Joy & Cheer Florentina Wreath by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with this dramatic Christmas card made with newly released Christmas dies and gems. Have you checked out the amazing new products in the 2021 Holiday New Release?  

Here's a closer look at my card:

And here's how I made it:

1) Using a finger dauber, ink blend Distress Oxide inks in rainbow order onto white card stock.
(I used Firebrick Red, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Lucky Clover, Prize Ribbon & Seedless Preserves.)

2) While the ink is still wet, add translucent sparkly embossing powder.

3) Cut both the background "Joy and Cheer" and the "Florentina Wreath" from the rainbow card stock

Here you can see the amazing shine from the embossing on the rainbow inks:

4) Now cut the "Joy and Cheer" background die twice, and the top thinner die once from white card stock.

5) Layer and glue the background word die slightly off center, white, white, rainbow, and the add the thin white on top.

6) With the squares embossing folder, emboss a piece of black card stock 4" by 5.25", and then add the wreath and word die stack.

7) Adhere black panel to an A2 white card base and finish it with lots of "Autumn Fairy Gems" and "Autumn Fairy Crystals."

Here's one last look at my card!

I hope you like my card for today and I have inspired you to add rainbow and black for a dramatic look on a holiday card! Check out the whole new release from Memory Box HERE!

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to come back tomorrow for more wonderful inspiration from the team!

 

Supplies

 

EF1016 Geometric Crystals 3D Embossing Folder

94590 Joy and Cheer craft die

94592 Florentina Wreath craft die

CRY101 Autumn Fairy Crystals

GEM101 Treasure Chest Fairy Gemstones

Halloween Scene on the Slim Pinpoint Burst by Jean Okimoto

The new Slim Pinpoint Burst Plate can be a starburst, sun or fireworks. Today it's a subtle textured background for a collection of Halloween diecuts.   Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a layered boo-window design for you.  

Cut pale orange cardstock with the 3.l x 8.1" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Cut the rectangle with the center section of the Slim Pinpoint Burst Plate.  Attach it to a dark gray slimline card (3-½" x 8-½").

Cut "boo" through the layered rectangle and card front using the larger Bennet Alphabet letters.  Cut the smaller "boo" from the orange 6x6 sheet in the new Glitzy Glitter Pad.  Close the card and attach the letters through the cutouts for accurate placement.

Cut the bats - from the Haunted Dome Entrance Layer - from the black-gold sheet in the Majestic Hues Glitter Pad.  It's a beautiful new color!

Cut the face section of the Jack O Lantern bucket from the dark orange sheet in the Sunny Orange Collection. Cut the plain semicircle and handle from black cardstock. 

Cut the smallest Nested Globe from a white sheet in the Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad  and from black cardstock too.  Use a screwpunch to punch 3 small holes.   Layer the pieces to create a little ghost.

Hope you're liking the projects we've designed with our new Christmas collection.  Thanks for visiting!

 

 

94557 Slim Pinpoint Burst Plate craft die

94582 Bennet Alphabet craft die

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer craft die

94532 Nested Globes craft die

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers craft die

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

94355 Jack o Lantern Bucket

GP1008 Majestic Hues Glitter Pad

An Oval Snowman Collage for World Cardmaking Day by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate World Cardmaking Day with the Oval Snowman Collage from the 2021 Holiday Collection.  It's just one of many great new dies, 6x6 plaids and glitter cardstock and a beautiful assortment of fairy drops, crystals and dewdrops.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a frosty winter collage design.  

Cut the large Stylish Rectangle Trio from white cardstock.  Cut the rectangle with the Oval Snowman Collage.   Color his nose and arms with orange and brown markers.

Cut a pale blue 6x6 from the Stormy Blue Collection with the Stylish Rectangle.  Save the delicate frame for another project - we're using the interior offcut here.  Cut the offcut with the top portion of the new Slim Confetti Plate.  Attach it behind the snowman rectangle.

Cut a 3-⅜" x 4" piece of a white 6x6 from the Delicate Pastels Glitter Pad.  Attach it behind the Stormy Blue piece to create a frosty dotted background.  Attach the 3-layered diecuts to a slightly darker blue A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼").  Attach the delicate Stylish Rectangle frame.

Cut the hat from black cardstock.

Cut the scarf from a blue plaid in the new Woodsy Plaid 6x6 pack.

Attach an adhesive label sheet or sticker paper to bright red felt and cut Resting Birds.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and keeps liquid adhesives from soaking through the fabric.

Attach 3 birds, the scarf, hat and three Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Yuletide Moments Clear Stamp Set - on white cardstock witgh Onyx Black VersaFine.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder. Cut it with the smallest Stylish Rectangle die.  Attach the greeting and a bird inside the card.

Hope you'll have time to create a card - or two - this weekend. 2021 has gone by so quickly it seems like I'm running from one holiday to the next!

Have a great weekend...

 

 

Supplies

 

94608 Oval Snowman Collage craft die

94551 Slim Confetti Plate craft die

94416 Stylish Rectangle Trio

98527 Resting Birds

SP1006 Stormy Blue 6x6 pack

PP1018 Woodsy Plaid 6x6 pack

GP1001 Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad

CL5274 Yuletide Moments

GEM102 Winter Fantasy Fairy Gemstones

Paper-Pieced Plaid Ring Stack by Jean Okimoto

Great news...coral and pink join orange and black as Halloween colors this year! The Sunny Orange and Madras Plaid Coral and Green paper packs are filled with warm plaids and orange and yellow 6x6's for your Halloween cards. Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a layered slimline design for fall.

Cut ivory cardstock with the 2-¼" x 7-¼" Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die.  Cut the rectangle with the Ring Stack.  Attach strips of lined doublestick tape behind the cutouts - Couture Creations  ⅛" tape is great for this.  

Cut the light gold 6x6 from the Polished Foil Pad with Ring Stack.  Cut the coral Madras Plaid sheet with Ring Stack too.  We're using the plaid oval offcuts here.  Set the gold Ring Stack outline into the taped rectangle. Attach the oval offcuts.  

Cut Jack o Lantern Bucket base from the dark orange Sunny Orange 6x6 sheet.  Cut the plain semi-circle and handle from black cardstock.  Assemble the bucket.

Cut the bats - from the Haunted Entrance Dome Layer set - from the black Frosted Glitter Pad 6x6 sheet.  

Stamp the greeting - from the Halloween Pumpkin Clear Stamp and Die Set - on the light sandy orange 6x6 sheet with Onyx Black VeraFine.  Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder.

Cut it near the left edge with the smallest Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die.  Trim the excess on the right edge with a larger die from the same set.  It's a quick-cut custom-sized greeting strip without the measuring and trimming.

Attach everything to an ivory slimline card - 3-½" x 8-½".  Add orange jewels from the Bright Jewels set.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94547 Ring Stack craft die

94355 Jack o Lantern Bucket

CL5264-D Halloween Pumpkin clear stamp and die set

94507 Haunted Entrance Dome Layer craft die

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

PP1013 Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

FP1001 Polished Foil Pad pack

GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad

JWL003 Bright Jewels

Just a Note by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  As we're heading into the fall season, I thought this card would be ideal for any occasion.

To begin, I sponged watercolor paper with Distress Ink and misted it with water.  

When it was dry, I spattered it with black ink and adhered it to a black cardstock mat.  I used foam tape to glue it to a white card base.

Next, I die cut the wreath 3 times from brown cardstock.  One of the die cuts I cut up to make the wreath fuller.

I glued one wreath die cut to my card and then adhered the cut pieces to fill in.  Next, I glued the other die cut to the top of the wreath.

I die cut the shadow from Just a Note from white cardstock and the words from black cardstock.  I glued the words to the shadow die cut and adhered it to the center of the wreath.

To finish the card, I added some orange and yellow bright jewels to the wreath.

That's it for today's card!

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Supplies

 

94475 Delicate Wreath craft die

JWL003 Bright Jewels

94527 Just a Note Posh Script craft die

SP1009 Earth Neutral 6x6 pack

WP101 Watercolor Paper

STAMPtember’s True Friend Exclusive Stamp Set by Jean Okimoto

 

Celebrate STAMPtember with the exclusive True Friend Clear Stamp Set!  This great limited edition collaboration set from Memory Box and Simon Says Stamp joins the annual fall event of stamping, creativity and friendship.

Hi, Jean Okimoto here after my senior moments of confusion about post scheduling.  Hope you like this slimline mix of stamps, embossing and colorful layering.  

Stamp the flowers on white vellum with VersaMark and emboss it with detail white powder.  Color it - on the reverse side - with cotton swabs and Distress Oxides.  Use  pointy cosmetic applicator cotton swabs for the narrow areas.  Add more ink - from the right side - to fill in any blank or light spots.  Colors used here are ripe persimmon, worn lipstick, wild honey and iced spruce.  Air-dry the inks, then cut it with the largest Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out die.  

 Cut strips of the light and dark peach 6x6 sheets from the Berry Red Collection with the second-smallest Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Cut a strip of the pale orange sheet from the Sunny Orange Collection.  Attach the strips to a light gray slimline card (3-½" x 8-½").

Unfold the card and pressure-emboss it with the largest Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out die using the rubber embossing mat and plate(s) required for your machine.  A small portion at the top of the heart will be embossed onto the back of the card.  I don't think the card's recipient will mind - do you?

Attach the vellum heart with tiny strips of ⅛" wide doublestick tape hidden behind the inked areas.

Stamp the greeting on another peach 6x6 with Morning Mist VersaFine Clair.  Dry the ink, then trim it with the smallest Rectangle Basics die.

Color Clear Jewels with pink and orange Sharpie or Copic Markers and add them to the card.

Hope you're enjoying STAMPtember's ideas and inspiration!  The exclusive limited-edition designs sell out quickly - the True Friend Stamp and Die Set is already sold out - but a few Stamp Sets are still available  - here's a link to order your set.  

Thanks for visiting...see you next week!

 

Supplies

 

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers craft die

94359 Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Dreamy Freesia on a Slim Diagonal Collage by Jean Okimoto

A bold Slim Diagonal Collage creates an ink-blended background for the detailed Dreamy Freesia.  Coordinate the background with matching colors from the 6x6 Collections, then add a simple greeting and custom-colored jewels.  Hello, Jean Okimoto here with a summer-into-fall slimline design.  

A strip of ink-blended cardstock from the stash was used here.  It's sprayed with a light layer of Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz and air-dried while I worked on the rest of the card.

Cut white cardstock to 8-½" x 7-⅝".  Score it lengthwise at ¾" and 4-¼".  The ¾" section forms a tab to attach the back of the card. Diecut Slim Diagonal Collage about 1-¾" to the right of the ¾" scoreline.  Cut it lengthwise for best results.  

Cut another piece of cardstock to 3-½" x 8-½".  Attach it to the ¾" tab.

Attach a strip of the ink-blended cardstock behind the Slim Diagonal Collage.  Fold the cardstock to the inside on the 4-¼" scoreline and tape the edges.

Cut Hello Cursive Script Circle from the turquoise 6x6 sheet in the Fresh Aqua Collection.  Leave the diecut in the die and remove the offcuts with a piercing tool.  Cut a circle of white cardstock with the 2" Circle Basics die.  It's smaller than the script circle  so the background is visible.  Dot the greeting with tiny amounts of glue then press the greeting onto the white circle.  Push it out of the die with the piercing tool.

Cut Dreamy Freesia with the green 6x6 from the Lush Green Collection.  Cut the flower and 2 buds from the dark yellow 6x6 from the Sunny Orange Collection.  

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-½" x 8-½"). 

Color Clear Jewels with an emerald green Sharpie or Copic Marker.  Color a medium-sized Fairy Drops Jewel with a yellow marker.  

Attach the diecuts to the card - use foamtape for the flower and buds.  The layers, foamtape and yellow jewel create a card requiring additional postage.

If you love the bold, crisp look of stripes too - join September's Stripes Challenge for a chance to win great Memory Box products.  View the Challenge details here.  Stripes aren't just straight vertical or horizontal designs - they can be wavy, diagonal, jumbled, arched or angled - we have great striped designs in our collage collection.

Thanks for visiting - have a great weekend!

Supplies

 

94476 Dreamy Freesia craft die

94521 Hello Cursive Script Circle craft die

94555 Slim Diagonal Collage craft die

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

JWL001 Clear Jewels

DRP101 Fairy Drops

30087 Circle Basics Set

Multi-colored Jumbled Line Collage Stripes by Jean Okimoto

Create a multi-colored striped background quickly - without gluing all 21 colorful strips. The Jumbled Line Collage die, paired with a striped 6x6 from the Garden Folly pack makes it quick and easy!

Hi, Jean Okimoto here with a striped-striped backdrop for the Layered Cosmos and Layered Fresh Flowers.  It's a bit of inspiration for September's Stripe Challenge too.

Cut white cardstock with the second-largest Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die.  Cut it with the Jumbled Line Collage.  Attach a strip of the Garden Folly striped 6x6 behind the cutout - align it so the green stripes are positioned to resemble flower stems.

Cut two sets  of Layered Cosmos and the small Layered Fresh Flower from the dark peach Berry Red Collection sheet.  Cut the Cosmos centers again from a yellow 6x6 sheet in the Sunny Orange Collection.  Punch one of the yellow Cosmos centers with a ¼" circle punch.  Cut the Layered Fresh Flower center from the yellow sheet too.

Assemble the flowers.

Cut the medium strip from the Banner Sentiment Trio set from a lighter peach 6x6 in the Berry Red Collection.   Stamp the greeting - from the new

Deep Blue Ocean Clear Stamp and Die Set - with Pinecone VersaFine Clair.  

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-½" x 8-½") - attach the greeting with foamtape.

Color Clear Jewels with orange and pink Sharpie or Copic Markers.  Dry the ink and add the jewels to the card.

The Jumbled Line Collage is great with a wide range of prints, watercolored backgrounds and glitter.  Top it with related diecuts and your card is done!

Thanks for visiting - see you again on Saturday...

 

Supplies

 

94560 Jumbled Line Collage craft die

94474 Layered Fresh Flowers craft die

94473 Layered Cosmos craft die

94580 Banner Sentiment Trio craft die

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

CL5268D Deep Blue Ocean clear stamp and die set

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

PP1005 Garden Folly 6x6 pack

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Add Color with the 6x6 Collections by Jean Okimoto

Add color and dimension to your designs with colorful stamped diecuts of the Memory Box 6x6 cardstock collections.  Chose from 108 great colors of 110# cardstock designed to coordinate with our plaids and prints.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with an easy way to create quick, colorful collage-y cards. 

Cut the Spring Plaid Slim sheet with the 2.8" x 7.8" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Select matching colors of the 6x6 sheets from the Twilight Purple and Vibrant Violet Collections.  Stamp the castle, scroll and greeting from the Majestic Achievement Clear Stamp and Die Set with Onyx Black VersaFine and quickly emboss everything with detail clear powder.  Stamp and emboss the clouds on white cardstock.  Cut the images with the coordinating dies.

Cut light purple (.6" x 5.6") and teal (.9" x 5.9") accent strips from the Twilight Purple and Fresh Aqua 6x6 sheets.

Attach the diecuts to a white slimline card (3-⅝" x 8-⅝") - use foamtape for the left cloud and the castle.  

Color Clear Jewels with a yellow Sharpie or Copic Marker and attach them to the castle.

The 6x6 Collections were introduced this Spring and quickly became a favorite source of great coordinating colors for stamping and diecutting.  They're the perfect match for our prints, washi tapes and glittered cardstock from previous collections too.  They are colored on both sides for versatility.

Thanks for stopping by - see you again on Thursday!

 

Supplies

 

CL5267D Majestic Achievements clear stamp and die set

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers craft die

JWL001 Clear Jewels

SP1007 Vibrant Violet 6x6 pack

SP1008 Twilight Purple 6x6 pack

SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6x6 pack

PP1015S Spring Plaid Slim

Thanks Balloon from a Cursive Script Circle by Jean Okimoto

Create a thanks balloon with a mix of dies, a few snips, and glitter.  The Balloon Bunch is a versatile must-have die waiting to be transformed.  Hi, Jean Okimoto here with another idea to repurpose a basic design with a new favorite die.

Cut Thanks Cursive Script Circle from the lime green Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad.  Wiggle and pull the offcut areas away from the diecut - that's easier than vice-versa.  Cut the bottom section of the large Balloon Bunch balloon from the lime green glittered 6x6 too. Cut the yellow-green 6x6 from the Lush Green Collection with the 2-¼" Circle Basics die.  Attach the solid circle behind the Thanks Cursive Script Circle.  Attach the glittered bottom piece behind the solid circle to form a thanks balloon.

Cut the two smaller balloons from 6x6 sheets in the Berry Red Collection.  Attach the thanks balloon to the smaller balloons with foamtape.  Tape white twine behind the balloons and tie them together near the bottom.

Cut the dark green 6x6 Lush Green sheet with a portion of the 2"x7" Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Cut the 6x6 Madras Plaid Coral and Green sheet with a portion of the 1.7" x 6.7 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die.  Cutting precise rectangles with the Slim dies - or portions of the dies - is easier than measuring and cutting rectangles with a paper trimmer.

Cut the pale orange 6x6 from the Sunny Orange Collection with the smallest Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die.  

Attach the diecuts to a vertially-grained slimline card of Cream Woodgrain cardstock - use a double layer of foamtape at the top of the thanks balloon.  The Woodgrain cardstock adds texture but doesn't overwhelm the other design elements. 

Color Clear Jewels with pink and orange Sharpie or Copic Markers and attach them to the smaller balloons.  5 of them instead of my usual 3!

Special thanks to everyone who bought all of last week's BLOOMERS Card Kit from Impress - I appreciate your support!  Stamps and Memories in Hawaii ordered kits too. Hope you'll experiment with beautiful Memory Box colors and papers to create unique cards inspired by the cards.  Thanks for ordering the kits Ann and Roxy!

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

   

Supplies

 

94522 Balloon Bunch craft die

94516 Thanks Cursive Script Circle craft die

30087 Circle Basics Set

94554 Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles craft die

94556 Slim Basic Rectangle Layers craft die

PP1013 Madras Plaid Coral and Green 6x6 pack

JWL001 Clear Jewels

GP1003 Twinkling Jewel Glitter Pad

SP1003 Lush Green 6x6 pack

SP1002 Sunny Orange 6x6 pack

SP1001 Berry Red 6x6 pack

SH44002 Woodgrain Paper Pack Cream