Debossed Gracious Floral Thanks by Anne Thompson

Experimentation continued in my craft room this week which resulted in a debossed image of the Gracious Floral and this thank you card.

to make this card

• start with a plain white note card
• cover the front with a green plaid paper from MAGNOLIA PLAID PP1021
• ink the inside of the GRACIOUS FLORAL 3D EMBOSSING FOLDER EF1026 with VersaFine Clair Rain Forest (green) ink; put a piece of white card stock inside the folder and run it through your embossing machine to deboss the image which pushes it down rather than raising it up
• color the Gracious Floral with colored pencils
• trim it to 4 X 5 1/4; back it with a piece of black card stock trimmed closely
• decide on the orientation of the card--I chose top-fold because of where I wanted to place the sentiment
• stamp "thanks for all you do" from the GRACIOUS FLORAL CLEAR STAMP SET CL5280 using the VersaFine Clair Rain Forest ink
• add tiny amber FAIRY JEWELS /BRIGHT JWL003 to the flower centers
• add larger amber AUTUMN FAIRY CRYSTALS CRY101 in white space on the card front
• add the finished panel to the front of the note card

This was really a happy accident as I thought I had inked up the side of the folder that would emboss rather than deboss the image.  I decided to work with it and colored everything but the flowers as if they were all leaves, trying to match the ink's green with an appropriate colored pencil.  Maybe this is more inspiration for this month's green blog challenge.

Happy Crafting!

Bright Fairy Jewels JWL003
Autumn Fairy Crystals CRY101
Magnolia Plaid 6X6 PP1021
Gracious Floral Clear Stamp Set CL5280
Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder EF1026

 

 

Circle of Thanks by Jean Okimoto

 

Send a note of thanks with designs from our Magnolia and Gracious Floral Collections.  Add glittery, sparkly accents too!  Hi, Jean here with a layered mix of classic favorites and our latest designs.

Cut the Stylish Frame Trio circle and Curved Magnolia Branch from green cardstock.  We'll use some of the extra leaves from the branch set too.  Trim the large leaf that would be hidden behind the blossom - it'll be repositioned at the bottom of the branch.

Cut Tilted Thanks from a purple Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.

Cut the blossom - from the Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set - from a Twilight Purple 6x6.  Spritz both sides with a light mist of water to make the cardstock pliable for embossing.  Press Electric Purple Radiant Neon ink onto the upper blossom section of the embossing folder - tap the inkpad repeatedly, don't squish or rub the ink into the design.  Place the diecut in the folder and pressure emboss it using the plate(s) required for your machine.

Sprinkle the embossed, inked diecut with detail clear powder, firmly tap off the excess powder.  Heat-emboss it.  Lightly ink the center using a cotton swab and Brilliance Graphite Black.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for petals. Attach purple Autumn Fairy Crystals.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

That's it!  3D embossing adds dimension to the blossom - inking and heat-embossing it accents the details. 

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

Supplies

 

94470 Tilited Thanks

ef1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

94719 Curved Magnolia Branch

cry101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

94308 Stylish Frame Trio

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

sp1008 Twilight Purple

Simply Embossed - Gracious Floral Slimline by Jean Okimoto

Need a quick - really quick - thank you card?  3D-ink embossing adds color, texture and dimension to today's Gracious Floral design.  It's a rough, rustic handcrafted look that highlights the details of the 3D embossing folder.   Hi, Jean here with an easy slimline idea for a busy day.  

Cut a 4-¼" x 5-¼" piece of watercolor paper.  Place the Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder on a hard surface and ink the top portion with Electric Purple Radiant Neon.  For even coverage - lift and press the inkpad without squishing it into the design.  Pigment inks work best for this technique - dye inks might dry too quickly.  

Lightly spritz both sides of the paper with a light mist of water and place it in the folder with the smoother side facing the inked design.  Run it through your diecut machine using the plates required for pressure embossing.  Carefully remove the paper and heat-set the ink.

Daub Sunflower Yellow Brilliance ink onto the flower centers - I used stencil patterns A4 and D3 from the Gracious Floral Stencil Set.  Use a cotton swab to ink the centers if you're waiting for your stencil set delivery.

Cut the design with the die from the Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set.  

Cut the purple and gold diagonal plaid from the Magnolia Plaid 6x6 pack with the ⅞" wide Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Cut purple cardstock with the 1-⅛" wide die.  

Stamp the greeting - from the Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set - on watercolor paper with Electric Purple.  Heat-set the ink. Trim the greeting with the smallest Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die. Cut it near a short end of the die, then trim the excess using one of the larger dies in the set to create a custom-sized greeting strip with nice edges.  Details, details!

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-½") - use foam tape for the petal- and leaf-tips.  Add the purple/blue Treasure Chest Gemstones. Cut a slimline-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Inky embossing is a fast and easy process - make a few extras for future cards before you clean your embossing folder.  They'll be ready when you need another quick card.

Thanks for visiting...see you on July 4th!

 

Supplies

 

ef1026 Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder and Die

cl5280d Gracious Floral Clear Stamp and Die Set

gem101 Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones

pp1021 Magnolia Plaid 6x6 pack

88620 Gracious Floral Stencil Set

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

Thanks Dad Card by Donna Sledzik

Hi everyone!  Today I have a quick and easy Father's Day card for you.

I started by creating an ink blended background and embossed it using the Toolbox 3D embossing folder. 

I inked the flat side of the embossing folder with black dye ink before running the blended background through the die cutting machine.

I cut the background at an angle and mounted it on black cardstock. I trimmed the cardstock leaving a border around the background and glued it to a white card base.

I die cut the word thanks once from black cardstock and once from gold foil cardstock.  I glued the gold foil slightly to the right of the black die cut to give it a slight shadow.

Next, I die cut the shadow for the word dad from black cardstock and the letters from gold cardstock.  I glued the gold letters to the shadow die cuts and adhered the word Dad to the card.  I glued the word thanks above the word Dad.

That's it for today!  Happy Father's Day to all the Dad's and have a great day!

 

 

Supplies

 

EF1034 Toolbox 3D Embossing Folder and Matching Dies

94581 Twiggy Alphabet

94470 Tilited Thanks

Thank You, Simply Stated by Jean Okimoto

Need a quick, easy and fail-proof card?  Memory Box Magnolia Rub-On Transfers add the perfect amount of color and detail to any design.  Add a dimensional greeting and sparkly pink Pastel Jewels...and your card is ready to go!  Hi, Jean here with a simple thank you card for a busy day.

Tape the 3-½" and 2-½" wide Nested Globe dies to natural cardstock and diecut them for a simple offset inlaid background.  Tape them together on the reverse side.

Cut the curved Magnolia Rub-On Transfer branch and its paper liner - leave a generous border around it.  Carefully remove the paper liner and tap the transfer onto the globe background.  Place it between two layers of printer paper and run it through your diecut machine using the base and cutting plates.  The transfer sets include a wood craft stick to burnish the design - but running it through the machine is great for burnishing too.  Carefully remove the frosty top plastic layer.

Squeegee glue between two pieces of natural cardstock and diecut the solid Thank You Posh Script background.  Pressure-emboss the background with the detailed top layer using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your machine.  Embossing the background creates a debossed area that makes it super-easy to attach the detailed top layer.  Cut the top layer from the pink Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6.  Assemble the greeting.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded pink A2 card - use foam tape for the greeting.  Add pink Pastel Jewels.

Magnolia Rub-On Transfers - paired with shimmery greetings and sparkly jewels - are great for any occasion.  Decorate a stash of backgrounds with the floral and foliage transfers.  Diecut coordinating greetings and have them ready when you need a quick card.  

Thanks for visiting...see you in June!

 

 

Supplies

 

RUB101 Magnolia Rub On

94532 Nested Globes

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

jwl002 Pastel Jewels

94529 Thank You Posh Script

Magnolia Blossom Trio Bouquet by Jean Okimoto

 

Take the Magnolia Collection beyond beautiful magnolias...imagine a tall bouquet of yellow blossoms!  I've never seen yellow or long-stemmed magnolias but they're great for a thank you card.  Hi, Jean here with just another way to take advantage of the  versatile designs in our latest collection.

