Cordial Christmas Cheer by Jean Okimoto

 

Send merry and bright holiday wishes with the new Cordial Snowman and Drifting Snowflakes.  Multiple layers -  and glittery diecuts -  add dimension and sparkle to white-on-white.  Hi, Jean here with a frosty winter design from our 2024 Yuletide Collection.

Before we start the card... special Congratulations to Shari Acuff and her new online shop - sharinCRAFTERstudio!  Shari was a team leader at the Impress stores.  She inspired - and Impress-ed - everyone with her ideas, creativity and knowledge.  We wish you the very best Shari!

Cut the new Cordial Snowman shapes from watercolor paper, pale gray cardstock and medium gray cardstock.  Color the light gray diecut with a black marker where the eyes will appear.

Cut the arms/nose/hat pompom from watercolor paper.  Color the diecuts with brown, orange and red markers.

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) behind red felt and cut the hat and scarf sections.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and prevents adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the hat and scarf sections from the bright red Festive Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cutting all of the pieces saves time - and you'll have the extras ready for another project.  

Attach the twiggy arms behind the top layer.  Attach the gray layers - slightly offset on the right side too.

Cut the Drifting Snowflakes background from the pale bluish-white Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the detailed overlay from white cardstock.  Attaching a delicate diecut to a glittered surface can be challenging. I spread a thin layer of  Tacky Glue on an old credit card and tapped sections of the diecut into the glue and pressed it onto the glittered background.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Holiday Wishes Clear Stamp and Die Set - on white cardstock with Satin Red VersaFine.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut the cooled greeting with the second-smallest Nested Globes die.  Cut a second globe and layer it for dimension.  

Cut two pieces of white cardstock with the 3" wide Nested Globes die.  Layer them for dimension.  Round the corners of the layered globes.

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded white A2 card - use foam dots for the top of the snowman and right edge of the greeting.  Add orange Bright Jewels.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.  

This card may require extra postage and special handling depending upon the weight of your cardstock and felt.

Thanks for visiting...see you on Friday!

Supplies

 

94816 Drifting Snowflakes

94813 Cordial Snowman

Cl5286D Holiday Wishes clear stamp and die set

jwl003 Bright Jewels

gp1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

gp1006

94532 Nested Globes

Daisy Stems in a Crystal Frame by Jean Okimoto

 

Add sparkly highlights to the new 6x6 cardstock collections to create custom backgrounds for any project.  The Crystal Frame offcut becomes a shimmery setting for Daisy Stems and Lavender Stems. Lavender Stems are colored green here to be used as fillers for a casual handpicked bouquet.

 

Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a basic floral design that works for any occasion.  Cut Crystal Frame from the dark orange sheet in the Sunny Orange 6x6 Collection.  Save the large center offcut - and the tiny triangles on both sides.  

Shake the Imagine Crafts Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz, the spray the center offcut with a light, shimmery mist.  Airdry it for a few minutes, then heat-set it.

 

Attach the Crystal Frame to a 3-⅝" x 8-½" slimline card.  Attach the center section, then the delicate frame and the two little side triangles.

 

Create a stash of inked backgrounds to diecut flowers and foliage.  The pieces used here are painted with light layers of diluted Kaleidacolor dye ink refills, dried, then sprayed with the Shimmer Spritz.  

 

Cut the main Daisy Stem, three of the smaller flowers and the leafy stem.  Cut the Lavender Stems from green-painted paper.

 

Attach the diecuts to the background - remove the small bottom branch of the leafy piece and attach it near the blossom on the left - and use tiny slivers of foamtape to add dimension to the flowers.  Trim the bottom of a few stems so they vary in length.

 

Tie a small gold cord bow and attach it the the bouquet.  

 

Stamp the greeting - from the Joyful Moments Clear Stamp Set - on white cardstock with Summertime VersaFine Clair.  Cut it with the 1-½" Circle Basics die.  Cut another circle from scrap paper and paint it green.  Attach it behind the stamped circle for dimension.

 

Attach ¼" circles punched from the green Twinkling Jewel 6x6 sheet.

 

Mix and match the colors  and Memory Box flowers in your collection and create unique cards for any occasion.  I think anyone would appreciate a handmade card topped with colorful flowers.

 

Supplies

 

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

94538 Daisy Stems craft die

94535 Lavender Stems craft die

30087 Circle Basics Set

CL5266 Joyful Moments clear stamp set

94523 Crystal Frames craft die

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

Blitz Winner Addition

We decided to add two more prizes to the prize list because of a bit of miscommunication of when the blitz prize contest would end. It seemed better to err on the side of more prizes rather than less. So in addition to the winners mentioned earlier, congratulations to the two new winners:

From Trina's post, winner of the Woodgrain Heart die- Christine Alexander

From Angie's post, winner of the Twiggy Hearts die- Lynnette Flager

Congrats winners. I have sent you an email to get your contact information.

Congratulations Blog Blitz Winners

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Blog Blitz last week.  Here is a list of the winners:

Winner of the Verdant Leaf Collage die from Anne's post- Beth Canary-Lee

Winner of the Twiggy Hugs die from Donna's post-  Melanie Allen

Winner of the Crystal Heart die from Sara's post- Golda

Winner of the Crystal Heart die from Jean's post-  Martha Aschenbrenner

Winner of the Woodgrain Heart die from Michelle's post- Renae

 

We hope you will create many new wonderful things with your prizes!

Let It Snow Pink by Trina Pham

Happy Sunday everyone.  October is breast cancer awareness month and there are several challenges honoring it with a pink theme.  I’m sure you’ve figured out where my inspiration came from. 😉  One of the challenges is generously donating $4 per entry to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.  Pretty amazing, right?  So if you are interested in entering to donate, head on over to the Jingle Belles challenge HERE.  

Okay, now onto my simple pink Christmas card.  Started by die cutting the Charming Snowman Collage die from mixed media paper resulting in this.

Adhered a torn snowy ground mask to the bottom of the panel, and ink blended Spun Sugar and Picked Raspberry distress inks (DI) with blender brushes to create the bright pink sky.  After the photo was taken, I lightly blended Black Soot DI around the top and side edges.  Spritz it with water then blot with a paper towel to give it texture.

Die cut the snowman again, this time from white glitter paper in the Frosted Glitter Pad.  Colored the outline piece with Copic Sketch markers C00, C1, C3 and 100 (arms), then inlaid it into the panel. 

For better details and definition, the hat and scarf were die cut from alcohol ink friendly paper, colored with Copic markers then pieced on top.  The mixed media eyes, nose and buttons were also colored with Copic markers then inlaid back.  Black heat embossed the sentiment from Spirit of Christmas stamp set with clear glitter embossing powder and mounted the panel to a white card base to finish.

Not my usual or comfortable color to create with, but it was a fun change up.  And that’s it for today.  Thank you for joining me.  Have a wonderful week.

 

Supplies

 

94498 Charming Snowman Collage craft die

GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

CL5261 Spirit of Christmas clear stamp set

Congratulations Blog Blitz Winners

Thank you to everyone who stopped by last week and left comments to our blog blitz posts.  We are very excited about the new products and hope that you are too.

Here are the winners from the blitz.  Winners were selected at random from the post comments:

From Anne's Monday post, winner of the Pinecone Stackers is Shirley L

From Michelle's Tuesday post, winner of the Vintage Sled die is Lucille Kearin

From Donna's Wednesday post, winner of the Stitched Tree die is Krissy Webber

From Jean's Thursday post, winner of the Tall Fir Collage die is Lori Lehnen

From Trina's Friday post, winner of the Snowy Forest embossing folder is Hideko

Congratulations winners!  I have sent emails to the winners to collect their shipping information.

Blitz Winners

Thank you to everyone who participated in our blog blitz last week.  I hope you are as excited about the new products as we are.  Here are a list of winners who were selected at random from the comments left during the blitz.

Winner of the Bunny Collage die from Laura's post: Lindy

Winner of the Lacework Egg die from Donna's post: Cardarian

Winner of the Cherry Blossom Frame die from Anne's post: Guri

Winner of the Splendid Poppy Stems die from Jean's post: Kathy Hogan

Winner of the Arched Happy Easter die from Vicki's post: Kristen

Winner of the Rose Bouquet Wide Washi tape from Jean's post: Shartl

Winner of the Gilia Flower Frame die from Michelle's post: Donna Mikasa

 

Congratulations winners.  I sent you emails to collect your information.  I hope you create wonderful projects with your prize! 

 

 

Congratulations Blog Blitz Winners!

Thank you to everyone who visited out blog blitz last week.  We hope you enjoyed it.  We selected comments at random to win prizes for each of the blitz days.  Here is a list of the winners:

 

Winner of the Thank You Puzzle Letters die from Laura's post- Cynthia

Winner of the Snowy Cabin Circle die from Anne's post- Nancy Dempsey

Winner of the Watercolor Woodland Washi Tape from Jean's 1st post- Lin Brandyberry

Winner of the Starry Burst die from Jean's 2nd post- Chandhini

Winner of the Merry Christmas Noted Script die from Vicki'spost- ionabunny

Winner of the Scalloped Stocking die from Donna's post- Judy W

Winner of the Snowman Circle Collage die from Trina's post- Kathy Oertle

 

Congratulations winners!  I have sent you all emails to collect your information.

Congratulations Blog Blitz Winners!

Hi everyone,

Thank you to everyone who participated in our blog blitz last week.  Here are a list of winners who were randomly selected from the comments to win prizes.  Congratulations!

From Jean's post, winner of the Chandele Star Die, Mary Lee

From Donna's post, winner of the Tidings Wreath Clear Stamp set, Dotty A

From Trina's post, winner of the Winter Tree Oval Frame, Lori Reding

From Anne's post, winner of the Winter Tree Frame, Beth Canary-Lee

From Laura's post, winner of the Ruffled Poinsettia die, Sharon Gullikson

From Melissa's post, winner of the Spider Web Oval Frame die, Susan

 

Congratulations winners!  Emails have been sent out to notify you of your prize.

Don't forget, we have a "Framed" card challenge continuing through the rest of the month.  One entry will be selected at random to win the frame die of their choice from the Holiday 2019 release.  Good luck!

 

Congratulations Blog Blitz Winners!

Hi everyone,

Thanks to everyone who left comments during our blog blitz.  I hope you enjoyed the new samples.  Se selected comments at random to win some of the new dies.  Here are the winners:

Winner of the Antique Garden Label from Laura's post..Laurie Brown

Winner of the Antique Corner Rose Label from Donna's post... Birgit

Winner of the Antique Leaf Label from Jean's post...scrAPpamondo

Winner of the Rose Bouquet Stamp set from Donna's post...Diane Hover

Winner of the Daisy Flower Frame from Laura's post...Starqueen

Winner of the Scribble Posies Outline dies from Jean's post...Sandra W.

Winner of the Daisy Silhouette dies from Laura's post...Katia

Congratulations winners!  I have sent you all emails to collect your names and addresses to send you your prize.

If you are looking for more chances to win part of the new release, there will be more opportunities on our Instagram page this week.  Follow us @memoryboxco