Pine Cone Joy by Michelle Bala

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing some of the fun Pine Cone dies and Pine Needle dies from Memory Box. 

I used: Large Pine Cone Die, Smooth Pine Cones Die, Gentle Pine Needle Sprig, and Pine Needle Trio.

I die cut them using Copic friendly paper. I colored them with Copic Markers in shades G43 G46 G29 (pine needles), E23 E27 E29 (large pine cone), 

W2 W3 W4 W5 W6 (small pine cones).

I used the Pinpoint Snowflake Plate Die to emboss a piece of water color paper. I assembled the card and layered the pine cones and pine needles. I added a red twine bow and some Fairy Sugar Glitter Glue in Dewdrop.

Lastly, I added the Joy Posh Script Die. I used a piece of red glitter from the Glitzy Glitter Pad.

Thanks for taking a peek!

 

Supplies

 

94591 Joy Posh Script craft die

94594 Large Pine Cone craft die

94595 Smooth Pine Cone craft die

94597 Gentle Pine Needle Sprig craft die

94513 Pinpoint Snowflake Plate craft die

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

WP101 Watercolor Paper

40125 Dewdrop glitter glue

Glad Tidings and Boughs by Michelle Bala

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing some fun, new Christmas dies! Hope you'll check out the 2021 Holiday Release!  

Supplies I used: Ringadings 3D Embossing Folder

                              Gilded Sleigh

                               Layered Poinsettia

                                Holly Bundle

                                Smooth Pine Cones

                                Melted Candles

                                Pine Needle Trio

                                Festive Christmas Greetings

                                Clear Jewels

I die cut all the images using Copic friendly paper and used Copic Markers to color.

Sleigh: C4 C6, YR24 Y26, R29 R39 R89, 

Poinsettia: R22 R14 R17 R29, YR24, G43 G46

Holly: YG25 YG17 YG67 G29, R17 R29 R39

Pine Needles: YG25 YG67 E49

Candle: E40 E42 YR24

Pine Cone: E23 E25 E27 E29

I adhered the embossed panel to the card base than adhered the sleigh and layered all the extras. I embossed the sentiment and added some clear jewels.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

EF1015 Ringadings 3D Embossing Folder

94609 Gilded Sleigh craft die

94593 Melted Candles craft die

94605 Layered Poinsettia craft die

94610 Holly Bundle craft die

94600 Pine Needle Trio craft die

94595 Smooth Pine Cone craft die

CL5273 Festive Christmas Greetings clear stamp set

JWL001 Clear Jewels

An Oval Snowman Collage for World Cardmaking Day by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate World Cardmaking Day with the Oval Snowman Collage from the 2021 Holiday Collection.  It's just one of many great new dies, 6x6 plaids and glitter cardstock and a beautiful assortment of fairy drops, crystals and dewdrops.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a frosty winter collage design.  

Cut the large Stylish Rectangle Trio from white cardstock.  Cut the rectangle with the Oval Snowman Collage.   Color his nose and arms with orange and brown markers.

Cut a pale blue 6x6 from the Stormy Blue Collection with the Stylish Rectangle.  Save the delicate frame for another project - we're using the interior offcut here.  Cut the offcut with the top portion of the new Slim Confetti Plate.  Attach it behind the snowman rectangle.

Cut a 3-⅜" x 4" piece of a white 6x6 from the Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad.  Attach it behind the Stormy Blue piece to create a frosty dotted background.  Attach the 3-layered diecuts to a slightly darker blue A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Attach the delicate Stylish Rectangle frame.

Cut the hat from black cardstock.

Cut the scarf from a blue plaid in the new Woodsy Plaid 6x6 pack.

Attach an adhesive label sheet or sticker paper to bright red felt and cut Resting Birds.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and keeps liquid adhesives from soaking through the fabric.

Attach 3 birds, the scarf, hat and three Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Yuletide Moments Clear Stamp Set - on white cardstock witgh Onyx Black VersaFine.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. Cut it with the smallest Stylish Rectangle die.  Attach the greeting and a bird inside the card.

Hope you'll have time to create a card - or two - this weekend. 2021 has gone by so quickly it seems like I'm running from one holiday to the next!

Have a great weekend...

