Birthday Winter Blooms by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have a winter birthday card to share today, but it could have easily been a Christmas holiday card just by switching out the sentiment! 😉

 

The Blushing and Delicate Blooms were die cut from white, the Brilliant Berries from Cherry Red, the Pinecone Duo pine needles from light gray and the Festive Holly leaves from dark gray papers.  Shading was added to the blooms and berries using the following Copic Sketch markers.

 

blooms - C00/1/3/5 

berries - R39

 

An A2 size white woodgrain panel was then splattered with diluted black gouache paint.  Once dry, mounted it onto a white card base and assembled/adhered the floral arrangement.  For some sparkle, applied clear shimmer on the berries.  For “water droplets”, added some clear fairy drops.  A black Happy Birthday gold foil greeting finished it off. 

That does it for me this year in 2024.  Thank you for joining me today.  Have a safe and happy new year! 

Supplies

 

94844 Blushing Bloom

94840 Delicate Bloom

94801 Festive Holly

94802 Pinecone Duo

94830 Brilliant Berries

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

SH44015 Cherry Red Paper Pack

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

DRP101 Fairy Drops

Faux Christmas Tree by Jean Okimoto

Narrow Woodgrain Planks and a pine print from the Yuletide Cheer 6x6 create a contemporary Christmas tree - like a DIY recycled pallet tree from a holiday magazine.  Add a bright red Sunlight Sparrow and a Merry Christmas Swirl greeting.  Hi, Jean here with a just-in-time design.

 Cut the Yuletide Cheer pine print with the Narrow Woodgrain Planks die.  Tape the backside of the longest plank so the finely-textured woodgrain pattern stays intact  Cut a 5/8" piece for the top of the tree.  

Daub Pinecone VersaFine Clair ink on a strip of Kraft Woodgrain Paper.  Cut a strip about 1/4" x 4-1/2".  It's longer than necessary - it'll be trimmed after the tree is assembled.

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to bright red wool-blend felt to stabilize the felt and prevent adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the bird base and head layer.  Cut the beak section from a scrap of black cardstock.  Cut the wing from the red Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  

Cut the solid Merry Christmas Swirl background from white cardstock and a dark yellowish/green 6x6 in the Greenery Collection.  Cut the white layer with the set's detailed die.  Assemble the greeting.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-1/2" x 6-1/4").  Add red Christmas Fairy Dewdrops.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Hope you've liked the holiday projects we've designed for you - and that we've inspired you to create unique cards for everyone on your list.  

Thanks for visiting our blog - see you on Friday...

Supplies

 

94837 Sunlight Sparrow

94803 Merry Christmas Swirl

94823 Narrow Woodgrain Planks

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

ddp101 Christmas Fairy Dewdrops

fp1003

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

Vintage Holiday Foliage Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a holiday foliage holiday card with a vintage look and feel.  This is a square shaped card with the design on the left side corners.

Background:

Cut the Woodgrain cream paper to 5" x 5" square.  Ink blend the outside corners with Distress Vintage Photo.  Then ink up the edge of the paper with the ink pad.  Spritz with water and blot with a paper towel.  Then splatter with vintage photo around the outside edges.  Set aside to dry.

Die Cuts:

Die cut everything from 140 lb white card stock. Die cuts used are Wistful Sparrow, Pine Branches, Pinecone Duo, Festive Holly, Petite Poinsettia (just the smaller flowers), and the holy form the Holiday Snowglobe set. For the ink blending use Distress inks and a small detail brush.  For the reds I used Festive Berry and for Aged Mahogany, for the browns I used Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain.  For the greens I used Pine Needle, Rustic Wilderness, Shabby Shutters and Evergreen Bough.   Adhere all the die cut layers together following the front of the envelopes as guides.   Shape the poinsettias using a medium shaping stylus and a foam block from the back side of the die cut.  Turn over and use a small point shaping stylus to push down the center into the foam.  Adhere together off centering the petals with each layer.

 

Adhere the background to a side folder 5"x5" card.  Layer the die cuts, starting with the Festive Holly, in the left side top and bottom corners, layering the rest of the foliage .  Put 2 pinecones in each corner and then the poinsettias on top.  Adhere the bird to the top of the bottom left corner arrangement.  Add a gold jewel to the center from the Christmas Fairy Jewels.  Adhere a sentiment of choice from the Christmas Label Foil Greeting Black Tabs set.

 

 

Supplies

 

94798 Wistful Sparrow

94817 Pine Branches

94802 Pinecone Duo

94801 Festive Holly

94822 Petite Poinsettias

94808 Holiday Snowglobe

ST023 Christmas Labels Foil Greetings Black Tabs

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

SH44002 Cream Woodgrain Paper Pack

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

Peace Love and Joy by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here with a wintery holiday card featuring products from the latest Yuletide and Winter Days releases.  Here's an up close look at my card:

As you can see it has a lot going on, first the background is a tan piece of card stock, lightly inked in Gathered Twigs Distress Ink using the new "Narrow Tree Trunks Stencil Set" (88630) and then I used the new rub-ons called "Snowflake" to create a snowy background.  I then stamped the sentiment with Versafine Clair Pine Cone ink.  Here's an even closer look:

I cut the Snowy Log (94821) from dark brown card stock and then also from white for the snow and from Memory Box Kraft Woodgrain paper to be able to create the layers.  I inked the kraft paper with more Distress ink and then glued the 3 pieces together.  Next I worked on the 2 birds, "Wistful Sparrow" (94798) and "Sunlight Sparrow" (94837), cutting the dies from white card stock and coloring them with alcohol markers and gluing the pieces together.  Next I cut "Pine Branches" (94817) from dark green cardstock from the "Leafy" paper pack (SP1011).

I added the pine needles to the left side, popped the log up on foam tape at the bottom and popped both birds on top of the log.   To create more interested I added lots of white paint pen for more snow and some highlights, plus I added sparkle paste to the snow and around the card in different places.  I wish you could see it in real life, it's so sparkly.  

Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today, I had a lot of fun creating it!  Be sure to come back each day to see more inspiration from the team.  Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

Rub105 Snowflake Rub On

CL5287 Be Merry clear stamp and die set

94821 Snowy Log

94817 Pine Branches

94798 Wistful Sparrow

94837 Sunlight Sparrow

88630 Narrow Tree Trunks Stencil Set

SP1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

O Mushroom Tree by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.   The “O Christmas  Tree” song inspired this CAS (clean and simple) unconventional Christmas card featuring the Mysterious Mushrooms die from the current 2024 Winter Days release.   Why limit mushrooms to fall, right? 😂   They are pink in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  It’s also heading over to the annual fundraiser for the Cure at Jingle Belles where $4 will be donated for every pink Christmas card linked to the gallery.  Check it out, if you would like to help, too.

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Started by die cutting the mushroom pieces from white cardstock and ink blending them with gradient pink or brown dye inks using blending brushes.  Added spots/spores to the mushroom caps with a white Posca pen.

The mushrooms were then arranged and adhered onto a white woodgrain panel in the shape of a Christmas tree.  Every tree needs a topper, so the star from Snowman House Frame was die cut from gold mirror paper.  The Merry Christmas white foil banner finished off the card.

 

I may have taken non-traditional Christmas cards too far 🤔, but it was fun. 😂  Anyway, that does it for today.  Thank you for joining me.  Have a wonderful weekend. 

 

Supplies

 

94818 Mysterious Mushrooms

ST014 Merry Christmas Foil Banners White Tabs

94604 Snowman House Frame

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Magical Halloween by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome!  It's Angie here today with a magical potion Halloween card using the new Potion Bottles die set 94847.

Here's another look:

Memory Box's latest release has brand new 8.5 by 11" colorful thick and wonderful card stocks along with dies and stamps!

I used lots of the new colors to cut my bottles from.

Here's what I used:  

Key Lime, Cilantro, Deep Turquoise, Pool Party, Lavendar Bloom, Orange Peel, Summer Squash, along with a dark purple from previously released SP1008 Twilight Purple pack

Once I cut them all out, I put them together and colored the left sides with darker shades of alcohol markers and added gel pen highlights.  Next I cut the Vintage Tray die from the 3D embossing folder/die combo EF1040 from the Key Lime and added it to a piece of white woodgrain paper.

Next I stamped the sentiment from the Magical Halloween stamp et CL5284 and after cutting it out, I framed it with another piece of Key Lime paper that I inked with green inks.  I also added white gel pen to it.

Then I added all the potion bottles in each window, some glued to woodgrain paper, some popped up on thin pop dots and some popped up on regular height pop dots.  Lastly I added the sentiment with pop dots and jewels from the Autumn Fairy Jewels JWL004  in the corners of the sentiment frame.

Here's one last look:

I hope you like my festive Halloween potion card for today.  Be sure to check out all the new goodies from the 2024 Cornucopia Release!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94847 Potion Bottles

CL5284 Magical Halloween

EF1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

SH44005 Key Lime Paper Pack

SH44006 Leaf Sprout Paper Pack

SH44009 Pool Party Paper Pack

SH44008 Deep Turquoise Paper Pack

SH44010 Fresh Aqua Paper Pack

SH44013 Lavender Bloom Paper Pack

SH44017 Orange Peel Paper Pack

SH44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

SH44019 Golden Wheat Paper Pack

JWL004 Autumn Fairy Jewels

SP1008 Twilight Purple

Create a Woodgrain Plank Tree by Jean Okimoto

 

Woodgrain panel diecuts are great for piers, birdhouses, log cabins, rustic backgrounds - and Christmas trees.  The new Narrow Woodgrain Planks are perfectly-proportioned to create a wonky tree - without the labor of measuring and cutting wood planks to the right lengths.  Hi, Jean building a DIY holiday tree design..

Cut Narrow Woodgrain Planks from a green 6x6 in the Greenery Collection.  Save the longest piece for another project.  Cut a ¼" x 4-¼" strip of the Kraft Woodgrain Paper for the trunk.  Ink it lightly with Vintage Sepia VersaFine. 

Attach adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to bright red wool-blend felt to stabilize it and prevent adhesives from saturating it.  Cut Layered Birds.  Cut the birds again from the bright red Festive Glitter Pad 6x6.  Assemble the birds in a combination of felt and glittered bases and overlays - save the extra birds for another project.  

Cut the new Snowflake Joy background from the prepped red felt too.  Cut the detailed top layer from heavy white cardstock.  Cut two center snowflakes from the bright red Festive Glitter Pad 6x6 - for the treetop and the greeting.

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

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

 

 

Supplies

 

94797 Snowflake Joy

94823

94684

drp101 Fairy Drops

gp1006 Festive Glitter Pad

sp1011

sh44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

Happy Birthday Bees by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a cute card featuring the new Buzzing Bumblebees die set.

Here's a super close up of the bee dies:

I cut the bee pieces from both white and some watercolor panels I have left over.  I also cut the Bachyard Floral Sems 94638 from the same papaers plus from black for a shadow.  I re-cut just the top flowers from some more of the lighter yellow/orange colors and paper pieced them up top on the stems to match the bees better.  

The backgrounds are 2 pieces of woodgrain paper from Memory Box, cut with 2 sizes of the Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set 94646.  The white one was inked with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and the kraft one was inked with Brushed Cordouroy Distress Ink and an ink blending tool.

After adding all the die cuts to the blue inked panel, I added it to the brown one and then popped both of those panels together on to the white card base with foam tape.

I really love using the woodgrain papers from Memory Box because with just so little inking, all that texture comes through and provides a lovely texture to your backgrounds!  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today!  I had a lot of fun putting it together for today's post!  Be sure to come back every day for more inspiration from the design team.  If you are interested in the product I used, you can find more information on my blog HERE.  

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies

 

94794 Buzzing Bumblebees

94646 Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers

94638 Backyard Floral Stems

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

SH44003 Kraft Woodgrain Paper Pack

ST010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs