Christmas Countdown with Mary Pat

Today design team member Mary Pat Siehl is sharing a variety of holiday themed projects with us.

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I love making home decor items for my house and this holidy/winter collection is so perfect for this.  I went to my local big box store and picked up a couple of wooden letters.  I painted the outer edges black and then traced the letters onto my Imaginisce papers.  I then cut them out and put a nice healthy layer of Modge Podge on them and adhered them to the wooden letters.  I let them dry over night and then added another layer on the outside to  seal it all.  After another day of drying, I inked my edges in black distress ink to finish it off.  This will look awesome on my mantel this year!

I also love to make my own holiday cards for my close friends at work.  I think the homemade card just adds a nice touch.  This collection is just so perfect for card makers.  I quickly made these 4 cards using the paper collection, I Rock, and I Top.

supply list for all projects

Imaginisce paper, I Rock, I Top, Hot Rocks, Glam Rocks, Brad Daddies

Tim HOltz distress ink

The twinery twine

modge podge

wooden letters

acrylic paint black

Colors of Christmas Release Party - Day 1

We are super excited to share with you the amazing projects that our Design Team have created using our new Colors of Christmas collection.

This release is so much fun and the colors are just perfect for this festive season.

Here's a look at the 12x12 papers.

Peppermint Stripe

 

Ornamental

 

Ribbon Candy

 

Let it Snow

 

Gift Giving

 

Vintage Ornaments

 

Holiday Wishes

 

Be Merry

 

Let's take a look now at some of the projects our Design Team have created.

Fleur Smith

Christmas Ornaments

Every year the kids and I make Christmas ornaments to send to family and for our tree – it’s a fun tradition that everyone loves.  This year I also wanted to recycle some ribbon holders I had kept and this collection had the perfect circular elements that fit perfectly on the ribbon holder.  I wrapped twine around it then added some die cuts and stickers to the front and back and added one of the sentiment die cuts to the string. They are so cute!

Christmas Tags

I love making the outside of the packages I give as pretty as possible, I also love making homemade tags for them.  

For the top three I cut out a tag shape from patterned paper and added some fun die cuts and cut out embellishments.  For the bottom three I used the Die Cut Tags as the base, stamped the ornament stamp first on patterned paper and then on white cardstock and cut out the centre to add to customize them with people’s names. 

Supplies: Patterned Paper, stickers, die cut tags, gems, stamps  and die cuts- Imaginisce Colors of Christmas collection, Twine – Divine Twine and The Twinery, Ribbon and ribbon holders recycled – American Crafts, Mini Spools – Maya Road, Pompoms and Cardstock – Michaels, Distress Ink - Ranger

Regina Mangum

Deck the Halls & Be Merry Layouts

I love Christmas collections that use bright, pretty colors so when I saw the Colors of Christmas collection, I was so thrilled! I created two layouts to (finally!) capture some fun Christmas memories from last year.

WIth the holidays fast approaching, I don't have a lot of time to scrap. So for my first layout, I kept things clean and simple. I used the patterned paper for some ready-made borders and pennants, which made things easy. With some of the cute die cuts and shiny jewels from the collection, I had a fresh layout for my son's scrapbook.

The second layout is a bit more involved, though again I let the patterned paper from the collection do the work for me. This was from Christmas day and so I had multiple photos that i wanted to use. The die cuts and jewels helped me out again!

Supplies used:

(patterned paper, jewels, die-cuts from Colors of Christmas collection) Imaginisce; (cardstock) American Crafts, Stampin' Up!; (date stamp) American Crafts); (circle punch) EK Success; (alpha die) Lifestyle Crafts

Mary Pat Siehl

"Letter's to Santa"

Imaginisce always makes THE cutest Christmas collections and this one is just the best! I think the colors are just perfect!  I love the added peach and light blue colors along with the traditional red and green.  So very fun!  

I love making clean and simple cards and the Snag 'em stamps are just so perfect for that.  I cut apart my snowflakes and randomly stamped them on my card.  I then added some clear bling using my I Rock to the centers.  Just because it is clean and simple doesn't mean it can't have a little bling!

supply list

layout

cardstock- core'dinations

paper-bling- die cuts- imaginisce

card

cardstock- neenah solar white

stamps- imaginisce

die cut sentiment- imaginisce

ink- jenni bowlin 

IRock

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Giveaway!

We'd love to giveaway a collection pack of this new release!

All you have to do is leave us a comment on today's post. Let us know why you like this collection.

A randomly selected winner will be announced on Fri., Nov.29th, 2013.

Gratitude Week

Today we are carrying on with our Week of Gratitude and our designers have some stunning creations to share with you.

Fleur Smith

So Thankful

I wanted to make a rustic but pretty centerpiece for my Thanksgiving table this year and knew I wanted to include some natural elements.  I filled some mason jars with pine cones of all different sizes then decorated them with the new Bushel O’ Fall collection.  

I used some stickers and wooden buttons on the lids and added the So Thankful sentiment to one of the jars.  I really love how they turned out and I can’t wait to add them to my table!

Supplies: Patterned Paper, buttons, stickers  and die cuts- Imaginisce Bushel of Fall, Doilies - Punky Sprouts Lil' Lacy Paper, Parchment paper - Punky Sprouts Lil' Blossoms Parchment, Twine – The Twinery, Ribbon – May Arts, Punch – EK Success

Mary Pat Siehl

Thanksgiving Frame

When I think of Thanksgiving the first thing that I think of are my boys!  I am so thankful for them.  They really are the light of my life and when we got the assignment for Thanksgiving I knew I wanted to do a Home Decor item to set out on our mantle so that the entire family can see.  

This new collection is really just so beautiful!  The colors work so well together and they just scream fall!  I decorated all the boxes using this collection.  I mainly used the pattern paper but I did incorporate some of the yummy buttons and bling!  It is just the perfect addition to our Thanksgiving Mantle.

supply list

cardstock- core'dinations

paper- foam tape- buttons- bling- imaginisce

ink- tim holtz distress ink- antique photo

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Thanks for joining us!

We'll be continuing this theme next week so we hope you'll join us again for inspiring ideas surrounding the Thanksgiving season.

November Monthly Challenge and October's winner!

Can you believe it?
Another month has zipped right by us! Wow!!

Well, that's ok because we have another great monthly challenge & sketch for you.
But before we get to that we have a lucky winner to announce from last month's challenge.

And that winner is ....

Monique Fox!!!

Congrats Monique!

To claim your prize:
Please send an email to imaginiscewinners@gmail.com with your mailing info no later than Fri., Nov. 8th, 2013 and put October Monthly Challenge winner in the subject heading.

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NOVEMBER MONTHLY CHALLENGE

Here's this month sketch (designed by Diana Fisher).

You can take this sketch as inspiration just the way it is, or flip the design, or mirror the image, or just use certain elements from it. Whatever you decide as long as you're inspired by this sketch.

Challenge Rules:
1.  Theme: Thanksgiving
2.  Use at least 60% of Imaginisce product on your creation.


Deadline to submit: Monday, November 25th, 2013
(submit your entry at the bottom of this post.)

Prize:
A collection pack of our new Christmas release - "Colors of Christmas"


Now let's take a look at what some of our design team members created for this month's challenge.

Suzanna Lee

Aimee Kidd

Guiseppa Gubler

Diana Fisher

Marcia Dehn-Nix

Monique Liedtke

Fleur Smith

Mary Pat Siehl

We'd love to see what you create for this month's challenge.

So just leave us a link here at the bottom of the post to your creation.