced Spruce and Uncharted Mariner.  The dies I used are Petite Poinsettias (the centers was painted with gold paint), 2 sets of the pine needles from the Pinecone Duo (this s die cut from craft card stock), holly brands from the Holiday Snowglobe, and Birch Press Design Pine Needle Twigs Contour Layers.  Adhere the poinsettias and pine needle together using the envelope as a guide.

Assembly:

Adhere the 3D embossed background to an A2 size top folding white card. Adhere the ink blended background to the center.  Adhere the larger pine needle twig along the long edge and the short one along with short edge.  Adhere the 2 smaller pine needles over the pine needle twigs.  Then adhere the poinsettias in the bottom right hand corner.  Adhere the larger holly branch along the tall side and the smaller along side, tuck the branched under the pointettias.  Splatter heavily with gold paint. Adhere a Merry Christmas Black Greeting Tab just above the poinsettia.

Supplies

 

94822 Petite Poinsettias

94802 Pinecone Duo

94808 Holiday Snowglobe

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

EF1043 Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folder

cs2083 Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp

st015 Merry Christmas Foil Banners Black Tabs

 

Supplies

 

57519 Pine Needle Twigs Contour Layers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snow Flurries in the Piney Woods by Anne Thompson

I decided to use the SLENDER PINE TREES 94796, the PINECONE DUO 94802, and a few of the smaller SNOWFLAKE RUB ONS RUB105 to create a scene for this note card.

materials used:

 

• I started with a white note card and added a piece of plaid paper from NUTMEG PLAID PP1033 which I cut to 4 X 5 1/4.
• I die cut the Slender Pine Trees 94796 from a scrap of dark green paper  and glued them onto the plaid paper.  
• Next I looked at the sheet of Snowflake Rub Ons RUB105 and cut out the smallest ones to add to the front of the note card.  I used the enclosed stick to apply them individually or in pairs among the trees.
• Then I die cut and assembled the Pinecone Duo 94802.  I used dimensional foam dots to add them to the lower left corner.
• I chose one of the Merry Christmas tabs I had in my stash but as I look at it now I'm going to change it out for one of the CHRISTMAS LABELS FOIL GREETINGS WHITE TABS ST022 instead.  If I use the Let It Snow one I can send this card after the holidays any time this winter.  (I'm thinking that any card I mail on Monday isn't going to get where it's going before Christmas anyway.)

Here's the revised card.

 

Happy Crafting!

Pinecone Duo 94802       Snowflake Rub Ons RUB105          Nutmeg Plaid PP1033

Slender Pine Trees 94796    Christmas Labels Foil Greetings White Tabs ST022