It’s Day 4 of our 2018 Holiday Blog Blitz – keep cool with the new Crystal Snowflakes and Snowy Circle! Hope you’re enjoying our blitz – and commenting on each designer’s post for a chance to win a great prize from our latest collection. Hello, Jean Okimoto here mixing some old favorites with some soon-to-be new favorites. Love how the old and new work together so well!
Cut Snowy Circle from light aqua cardstock. Attach Scor-Tape to white cardstock and cut it with the 3″ Circle Basics die. Attach the 3″ circle behind the Snowy Circle. Brush iridescent glitter onto the adhesive exposed in the Snowy Circle, and the little area below it.
Attach more Scor-Tape to white cardstock and cut Crystal Snowflakes. Remove the tape liner and brush the exposed adhesive with glitter. Remove the inner portion of the smaller snowflake.
Cut Happy Penguin from white cardstock – and again from black cardstock. Attach a scrap of orange cardstock behind his beak. Attach the black penguin behind the white penguin to create a narrow layer of black to outline the bottom of the white penguin.
Cut the top/side section from black cardstock.
Cut the ribbon end – from the Curled Ribbons die – from red velvet paper, or red velvet ribbon attached to a scrap of a sticker sheet of label paper.
Stamp the greeting – from the new Typewriter Holiday Sentiments set – on white cardstock with VersaFine Clair Tulip Red. Quickly emboss it with detail clear powder. Cut the cooled cardstock with the smallest Rectangle Basics Die. Cut another rectangle and layer it behind the greeting for dimension and to make it look a bit like a raised label.
Attach the diecuts to a Bayou Notecard – use foam dots for the penguin.
Want a chance to win the new Snowy Circle die? Just add your comment to this post – it’s that easy to enter our random-selection drawing for this great new die!
Comment on each designer’s post throughout the blitz for a chance to win great prizes from our latest collection. The entry deadline is 11:59 pm EST on Sunday August 12th. The winner will be announced on August 13th.
Special thanks to everyone from the PARTY ANIMALS and MEMORY BOX 2018 HOLIDAYS class at Impress last weekend! Lots of layering, laughter, diecuts and glitter! Thanks to Jan for the sweet holiday chocolate treats – and to Jenny for those crispy lemon cookies. Thanks too – Shari and Erin – for once again helping everyone fill their shopping baskets to the brim.
We’re having our first BIRCH PRESS DESIGN class and trunk show at Impress on August 18th. Make 3 holiday cards and 3 any-occasion cards with the latest and greatest dies and stamps from Birch Press, a Memory Box company owned by Dave and Monica Brethauer.
Thanks for joining our Blog Blitz – good luck in the drawings!
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The Snowy Circle die makes a cute background for the penguin. I think it could also be used to look like confetti for a non-winter background.
Gorgeous. Love the tone on tone and that cute penguin. Hugz
Oh, how darling! Love your pretty card. I love using blue
at Christmas. Love the snow die, the penguin, the awesome snowflake!
I love the sparkle and having the snowflakes in the die is very fun. Lots of possibilities.
Love your method of adding glitter to the Snowy Circle die and snowflakes…also for layering the penguin.
Sweet card!!
The Penguin is so cute and the snow scene is wonderful.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Cute card! Great new dies!
A beautiful, fun card. Love the card and these great new dies. Thanks for sharing!
Cute! Love the non-traditional colour. x
The penguin is so adorable with snow scene, love it!
This is really cute! The snowy circle makes a great
background for any “Christmas” animal!
Can’t go wrong with penguins! Such a cute card – and thanks for the how-to tips!
Adorable card! I love the darling penguin! Awesome Snowy Circle and Crystal Snowflakes dies to create this card! Delightful!
These are ADORABLE! I think they’d be a wonderful idea for mass producing around the holidays, too.
Very nice card, like the new circle and that penguin this divine could not miss on this card.
Such a cute card! Love the penguin, and the snowy circle would also be great as the top portion of a snow globe!
Beautiful cards! I love the new dies and the inspiration!
Here I am in the arctic amongst the penguins! And it’s snowing!
How concise this little card is! Adorable in deed!
So cute with the circle design, penguin and snowflakes.
This is super cute!! Love the little penguin and those gorgeous snowflakes!
Great card! I love the glitter snowflakes!
Love the cute penguin!! The snowflakes are awesome!
I like the layout and the snowy circle die very much – TFS lovely make
The snowy circle is precious!
Jean this is so darling! I would smile ear to ear if I found this little penguin card in my mailbox.
Cute card!
Definitely love the Snowy Circle die!!! It is so useful!!! And all the other dies used on this fabulous card!!!! Always love seeing new snowflake dies!!!
Although it is around 95 degrees here today, your pretty card made me think of the crisp,cold winter! Love penguins and snowflakes!
I LOVE this one!!!
Lovely background for shaker cards or snowglobe ones.
I LOVe the snowflakes and that penguin is too adorable! Great card.
Adorable card! Love all these awesome dies & your card design is perfect!
Ohhhh!! LOVE LOVE LOVE this card! That little guy is sooo cute! Love that snowy background too! Thanks for great card Jean!
Adorable card. The penguin is delightful with that red scarf! Inspirational card for the holidays. Great job as usual, Jean, with the lovely colors in your card. Have a great week-end.
It’s toasty here, so enjoyed your cool card. The Snowy Circle makes the perfect backdrop for the cute penguin.
The snowy circle die is so simple but would be great on a lot of different card designs!
Gorgeous card – the snowy circle is the perfect setting for the cute penguin! xxx
That penguin is just adorable and I love this snowy background die. Would work for more than just snow scenes though…really fun!
Love your card with the snowflakes and cute little penguin!
This is so CUTE! I really like the effect of the snowy circle die, it gives a whole new look to the snow globe look. Love it!
So totally cute. The snowy circle is so beautiful and the penguin is so cute.
Bellísima.
Cute card–would love to win that die!
Awesome card. I do love having a circle on the card. It adds such interest. Thanks
A lovely scene with that darling penquin. The snowy circle makes a great backdrop for him or any winter critter or scene.
That die has lots of possibilities! Love your blue that you used! Great card to cool us off in this hot humid weather!
Lovely card, really like the snowflakes and the penquin die
such a neat background for this too cute little guy!
Love the snowflakes
Hermosisima.
What a happy, fun card you made Jean!
Very cute and happy!
Wow! I love your card!
So adorable! Love the die cuts!!
The penguin is so adorable!