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

Most Wonderful Time of the Year by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with a sparkly winter card featuring some new goodies from the latest Yultide 2024 release!

First I took a piece of dark blue card stock from my stash and added some sparkle paste through the new "Falling Snowflake" stencil.  Once it dried, I trimmed it down to 4" by 5.25" and added it to an A2 card base.

Below you can see a close up of all the blingy sparkle!

Next I stamped the sentiment from the "Holiday Wishes" stamp set, also new and then left it in the die (Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers) and inked it with light blue ink.  By leaving it in the die before inking it, you get that lovely white edge right by the dotted edge.  I added that sentiment to a "Fringed Scalloped Frames" die set cut from white woodgrain paper.  Next I added that to the sparkle background with thin pop dots for a little dimension.  

Next, I cut the "Petite Poinsettias" from dark red card stock and white card stock and put them together adding them to the top of the frame with thicker pop dots.  Lastly I added 3 jewels in the center of the poinsettias.  Here is one last look:

I hope you like my card for today!  Be sure to check out the whole new release!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

94822 Petite Poinsettias

CL5286 Holiday Wishes clear stamp set

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

Snowflake Joy by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a fun winter card featuring new release items from the latest 2024 Yuletide release!  Here's an up close look at all the textures and dies:

I used both kraft and white "Woodgrain Paper" for this card.  On the kraft I used the "Falling Snowflakes Stencil" with some white embossing paste to create the extra texture of the snowflakes.  After it dried I framed it by using 2 of the largerst dies from the "Fringed Scalloped Frame Set" cut from the white woodgrain paper.  I cut the pinecones twice from 2 shades of brown card stock and after putting them together I used 3 of them and 2 sets of the pine leaves that come in this same die set called "Pine Cone Duo."  The pine leaves were cut from the "Greenery" paper pack.  

I cut out the "Snowflake Joy" die from the same green and some white card stock and layered them, then put everything on the card with pop dots.  Finally I added jewels in pastel green from the "Pastel Jewels" pack and red jewels from the "Christmas Jewels" pack to simulate tiny berries.  Here is one last look:

I hope you like my card for today, it has lots of fun new products combined on it and so much texture in real life!

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

 

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

94802 Pinecone Duo

94797 Snowflake Joy

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper 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

Layering Stencils by Laura Fulcher

Greetings friends. Today I want to talk about the Cheerful Floral Stencil set I used to create this card. I must confess that I used the picture that came with the stencil to choose what colors to use. I tend to follow a recipe as closely as I can the first time I make it and then try new adaptions the next time I make something. The same is true with this stencil. I think the next time I use it, I will experiment with new color variations and possibilities.

To make the card, I used my stamp positioner and sticky mat to hold everything in place. I put down a piece of cream cardstock and then placed the open area of the stencil on top:

I used the open areas to get an idea of where to start placing the stencils. The set comes with picture instructions for each step and each of the stencil pieces was labeled so that you could find the correct one.

Here is the first few steps where I built up the pink rose:

I rather enjoyed the process because it was fun building a scene without having to all the design planning. Here is a close up of the layered pieces. You can tell that even if your stencils are a smidge off, it doesn't affect the overall look of the bouquet:

To finish the card, I used one of the foil greetings tabs. I have been needing a lot of thank you cards lately.

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

 

Supplies

 

88619 Cheerful Floral Stencil Set

st005 Thank You Foil Greetings Black Tabs

Kindness Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today's card features stamps and stencils from the Spring Cheer release.

I started by die cutting the Vintage Tray Die from Gina K Designs masking magic paper.  I placed the mask on a white cardstock panel, and used a blending brush to apply light blue ink around the edges of the blocks.  This creates a nice shadow around the blocks.

I left the mask in place and stamped the Cheerful Flower with black ink.  I used a heat tool to dry the image before using the coordinating layering stencils to add color to the stamped image. I used dye inks and blending brushes for the coloring.  I followed the steps on the stencil guide to add color to the stamped image.

To add some texture to the panel, I inked the back side of the Altenew Grip Mat with white ink and stamped it across my panel.  

Next, I spattered the background with white and gold inks.  Once the inks were dry, I removed the mask from the paper. I trimmed it and glued it to a thin black cardstock mat.  This was glued to a pink cardstock mat and then adhered to a white card base.

I stamped and die cut the word kindness from white cardstock and glued it to the card.  Underneath the word I stamped the words "changes everything".

To finish the card I added some Fairy Drops for more texture, and that's it!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies

 

CL5278D Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set and Die

SP1012 Blush 6x6 pack

DRP101 Fairy Drops

Cheerful Floral Hugs by Trina Pham

Hello and happy Good Friday to those who celebrate!  I’m using the Cheerful Floral stamp set again, but this time, I also used it with the coordinating layering stencil set.

The floral image was stamped off-the-edge with Fade Out ink onto a Bristol panel for a no-line coloring look.   A light color dye ink would work as well.  Then following most of the steps from the stencil guide, ink blended gradient colors of dye inks in pink, purple, yellow, green and gray over the stencils.   I decided to keep the leaves simpler, skipped the layers for the leaves and ink blended in the center vein.

Once the coloring/stencilling was completed, masked the image with the included mask and applied gray ink around the image to give it more dimension and help ground it a bit.  Stamped the sentiment with black pigment ink directly on the panel and heat embossed it with clear glitter embossing  powder.  Hugs was an unused piece from my stash that had been die cut out with the matching die.  Adhered the panel to a white card base to finish.

The layering stencils makes coloring easy.   And that does it for my card.   Thank you for joining me today.  Have a wonderful weekend, especially if you are celebrating Easter.  

Supplies

CL5278D Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set and Die

88619 Cheerful Floral Stencil Set

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

Reverse-Stenciling on Vellum by Jean Okimoto

Send springtime hugs with a reverse-stenciled Cheerful Floral vellum design from our Spring Cheer Collection.  Hi, Jean here with an easy way to add spring pastels to stamped images.

Prep heavy white vellum with the embossing powder tool to eliminate stray flecks of powder.  Stamp the Cheerful Floral design with VersaMark.  

I usually hide inky stencils - or at least clean them - but they're shown here because I used them in reverse to color the reverse side of the embossed design. Lay the stamped side of the vellum on a darker piece of cardboard for visibility.  Reverse-stenciling also protects the white embossing from ink stains and scratches.

Flip the stencils over and sponge or brush the reversed image with Brilliance inks.  Pearlescent Coral, Pearlescent Orchid, Pearlescent Orange, Pearlescent Lime and Sunflower Yellow were used here. The six smallest blossoms have some separate petals for different colors - I used Pearlescent Orange for all of the petals.

My Brilliance inkpads might be older than you are - but they're still great for stenciling after many years of use and occasional re-inking.  Wish they'd add some new colors!

Let the inks airdry.  Cut it with the stamp set's matching die.  Here's a tip...leave some un-taped edges near the bottom to give the die some wiggle-room as it goes through the machine.  

Cut Cream Woodgrain Paper (cardstock) with the 3-¼" x 4-½" A2 Rectangle Frames Die.

Stamp the greeting on natural cardstock with Pearlescent Lime and dry the ink.  Cut it with the die that's also included in the Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set.  Cut another background and layer it for dimension.

 

Stamp the rest of the greeting inside the card.

Attach the diecuts to a natural A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for the "hugs."  Add clear Christmas Fairy Dewdrops.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94672

cl5278 Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set

88619 Cheerful Floral Stencil Set

ddp101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

sh44002

Embossed, Stenciled Spring Greetings by Jean Okimoto

Cut, 3d-emboss and stencil a fresh floral design from the Spring Cheer Collection and get ready to welcome the new season.  It's just 17 days away!  Hi, Jean here with a weekend project from our latest release.

Glue two layers of yellow cardstock together for dimension and cut it with the floral die fron the Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set.  Remove the tiny offcuts.  Spritz both sides of the diecut with a light mist of water and emboss it with the Cheerful Floral 3D Embossing Folder.

The Cheerful Floral 6x6 Art Stencil Set includes a colored, numbered illustrated guide. The numbers coordinate with the numbers cut into the stencils.  There's also a stencil that isn't completely cut out - don't remove the pieces (like I almost did!).  That special stencil can be used to mask and protect the adjacent areas when you're stenciling. 

Follow the numbered, illustrated color guide to color and shade the embossed design.  The guide shows different colors on the 6 small flowers - I used a single color for all of the petals and added pale yelllow-green Bright Jewels instead.  

Pearlescent Lime and Sunflower Yellow Brilliance inks were used.  Brilliance inks are great for stenciling - they're blendable, great for layering, heat-embossable if you're quick -  and several colors add a pearlescent luster.  

Cut yellow cardstock to 4-¼" x 9 -¾".  Score it at 4-¼" from the left edge.  Attach the floral diecut.  Add the jewels.

Stamp the greetings from the Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set on yellow cardstock with Pearlescent Thyme Brilliance - leave enough space around "means so much" to diecut it with the 2-½"  x 1-¼" A2 Rectangle Frames Die later.   Quickly heat-emboss them.  Cut "kindness" with the die that's included in the stamp set. Cut an extra rectangle and layer it for dimension.

Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

These flowers can celebrate Easter, say thanks, convey birthday wishes or send hugs.  Create a stash of these in different colors and they'll be ready for any occasion.

Thanks for visiting our blog - have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

ef1025 Cheerful Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

cl5278 Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set

88619 Cheerful Floral Stencil Set

jwl003 Bright Jewels

94672