Butterflies and Quiet Thoughts by Jean Okimoto

Delicate butterflies from the new Garden Beauties die set deliver caring thoughts and encouragement in challenging times.  Hi, Jean here with a quiet monochromatic design from our Summer Meadow release.

Spritz ink-blended watercolor paper with a light mist of Imagine Crafts Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz.  Air-dry it for a few minutes, then heat-set it with heat-tool.  Cut it with the .75", 1.5" and 2.25" wide Heritage Rectangle Frames.

Cut one large and two small Garden Beauties butterflies from the shiny pale aqua Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6.  Cut the centers from dark blue Lagoon Collection 6x6.  

Cut a white cardstock background with the 2.75" wide Rectangle Basics die.  

Stamp the greeting - from the new With Sympathy Clear Stamps Set - on a light blue Lagoon Collection 6x6 with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair.  Cut it with the 1" x 2.25" Rectangle Basics die.  Attach the diecuts to a white A-6 card (4.5" x 6.25"). 

Add 1/4" dots punched from the teal Festive Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thank you for visiting our blog.  See you in June!

Supplies

 

94893 Garden Beauties

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

cl5291

fp1002

gp1006 Festive Glitter Pad

sp1010 Lagoon 6x6 pack

30086

Warm Wishes by Jean Okimoto

Send warm winter wishes with designs from our Valentine '23 Collection.  The new Pinpoint Burst Heart creates a great backdrop for our new Cuppa Love set.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a slimline design for a cold fall or winter day.

 

Cut Pinpoint Burst Heart from a dark red 6x6 in the Berry Red Collection.  

Cut Cuppa Love from a dark pink sheet.  Cut the oval coffee/tea/cocoa shape from dark brown cardstock covered with packing tape for a glossy liquid look.  Cut the heart outine and center section from cream cardstock too.  

Remove the pink heart outline and center and replace them with the cream diecut.

Shake the Strawberry Ice Open Studio Glitter Glue vigorously - then spread it onto the pink heart diecut.  Set it aside to dry.

Diecut Sending Love Daily Script from cream and dark pink cardstock.  Assemble the greeting.  

Here's a tip for anything with very small pieces (like the i) - glue that elusive tiny dot first, before it disappears -  then attach the other letters.  

Cut a 1-¼" strip of the Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6.  

Attach everything to a cream slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½").  Add jewels from the

Autumn Fairy Crystals.  Cut a slimline-sized rectangle to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting today...Donna's sharing a great design from the Valentine '23 Collection  tomorrow!  See you again next week.

 

Supplies

 

94637 Cuppa Love

94639 Pinpoint Burst heart

94661 Sending Love Daily Script

sp1001 Berry Red

PP1013 Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6 pack

CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

40109 Strawberry Ice glitter glue

Trio of Frilling Snowflake Ornaments by Jean Okimoto

Snowflakes, glitter glue, jewel gemstones and plaids?  Yes, when the new Frilling Snowflake Ornament set makes it easy to combine design elements for a simple holiday slimline card.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a basic design you can create for anyone on your list.

Cut the dark red and the bright green 6x6's from the Berry Red and Lush Green Collections with the solid Frilling Snowflake Ornament die.  Cut the red/white/green diagonal stripe from the Jolly Christmas 6x6 too.  Punch holes at the top with a ⅛" circle punch, screwpunch or rotating leather punch.

Cut the snowflake and the snowflake ornament from the gold Rainbow Reflections 6x6 sheet.  Assemble the red and green ornaments.  Tie them with gold cord and curl the cord using the side of a bone folder or the plastic flower shaping tool.  For best results, follow the curl of the cord.

Here's a tip - if you're trying to match a special color but can't find the right shade of glittered cardstock - create a custom match with Open Studio Glitter Glue.  Diecut Special Merry Christmas from the same red 6x6 used for the ornament.  Shake the bottle of Ruby Crystal Glitter Glue and squeeze a blob of it onto scrap paper.  Generously finger-press the glitter glue onto the greeting.  Just daub it on - don't try to spread it out.  Air-dry it while you assemble the card.

Attach the ornaments to a white slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½").  Attach the pale green Bright Jewels.

Add the greeting - slightly curved.

