Make a Wish by Jean Okimoto

 

 

Decorate a birthday cake and create a cake plate for a special celebration.  Hi, Jean here - with a DIY design from repurposed dies that didn't expect to become a cake plate.

 

Cut the new Party Layer Cake from the pink and gold Glimmering Gladiola floral print.  Cut the scalloped accents from dark pink cardstock - we're using just 2 of the smaller diecuts for the top tier.  Cut 7 candles from light pink cardstock and color the wicks with a light yellow marker.

Here's where we get a little creative -  I was determined  to create a cake plate.  Cut about 3/8" of the light gold Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 with a long edge of the 3-1/2" x 2" (approximately) Fringed Scalloped  Frame Set die.  Cut the diagonal-textured Birthday Party Hat from the reverse side of the light gold cardstock - so the diagonal scorelines aren't visible when it's used for the plate.  If the lines are still visible, place the triangle between 2 pieces of printer paper and smooth them out by the triangle through the diecut machine with the plates used for cutting.  Trim the bottom for a flat base.

Prep light pink cardstock with the embossing powder tool to eliminate stray specs of  powder. Stamp the greeting - from the Birthday Chic Clear Stamp and Die Set with VersaMark and heat-emboss  it with detail gold powder.  Trim it with the smallest Fringed Scalloped Frame die.

 

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded 5-1/2" square card of natural cardstock.  Punch 1/4" dots of the yellow/orange Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut a 5-1/2" square of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog  - see you on Thursday!

 

Supplies

 

94854 Party Layer Cake

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

cl5288d

pp1028

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

94852 Birthday Party Hats

Winter Wedding Cake Congratulations by Anne Thompson

I made a sample of the Party Layer Cake 94854 using thin white paper just to see how I could put it together.  That sample inspired me to think of this cake as a wedding cake to use on a congratulations card.  Some heavy white card stock, flowery cake decorations using Lucky Blooms 94865, and snowflake paper  from the Poinsettia Garland paper pad PP1024 added just the right touch for a winter wedding card.
materials used

• PARTY LAYER CAKE 94854
• LUCKY BLOOMS 94865
• POINSETTIA GARLAND PP1024, snowflake paper
• "congratulations" from BIRTHDAY CHIC CLEAR STAMP SET CL5288
•  blank white A2 note card
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne (black) ink

to make this card

• die cut the Party Layer Cake from heavy white card stock; assemble the two layers by adding the garland-like trim (I only used two of the pieces on the top layer)
• die cut the Lucky Blooms from heavy white card stock; assemble the flowers
• trim the snowflake paper to 4 X 5 1/4 and add it to the front of the note card
• add the two cake layers on the snowflake panel; add the two flowers on the right edge of the cake
• stamp "congratulations" on a scrap of the white card stock, trim, and adhere it below the cake

I'm not much of a baker but this cake was easy-peasy!  I love how this cake as a wedding cake could be adapted to coordinate with the bridal party colors and the season of the year.  Even the decorations could be chosen to reflect the wedding theme.  Or it would make a lovely anniversary card.  So many possibilities!

Happy Crafting!

PARTY LAYER CAKE                 LUCKY BLOOMS                    BIRTHDAY CHIC       

94854                                94865                           CL5288                   

POINSETTIA GARLAND
PP1024


  

Celebrate Your Day! by Jean Okimoto

 

Celebrate the big day a big, glittered, textured Party Layer Cake.  A very vintage paper crimper from a previous life adds texture and dimension to the cake layers.  Hi, Jean here with a mix of classic favorites and new designs from our latest release - Birthday Wishes.

Cut the new Party Layer Cake layers from the pink Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the layers again from a scrap of  heavy white cardstock.  Run the glittered layers through a paper crimper several times to add texture.  Attach the white layers behind the glittered layers for dimension.

Cut 2 sets of the new Jolly Candles from pink cardstock.  Color 9 candle wicks with a yellow marker.  Attach them behind the top cake layer - wonky, angled and unevenly-spaced!  

Cut the the top 2 sections of both Party Layer Cake scalloped "icing"  from the yellow/orange Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6 - we'll use the top diecut, and its adjacent offcut.  Trim the offcuts to release them from the glittered cardstock.  I think they resemble party garlands here...hope you agree!

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-1/2" x 6-1/4").  

Stamp the greeting - from the new Birthday Chic Clear Stamps and Die Set - on white cardstock with VersaMark.  Heat-emboss it with detail gold powder.  Trim it with the 1-1/2" Circle Basics die.

Cut the new Happy Birthday Chic Script from the pink cardstock used for the candles.  Attach it inside the card.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

It's another basic design that's easy to create in the birthday-person's favorite colors!

Thanks for visiting our blog!

Supplies

 

94856 Jolly Candles

94854 Party Layer Cake

94871

30087 Circle Basics Set

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

cl5288D Birthday Chic clear stamp and die set

Big Birthday Wishes by Jean Okimoto

 

Celebrate the big day with the new Party Layer Cake and Happy Birthday Celebration Script from our Birthday Wishes Collection. Build a special layer cake with a  gold-embossed print from the Anemone Grove 6x6 pack.   Hi, Jean here with another idea to add to your stash of ready-to-go greetings for that special day.

Cut the Party Layer Cake from the Anemone Grove print.  Cut the scalloped accents from the turquoise Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 - we're using just 2 of the 3 diecuts for the top layer.  

Cut 7 candles - from the Party Layer Cake set - from the light aqua Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6.  Color the flames with a light orange marker.

Cut the solid backgrounds of the Happy Birthday Celebration Script from heavy white cardstock.  Spritz the diecuts with a light mist of water.  Pressure-emboss them with the detailed top layers using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.   Embossing the detailed design makes it easy to attach the top layers.  The dot for the  letter "i" is connected to the "t" to save time and make life easier!

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-1/2" x 6-1/4").  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.  

Mix, match and experiment with different combinations of our 6x6 prints, mirror cardstock, 6x6 cardstock collections and 8.5x11" cardstock colors using this versatile basic design.  

Thanks for visiting our blog...have a great weekend!

 

Supplies

 

94866 Happy Birthday Celebration Script

94854 Party Layer Cake

pp1026

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

Gingerbread A-Frame House by Jean Okimoto

Build a festive gingerbread house from the new A Frame House die set.  Trims and candies from the Gingerbread House Frame set (from a previous release) add glittery sweetness and holiday cheer.  Hi, Jean here with a mix of classic favorites and new designs for Christmas.  Hope it also inspires you to enter November's Food + Drink Challenge #113.  The entry deadline is the end of the day EST on November 29th.

Cut the A Frame House, roof line and chimney from dark kraft cardstock.  Cut the door from a bright red 6x6 in the Blush Collection.  Attach a strip of acetate behind the door for a glassy look, then attach the door to the house.

Darken the chimney with a light layer of Vintage Sepia VersaFine ink.  Cut the snowy chimney cap from the white 6x6 in the Festive Glitter Pad.

Cut two strips of white Festive Glitter Pad sheet with the short end of the largest Fringed Scalloped Frame.  Trim them just beyond the tiny holes to create strips of snow.  

Cut the white glitter sheet  with the small angled/scalloped die from the Gingerbread House Frame set.  Trim the ends and attach it above the door.  More snow!

The candycanes, peppermints, gumdrops and loops are also cut from Gingerbread House Frame dies.  Glitzy Glitter Pad red 6x6's, white cardstock and the turquoise Rainbow Reflections 6x6 create the sweet accents for the gingerbread house.  

Cut a white cardstock background block with the 3-¾" x 5" Rectangle Basics die.  

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Add a gold-foiled white greeting tab from the Holiday Wishes set - they include 4 each of 10 great styles.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...have a great weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

94820

94603

30086

94842

st018 Holiday Wishes Foil Greetings White Tabs

sp1012

gp1007

fp1003

gp1006 Festive Glitter Pad

Christmas Cookie Tray Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a card featuring the Dimpled Cookies die set to create a Christmas tray full of yummy cookies.  These turned out so real, it is making me want cookies.  

Tray:

Die cut the 2nd largest Rectangle Basic Set die from the brushed silver paper from the Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad.  Create a frame using the 4th and 7th smallest die using the same paper. Cut the frame in half the long way. Adhere to the sides of the rectangle to create the handles.  Die cut either white rice or onion paper using the 2nd largest die from the Fringed Scalloped Frame set.  Adhere the die cut to the tray with light glue under the areas where the  cookies and sentiment will go.

Cookies:

Die cut the Dimpled Cookies die set twice from heavy white card stock.  Ink blend the cookie die cuts using Distress Oxide Antique Linen and then very lightly ink blend the edges with Vintage Photo.   Cover the cookies with embossing ink then dip into Distress Frosted Crystal powder and heat, just as the powder melts then dip into Distress Rock Candy Glitter and reheat set.  Do this one at a time.  This will make it look like the cookies are covered in sugar.  For the rectangle cookies I used Liquid Appliqué in white and used the dotted cut outs as the pattered to "ice" over.  Heat set so the liquid becomes puffy.  Take the top icing die cut and over with Tsukineko Neon Amplify in white and fill the die cut all over.  I created my own glitter to make the background paper by coloring Distress Rock Candy glitter with Current Alcohol Ink.  Just mix a couple drops in a cup until the glitter is colored.  Spinkle on the icing die cuts and let air dry.  this will take several hours.

Assembly:

Cut white card stock to 9 1/2" x 6 1/2" and score at 4 3/4" to create the card base.  Use a paper from the Yuletide Cheer and trim down to 6 1/2" to 4 3/4". The only way to get 6 1/2 is to use the end with the hole.  Use a hole bunch to cut out paper from the excess.  Adhere the paper to the card and then the paper circle in the hole.  Adhere the tray with foam tape, making sure to cover up the hole that was batched up.  Adhere the cookies to the tray.  Stamp and white heat emboss Hope you Holidays are Sweet from the Sweet Christmas stamp set on the darkest red paper from Blush pack.  Fussy cut and adhere with foam tape.  

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94762 Dimpled Cookies

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

cl5283 Sweet Christmas clear stamp set

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Oh, Joy! Cookies!!! by Anne Thompson

Who doesn't love a tray full of fresh-baked cookies?!!! Here's a card featuring the DIMPLED COOKIES 94762, just out of the oven and cooling off before decorating them.

to make this card

Cover the front of an A2 note card with the fold at the top using one of the patterned papers from YULETIDE CHEER PP1032.

Cut a "tray" using the next to the largest die in the FRINGED SCALLOPED FRAME SET 94842 and another patterned paper from the Yuletide Cheer paper pad.

Die cut the DIMPLED COOKIES 94762 from white card stock and and cut an extra set of the smaller round cookies--you'll need two that have the scalloped edge.

Use a fingertip dauber and VersaFine Clair Acorn ink to add some crispy edges and browning to the cookies.

Remember when I saved the J and Y from the SNOWFLAKE JOY 94797 awhile ago?  I'm going to use those letters for this card's sentiment along with the Snowflake Joy background cut from the back side of the poinsettia paper scrap.

to assemble this card

Add the "tray" to the front of the note card.

Place the cookies on the tray, using dimensional foam for some of them.

Add the Snowflake Joy background, the letters J and Y, and one of the scallop-edged cookies for the O.

Here's a closer view.

What a yummy card!  

Here's a second version using a smaller tray.

I think I like this one better because the words are all the way off the tray.  My next project will be to decorate some cookies for another card.  Did you see Angie's Sweet Holiday Cookies card posted on August 3rd?  So cute!  Will you bake up some cookie cards for the holidays???

Happy crafting!

Yuletide Cheer PP1032

Fringed Scalloped Frame Set 94842           Dimpled Cookies 94762              Snowflake Joy 94797

Sweet Treats and Textured Backgrounds by Jean Okimoto

 

Add extra texture to Halloween treat wrappers with new dies and 3D embossing folders from the 2021 Holiday Collection.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with ideas for the 31st - and a reason to buy more candy.

 

Cut pale gray and orange cardstock into 2-¾" x 8" strips - 3 of each color. Score and fold each strip at 4".  Place the straight bottom edge of the 2-½" wide Nested Globes die slightly below the fold and cut the folded cardstock. Cut black and orange paper liners for the Confetti folders following the same directions.   We'll emboss and diecut the folded wrappers.  

Cut folded gray wrappers with the Slim Confetti Plate and Pinpoint Daisy Background.  Emboss one wrapper with the Stunning Mandala 3D Embossing Folder.

 

Cut Jack O Lantern Bucket and Poppystamps Smiling Jack O Lantern from bright and dark orange 6x6 sheets in the Sunny Orange Pack.  Cut the Jack O Lantern background and handle from black cardstock.  Assemble the bucket and attach it to the Stunning Mandala wrapper.

 

Cut black cardstock with the 1-½" Circle Basics die and attach it behind the Smiling Jack O Lantern.  Attach it to the Pinpoint Daisy wrapper. Cut small black bats with the die from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set.  Cut a large bat with the Cave Bat die.  Cut the white Frosted Glitter Pad sheet with the 1-½" Circle Basics die.  Attach the orange liner behind the gray wrapper.

Cut a folded orange wrapper with the Pinpoint Daisy Background die.  Cut the bats using the Haunted Dome Entrance and Cave Bat dies.  Cut White Woodgrain Paper with the smallest Nested Globes die.  Punch eyes and a mouth with a screwpunch, attach a scrap of black cardstock behind the face.  Cut a curved bottom edge - and it's a ghost! 

 

Attach the black liner behind the orange Confetti wrapper.  Cut and punch the ghosts from the white 6x6 in the Frosted Glitter Pad.

 

Emboss a folded orange wrapper with the Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder. It's great that the 3D Embossing Folders have different designs on the back and front - we're using the reverse side here.   Cut Jack O Lantern Bucket from the orange sheet in the Glitzy Glitter Pad.  Cut a black handle and solid semicircle  to attach behind the face.

 

Punch the wrappers at the top. Attach Ghiradelli Chocolate Squares with doublestick tape. Tie them with an orange cord.

 

Treat wrappers add to the fun of Halloween - and these designs can also be used to make pennants for your window or mantle. Or adapt them to create quick little cards or tags.

 

Thanks for visiting - have a great week!

 

Supplies

 

94551 Slim Confetti Plate craft die

94621 Pinpoint Daisy Background craft die

EF1016 Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder

EF1021 Stunning Mandala 3D Embossing Folder

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

94532 Nested Globes craft die

30087 Circle Basics Set

94355 Jack o Lantern Bucket

94358 Cave Bat

2239 Smiling Jack o Lantern

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer craft die

SH44001 Woodgrain Paper Pack White

Easter Candy Wrappers with Open Studio 3D Embossing Folders by Jean Okimoto

Open Studio 3D Embossing Folders create great treat wrappers for Easter Sunday.  These simple, one-piece designs are perfect for many favorite Easter candies.  I've filled these with the foil-wrapped Ghirardelli chocolate eggs and bunnies.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a quick and easy weekend project.

Cut 7.5" x 3" strips of cardstock.  Score and fold them at 3.75".  Cut them with the big Half a Dozen Eggs die - place the bottom edge of the die about ⅛" below the fold. 

Place the folded egg diecuts in the 3D Embossing Folder. Run it through your machine with the plates and/or mats required for pressure embossing.  I used the thick base platform, embossing folder with the folded egg and 2 layers of cardstock (as a shim) on my Platinum machine.

Ink the embossed egg with Distress Oxides and a firm foam ink pod.  The pods are like hard marshmallows - they'll ink the raised areas - but not the debossed areas.  Here are the colors I used - worn lipstick, twisted citron, spun sugar, tumbled glass, cracked pistachio, squeezed lemonade and shaded lilac.  Heat-set the inked areas.

Punch holes at the top of the eggs.  Attach the candy to the egg with doublestick tape.  Tie the egg with gold cord and curl the ends of the cord with the side of the green plastic burnisher.

 

The Open Studio 3D Embossing Folders are generously sized at 4.5" x 3.75".  We've used just small sections of the folders - the entire folder is great for embossing cardfronts and tags too.  If you're as ancient as I am you might remember tediously pressure-embossing with a stylus and a light box.  We don't need those anymore!

The folders used here are Chrysanthemum Field, Serene Mandala and Heart Bouquet. 

Thanks for visiting...hope you'll have a chance to try this stay-at-home project with your favorite Memory Box Open Studio embossing folders.  Take care and stay healthy!

Supplies

 

EF1001 Chrysanthemum Field

EF1004 Serene Mandala

EF1006

30072 Half a Dozen Eggs

Memory Box Triangle Clear Stamp Sets, Typewriter Holiday Elements and Wintry Snowflakes by Jean Okimoto

Holiday treats are sweeter when they're prettily packaged - and the Memory Box triangle clear stamp  sets make it quick and easy.  Hello, Jean Okimoto sharing my last Christmas 2018 design today.  Valentine projects are coming soon!

Score 8-½" x 11" sheet of smooth white cardstock lengthwise at 4" and 4-½".  Cut it into four 2-½" wide strips. Crease them on the score lines.  Cut or punch two angled corners.

Stamp the triangles from the Looking For Mr. Right Triangle, That's Acute Triangle,  Equal Triangle Clear Stamp Sets. Here's a list of the VersaFine Clair colors I've used - Verdant, Charming Pink, Tulip Red, and Green Oasis.  Use some Brilliance inks too - Pearlescent Orchid, Gamma Green and Starlite Black (for the "noel").

The greetings and 25-circles are from the very popular Typewriter Holiday Elements Clear Stamps Set.  

If you're making several of each design - clean the stamps with a damp washcloth after you've used each stamp two or three times.  This eliminates a build-up of dried ink and helps keep the lines and edges sharp and crisp.  

Diecut two silver glittered cardstock snowflakes with the Wintry Snowflakes Deep Edge Dies.

Punch ¼" circles of gold glittered cardstock.  

Attach the candy or treat with a bit of doublestick tape or glue dots.  I've filled these with Ghiradelli chocolate squares.  Punch holes and add gold cord ties.

I love that there aren't any rules about "Christmas colors" anymore - especially with the wide range of pinks and greens available.  They're just waiting to be mixed, matched and layered. These simple treat wrappers would make great tags too.  

Here are the red and greens for a traditional look -

Are  you loving the Memory Box triangles too?  It's hard not to use them!

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

 

Supplies

 

CL5231 Looking For Mr. Right Triangle clear stamp set

CL5229 Equal Triangle clear stamp set

CL5232 That's Acute Triangle clear stamp set

30096 Wintry Snowflakes craft die

CL5234 Typewriter Holiday Elements clear stamp set