 

 

Supplies

 

94608 Oval Snowman Collage craft die

94551 Slim Confetti Plate craft die

94416 Stylish Rectangle Trio

98527 Resting Birds

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack

PP1018 Woodsy Plaid 6x6 pack

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

CL5274 Yuletide Moments

GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

Be Merry by Michelle Bala

Hello there! Michelle here, sharing some of the newest products from the Holiday Release!! 

I used Festive Christmas Greetings Stamp and Die Set

Serene Bird and Branch Die

Pinpoint Daisy Background Die

Christmas Fairy Crystals

I colored all images with Copic Markers and used gold embossing powder to emboss the oval frame and sentiment.

Hope you'll check out the full release HERE

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CL5273D Festive Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set

94620 Serene Bird and Branch craft die

94621 Pinpoint Daisy Background craft die

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Double-Collage a Halloween Scene by Jean Okimoto

Today's Halloween project somehow ended up with everything on one card.  Like two collages, domes, 3 colors of glitter, ghosts and pumpkins and an underwater castle - or an overgrown royal garden.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here on a cold, rainy weekend that's perfect for indoor cardmaking.

Cut the largest Nested Globe from black cardstock and the dark orange 6x6 in the Sunny Orange Collection.  Cut the black globe with Kelp Collage.  Remove the small kelp strand on the right side.   Cut the extra seaweed strands from black cardstock too.

Cut Fantasy Castle Collage from the light gray 6x6 in the Earth Neutral Collection.  Cut the moat (or wall) too.  Attach strips of ¼" lined doublestick tape behind the window cutouts.  It takes a few minutes now, but it'll be easier to attach the yellow diecuts for the lights later.  Promise!

The little ghosts and pumpkins are from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set.  Cut them from the white and orange 6x6 sheets in the Frosted Glitter Pad.  Cut an extra set of ghosts from black cardstock and attach them behind the white ghosts - offset to add dimension and a layer of black behind their mouths.

Attach the diecuts to a side-folded 5-⅜" square card of Kraft Woodgrain Cardstock.

Cut the windows from the yellow 6x6 in the Frosted Glitter Pad and just press them onto the tape in the cutouts.  It's a lot easier than gluing 20 tiny pieces.

Mix, match and layer the different designs from the Memory Box collage collection. Try different combinations of these dies and create unique cards for holidays, celebrations and everyday greetings.

Thanks for visiting - see you next week!

 

Supplies

 

94510 Fantasy Castle Collage craft die

94532 Nested Globes craft die

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer craft die

94561 Kelp Collage craft die

GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SH44003 Woodgrain Paper Pack Kraft

Dreamy Freesia on a Slim Diagonal Collage by Jean Okimoto

A bold Slim Diagonal Collage creates an ink-blended background for the detailed Dreamy Freesia.  Coordinate the background with matching colors from the 6x6 Collections, then add a simple greeting and custom-colored jewels.  Hello, Jean Okimoto here with a summer-into-fall slimline design.  

A strip of ink-blended cardstock from the stash was used here.  It's sprayed with a light layer of Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz and air-dried while I worked on the rest of the card.

Cut white cardstock to 8-½" x 7-⅝".  Score it lengthwise at ¾" and 4-¼".  The ¾" section forms a tab to attach the back of the card. Diecut Slim Diagonal Collage about 1-¾" to the right of the ¾" scoreline.  Cut it lengthwise for best results.  

Cut another piece of cardstock to 3-½" x 8-½".  Attach it to the ¾" tab.

Attach a strip of the ink-blended cardstock behind the Slim Diagonal Collage.  Fold the cardstock to the inside on the 4-¼" scoreline and tape the edges.

Cut Hello Cursive Script Circle from the turquoise 6x6 sheet in the Fresh Aqua Collection.  Leave the diecut in the die and remove the offcuts with a piercing tool.  Cut a circle of white cardstock with the 2" Circle Basics die.  It's smaller than the script circle  so the background is visible.  Dot the greeting with tiny amounts of glue then press the greeting onto the white circle.  Push it out of the die with the piercing tool.

Cut Dreamy Freesia with the green 6x6 from the Lush Green Collection.  Cut the flower and 2 buds from the dark yellow 6x6 from the Sunny Orange Collection.  

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-½" x 8-½"). 

Color Clear Jewels with an emerald green Sharpie or Copic Marker.  Color a medium-sized Fairy Drops Jewel with a yellow marker.  

Attach the diecuts to the card - use foamtape for the flower and buds.  The layers, foamtape and yellow jewel create a card requiring additional postage.

If you love the bold, crisp look of stripes too - join September's Stripes Challenge for a chance to win great Memory Box products.  View the Challenge details here.  Stripes aren't just straight vertical or horizontal designs - they can be wavy, diagonal, jumbled, arched or angled - we have great striped designs in our collage collection.

Thanks for visiting - have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94476 Dreamy Freesia craft die

94521 Hello Cursive Script Circle craft die

94555 Slim Diagonal Collage craft die

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

JWL001 Clear Jewels

DRP101 Fairy Drops

30087 Circle Basics Set

Multi-colored Jumbled Line Collage Stripes by Jean Okimoto

Create a multi-colored striped background quickly - without gluing all 21 colorful strips. The Jumbled Line Collage die, paired with a striped 6x6 from the Garden Folly pack makes it quick and easy!

Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a striped-striped backdrop for the Layered Cosmos and Layered Fresh Flowers.  It's a bit of inspiration for September's Stripe Challenge too.

Cut white cardstock with the second-largest Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die.  Cut it with the Jumbled Line Collage.  Attach a strip of the Garden Folly striped 6x6 behind the cutout - align it so the green stripes are positioned to resemble flower stems.

Cut two sets  of Layered Cosmos and the small Layered Fresh Flower from the dark peach Berry Red Collection sheet.  Cut the Cosmos centers again from a yellow 6x6 sheet in the Sunny Orange Collection.  Punch one of the yellow Cosmos centers with a ¼" circle punch.  Cut the Layered Fresh Flower center from the yellow sheet too.

Assemble the flowers.

Cut the medium strip from the Banner Sentiment Trio set from a lighter peach 6x6 in the Berry Red Collection.   Stamp the greeting - from the new

Deep Blue Ocean Clear Stamp and Die Set - with Pinecone VersaFine Clair.  

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-½" x 8-½") - attach the greeting with foamtape.

Color Clear Jewels with orange and pink Sharpie or Copic Markers.  Dry the ink and add the jewels to the card.

The Jumbled Line Collage is great with a wide range of prints, watercolored backgrounds and glitter.  Top it with related diecuts and your card is done!

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

 

Supplies

 

94560 Jumbled Line Collage craft die

94474 Layered Fresh Flowers craft die

94473 Layered Cosmos craft die

94580 Banner Sentiment Trio craft die

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

CL5268D Deep Blue Ocean clear stamp and die set

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

PP1005 Garden Folly 6x6 pack

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Refuse to Sink by Angie Cimbalo

 

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a really fun mini slimline encouragement card.

 

All of the many die cut pieces came from these dies, including the little circles I used for bubbles.  

 

Deepwater Collage Die

Coral and Kelp Ribbon Dies

Kelp Collage Dies

Bubble Coral Collage Die

School of Fish Die 

You Anchor Me Stamp Set

 

Here's a closer look at my card:

 

 

The kept and coral were all cut from watercolor card that had been colored with Distress Inks and Lindy's Magicals and so were the fish.

 

The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder on black card stock, then trimmed with scissors.  Some of the fish were popped up on foam tape and others were adhered with glue.

Here's a few more views:

 

 

 

I hope you enjoyed my card for today!  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94563 Deepwater Collage craft die

94569 Coral and Kelp Ribbon craft die

94561 Kelp Collage craft die

94562 Bubble Coral Collage craft die

94570 School of Fish craft die

CL5269D You Anchor Me clear stamp and die set

A Royal Halloween Scene by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate Halloween at the Stone Keep Castle, surrounded by glittery diecuts borrowed from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here sharing a card that began with with simple intentions and took on a life of its own.  

Cut the Garland floral print with the largest Rectangle Basics die.  Cut it again with the largest Double Stitch Rectangle Cut Out die.  Leave both pieces in the die and attach ¼" wide double-stick tape, joining both pieces.  

Score and fold cream cardstock to begin a top-folded A-2 card.  Place one short edge of the largest Rectangle  Basics die just outside of the top fold so it won't cut that edge and cut the folded cardstock into an A-2 card. Attach the Double Stitch Rectangle pieces.

Cut a dark brown sheet from the Earth Neural 6x6 Collection with the 4.1 x 3" Nested Globes die.  Cut the globe with the Stone Keep Castle Collage die.  

 

Make it easy to add the little glittered orange window "lights" by attaching doublestick tape behind the openings.  Cut the lights from the pale orange 6x6 Frosted Glitter Pad sheet.

Cut a piece of the light brown Earth Neutral sheet with one end of the longest Wood Grain Planks die.  Cut the door.

Cut the bats, pumpkins and a ghost from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set from the glitter pad sheets too.  Cut the pumpkins again from scrap cardstock and layer them for dimension.  Attach a scrap of bright orange cardstock behind the ghost's mouth.  Use a piercing tool to enlarge the eyes.

 

Assemble the card - use foamdots for the ghost.

Our 3 Castle Collages are usually on whimsical, pretty cards.  Add a new look with Halloween icons and fall colors...and brighten it with glitter.  Next, add Christmas lights and sparkly stars for a holiday look.  

Thanks for visiting...see you this weekend!

 

Supplies

 

94512 Stone Keep Castle Collage craft die

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer craft die

94532 Nested Globes craft die

94360 Double Stitch Rectangle Cut Out

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6x6 pack

PP1010 Garland 6x6 pack

GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

94565 Wood Grain Planks craft die

Seas the Day Collage/Mixed Media Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone! Hope everyone is enjoying the summer.  I just got done moving and reorganizing my craft corner.  I had a lot of supplies I had hardly used and wanted to use them again.  A college type scene using mixed media techniques is an easy way to use a lot of different product with your dies.  It is a sea themed collage using the latest Summer Day Dream and Under the Sea release dies and gems.  

Technique:

I am not going to explain in exact detail on how I created the card.  With mixed media you are just playing with color and textures.  To start a mix media or collage it is easier to pick a color scheme and textures to use through out your design.  For the colors I did stick with traditional ocean colors.  I don't have a complete collection of any inks or paints and just mix and match the different products I have on hand.  The colors I did use  I will reference in distress inks, Speckled Egg, Mermaid Lagoon, Blueprint Sketch, and Cracked Pistachio.  I also used silver and bronze.  For texture I used embossing powders, texture pastes, and clear mica flakes.  Play with your products but keep to a color and texture theme and it will all come together in the end.  

Background:

For the background I used an extra heavy white card stock, ~140lb, and cut it to 7"x31/2".  I started with creating a stencil by die cutting the Jumbled Line Collage from acetate.  I used matte textured paste to stencil in the center of the background.  Let it dry.  I created a stamp from the Ring Stack die by die cutting from fun foam.  This is an easy why to turn any die cut into a stamp that can be used a few times.  I stamped and blue embossed the image randomly around the back ground.  Next I used spray inks to create the background in all colors in my scheme.  2 of the sprays were shimmer sprays.  Let dry.  To darken the background  ink blended Blueprint Sketch and Mermaid Lagoon in the center of the card.  Let dry.  Then I added some Distress Crackle paint randomly and then sprinkled with Distress Clear Mica Flakes.

Images:

For the images I die cut from the same extra heavy white card stock.  The dies I used are Marina Sailboats, Whale Family, End of My Rope Set, Deep Blue Ocean, and You Anchor Me.  I die cut several of each die and ended up with more then I used.  To color I used various techniques and textures.  Some I embossed with silver.  Some where ink blended with Distress inks and clear heat embossed.  Some where ink blended with Distress inked and applied Distress Crackle paint and sprinkled with Distress Mica Flakes.  Others were sprayed with ink and covered in the Distress Crackle paint.    To add silver to the ink blended die cuts I used a Gelato stick and blended with my fingers.

Assembly:

For placement I kept the images you would find at the top of the water closer to the top of the background and the images under the water closer to the bottom.  Some are only half adhered so I can place items behind them and in front of others to create layers.  Next add some Clear Fairy Drops for bubbles.  I framed the background on a dark blue paper and adhere to the top section of the 5"x7" white card.  For the Sentiment I used the Seas the Day stamp from Deep Blue Ocean stamp and die set with deep blue dye ink on strip of white card stock.  Then backed with the a strip of the same deep blue paper.  Adhered on the bottom left hand side of the card.

Supplies

 

94547 Ring Stack craft die

94560 Jumbled Line Collage craft die

94575 Marina Sailboats craft die

94573 Whale Family craft die

94546 End of My Rope Set craft die

CL5268 Deep Blue Ocean clear stamp set

CL5269 You Anchor Me clear stamp set

DRP101 Fairy Drops