Breezy Bouquet Birthday Hugs by Jean Okimoto

Send flowery birthday hugs with the 3D-Embossed Breezy Bouquet from the Birthday Wishes collection.  A mix of pinks - and pops of yellow - could also create a special card for Valentine's Day.  Hi, Jean here with a double-embossed design for a special birthday.

Use a soft rubber brayer to apply a generous layer of VersaMark (from a clean, well-inked pad) to the Breezy Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder.  Spritz both sides of textured pink cardstock with a light mist of water.  Place it carefully in the folder with the smoother side facing the inked surface.  Roll it thru your diecut machine using the plates required for pressure-embossing.

Quickly cover the 3D-embossed and Versa-Marked design with detail clear embossing powder.  Tap off the excess powder and heat-emboss the design - stopping 2 or 3 times to cool the heat-tool and prevent overheating.

Cut the cooled design with the largest Double-Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out die. Ink the flower centers with Sunflower Yellow Brilliance.

Cut lighter pink cardstock with the 2-3/4" wide Rectangle Basics die.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Birthday Chic Clear Stamps and Die Set on the smoother side of the textured pink cardstock with VersaMark and heat-emboss it.  Trim it with the 1" wide Rectangle Basics die.

The Breezy Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder set includes a die for the largest flower.

Attach the diecuts to a side-folded A6 card of textured pink cardstock (it's 6" x 4-1/2") - use foam tape for the top and bottom of the heart and the center and right side of the greeting.

Thanks for visiting our blog - have a great weekend!

 

Supplies

 

CL5288D Birthday Chic clear stamp and die set

ef1024 Breezy Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder and Die

30086

94361 Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out

Happy Birthday Card by Donna Sledzik

Happy Thursday everyone!  I have another Birthday card for you today using products from the new 2024 Birthday Wishes release.

I began by ink blending a panel of white cardstock and embossing it with the Party Time 3D embossing folder.  You want to make sure the the images are debossed on the inked side.

Next I used a small brayer to apply gold ink over the entire panel.  The gold ink alone did not make the background colors pop, so I used black ink and applied it over the gold ink. When it dried it had a light black metallic color.

I adhered the background to a turquoise cardstock mat and glued it to a white card base.

I die cut the shadow for the sentiment with black cardstock and the words from gold metallic cardstock.  I glued the words to the black shadow die and used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94866 Happy Birthday Celebration Script

EF1048 Party Time 3D Embossing Folder and Dies

SP1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Sparkling Breezy Bouquet Cards by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have an easy 3D embossing technique that is just stunning with the Breezy Bouquet folder. I had so much fun I made several cards and have 4 of the cards I made. It it so easy and stunning that other design team members created the similar cards using the this technique.  I have some different layers added to mine along with added die cuts to enhance the card.  Check out Angie's post for her beautiful cards she created.

Technique:

Take the Breezy Bouquet 3D embossing folder and rub pigment ink on the flat surface of the side that is embossed.  Lightly mist a A2 size white card with water and put in the folder and run through the die cut machine.  I chose pastels ink pads from Fresh Ink but did a darker color from Versafine Clare, Chanti.  The darker one turned out to be my favorite.  

For 2 of the backgrounds I decided to use a metallic ink pad from Tsukineko too lightly rub on the raised areas.  On the Chanti background I used a red metallic and for the light blue I used silver.  For all of them I did mist with a metallic spray.  For the lighter colors I used my homemade spray using the Contact Craft Intense Liquid Sparkle Bases of silver or gold in a mister. For the darker background I used Distress Mica Stain in Decay.

Next I added a sentiment to each card.  For the black stamped sentiment I used the new Birthday Chic clear stamp set and die.  For the Wonderful I used the matching Breezy Bouquet stamp/die, the was heat embossed with gold. The Hello was the Hellow Marker Script die.  For the last card I used a black Happy Birthday Foil Greeting Tab.  I did trim down the lighter backgrounds to 4"x5 1/4' and but them on a A2 size white card.  For the darker card I used the Black Glossy Paper to create a frame with the Rectangle Basics set.  I also added butterflies or a bird. For the butterflied I used Exquisite Butterflies and the bird was Bird Blooms dies.  I colored them with matching ink used in the background. 

 

Supplies

 

ef1024 Breezy Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder and Die

94868 Hello Marker Script

94864 Bird Blossoms

94771 Exquisite Butterflies craft die

cl5277 Breezy Bouquet clear stamp set

cl5288 Birthday Chic clear stamp set

st007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

Thank You Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  I have a fun card for you today featuring the new Breezy Bouquet Stamp set.  What's great about this stamp set is that it has a coordinating die, stencil and 3D embossing folder that all work together.

I began by stamping the floral image with black ink onto white cardstock.  Next, I used the layering stencils to color in the images, die cut it with the coordinating die and then embossed the die cut image using the 3D embossing folder.

I die cut the Bubble Dots background from white cardstock and adhered it to another white cardstock panel.  This was glued to a gold metallic cardstock mat and adhered to a white card base.

The sentiment was stamped with Versa Mark Ink, gold heat embossed and die cut with the coordinating die.  Foam tape was used to adhere it to the card.

To finish the card, I applied Gold Nuvo Drops to the centers of the flowers.

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94858 Bubble Dots Plate

CL5277D Breezy Bouquet clear stamp and die set

88618 Breezy Bouquet Stencil Set

EF1024 Breezy Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder and Die

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Party Time Happy Birthday by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a fun birthday card using products from the new January release.  Here's a closer look at my card:

I used the new EF1048 Party Time 3D embossing folder and dies set (I didn't use the dies) along with the coordinating 88633 Party Time stencils to creat my background.  I used 3 inks, pink, yellow and teal.  Once embossed and stenciled, I cut it down slightly more than 1/2 inch on the top and the side, matted it on a black panel cut to 5" X 3.75."  The Happy Birthday Celebration Script die 94866 was cut from both black for the shadow, and cut the words from an inked panel (using the same 3 colors of ink.)

After gluing the sentiment together, I popped it up on foam dots for dimension.  Here's one last look at my card:

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies

 

EF1048 Party Time 3D Embossing Folder and Dies

88633 Party Time Stencil Set

94866 Happy Birthday Celebration Script

Smooth Embossing Folder Inking by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a very easy yet beautiful card you can create using products from the newest 2025 Happy Birthday Release!  Today I am using the:

EF1024 Breezy Bouquet 3D embossing folder and die set and the coordinating

CL5277 Breezy Bouquet Clear Stamp and die set

The look you get with this technique reminds me of several Japanese vases my mom had from the 1950's when we came back from my father's being stationed in Okinawa, Japan.  She kept these beautiful vases on her dresser in her bedroom.  I believe they were called Wedgewood Blue Jasperware, you can Google that and see pictures of them.

Here's a close up look:

The technique I used to ink the debossed of the embossing folder is to use a medium soft brayer (I use the black Tim Holtz one) and your glass mat.  I've tried often to ink embossing folders in many different ways, but this is the only way I have found that make a soft smooth layer of color on your background.  Make sure you are putting the ink on the debossed side.

To make it smooth, take your ink pad (I used Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy) and put lots of ink on your glass mat, directly with pad on the glass  mat.  Next take your brayer and bray over the ink over and over until your glass mat has a very smooth even color of ink BEFORE you take the brayer directly to the debossed side of the folder.  You will need to do this about 5 or 6 times - believe me, it takes several coats.  You will actually see the smooth ink forming on the folder with about the 3rd or 4th pass, but just keep going because you won't get a dark enough panel if you stop there.

Once inked lay the cardstock on the dry side of the inside of the embossing folder and close it.  Run it through your die cutting/embossing machine (I used my Platinum 6 machine) and take it out carefully to let it dry.  The floral pattern will be press upward and look stunning.  Be sure to clean your embossing folder while you wait for the ink to dry and also wipe up any excess ink on your glass mat.  I often use a clean piece of cardstock to pick up some of the left over ink, I'll spray it with water to get more of it up on the cardstock.  Now you have any extra pinkish panel you can use for a different card.  

The sentiment is from the Breezy Bouquet clear stamp set, heat embossed in white on black cardstock.

Here's one last look at my card:

Now let's take a look at another card I made earlier this month with a technique you can use to achieve almost the same results but with even more texture.  I posted this card on my blog on the release day Jan 3rd.  In case you missed it, here's another look:

For this card I used the brayer technique with Distress Oxide Salvaged Patina ink the same way that I did the pink one above.  

Next I took a piece of vellum and used the coordinating floral die from the stamp set to cut the flower out.  Once cut, place it inside the 3D embossing folder taking care to line it up exactly, then run it through your machine to emboss the vellum.  Once embossed, place it on top of the white embossed section of your orginal inked panel.  I used liquid glue under the sentiment to attach the vellum to the raised white embossed part of the blue panel.  To secure it in a few other places, I added just very tiny dots of a dot runner to various places under the vellum so you can't see the adhesive.

Lastly I added a few Fairy Jewels to the card front and the largest flower's center.

Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today, I have lots of fun making them!  Thanks for stopping by and be sure to check out the entire new release!  For more links and info, you can go to my blog here.

 

Supplies

 

CL5277 Breezy Bouquet clear stamp set

EF1024 Breezy Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder and Die

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

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

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Cheer by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here with a fun Christmas card for you.  Here's a closer look:

To make my card I embossed 2 white panels with the new Winter Knit 3D embossing folder EF1044 and then inked them both on the debossed side, one with red ink and one with gray ink.  I cut the gray panel with the new Fringed Scalloped Frame set (largest one) and then added red strips of card stock behind the tiny holes in the border.

I cut the Stitchable Stocking 94825 from white and from the red inked embosed panel and pieced them together.  I cut the accessories (flowers leaves, etc) from white card stock and colored them with alcohol markers and a white gel pen.  

The background behind the scalloped panel is red glitter paper from the Glitzy Glitter Paper GP1007.  The embossed frame panel is popped up on foam tape for dimension.  The sentiment was heat embossed and it's from the new stamp set called Holiday Wishes CL5286.  Here's one last look:

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Happy crafting my friends....

 

 

Supplies

 

EF1044 Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

94825 Stitchable Stocking

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

CL5286 Holiday Wishes clear stamp set

Merry and Bright Candles by Theary Chea

Hello everyone! It's Theary here on the blog again. Today, I am sharing a card I made using the beautiful Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folding. So let's get started.

Step 1: Run a green-colored cardstock through your die-cutting machine with the Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folder. I trimmed the card panel to 4 inches by 5.25 inches.

Step 2: Using a gold creamy mixed media paste I applied it gently to the raised areas of the embossed cardstock using my finger. I set it off to the side to dry.

Step 3: I ran the Merry and Bright Candles dies through the die-cutting machine on cardstocks in the colors Cranberry, Cherry Red, Golden Wheat, and Orange Peel. I adhered the pieces together using liquid adhesive.

Step 4: I trimmed a matted black cardstock slightly larger than the embossed panel and adhered it together using liquid adhesive.

Step 5: I placed the candles towards the left of the embossed panels and used foam squares to pop on the sentiment from Merry Sentiment Foil Tabs.

Step 6: I added white details from a white gel pen and adhered the final card panel to a card base in Cherry Red.

And there you have it! I hope you have a wonderful day! Until next time!

 

Supplies

 

94812 Merry and Bright Candles

ef1043 Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folder

st002 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs

sh44014 Cranberry Paper Pack

st017 Merry and Bright Foil Banners Black Tabs

st003 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Black Tabs

sh44015 Cherry Red Paper Pack

sh44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

 

sh44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack