Merry Christmas Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today I have another Christmas card for you featuring products from the 2024 Yuletide and Winter release.

I started by cutting a panel of plaid patterned paper and gluing a thin gold strip of metallic cardstock to each end of the paper.  Next, I adhered it to a white card base.

The pine branches were die cut from green cardstock and inked with Forest Moss distress ink to give them a darker color.

The pinecones were die cut from white cardstock and inked with Expresso and Gathered Twigs distress inks.  I glued the pinecone outlines to the shadow backgrounds to form the pinecones.

The branches from the Festive Holly die set were die cut from gold metallic cardstock.

To assemble the card, I glued the 2 large pine branches onto the card.  Next, I glued the large pinecone in place and used foam tape to adhere the small pinecone.

I glued the smaller pine branches in place and the tucked in some of the gold branches.

The background was spattered with gold ink and the Merry Christmas foil banner was adhered to the card front.

To finish the card, I added a twine bow with red bells tied to it.  

That's it for today!  Have a great day!

 

 

Supplies

 

ST015 Merry Christmas Foil Banners Black Tabs

PP1031 Yuletide Plaid 6x6 pack

94801 Festive Holly

94802 Pinecone Duo

94817 Pine Branches

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Snowy Merry Christmas with Pine Cones by Anne Thompson

Because I live in the Pine Tree State, and because it almost always snows before Christmas, that was my inspiration to combine the SNOW FLAKE RUB ONS RUB105 with the PINECONE DUO 94802 and the MERRY CHRISTMAS SWIRL 94803 to create today's holiday card.

I began with a side fold A2 card.  I cut a piece of red card stock 4 X 5 1/4 and added it to the front of the note card.

I cut a piece of the SNOW FLAKE RUB ONS RUB105 4 X 5 1/4, placed it on top of the red panel, and used the enclosed stick to transfer the snowflakes to the red paper.

I cut a small circle from white card stock.

I used the MERRY CHRISTMAS SWIRL 94803 die to cut the background shape from white card stock and the detailed lettering from a scrap of the same red card stock I used before.  I layered those together using a glue pen and glued it onto the white circle.

Next I die cut the PINECONE DUO 94802 from scraps of brown card stock in two shades (the darker for the solid shapes and the lighter for the detailed cones) and scraps of green card stock for the pine branches.  I assembled the cones using a glue pen.  I attached the pine branches behind the cones with Glue Dots.

I used double-sided tape to attach the lettered circle to the top part of the note card.

I used dimensional foam dots to add the pine cones and branches underneath the "Merry Christmas".

This is one of those cards that could easily be made in multiples.  Not enough rub ons for the background panel?  Substitute any of the papers from the holiday 6X6 paper pads--Yuletide Plaid PP1031, Yuletide Cheer PP1032, Nutmeg Plaid PP1033, or Nutmeg Forest PP1034.  Then choose a coordinating card stock for the detailed lettering on the Merry Christmas Swirl.   

Happy Crafting!

 

Stitchable Mitten Gatefold Card by Anne Thompson

I went back into the Yuletide Collection for today's project as I hadn't done anything yet with the Stitchable Mitten.  I had some blank white pre-made gatefold cards so I decided to use the STITCHABLE MITTEN 94824 as the focal image on one.

to make this card

I started with the blank white gatefold card.  I cut a piece of sweater print paper from YULETIDE CHEER PP1032 to 4 X 5 1/4 and cut it in half to 2" wide.  I added those two pieces to the two front flaps.  On the inside I added a piece of a subtle red print from the same paper pad cut 4 X 5 1/4 and then a piece of white card stock 3 X 4 1/4 on top of that.  I set the card aside while making the mitten.

I die cut all of the STITCHABLE MITTEN 94824 pieces and assembled them.  I used a plaid paper from YULETIDE PLAID PP1031, and scraps of white watercolor paper, green and yellow and red card stock.  I attached the cuff to the mitten with tape on the back. This allowed me to flip up the cuff edge to sew it.

        

I used a wide-eyed needle and some white thick thread/thin yarn to sew first across the bottom of the cuff and then up around the cuff and down and around the mitten.  I used tape on the back to secure the ends of the thread/yarn.  I glued the stocking/cuff to a scrap of red card stock and cut around it to hide the tape and threads on the back.  Then I added the flowers to the cuff and one of the MERRY CHRISTMAS FOIL GREETINGS WHITE CIRCLE TABS ST012.  I attached the stocking to the left gatefold panel using dimensional foam pieces.  In the photo below you can get a glimpse of the back of the stocking when the card opens.

This is a fun card form and works great with a large focal image as the opening tab.

We'll make this card in my next holiday cards class--sewing optional!  

Happy Crafting!

Yuletide Plaid PP1031                                 Yuletide Cheer PP1032

Merry Christmas Foil Greeting Tabs             Stitchable Mitten 94824

ST012

Merry Christmas Tag by Donna Sledzik

Happy Thursday everyone!  Today I have a cute gift tag featuring products from the 2024 Winter and Yuletide release.

I began by die cutting the second largest Fringed Scallop die 3 times from white cardstock.  Then I placed the next size down scallop die onto one of the die cuts and ran it through my die cutting machine.  This made a frame to go over the other die cut.

I used Navy dye ink and covered the plain scallop die cut.  Next, I placed the snowflake stencil on top of the paper and misted it lightly with plain water.  Using a paper towel, I blotted over the stencil before removing it from the cardstock.  This removes some of the ink from the cardstock and gives a soft look to the background.  

From the 3rd scallop die cut, I hand cut a hill line and glued this to the bottom of the snowflake background.  The die cut frame was glued on top of it.

I die cut the goose from white cardstock and used Distress Inks to color in the pieces.  Once the goose was colored I glued all the pieces together.  I used a white gel pen to add some dots to the scarf.

Next, I die cut the trees from green cardstock and glued them in place on the tag.

The goose was adhered to the tag using foam tape.

Next I spattered the tag with white ink.

The sentiment was white heat embossed on red cardstock, die cut using the coordinating die, and adhered to the tag with foam tape. 

I added some white texture paste under the goose and the trees to give it some texture.  I sprinkled glitter on the paste while it was still wet.

To finish the tag, I added a ribbon and some twine to the top of the tag.

That's it for today!  Have a great day!

 

Supplies

 

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

94796 Slender Pine Trees

94827 Young Goose

CL5287D Be Merry clear stamp set

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

Embossed Stocking by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  Christmas is in full swing, so I have another Christmas card to share today featuring products from this year’s 2024 Yuletide collection.

Started by dry embossing a Bristol panel with the Winter Knit 3D embossing folder (EF).  Next, a DIY stencil was die cut from masking paper using Stitchable Stocking die.  Adhered the stencil to the embossed panel then ink blended Lumberjack Plaid and Black Soot distress inks (DI) through the stencil.  To bring out the pattern, sanded the raised areas with a sanding block.

Die cut the cuff and toe patch from white glitter paper next.  To cover their stitching holes (since I’m not doing any stitching), traced them onto white paper, fussy cut out and stacked behind their glitter pieces.  The presents were die cut from red Blush and gold Rainbow Reflection Mirror papers.  Joy was also die cut from the same gold mirror paper.  Die cut the pine branches from Bristol paper and left them as is.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.

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

Supplies

 

94825 Stitchable Stocking

EF1044 Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder

94761 Pretty Presents

94817 Pine Branches

94763 Bello Joy

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

SP1012 Blush 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Winter Geese Greetings by Jean Okimoto

New Happy Goose (on the left) and Bundled Up Goose send Christmas greetings!  The scattered tree background is from the new Nutmeg Forest 6x6 set of fall and winter prints.  Hi, Jean here with another layered felt design featuring our holiday collections.

Attach adhesive label paper to white, bright red and turquoise wool-blend felt.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and keeps adhesives from saturating it.  Cut Bundled Up Goose and Happy Goose.  Cut the beak and feet sections from an orange 6x6 in the Sunrise Collection.  Color the eye areas with a black marker.  Attach the beak diecuts behind their heads.  

Cut the hats from the red and turquoise wool-blend felt.  Bundled Up Goose's hat has a pouf too - but it's just a simple pouf-less stocking cap here.

Cut Bundled Up Goose's wings from pale gray cardstock.  Ink it with a light layer of Morning Mist VersaFine Clair to highlight the details.

Cut the scarves from the Bundled Up Goose set from red and turquoise Rainbow Reflections Mirror Cardstock 6x6's.  Cut the turquoise 6x6 with the 1-¼" Circle Basics die.  Layer it behind a Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Circle Tab for dimension and contrast.

Cut the Christmas tree print from the Nutmeg Forest 6x6 set with the 3-¼" x 4-½" Rectangle Basics die.

Attach the diecuts to a natural A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for the top of the hats and the ends of the scarves.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...see you on Friday!

 

 

Supplies

 

94829

94828

pp1034

st012

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

30087

sp1013

cry102

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Thankful by Jean Okimoto

Buds and blossoms from the Winter Days Collection are great throughout the year.  Pair them with a thankful greeting for a fall card.  The Sunrise 6x6 cardstock collection includes the perfect shade of orange to match the Nutmeg Plaid 6x6.  Hi, Jean here with a mixed, layered trio of flowers for Thanksgiving - or any occasion.

Cut the buds and blossoms from the Small Anemone Bud Duo, Blushing Bloom and Delicate Anemone from a bright coral/orange Sunrise 6x6.  Ink two of the centers with Verdant VersaFine Clair.  Lightly edge the petals with Habanero VersaFine.  

Cut the sepals and 2 sets of stems from a bright green sheet in the Greenery 6x6 set.  

Assemble the buds and blossoms.  The little bud is actually one of the center diecuts from the Blushing Bloom set.

Stamp the greeting - from the Friends and Family Clear Stamp Set - near a corner of a medium green Greenery 6x6 with Pinecone VersaFine Claior.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut the cooled cardstock with the 2-½" wide Nested Globes die.

Cut the green/orange/cream Nutmeg Plaid  6x6 with the 3-½" wide Nested Globes die.  

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded light Kraft A2 card - use foamtape for the tops of the flowers and big bud. Add copper/bronze Autumn Fairy Crystals.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

 

These new floral dies can be mixed, matched and layered in many ways.  Cut them from Memory Box's 6x6 color collections, the new 8-½" x 11 cardstock packs or shimmery mirror cardstock.  

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94840

94843

94844

pp1033

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sp1013

cry101

cl5276

94532 Nested Globes

Merry Christmas by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today's card uses up scraps of patterned paper that I know we all have.

I began by covering a panel of white cardstock with double sided tape.  Next, I cut strips of scrap paper to 1/4" wide.  I laid out the strips of paper on my desk to get the right color combination.

 

I peeled the backing off the adhesive and adhered my paper strips at an angel across the whole card panel.  I trimmed all the excess paper from the cardstock, placed it in the Pinecones and Berries 3D embossing folder, then ran it through my die cut machine.

Next, I took a Gold pigment ink pad and lightly rubbed over the embossed images, sprinkled clear embossing powder over the paper and heat embossed it.  I repeated this step using Black Archival ink and then spattered it with white ink.

I glued the card front to a white cardstock mat and then a gold cardstock mat. This was adhered to a white card base.

The shadow from the Merry Christmas die was cut from gold metallic paper and the words from white cardstock.  I glued the words to the gold shadow die cut and used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

To finish the card, I added some gold pearls and that's it!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies

 

EF1043 Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folder

94803 Merry Christmas Swirl

PP1033 Nutmeg Plaid 6x6 pack

PP1034 Nutmeg Forest 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Green Birds and a Brown Bear by Jean Okimoto

 

Send fall greetings with the Layered Polar Bear - now appearing as a friendly brown bear in soft felt.  He's sitting on the new Snowy Log - before the snow - and three members of the new Little Bird Bunch.  Hi, Jean here wishing you a Happy Fall!

Designs from the Winter Days Collection - Snowy Log, Little Bird Bunch and the Nutmeg Forest 6x6 set - are very mix- and match-able with dies from previous holiday collections.  

Cut Snowy Log from dark brown cardstock.  Ink the short end of the larger diecut with Pinecone VersaFine Clair to create a shadowy hollowed end.   

Cut Little Bird Bunch from an olive green 6x6 in the Greenery Collection and the chartreuse Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  Color the beaks with a black marker.  Save the 2 extra birds for another project.

Cut the gold-accented Nutmeg Spice 6x6 with a portion of the 2-¼" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Trim it to 5-⅝" long.  Cut Orange Peel cardstock with a portion of the 2" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.    Trim it to 4-¾" long.

Cut the large solid Layered Polar Bear from medium-brown cardstock.  Color the areas that will appear behind the facial features and ears with a black marker.  Attach an adhesive label sheet (or a sticker sheet) to brown wool-blend felt and cut the remaining pieces.  The paper stabilizes the felt and prevents adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the paws from dark brown cardstock and layer them behind the felt paws for extra dimension.

Glue 2 pieces of dark brown cardstock together.  Cut it with the solid Happy Fall Posh Script background die.  Spritz both sides with a list mist of water.  Pressure-emboss it using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.  Embossing the background makes it very easy to align and attach the detailed top layer. Cut the greeting's detailed top layer from Orange Peel Cardstock. 

Attach the diecuts to a recycled Kraft A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Mix and match the dies and papers from different collections.  The colors, patterns and shapes are versatile and create holiday greetings for the special recipients on your list.

Thanks for visiting - see you on Friday!

 

 

Supplies

 

94821

94747

94811

94685

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

pp1034

sh44017

sp1011

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Merry Christmas Yule Log by Anne Thompson

You may have guessed by now that the SNOWY LOG 94821 is one of my favorites from the Winter Days 2024 Collection.  Today I combined the SNOWY LOG 94821, FESTIVE HOLLY 94801, greenery from HOLIDAY SNOWGLOBE 94804, the smallest candle from MERRY AND BRIGHT CANDLES 94812, and the SNOWFLAKE RUB ON TRANSFERS RUB105 along with one of the GREETING TABS ST014 to create this card.

I started with a panel 5 1/4 X 4 cut from a sheet of the POWDER BLUE card stock SH44011.  I cut a piece of the SNOWFLAKE RUB ON TRANSFERS RUB105 the same size and used the enclosed stick to transfer the snowflakes onto the Powder Blue Paper.

I then die cut all of the other pieces that I thought I might use for the card.

SNOWY LOG 94821:  brown card stock scraps, white watercolor paper

FESTIVE HOLLY 94801:  CILANTRO CARD STOCK SH44007

the greenery from HOLIDAY SNOWGLOBE 94808:  CILANTRO CARD STOCK SH44007

MERRY AND BRIGHT CANDLES 94812:  scraps of red and yellow card stock

to assemble the card

I decided to audition everything on the snowflake paper before gluing anything down. 

I began by assembling the Snowy Log, using dimensional foam in the center to round out the log a bit as I added it to the snowy paper.  I then tucked the Festive Holly branches in place behind the log on the left edge using Glue Dots.  I chose the smaller holly pieces from the Holiday Snowglobe dies and added them on top of the snow on the left.  I then added some sparkle with the red gemstones to represent holly berries.  I used more dimensional foam behind the smallest candle which I placed on the right end of the log.  To finish the panel I used one of the Merry Christmas Banners centered near the top of the snowflake paper.  I secured the panel to the top of a side-fold A2 note card using double-sided tape.

I have several holiday card workshops planned for this month and next with friends.  I think at least one of my Snowy Log cards will have to be included.   

Happy Crafting!

Snowy Log 94821                                            Festive Holly 94801                           Holiday Snowglobe 94808

Merry and Bright Candles 94812             Snowflake Rub On Transfers RUB105       White Greeting Tabs ST014

Powder Blue Card Stock SH44011

Cilantro Card Stock SH44007