Bubble Dots Valentine by Jean Okimoto

 

Upgrade a simple heart diecut with embossed metallic  texture using the new Bubble Dots Plate.  It's simple and quick - and a lot easier than attaching zillions of jewels!  Hi, Jean here with a design that started with a little idea and a bright red 6x6 from the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad.

Cut a template from white scrap cardstock using Bubble Dots Frame and the 3" tall Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out die.  We're using the white template to accurately position the red hearts.  Cut the red Rainbow Reflections 6x6 with the heart die.  Place the heart in the template and pressure-emboss it with the Bubble Dots Plate,   rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.

Cut the heart again from Cherry Red cardstock.  Place it in the template and cut it with the Bubble Dots Plate. The diecut dots will align with the pressure-embossed dots.  

Just for a comparison - I cut an extra heart to show the difference between the diecut heart over the embossed heart vs. the diecut heart over a plain heart.  Save the extra heart for another project.

Attach the diecut heart over the embossed heart.  Punch a hole at the top and tie the hearts with gold cord.  Curl the cord using the edge of a bone folder or a flower burnishing tool.  

Diecut the heart again from the front of a side-folded light Kraft A2 card.  Stamp the greeting - from the new Birthday Chic Clear Stamps set - on Cherry Red cardstock with Nocturne VersaFine Clair.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. Diecut the cooled heart and attach inside the card through the cutout.  Attach the other heart with foam dots at the top and middle.  Add pale blue Christmas Fairy Crystals.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Pressure-embossing pushes the dots through the diecut holes on the top layer and creates a metallic jeweled effect that shimmers when the card moves.

Thanks for visiting our blog...see you in February!

 

Supplies

 

CL5288D Birthday Chic clear stamp and die set

94858 Bubble Dots Plate

fp1003

94361 Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out

sh44015 Cherry Red Paper Pack

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Surprise…it’s a Window Giftcard Holder! by Jean Okimoto

A Stitchable Mitten window card delivers a hidden surprise for the holidays.  There's a giftcard adhered behind the mitten.   It's revealed only when the recipient opens the greeting card.  Hi, Jean here with my final  holiday card of 2024.  

Cut Stitchable Mitten from the front of a top-folded white A2 card.  Cut the mitten again from the dark teal Yuletide Cheer poinsettia print.  Cut the cuff from a medium-green 6x6 in the Greenery Collection.

Here's the inside view...I've added a turquoise "faux-giftcard" cut from a turquoise 6x6 in the Lagoon Collection.  Attach the real giftcard inside the A2 card - carefully avoiding any barcode or scannable areas on the giftcard - then attach the mitten and cuff over it with foam tape.

Cut the leaves and circles from the mitten set from a Greenery Collection 6x6.  Cut the button and flowers from Cherry Red 8.5x11" cardstock.  Attach them near the bottom right corner  of the cutout.

Add a Merry Christmas Foil Banner White Greeting Tab.  Attach the right tip of the banner behind the leaf.  Add red Christmas Fairy Crystals.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailng.  

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

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94824 Stitchable Mitten

st014 Merry Christmas Foil Banners White Tabs

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

sh44015

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

Snowflakes and Stitches by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate the season with double-embossing, felt, simple stitches and glistening snowflakes.  We're using the other half of the Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder design from my December 3rd post.

Cut a piece of Cherry Red 8-1/2" x 11" cardstock to fit into the Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder.  Spritz both sides of the cardstock with a light mist of water, place it in the folder and run it through a diecut machine using the plates required for your machine.  Gently dry it with a heat-tool if it's still damp.

Tap a clean, well-inked VersaMark inpad over the embossed design.  Just tap, don't squish it.  I usually ink both sides of the embossed design and chose the side that highlights more details.  Cover the inked design(s) with detail clear powder.  Tap off the excess and heat-emboss it.  Turn the heat-tool off 2 or 3 times while embossing so it won't overheat.

Cut the cooled, embossed design with the new Stitchable Stocking die.  

Cut a 1/2" x2" strip of white wool-blend felt for the stocking loop.  Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to the felt.  Cut the toe and cuff sections.  Align the cuff and toe with the stitching dots on the stocking and stitch it with white embroidery floss or crochet thread. Attach the felt loop.

Cut two sets Cherry Red cardstock buttons.  Layer them for dimension and stitch them with thread or floss.  Glue them to the cuff.

Cut the light Kraft cardstock with the 3-1/2" wide Nested Globes die.  Cut Alpine Snowflakes from a white Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad 6x6.  Attach the diecuts to a light Kraft card (4-1/2" x 6-1/4".  Add red Christmas Fairy Crystals.  Add a greeting banner from the Merry and Bright White Foil Banners - attach the right side with foam tape.  Cut a A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting - have a great weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

94825 Stitchable Stocking

ef1044 Winter Knit 3D Embossing Folder

94532 Nested Globes

94680 Alpine Snowflakes

sh44015 Cherry Red Paper Pack

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

st016 Merry and Bright Foil Banners White Tabs

94824 Stitchable Mitten

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

A Decorated Yule Log by Anne Thompson

I have another SNOWY LOG 94821 card, this one decorated sort of like a Yule Log using the MYSTERIOUS MUSHROOMS 94818 and WREATH SPRIGS 94814.

to make this card

I started with a side fold A2 white note card and added a piece of plaid paper from NUTMEG PLAID PP1033 trimmed to 5 1/4 X 4.

Then I die cut all of the images I wanted to use.  I cut the WREATH SPRIGS 94814 twice from the new CILANTRO CARD STOCK SH44007.

I cut the MYSTERIOUS MUSHROOMS 94818 from watercolor paper, from one of the NUTMEG PLAID PP1033 papers, and from the gold-dotted paper in the NUTMEG FOREST PP1034 paper pad.

I cut the SNOWY LOG 94821 from a scrap of brown card stock and cut it again using watercolor paper for the snowy piece.

I added the log to the note card front, adhering the bottom layer flat to the card first.  I used narrow double-sided tape on the top and bottom edges of the top piece of the log and two large dimensional foam squares in the middle.  When I added that piece on top it gave me the curved log I wanted.  I then used more of the double-sided tape to add the snowy layer.

Next I assembled the mushrooms.  I used VersaFine Clair Morning Mist (gray) ink to add to the underside mushroom pieces and the stems.  I chose to use the gold-dotted pieces for the mushroom caps.

To decorate the Yule Log, I added the mushrooms first, then tucked in a few of the Wreath Sprigs before adding some red CHRISTMAS FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY102 for berries.

To finish the card I chose one of the sentiment strips--HAPPY HOLIDAYS--from GREETING TABS ST018.

And here's a closeup of the finished card front.

Happy Crafting!

Wreath Sprigs 94814                          Mysterious Mushrooms 94818                  Snowy Log 94821

Nutmeg Forest PP1034                   Nutmeg Plaid PP1033                                      Cilantro SH44007

Christmas Fairy Crystals                     Greeting Tabs ST018

CRY102

 

Create a Glassy Frosted Lantern by Jean Okimoto

Send joyful greetings and add clear, glassy highlights to the new Frosted Lantern.  It's diecut twice, then reassembled for the realistic look of a garden ornament on a winter night.  Hi, Jean here sharing holiday slimline design from our 2024 Yuletide Collection.

We're using all 4 of the 6x6 solid-core color collections here.  From the top - Sunrise, Greenery, Blush and Lagoon - perfect for diecutting, backgrounds and custom-colored card fronts and frames.

Cut the candle - from the new Frosted Lantern set - from a bright red Blush 6x6 sheet and white cardstock.  Remove the red wick and flame.  Color the white flame with a yellow marker, then trim the sides and bottom of the candle to fit behind the red (flameless) candle.  Place it on a piece of the pale yellow 6x6 in the Sunrise Collection.  Cover the candle and yellow cardstock with packing tape - press the center first, then press out to the edges, eliminating any air bubbles and laminating the candle onto the yellow background.  Cut it with the large bottom section of the Frosted Lantern.

Cut the entire lantern from a dark teal 6x6 from the Lagoon Collection.  Assemble the lantern and insert the laminated pieces to add a warm glowing background.  Cut the snowy layers from a white Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad 6x6.

Cut the solid Bello Joy background from the dark teal Lagoon 6x6.  Add an extra layer of dimension to the greeting by pressure-embossing the teal background with the detailed overlay die. Spritz both sides of the teal background with a light mist of water then emboss it using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.

We're using the 1-⅜", ⅞" and ⅝" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers dies to cut the accent strips.  Cut the strips from a dark green 6x6 in the Greenery Collection, the red Blush Collection 6x6 and the floral print from the new Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack.  

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card ((3-⅝" x 8-½").  Add clear Christmas Fairy Crystals.  Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog - sorry it took so long for the pictures to be loaded, and not distorted.  Have a great holiday weekend!

 

Supplies

 

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

94800

94763

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

sp1010

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

Joy Card by Donna Sledzik

Happy Thursday everyone!  My card today features the fabulous products from the new 2024 Yuletide release.  I was inspired by this non-traditional color palette that I have been seeing on Pinterest.  I love all the postage cards that I have seen online and thought of a way to adapt the Memory Box Dies to give a similar look.

I started by die cutting the 2 smallest dies from the Fringed Scalloped Die from white cardstock.  I cut the larger of the dies twice from white cardstock, the smaller one once from white cardstock and then altered the larger die cuts by placing then back in the die to create different sizes.

Next, I taped around each die cut to leave a white border around the edges and blended a light coat of ink in the center of the die cuts.

I die cut the second largest shape from the Fringed Scalloped die set and lightly applied pink ink over the Falling Snowflake Stencil to create the background.

I 3D embossed a piece of pink cardstock using the Pinecones and Berries embossing folder and adhered it to a white card base.  The stenciled background was glued on top of the pink panel.

I die cut the snowman, holly leaves and snowflakes from white cardstock and used a blending brush and distress inks to add color to the die cuts.

Snowman hat and scarf: Candied Apple

Snowman edges: Tumbled Glass

Snowman nose: Carved Pumpkin

Holly Leaves and Pine needles: Mowed lawn

Holly Berries: Candied apple

Next,  I assembled the snowman and glued him to one of the block die cuts and used foam tape to adhere him to the card.  I did the same with the snowflakes and holly blocks.

I tucked in and glued the pine needles in place behind the blocks.

The word "Joy" was die cut from red cardstock and glued to the white cardstock shadow die cut.  I used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

To finish the card, I glued red fairy crystals to the center of the snowflakes.

Have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by.

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94797 Snowflake Joy

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

94813 Cordial Snowman

94816 Drifting Snowflakes

94763 Bello Joy

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

EF1043 Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folder

94801 Festive Holly

SP1012 Blush 6x6 pack

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Vellum Prairie Butterflies by Jean Okimoto

Remember vellum?   Layer a pair of purple vellum Prairie Butterflies over a Fuchsia Plaid square for a bright summer birthday celebration.  Hi, Jean here with some vintage vellum to match a Fuchsia Plaid 6x6/

Cut Prairie Butterflies from purple vellum.  Plain white vellum inked with Brilliance Peartlescent Purple and air-dried can be used if you don't have purple vellum for the butterflies and greeting square.  Attach lined doublestick tape behind the violet Rainbow Reflections 6x6 and cut the wing accents and antennae/body. 

Don't assemble the butterflies yet - it's easier to layer and attach the pieces directly to the background.

Cut a Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 with the 2-¾" Square Basics die.  Cut purple vellum with the 1-¼" Square Basics die.

Cut white cardstock to 4-¼" x 9-¾".  Score it at 4-¼".  Attach the diecuts.  Add a Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab.  Add clear Christmas Fairy Jewels.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing. Cut a ½" x 3-½" plaid strip for a side accent.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

  

 

Supplies

 

94831 Prairie Butterflies

pp1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

st010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

30088 Square Basics Set

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Hello Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  I thought I would do a patriotic card today since July 4th is tomorrow.

I started by die cutting the Vertical Line Collage twice on a white cardstock panel.  Next, I glued it to a red cardstock mat and adhered it to a white card base.

The butterflies were die cut from white cardstock and colored with blue dye ink.  The butterfly bodies were die cut from black cardstock.  I glued the butterflies together and used foam tape to adhere them to the card.

The word Hello was die cut from black cardstock and the shadow from white cardstock.  I used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

To finish the card, I glued some clear fairy drops to add a little shine.

Have a great July 4th!

 

Supplies

 

DRP101 Fairy Drops

94781 Hello Breezy Script

94831 Prairie Butterflies

94836 Silver Moon Butterflies

94553 Vertical Line Collage

SP1012 Blush 6x6 pack

Thank You Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today's card is quick and easy which uses new products from the 2024 Fuchsia release.

I began by ink blending on a white cardstock panel, using Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks.  I spattered the panel with plain water and gold ink.

I used the shadow die from the "Thank You Breezy Script" die set, and die cut it in the middle of the inked panel.  Next, I die cut the Pinpoint Leaf Plate on a larger white cardstock panel, and used foam tape to adhere the inked background to it.

The words "Thank You" were die cut from gold metallic cardstock and glued to the card in the center of the shadow die cut.

The butterfly was die cut from white cardstock and inked with Mustard Seed and Twisted Citron Distress inks.  The body was inked with a black marker.  I used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

I added some clear fairy drops to add a little shine to the card.

That's it for today!  I hope you have a great day!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94780 Thank You Breezy Script

94835 Canyon Butterflies

94381 Pinpoint Leaf Plate

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad