Christmas Countdown with Regina

Today Regina Mangum is sharing some beautiful cards.

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Holiday Wishes Pop-Up Card

My amazing experience with Imaginisce is winding to a close, but before it does, I get to show off what may be my very favorite collection, Colors of Christmas. I love the colors and the sweet critters that make up this cheerful, wonderful collection. I was inspired to create a special Christmas card for my son, who loves owls and hedgehogs.

For my card, I fussy cut some of the elements from the darling patterned paper and applied a simple pop-up mechanism. It's a fun way to add something special to a card and create a little scene of festive fun. The die-cuts form the collection made for easy and bold sentiments.

A few die-cut snowflakes along the bottom completed my card. And who can resist an owl wearing a red scarf?

Supplies used:

(patterned paper, die-cuts, stickers, jewels from Colors of Christmas collection) Imaginisce; (snowflake dies) Taylored Expressions; (cardstock) American Crafts

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 have some more Thanksgiving themed projects to share with you

Regina Mangum

Bushel of Place Cards

We always have Thanksgiving at my mother-in-law's house, so I thought I would create some fun place cards for our family dinner. Of course, I had to use the new Bushel of Fall collection, which really helped me because I have been so busy lately (I let the cuteness do the work for me!) 

With the die-cuts, the gorgeous jewels, and a bit of foam tape, I had some sweet little place holders to spruce up the holiday table!

Supplies used:

(die cuts, patterned paper, jewels from Bushel of Fall collection) Imaginisce; (card stock) Stampin' Up!; (gel pen) Tsukineko

Jodi Wilton

Happy Fall Wreath

I have been wanting to make some fall decor for awhile, and I thought with the wreath it was the perfect place to start! I started by wrapping some thick twine around the floral wreath. I made sure to use my i-bond at different spots around the wreath to ensure the tightness of the twine.

Next up, was to create some flowers. I used a die from Spellbinders, and cut several out. Using my hybrid petal roller, I was easily able to roll the flowers in no time, and used the i-bond to secure the flowers. To insert the flowers onto the wreath, I used small stickpins, in the middle of the flower and arranged them on the wreath. I then added some leaves by using my circle punch to create them and used my i-bond to secure them nicely.

Finally, I added a loop of twin at the top to be able to hand the wreath up, and used some green Chevron May Arts Ribbon for the finishing touch. I made sure to use my i-magicut Ribbon Cutter , so the ribbon would be sealed, and safe from fraying.

The final product, a wreath that I love:

Supplies: Patterned Paper and Diecuts: Bushel of Fall Collection; Imaginisce Tools: i-magicut Ribbon Cutter, i-bond, Hybrid Petal Roller; Other: May Arts Ribbon, Circle Punch, Twine, Floral Wreath, Stick Pins, Spellbinders Die

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We'll have more inspiration tomorrow so please stop by & join us!

Veterans Day Week

Today Regina Mangum is sharing this fabulous card as we think towards Veterans Day.

USA Card

For me, Veterans Day is a wonderful chance to remember not only the fallen heroes who serve in the military, but also to recognize all those men and women who returned from duty to rebuild their lives and the lives of others in the country they worked so hard to protect and preserve. My father-in-law is a veteran of the U.S. armed forces. My own dad, a naturalized citizen of the U.S., served in the military of his country of origin trying to help protect the fragile democracy of his homeland. 

I wanted to create a card honoring Veterans like my father-in-law and my dad, who served to keep freedom alive around the world. I didn't have any traditional red, white, and blue collections handy, so I reached for papers from Good Dog, which is rich with darker colors. After punching out a starry field, I added a die-cut rosette and a wood button from Bushel o' Fall. 

Supplies used:

(patterned paper from Good Dog Collection; wood button from Bushel of Fall collection) Imaginisce; (kraft, white cardstock) Stampin' Up!; (twine) generic; (alphabet die) Taylored Expressions; (star punches) Stampin' Up!; (rosette die) Tim Holtz