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  • It’s Fall, Ya’ll | by April Antonio

    It’s Fall, Ya’ll | by April Antonio

    Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing a card in honor of the first day of Fall. Time to light some cozy candles, grab a warm blanket, and sink into a fun afternoon of crafting.

    Here’s how I pulled this card together:

    I used layer A and B from the Forest Canopy Layer set and ink blended on the leaves and branches with green and brown inks. I glued both layers together, and then used a tape runner to attach them to an A2 card front.

    I then used a sheet of orange cardstock from the Sunny Orange cardstock pack to cut the background of the Adornment Pumpkin die set. I cut this out twice and used foam tape to glue the two pieces together.

    I cut the outline part from a piece of orange cardstock from the Glitzy Glitter pad. I finished off the pumpkin by ink blending the stem and leaves and adding them to the top.

    For my sentiment I used the Big Hugs Sugar Script die, cutting it out three times and ink blending brown onto the layers, and gluing them together.

    Lastly, I cut out all the dies from the Evening Moths die set from white cardstock.

    Supplies

    57481 Adornment Pumpkin

    57568 Evening Moths

    57138 Big Hugs Sugar Script

    57534 Forest Canopy Layer Set

    Supplies

    sp1003 Lush Green

    sp1002 Sunny Orange

    GP1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

  • 105 days until Christmas | by April Antonio

    105 days until Christmas | by April Antonio

    Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing an early Christmas card using some of the products from the new holiday release. With Autumn almost upon us, everything is about to speed up, so why not start on creating some holiday cheer?! Also, these new dies are just too cute to put down!

    Here’s how I pulled this card together:

    I grabbed a pre-cut slimline card base in white, and glued a dark blue cardstock mat to the background to represent the night sky. I used the new Wavy Hillside die set and cut the largest die from white cardstock twice. I glued the die cuts twice to the front of the slimline card using foam tape, and made sure to leave a little room at the top so that I could later tuck in some of the houses and trees.

    I cut the Littletown Village, Littletown Church, and Littletown Home die sets all from white card stock, and assembled them accordingly. I then did some light ink blending in blue and purple on the bottom of each building, and did some darker ink blending in green on the trees. I then arranged the trees and houses across the hillside tucking some behind the ‘snow’ and placing some on top. I also added some to the bottom of the card front in either corner.

    For my sentiment I used the Merry Christmas Confection Script die with the shadow in the same dark blue as my background and the letters cut out from white cardstock.

    Finishing touches: I used a white gel pen to add some ‘falling snow’ to the dark blue background. I also added some silver jewels from the Memory Box Christmas Fairy Jewels set, and used a glitter pen to add some sparkle to the roofs of the buildings.

    Supplies

    57563 Wavy Hillside

    57564 Littletown Village

    57565 Littletown Church

    57567 Littletown Home

    57542 Merry Christmas Confection Script

    JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

  • Summer Ocean Blues | by April Antonio

    Summer Ocean Blues | by April Antonio

    Hello friends! Design Team member April here today sharing a beautiful, bright, blue ocean inspired card using the Budding Twigs Contour Layers die set. I visited the beach last month and was inspired to create something ocean-y.

    Here’s how I pulled this card together:

    I cut a piece of heavy-weight white cardstock down to A2 card size. is made from 80 lb. I used on of my favorites, the Pinpoint Contour Plate to cut a background from the Memory Box Lagoon 6×6 cardstock pack and layered that onto the card base.

    Next I cut the three layers of the Budding Twigs Contour Layers die set from three different colors from the same Lagoon cardstock pack. I glued the layers together following the included guide, making sure to alternate colors, and adhered each finished twig onto the card front. The blue background with the budding twigs reminded me of seeing coral underwater!

    I used the Big Hugs Vintage Sentiment die and shadow die to cut the ‘HUGS’ and adhered it to the front of the card. I used two different shades of brown I found in the Memory Box Earth Neutral 6×6 cardstock pack.

    I finished off the card with some fun gemstones from the Winter Fantasy Fairy gemstone set. I really enjoy paper-piecing and this card was fun to pull together! I hope you are able to have fun and do something creative this weekend.

    Supplies

    57547 Big Hugs Vintage Sentiment

    57529 Budding Twigs Contour Layers

    57511 Pinpoint Contour Plate

    Supplies

    sp1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack

    sp1009 Earth Neutral