Halloween Greetings by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today's card features new products from the 2024 Fall Cornucopia release.  The ghost dies are so cute that I had to use them for my card.

I started by ink blending a panel of white cardstock using Distress Inks.  Once the ink was dry, I spattered the background with white ink.

Next, I die cut the ghosts from white cardstock and glued a scrap of black cardstock on the back of the ghosts for the eye color.  I glued all the ghosts to the background panel and trimmed any ghosts that were hanging over the edge of the paper.

I used foam tape to adhere it to a white card base.

I white heat embossed the sentiment on black cardstock, die cut it with the coordinating die, and glued it to the card using foam tape.

I love the fall season and can't wait to make more cards from this new release!

Have a great day!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

CL5284D Magical Halloween Clear Stamp Set and Dies

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

Happy Birthday Bees by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a cute card featuring the new Buzzing Bumblebees die set.

Here's a super close up of the bee dies:

I cut the bee pieces from both white and some watercolor panels I have left over.  I also cut the Bachyard Floral Sems 94638 from the same papaers plus from black for a shadow.  I re-cut just the top flowers from some more of the lighter yellow/orange colors and paper pieced them up top on the stems to match the bees better.  

The backgrounds are 2 pieces of woodgrain paper from Memory Box, cut with 2 sizes of the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set 94646.  The white one was inked with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and the kraft one was inked with Brushed Cordouroy Distress Ink and an ink blending tool.

After adding all the die cuts to the blue inked panel, I added it to the brown one and then popped both of those panels together on to the white card base with foam tape.

I really love using the woodgrain papers from Memory Box because with just so little inking, all that texture comes through and provides a lovely texture to your backgrounds!  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today!  I had a lot of fun putting it together for today's post!  Be sure to come back every day for more inspiration from the design team.  If you are interested in the product I used, you can find more information on my blog HERE.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

 

94794 Buzzing Bumblebees

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

94638 Backyard Floral Stems

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

ST010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

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

Huddled Sparrow Christmas Wreath by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I’m delighted to share a Christmas (in August 😀) card today featuring products from the 2024 Yuletide collection released last month.  

Started by dry embossing mixed media paper with the Pinecone and Berries 3D embossing folder as the background.  Next, the pine needles were die cut from the darkest Greenery paper using the Pinecone Duo dies.  To give them a more textured and realistic look, the individual needles were cut in half from the tips with scissors.  See comparison photo below (original is on the left 😉).

That step would have been easier if I had small detailed scissors. 🤷🏻‍♀️  The berries were then die cut from alcohol marker friendly paper and colored with Copic Sketch markers RV63/66/17).

The sparrow was die cut from white and ink blended with leftover brown, orange and yellow inks left on their respective detail blending brushes.   Heat embossed the sentiment with gold embossing powder then die cut out with the coordinating die.  Assembled the card onto a white card base to finish.  

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

 

Supplies

 

94801 Festive Holly

94802 Pinecone Duo

94838 Huddled Sparrow

EF1043 Pinecones and Berries 3D Embossing Folder

CL5286D Holiday Wishes clear stamp and die set

sp1011 Greenery 6x6 pack

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

Sweet Holiday Cookies by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a sweet cookie holiday card!  It features the new "Dimpled Cookies" die set.

Here's a closer look:

This card uses lots of new and older goodies:

"Spiral Delight" 3D embossing folder, "Dimpled Cookies", "Fringed Scalloped Frame" die set, along with "Stitched Circle" layers die set, "Greenery" paper pad and "White Woodgrain" paper. 

I cut the two largest frame dies from white woodgrain paper to frame my green panel.  The green panel was dry embossed with the 3D folder and then I tapped white ink on top of it lightly to accent the design so you can see it better.  I trimmed the green panel so I would fit behind the frame.

Next I cut several of each of the cookies from white card stock and colored them with markers and ink blending tools, paint pens, sprinkle sequins from my stash and Fluffy Stuff which is just like a snow marker in a bottle.  When you heat it up, it puffs up and looks like snow or frosting!  

I heat embossed the sentiment in white on black cardstock.  That sentiment is from an earlier released stamp set called "Sweet Christmas."

I hope you enjoyed my cookie card for today!  I had so much fun decorating them - and the best part, they have zero calories!

Come back each day to see more and more inspiration from the whole team!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

EF1033 Spiral Delight 3D Embossing Folder

94762 Dimpled Cookies

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

CL5283 Sweet Christmas clear stamp set

30036 Stitched Circle Layers

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

Brilliant Berries, Pine Branches & Falling Snowflakes by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a fun winter card featuring lots of goodies from the latest release!  

Here's a close up look:

I started with the new Falling Snowflakes stencil 88627 and on a piece of turqoise paper I added clear sparkle paste through the stencil with a palette knife.  Once it dried I use Faded Jeans Distress Ink to cover the panel, darker toward the outsides of the panel.  Once the dark blue was on it, you could see the turquoise snowflakes covered by the paste like an ink resist.   I forgot to take a picture of it with just the dried paste on it, so I am showing you another panel I made with a different stencil so you can see what it looked like before I added the dark blue ink.

Next I cut the new Pine Branches 948817 from white card stock and the Brilliant Berries 94730 from brown and red card stocks and glued them all together in the center of the panel.  I added the Bello Joy 94763 sentiment which was cut from white and colored with alcohol markers from light to dark for an ombre effect.  Lastly I added some white gel pen to the red berries to help them pop.  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today.  I love the contrast of the dark against the white and then the added pop of red!  So festive!  Be sure to come back each day for more inspiration from the design team!

Supplies

 

94817 Pine Branches

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

94763 Bello Joy

SP1012 Blush 6x6 pack

94830 Brilliant Berries

Joy with New 2024 Yuletide Release by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here with some brand new release goodies from the latest 2024 Yuletide release!  Here's a close up of my card:

The main body of the card was created by first dry embossing an A2 size panel (4.25" by 5.5") of card stock with the brand new "Frosted Trees" EF1045 3D embossing folder.  Once embossed I put ink on it direct from ink pad to paper.  I used both "Iced Spruce" and "Speckled Egg" Distress Oxide ink to get this color.  Next I die cut the new "Bello Joy" word die 94763 twice from white card stock.  I colored one them with pink and red markers and then combined the colored and non colored pieces together.  This means I have a 2nd die with the extra parts left over ready to use on another card!

Lastly I added lots of "Christmas Jewels" to the trees for sparkle and interest!

Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today!  Be sure to check out the whole new release - it is really one of the most amazing yet!  Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

 

EF1045 Frosted Trees 3D Embossing Folder

94363 Scallop Pinpoint Circle Cut Out

94801 Festive Holly

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

Christmas in July Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  I couldn't let July pass, without making a Christmas in July card.

I started by die cutting the Aurora Snowflake Frame from white cardstock and glued it to a white cardstock panel.  I cut a piece of green plaid patterned cardstock and glued it to the bottom portion of the panel. Next, I adhered the panel to a gold metallic cardstock mat, and glued it to a white card base.

I die cut the Glorious Poinsettia from white cardstock and used Distress inks and a blending brush to add color to the die cuts. The leaves were die cut twice from white cardstock and Distress ink was also used to add color to them.  I glued the poinsettia together and used foam tape to adhere it to the card.  The leaves were tucked under the poinsettia and glued in place.

The words "Merry Christmas" were stamped with Versa Mark Ink onto red cardstock, gold heat embossed and die cut with the coordinating die.  These were glued to the card front.

To finish it off, I glued some gold embellishments to add a little bling to the card.

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

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94734 Glorious Poinsettia

CL5273D Festive Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set

PP1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

94750 Aurora Snowflake Frame