Christmas Cards by Mary Ann

We've got another week full of incredible, beautiful and festive cards to share with you. We hope that you'll join us this week as you will find many, many ideas to create your own holiday cards. And if you've already finished & mailed yours off then perhaps you'll want to bookmark & save some ideas for next years' cards.

Today we have 

Mary Ann Jenkins 

sharing some fabulous designs for holiday cards.

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I love making handmade Christmas cards to add to gifts and also send in the mail. It's a perfect way to use those left over scraps that we all end up with!! Here are two ideas for cards, both made with left over scraps.

 

 

Cut strips of two different patterned papers, cut to various sizes and layer into tree shape.

 

Add tree trunk and star for tree topper and small brad daddies covered with coordinationg paper to look like ornaments.

 

 

Cut ornament shape with electronic die cutting machine, or draw by hand and cut.  Add small strip of coordinationg paper to center of card and machine stitching if desired.  Layer die cut Santa and snowflake and add to card with foam tape for dimension.

  

 

Add gold glitter or Stickles to top of card to resemble ornament cap. 

 

 

Supplies Used: papers - Christmas Joy, Warm Wishes, Snowdrift, Pick of the Patch, Purse-onality, Rejoice Die Cuts, Happy Holiday Sticker Stacker, cardstock, gold Stickles, foam tape.

Mix It Up - Day 4

If you've been joining us this past week then you know that our Designers have been challenged to use 3 Imaginisce collection & mix them up.

Their guidelines were:

Use paper from 1 collection, chipboard embellishment from another and die cuts from a third collection.

Today we have Mary Ann Jenkins sharing her creativity with us.

I love mixing and matching papers and embellishments when I scrapbook, this layout would be a perfect example. You would never know it's a mixture of Halloween, Birthday and Christmas collections would  you? Even though it's mixing from those 3 completely different themes, the layout came together and looks perfect for Christmas!

 

Supplies Used: Papers: Celebrate you, Pick of the Patch, Candy Can Forest,  Diecuts: Wish Come True Die, Rejoice,  Chipbaord: Peace on Earth

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Don't forget that tomorrow is the final day for our 2013 Design Team Call.

All submissions must be in by 12 midnight PST .

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Join us tomorrow as we announce the winners from our I-Challenge Event.

There were 6 different challenges and there will be 6 Winners.

PLUS we will have a Grand Prize Winner.

Come check it out and congratulate everyone!!

Love You More Release Party - Day 1

Have you ever been twitterpated?

Well you most certainly will be after this week!!

We are so thrilled to be sharing with you our Love You More collection.

The Design Team have been 'ooing' and 'ahhing' over this collection and have fallen in love with it.

So welcome to Day 1 of our release party.

Here's a look at the stunning collection of patterned 12x12 papers. 

(even more than our usual collections)

Border Love

Love Notes

Heart Attack

Make a Wish

Bee Mine

Hugs & Kisses

Cupids Arrow

Groovy Love

Brave Heart

Now let's take a look at what a few our designers have created for today.

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Rebecca Keppel

I LOVE this collection. It is my favorite Imaginisce collection ever! I tend to really like Valentine's collections because they are so versatile for general love themed projects, but this one is perfect because while it has Valentine's graphics, it also has trendy images like chevron, doilies and polka dots.

For the My 2 Valentines layout, I cut a large chevron heart with my Cameo. Then I folded and placed and continued folding and placing the red chevron washi around the heart, just underneath for a trim similar to the ones on those big heart boxes of candy.

For the You and Me layout I focused on the stickers and buttons. One of the stickers that says the name of the collection "Love You More" reminded me of something my son and I say all the time at night before bed, so I made that the focus. I placed that sticker on white cardstock so I could use dimensional adhesive and really make it central to the layout.

Supplies:  Imaginisce (Love You More collection: Patterned Papers, Stickers, Washi Tape,Buttons);  Bazzill Cardstock, Studio Calico Mister Huey's Mist, Jenni Bowlin Paint Dabber, The Twinery Twine, Therm O Web Adhesives

Mary Ann Jenkins

I am so excited about the new "Love You More" collection!  The colors are beautiful, and the really fun part...there's washi tape!!

As you can see, this is a Valentine's collection, but I used it for a photo from our vacation this past summer. I love when I can use something for more than just one occasion!

I also made a quick and easy card using one of the cute stickers, along with a button from the collection. Oh, and here's the great washi tape!

Supplies: Imaginisce (Love You More collection: patterned paper, buttons, stickers)

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Love You More is our romantic new release that you will not be able to put down!  This collection is incredible!!!

My first project is a layout that I created using one of our wedding photos.  The inspiration was the "Always and Forever" sentiment on the 4x6 card.  I had my husbands ring engraved with this sentiment so it seemed the perfect fit to use it for my title work here.  I selected one of our wedding photos in black and white to compliment the grey tones in the collection.  The lacy border was fussy cut and layered under my photo with some die cuts.  I used the washi tape and layered it with some ribbon to the right of my photo.  

Tip:  To help keep thicker ribbon together when using your iMagicut ribbon cutter to make a chevron cut, use a bit of washi tape to keep your fold in place.  

Supplies:  Love You More collection, Foam Tape, POGO, i-Rock, Glam Rocks Heart, Hot Rocks Compact - Crystal, ImagiCut by Imaginisce.  Cheery Lynn Anastasia Border Die, MFT Scallop Border die and Fishtails, Spellbinder's Grand Oval and Rectangle Scallop dies, Memory Works die, Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers, Jenni Bowlin Studio Tab punch and gray stick pin, Maya Road heart stick pin, Cardstock by Bazzill.  Other:  Sewing Machine, thread, seam binding ribbon.

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My next project is a card.  I wanted to create something that can be used for a loving note of encouragement or a birthday.  You see several of the stickers from the collection here.  Some foam tape was used under my sentiment for dimension.  A bit of thin ribbon tied simply finished the card.  

The inside of the card features one of the 3x4 journaling cards.

Supplies:  Love You More collection, Foam Tape and POGO by Imaginisce, Doily Die by Cheery Lynn Designs, Corner Chomper by We R Memory Keepers, Cardstock by Bazzill 

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Would you like to be the lucky winner of this fabulous collection?

Just leave us a comment on the blog post today and 

let us know you're favorite paper pattern from this new release.

We will randomly select a winner from all the comments posted throughout the week.

(The winner will be announced here on the blog Friday, Nov. 16th)

Join us again tomorrow for Day 2 of our LYM release party!

Veteran's Week - Day 3

Welcome back to Day 3 of our

Veteran's Week Blog Hop.

Don't forget (As mentioned on our introductory Monday post): Throughout the hop this week you'll notice that some of Design Team members are hosting some fabulous & BIG giveaways on their blogs! So you won't want to miss out!

Today's line up is as follows:

1. Mary Ann Jenkins

2. Shellye McDaniel

3. Rhonda VanGinkel

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Join us again tomorow for the final day

of Veteran's Week Blog Hop.

Let's Clicut with Mary Ann!

Today we have Mary Ann Jenkins sharing a super fun card with us today using the Clicut.

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I love the look of the "negative cutting" that so many scrappers are using on their projects, and I've used my die cutting machine with some great results. That was until last week when I was scrapping with some girlfriends at the park while our little ones played on the swings and slides. I wanted to do another negative cut, but didn't have my die cutting machine with me at the park. I decided to just leave that project until I was back home, until I got this awesome idea!

 

Using letter stickers as my guide, I cut around each letter with my Imaginisce Clicut Retractable Knife and my 8x8 i-mat.

 

I still got the great negative cut that I love so much!

 

I added a small scrap of orange chevron patterned paper behind the cut out letters, outlined the letters with a white pen, matted the paper on cardstock, then added it to the card base made out of more of the orange chevron paper. A cute little bat with some foam tape and my card was complete!

 

 

Supplies: Clicut Retractable Pen Knife, 8x8 i-mat, Fall Medley, Fright Night Canvas Stickers, Surfs Up

Share-a-Card - Day 2

If you missed our post yesterday click HERE to read about an exciting project that you can be a part of.  If you love making cards and especially Holiday/Christmas cards then this is a great challenge for you!!!

Our Design Team has created a wonderful array of holiday themed cards to send off to Share-a-Cards Holiday Card Project.

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Let's take a look at some more of the cards that our Design Team gals have created for this project.

Mary Ann Jenkins

 I was so excited when I saw the cards the design team were making would be going to such a great orginization like Share a Card, I decided to make three!  All were very easy to make using the coording papers from the Christmas Cheer collection and matching Chipboard Sticker and Sticker Stackers.

Supplies Used: papers - Snowdrift, Christmas Joy, Candy Cane Forest, Peace on Earth Chipboard Stickers, Happy Holidays Sticker Stacker, Gift Giving Sticker Stacker, Kraft Cardstock, Doily

Guiseppa Gubler

Holiday cards are some of the easiest and funnest cards to make.  I made these card using the Christmas Cheer Collection.  I wanted to create two cards...both different.  One is just a regular 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 square card and the other is a tag card, held by a pocket.  I love the fact that these cards are going to help bring some cheer to someone who is sick or afflicted.  What an awesome way to share our craft with others.

Imaginisce Supplies: Christmas Cheer- patterned paper, Sticker Stackers, Die Cuts and Canvas  Stickers

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We'd love for you to challenge you to take part in this project too!!!

Create cards with a holiday theme and then send them off.
They will be appreciated more than you can imagine!

For more details on this project and where to send your cards
go to the Share-a-Card website or click HERE.

Design Team Challenge - Day 4

It's always fun to give our Design Team a bit of challenge and they enjoy it as well.  

It's so easy to get stuck in 'our' ways of creating and once in a while it's good to be given a push to try something new & different.  This can be a fresh approach to so many things.

Today we have a couple of talented designers sharing their ideas of a non-traditional shape.

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Mary Ann Jenkins

For my layout, I found a pumpkin shape in my daughters coloring book and enlarged it to fit on a 12x12 sheet of paper. I cut 1 whole pumpkin, and 1 extra piece of just the center section. I inked the edges to define the different pieces of the pumpkin. I added a cardstock stem, 2 leaves that I cut with decorative scissors, a small Brad Daddie and a few embellishments to complete my layout.

 Supplies Used: papers - Pick of the Patch, Fall Medley, Surfs Up, Celebrate You, I-Top tool, small Brad Daddie

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Ro Philippsen

I'm addicted to hearts, maybe because I have a romantic soul ... or just because I like the shape! So I knew exactly what to do when Imaginisce asked me to do something non-traditional shape: A "Fall heart". I hope you like it!

 

Supply list:

Makin’Waves Surf's Up 12x12 Paper, Monster Mash Enchantments 12x12 Paper, Monster Mash Spook Alley 12x12 Paper, I-top, i-rock Swirls Stencil, I-Rock, Glam Rocks - Metallic Pearl, Itty Bitty Blossoms.

 

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Thanks so much ladies. 

That projects are just stunning!

Product Spotlight - Snag 'em Stamps

These next few days are the "last scenes" & "final acts" of our Snag 'em Stamp spotlight and the curtain will be closing shortly. (I know ... that was a really pathetic pun!!)

What have you thought of the various projects that the DT has shared? Have you found some inspiration to get stamping? We sure hope so!!

Today we have Mary Ann Jenkins sharing a few projects with us.

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Today I have two cards to share using the "Monster Mash" Snag 'em stamps.

First up, Happy Harvest.

For this card, I stamped the pumpkin twice onto the orange patterned paper, and once onto the green patterned paper. I did a little fussy cutting just inside the stamped lines for the three pieces of the pumpkin, and stitched the pieces to my card. I also added a small piece of embroidery floss to the pumpkin.

For my Boo! vampire card, I stamped in black ink, then colored with a purple marker to match the fun bat paper. For the flag I cut a triangle shape, added the word Boo! that had been fussy cut from matching patterned paper and glued to a toothpick. I used my Cricut to cut out the circle opening from the front of the card, then added the cute vampire with a small piece of foam tape.

Supplies Used: Pumpkin & Eddie Snag 'em stamps, Celebrate You, Surfs Up, Pick of the Patch, Enchantments & Fall Medley patterned papers, embroidery floss, toothpick.

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Thanks Mary Ann. This card is simply beautiful!

Monster Mash Release Week One - Day 1

BOO!!!!!!

Did I scare ya?

Well we hope that our Monster Mash projects over the next two weeks will have you howling and shrieking!!

This new halloween is absolutely adorable & so much fun to create with as you will clearly see from the variety of projects that our talented Design Team have created.

So please join us today (the 20th) thru to the 31st for some scarey fun!!

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Shellye McDaniel

BOO WALL HANGING
Imaginisce Die Cuts are so generous in size and can easily be layered with other matching elements such as pieces from the Sticker Stackers or Canvas Stickers. So don't be afraid to remove (gently) the witch's shoes from the sticker and try it out somewhere else...I just add a little dab of glue to the foam dot and you're good to go!

FACE PAINT LAYOUT
Note: For this layout I followed the gallon-quart-ounce theory. In design it is good to remember to keep things in proportion, whether it's color, photos or embellishments. The dominate color is purple (gallon), followed by the blue (quart) and then the green (ounce).

The main focus of embellishments is in the bottom 1/3 of the page, as well as at the right vertical 1/3 of the page. Proportion helps the flow of a layout, gives rest to the eye and keeps things pleasing to the viewer.

Mary Ann Jenkins

I love the new Monster Mash collection, and thought it would be perfect to make some Halloween Decor!

To make the cute little witches hat, I rolled the 12x12 paper into a cone shape, then cut off the excess edge from the bottom so it would sit level. I added the cone to a small circle cut from matching paper, then adhered to a larger black cardstock circle. I embellished the front of the hat, and added the flying bat with a pipe-cleaner.

I also made a layout to remember the year my son was Harry Potter.

For my layout, I die cut the chevron/zig zag designs directly from my base paper using my cricut, then backed it with a coordinating paper. I also cut a small chevron design and added it in between the larger shapes. I did a little layering of the Ghoulish Delights Die Cuts at the corner of my photo, then added the fun flying bat. A small piece of foam tape behind his wings will keep the dimension even after the layout is in my scrapbook.

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Thanks for joining us today.

Please stop by again tomorrow for Monster Mash creations!