Color Paper Striping by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  Today is my niece’s 16th birthday… I can’t believe she’s driving age already!  Anyway, this started out as her card, but I ended up sending her something else so it would hopefully arrive in time.  My intention was to take advantage of the 6x6 color paper packs that contain four each of 12 different colors of the same color family to create a clean and simple (CAS) ombré stripe background.

I started by picking out four gradient color sheets from the Vibrant Violet paper pack.  Used the Vertical Line Collage die to die cut from each color resulting in 1/8” strips.  Took a square die from Square Basics next and die cut an opening in an A2 sized Bristol panel.  Traced the opening onto the front of a white card base to use as a guide for adhering the strips over.

Next, the Stained Glass Butterfly was die cut three times from Bristol paper and stacked for dimension.  The sentiment from Big and Little Reverse Words was stamped with Archival Black ink and partial die cutting was then used to die cut it out.  Assembled the card to finish… but as an after thought and for something fun, I decided to turn it into a faux shaker card and added a whole bunch of clear jewels. 😂

Now I wasn’t planning to share this next card because I was making it for my dad for Father’s Day.  I didn’t get a chance to complete it before he passed away.  He was always excited to receive my cards and would proudly display them.  This was the reason I decided to finish it for him and changed my mind about sharing it.  He loved the ocean so…

Used my paper trimmer to cut strips from the Sunny Orange and Ocean Blue paper packs.  Adhered the strips to Bristol paper before die cutting it out with a circle die.

The rest is pretty straight forward.  As always all supplies are listed below.  

Before I go, I wanted to address Jan’s question regarding the Dendritic Paint Printing technique featured in my last post.  You can use any color acrylic paint.  I used white because it is all I have.  I don’t think it will work with ink pads or re-inkers because it needs to be a certain thickness and opacity.  I’ve only seen acrylic paints used, but if you tried other mediums and it worked, please share.

And that does it for me.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful weekend.

 

Supplies

 

94477 Stained Glass Butterfly craft die

94553 Vertical Line Collage craft die

JWL001 Clear Jewels

30088 Square Basics Set

SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6x6 pack

CL5259 Big and Little Reverse Words clear stamp set

94575 Marina Sailboats craft die

30087 Circle Basics Set

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1005 Ocean Blue 6x6 pack

Watercolor and Double-Emboss the Stained Glass Butterfly by Jean Okimoto

 

Celebrate a sunny spring week with the popular - and versatile - Stained Glass Butterfly.  It's pressure- and gold-embossed for extra dimension.  Add a wonky DIY embossed slimline background and a greeting from Poppystamps too.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with more ways to use this great addition to the Memory Box butterfly collection.

Cut a 3" square of Open Studio Watercolor Paper.  Paint the smoother side with overlapping diagonal layers of ink.  I used diluted shades of Imagine's dye ink refills - Vermillion, Lemon, Teal and Chartreuse.  Heat-set it, then pressure-emboss it with Stained Glass Butterfly using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine.

Trim it with the 2-½" Square Basics die.  Add a few specks of the Teal ink, air-dry it for a few minutes, then heat-set it.  

Cut a scrap of cardstock with Stained Glass Butterfly - use the 3 big offcuts to mask areas around the butterfly.  Place the die over the butterfly - it'll fit into the embossed design - then tape it so it masks the butterfly too.  Firmly daub the exposed colored area with VersaMark - a clean VersaMark inkpad works best.  Remove the masks and heat-emboss the butterfly with detail gold powder.  (Everyone knows what gold embossing powder looks like, but it's shown here because the VersaMark inkpad looked lonely by itself!)

 

Cut a turquoise sheet from the 6x6 Fresh Aqua Collection with Stained Glass Butterfly.  Attach just the center of the butterfly to the background.  Punch a tiny hole on the watercolor paper and tie the diecut to the background with gold twine.

 

Cut white cardstock with the 2-¼ x 7-¼" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Pressure-emboss it - at an angle - with the 2 x 7" die to add some detail to the background.  Stamp the greeting - from the Poppystamps Diamond Sentiments Clear Stamp Set - with Summertime VersaFine Clair.

 

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-½ x 8-½").  Add ¼" dots punched from the turquoise Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad 6x6 sheet.

 

Make the most of your Memory Box Collection - many of the dies are great for embossing and stenciling.  Use the Basic layers (Rectangle, Square, Circle and the new Slim Rectangles) to create frames and backgrounds to highlight your designs.

 

Celebrate - and save - with the Impress Annual Sale happening right now and running through April 18th.  Here's the code - sale2021.   It's a great time to save 20% on the  Memory Box, Poppystamps and

Birch Press Designs products on your wishlist!  Sale details here.

Thanks for visiting...see you again this weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

94477 Stained Glass Butterfly craft die

WP101 Watercolor Paper

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers craft die

CL498 Diamond Sentiments clear stamp set

30088 Square Basics Set

Stained Glass Butterfly by Sara Cook

Spring is finally here in the Northwest and inspiring me to create.  I have used the Stained Glass Butterfly die to create a see through card with a stained glass effect with alcohol inks

Front Panel:

Select a diagonal based pattern paper from the Madras Plaid Blue and Violet pad.  Die cut the Stained Glass Butterfly die from upper center of the paper making a diamond shape cut out.  Trim paper down to 4" x 5 1/4" keeping the cut out to the upper center of the paper.  

Card Base:

Make a A2 top fold card base from white 110 lb paper.  Line up the the front panel on the outside of the card base, leaving a 1/8" boarder, and secure in place with low tack tape.  Line up the Stained Glass Butterfly die in the cut out and secure in place.  Run the card base with the back panel open through the die cutting machine.  Remove the front panel and keep the Stained Glass Butterfly die cut for later.

Stained Glass Butterfly:

Take a 3" square piece of acetate and add alcohol ink to the acetate.  Blow the alcohol around to slightly mix the colors together.  I choose 3 colors to match the Madras Plaid Blue and Violet paper, Ranger Villainous in Pearl, Pink Sherbet and Stream.  Die cut the Stained Glass Butterfly from the darkest gold in the Polished Foil Pad pack.

Sentiment:

Die cut the Thank You Posh Script bottom die out of white 110lb card stock and out of a matching green from the Fresh Aqua paper pad. Glue the Fresh Aqua on top of the white die cut off setting it to create a highlight.

Assembly:

Adhere the alcohol acetate behind the diamond cut out in the front panel. Trim off any excess acetate the hangs out.  Adhere the Stained Glass Butterfly in the front window. Take the front panel and adhere to the card base, aligning the cut out.  Take the white Stained Glass Butterfly cut out and adhere it to the inside of the card.  Be sure to but the glue on the front of the die cut because you need to see the backside of the cut out.  

Supplies

 

94477 Stained Glass Butterfly craft die

94529 Thank You Posh Script craft die

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

PP1014 Madras Plaid Blue and Violet 6x6 pack

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

Nested Globes + Seed Stems/Layered Daisies + Glade Butterfly = 2 Just a Note Cards by Anne Thompson

I ended up with two Just a Note cards for this post that each began with plaid papers and Nested Globes cut from watercolored papers, plaid papers, foil papers, and glitter papers and accented with Glade Butterflies and Seed Stems or Layered Daisies.

Without a design in mind for a finished card, I started with two pieces of Memory Box Open Studio WATERCOLOR PAPER WP101 and watercolor pencils in shades of green and blue.  I oriented one paper vertically and the other horizontally, painting blue "sky" and green "grass".  Using the set of NESTED GLOBES 94532 I cut globes of different sizes from each of those papers.

My next step was to cut more globes in a variety of sizes from a variety of papers--a blue/green plaid from MADRAS PLAID BLUE AND VIOLET PP1014, blue foil from POLISHED FOIL PAD FP1001, light green glitter paper from GRACEFUL GARDEN GLITTER PAD GP1002, and bright blue glitter paper from TWINKLING JEWEL GLITTER PAD GP1003.

I then cut one of the small SEED STEMS 94534 from a scrap of the paper I had watercolored and two more from some scrap plaid paper.  I cut the detailed GLADE BUTTERFLY 94578 from another watercolor leftover piece and from some of the light green glitter paper and cut the solid one from blue foil paper. And I made several of the LAYERED DAISIES 94472 from plaid paper scraps.

Then I was ready to start to put a card or two together from the bits I had assembled in a pile on my work table.

Card One

• For this card I started with a white notecard and covered the front with a piece of plaid paper. 
• Then I added these paper layers--a large globe from my vertical watercolored paper, a smaller blue foil globe, a smaller plaid globe, and an even smaller globe from my horizontal watercolored paper. 
• Next I added the Seed Stems, gluing down just the stems with colored gems in the seedy centers. 
• I used a Glue Dot to secure the detailed painted butterfly to the foil one underneath and added a gem to its center.  I used another Glue Dot to attach it to the card.
• I die cut the base for JUST A NOTE POSH SCRIPT 94527 from more of the blue foil and the detailed lettering from a plaid paper scrap.

Card Two

• Again I started with a white notecard and covered the front with plaid paper.
• I chose two of the large glitter paper globes, one light green and one blue, and inverted them before stacking them on the front of the card, using Scor-Tape to secure them in place.
• I added two of the LAYERED DAISIES 94472 on the left edge of the blue globe and adhered blue plaid gems in their centers.
• I used a Glue Dot to attach the Glade Butterfly and put a blue gem on its body and pulled the wings up a bit for added dimension.
• I cut the base for Just a Note from a scrap of the green glitter paper and the detailed words from a scrap of the card background plaid paper.

This was very much a "let's see what I can make from this pile of stuff" process of card-making.  Starting out I knew I wanted to watercolor with my watercolor pencils and I wanted to do something with the Nested Globes, but I did not have a clear vision beyond that.  And in the end I really like these cards.  The foil paper and gems on the first card and the glitter paper on the second really pop.  Do you always start with a clear idea in mind or do you collect a bunch of stuff and see what happens?

Happy Crafting!

 

Special Hugs by Trina Pham

Hello there.  I have a simple card to share today.  It was not meant to be, but ended up being, a sympathy card after a long time family friend of my husband passed away unexpectedly last week. 

Started by die cutting watercolor paper with the Wrapped Stitch Rectangle die.  Watercolored the background using Wilted Violet and Mermaid Lagoon distress inks (DI).  Splattered with Black Soot DI and white gouache paint for a bit of texture.

The butterflies were die cut from Bristol paper.  Only the detailed part of the large Sylvan butterfly was die cut and adhered directly onto the watercolor panel.  The shadow piece of the small Glade butterfly was watercolored first using the same DI, then heat embossed with clear glitter embossing powder for some sparkle.  The sentiment was white heat embossed on black cardstock. 

 

Assembled the card to finish, popping the small butterfly up with mounting tape.  
And that does it for today.  Thank you for joining me.  Have a wonderful day.

 

 

Supplies

 

94577 Sylvan Butterfly craft die

94578 Glade Butterfly craft die

CL5265 All the Happiness clear stamp set

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

Handmade Easter Baskets with Video by Sara Cook

Hello everyone. I have an Easter basket project today using the Spring Plaid Slim line paper pack.  This is an easy and fun project you can your kids can do together.  Check out the YouTube tutorial, link below.

Basket:

Cut 2 pieces of matching slim line papers to 8 1/4" in length, removing the hole. Choose what side is inside of the basket and what is the outside.  Score 1/4" along the top of the inside of the paper and score at 4 1/4".  Turn paper and score 1/4" from edge of paper down the longest side at 3 1/4"..  Score the 2nd paper the same way. Fold along the score lines.  This will create 1/4" flaps along top and along 1 side of the paper.  Cut the corners of the each flap.  Then cut the long flap at the 4 1/4" score only up to the flap.  Cut the corners on each flap.  Glue the short flaps and adhere to the other side of the  paper to form a box.  Cut a base out of matching paper to 4"x4".  Add glue to the flaps from inside of the box and put the 4"x4" paper over the glued flaps.  To make the handle cut a strip of paper 11"x1".  Shape to form a curve.  Add glue to bottom 1/2" end of the strip and adhere to inside of the box.  Add glue to the other end and adhere to the other side of the box.

Now for the fun part, decorating!  This is where you use your creativity to embellish the basket how you want. Below are some ideas to get you started.

I used Wild Glass Boarder die to make a a grassy board around a basket.  Added eggs die cute out of Delicate Pastel Glitter paper using the Half Dozen Eggs die and and bunny die cut out of white paper using the Gentle Bunny Die.  

I die cut the smaller flower of the Layered Cosmos craft die out of white paper and colored it with Pan Pastels.  Each flower used 3 layers of flowers.  Added a matching butterfly using the Glade Butterfly die.  Colored the base using Copic markers.  Cut out the top layer out of gold paper from the Polished Foil pad and glued it on top.   Arrange the elements on the basket.

Now fill with your favorite Easter candy.  My basket will be filled with chocolate.  

 

Supplies

 

PP1015S Spring Plaid Slim

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

30072 Half a Dozen Eggs

94237 Gentle Bunny

94415 Wild Grass Border

94578 Glade Butterfly craft die

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

94473 Layered Cosmos craft die

Floral Slimline Birthday Card with Video by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here with a fun floral slimline birthday card.  I've used dies from Memory Box along with a new stamp and die set from Birch Press Designs called "Crystal Lingo."  All of these are from the 2021 Spring Release.

Here's a short quick video showing how I made this card:

 

Here's a couple of closer looks at the card:

 

I love the variety of flowers and leafs all the new dies from Memory Box's Spring 2021 release have.  Adding those together with the bold look of stamping words from the "Crystal Lingo" set from Birchtree Press on black card stock makes for a very striking design!  Here's one last look at my card for today:

Hope you like my card!  Be sure to check out all the newest release items here and don't forget to stop by this blog each day for more inspiration from the team!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94474 Layered Fresh Flowers craft die

94537 Widlflower Stems craft die

94538 Daisy Stems craft die

94535 Lavender Stems craft die

94472 Layered Daisies craft die

94578 Glade Butterfly craft die

CL8155 Crystal Lingo clear stamp set

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

Butterfly Hugs by Michelle Bala

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing  card full of butterfly hugs! I used the new Sylvan Butterfly Die, Glade Butterfly Die, Crystal Corner Die,

Big and Little Reverse Words Clear Stamp Set, Lush Green, Fresh Aqua and Twilight Purple 6x6 Pack.

This card is pretty easy to create and recreate using any color combo you choose!  I trimmed a piece of cardstock to measure 4 1/4 x 5 1/2.

I die cut the Crystal Corner Die two times and adhered them in opposite corners.  Than I die cut the butterflies with four coordinating shades of  paper. 

Than alternated light and dark shades. Adhere them to the card base. I added a gem in the center of each butterfly.  Lastly, I embossed the sentiment

with white embossing powder, than used the coordinating die that comes with the stamp set to cut out the sentiment. I adhered the sentiment with 

foam tape.

Thanks for taking a peek! 

 

Supplies

 

94539 Crystal Corner craft die

94577 Sylvan Butterfly craft die

94578 Glade Butterfly craft die

CL5259 Big and Little Reverse Words clear stamp set

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6x6 pack

Floral Shaker Card with Video by Sara Cook

Welcome everyone.  Hope you're ready for some creativity.  I have a floral shaker card featuring the Stained Glass Floral die cut from the spring release.  I have a video for this card as well, link is below.