The Memory Box 6x6 plaids and prints are designed to coordinate with the 6x6 paper collections, glittered cardstock and mirror cardstock.  Mix, match and layer the papers and discover great combinations.

Thanks for visiting - see you again next week!

 

Supplies

 

94695 Frilling Snowflake Ornament

jwl003 Bright Jewels

94499 Special Merry Christmas

sp1003 Lush Green

sp1001 Berry Red

pp1019 Christmas Jolly 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

40126 Ruby Crystal glitter glue

“Faux-leather” Classic Large Ice Skate by Jean Okimoto

 

 

 

Create the look of a leather boot for the new Classic Large Ice Skate.  It's plain, practical white vinyl - and it's as easy to diecut as cardstock.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here on a very cold and windy weekend. It's perfect indoor cardmaking weather!

Attach adhesive label paper - or a sticker sheet - behind white vinyl and diecut Classic Large Ice Skate.  The paper layer stabilizes and stiffens the vinyl.  Cut another skate from heavy white cardstock and layer the diecuts for dimension.  If your green thread or cord is floppy and/or fuzzy - pull it tightly over piece of beeswax.  Or pull it through a wad of scrunched waxed paper to stiffen it and remove the little fuzzies.  Stitch the boot and cut an extra piece of twine.   Insert one end of the extra piece through the top hole and tie a bow.  Arrange the loops then cut off the extra portion.

Cut the sole and heel portion from dark brown cardstock.  Cut the blade from a gold 6x6 in the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad.

Cut Poinsettia Watercolor Floral from the red Polished Foil 6x6 and a sheet from the Berry Red Collection.  Cut the center pieces from the gold Glitzy Glitter Pad sheet.  Assemble the poinsettia.

Diecut Forest Pine Branch from a 6x6 in the Lush Green Collection and cut it into three sections.

Cut the red and black Jolly Christmas plaid sheet with the 3" wide Nested Globes die.  Cut a  bright lime Lush Green 6x6 with the 2" wide globe die.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Sweet Christmas Clear Stamp Set - on a Lush Green 6x6 with Shady Lane VersaFine Clair.  Dry the ink and cut the greeting with the 2-¾" x 1" Rectangle Basics die.  

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foamdots for the top half of the skate and for the greeting. 

Add red Christmas Fairy Crystals.  Cut an A6-sized layer of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting - and for your patience w/ the blog's problems.  

Have a great weekend...see you next week!

 

 

Supplies

 

PP1019 Christmas Jolly 6x6 pack

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

sp1001 Berry Red

sp1003 Lush Green

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

94676 Poinsettia Watercolor Floral

94481 Forest Pine Branch

94673 Classic Large Ice Skate

cl5283 Sweet Christmas clear stamp set

94532 Nested Globes

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

New for May 2022--Lavender Bouquet by Anne Thompson

Happy Mother's Day to those of you who celebrate this holiday today.  Here's  a card that features another one of the new dies from the MAY 2022 COLLECTION, the Lavender Bouquet.

materials used

• white notecard and envelope
• violet plaid paper cut 4 X 5 1/4 from MADRAS PLAID BLUE AND VIOLET PP1014 6X6 paper pad
• green cardstock from LUSH GREEN COLLECTION SP1003 
• purple cardstock from VIBRANT VIOLET COLLECTION SP1007
• LAVENDER BOUQUET 94640
• HELLO DAILY SCRIPT 94658
• purple  crystals from AUTUMN FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY101
• PLUM SHIMMER FAIRY SUGAR 40103 glitter glue
• bow and ribbons from my ribbon box

to make this card

• add the violet plaid paper to the front of the white notecard
• die cut the LAVENDER BOUQUET from green cardstock and again from purple cardstock; attach just the purple blooms on top of the green ones
• add PLUM SHIMMER FAIRY SUGAR to the purple blooms and spread around with your finger; when dry, add the stems to make a bouquet on the card front

• die cut HELLO DAILY SCRIPT background from a scrap of the purple cardstock and the detailed lettering from a scrap of the violet plaid; attach to the lower left corner of the card front
• add a bow to the base of the bouquet to tie it together

• add Scor-Tape to the back of a narrow coordinating ribbon and attach it to the righthand side of the card front, overlapping to the inside
• place three of the purple FAIRY CRYSTALS on the ribbon for a little more sparkle

Check the website here to see all of the new products in the May 2022 Collection.  I'm sure you will love it!

