50 posts categorized "Fairy Gemstones"

12/06/2023

Wed 06

Build a Patterned Paper Tree by Jean Okimoto

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Pick your favorite patterns from the Poinsettia Garland and Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 sets and build a frosty blue Christmas tree.  The popular Layered Polar Bear likes it - and it's a great way to use these beautiful new patterned papers.  Hi, Jean here with my favorite bear - and some inspiration for December's Patterned Papers Challenge.

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Cut Poinsettia Plaid and Poinsettia Garland circles using the 1" Circle Basics die.  Cut the pale blue and gold plaid with the ¾" Circle Basics die.

Cut the narrowest Birch Tree Trunk from kraft cardstock.

Cut the 2nd-largest Nested Globes die from textured white cardstock.  Attach the tree trunk and circles to the Nested Globe background.

Attach white and pale aqua wool-blend felt to adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to stabilize the fabric and keep adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the Layered Polar Bear from the felt.  Cut the remaining sections from heavy white cardstock.  

Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind his eyes and nose.  Color the ear portions of the felt diecut with a brown marker.

Cut the scarf layers - borrowed from the Bundled Bird die set - from the light aqua felt.

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Attach the diecuts to a light blue A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Add pale blue Winter Fantasy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailibng.  Many layers create a very thick card - it may require special handling and additional postage.  

You don't need lights, tinsel or ornaments for his special tree - just use Memory Box 6x6 prints!

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

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11/24/2023

Fri 24

Pink Poinsettia, Plaid and a 6x6 Print by Jean Okimoto

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11/13/2023

Mon 13

Poinsettia, Plaid and Printed Leaves by Jean Okimoto

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A poinsettia, plaid, woodgrain and gold-embossed leaves create a collage-y holiday design in shades of pink.  It sounds like a lot - and it is - but they somehow work together.  Hi, Jean here with my new favorite Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder & Die Set - and a few cardmaking tips too.

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The first tip - you've probably already seen this online, but it's the first time I've ever used PressN'Seal.   Cut pink cardstock with the die from Vintage Tray set and leave everything in the die.  Press a piece of PressN'Seal behind the diecuts and pull everything out together.  Place it all into the Vintage Tray folder and emboss it with the plate(s) required for your machine. It's a lot easier than arranging the diecuts on the folder and hoping they won't shift.  Cut first, then emboss for a more defined design.

Cut the Poinsettia Plaid 6x6 and gold-embossed leaf print from the Poinsettia Garland pack with the tray die.  You'll have a lot of extra pieces for other projects.

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Cut the Poinsettia Stem set from both pink and green cardstock.  We're just using the pieces shown above.  Color the narrow pink accent strips with a pink marker to resemble upturned edges, attach them to the petals.  Use two of the big pink "leaves" to add fullness.  Use the green double-petal diecut for slender leaves. The Poinsettia Stem set is designed to let us create different looks - from buds to blooms.

Another tip - wondering why the Circle Basics set is in the photo?  Cut dark pink cardstock (the same color as the woodgrain background) with the 1" Circle Basics die.  Use it as a "base" to adhere and assemble the blossom instead of glueing the petals to the background.  That also makes it easier to position the poinsettia and add the stem and leaves.  

Cut the tiny poinsettia center sections from the gold Majestic Hues Glitter Pad.  Assemble the poinsettia - use foam tape for the big petals and one lengthwise half of each leaf.

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Attach the diecuts to a natural A6 card (4.5" x 6 .25") - use foam tape for the poinsettia block.  Add gold Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Many bits and pieces here...hope you like the results!  Thanks for visiting the blog - see you again tomorrow...

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11/04/2023

Sat 04

Layered Hummingbird Fall Greetings by Jean Okimoto

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It may feel like it's already winter, but it's only fall - time to send autumn cards.  A felt Layered Hummingbird and falling Gypsy Oak Leaves set the scene on a backdrop of woodgrain blocks.  Hi, Jean here, let's get started...

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Cut orange-y ink-blended heavy white cardstock to fit the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder.  Spritz both sides with a light mist of water and emboss it.  Spritz it lightly with Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz and heat-set the ink.  Lightly ink the embossed pattern with Brilliance Cosmic Copper.  Dry the ink, then cut the cardstock with the tray die included in the set.  Attach 4 of the offcut blocks to a natural A6 card (4.5" x 6.25").

Attach adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to cream felt and cut the main portion of Layered Hummingbird. Cut the beak/head section from black cardstock.  Cut the remaining sections  from the green Rainbow Reflections 6x6 and an orange sheet from the Sunny Orange Collection.  Here's a picture of this sweet bird - he'd be great in any color combination!  

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Cut Gypsy Oak Leaves from two shades of orange from the Sunny Orange Collection.

Glue two layers of natural cardstock together and cut the background of Happy Fall Posh Script.  Pressure-emboss it using the rubber mat and plate(s) required for your machine.  Cut the top greeting layer from the orange Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Assemble the greeting - embossing debosses the background to easily attach the top layer.

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Attach the diecuts to the background - use foamtape for the hummingbird.  Add the bronze-y Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting...keep warm and have a great weekend!

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10/04/2023

Wed 04

Merry Christmas Card
by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a cute bird Christmas card for you today.  It is a quick and easy card to recreate.  

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Background:

Trim the light aqua snowflake paper from the Poinsettia Garland pad to A2. Ink blend with Speckled Egg Distress ink around the outside edges.  Die cut the Aurora Snowflake Frame die from heavy white card sock and adhere to the patterned paper.

Sentiment:

Die cut the bottom Merry Christmas Charmed Script die from a matching paper from Fresh Aqua pad.  Die cut the top 2 times from heavy white card stock.  Use the outline die cut (keep the centers of the letters) to adhere to the bottom die cut.  Glue in the centers of the letters.  Use a matching jewel from the Christmas Fairy Jewel for the top of the i.  

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 Bird:

Die cut 1 of the Nestled Chickadee Duo from white card stock.  Ink blend the lower portion of body and the top wing with Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink.  Ink blend the bottom wing with Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide ink.  Ink blend the cut out for the face with Salvaged Patina and Iced Spruce Distress Ink.  Add a little Iced Spruce to the beak and on the tips of the wings.  Adhere the layers per the packaging.  Use foam tape to the top wing.  Use a black gel pen to color in the eye.

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Assembly:

Adhere the background to a A2 size white card. Adhere the sentiment to the bottom right hand corner of the card. adhere the bird above the "C'.  Add matching Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones to the center of the snow flakes.

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09/05/2023

Tue 05

Autumn Pumpkin Collage by Jean Okimoto

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Rotate an underwater coral collage 180 degrees...and it's a spooky, twiggy forest scene for Halloween!  Hi, Jean here with an upside-down Bubble Coral Collage, the new Autumn Pumpkin and those popular ghosts.  Cut a Glitzy Glitter Pad BOO! too.

Cut black cardstock with the 3-¾" wide Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die.  Cut it with an upside-down Bubble Coral Collage.  Cut the extra coral from black cardstock too.

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Cut the ghosts - from the Ghosts in the Forest set from heavy white cardstock.  Attach black cardstock behind their faces.

Cut Autumn Pumpkin from bright orange cardstock and the tendril and leaf from green cardstock.

Cut BOO from the black Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6 with Mini Vintage Varsity Alphabet. Save an offcut from inside the letters - they'll become an exclamation mark.

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Trim an orange/yellow A2 card with a corner-rounding punch.  Attach the diecuts - use foam dots behind the ghosts' heads.  Add the green/gray Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Nautical designs - like this Bubble Coral Collage - are popular for summer cards.  Turn it into a fall design for Halloween with the Boiling Cauldron, Layered Witch Hat or Rickety House. Just a few ideas - or some inspiration for September's Crazy for Orange Challenge.  The entry deadline for the Challenge is the end of the day EST on September 29th.

Thanks for visiting - see you again on Friday!

Jeansignature-3

 

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09/03/2023

Sun 03

Shadowy Fanciful Gilded Frame by Jean Okimoto

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Add a shadowy, dimensional effect - like itallic curliques - to a Fanciful Gilded Frame background.  The Large Layered Witch Hat and Poppystamps Scary Guys ghosts complete this Halloween scene.  Hi, Jean here with another design featuring the great new frame from our Fall '23 Collection.

Prep Fanciful Gilded Frame by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the swirls and curls.  Cut the frame from black cardstock and a Sunny Orange Collection 6x6 sheet.  Trim half of the borders from the bottom and right sides of the black frame diecut so they won't show when the frames are offset   Attach the orange and black frames  to a top-folded orange A2 card - don't attach the two curliques that  will overlap the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layer diecut.

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Cut the 2-¼" Curved Cap Pinpoint Layer from a "slightly yellow-er" Sunny Orange Collection sheet.  Attach it to background.

Cut Large Layered Witch Hat from black cardstock.  Cut the vertical trim from the black Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the hatband from the chartreuse Rainbow Reflections 6x6.

Cut the sweet ghosts - from the Poppystamps Scary Guys die - from heavy white cardstock.  Attach black cardstock behind the eyes.

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Attach the diecuts to the card - use foam tape for the tops of the hat and ghosts.  Add the yellow-orange Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Memory Box frame and coverplate dies are great for quick cards.  Use them for pressure-embossing, stenciling and inlaid designs too.  Trim them into different shapes too. 

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

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07/18/2023

Tue 18

Stamp, Emboss, Diecut and Stencil a Summer Card by Jean Okimoto

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Take advantage of the The Gracious Floral Collection's coordinating design elements and create a summer thank you card.  Let textures, layers and stenciling build dimension in a cooling mix of fresh greens, pale yellows and crisp white.  Hi, Jean here with a versatile design from our summer release.

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Stamp the floral image from the Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set on heavy white cardstock with Smoky Gray VersaFine.  Heat-set the ink - because we're stenciling  and 3D-embossing over it.  Diecut it with the die that's included in the stamp and die set.  Spritz the un-stamped backside of the diecut with a light mist of water.  Place the diecut in the Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and pressure emboss it using the plate(s) required for your machine.

Stencil the diecut with Sunflower Yellow and Pearlescent Thyme Brilliance inks - the color-coded guide included in the Gracious Floral Stencil Set makes it simple!

Cut lime green cardstock with the 2-¾" wide Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die.

Stamp the greeting on white cardstock with Pearlescent Thyme Brilliance and quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut the greeting with the second-smallest Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Trim the excess cardstock with the edge of a larger die.

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Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for the petal- and leaf-tips.  Add dark gold  Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized rectangle of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing. Cut an A6-sized rectangle of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting - see you again on Friday!

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07/13/2023

Thu 13

Just For You
by Donna Sledzik

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Happy Thursday everyone!  I have a summer themed card for you today, using an easy embossed technique.

To create the background, I stamped the fish using yellow pigment ink and heat embossed the images using clear embossing powder.

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Next, I applied distress ink to the background using domed blending tools.  The ink resists the yellow embossed images to highlight the yellow fish.

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I spattered the background with white ink and used foam tape to adhere it to a white card base.

I die cut some seaweed and coral elements from vellum and glued those to the card.

The sentiment was stamped with gold ink and heat embossed using gold embossing powder.  I used the coordinating die to cut out the words.  Foam tape was used to adhere it to the card front.

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To finish the card I used some Fairy Gemstones to add some texture.

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

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06/16/2023

Fri 16

In Full Bloom by Jean Okimoto

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Flowers bloom and evolve throughout the season - so do diecuts!  The versatile boldly-beautiful Magnolia Floral Stem easily grows from bud to bloomer.  Flowers can sometimes look very different from their seed packet pictures - or their die envelopes.  Stems are longer, buds bloom and leaves grow in different directions.   Hi, Jean here sharing a few ideas to change the look of a spring magnolia as we welcome summer.

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The original spring magnolia is shown on the envelope.  Here's our sunny yellow summer version.

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Cut Magnolia Floral Stem from Open Studio Watercolor Paper.  Cut an extra stem.  Daub, sponge or brush the pieces with Sunflower Yellow Brilliance, Pearlescent Thyme Brilliance and Vintage Sepia VersaFine.  Trim and join the stem pieces where it'll be hidden by the bottom of the big leaf.

Tape the 2-¼", 1-¾" and 1-¼" wide A2 Rectangle Frames Dies to the dark green leaf print from the Magnolia Grove 6x6 pack and diecut them.  Leave them in the die and tape them together to create an inlaid background.

Cut the small dragonfly - from the Birch Press Design Simple Dragonfly Contour Layers set - from the gold Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  Assemble just the wings.  It's easier to attach the delicate body to the card, then glue the wings over it.

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Attach the diecuts to a natural A6 card (6-¼" x 4-½") - use foam tape for the tips of the leaves and petals.  Attach the dragonfly wings.

Attach the coppery-gold Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized rectangle of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

The Magnolia Collection of buds, blossoms, stems and leaves is perfect for transitioning the seasons as summer approaches.  Add brighter colors and full bloomers to your unique cards for celebrations and everyday greetings.  

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

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