Cut 5 blossoms from the Magnolia Blossom Trio using an assortment of yellow 6x6's from the Sunny Orange Collection.  Daub VersaFine Verdant onto the center diecuts and the base for the tallest flower. Assemble the blossoms.  

Cut Vertical Line Collage from green cardstock - the offcuts become stems here.  Attach the stems and angle-trim the bottoms.

Cut 2 bows from the Crisp Bows set from the gold Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad 6x6.  Trim the curled loops. Carefully pull each bow's vertical center strip away from the center.  Offset the bows and glue them together.

Stamp the greeting - from the Big and Little Reverse Words Clear Stamp Set - on light green cardstock with VersaFine Shady Lane.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Diecut it with the coordinating die that's included in the stamp set.  Tape the bow to the back of the greeting with foam tape.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for several petals and the greeting.  Attach light green Christmas Fairy Jewels.  Cut an A6 rectangle of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Turn this basic design into a get well, birthday, congrats or friendship card too - everyone loves flowers!  

Thanks for visiting - enjoy the weekend...

 

 

Supplies

 

94720 Magnolia Blossom Trio

98197 Crisp Bows

94553 Vertical Line Collage

jwl005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

cl5259 Big and Little Reverse Words clear stamp set

sp1002 Sunny Orange

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Magnolia Pocket Thank You Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I am really enjoying creating cards with the Magnolia release.  I have a front pocket card using the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers dies decorated with the Magnolia Blossom Trio. You can add a greeting to a square piece of paper or put in a gift card.  They are simple to make and add to any card front or inside.

Flowers:

Die cut the Magnolia Blossom Trio from heavy weight white card stock.  I found that using a stencil sticky mate and putting the paper and die cuts on it makes for easy blending.  I use sticky notes to cover areas I don't want the ink on.  It makes it easy and quick to ink blend. I used 2 different shads of inks for the flowers, Clair Charming Pink and Purple Delight to get a lighter color for these magnolias.  
For the leaves I used ClairGreen Oasis and Shady Lane.  I did some light bending of the petals using my fingers or a pencil.  I also used foam dots to pop up some of the petals.  I glued the pieces together referencing the front of the envelope.  It is also easier with the sticky stencil mat to keep all the pieces together. 

Pocket:

Die cut the 3rd largest die from the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers set twice from a light purple paper from the Magnolia Plaid paper pad.  Take 1 of the die cuts and use the 3rd from smallest die from the Circle Basic set and die cut from the center of the curved cap to create a notch.  This creates a spot to pull the item out of the pocket.  Add 1/8" double sided tape around the 3 straight sides of the dark side of the paper.  Do NOT add tape to the curved top. Add the the die cut with the notch on top, making sure the lighter paper is on the outside you can see the dark paper from the notch.

Background:

3D emboss A2 side white card base using the Magnolia Blooms folder. Lightly rub some Distress Oxide in Spun Sugar and Mill Lavender on just the tops of the flowers and leaves.

Assembly:

 Adhere the background to a white A2 sized card.  Adhere the pocket to the center, tilting it slightly.  Adhere the flowers and leaves to the front of the pocket.  Die cut The tilted Thanks from the mirror gold paper from the Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad.  adhere over the flowers.  Splatter with some gold metal watercolor paint and add some Clear Fairy Drops randomly on the flower petals and leaves.

Supplies

94720 Magnolia Blossom Trio

EF1036 Magnolia Blooms 3D Embossing Folder and Cutting Dies

pp1021 Magnolia Plaid 6x6 pack

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

94470 Tilited Thanks

30087 Circle Basics Set

cld101 Clear Fairy Drops

drp101 Fairy Drops

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Plumed Gypsy Feather Thanks by Anne Thompson

Today's card features the PLUMED GYPSY FEATHER 94711 used twice on a thank you card.  One just didn't look like enough to me.

to make this card

• white note card
• cover front with one of the madras coral plaids from MADRAS PLAID CORAL AND GREEN PP1013
• add a smaller rectangle of orange card stock from the SUNNY ORANGE COLLECTION SP1002

• die cut the solid background feather from PLUMED GYPSY FEATHER 94711 using a different coral plaid
• die cut the detailed large and small feathers from PLUMED GYPSY FEATHER 94711 using two of the lighter coral plaids

• add the detailed feathers to the background feather--I used a glue pen down the center lines of each
• die cut TILTED THANKS 94470 from a scrap of the solid orange card stock
• adhere it to a scrap of the card background plaid; trim
• add the sentiment to the card

Another bright card to send on a rainy April day...

Happy Crafting!

Plumed Gypsy Feather 94711

Tilted Thanks 94470

Sunny Orange Collection SP1002

Madras Plaid Coral and Green PP1013

Cloud Thank You Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone!  I have a thank you card feature in the Cloudy Sun Collage die and alcohol inks.  This is a quick and easy design if used to using alcohol inks.

Front Panel:

Start with Tim Holtz Alcohol Paper.  I added some dark and purple alcohol inks and then added blending solution.  Used the hand pump air blower to move the ink around. Then added some lighter blue to blue/green inks and added blending solution.  Moved the ink around with the air blower.  Then I added some silver mixative alcohol ink lightly around the center using the die cut as a guide.  I added blending solution and moved the ink with the air blower.  Let dry.  Die cut with the Cloudy Sun Collage die.  Add double sided foam tape to the back of the die cut panel.

Background:

Ink blend a gradient using Distress Oxide Ink Squeezed Lemonade, Shaded Lilac, Tumbled Glass and Faded Jeans, making sure to ink blend each color really well.

Assembly:

Trim the front panel and the background to 4 3/4" x 4".  Adhere one on top of each other and then adhere to a card of same size.  To make the card cut heavy white card stock to 4 3/4" x 8", score and fold at 4". Die cut the Tilted Thanks from black card stock 3 times and adhere together.  Adhere to the center of the background panel.  And some clear Fairy Jewels around the sentiment.  

 

 

Supplies

 

94626 Cloudy Sun Collage

94470 Tilited Thanks

jwl001 Clear Jewels

Trio of Window Collages by Jean Okimoto

Colorful butterflies flutter through a trio of collaged windows on a slimline thank you card.  The new collages - Distant Sun, Cloudy Moon and Cloudy Sun - create a layered, dimensional backdrop for the Intricate Mini Butterflies.  Hi, Jean here with more great dies from our Spring '23 Collection.

Score white cardstock horizontally at 3-⅝" and 7-¼".  Cut Cloudy Sun Collage from the front of the 3-⅝" panel. Cut Cloudy Moon Collage from the backside of the second panel.  Cut Distant Sun Collage from the front of the third panel.

Cut blue cardstock with the 3-⅝" x 8-⅝" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Attach the rectangle behind the Distant Sun Collage panel - align the left edges.  Trim the right edge.  Trim the top and bottom edges of the tri-folded card.

Prep the Intricate Mini Butterflies die by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the detailed diecuts.  Blend yellow, chartreuse, green, teal and blue inks on smooth white cardstock.  Dry the inks, then cut it with the Intricate Mini Butterflies die.  I cut two sets of the butterflies so I could select the sizes and colors  I wanted for the card.

The butterflies are just glued at the center, allowing the wings to lift at the edges.  Attach the 3 smallest butterflies to the blue area within the Distant Sun Collage.  Attach the 4th butterfly partially over the bottom edge of the Cloudy Moon Collage.  Attach the remaining 3 butterflies to the card front.

Cut Tilted Thanks from the turquoise sheet in the Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad.  Attach the greeting to the card and add turquoise Pastel Jewels

Tri-fold collage cards are fun to create - and receive!  Substitute birds or dragonflies instead of butterflies for a totally different look.  Or maybe a plush brown felt Layered Polar Bear holding a bunch of balloons just barely floating over the window collages?

 

Thanks for visiting - see you again this weekend...

 

Supplies

 

94626 Cloudy Sun Collage

94627 Cloudy Moon Collage

94628 Distant Sun Collage

94641 Intricate Mini Butterflies

94470 Tilited Thanks

jwl002 Pastel Jewels

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad