Day 5 of 12 Days of Christmas Ovens

It’s Day 5 of my 12 Days of Christmas Ovens.

I’m using Tim Holtz’s Retro Oven to create this tri-fold shaker card.

Watch video above for a tutorial on how to make the card.

Cardbase: Start with a 9 x 5-inches rectangle of white 65lb. cardstock. Score and fold at 3-inches and 6-inches.

Oven: Cut out two oven base piece from red cardstock covered with clear packing tape. Cut decorative oven pieces for each stove from silver, white and black. (I used cardboard packaging from some Tim Holtz protucts for the white and black pieces.)

Sentiments: Stamp the Paper Discovery β€œEat Drink & be merry” inside the last oven window panel. Use other sentiment stamps on other middle panels. (I used β€œFill your heart with joy” from Scrapbook and Cards Today’s Jolly Holiday workshop kit.)

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Sizzix – Thinlits by Tim Holtz – Retro Oven

Stamps

  • Paper Discovery – A5 Stamp Set – Cosy Kitchen – Simple Food
  • Scrapbook and Cards Today’s Jolly Holiday workshop kit – Clear Stamps

Papers

  • Bazzill – 8.5×11 Cardstock – Tiara -18-1002
  • Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Coated Spackled Black & White Cardboard Packaging
  • Acetate 3×3 inches
  • Black, BrownsRed and White Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • This Calls For Confetti – It’s No Secret Anti-Static Powder Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Tweezers
  • Glue Eraser
  • Paper Masking Tape

Day 4 of 12 Days of Christmas Ovens

It’s Day 4 of my 12 Days of Christmas Ovens.

I’m using a card kit from Papercraft Essentials Magazine, issue 197, April 2021.

Watch video above for a tutorial on how to make the card.

Cardbase: I cut a cardbase using a folded over piece of 8.5×11-inch white 65 lb. cardstock and a 4.5-inch circle die.

Sentiments: Sentiments came from the kit and the arched banner “Season’s Greetings” is an Anna Griffin sticker that I separated into two banners.

Envelope: The envelope is a 6-inch square envelope from my stash.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Hero Arts – Infinity Dies – Circle

Papers

  • Papercrafts Essentials Magazine, issue 197, April 2021 – Baked With Love
  • White Cardstock
  • 6-inch Square Envelope – Golden

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Day 3 of 12 Days of Christmas Ovens

It’s Day 3 of my 12 Days of Christmas Ovens.

I’m using dies by Elizabeth Craft Designs to create this Christmas oven card.

Watch video above for a tutorial on how to make the card.

Cardbase: Cut a 4 1/4 x8 1/2-inch rectangle of white cardstock and fold in half to form a 4 1/4-inch wide by 5 1/2-inch tall top fold A2 size cardbase. Cover the outside panels with decorative paper.

Oven: Use the Kitchen die set package image assemble the oven.

Cake: Cut one covered pot in brown and another in green. Cut off all the handles on each piece. Trim the lid off the green to make a plate for the cake to sit on. Add Nuvo drops for icing on cake top.

Sentiments: The sentiments on the front of the card are from The Greetery‘s Bake Someone Happy stamp set. The inside sentiment is from Scrapbook and Cards Today‘s Jolly Holiday workshop kit.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 envelope. Its back flap is decorated with a Christmas cake made using the Let’s Bake die set.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • Elizabeth Craft Designs – Metal Dies – Kitchen – 1993
  • Elizabeth Craft Designs – Metal Dies – Let’s Bake – 1994

Stamps

  • The Greetery – Clear Stamps – Bake Someone Happy
  • Scrapbook and Cards Today’s Jolly Holiday workshop kit – Clear Stamps

Papers

  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – Let’s Get Cozy
  • Silver Foil Cardstock
  • White, Red, Green, Brown and Black Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Hero Arts – Alcohol-Marker Friendly Ink Pad – Intense Black
  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Cherry Cobbler
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Red
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black & Green
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Platform
  • Brutus Monroe – Stick & Stamp Mat
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Nuvo Dream Drops – Golden Shimmer

Day 2 of 12 Days of Christmas Ovens

It’s Day 2 of my 12 Days of Christmas Ovens.

I’m using a Gingerbread House Explosion Box kit by Anna Griffin and dies and stamps by The Greetery to make this special treat box and Christmas decoration.

Watch video above for a tutorial on how I made the Box.

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Materials Used:

Dies

  • The Greetery – Wafer Thin Steel Dies – Bake Someone Happy

Stamps

  • The Greetery – Clear Stamps – Bake Someone Happy

Papers

  • Anna Griffin – Gingerbread House Explosion Box
  • Anna Griffin – Present Pop-Up Card making Kit – Ephemera & Sentiment Stickers
  • Anna Griffin – Carte Noel – Sentiment Stickers
  • The Paper Cut – 8.5×11 Glossy 10 PT Kromekote Cardstock – White
  • Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Acetate/Clear Plastic

Ink

  • Stampin’ Up – Classic Ink Pad – Real Red & Shaded Spruce
  • StazOn – Solvent Ink – Jet Black
  • American Crafts – Metallic Marker – Silver
  • Gel Pens – Blue, Green and Red
  • Mont Marte – Dual Tip Art marker – E2 Raw Sienna
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black, Green & Red

Adhesives

  • Neutral PH Adhesive by LINECO
  • Fine-Tip Glue Bottle
  • Double-Sided Tape – 1/8-inch wide
  • Foam Squares

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Heat Tool
  • Stamping Blocks
  • Scissors
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Paper Masking Tape

Miscellaneous

  • Candy or Small Baked Treat

Day 1 of 12 Days of Christmas Ovens

It’s Day 1 of my 12 Days of Christmas Ovens.

