Snowy Wistful Sparrow by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  With so many bird dies in the 2024 Winter Days collection, I have another “tweet” snowy scene bird Christmas card to share today.

 

All pieces were die cut from white and colored with distress inks (DI) using different techniques.  Ink blending was done for the sparrow; ink smooshing watercolor paper before die cutting out for the foliage (the Wreath Sprigs were split from the tips with scissors as described in this post); direct-to-paper for the window.  

 

DI used:

bird - Antique Linen, Lost Shadow, Black Soot, Spiced Marmalade (beak)

Wreath Sprigs - Rustic Wilderness 

Eucalyptus - Iced Spruce 

window - Gathered Twigs

The Snowy Lantern snow piles were shaded with B000, BV000 and C1 Copic Sketc markers.  Stripes of Stormy Sky DI was watercolored across a piece of Bristol paper for a window reflection effect.  To give it even more authenticity, added acetate behind the window opening.  Assembled the focal image arrangement then splattered it with diluted white gouache paint and colored the sprigs with a white Posca pen for a snowy look.  Once dry, mounted it onto a white woodgrain panel and adhered the gold foil greetings white tab to finish.  

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

 

Supplies

 

94798 Wistful Sparrow

94814 Wreath Sprigs

94807 Eucalyptus Bouquet

94800 Frosted Lantern

ST018 Holiday Wishes Foil Greetings White Tabs

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

816 Small Madison Window

Sweet Bird Christmas by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have another “tweet” Christmas card to share today, this time featuring the Sweet Bird die from the 2024 Winter Days collection.  
 
The bird layers were die cut from white cardstock, pine needles from Greenery paper and pinecones from Kraft.  Ink blended them with distress inks (DI) using blending brushes.

bird - Candied Apple, Black Soot 

pine needles - Rustic Wilderness, Black Soot  

pinecones - Brushed Corduroy, Gathered Twigs 

 

 

The background is white woodgrain paper covered with the Snowflake rub ons.  An oval cutout and frame were die cut from Bristol paper using Poppy Stamps Basic Ovals dies.  On the cutout, ink blended gray dye ink at the top, then stamped the sentiment in black using Archival Black ink.   Assembled the card onto a white card base and added snow details with a white Posca pen to finish.

 

That does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today  Have a wonderful week.

Supplies

 

94815 Sweet Bird

RUB105 Snowflake Rub On

CL5287 Be Merry clear stamp and die set

94802 Pinecone Duo

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

SP1011 Greenery 6x6 pack

2477 Basic Ovals Set

Vintage Gladiola Birthday Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a birthday card using the versatile Vintage Tray 3D embossing folder. 

Frame:

Die cut the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die 3 times from heavy weight cream card stock or water color paper.  3D emboss 1 of the die cuts using the folder.   Adhere the 3 die cuts together, keeping the embossed one on top, with glue.

Flowers: Die cut the Whimsical Gladiola and 1 of the Gladiola Floral Duo from heavy white card stock.  Ink blend with Distress Oxide Dried Marigold, Rusty Hinge, Old Paper, and Peeled Paint. Adhere together using the envelope as a guide.  Shape the larger Gladiola flower with your fingers to give it some dimension.

Butterflies:

Die cut the Exquisite Butterflies dies from gold paper fro the Vintage Pastel paper pad.  Curve the wings using your fingers or a pencil.  

Assembly:

Trim a pattern paper from the Glimmering Gladiola to A2 size and adhere on the front of a A2 size card. Adhere the frame to the front of the card.  Adhere the Exquisite Butterflies and Gladiolas in the individual frames.  Stamp Birthday Wishes from Poppy Stamp's Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set with black ink on white card stock and due cut.  Adhere to the bottom frame and add 1 of the butterflies.

Supplies

 

94793 Gladiola Floral Duo

94790 Whimsical Gladiola

94771 Exquisite Butterflies craft die

ef1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

pp1028 Glimmering Gladiola 6x6 pack

cb514 Birthday Banners clear stamp and die set

Delicate Fuchsia Hummingbird Hello by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I’m sharing  a simple card today featuring the Delicate Fuchsia Trio and Hello Breezy Script dies from the current 2024 Fuchsia release.

All pieces were die cut from white cardstck and ink blended with dye inks using blending brushes.

flowers - pinks + purple wine 

leaves - greens

whites - grey

hummingbird - Wilted Violet + Blueprint Sketch distress inks 

The Grand Madison window from Poppy Stamps was die cut three times to stack for dimension.  Ombré ink blended the lightest pink dye ink to back the window panes.  The sentiment was die cut from white and its shadow from black.  Assembled the card onto a white woodgrain panel, popping up the hummingbird with foam adhesive, to finish.

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

 

Supplies

 

94784 Delicate Fuchsia Trio

94781 Hello Breezy Script

94755 Layered Hummingbird

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

815 Grand Madison Window

More Exquisite Butterflies Gladiola Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I had some die cuts left over from my cards featuring the 2024 Gladiola collection, so I put them to use onto a card. 

The completed pink Whimsical Gladiola was from this post (you can see it lying beside the card in the photo).  The untouched butterfly pieces from this post was ink blended with Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed and Black Soot distress inks (DI).  

 
An oval mask was then die cut from acetate using the Oval Basics die from Poppy Stamps.  Masked the center of an A2 size Bristol panel and ink blended Spun Sugar DI starting in the middle and fading outwards.  The Lattice Plate, also from Poppy Stamps, was die cut from Bristol.  Assembled the card onto a white card base, then added the gold foil greeting tab and clear shimmer to the flowers and butterfly for some sparkle to finish.  The butterfly was popped up on foam tape for even more dimension. .

  
My second card has the same design, but reversed.   An untouched Sensational Gladiola from this post was ink blended with Wilted Violet DI.  

 

Rather than masking the center with the positive die cut oval mask, the negative oval acetate piece was used as a stencil.  The Lattice Plate was die cut from acetate to use as a stencil, too.  Placed it over the oval opening then ink blended Shaded Lilac DI.

 

The butterfly here was a newly die cut from yellow Sunrise paper and ink blended with Mustard Seed and Black Soot DI.

 

Stamped the sentiments from Bold Cheerful Floral in black then assembled the card onto a white card base.  Repeated the clear shimmer application as above for some sparkle to finish.   

That does it for my cards.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful day.

 

 

Supplies

 

94771 Exquisite Butterflies craft die

94789 Sensational Gladiola Stem

94790 Whimsical Gladiola

SP1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

CL5279 Bold Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set

st006 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Tabs

2427 Lattice Plate

2477 Basic Ovals Set

Cuppa Blooms and Bird Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have another simple birthday card to share today using previously released products.

The bird, stretched from a hummingbird by cutting down its beak with scissors, was in my stash.  It had been die cut from white cardstock and ink blended with two blue and a dark grey dye inks.  The cup, flowers and foliage were also die cut from white cardstock and ink blended with pink, yellow, green or dark grey dye inks.  

Arranged and adhered the inked die cut pieces onto a white woodgrain panel then mount it onto the plaid pattern paper.  Picked this bright yellow design with gold foil lines to tie it in with the gold foil greetings tab.  Added clear shimmer to the flowers for some sparkle to finish  

That does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today   Have a wonderful weekend.

 

Supplies

 

94688 Clara Blooms

94755 Layered Hummingbird

PP1027 Gladiola Plaid 6x6 pack

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

2541 Whittle Cocoa With Whip

Exquisite Fanciful Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have a super simple birthday card to share today to round out the last two remaining dies from the 2024 Gladiola collection that I have not used yet.

The Fanciful Gladiola and Exquisite Butterflies were die cut from white cardstock and ink blended with dye inks; turquoise for the flowers, green for the foliage and Wilted Violet/Blueprint Sketch distress inks for the butterflies.

The sentiment was hot foiled with white foil on black cardstock then die cut out using the Modest Greetings 1 hot foil and die set from Poppy Stamps.  Arranged and assembled the card onto a white card base to finish. 

Easy-peasy… and that does it for my card.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

94771 Exquisite Butterflies craft die

94791 Fanciful Gladiola Stem

94795 Gladiola Blossom and Leaves

94792 Budding Gladiola Stem

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

Blooming Anemone Slimline by Jean Okimoto

Combine the Blooming Anemone with a Poppystamps frame background on a floral thank you card.  Hi, Jean here with a slimline  for any occasion.  A basic design and just a few colors make it easy to re-create and personalize this for anyone who deserves a special thank you.

Cut Blooming Anemone from a bright red 6x6 in the Blush Collection.  Color the stem and sepal with a black marker.  Cut the largest petal again.  Cut an extra set of petals from Black Glossy Paper (cardstock) to create leaves.  Cut the pointy stamens twice from Black Glossy Paper.

Cut about 1-½" of the Poppystamps Circling Frame from the bright red 6x6.  Cut black cardstock with the 7-¼" x 2" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Cut Kraft Woodgrain Paper with the 1-¼" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.

Cut a pearlescent moon from the white Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6 with the 1-¼" Circle Basics die.

Attach the diecuts to a woodgrain kraft slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½") - use foam tape for the tips of petals which are now leaves.

Add a simple thank you from the Thank You Foil Greetings Tabs.  

Cut a piece of the gold Rainbow Reflections 6x6 with a portion of the Circling Frame to create shiny gold accent confetti.   Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing. 

Thanks for visiting our blog...Happy Mother's Day to everyone celebrating on Sunday!

 

 

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

94770 Blooming Anemone

30087 Circle Basics Set

st005 Thank You Foil Greetings Black Tabs

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

 

 

 

Supplies

 

2508 Circling Frame

Gladiola Globe Thank You by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have a straight forward thank you card today featuring three of the beautiful Gladiola dies from the current 2024 Gladiola release. 

All flower and foliage pieces were die cut from white paper and the respective pieces were ink blended with gradient colors of dye inks in pinks and greens.  For some sparkle, added clear shimmer to the flowers/buds then put them together.

Used the Nested Globes dies next to die cut an opening from a white woodgrain panel and a frame from Bristol paper.  To give the background through the opening dimension, the Pointy Lattice Plate from Poppy Stamps was die cut from white and adhered directly onto the white card base. Assembled the card and added the Thank You Foil Greeting white tab to finish. 

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

Supplies

 

94790 Whimsical Gladiola

94793 Gladiola Floral Duo

94795 Gladiola Blossom and Leaves

ST004 Thank You Foil Greetings White Tabs

94532 Nested Globes

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

2558 Pointy Lattice Plate

Spring Bloomers and a Bunny by Jean Okimoto

Stenciled blossoms and a popular new bunny from Poppystamps are great for all-occasion cards.  The bold flowers and sweet poufy bunny are more than ready for spring...are you?  

Hi, Jean here finally after many hours of home security, modem and electrical issues.  Imagine loud warning chirps at exactly 25 minutes past the hour, every hour, 24/7!

Stenciling is quick, precise and forgiving when necessary.  Stenciling on the reverse side of a stamped image is even better.  Here's another design featuring Spring 2024's Cheerful Floral Clear Stamps and Cheerful Floral 6x6 Art Stencils.

Prep white vellum with the embossing powder tool to eliminate stray flecks of powder.  Stamp the floral image with VersaMark.  Heat-emboss it with detail white powder.  Flip both the stencils and the stamped, cooled image over to the backside and stencil the reverse side with Brilliance Inks - Pearlescent Lime, Lavender, Purple and Sunflower Yellow.  The stencils are numbered for sequential coloring and can create the look of layered colors. Cut it with the die included in the stamp set.

Reverse-stenciling keeps the white embossing clean + white and eliminates scratched, scraped embossing. 

Cut two pieces of white cardstock with the second-largest Nested Globes die.  Layer them for dimension, then attach the floral diecut with narrow strips of doublestick tape - it won't be visible under the opaque inks.

Sweet, poufy Poppystamps Cuddle Bunny will make you smile!   Cut him from the horizontal textured side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper.  The light horizontal lines add more character to this already-sweet bunny.  Color the ears and the nose area of the solid head piece with pink ink - Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid was used here. Color the eye areas with a black marker.  Attach it behind the other head diecut.  Assemble the bunny.

Attach a 1-½" x 4-½" piece of ScorTape to white cardstock. Cut it with the Thank You Daily Script background die.  Cut the detailed top layer of the greeting from a pale blue/lavender Ocean Blue Collection 6x6.  Before removing the diecut - carefully remove and save the  teardrop shapes for the "a" and "y" and the open oval for the "o."  Attach the top layer - and the tiny saved pieces.  Use the tape liner like a presscloth to press all of the pieces firmly onto the adhesive-covered background.  Cover the exposed adhesive with Imagine's Iridescent Embossing Powder, tap the excess off and heat-emboss.  Attach it inside the card.

Thanks for visiting our blog...Happy Easter to everyone celebrating on Sunday.  See you in April!

Supplies

 

cl5278

88619 Cheerful Floral Stencil Set

94655 Thank You Daily Script

sp1005 Ocean Blue

jwl003

94532 Nested Globes

wp101 Watercolor Paper

 

 

Supplies

 

2566 Cuddle Bunny