First Christmas Lessons by Jean Okimoto

The new Wistful Sparrow teaches her chicks some seasonal lessons in a Holiday Snowglobe scene.  Are they learning Christmas carols - or the difference between Santa's "naughty" and "nice" lists?  Hi, Jean here with 4 more great new items from our just-released Winter Days Collection.

Cut the circle from the new Holiday Snowglobe set from white cardstock - and cut a semi-circle from green cardstock.  Attach it behind the white circle for contrast on the left edge.  Cut the leaves and holly from two shades of green from the Greenery 6x6 Collection.  

Cut the base from kraft cardstock.

Cut Wistful Sparrow from the new Cherry Red 8-½" x 11" Paper Pack. It's 100# solid-core cardstock - perfect for diecutting, layering and card bases.  Color the background piece for the beak and eye with a black marker.  Cut the wing from the red Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.

Cut Little Bird Bunch from Cherry Red cardstock and the red Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Color the beaks with the black marker.  Save the extra birds for another project.

Attach the snowglobe circle to the base (about ⅛" above the bottom of the base) with foam tape.  Add the greenery and birds.  Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Add the new Christmas Labels Foil Greetings Black Tab.  Attach green Christmas Fairy Dewdrops.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.  

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

 

Supplies

 

94811 Little Bird Bunch

94808 Holiday Snowglobe

94798 Wistful Sparrow

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

st023 Christmas Labels Foil Greetings Black Tabs

sh44015 Cherry Red Paper Pack

ddp101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

Pumpkin-Carving Time by Jean Okimoto

2024's Carving Pumpkin shares a card and some details with a buddy from a previous release.  They're carved and ready for October 31st.  Hi, Jean here with a Halloween design for weekend crafting.

Stamp the leafy design of the new Leaves and Berries Cling Stamp Set on recycled Kraft Cardstock with Pinecone VersaFine Clair.     Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut it with the 4" wide Nested Globes die.  Ink the edges with Pinecone.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set - on a yellow/orange 6x6 from the Sunrise Collection with Pinecone.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut it with the 1-½"wide Nested Globes die, trim the bottom edge.  Ink the edges with Pinecone.

Diecut the new Carving Pumpkin from a dark bright orange Sunset Collection 6x6.  Cut the leaves, tendril and stem from a yellow/green Greenery Collection 6x6.  Diecut Autumn Pumpkin fron a bright orange Sunset Collection 6x6.  Cut the stem and leaves from the yellow/green Greenery 6x6.  Ink the stems with Summertime VersaFine Clair to create lighter brown stems.

Cut the Carving Pumpkin background die from the black Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the facial features for the Autumn Pumpkin with the Carving Pumpkin die - from the reverse (white) side of the black Glitzy sheet for a  slightly different smile for the Autumn Pumpkin.

Cut Autumn Pumpkin again from the black Glitzy 6x6. Cut the glittered pumpkin horizontally about ½" below the top.  Attach the top and bottom pieces slightly above and below the orange pumpkin for dimension and to match Carving Pumpkin.

Assemble the pumpkins and attach everything to a recycled Kraft A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for the Carving Pumpkin.  Add green Christmas Fairy Crystals.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

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

 

Supplies

 

cs2084 Leaves and Berries Cling Stamp set

94690 Autumn Pumpkin

94848 Carving Pumpkin

cl5284D Magical Halloween Clear Stamp Set and Dies

94532 Nested Globes

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

sp1011

Custom Backgrounds for Haunting Ghosts by Jean Okimoto

The Haunting Ghosts are back again - posing as little witches for today's card.  Hi, Jean here with a die that won't quit!  The ghosts needed a spooky, abstract background and found three perfect shapes.

Cut three shades of orange cardstock from the Sunrise 6x6 paper pack with the 3 greeting background dies from the new Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set.  Cut them again from black cardstock.  Shade the orange diecut edges with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair.  It's great for stenciling and shading - and it dries quickly.  Assemble the background blocks, slightly offset for dimension. 

Cut Haunting Ghosts from watercolor paper.  Attach scraps of black glittered cardstock from the 6x6 Glitzy Glitter Pad behind the eye cutouts.

Cut the cauldron - from the new Cauldron Witch set - from Black Glossy Paper.  Cut the bubbles from the chartreuse Graceful Garden Glitte Pad 6x6.  Cut the boiling goo from the chartreuse Rainbow Reflections 6x6.

Cut three witch hats from the Cauldron Witch set from black cardstock.  The top right ghost's hat is reversed just so everything isn't too matchy.  Run that diecut through your machine to smooth the cut edges.  Cut three hatbands from the dark turquoise Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Assemble the hat.

Stamp the greeting - from the Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set - on another orange 6x6 from the Sunrise Collection with Warm Breeze VersaFine Clair.   Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder.

Cut the dark blue print - from the Yuletide Cheer 6x6 set - with the 2-½" wide Fringed Scalloped Frame Set die.  

Attach the diecuts and greeting to a top-folded light recycled Kraft A2 card - use foam tape near the top of the ghosts' heads and their hats.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the cardfront for mailing. 

Discover new ways to use your Memory Box dies - they're great for stenciling too!

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

 

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94849 Cauldron Witch

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

cl5284D Magical Halloween Clear Stamp Set and Dies

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sh44004

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

Glittery, Glossy and Glassy by Jean Okimoto

 

Celebrate Halloween with a mix of bright fall pastels  - and add glittery, glossy, glassy highlights to new dies from the 2024 Fall Cornucopia Collection.  Hi, Jean here with a glittery Haunting Ghost, glossy Eerie Spiders and glassy Potion Bottles.  

Found some ink-blended stash scraps to complement the new Orange Peel and Summer Squash 8.5x11" solid core 100# cardstock.  

Attach a piece of a self-adhesive laminating sheet to a portion of ink-blended or watercolored cardstock and cut just the bottles from the new Potion Bottles die.  Color the stopper-top portions with a brown Sharpie marker and set them aside to dry.

Cut the drippy goo sections from and un-laminated portion of the ink-blended or watercolored cardstock.  Assemble the bottles.  Scary picture - but notice the contrast between the glassy laminated bottles and matte drippy goo?  There's less reflection on the left bottle, but it's laminated too.

Cut Eerie Spiders from Black Glossy Paper.

Cut the ghost - from the new Haunting Ghosts die - from a white Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad 6x6.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind the eyes.  Cut the ghost again from black cardstock and attach it behind the glittered ghost for dimension.

Cut Intricate Mini Pumpkins from Orange Peel and Summer Squash cardstock.  Select pumpkins for the card and ink their edges with Summertime and Cheerful VersaFine Clair.

Cut the 3.3 x 4.7" Fringed Scalloped Frame from pale peach cardstock.  Stamp the greeting - from the new Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set - with Summertime VersaFine Clair.  Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder.

Attach the diecuts to a side-folded pale pink A2 card - use foam dots behind the ghost's head.

Need a vase die?  Cut just the bottle, without the drippy goo and leave the top of the bottle uninked.

Thanks for visiting...hope our Halloween ideas are inspiring you to create Halloween cards for everyone on your list.  Surprise them with a Halloween card this year..beat the Christmas crowd!

Supplies

 

94847 Potion Bottles

94846 Eerie Spiders

94845 Intricate Mini Pumpkins

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

Cl5284D Magical Halloween Clear Stamp Set and Dies

sh44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

sh44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

gp1001

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

 

Ghostly Mummies, Mummy Ghosts…or Ghummies? by Jean Okimoto

Create Ghummies - happy little ghostly mummies -  with the new Haunting Ghosts die and a sheet from the Yuletide Cheer 6x6's.  Hi, Jean back again with another Halloween design featuring our 2024 Fall Cornucopia Collection.

We're using a wavy gold-foiled sheet from the Yuletide Cheer 6x6 set.  Here's an easy way to select a great section of the print for the ghosts.  Cut Haunting Ghosts from a contrasting cardstock scrap to create a template for the die.  Chose a section for your ghosts, then place the die in the template and cut the patterned paper exactly where you want it.

Cut scraps of black cardstock and attach them behind the eyes.  Cut another set of ghosts from black cardstock to add a contrasting black offset edge to the ghosts.  

Cut detailed top layer of Carving Pumpkin from the new Orange Peel 8.5x11" cardstock.  Cut the solid background from the black 6x6 in the Majestic Hues Glitter Pad.  Cut the stem/leaf/tendril pieces from the new Leaf Sprout sheet.  Color the stem with an orange marker - layering orange over Leaf Sprout creates a realistic woody-brown.  (A brown marker would be too dark.)

Cut 2 Eerie spiders from spiders from black cardstock. 

Stamp the greeting - from the new Magical Halloween Clear Stamp and Die Set - on a Key Lime 8.5x11 sheet with Nocturne VersaFine Clair.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut it with the 2" wide Nested Globes die.  Shade the edges with Nocturne too.

Cut black cardstock with the 2-½" wide Nested Globes die.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded light  kraft A2 card - use foam tape for the pumpkin and the heads of the ghosts.

Have a crafty weekend -hope your favorite Retailer has already ordered the 2024 Fall Cornucopie Collection!

 

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94848 Carving Pumpkin

94846 Eerie Spiders

CL5284D Magical Halloween Clear Stamp Set and Dies

94532 Nested Globes

sh44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

sh44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

sh44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

gp1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

Merry & Bright Candles by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have a rustic masculine Christmas card to share today using more products from the 2024 Yuletide collection. 

 

Started with the background again and die cut the Narrow Woodgrain Planks from brown cardstock.  Darker brown cardstock was then trimmed to 4x5.25-inches.  Covered it with a sheet of double-sided adhesive and attached the planks to cover it.  For a spotlight effect, ink blended Gathered Twigs and Black Soot distress inks around the perimeter of the panel.

 

 

The candle base and top layers were die cut from white glitter and white mirror paper, respectively.  Shading was then added to them using cool grey Copic Sketch markers C00/0/1/2/3.  The flames were die cut from alcohol marker friendly paper and colored with Y11/15 yellow Copic Sketch markers.  The pine cones were die cut from dark brown and Kraft cardstock, while the pine needles were prepped as described in a previous post HERE.  The sentiment was heat embossed with white embossing powder on a strip of red Yuletide Plaid paper and a fish tail cut out for something different.  Assembled the card onto a white card base then added snow details with a white Posca pen to finish.

 

 

And that does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

 

94812 Merry and Bright Candles

94802 Pinecone Duo

94823 Narrow Woodgrain Planks

CL5286 Holiday Wishes clear stamp set

PP1031 Yuletide Plaid 6x6 pack

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

Create a Woodgrain Plank Tree by Jean Okimoto

 

Woodgrain panel diecuts are great for piers, birdhouses, log cabins, rustic backgrounds - and Christmas trees.  The new Narrow Woodgrain Planks are perfectly-proportioned to create a wonky tree - without the labor of measuring and cutting wood planks to the right lengths.  Hi, Jean building a DIY holiday tree design..

Cut Narrow Woodgrain Planks from a green 6x6 in the Greenery Collection.  Save the longest piece for another project.  Cut a ¼" x 4-¼" strip of the Kraft Woodgrain Paper for the trunk.  Ink it lightly with Vintage Sepia VersaFine. 

Attach adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to bright red wool-blend felt to stabilize it and prevent adhesives from saturating it.  Cut Layered Birds.  Cut the birds again from the bright red Festive Glitter Pad 6x6.  Assemble the birds in a combination of felt and glittered bases and overlays - save the extra birds for another project.  

Cut the new Snowflake Joy background from the prepped red felt too.  Cut the detailed top layer from heavy white cardstock.  Cut two center snowflakes from the bright red Festive Glitter Pad 6x6 - for the treetop and the greeting.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Add clear Fairy Drops.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

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

 

 

Supplies

 

94797 Snowflake Joy

94823

94684

drp101 Fairy Drops

gp1006 Festive Glitter Pad

sp1011

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

Yuletide Plaids, Pinecones and Poinsettias by Jean Okimoto

Layer poinsettias, pinecones and pine branches on a holiday design from the 2024 Yuletide Collection.  Double-embossing adds shadowy texture to the new Pinecone Duo too.  Hi, Jean here with another design for your stash of holiday ideas.

Cut Pinecone Duo background and detailed overlay from dark brown cardstock.  Spritz both sides of the background diecuts with a light mist of water.  Pressure-emboss them using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.  

Sponge or brayer the detailed overlays with VersaMark.  Heat-emboss them with detail clear powder.  Assemble the pinecones.

Cut two sets of Petite Poinsettias from the bright pinkish-red Blush Collection 6x6.  Cut 3 sets of the centers from the orange Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6. Assemble 1 small and 2 large poinsettias.

Cut the evergreens from the Pinecone Duo and Pine Branches sets from a dark yellow-green Greenery Collection 6x6.

Cut a dark green Greenery 6x6 with the 2-½" wide Nested Globes die.  Cut a diagonal red and gold Yuletide Plaid 6x6 with the same die.  Trim the bottom corners with a corner rounding punch.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Holiday Wishes Clear Stamp and Die Set - on natural cardstock with Tulip Red VersaFine Clair.  Dry the iink, then cut the greeting with the smallest Nested Globes die.  Trim the straight end so the diecut is about 1-⅞" long.

Attach the diecuts to a natural A6 card - 4-½ x 6-¼" - use foam dots for the right edge of the greeting.

Thanks for visiting...see you on Friday!

 

Supplies

 

94802 Pinecone Duo

94822

94817

cl5286D Holiday Wishes clear stamp and die set

pp1031 Yuletide Plaid 6x6 pack

sp1011

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

Merry, Bright and Petite by Jean Okimoto

Create a traditional holiday scene with candles, poinsettias and pine sprigs from the 2024 Yuletide Collection.  Hi, Jean here with a mix of dark pinks, green and golds to greet the season.

Cut Merry and Bright Candles from the Yuletide Cheer 6x6 and a Blush Solid-Core 6x6.  Cut the flame and two sets of Petite Poinsettia centers from a gold Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the flame outlines from a gold Rainbow Reflections 6x6.

Cut Petite Poinsettias from the Blush Solid Core 6x6.

Cut three pine sprigs from a Greenery Solid Core 6x6 with the Pinecone Duo dies

Cut the Believe Enchanted Script background from white cardstock.  Cut the detailed green layer from the Greenery 6x6.

Cut two of the 3" wide Nested Globes from white cardstock and layer them for dimension.

A lot of diecutting...now we're ready to assemble!  Attach everything to a white A6 card (6-¼" x 4-½").

Candles, poinsettias and pine sprigs are always a classic Christmas trio.  Add a contemporary look with prints from the new Yuletide Cheer 6x6 - and a bit of gold. 

Thanks for visiting - see you again this weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

94739

94822

94812 Merry and Bright Candles

94802 Pinecone Duo

94532

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

Frosty Lantern Joy by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have another Christmas in August card to share today featuring other fabulous products from the 2024 Yuletide collection.

Started with the background again and did the stencil monoprint technique using the Falling Snowflakes stencil.  Did this by applying water reactive blue ink to the stencil, spritzing with water then flipping it over onto watercolor paper, resulting in this frosty look.

The lantern was die cut from silver Vintage Pastel mirror paper.  For the back piece, traced its shape onto white paper, fussy cut out then ink blended grey dye ink to give it shading.  Most of the other die cut pieces were die cut from alcohol marker friendly paper and colored with Copic Sketch markers B00/32/34/37/39.

The snowflakes were die cut from white glitter paper while the Brilliant Berries branch was die cut from silver foil cardstock.  Assembled the card onto a white card base and added clear jewels to the poinsettia centers to finish  

Had trouble adding photos to this post, but Typepad finally behaved.  And that’s all for today.  Thank you for joining me.   Have a wonderful day.

 

Supplies

 

94800 Frosted Lantern

94763 Bello Joy

94822 Petite Poinsettias

94816 Drifting Snowflakes

94830 Brilliant Berries

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

JWL001 Clear Jewels