Happy Crafting!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94640 Lavender Bouquet craft die

94658 Hello Daily Script craft die

PP1014 Madras Plaid Blue and Violet 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6x6 pack

CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

40103 Dark Sapphire glitter glue

Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral Slimline by Jean Okimoto

Hi and happy weekend!  Jean Okimoto here with a design to celebrate Valentine's Day, a special friendship or - planning far ahead - Mother's Day.  The Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral is my new favorite flower set - hope you enjoy creating with it too!

Cut the base flower from two shades of pink in the Berry Red 6x6 Collection.  Cut the detailed top layer from the lighter pink 6x6.  Squirt and spread big dots (that sounds nicer than "blobs") of Open Studio Berry Mist Glitter Glue onto it.  Set it aside to dry.

Cut the leaves and two-piece layered center from sheets in the Lush Green 6x6 Collection.  

Assemble the flower and attach the leaves.

Cut the largest Double Stitch Loving Heart from a Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6.  Cut the second-largest heart from a dark red/coral sheet from the Berry Red set.

Cut a pink sheet from the Berry Red set with the smallest Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die.  Cut another half-piece and attach it to the full piece to create a 7" strip - the heart diecut will cover the joined pieces.

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-½" x 8-½") - use foam dots to attach the plaid heart.  Add red Christmas Fairy Crystals.  Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting this weekend - see you next week!

 

Supplies

 

94618 Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral craft die

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

40108 Berry Mist glitter glue

94359 Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

PP1013 Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6 pack

DIY Hybrid Blossoms on a Slimline Thank You by Jean Okimoto

Mix and match design elements from the new floral die sets for hybrid blossoms on a slimline thank you card.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with an easy way to create unique flowers in your favorite colors.  I wish growing flowers could be this easy!

Cut an assortment of Vibrant Violet 6x6 sheets with the Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral and Cottage Flower Stem Sets.  Mix, match and layer the pieces onto 3 flowers.  The smallest flower is a a pair of the Cottage Flower Stem's top layer - cut from different shades of violet 6x6 sheets.

Cut the leaves - from the Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral - from Lush Green 6x6 sheets.  The leaves are designed to be layered in different shades of green - but they're just one color here so they don't compete with the flowers.

Cut the flower centers from a lighter shade of green, spread Sour Apple Sparkle Glitter Glue over them and set them aside to dry.  The  two Cottage Flowers have a section of the Gentle Blossom's  center.  The Gentle Blossom has the Cottage Flower's center.  

Cut white cardstock with the largest Wrapped Stitch Slim Rectangle die.  Cut the rectangle with the Vertical Line Collage.  Tape a strip of the dark brown Earth Neutral 6x6 sheet behind the collage.  Attach the rectangle to a white slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-⅝"). Attach and assemble the flowers and leaves.

Stamp the greeting - from the Big and Little Reverse Words Clear Stamp Set - on white cardstock with Verdant VersaFine Clair.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. Cut it with the matching die from the set.

Attach Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones.  Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Enjoy the versatility of these new floral dies - and the great range of coordinating colors in the Memory Box 6x6 Color Collections.  Create flowers for all seasons and occasions by mixing and matching these great options!

Thanks for visiting - see you again this weekend...

Supplies

94611 Cottage Flower Stem craft die

94618 Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral craft die

GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6x6 pack

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6x6 pack

40121 Sour Apple Sparkle glitter glue

94553 Vertical Line Collage craft die

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

CL5259 Big and Little Reverse Words clear stamp set

Vellum "With Love" by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with a different kind of Valentine's Day card that I made for someone very special!  It's not quite a full size slimline card but slightly smaller at 3.25" wide and 7.5" long.  

 

I have a video showing how I made this card below and on YouTube.  If you prefer to watch it on YouTube, just click on the logo in the video below and it will take you right there.  And while you're there please consider subscribing to my channel so you won't miss any new content!

Here's closer look at my card:

 

 

I have a list of Memory Box supplies used below and also on my YouTube channel video.  

 

The flowers are heat embossed on vellum in a rose gold embossing powder and inserted into the die cut opening in the plaid paper.  The sentiment is from the "Reverse Big & Little Words" stamp set.

 

 

Here's one last look at my card:

 

 

I hope you enjoy the video and my card for today!  Be sure to stop by this blog every day for more inspiration from our whole team.

 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CL5259 Big and Little Reverse Words clear stamp set

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

PP1013 Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6 pack

CL5265-D All the Happiness clear stamp and die set

40127 Sunlit Gold glitter glue

Friends, Flowers and Watercolors by Jean Okimoto

Love flowers?  Here's a just-released floral design to add to your collection of Memory Box garden dies.  Hi friends, Jean Okimoto here introducing the new Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral set. Our 6x6 color collections make it quick and easy to find the perfect coordinating colors for the bold, detailed blossom and leaves.  Four shades each of the Lush Greens and Vibrant Violets are used here.

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Cut the Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral pieces from dark pink, light pink and violet 6x6's in the Vibrant Violet Collection.  Cut the two-piece center from light and dark green 6x6's in the Lush Green Collection - layer them, then daub them with Open Studio Sour Apple Sparkle Glitter Glue.

Cut the leaves from light and dark green 6x6's.

I've used a scrap of watercolored paper from my stash - it's cut with the 6-⅜" x 1-⅜" Slim Basic Rectangles Die.  Add specks of Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz, air-dry it for a few minutes, then heat-set it.

Cut the Hello Friend Posh Script background from white cardstock.  Pressure-emboss it with the coordinating detailed die using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine.  Embossing it adds dimension and makes it very easy to attach the delicate overlay.  Cut the overlay from a violet 6x6 and add tiny dots of glue.  Press the delicate diecut down into the debossed greeting.

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-½" x 8-½").  Add sparkly lavender Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones.  Cut a slimline-sized sheet of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Oops...I glanced at Dave's beautiful Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral on the envelope after the card was done - and realized I made several "leafy" errors.  The top leaf is upside-down, both leaves are in the wrong space and dark/light green shades are reversed.  Couldn't get much wrong-er than that - it proves how versatile this great die set is!

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

 

 

Supplies

 

94618 Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral craft die

94586 Hello Friend Posh Script craft die

SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers craft die

40121 Sour Apple Sparkle glitter glue

GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

A Quartet of Snowmen Let It Snow Cards by Anne Thompson

I continued to focus on this month's Snow Challenge and created a quartet of cards that feature the Oval Snowman Collage and a variety of backgrounds.

Card One

white on white on white

• white notecard
• white cardstock
• SLIM CONFETTI PLATE 94551 cut from white cardstock and trimmed 4X5.25 and added to the card front
• OVAL SNOWMAN COLLAGE 94608 cut from white cardstock and trimmed 4X5.25 and placed over the confetti piece
• LET IT SNOW POSH SCRIPT 94583 with the solid background cut from a scrap of light blue plaid paper from the PP1018 WOODSY PLAID 6X6 paper pad and the script detailed letters cut from white cardstock, adhered together with a glue pen and added to the lower right 

Card Two

• Same as the first card except that I added a layer of blue plaid paper behind the confetti.

Card Three

• For this card I used a darker blue plaid paper as the first layer and added dots of DEWDROP FAIRY SUGAR 40125 glitter glue to the light blue squares in the plaid paper  pattern.
• I also used Prismacolor pencils on the brown twig arms and the orange carrot nose.

Card Four

• Here I covered the front of the notecard with a darker blue plaid papaer.
• I used a 4X5.25 section of an embossed paper made with RINGADINGS  3D EMBOSSING FOLDER EF1015 for the layer under the snowman piece.

There is a lovely sentiment from the YULETIDE MOMENTS CL5274 clear stamp set to add to  the inside of each card:  May Peace, Love & Joy surround you like the first Snow.  

What snow we had yesterday went away with the rain overnight, so I'm still waiting for that first significant storm when I can build a snowman in the yard.  Then I will also pop these cards into the mail!

Happy Crafting!

Yuletide Moments CL5274