Snowflake Shaker Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a another snow globe shaped card but this is an actual shaker card.  The Nested Globe dies make it easy to create snow globe shaker cards.  

Background:

Die cut the 3rd larges die from the Nested Globe die set from white card stock  Ink blend with Elements Della Blue allover and then around the edges with Dark Denim.  Heat dry completely.  White heat emboss the Aurora Snowflake stamp.  Then stencil the Snow Flurries stencil with white pigment ink .  

Shaker:

Take an A2 black side folder card and line up the largest die from the Nested Globe die set so the left side edge does not cut the fold and run through the die cutting machine.  Take the largest and 3rd largest Nested Globe dies and die cut a frame from black card stock.  Adhere a piece of acetate behind the frame die cut.  

Assembly:

Adhere the background to the center of the shaker card.  Then add black foam tape around the edges.  Fill with Distress Mica Flakes.  Then remove the backing from the foam tape and adhere the frame.  Die cut the Celeste Snowflake Trio from white card stock and adhere the largest die cut to the center and the 2 smaller on the frame.  Adhere a Merry Christmas Black Greet Tabs to the center of the snowflake. 

Supplies

 

cs2083 Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp

88626 Snow Flurries Stencil

st003 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Black Tabs

94532 Nested Globes

94705 Celeste Snowflake Trio

Merry Christmas Card by Donna Sledzik

Good morning everyone!  I have a soft pastel color themed Christmas card for you today.

I began by applying Speckled Egg Distress Ink to a white cardstock panel and drying it completely before the next step.  

Next I used a blending brush to apply Gold metallic ink through the Starlight Snowflake stencil to the inked panel.  This gives it a very soft look.

I die cut the center of the panel using one of the Nested Globe dies. 

I used the Snow Flurries stencil and Speckled Egg Distress Ink to add color in the center of a white cardstock panel, which goes behind the die cut card front.  

The trees were die cut from green cardstock and glued to the center of the globe cut out.

I die cut the snowflakes from white glitter cardstock and glued them to the card front.  

Then I used foam tape to adhere the sentiment strip to the card.

The card front was glued to white card base using foam tape.

To finish the card, I added some Fairy Crystals and Clear Jewels for a little sparkle.

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

 

Supplies

 

94751 Layered Evergreen Trees

ST001 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings White Tabs

94680 Alpine Snowflakes

94532 Nested Globes

88625 Starlight Snow Stencil

88626 Snow Flurries Stencil

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Birch Tree Forest, Birds and a Bear by Jean Okimoto

The new Birch Tree Forest 3D Embossing Folder sets the scene for a northwest bear sighting. Hi, Jean here with a woodsy winter design.  No polar bears here, but a big brown bear recently visited our neighbor, surprising his parents - and inspired today's card.

Cut heavy white cardstock with the largest A2 Rectangle Frames die.  Spritz a light mist of water onto both sides of the cardstock and emboss it with the Birch Tree Forest 3D Embossing Folder.  Dry it if it's still slightly damp, then prep it with the embossing powder tool.  Stencil it with the new Snow Flurries Stencil using a clean, well-inked VersaMark inkpad and a dauber or sponge.   Heat-emboss it with Imagine's Iridescent Embossing Powder,  like a scattering of sparkly snowflakes.  They're hard to see here, but they really do sparkle!  Attach it to a top-folded white A2 card.

Attach adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to brown and bright red wool-blend felt.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and keeps adhesives from saturating it.  

Cut the brown felt with the Layered Polar Bear's large outline die.  Cut the other sections from tan cardstock.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind his eyes and nose.  Use a brown marker to add a dot of ink to the felt diecut where the ear cutouts will appear.

Cut the Layered Birds from light kraft cardstock and red felt.

Cut the scarf - borrowed from the Bundled Bird die set - from the turquoise Rainbow Reflections 6x6. 

Attach the diecuts to the embossed background.  Add a a rich gold-embossed greeting from the new Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs.  Hope you can see the sparkly snowflakes here.

Thanks for visiting - see you next week!

 

 

Supplies

 

ef1039 Birch Tree Forest 3D Embossing Folder

88626 Snow Flurries Stencil

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

94684 Layered Birds

94685 Layered Polar Bear

st002 Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Rose Tabs

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

94760 Bundled Bird

Aurora Snowflake Holiday Cards by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today and I want to wish you a Happy Halloween!

Here in my part of Texas we are having our first freeze warning and the temperature has been super cold for this time of year - poor kiddos going trick or treating!  They are going to have to dress super warm for this holiday!!! 

Well, since it's so cold around here,  I'm featuring some beautiful snowflake products that were in the 2023 Christmas new release.  I have two cards for you today using a panel I used the emboss resist technique on.  

First I stamped and heat embossed in translucent embossing powder, the larger Aurora Snowflake background rubber stamp on a large panel of thick white card stock.  I next inked the background with Speckled Egg Distress Ink and an inking tool.  I also used the Snow Flurries stencil and put it on top of the panel and used a white gel pen to make lots of dots (like tiny snow dots) on the panel for more interest.  It took a little time, but I like the way it turned out.

I inked a little past the stamp on just the white non-embossed portion so I could use that part to heat emboss the sentiment for card #1 with white embossing powder.  Just be sure you wait until the inking dries before you stamp and heat emboss the sentiment so the powder won't stick to the inking.  Here's a super close look at the Aurora Snowflake on card #1:

As you can see I cut that new 2 piece die from both a white and a light blue glitter paper and layered the frame over the blue one, then added small red jewels and one larger crystal to the center.

I took the emboss resist panel and cut a frame using the the largest and 3rd largest dies from the A2 Rectangle die set.  I will use the center section for my 2nd card.  On the front of the card base, I inked the front with the same color ink, using the Snow Flurries stencil.  Here's a look at the dots it created on the card front.

I added the sentiment strip to the bottom of the card and then the outside frame on top of it.  Lastly I added the beautiful large Aurora Snowflake to the card front.  Here's one last look at card #1:

Here's a look at my second card:

As you can see I used the inside rectangle from the heat resist panel.  I also added inked dots to the card front of this card.  I took red/foil paper from the Poinsettia Garland paper pad and used the largest two dies from the same rectangle frame die set to cut a thin frame for around the card front.  I used the same paper and cut the Merry Christmas Streamlined Script sentiment die from.  I also cut two extra sentiments from thick white card and stacked all 3 together for a more substantial and sturdier sentiment.  Here's a closer look at that. 

I added the frame to the outer edge with glue, the heat resist panel in the middle.  Next I added tiny red jewels to the snowflake centers.  Lastly I added the sentiment at an angle.  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my cards for today and also have inspired you to create some fun snowflake cards for the holidays.  If you'd like more info and links to products, check out my blog post HERE.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

CS2083 Aurora Snowflake Cling Stamp

94752 Merry Christmas Streamlined Script

PP1024 Poinsettia Garland 6x6 pack

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

88626 Snow Flurries Stencil

94753 Aurora Snowflake

CL5285 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

CRY102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Snowy Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone!  I have a snowflake card using a resist embossing technique.  

Stamp and heat emboss with an A2 size white panel and silver embossing powder using the Aurora Snowflake stamp.  Ink mush using Distress Oxide inks, Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, and Blueprint Sketch.  Make sure to heat set in between each color.  Start with the latest to the darkest.  Only add a little of the Blueprint Sketch color.  Wipe off any of the ink off the snowflakes when complete.  Take the Snow flurries stencils and use shimmer texture paste.  I have a very old Pearlesent paste from Dreamweaver.  There are similar products on the market.  

Trim down the inked panel at an angle at the top.  Adhere the snowy panel to a A2 size panel made from a matching color from the Stormy Blue paper pad.  Stamp and white heat emboss the LET IT SNOW sentiment from Birch Press Designs Glad Tidings stamp set, on the blue paper at the same angle.  Add a strip of silver paper from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad. 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

CS2083 Shining Star Clear Stamp Set

88626 Snow Flurries Stencil

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

sp1006 Stormy Blue

More Pretty in Pink Holiday Cards by Anne Thompson

Today's cards use several items from the Memory Box 2023 Christmas Collection--printed papers, rub ons, a stencil, and a clear stamp set.  Here's the trio I made, again with a focus on pink.

materials list

• POINSETTIA GARLAND PP1024 6X6 PAPER PAD
• SNOW FLURRIES 88626 ART STENCIL 6X6
• POINSETTIA RUB ON RUB102
• SHINING STAR CLEAR STAMP SET CL5285

to make these cards

• cover the front of a white notecard (or trim the paper down so there's a white border around the edge) with paper from the Poinsettia Garland paper pad

• cut a smaller piece of white card stock; use the Snow Flurries stencil, pink ink, and a fingertip dauber to add scattered pink dots

• add rub ons from the Poinsettia Rub On pages to the dotted panels

• stamp sentiments from the Shining Star stamp set using black ink (VersaFine Clair Tuxedo is what I used)

• add the finished panel to the front of the notecard

Here are close-ups of the cards individually.

This is another set of cards that went together fairly easily and quickly in assembly-fashion-style.  I certainly could add more dimension and sparkle to them by adding Glitter Glue to the berries or using Fairy Drops, Jewels, Crystals, Dewdrops, or Gemstones--Memory Box offers quite a few choices in the Glitz department!  

Happy Crafting!

 

Fall-ing Gypsy Oak Leaves by Jean Okimoto

Capture the colors of a autumn sunset on a background for the new Gypsy Oak Leaves.  Heat-embossed speckles and the new Happy Fall Posh Script greeting add golden highlights.  Hi, Jean here - with another way to use the great new die from the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder set.

Attach Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder die to smooth white cardstock and create ink-blended blocks of warm fall pastels.  Distress Oxides were used here - spiced marmalade, kitsch flamingo, wild honey and dried marigold.  Remove and clean the die and heat-set the inks.  

The new Snow Flurries Stencil is great for random scattered speckles  - perfect for those of us who are ink-splatter-challenged.  Stencil a few of the dots with VersaMark and heat-emboss them with detail gold powder.  Diecut the blocks - save the extras for another project.

Cut Gypsy Oak Leaves from light- and medium-coral cardstock.  Assemble the leaves - slightly offset.

Glue 2 layers of white cardstock together and diecut the Happy Fall Posh Script Background.  Pressure-emboss it with the detailed greeting using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine.  Cut the detailed greeting from the gold Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6.

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

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

94744 Gypsy Oak Leaves

94747 Happy Fall Posh Script

Ef1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

88626 Snow Flurries Stencil

cry101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Gracious Floral Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I needed a birthday card and created this simple card using all three products from the June 2023 Gracious Floral collection. 

The floral image was stamped with Fade Out ink on white cardstock for a no-line coloring look.  Used the coordinating stencils and a couple of gradient dye ink colors in blue, green and gray to color the image.  Die cut the image out with the coordinating die next, then ran it through the die cutting machine in the coordinating embossing folder.

Cut the image apart into two, adhered on opposite corners on a white woodgrain panel, and trimmed off the overhangs.  The sentiment from Poppy Stamps Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate & Die was hot foiled with gold foil.  Die cut it out with the rectangle strip die included in the set and matte it to gold Vintage Pastel mirror cardstock.  Assembled the card to finish.

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

Supplies

 

CL5280 Gracious Floral Clear Stamp Set

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

EF1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

FP1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

PSF802 Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil Plate and Die

Stencilled Gracious Floral Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  This was a birthday card I made for a crafty friend whose birthday was last Sunday.  I used the Gracious Floral stamp with the focus on the coordinating layering stencil set from the Gracious Floral collection.  As Laura mentioned in a previous post, there is a guide to help with coloring the floral image using these stencils, but unfortunately, I lost/misplaced mine.  Luckily, it was easy enough to figure out. 

 

The image was stamped with Fadeout ink onto white cardstock because I wanted a no-line coloring look.  A light neutral dye ink, such as Antique Linen distress ink, could be used instead.  Gradient colors of dye inks in purple, yellow and green were then applied with blending brushes through the stencils.  After the stencilling was complete, Polychromos pencils were then used to shade and/or color it further to give it more/better definition and dimension.  I did take creative licence, skipping the top stencil layer on the large leaves, so I can add in my own details. 😉

The image was die cut out next using the coordinating die, then cut apart to “stretch” diagonally across the card front.  Heat embossed the sentiment with white embossing powder onto a scrap of black cardstock before die cutting it out with a Poppy Stamps Basic Oval die.  Assembled the card onto a white card base, then added clear shimmer on the flowers and some clear jewels for a bit of sparkle to finish.  

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

 

 

Supplies

 

CL5280D Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

EF1002 Gracious Leaves 3D Embossing Folder

JWL001 Clear Jewels

2477 Basic Ovals Set

Stamp, Emboss, Diecut and Stencil a Summer Card by Jean Okimoto

Take advantage of the The Gracious Floral Collection's coordinating design elements and create a summer thank you card.  Let textures, layers and stenciling build dimension in a cooling mix of fresh greens, pale yellows and crisp white.  Hi, Jean here with a versatile design from our summer release.

 

Stamp the floral image from the Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set on heavy white cardstock with Smoky Gray VersaFine.  Heat-set the ink - because we're stenciling  and 3D-embossing over it.  Diecut it with the die that's included in the stamp and die set.  Spritz the un-stamped backside of the diecut with a light mist of water.  Place the diecut in the Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and pressure emboss it using the plate(s) required for your machine.

Stencil the diecut with Sunflower Yellow and Pearlescent Thyme Brilliance inks - the color-coded guide included in the Gracious Floral Stencil Set makes it simple!

Cut lime green cardstock with the 2-¾" wide Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die.

Stamp the greeting on white cardstock with Pearlescent Thyme Brilliance and quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut the greeting with the second-smallest Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Trim the excess cardstock with the edge of a larger die.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for the petal- and leaf-tips.  Add dark gold  Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones.  Cut an A6-sized rectangle of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing. Cut an A6-sized rectangle of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting - see you again on Friday!

 

Supplies

 

cl5280d Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set

ef1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

gem101 Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers