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The new Renaissance Tile (G1404) is my newest favorite stamp. Its size, approximately 5-1/2" x 1-1/4", makes it perfect for backgrounds, borders, punched elements, "stamp-kissing," and just about anything you'd ever want a stamp to do.
It's featured here - with papers from the Tinsel, Mistletoe, Dots, Sicily and Moroccan collections. Here are just a few of the many, many, many Memory Box items in this project. If banners and garlands aren't your style, each panel can easily be attached to 5-1/2" square cards to greet the season.
Here are the instructions for this project:
Memory Box Products
- G1404 Renaissance Tile
- C1409 Fred P. Bear
- F1413 Birch Trees
- C1412 Stick Tree
- 10158 Flurries Design Adhesives
- 10157 In the Forest Design Adhesives
- 10155 Oh Joy Design Adhesives
- 10159 Calm and Bright Design Adhesives
- Vintage Ornaments 12x12
- Double Fudge 12x12
- Tinsel 6x6 Set
- Mistletoe 6x6 Set
- Cranberry Dots, Moroccan and Sicily 8.5x11
- Thistle Dots, Moroccan and Sicily 8.x511
- Vanilla Bean Dots and Moroccan 8.5x11
- Soiree Cherry Cardstock
- Soiree White Textured Cardstock
- Soiree Aqua Cardstock
- Parsley Cardstock
- Thistle Cardstock
- Bayou Cardstock
- Robins Egg Cardstock
- Snowflake Jewel Stickers
- Christmas Jewel Stickers
- Halloween Jewel Stickers
- Berry Pearl Stickers
Other Supplies
- Vivid! Olive Inkpad and Aqua Inkpads
- Top Boss Watermark Inkpad
- ColorBox Fluid Chalk Dark Red and Chestnut Roan Inkpad
- ColorBox Black Inkpad
- Clearsnap White Embossing Powder
- Detail Clear Embossing Powder
- Clearsnap Silver Lining, Peridot, Ruby Slippers, Ocean Spray and Winter Frost Glitter
- Clearsnap Glue Gloss
- White Flocking
- Clearsnap Silver Fog and Cherry Pie Designer Foils
- Orange Sharpie or Copic Marker
- Staedtler #80 Watercolor Pencil
- Niji Waterbrush
- Soft Round Paintbrush
- Diecut Set and 4" Circle Die
- 1/4", 5/8", 3/4",7/8" and 1" Circle Punches
- Marvy Pennant Punch
- 1/4" Foam Dots
- Green Grosgrain Ribbon
INSTRUCTIONS; (Cut 5" squares and 4" circles of the prints)
3 Trees: Stamp Renaissance Tile on the yellow Tinsel print with Olive and use the pennant punch to punch 3 triangles. Ink the edges with Olive. Attach them to a Cranberry Dots circle. Ink the edge of the circle with Warm Red. Attach the large red jewels from the Christmas Jewel Stickers. Attach the pieces to a square of Vintage Ornaments.
Joyful Bear: Stamp Fred P. Bear on Soiree Textured White Cardstock with Black and emboss it with clear powder. Use the gray watercolor pencil and waterbrush to lightly shade the bear. Stamp and emboss the scarf section again on Cranberry Dots. Cut the scarf out and glue it over the white scarf. Cut the cardstock to 1-3/4" x 4" and ink the edges with Olive. Brush Glue Gloss around Fred's paws and sprinkle it with Winter Frost Glitter. Burnish the Christmas star from the Calm and Bright Design Adhesives onto the cardstock. Brush Silver Lining Glitter onto the adhesive pattern. Stamp Renaissance Tile on the Mistletoe print circle with Olive. Ink the edges of the circle with Olive. Attach Berry Pearl Stickers. Burnish "JOY" from the Oh Joy Design Adhesives onto the Thistle Moroccan print. Press Cherry Pie Designer Foil onto the adhesive, burnish it, and remove the foil liner. Punch it into an oval and ink the edges with Aqua. Attach the pieces to the panel, using foam dots for "JOY."
Sparkly Tree: Cut the tree from the In the Forest Design Adhesives and burnish it onto Soiree Cherry Cardstock. Brush Peridot Glitter onto the pattern. Attach a Snowflake Jewel Sticker. Trim the cardstock to 1-1/4" x 3". Punch three 1" circles of Parsley Cardstock. Punch three 7/8" bird circles from the Mistletoe print and ink the edges with Warm Red. Layer the circles. Attach the pieces to a 4" circle of Vanilla Bean Moroccan, then to a square of the Tinsel print.
Bird in the Birches: Stamp Renaissance Tile on Thistle Dots with Warm Red. Cut a 4" circle of the Mistletoe print and ink the edges with Aqua. Stamp Birch Trees on Thistle Cardstock with Top Boss Watermark and emboss it with white embossing powder. Stamp and emboss approximately 4" of Renaissance Tile on Thistle Cardstock. Cut it out with one curved edge. Attach it below four of the birches to resemble snow. Cut the cardstock to 2-5/8" wide by 2-3/4" high and ink the edges with Aqua. Burnish a bird from the In the Forest Design Adhesives onto a branch and brush Ruby Slippers Glitter on the adhesive. Burnish "peace" from the Calm and Bright Design Adhesives onto Robins Egg Cardstock and brush Ocean Spray Glitter onto the adhesive. Trim and cardstock and ink the edges with Aqua. Attach the pieces to the square, using foam dots for "peace." Attach seven Berry Pearl Stickers.
Silver Snowflake: Burnish the large snowflake from the Flurries Design Adhesives onto Soiree Cherry Cardstock. Press Silver Fog Designer Foil onto the adhesive, burnish it, and carefully remove the liner. Trim the cardstock to approximately 2-1/4" square. Cut a 4" circle of Cranberry Moroccan. Punch three 1" circles of Thistle Cardstock. Punch three 7/8" deer circles from the Tinsel Print and ink the edges with Olive. Layer the circles. Attach the pieces to the Mistletoe square, using foam dots for the deer circles. Attach five of the large green Christmas Jewel Stickers.
Celebrate Christmas: Ink Stick Tree with Olive and quickly press it onto Renaissance Tile to remove a portion of the ink. Stamp it onto the Mistletoe text background. Repeat the process using an uninked section of Renaissance Tile. Trim it to 2-1/8" x 3-1/2" and ink the edges with Chestnut Roan. Burnish
"christmas" from the Calm and Bright Design Adhesives onto Thistle Sicily and brush Ruby Slippers Glitter onto the adhesive. Trim it, round the corners and ink the edges with Aqua. Attach the pieces to the square, using foam dots for "christmas." Attach red and green Christmas Jewel Stickers to the birds' scarves. Attach three foam dots to the circle and press Peridot Glitter into the adhesive.
Flocky the Snowman: Burnish the snowman from the Oh Joy Design Adhesives onto Soiree Aqua Cardstock. Color a small diamond jewel from the Christmas Jewel Stickers with an orange marker. Attach the orange-colored jewel to the adhesive. Attach small black jewels from the Halloween Jewel Stickers to the snowman for eyes and buttons. Brush white flocking powder onto the adhesive. Burnish the scarf from the Oh Joy Design Adhesives over the snowman and brush Ruby Slippers Glitter onto the adhesive. Using the 3/4" Circle Punch, punch a shallow semi-circle near the edge of the Double Fudge print, then punch approximately half a circle over the semi-circle to create a crescent. Punch a 1/4" circle of the Double Fudge print. Attach both pieces to the top of the snowman's head. Stamp Renaissance Tile onto a 4" Cranberry Sicily circle with Top Boss Watermark and emboss it with white powder. Punch three 7/8" circles of Parsley Cardstock. Punch three 3/4" circles of Double Fudge. Layer the circles. Attach the pieces to a Vanilla Bean Dots square.
Punch 1/4" holes in the top corners and tie the squares together with grosgrain ribbon.
...That's it...are you still awake?
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