Start by die cutting the Stained Glass Floral die out of 110lb white card stock, twice.  Keep 1 set of the flower petals and leaves.  Use Washi or low tack tape to secure the petals and leaves back into the die cut.  Color each petal using Copic markers, YR07 for the dark tone and YR02 for the light tone.  Flick the darker orange from the bottom of each petal to the middle leaving streaks.  Use the light tone, YR02, and blend from the bottom to the top.  Take the YR07 and color just at the bottom on each petal.  For the center of the flow use Copi Y00.  Don't worry about any extra color on the outside of the die cut, that is why the other die cut is for. For each leaf use the same technique with YG03 the dark tone and YG11 as the light tone.  Glue the other die cut on top.

For the top paper of the shaker card, choose a paid pattern from Madras Plaid Coral and Green. I chose one with grid lines and centered the die in the middle.  Cut the paper to 4"x51/4", keeping a 3/4" boarder from the cut out on each side and top of the paper. Glue acetate on the back side making sure to cover the square cut out.  Glue on the Stained Glass Floral die cut on the shaker window.

On the back side of the plaid paper add double sided adhesive around the cut out.  Make sure not to leave any gaps.  Create a top fold A2 card out of 110lb while card stock.  Place the shaker element in the center of the card base.  I used HAI Supply TMM Cherry Blossoms.  Remove the bacon from the foam tape, center, and place on the card base.

Die cut Glade butterfly base out of white 80lb card stock and the top die from the darker gold from Polished Fold Pad.  Color the butterfly base with Copics.  Go from darker on the outside to lighter on the inside blending the colors.  Darkest is YR02, then R20, and Y00.  Glue the gold top to the bottom. 

Die cut Just a Note Posh Script bottom die out of 110lb card stock and top die from the darker gold from Polished Fold Pad.  Glue the top die cut on the bottom. 

Glue the sentiment below the shaker window and the butterfly in the bottom right hand corner pop the shaker window

 

 

Supplies

 

94478 Stained Glass Floral craft die

94578 Glade Butterfly craft die

94527 Just a Note Posh Script craft die

PP1013 Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6 pack

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

Butterflies and Brighter Days by Jean Okimoto

Have you entered our February Pretty Purples Challenge?  

Here's a Spring Collection card with a mix of purples ranging from soft lavenders to bright violets, and everything in between.  Hi, happy weekend - Jean Okimoto here with a new collage die and two butterfly sets that just couldn't wait for warmer weather.

Cut an 8-⅝" x 7-¼" piece of white cardstock.  Prep the new Slim Diagonal Collage by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the little pieces.  Cut the cardstock with the Slim gDiagonal Collage.  Score and fold the cardstock at 3-⅝" for a slimline card.

Cut an 8-½" x 3-¼ piece of white cardstock.  Center it (temporarily) under the collage cutout and lightly pencil-mark the corners of the collage.  Attach Cornelia Violet 1" Washi Tape to cover slightly beyond the pencil marks.  Attach the rectangle behind the cardfront.

Cut the detailed Sylvan Buttterfly and Glade Butterfly from the Frosted Glitter Pad violet sheet.  Cut the solid Sylvan and Glade butterflies from scraps of ink-blended cardstock.  

Stamp the greeting - from the new Joyful Moments Clear Stamp Set - on the pale lavender dotted Springtime Bouquet Stripes and Dots 6x6 sheet with Imagine Crafts Neon Purple.  Heat-set the ink.

Punch ¼" dots of the purple Frosted Glitter Pad sheet.  Attach the greeting, then add the butterflies using foamtape.  

The Slim Diagonal Collage looks great over anything - tiny prints, solid colors, watercolors or abstract backgrounds.  It multi-tasks for embossing and stenciling too.

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

Supplies

 

94577 Sylvan Butterfly craft die

94578 Glade Butterfly craft die

94555 Slim Diagonal Collage craft die

PP1007 Springtime Bouquet Stripes and Dots

GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

WT507 Cornelia Violet 1 inch Washi Tape

CL5266 Joyful Moments clear stamp set