I’m using a stamp and die set by Diamond Press to create this interactive card that lets you pull the tab to open the oven door and reveal a Christmas turkey. (Because this kit doesn’t include any holiday sentiments, I had to use ones by other sources.)

Watch video above for a tutorial on how to make the card.

Cardbase: I used a purchased top-fold A2 size (2.25 x5.5-inch) gray cardbase and punched a half circle opening in the top center for a thumb hole to help with the pull tab. To help with the weight of the front, I added a 4×5.25-inch piece of the same green cardstock I had used for the front matching ups the thumb hole notches.

Oven: I watched an assembly video before I started my card. Then I cut the pieces I needed from green colored cardstock and white 65 lb. white cardstock.

Sentiments: For my original card, the outside β€œMerry Christmas” sentiment, I cut the words from a commercial Christmas card. For the card in my process video, I used stamps from the Greetery saying “Warmest Winter Wishes.” Inside both cards is β€œHappy Holidays, a die-cut sentiment by Karen Burniston in black.

Envelope: The card fits into an A2 envelope.

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Materials Used:

Dies, Punches & Stamps

Papers

  • Craft Consortium – 6×6 Double-Sided Cardstock – Over The Rainbow
  • Ranger – Perfect Cardstock – Wendy Vecchi Designer Series – Perfect Grey 4.25” x 5.5” top-Fold Cards
  • White and Black Cardstock
  • Fraser Papers for William House – A2 Envelope – Genesis Text Milkweed Smooth

Ink

  • Memento – Fade-Resistant Dye Ink – Tuxedo Black
  • Creative Craft Products – Alcohol Markers – Dual Tipped – 15 Geranium, GG3 Green Grey
  • Mont Marte – Dual Tip Art marker – E2 Raw Sienna
  • Gel Pen – Silver
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Fine Tip – Green
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Red
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Platform
  • LDRS – Stampendable Stamping Tool
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • Paper Masking Tape

Days of Christmas

In past years I have done Christmas card series. Here are links to some of my series.

ADVENT CALENDARS

12 Days of Christmas Trees

7 Days of Christmas Fireplaces

7 days of Christmas Houses

12 Days of Christmas Ovens

WEEK OF GOOD CHEER

Nutcrackers

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A Holly Jolly Christmas

I recently attended a virtual cardmaking workshop organized by Scrapbook and Cards Today. It was a delightful day of making Christmas cards using a kit which included 45 cutting dies, 6×8 set of stamps, cardstock, specialty papers and a packet of sequins. The instructors included: Cathy Zielske, Meghann Andrew, Carissa Wiley and a special appearance by Jennifer McGuire who all designed cards using the kit. Below are my nine cards that I made during the day.

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Gift Card Box with Three Mini Pop-Up Cards

This card was made for Craft Roulette #224 whose parameters included mini cards, β€œa pretty day” colors, scent(s)/nose(s) and packaging.

I chose to make a gift card box with three mini pop-up cards to celebrate Christmas. Karen Burniston Dies were used to create the box and pop-up mechanisms.

Cardbases: Mini cards are 2 x 7-inch rectangles of double-sided papers folded in half and trimmed to fit inside the box.

Box: Β Using Karen Burniston’s Candy Hearts Box die set, cut one of the box die. Assemble as shown in the video at the bottom of the linked page. Glue journaling cards to decorate the box.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Graphic 45 – 8×8 Double-Sided Cardstock – β€˜Twas The Night Before Christmas
  • Silver Foil Cardstock – Recycled Packaging
  • White, Green and Brown Cardstock

Ink

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Paper Masking Tape

Baking For The Holidays

It’s time for the Karen Burniston June 2024 Design Team Challenge with the theme of using border dies.

I wanted to get a jump on my end-of-the-year holiday cards by making a baking themed card with pies and gingerbread men from the Baking Borders and Christmas Borders 1 set. The rolling pin and chef’s hat are also in the Baking Borders set. Additional die sets used were:  Oven Pop-Up, Tiny Gnomes, and the Fancy Label Accordion. (A 1 3/4-inch square die was used from the Frame Pull Pop-Up set, but any 1 3/4-inch square die could be used. This was the one I had handy.)

Watch my tutorial YouTube video to see how the card was made.

(TIP: Access the assembly videos for any of the dies used by clicking on the die link and scrolling towards the bottom of the linked page for the video.)

Cardbase: Cut three of the largest die in the Fancy Label Accordion set from a butterscotch-colored heavy cardstock. Work the scored fold-lines.  Wait to until after making and attaching the oven shaker to glue the frames together.

Shaker Oven: Cut ten ovens from red cardstock and two additional ovens from coated red cardstock using the oven die from the Oven Pop-Up set. Trim off stove top section on all 12 pieces. From the two coated cardstock stove top pieces, trim off the back where knobs go and save. Layout oven with stove back on one panel of the cardbase. Mark the outside edges of oven lightly with pencil. Center 1 3/4-inch square die within the oven square and die cut. (You may want to use a ruler to find the center of the fancy label and center the die left to right with the center line. The die will be below the true center up and down because of the stove back piece.)

Glue five of the plain cardstock oven pieces to either side of the cardbase over the square opening. This will form the shaker base. Cut two 2-inch square pieces of clear acetate/plastic.  Attach one piece of acetate/plastic with double-sided tape to the top of stacked oven pieces. Turn over and fill shaker with confetti and tiny cookie shapes from the Oven Pop-Up set. Attach the second piece of acetate/plastic with double-sided tape to seal up the oven shaker.

Cut two 1 1/2-inch square pieces of clear acetate/plastic. Adhere to the back of oven doors on the remaining two coated oven pieces using double-sided tape. With more double-sided tape added to the outer edges of the oven pieces, attach them over the shaker acetate/plastic. Glue the stove back with knobs attached to the cardbase above the ovens on both sides.

Pies, Gingerbread Men and Rolling Pins: Cut two strips of pie bases from the Baking Borders set. Color one strip all red .(I used a red glitter brush.) Color four orange and four baked apple yellow on the other strip. Cut out four of each of the pie tops. Ink the pie top to look like browned crusts with maybe some burnt tips of the crusts. Glue lattice pie crust to apple yellow pies, the open ring crust onto the pumpkin orange pies and the flower shaped crusts onto the red pies. Cut all the pies into separate circular pieces. Glue pies to the top and bottom of the front and back panel frames of the card base.

Cut two strips of gingerbread men using the die in the Christmas Borders 1 set. Using a white gel pen with a fine tip, trace the icing onto the men using the stencil feature of the die. Cut men apart and glue to sides of the front and back panel frames of the card base.

Cut two strips of the rolling pins from a kraft colored cardstock using the die from the Baking Borders set. With a red fine-tipped marker stencil on the hearts and color all the handles. Trim the strips to fit the top and bottom of the middle panel frame. Save one of the leftover rolling pins for the chef to hold.

Chef: From the Tiny Gnomes set, cut two of the body piece and one mustache from white cardstock. From flesh colored cardstock cut the head, nose and hands. From black cardstock cut the shoes. With a fine tipped pen, trace the eyes using the stencil feature of the head die. Color the mustache brown or gray. Cut one chef’s hat from white using the die in the Baking Borders set. Using the rolling pin die to stencil a red heart onto the chef’s hat.

To assemble, cut one body piece to have an apron in the center and an arm on either side. (See video for visuals of this.) Glue apron onto other body piece and then head. Added mustache then nose to head. Glue arms onto back of body wide enough to hold a rolling pin. Glue rolling pin to end of arms and then add hands on top of rolling pin handles. Attach shoes and hat.

Sentiments: β€œHappy Holidays” comes from Word Set 3-Holidays. The labels behind it and the chef are from the decorator dies in the Fancy Label Accordion set. Personal messages can be written on the back of the panels.

Envelope: The card fits into an A7 size envelope decorated with leftover pies and rolling pins on the back flap.

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Materials Used:

Dies

Papers

  • Fun Stampers Journey – 8.5×11 inch Cardstock – Cranberry Bliss & Oatmeal Cookie
  • Grafix – 8.5×11 Dura-Lar Acetate .005 – Clear Film
  • Keep It Simple – 6×9 Double-Sided Coated Cardstock – Back to Basics – Ruby
  • My Favorite Things – 8.5×11 inch 110 lb. Cardstock – Butterscotch
  • Stampin’ Up –8.5×11 inch Cardstock – Copper Clay
  • Silver Foil Cardstock
  • Browns, Tan and White Cardstock

Ink

  • Creative Craft Products – Dual Tip Alcohol Markers -mWG1 – Warm Grey
  • Pigma – Mircon 01 Fine Tip Pen – Black
  • Ranger – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink- Antique Linen & Gathered Twigs
  • Sakura – Gelly Roll Pen – Medium – White
  • Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker – Orange Juice, Red Shimmer and Sunshine Yellow
  • Sharpie – Permanent Marker – Ultra Fine Tip – Black & Red

Adhesives

Tools

  • Die Cutting Machine
  • Bone Folder
  • Stamping Blocks used as paperweights
  • Scissors
  • Pencil
  • We R Memories – QuickStick
  • Ruler
  • Pencil
  • Tombow – Mono – Sand Eraser -512A
  • Craft Mat
  • Craft Clips
  • This Calls for Confetti – It’s No Secret Anti-Static Powder Tool

Miscellaneous

  • This Calls for Confetti – Gen Xer – Dazzle Dots