Merry, White and Bright by Jean Okimoto

The new Vintage Tray joins classic sparkly snowflakes and a new snowman for a winter mix of something old, something new and something blue.  Hi, Jean here with another idea featuring the versatile Vintage Tray and 3D Embossing Folder and Die set that's quickly become a favorite.  

There are so many ways to use this great folder and die set.  Save the 5 rectangle offcuts - they're great for layering.  Diecut a stencil too -  it's perfect for contemporary and abstract designs.

Spritz both sides of heavy white cardstock with a light mist of water.  Emboss it with the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing folder.  Trim it slightly smaller than an A2 card.

Cut aqua cardstock with the tray die from the set

Cut Layered Friendly Snowman from heavy white cardtock.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind his eyes.  Sponge or brush the pieces with Distress Oxides.  Colors used here are salvaged patina, festive berries, frayed burlap and ripe persimmon.  

Here's a tip...add a little dimension for shaded diecuts using just a single color.  Ink the layering pieces with Festive Berries or Iced Spruce, dry the ink, then darken the background diecut with another layer of ink for color-matched shady contrast.

Cut the solid Merry Christmas Jolly Script background from red cardstock.  Cut the delicate top outline from heavy white cardstock - save the little pieces to attach inside the letters e and a. Assemble the greeting.

Cut Feathery Snowflake Discs from the blue Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad 6x6 sheet - we're using just the delicate inner diecut here, save the outer circles for another project.  Cut two of the smallest snowflake.

Another tip...easily remove delicate snowflakes by gently wiggling the outer edges of the circles away from the snowflakes instead of trying to pull the snowflakes out.

Attach everything to a side-folded white A2 card.  Add orange Bright Jewels for the snowman's buttons. Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

I've linked the featured items below - we're working on the Layered Friendly Snowman link.  It's #94746, from your favorite retailer.

Thanks for visiting...have fun creating cards this weekend!

 

 

94681 Feathery Snowflake Discs

94748 Merry Christmas Jolly Script

ef1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

jwl003 Bright Jewels

GP1001

Joy Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today's card features more new products from the 2023 Christmas release.

I love the Vintage Tray Die and Embossing Folder set.  There's so many ways you could use this die and today I chose to fill the openings with different die cuts.  The good thing with this new release is that there are so many choices.

I began by embossing 2 pieces of white cardstock with the 3D embossing folder from the Vintage Tray Set.  Next, I die cut the frame from one of the embossed pieces and inked all the pieces with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  I adhered the pieces onto the other embossed piece of cardstock to create the background for my card.

I die cut the frame die 4 times from black cardstock, stacked and glued them together for some dimension.  I glued the frame onto the prepared background.

All the die cut elements were cut from colored cardstock and inked with Distress Inks.  The Chickadee body was die cut from white cardstock and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  The other parts of the chickadee were cut from colored cardstock and glued in place.

I glued all the die cuts in place in the frame openings.

I stamped the sentiment in black ink on a strip of white cardstock.  I lightly inked the edges with Vintage Photo Ink and glued it under the word "Joy".

To finish the card I added some red fairy crystals for berries on the pine branches.

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

 

 

Supplies

 

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

94741 Nested Chickadee Duo Die

94751 Layered Evergreen Trees Die

94756 Small Poinsettia Layers Die

94757 Pine Needle Sprigs Die

94759 Brilliant Joy Die

EF1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set

CL5285  Shinning Star Clear Stamp Set

Berry Merry Christmas by Jean Okimoto

Colorful berries and evergreens from the New Poinsettia Floral Rub On Transfers fit perfectly into the Vintage Tray compartments for a simple holiday collage.  Add a gold-embossed Foil Greeting Tab - and your card is ready to go!  Hi, Jean here with a versatile design template for any season, occasion or holiday.

Cut green and smooth heavy white cardstock with the die from the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set.  Glue the layers together for dimension.  Attach them to a top-folded white A2 card.  Save the green offcuts for another project.  

 

Attach the Poinsettia Floral Rub On Transfers to the white offcuts.  The transfer set includes a wood craft stick to burnish the designs.  It's also easy to burnish the transfer with a diecutting machine. Just trim the design with the plastic and paper liners (leave a generous border), carefully remove the paper liner and lay the transfer on the cardstock.  Place it between 2 sheets of printer paper and roll it through the machine with the plates and/or base layer used for diecutting.  Carefully remove the plaster liner.

Fill the tray with the rub-ons. 

Pick your favorite typestyle greeting from the new Merry Christmas Foil Greeting Rose Tabs and add it to the collage.  The embossed, precut Greeting Tabs are a real time-saver!  10 each of 4 typestyles  - perfect for last-minute cards as December 25th approaches.

Attach sparkly red Bright Jewels.  

We'll add product links as soon as they're available.  Here's the Christmas 2023 Collection product info:

    ST002  Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs

    RUB102  Poinsettia Floral Rub On Transfers

    EF1040  Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Die

View the catalog here.

Thanks for visiting...see you again on Friday!

 

 

Supplies

 

jwl003

Joyful Pink Poinsettias by Jean Okimoto

The Memory Box Christmas 2023 Collection has something for everyone.  Select from winter florals, birds, great typestyle greetings, 6x6's, snowflakes, evergreens and a friendly snowman.  Cute, sweet, elegant, traditional and contemporary!  Hi, Jean here with a winter pastels design today.

Cut a bright pink Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 with the 2-¼" x 3-½" A2 Rectangle Frames die.  Spritz it with a light mist of water. Place it in the bottom right corner of the new Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and lightly tape it in place along the left and right edges.  Emboss it with the plate(s) required for your machine.

Trim the 2 poinsettias from the new Perfect Poinsettias Rub On Transfers - include a generous margin around the designs.  Carefully remove the designs from the paper backing and attach them to smooth white cardstock.  Cut them with the dies included in the Perfect Poinsettias 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies set.  The diecutting pressure will burnish them smoothly onto the cardstock.

Or - use the wood craft stick included in the set to carefully burnish the design onto the cardstock.

Remove the plastic layer.  Place the diecut designs in the embossing folder and emboss them.

Glue two layers of white cardstock together and diecut the new Brilliant Joy background.  Pressure-emboss it with the detailed overlay die using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine.  Cut the overlay from a green Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6.  Attach the glittered greeting to the background.  You'll have a bonus glittered greeting for another project too!

Cut white cardstock with the 2-½" x 3-¾" A2 Rectangle Frames die for a background layer.  The A2 Rectangle Frames set is perfectly sized for both A2 and A6 cards...no measuring or guessing required!

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foamtape for the greeting.  Add green Bright Fairy Jewels.

New item product links will be added as soon as they're available.  Here are the item numbers:

     RUB    102         Poinsettia Floral Rub On Transfers

     94759               Brilliant Joy

     EF 1037             Perfect Poinsettias 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

     EF 1040            Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Die

View the catalog here.  

View the Idea Book here.  

There are so many great designs in the Christmas 2023 Collection - it's hard to pick a favorite!  Thanks for visiting - see you next week!

   

        

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94672

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

jwl003 Bright Jewels

Merry Christmas by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a fun Christmas card using some of the beautiful newly released dies from the latest release!   You have to check out this release, it's big and has so many beautiful things, including some new already foiled sentiments, new papers, 3D embossing folders and so much more.

For my card today I used the Vintage Tray 3D embossing folder and coordinating die set.  I only used the embossing folder and not the die.  But it's very cool and it cuts out each shape of the woodgrain sections plus the outside frame that also has lots of pretty detail.  I added the embossed panel to a white card base and then started cutting my pieces from white card stock.  I actually cut everything from white and colored them with alcohol markers.  Only the bottom of the birds was colored differently, with ink blending.

First I cut the Classic Pine Needle Springs die and colored them with a dark green.  Next I cut the Woodgrain Bird House, colored all the pieces and glued them together.  Once it was together, I added lots of sparkle pen to the snow on top of the house.  Here's a closer look at all that sparkle:

I cut the 2 birds from the Nested Chickadee Duo die set and colored all the pieces before I put them together.  And lastly I cut the Merry Christmas Jolly Script die, also from white and used red markers on the larger layering background piece to lay the thinner letters on top of.  Just remember to save the inside of your "e" and your "a" so you can add those pieced to the red background.

Once I was happy with the layout, I started glueing some pieces down and popping some up on foam tape for dimension.  Here's one last look:

I really love those cute birds and that birdhouse.  There are other birds in the release including a cardinal, so check out all the new goodies from the 2023 Christmas release.

If you are interested in the products I used today, please visit my blog HERE for more information.

Thanks so much for stopping by.  Be sure to come back each day for more inspiration from the team.

 

Supplies:

EF1040 Vintage Tray 3D embossing folder/die set

94742  Woodgrain Bird House die

94741 Nested Chickadee Duo die set

94748  Merry Christmas Jolly Script die

94757 Classic Pine Needle Springs die set

 

Gracious Floral Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I needed a birthday card and created this simple card using all three products from the June 2023 Gracious Floral collection. 

The floral image was stamped with Fade Out ink on white cardstock for a no-line coloring look.  Used the coordinating stencils and a couple of gradient dye ink colors in blue, green and gray to color the image.  Die cut the image out with the coordinating die next, then ran it through the die cutting machine in the coordinating embossing folder.

Cut the image apart into two, adhered on opposite corners on a white woodgrain panel, and trimmed off the overhangs.  The sentiment from Poppy Stamps Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate & Die was hot foiled with gold foil.  Die cut it out with the rectangle strip die included in the set and matte it to gold Vintage Pastel mirror cardstock.  Assembled the card to finish.

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

Supplies

 

CL5280 Gracious Floral Clear Stamp Set

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

EF1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

Witches Hat Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone!  I have another Halloween card featuring the new Large Layered Witch Hat die.  This die is the perfect size to create a large focal image for easy card designs.  Pair with an embossing folder or background die and a sentiment and you are done.  I used an embossing folder and the Starry Collage die to create my background.

Background:

Ink the raised side of the Geometric Crystal 3D folder with a dark purple ink.  I used Clare VersaFine.  Emboss using a mid tone purple paper from  the Ocean Blue pad.  Trim down to 4" x 5 1/4".  Lightly rub a white ink pad on the raised surfaces.

Focal Point:

Die cut the Large Layered With Hat from 2 different toned purple paper from the Ocean Blue pad.  Ink blend the top layer with Distress Villainous Potion.  Use the later color paper for the bottom layer then the small side die cut in the dark paper.  Adhere with glue.  I wanted to had some sparkle to my hat and added Drewdrop Fairy Sugar to the band of the hat.  Let dry.

Stars and sentiment:

Spray Open Studio Watercolor paper with Distress Mica Stain Harvest Moon.  Let dry.  Die cut the Starry Collage and the top of Poppy Stamps Boo Outline die from sprayed watercolor paper.  Save the stars for the back ground. Die cut the bottom of the Boo Outline die from the back paper in the Rainbow Reflection Mirror pad.  Adhere the top letters to the bottom die cut.

Assembly:

Trim the  back paper in the Rainbow Reflection Mirror pad to A2 size.  Adhere the embossed background to the card base.  Adhere the stars around the back ground.  Adhere the sentiment to the bottom portion of the card.  Adhere the hate with foam tape.  Adhere to a A2 white note card.

 

Supplies

 

94693 Large Layered Witch Hat

94631 Starry Collage

ef1016 Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder

SP1005 Ocean Blue

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

wp101 Watercolor Paper

2263 Boo Outline

You Did Good with Gracious Floral by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with this pretty floral card featuring the new "Gracious Floral" collection of products.

 

To make my card I first used a brayer to added Distress Ink to the new 3D embossing folder then embossed a piece of white card stock.  I put the ink on the debossed side, so the floral image came out mostly white.  I cleaned my embossing folder and then embossed another plain white piece of card stock.  Next, I used the stencils and ink daubers to color the embossed image on the plain white card stock with Distress Inks.  Once I was happy with the colors, I took the large coordinating die from the stamp set and cut out the colored floral and added it to the top of the first one, covering up the mostly white flower.  

 

The sentiment is a stamp and die in the Gracious Floral set and I heat embossed it in white on black card stock and used the die to cut it out.

 

Here's another look:

 

 

I love these new products that all work so perfectly together.  There are so many different way to use them.  Please come back tomorrow for more inspiration!

 

 

Supplies

 

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

EF1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

CL5280D Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

Debossed Gracious Floral Thanks by Anne Thompson

Experimentation continued in my craft room this week which resulted in a debossed image of the Gracious Floral and this thank you card.

to make this card

• start with a plain white note card
• cover the front with a green plaid paper from MAGNOLIA PLAID PP1021
• ink the inside of the GRACIOUS FLORAL 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER EF1026 with VersaFine Clair Rain Forest (green) ink; put a piece of white card stock inside the folder and run it through your embossing machine to deboss the image which pushes it down rather than raising it up
• color the Gracious Floral with colored pencils
• trim it to 4 X 5 1/4; back it with a piece of black card stock trimmed closely
• decide on the orientation of the card--I chose top-fold because of where I wanted to place the sentiment
• stamp "thanks for all you do" from the GRACIOUS FLORAL CLEAR STAMP SET CL5280 using the VersaFine Clair Rain Forest ink
• add tiny amber FAIRY JEWELS /BRIGHT JWL003 to the flower centers
• add larger amber AUTUMN FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY101 in white space on the card front
• add the finished panel to the front of the note card

This was really a happy accident as I thought I had inked up the side of the folder that would emboss rather than deboss the image.  I decided to work with it and colored everything but the flowers as if they were all leaves, trying to match the ink's green with an appropriate colored pencil.  Maybe this is more inspiration for this month's green blog challenge.

Happy Crafting!

Bright Fairy Jewels JWL003
Autumn Fairy Crystals CRY101
Magnolia Plaid 6X6 PP1021
Gracious Floral Clear Stamp Set CL5280
Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder EF1026

 

 

Stencilled Gracious Floral Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  This was a birthday card I made for a crafty friend whose birthday was last Sunday.  I used the Gracious Floral stamp with the focus on the coordinating layering stencil set from the Gracious Floral collection.  As Laura mentioned in a previous post, there is a guide to help with coloring the floral image using these stencils, but unfortunately, I lost/misplaced mine.  Luckily, it was easy enough to figure out. 

 

The image was stamped with Fadeout ink onto white cardstock because I wanted a no-line coloring look.  A light neutral dye ink, such as Antique Linen distress ink, could be used instead.  Gradient colors of dye inks in purple, yellow and green were then applied with blending brushes through the stencils.  After the stencilling was complete, Polychromos pencils were then used to shade and/or color it further to give it more/better definition and dimension.  I did take creative licence, skipping the top stencil layer on the large leaves, so I can add in my own details. 😉

The image was die cut out next using the coordinating die, then cut apart to “stretch” diagonally across the card front.  Heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder onto a scrap of black cardstock before die cutting it out with a Poppy Stamps Basic Oval die.  Assembled the card onto a white card base, then added clear shimmer on the flowers and some clear jewels for a bit of sparkle to finish.  

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

 

 

Supplies

 

CL5280D Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

EF1002 Gracious Leaves 3D Embossing Folder

JWL001 Clear Jewels

2477 Basic Ovals Set