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Joyful Greetings

A variation on a theme...here are a few more ways to use the Branches and Blooms, In the Forest and Jolly Greetings Design Adhesives featured on the Winter Birds card.  A red-flocked bird perches on the embossed branch  and JOY is glittered in Silver Lining here.  Add bling by tossing some sparkly accents onto an otherwise rustic card.

Here are the instructions for this project:

Clearsnap Products

• Branches and Blooms Design Adhesives
• In the Forest Design Adhesives
• Jolly Greetings Design Adhesives
• White Embossing Powder
• Silver Lining Glitter
• Ancient Page Chocolate Jumbo Ink Cartridge
• Rollagraph Jumbo Inking Handle
• Word Words Design Wheel
• Memory Essentials Stamping Guide
• ColorBox Stylus and White Leaf Tip

Other Products

• Paper Accents Muslin Assorted Textured Cardstock (8-1/2" x 3-3/4" card)
• Paper Accents Brown Bag Cardstock
• Paper Accents Dark Red Cardstock
• Memory Box Parsley Cardstock
• 1-1/4" Circle Punch    
• Red Flocking Powder  
• Soft Round Paintbrush  
• Scrapbook Adhesives 1/4" Black Foam Squares

Directions

• Burnish the large branch from Branches and Blooms Design Adhesives onto Brown Bag Cardstock and emboss it with White Embossing Powder
• Trim the cardstock to 4-1/2" x 1-7/8"
• Burnish the big bird from In the Forest Design Adhesives onto the branch and brush flocking powder over the adhesive
• Burnish JOY onto Dark Red Cardstock and brush Silver Lining Glitter onto the adhesive
• Punch it into a 1-1/4" circle
• Punch an additional circle and layer it for dimension
• Snap the Chocolate Ink Cartridge and Design Wheel into the Jumbo Inking Handle
• Align the Stamping Guide with the edge of a strip of Parsley Cardstock and stamp Words Words onto the cardstock
• Trim the cardstock to 6-1/2" x 2-1/8"
• Cut a2-3/4" x 5-1/2" strip of Dark Red Cardstock
• Ink the edges of the Brown Bag, Parsley and Dark Red strips with Chocolate using the Stylus and Tip
• Assemble the card, using foam squares for the circle
• Attach two foam squares to the Parsley strip and press Silver Lining Glitter into the adhesive

View the new Clearsnap Blog - and Tami Sanders' stamp out loud blog - for more great crafting ideas.

 

 

 

Winter Birds

 
Designer Foils, glitter and flocking team up with Design Adhesives for festive holiday greetings for everyone on your list.  Three of my favorite Design Adhesives are featured here - Branches and Blooms, In the Forest and Jolly Greetings - with Cherry Pie Designer Foils, Ocean Spray Glitter and flocking from Hampton Art Stamp.  The silvery accents on the right are foiled with Silver Fog Designer Foils. 

I love layering artsy finishes and textures - like velvety brown flocking and the rich metallic shimmer of Cherry Pie. The proceses are simple - gather your supplies and make a bunch of these cards. Scatter joy...and glitter and flocking!  

 

Here are the directions for this card:

Clearsnap Products

• Branches and Blooms Design Adhesives
• In the Forest Design Adhesives
• Jolly Greetings Design Adhesives
• Cherry Pie Designer Foils
• Silver Fog Designer Foils
• Ocean Spray Glitter
• Silver Lining Glitter
• Rollagraph Jumbo Inking Handle
• Ancient Page Chocolate Jumbo Ink Cartridge
• Say What? Design Wheel
• Memory Essentials Stamping Guide
• ColorBox Stylus and White Leaf Tip

Other Products

• Bazzill Lagoon Cardstock (5-1/2" square card)
• Paper Accents Brown Bag Cardstock
• Paper Accents Muslin Assorted Textured Cardstock  (dark brown)
• Paper Accents Dark Red Cardstock
• Soft Round Paintbrush
• Hampton Art Stamp Brown Flocking
• Scrapbook Adhesives 1/4" Black Foam Squares
• 1-1/4" Circle Punch    

Directions

• Burnish the small branch from Branches and Blooms Design Adhesives onto Brown Bag Cardstock
• Brush flocking onto the adhesive pattern
• Burnish the small bird from In the Forest Design Adhesives onto the branches
• Burnish Cherry Pie Designer Foils onto the birds
• Trim the cardstock to 4'' x 2-1/8" and ink the edges with Chocolate using the Stylus and Tip
• Snap the Chocolate Ink Cartridge and Design Wheel into the Jumbo Inking Handle
• Place the Stamping Guide along the edge of a strip of Dark Red Cardstock and roll the image onto the cardstock
• Cut two strips (approximately 2-1/8" x 1-3/16" each) of the image and ink the edges with Chocolate
• Burnish JOY from Jolly Greetings Design Adhesives onto dark brown cardstock and brush Ocean Spray Glitter onto the adhesive
• Punch it into a 1-1/4" circle
• Punch three additional cardstock circles and layer them for dimension
• Cut a 1-1/2" x 5" strip of dark brown cardstock
• Assemble the card, using foam squares for the greeting circle
• Attach two foam squares near the right edge and press Silver Fog Designer Foils onto the adhesive

Here's a peek at another card also featuring Branches and Blooms, Silver Lining and flocking.  The instructions for it will be on my next post.  Hope you'll visit our blog as often as you can - we love sharing our ideas, tips and techniques with you!

Visit Tami Sanders' stamp out loud blog for a great, kid-friendly Smooched fall project too.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Autumn Wreath

Maple leaves in Vivid! inks of Red, Olive and Butterscotch mingle with the twiggy branches of a Winterberry Wreath here.  Its a quick + easy way to turn a traditional holiday image into a fall-colored card for autumn greetings - or rustic menus and placecards for your Thanksgiving celebration.  Cinnamon Spice Glitter adds a warm sparkle.  Here's another version of a similar layout featuring Vivid! inks.

Let the same basic design multi-task for holiday cards -  stamp and emboss it in gold or white and Smooch the little berries in Siren. Bling it with  a dusting of Snowdrift or Champagne Sparkle Fibers for a holiday shimmer.  Add a festive greeting and that's it!

Here are the directions for this project:

Clearsnap Products

• Vivid! Coffee Bean Inkpad
• Vivid! Red Inkpad    
• Vivid! Olive Inkpad
• Vivid! Butterscotch Inkpad
• ColorBox Fluid Chalk Sour Apple Inkpad
• Cinnamon Spice Glitter

Stamps

• Memory Box Winterberry Wreath
• Memory Box Happy Fall 
• Memory Box Vintage Notes

Other Products

• Paper Accents Muslin Assorted Cardstock (5.5" square olive card)
• Paper Accents Muslin Clay Pot Cardstock
• Paper Accents Snowcrest Tuscan Cardstock
• Bazzill Apricot Cardstock
• Bazzill Orange Peel Olive Cardstock
• 1/8" Foam Dots
• Carl  Corner Rounder Punch

Directions 

• Stamp Winterberry Wreath on the smooth side of Olive Cardstock with Coffee Bean.  
• Stamp the leaves (attached to the side of the Happy Fall stamp) with Red, Olive and Butterscotch
• Trim the cardstock to 2-5/8" x 2-1/2" and round the top and bottom right corners with the punch
• Stamp Vintage Notes on Tuscan Cardstock with Sour Apple
• Stamp the leaves with Red
• Trim the cardstock to 3-1/2" x 2-5/8"  and round the top and bottom left corners
• Stamp the greeting on the smooth side of Apricot Cardstock and cut it into a strip with space for glittered dots on the left
• Cut a 4-1/2" x 1-3/4" strip of Clay Pot
• Ink the edges of the four pieces with Olive
• Attach foam dots to the greeting and press Cinnamon Spice Glitter into the adhesive
• Assemble the card, using foam dots for the greeting

Visit Tami Sanders' stamp out loud blog for some great fall ideas too!

 

 

Joyful Holidays

Here's the last of this weekend's mitten cards...hope the designs will provide some inspiration for your holiday greetings this year!

Peridot and Ruby Slippers Glitter - and  the new Cherry Pie Designer Foils - add sparkly highlights to another holiday card here.  

Use a soft round paintbrush to add a shimmery layer of glitter to the Fresh Holly Design Adhesives. It's a lot easier and neater than pouring a ton of it onto the adhesive patterns, then having to pour the excess back into the container.  The entire holly pattern  was glittered with Peridot to save time.   I added 1/4" foam dots and Ruby Slippers Glitter to match - but contrast with - the little dots on the gloves.  

Here are the directions for this fun card:

Clearsnap Products

• Fresh Holly Design Adhesives
• Winter Warmers Design Adhesives
• Peridot Glitter
• Ruby Slippers Glitter
• Cherry Pie Designer Foils
• ColorBox Moss Green Inkpad    
• ColorBox Fluid Chalk Warm Red Inkpad 
• Clear Embossing Powder   

Stamp

• American Art Stamp X-mas Bird Set 

Other Products 

• Bazzill Sour Apple Cardstock (3-1/2" x 7-7/8" card)
• Paper Accents Muslin Textured Cardstock Assortment (green background strip)
• White Cardstock
• Acrylic Stamp Block
• 1/4" Foam Dots
• Soft Round Paintbrush

Directions

• Burnish Fresh Holly Design Adhesives onto the green cardstock
• Use a paintbrush to apply Peridot Glitter to the adhesive pattern
• Trim the cardstock just slightly larger than the pattern
• Attach foam dots to the leaf clusters and press Ruby Slippers into the adhesive
• Burnish the mitten onto white cardstock
• Place a strip of Cherry Pie Designer Foils onto the adhesive pattern (red side up) and burnish it
• Carefully remove the liner
• Cut the cardstock to 1-1/4" x 1-3/4 and ink the edges with Warm Red
• Stamp the greeting onto white cardstock with Moss Green and emboss it
• Cut it into a strip and ink the edges with Warm Red
• Assemble the card, using foam dots for the mitten and greeting

I've had fun sharing these ideas with you...hope you liked the mitten trio too.  Be sure to visit Tami Sanders' stamp out loud blog for a bunch of great autumn ideas.

 

holly, MERRY, jolly

Doodle-ly squiggles and swirls, Silver Fog Designer Foils and a plushy flocked mitten create a more contemporary look here.  If you've tried foiling before - but didn't appreciate the little flakes and delicacy of traditional leafing materials - you'll love the new Designer Foils.  They're perfect with Design Adhesives, like the cool mitten from Winter Warmers, and they're easy to apply.  Just "finger-burnish" them onto the adhesive patterns and remove the liners.  No mess, no flaking!

Here are the directions for this sparkly card:

Clearsnap Products

• Jolly Greetings Design Adhesives
• Winter Warmers Design Adhesives
• Silver Fog Designer Foils
• Memory Essentials Standard Inking Handle
• Top Boss Watermark Standard Ink Cartridge
• Chinese Noodles Rollagraph Design Wheel
• Memory Essentials Stamping Guide
• ColorBox Fluid Chalk Olive Pastel Inkpad
• Asparagus Embossing Powder
• Peridot Glitter

Other Products

• Paper Accents Muslin Assorted Textured Cardstock (green A2 card)
• Paper Accents Dark Red Cardstock
• Bazzill Parakeet Cardstock
• Bazzill Sour Apple Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• Heat Tool
• Red Flocking
• Soft Round Paintbrush
• Toothpick or Skewer
• 1/8" Foam Dots
• Wavy Blade Decorative Scissors or Rotary Cutter

Directions

• Cut holly, MERRY and jolly from the Design Adhesives and burnish them onto Dark Red Cardstock 
• Press Silver Fog Designer Foil (shiny side up) onto the adhesive, burnish it, then carefully remove the liner
• Cut the words into strips
• Snap the ink cartridge and Design Wheel into the Inking Handle
• Using the Stamp Guide, roll the pattern onto the smoother side of Parakeet Cardstock
• Emboss the pattern with Asparagus Embossing Powder
• Trim the cardstock to 1-1/8" x 4"
• Cut the mitten from the Design Adhesives strip and burnish it onto White Cardstock
• Brush red flocking onto the pattern - use a toothpick or skewer to remove any excess flocking from the "white" areas of the design
• Trim the cardstock to 1-3/8" x 2" and ink the edges with Olive Pastel
• Cut a wavy line along a long edge of a 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" strip of Sour Apple Cardstock
• Trim it to approximately 2-1/8" x 3-1/4"
• Assemble the card, using foam dots to attach the mitten
• Attach three foam dots onto the card and press Peridot Glitter into the adhesive

Hope you like the card...check back tomorrow for another mitten card.  Be sure to visit Tami Sanders' stamp out loud blog for more fall projects featuring great products and beautiful fall colors from Clearsnap.

 

Holiday Preview

Here's an easy Christmas card idea to ease you into the holiday mood.  It includes Winter Warmers and Celebrate Design Adhesives over a  background featuring the Say What? Design Wheel.  The Design Adhesives include a variety of mittens and "Celebrate" in several fonts and sizes.   Mixing and matching the patterns makes it fun - and definitely not boring - to make up a batch of these cards.  

I've used Ruby Slippers and Peridot Glitter here for a traditional color scheme.  It would also be fun to create this design with Ocean Spray and Silver Lining Glitters on a turquoise card.

Let 's get started - here are the instructions:

Clearsnap Products

• Say What? Design Wheel
• Memory Essentials Jumbo Inking Handle
• Memory Essentials Stamping Guide
• Ancient Page Flannel  Gray Jumbo Ink Cartridge
• ColorBox Fluid Chalk Warm Red Inkpad
• Celebrate Design Adhesives
• Winter Warmers Design Adhesives
• Peridot Glitter
• Ruby Slippers Glitter

Other Products

• Paper Accents Muslin Assorted Textured Cardstock (7-7/8" x 3-1/2" red card and green stamping strip)
• Paper Accents Dark Red Cardstock
• White Cardstock
• 1/8" Foam Dots
• Soft Round Paintbrush

Directions

• Snap the Ink Cartridge and Design Wheel into the handle
• Roll the pattern onto a strip of green cardstock
• Trim it to 5-3/8" x 2" - then cut it into three pieces, approximately 1-7/8" wide x 2" high
• Ink the edges of each block with Flannel Gray
• Cut the mitten from the Design Adhesives strip, remove the opaque liner and burnish it onto white cardstock
• Remove the clear liner, brush Ruby Slippers Glitter onto the adhesive pattern, and trim the cardstock
• Ink the edges with Warm Red
• Repeat the Design Adhesives process with "Celebrate" on Dark Red Cardstock and Peridot Glitter
• Assemble the card, using foam dots for the greeting
• Attach three foam dots to the background panel and press Ruby Slippers Glitter into the adhesive

I'll be adding two more holiday card this weekend.  Hope you like mittens - because we'll be foiling and flocking them next.  In the meantime, visit Tami Sanders' stamp out loud blog for some beautiful fall projects.