Christmas Cards by Rhonda

We're excited to share some more gorgeous Christmas cards with you 

that were created by the talented designer, 

Rhonda Van Ginkel.

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Here are a few simple cards that you can create with your leftovers from other projects.  I don't know about you, but there are times when I'm creating a project that I cut or create extra things and then don't end up using them.  

For my cards today, I used our "Christmas Cheer" collection scraps from prior projects and of course my favorite i-Rock tool.

This wreath sticker is layered on top of a delicate lacy die cut.  I used my Silhouette to cut the negative chevrons and then created a simple fishtail banner to layer it on.  A bit of extra shimmer is added with my i-Rock and a variety of pretty hot rocks and glam rocks, plus a little silver tear for the candle flame.

My next card features our Snag 'em stamp that I colored using my Copics, a sticker stacker and a canvas sticker accented with some gems.  The flourish was cut with my Silhouette.

Ingredients:  Christmas Cheer Collection, Reindeer Snag 'em Stamp, Canvas Sticker, Sticker Stacker, i-Rock, Hot Rocks Compact - Jewel, Glam Rocks - Silver Tears, Glam Rocks - Hot Rocks Compact - Glitter, Glam Rocks - Pearl, Swiss Dot Cardstock, Bazzill, Silhouette, d'Vine Swirls Embossing Folder, Big Shot by Sizzix, Anastasia Border Die, Cheery Lynn Designs, Floral Lace Die, Memory Box.

Product Challenge - Day 2

We're back with Day 2 of our Iron-on Motif Product Challenge.

Today Rhonda is going to show you what she created using motifs like this one.

Rhonda Van Ginkel

I just love the iron-on motifs from Imaginisce!  They are so elegant in design and simple to use too!

For my project, I created a pretty card.  The new 'Love You More' collection is so stunning, I just can't keep my hands off of it!  I created the card base from the dramatic grey pattern paper with my Silhouette.  Once that was cut, I selected my motif flourish.  Using the peek-a-boo trio panel and the motif, I determined the placement for my motif and heat set the design in place using my iRock Mini Iron.

Then I cut my circle designs and sentiments using the Silhouette.  I customized another set of plain circles to then frame in my designs.  A bit of foam tape elevates the panel above the white cardstock background.  The finishing touches were a few florals, a flourish and leaves.

I hope you give the iron-on motifs a try, I know you will love them!!!

Ingredients:  Love You More collection, iRock Motif and iRock Mini Iron by Imaginisce, MFT Floral and Peek-a-Boo Trio Dies, Memory Box flourish die, Martha Stewart frond and rose leaf punches, Cardstock by AC, Silhouette

 Thanks Rhonda. This card is so elegant and romantic!

What would you use these Iron-on motifs for?

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.

Share-a-Card - Day 3

So have we got you in the mood for making Christmas/Holiday cards yet?  

Wouldn't you like to take part in this fabulous project?  I'm sure that Share-a-card would love to have you participate and mail off your cards to them.

Today we have a few more of our Design Team members sharing their cards that they've created for the Share-a-Card Holiday Card Project.

Let's see what they've created!

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Shellye McDaniel

Santa Joy Card
It's easy to create your own banner by using this simple method:

1- Decide how wide you want the top of your banner to be

2- Decide how tall you want your banner to be3- Using those two dimensions (mine were 1"W x 1.25"H) cut a square of that size4- Divide the width in half and make a mark in the middle (bottom of square)5-Using a straight edge, draw a line from each top side to the mark at the bottom; cut
This may seem a little elementary, but when you have a limited space (such as a card front) it helps to keep
the banner tops from being too wide :)  Tying a bow of baker's twine to one side gives the appearance that the bannerhas actually been strung across the card.

Christmas Cheery Supplies: Candy Cane Forest 12 x 12 Paper; Warm Wishes 12 x 12 Paper; Christmas Joy 12 x 12 Paper and Gift Giving 5 x 7 Sticker Stacker  Tools: Clicut Retractable Pen Knife; Colored Foam Tape - White

Bell Card
Large die-cuts from any Imaginisce Collection are simply perfect for making cards!  I like to add that little 'extra', so I oftenremove small accents from the Sticker Stackers and layer them with a larger element...perfect.  And when setting out to make a bundle of the same card, use your home computer and printer to easily create a row of sentiments.

Christmas Cheer Supplies: Christmas Joy 12 x 12 Paper; Warm Wishes 12 x 12 Paper; Rejoice Die Cuts; Happy Holidays 5 x 12 Sticker Stacker; Tools: Colored Foam Tape - White

Abby Laubenstein

I'm so honored to be contributing my card to Share-A-Card. It's a wonderful organization which helps so many people and I hope you all will join us! My holiday card features the  Christmas Cheer collection using diecuts and Snag'Em stamp.. and May Arts ribbon is always a gorgeous addition to any project! 

Supplies

Imaginisce: Christmas Cheer tree Snag'Em stamp, Sticker Stackers

Other: May Arts ribbon, cardstock, StudioG sentiment stamp, green and red ink 

Rhonda Van Ginkel

Hi there!  I was so excited that the gals here at Imaginisce are partnering up with such a great organization!  I created two cards, one pretty clean and simple and another featuring our Snag 'em Stamps with our Christmas Cheer Collection.

I loved the elegant look of the embossed white against the red card stock, so I used it and a cute die and layered with a bit of foam tape.  I accented the "Ho Ho Ho" with a bit of bling with my iRock.  

For my next card, I used our Rudolph Snag 'Em stamp for inspiration, colored and cut him out and layered with a few other elements.  I punched a snowflake from my little folder tab die for some negative space interest and layered a white punched snowflake on top.  I really had fun creating these cards and hope that you'll join us in supporting Share - A - Card!

Supplies:  Christmas Cheer Papers, Chipboard and Sticker Stacker, iRock, Glam Rocks Pogo and Foam Tape by Imaginisce, Red and White Cardstock by Bazzill, Burst die by Memory Works, Fishtail die by MFT, Tab die by Lifestyle Crafts, Cheery Lynn Border die, Scallop border punch by Fiskars, Embossing plate by Spellbinders, Snowflake punches by Martha Stewart, Big Shot by Sizzix, Copics, Memento Ink, Sentiment stamp by Hero Arts, Ribbon by May Arts. 

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Thanks so much ladies!

These are just beautiful and so creative!

If you would like to take part in this challenge/project please mail your cards to:

Holiday Card Project

c/0 ShareaCard.org

992 Hershey Road

Elizabethtown, PA, 17022

Thanks for dropping by and we hope that we've sparked your desire to create today!!

Join us again tomorrow!

Let's Clicut with Rhonda!!

Throughout the month of October our Design Team will be featuring projects that they have created using the Clicut Retractable Pen Knife.  This little tool is absolutely perfect for your crafting project. There is no lid needed because it has a retractable blade, comes in this fabulous pink color and you get 2 replacement blades!

Today we have designer, Rhonda Van Ginkel sharing her talents with us.

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Greetings from Rhonda!

I'm excited to host the blog today and celebrate one of our newest tools with you!  I know that you're going to love the Clicut as much as we all do!!!  For my project today I used my Clicut along with our 14x14 iMat and the CutRight Acrylic Ruler.

I was inspired by the last challenge that we had to create a shaped project. My project idea was to create a large hexagon shape as the base for a Halloween sign for our front door or a layout. 

I'll show you how I created the initial step easily with card stock and then some Monster Mash paper.

Step 1:  Mark a 12x12 piece of card stock with a pencil at 6" on two opposite sides. 

Step 2:  Mark the remaining sides 3" in from each edge.  You'll have a total of 6 markings.

Step 3:  Using your CutRight Acrylic Ruler, line up the center marking with the first 3" pencil mark on the adjacent side and trim with the Clicut and the iMat under your project.

Step 4:  Continue trimming the remaining 5 cuts.

Step 5:  You are left with a hexagon shape.

I used this method to cut my second layer of the black pattern paper as well.  I started with a 10x10 piece of paper, marked at 5" on two opposite sides, then 2.5" on the remaining sides.  I used the "B" side of my paper for the bottom part of my sign layer.  The rest of the design came together effortlessly as the die cut and sticker elements in this line are so cute!  

Problem Solver:  The door I wanted to hang the sign on in our home is metal.  

Solution:  I created some Magnets using our magnet daddies and the iTop 2.0 to attach the sign to the door without having to use a door hanger.  Quick and easy!

Using the Clicut is comfortable, it fits nicely in your hand.  I also love how you are able to safely retract the blade and put it back in a safe position.  It's going to be one of your favorite new go-to tools for all of your crafting adventures!

Ingredients:  Clicut, imat 14x14, CutRight Acrylic Ruler, Monster Mash papers, Die Cuts and Canvas Stickers, iTop 2.0, 28mm (2) and 22mm (1) Magnet Daddies, iTop 28mm and 22mm punches, Pogo and Foam Tape by Imaginisce, card stock by Core'dinations, ink by Ranger.  Other:  Sewing Machine and Thread.