Bunny Face and Rainbow Eggs by Jean Okimoto

Rainbow-colored Curlicue eggs surround a plush felt Bunny Face in a contrast of colors and textures.  The new Curlicue Plate is great for pressure- and heat-embossing in addition to diecutting!  Hi, Jean here with a quick and easy way to decorate a bunch of eggs in bright spring pastels for your Easter cards.

Blend Distress Oxides on heavy white cardstock - I've used worn lipstick, kitsch flamingo, salvaged patina and twisted citron.  Dry the inks.  Trim the cardstock about ¼" smaller than the Curlicue Plate so it fits inside the cutting edge.  Spray each side of the cardstock with a light spritz of water from about 12" away. Let it absorb the water for a few seconds.  Pressure-emboss it using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine.

Place the embossed cardstock on a smooth, flat surface and brayer Pearlescent Jade Brilliance ink evenly over the raised areas.  For best results and even inking - lift and roll the entire brayer over the inkpad about 25 times instead of using short strokes (which could leave dark blocks of ink in some areas).  

Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder for a glossy, pearlescent look.  Unlike the smooth details of an actual embossing folder, this technique creates a rustic, hand-carved look.  Let's call this one rainbow-rustic!  

Cut eggs from different sections with the 2" high die from the Half a Dozen Eggs set.  I inked, embossed and brayered several pieces of cardstock to create a bunch of eggs in different color combinations.

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to white and pink wool-blend felt.  The paper backing stabilizes the fabric and keeps adhesives from saturating it.  Cut Bunny Face from the felt and attach a scrap of  black cardstock behind the eyes.  Cut the mouth and nose section from heavy white cardstock.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind it to emphasize the details.  Bunny looks a little confused here - maybe he just emerged from hibernation and can't believe it's almost Easter!

Cut white cardstock with the 2" x 7" Slim Basic Rectangles die.

Stamp the greeting - from the Springtime Typewriter Sentiments Clear Stamp Set - on pale aqua cardstock with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair.  Heat-set it, then trim it with one end of the second-smallest Slim Basic Rectangles die.

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (8-½" x 3-⅝") - use foamtape for the 2nd egg, Bunny Face and greeting.  Add aqua Pastel Jewels.

Think of different ways to use the new Curlicue Plate in addition to basic diecutting and pressure-embossing.  It's also great for stenciling.  Save and use the offcuts as accents for other projects too.

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

Supplies

 

94698 Curlicue Plate

94545 Bunny Face

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

30072 Half a Dozen Eggs

jwl002 Pastel Jewels

cl5239 Springtime Typewriter Sentiments clear stamp set

Two Cards With Alcohol Inks and New Dies by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with 2 cards featuring new dies from the last release plus some alcohol inks!

I love working with alcohol inks and then die cutting from the resulting panels.  You never know how they will turn out and so it's truly an experiment in color every time!  For my first card I use the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set, all of them to create a shaped card.  

First I cut all of the layers at once from white and then next I took the largest die and cut it from a folded card base, but left the top edge of the die hanging over the top so it wouldn't cut through.  That created the shape card base and all I had to do was add the set of dies I first cut right on top of the card base.  Next, I cut the smaller die in the center from alcohol ink panel (that was splattered with white paint) and heat embossed the sentiment from the Joyful Moments stamp set right in the center with white embossing powder.  I also cut the Scribble Daisy from the same panel and left it all in one piece to add to my card.  Lastly I added gold jewels from the Christmas Fairy Jewels package.  Here's a closer look:

Here's a look at card #2:

To create my 2nd card I did the same things except I cut the set of Curved dies from black and white and pieced them together, same look, 2 colors.  And instead of using the flower I used the Plumed Gypsy Butterfly die.  This time I used the sentiment new die called "Hello Rush Script" and I added the same gold jewels.

 

Here's a closer look:

 

And here's one last look at both cards:

I hope you like my cards for today!  I enjoyed creating them and I hope I inspired you to pull out your alcohol inks and dies and make some pretty cards!!!

 

 

Supplies

 

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

CL5266 Joyful Moments clear stamp set

94617 Scribble Daisy

94468 Hello Rush Script

94708 Plumed Gypsy Butterfly

Backyard Floral Stems & Fence Picket Dies + Video by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a mini slimline "Hello" card featuring the new Backyard Floral Stems and the Woodgrain Fence Pickets dies.  Here's a look at those dies below along with a short video showing how I made my card:

 

In the video you will see how I color the die-cuts with markers and colored pencils to get a fun realistic rustic look on them.  I also used some Distress Inks with pencil type blending brushes.  Putting the card together was so much fun!  I made the fence by using the pickets vertically and horizontally by cutting off the tops.  Here's a couple more pictures of my card:

I also share a tip for getting really clean white embossing on black card stock.  I prefer to use black alcohol ink card stock because it's such a dark solid black.  It's a little more expensive than just regular black card stock but it really holds up to the heat and the reaction the white embossing powder has on the paper, is always clean and bright white.

Here's a closer look:

I had so much fun making this card and video for you today.  

Here's one last look:

 

Let me know what you think in the comments and I will see you next time!  Be sure to come back every day for more inspiration from the team.

Check out my blog post HERE if you're interested in links to purchase the products.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94703 Woodgrain Fence Pickets

94638 Backyard Floral Stems

CL5266 Joyful Moments clear stamp set

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

Collage Die Encouragement Card by Angie Cimbalo

Hello it's Angie here today with a encouragement card featuring the new stackable collage dies released in February.  My card features these collage dies:

94628 Distant Sun Collage

94627 Cloudy Moon Collage

94626 Cloudy Sun Collage

 

I inked the edges around the clouds and after putting them together added them to a piece of mirror card stock.

 

The sentiment is from Cl5276 Friends and Family stamp set and mirror paper for the mat is from the FP1103 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad.  I also used the new 94672 A2 Rectangle Frames dies to cut all the rectangles for my card.

 

The background night sky was made with alcohol inks, including some gold metallic alcohol ink.  The sentiment from the stamp set was heat embossed on the front panel of the card.  Here's a closer look:

 

 

Memory Box has lots of Collage dies like these that are really fun to put together, but you can also use them separately which makes them very versatile.  

 

I hope you like my card for today!  Be sure to come back often to see all the inspiration on the blog from the team!  

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94627 Cloudy Moon Collage

94628 Distant Sun Collage

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

94626 Cloudy Sun Collage

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

CL5276 Friends and Family clear stamp set

Hello with Scribble Daisy by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with a pretty spring hello card featuring new dies from the February release.

 

I used both the Hello Rush Script die 94468, the Scribble Daisy die 94617, along with the new A2 Rectangle Frames dies 94672.  The background was made with the Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder EF 1016.  

 

I embossed some cream colored thick watercolor paper with the folder and then inked the edges with light pink.  I also used that same watercolor paper smooshed with green and pink inks, and both white and black card stock to cut the sentiment and the daisy from.  Next I stacked them offset from each other for dimension.  I matted the embossed panel on a slightly larger black panel then added it all to the card base.  I finished my card with some Memory Box Pastel Jewels and Wink of Stella on the flower petals and the hello die.

 

The inks I used to smoosh with were Distress Inks in Saltwater Taffy, Twisted Citron.  I added a little  Walnut Stain to the bottom of the hello smooshed die with a domed ink blender.

 

Here's a closer look:

 

I hope you like my card for today.  I really love the soft colors and the puffy dimension look from the 3D embossing folder.  Please come back every day to see more inspiration from the design team.  

 

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94468 Hello Rush Script

94617 Scribble Daisy

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

EF1016 Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder

JWL002 Pastel Jewels

WP101 Watercolor Paper

Hugs by Donna Sledzik

Hi everyone!  I have another card using new products from the 2023 Memory Box Spring Release.  I love the pattern on the new Curlicue Die Plate and thought I would try it using Simon Hurley's Stamping Foam.

I heated the circle stamping foam with a heat tool and quickly pressed it into the die.  Next, I inked the foam with dye inks and misted it lightly with water to stamp it onto watercolor paper.

The stamped image looks like a watercolor painting.  I dry embossed the circle frame around the stamped image using the largest circle from the circle die set and followed the directions on my die cutting machine for embossing with a die.

The leaves were die cut from green cardstock and inked with Rustic Wilderness Distress ink, then glued in place on the card.

I die cut the word hugs from white cardstock and the shadow from black cardstock.  I used foam tape to glue the word to the card.

Next I glued the card front to a black cardstock mat and adhered it to a white card base.

To finish the card, I added some fairy crystals to add a little shine.

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

 

Supplies

 

94669 Hugs Tender Script

94712 Wayfarer Leaves

94698 Curlicue Plate

DDP101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

WP101 Watercolor Paper

Rainbow Cards with Curlicue Plate Die by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome!  I've got three cards today featuring the brand newly released "Curlicue Plate Die."

Here's my supply list:

 

I really like this die because it's so versatile and you can do so much with it.  I plan to make more cards using just portions of the die making it possible to make lots of cards from one die cut.

 

I ink blended inks on a piece of card stock with Simon Says inks in rainbow colors on a diagonal, then cut the die from it.  Before I took the die cut out of the die, I put a piece of Press and Seal on it, turned it over and then poked all the little pieces out onto the piece of Press and Seal.  Below you can see what that looks like:



Next, I cut 2 more of the dies from thick white card stock and added them to a white card base.  Here's a look at card #1.



As you can see I didn't paper piece every piece into the first card, just some of them.  Here's a close look:



With the left over pieces, I made the next card the same way:



They both have different pieces put into the openings and on the 2nd card I turned the panel over leaving the purple on the top and the red on the bottom.  Here's a close look:



Now for the last card, I used the rainbow colored die cut and added the left over white pieces to it.



To make this easier, I added the rainbow die to a piece of double sided adhesive and then paper pieced the pieces in.  If you look below you can see on the top right, the edge of double sided paper I added to hold all the little inserts.



And below you can see that after I pieced all the white piece in, I took the release paper off the other side of the double sided adhesive  paper so I could adhere the whole piece to a white card base.

Here's one last look at my 3rd and final card:

All three card have the same sentiment heat embossed in white on black card stock.   The sentiment is from the "Joyful Moments" stamp set CL5266.

I hope you like my rainbow cards for today!  I had so much fun creating in my craft room with this awesome new die.  Be sure to check out all the amazing new release items HERE.

 

Be sure to come back each day to see more inspiration from the design team.

 

If you'd like to see a list of supplies, you can find them here on my blog.

 

Supplies

 

94698 Curlicue Plate

CL5266 Joyful Moments clear stamp set

Luxe Peony With Love by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with my last Valentine's Day card before the big day!  Here's a closer look at my card:

My background paper is dark gray and white polka dot and on top of that I have put the following die cuts:  

1)  Pinpoint Burst Heart die cut from white card, inked with like pink ink in the center

2)  Lux Peony cut from several shades of gray from the Earth Tones paper pad and the Delicate Pastel Glitter paper pad

Here's a close up look at both of the die cuts:

The sentiment is from Big and Little Words stamp set stamped and heat embossed on the same dotted paper.

Lastly I added a few jewels to the sentiment from the Christmas Jewels pack.  Here's a last look.

I hope you like my card for today and I hope you've had time and fun creating Valentine's Day card for 2023!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Supplies

 

94639 Pinpoint Burst heart

94714 94714 Luxe Peony

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

SP1009 Earth Neutral

Hugs and Kisses by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  I have another Valentine's Day card for you featuring products from the 2023 Valentine's Day release.

I did a faux letterpress technique using the Blissful Heart Hot Foil die.  This is a good example of using dies other than what they were intended for.

To do this technique I used a brayer to apply Red Archival ink to the die and placed a piece of watercolor paper on top of the die.  Next, I ran this through my die cutting machine following the instructions for embossing.

 

I used one of the hearts from the Double Stitch Loving Heart die set to die cut the letterpress heart.  

I die cut the Pinpoint Leaf Plate on a white cardstock panel and adhered it to a red cardstock mat.  This was glued to a white note card.

To create the strip behind the heart, I applied double stick to a white cardstock strip of paper and glued strips of cardstock to it.  This is a great way to use scraps of cardstock.  I glued this to the center of the card and used foam tape to adhere the letterpress heart to the card.

Next, I white heat embossed the words Hugs and Kisses to a strip of black cardstock and used foam tape to adhere it to the center of the heart.

To finish the card I added some Clear Fairy Drops and that's it!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

 

Supplies

 

94381 Pinpoint Leaf Plate

CL5252 Big and Little Valentines clear stamp set

SP1007 Vibrant Violet

DRP101 Fairy Drops

 

MBF014 

Blissful Heart Hot Foil Plate

 

Foil Plate Embossing with the Blissful Heart by Jean Okimoto

Add a glossy pressure-and heat-embossed Blissful Heart to your Valentines with the new hot foil plate.  It's a quick and easy way to highlight the beautiful details of this versatile die - without foil, for a different look.  Hello, Jean Okimoto here with a fresh pink greeting for a coffee-lover.

Spray 2 light spritzes of water onto each side of textured pink cardstock.  It softens the cardstock and preps it for pressure embossing.  Place the Blissful Heart Hot Foil Plate face-down onto the textured side of the moist cardstock.  Pressure-emboss it using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.

Briefly heat-set the cardstock if it's still damp, then let it cool.  Place it on a hard, flat surface and brayer it with VersaMark - use a clean, juicy inkpad.  Heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  

Let it cool, then trim it asymmetrically with the second-largest Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out die.

Prep the detailed Cuppa Love die by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the little pieces.  Cut it from the smoother side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper.  Cut the side of the cup from the textured pink cardstock.  Cut the coffee oval from dark brown cardstock.  Cut the interior of the heart from a pink sheet in the Graceful Garden Glitter Pad.  

Prep the Sending Love Posh Script die with waxed paper and diecut it from a white glittered sheet in the Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad - leave the tiny dot for the "i" in the die until you need it.

Attach the diecuts to a side-folded recycled Kraft A2 card.

Memory Box Hot Foil Plates create beautifully foiled detailed images.  They're also great with just basic pressure embossing for a subtle monochromatic look.  Or follow this technique for glossy, highlighted designs.  

Thanks for visiting - have a great weekend!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

mbf014

94637 Cuppa Love

94543 Sending Love Posh Script

94359 Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

wp101 Watercolor Paper