Konnichiwa Happy Everything Card

Konnichiwa Happy Everything Card
Created by OMC Designer Sandy
 

From the first time I experienced the sheer fun of embossing metal, I’ve been hooked! It can be done as easily as embossing a piece of cardstock. (Their blanks can be embossed in plastic embossing folders or any of the DecoEmboss/DecoEtch dies that you might have.) For this card, I used a Sizzix DecoEmboss die and inserted one of the new Vintaj copper blanks in a Tim Holtz Vagabond machine. Then to add some color I used three shades of alcohol ink and Blending Solution and dabbed the color on the blank until I achieved the desired look. I thought the embossed blank would give a little texture to my lanterns. I found the new stamp from Hero Arts stamped beautifully (They are selling fast). It would be so easy to color in the stamp or even emboss if wanted. Then to add just a little pop, I used a Quickie glue pen to color in the pennants and then sprinkled one of the new Glitter Ritz colors - Green Tea to add a little sparkle. Over all, this card took very little time to make and was a lot of fun to create. The collection pack from Basic Grey called Konnichiwa has such great papers to design with. 

Embossing Vintage Metal Blanks - How To Video

 

Happy Crafting!

Christmas Holly Layout

Christmas Holly Layout
Created by OMC Designer Lindsey

Supplies Used:
Echo Park : Season's Greetings Collection Kit
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pads - Walnut Stain, Crushed Olive
Jenni Bowlin : Acrylic Paint Dabber - Chili Powder
EKSuccess : EK Tools - Zig Zag Chain Edger Punch
Sizzix : Bigz Die w/Bonus Textured Impressions - Holly & Berries #2
We R Memory Keepers : Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper
Bazzill Basics : 12" x 12" Cardstock - Tan

Instructions:
1. Ink the edges of the 12" x 12" patterned background paper with the Walnut Stain and Crushed Olive distress inks.
2. Cut the poinsettia paper 9" x 9", ink the edges with the walnut stain, and mount on a sheet of tan cardstock size 9.5" x 9.5". Ink the edges of the tan cardstock sheet with the Walnut Stain and the Crushed Olive distress inks. Take another sheet of paper from the collection pack and cut it to 10" x 10". Using the EKSuccess Zig Zag punch, punch the edges of the paper. Glue the tan cardstock and poinsettia paper to the Zig Zag edge paper. Attach all sheets of paper to the background paper.
3. Cut and emboss the Holly and Berries Bigz die, rub the embossed area with the Crushed Olive distress ink and the Chili Powder Paint Dabber. Attach to the bottom right hand corner of your layout.

4. Mount the "Christmas" sticker onto piece of patterned paper, cut the paper to size, and ink the edges with the Chili Powder paint dabber. Attach below the Holly and Berries.

Happy crafting!

Dimensional Holiday Tree using Basic Grey!

Dimensional Holiday Tree Created by OMC Designer Lindsey Supplies Used:
Basic Grey : Nordic Holiday Collection Pack
American Crafts : Welcome Christmas Buttons
Tim Holtz : Distress Ink Pad - Brushed Corduroy
K&Company : Glad Tidings - Poinsettia and Holly Layered Accents
Martha Stewart : Punch Around the Page - String Lace
12" x 24" Cardstock Sheet
Tim Holtz : Mini Mister
Brown Velvet Ribbon

Instructions:
1. Cut thirteen 2 1/2" x 12" strips of paper from the Nordic Collection Pack. Mist the strips of paper with water using a squirt bottle or the mini mister. Roll the strips into tubes and allow to dry, then ink the edges.
2. Cut the thirteen rolls of paper to size. There are 13 sizes of rolls going from the the largest roll for the bottom of the tree to the smallest on top:

• Roll 1: 8 3/4”
• Roll 2: 8"
• Roll 3: 7 3/4”
• Roll 4: 7"
• Roll 5: 6 1/2”
• Roll 6: 6"
• Roll 7: 5 1/2"
• Roll 8: 4 3/4”
• Roll 9: 4"
• Roll 10: 3 3/4”
• Roll 11: 3"
• Roll 12: 2 1/2”
• Roll 13: 1 3/4"

(These sizes do not have to be exact)

3. Using the distress ink, lightly stamp the snowflake stamp on different spots on the 12" x 24" cardstock. Also ink the edges.

4. Starting with the smallest piece, glue the rolls of paper to your 12" x 24" piece of cardstock starting about an inch from the top of the 12" side of the cardstock. You want to glue the pieces down in the shape of a Christmas tree. Once all the pieces are glued down, trim down the cardstock leaving about two inches at the bottom.

5. Glue the Welcome Christmas buttons to the rolls of paper to create ornaments on the tree.

6. Cut four strips of cardstock in the following sizes:

• 1" x 7 3/4" (Roll 3)
• 1" x 6 1/2" (Roll 5)
• 1" x 4 3/4" (Roll 8)
• 1" x 3" (Roll 11)

Punch the cardstock using the String Lace punch and bend the cardstock to curve around the rolls listed with the sizes. Glue in place.  

7. For the trunk of the tree, cut four pieces of brown velvet ribbon. Ruffle the ribbon into layers and glue in place.





Watch Lindsey make this tree in our youtube video below!



Happy crafting!