Just Imagine Crafts - Kreaxions Punches

Goodbye and Hello!!

Very sadly today we have to say good-bye to some wonderful and creative friends as their term our design team comes to an end...These ladies have created many, many beautiful projects with Kreaxions and Just Imagine products and they will be missed!!

Barbara Bruder
Jess Moyer
Lisa Spiegel
Stephanie Ackerman
Valerie Bishop
Wendy Price

Ladies - you are ALWAYS welcome here and I hope you'll continue to share your creations with us!

And now it's my pleasure to announce the new Just Imagine Design team:

Lisa Moen 
Barbara Lochridge 
Lisa Bedigian 
Jenifer Evans  
Lucy Chesna   
Jasmine "Jazz" Labombard
Leslie Foley

and returning DT members:

Bev Code
Ginni Gass
Linda Beeson

Please join me in welcoming the new team! You'll start seeing their creations shortly! Can't wait to see what they do with Kreaxions products!!

~ Deb 

Simple Touches

Sometimes the simplest touches make the best pages!  I have been doing the My Sketch World Sketch-a-Thon this month and this February 3^rd sketch by Lucy Chesna was PERFECT for one of my favorite pics of my Grandson Garrett. 

I wanted to add a little something special to the corners of the papers so I pulled out Kreaxions Punch #312 and the Kreaxions Punch Mate (definitely a MUST HAVE tool!) and had some fun! 

Other materials – Cardstock – Bazzill; Glitter Papers – DCWV, Kreaxions; Patterned Paper – Echo Park, Unknown; Tree Stamp – Stampin Up; Embossing Powder – Ranger, Stampendous; Ink – Versamark; Title Letters – Colorbok; Bling – Queen & Company, Unknown; Photo Turns, Brads – Recollections

The border is punched with Template A.  The corners are punched with Template C.  And I used the leftover snowflakes to create even more drama.  The result is a page that does justice to a fabulous picture!  I just wish the scan did justice to the page.  The background paper is all glittery too. 

So the next time your layout needs just a little something extra, pull out your Kreaxions punches and have some fun! 

Happy Punching!  Ginni Gass, Design Team Member

 

Elegant Backgrounds...

Hi everyone! Wendy here and today I'm sharing my last Design Team project. Thank you to Kreaxions/Just Imagine for allowing me to be a part of such a wonderful team this past year. I have met some fantastic women and worked with some incredible punches!!! 

For today's card I decided to highlight one of my favorite ways to use the punches...creating backgrounds with punch out pieces. I used the punch out pieces from Kreaxions 303 to create an elegant background pattern. 

Here is a closeup of the pattern created with the punch out pieces....

Wendy Price (Paper, Ink and Smiles)

My Last Sunday Inspiration

Hi Everyone

It's Barbara here with my last Sunday Inspiration. I have been on this fabulous design team for 1 year and the time has flown by. You know the old saying, "Time flies when you are having fun". I had a blast. Got to work with a whole host of fabulous tools. I love the Kreaxions punches, they are the best, a great circle cutter, you will have to try it to see what I mean!! and other tools as well. I had the great opportunity to work with the sweetest and most talented group of ladies.I will miss everyone.

For my last post I have used punch 918 - curves. It reminds me of swirling winds, so I thought this was a perfect punch to use on this card.  also used the circle cutter to cut the partial circles. The circle cutter gives a perfect cut every time. 

 

Well, I am sad to be leaving but you will be having a new design team, with new ideas for all the great tools available at Just Imagine Crafts. This isn't goodbye, it's so long and I will see you in blogland,

Thanks

Good morning Steph here. This is my final post at as my DT term is now ending. I have had so much fun working with the many punches I received during my term and I will continue to work with them and show them off as I can.

So, using my favorite punches (3-in-1 punch #901 and Butterfly punch #604 along with the Lattice Die), I'm sending a great big Thanks to the owners for letting me play with these amazing punches.

 I used the Lattice Die to create a frame over my pattern paper. Punch #901 was used alone to create the fun butterfly border. I then scattered little butterflies over the Lattice Die so they appear to be in flight.

 

A sentiment using Clearsnap's Design Adhesives and Foils finishes the card.

Happy punching.

Steph

 

 

Supplies:

Cardstock: Bazzill
Pattern paper: DCWV
Die: Cheery Lynn
Punches: Just Imagine Kreaxions
Ink, Design Adhesives, Foils: Clearsnap

My Final Fabulous Friday...

It's Finally Friday!!  Isn't it fabulous!!  This week, I created a thank you card to thank Debbie and everyone here at Just Imagine for a wonderful term on the Design Team!

I used Lotus Punch, Leaf Punch, and Star 4 in 1 punch for this sweet thank you card...I popped up two layers of the Lotus flowers for more dimension and gave them a crystal center for a little bling. The leaves are punched from music paper. :)  

This is my Final Friday post for Just Imagine...it's been such a great year on the team!  Thank you to everyone at Just Imagine and my fellow Design Team girls for being so easy to work with and so supportive!  Good luck to everyone who applied for the Design Team and can't wait to follow along with all of your inspiration!

Terrifically Thrilling Thursday and Butterflies

Hi everyone.. so today I used Momenta product, grabbed my Kreaxions Butterfly Punch #604 and started with the negative first in the border which I matted from the back with pink and stickled. The punched out butterfly pieces I then applied to the card and added stickles. Using a Momenta sentiment and a trim piece .. my simple but cute card was done.

Amazing what just a simple punch can do and add to a project... this whole card was mainly punching. So glad you could pop by today.. hope to see you soon.

A circle cutter like no other

I have circle cutters but let me tell you, I only use my Kreaxions circle cutter. There is not another circle cutter that is easier to use. 

For my box, I created a layered flower. I used a light weight kind of paper and cut several circles, each one a little bit bigger then the last. That is one of my favorite things about this circle cutter that in a second you can set it to cut any number of different sizes. You can't do that with punches. 

Because the paper is thin, it was easy to distress the edges. 

The box is actually created from a photo of a flower that I took. I just printed it out on photo paper and made a very simple style box. 

Thanks for visiting, Linda Beeson, Design Team member

Punched Border Circle

Hello everyone!  Today I'm featuring the MOST AWESOME Kreaxions Circle Cutter and the SUPER FUN Kreaxions Positioning Parts. Sometimes I really would love to have a shaped edge on my circles and the Kreaxions Positioning Parts paired with just the right Kreaxions 4-in-1 punch gives me all the variety I need!  On this page I used Kreaxions 4-in-1 Punch #310.  The positioning parts are quite easy to use.  First cut your circle to the size you want.  Remember, the Kreaxions Circle Cutter cuts up to 10"!  Then choose your punch.  Depending on the shape you want for your edges on the circle, choose one of the positioning parts. I used a 3" circle and the 5cm positioning parts for this example.

Place the pieces on the template and start punching like normal!  You can "eyeball" where you want to place your punch or you can use the fabulous Kreaxions Stencils to position your punch.  On this circle I used the Stencils.  Each punch will give you a different edge so play around to see which one works best for your project. 

You can use the same positioning parts and punch to do the inner circle as well. 

The picture is of my DH and two of my grandsons last summer at the beach.  It’s one of my all time fav pics!  I used a sketch from My Scraps & More but altered it just a bit.  I also tried a new technique – using embossing powder with Crystal Lacquer.  (I had run out of puffy stuff and cotton would have been too much so I thought I’d try it.)  Other than melting my picture a bit (which makes it look more watery) it worked great!  And I have the puffy effect I was looking for. 
Materials – Sketch - ; Cardstock – Bazzill, CTMH; Patterned Paper – DCWV; Wavy Cutter – Creative Memories; Letter Stickers – Alphabitties; Embossing Powder – Stampin Stuff; Sand, Glitter – Magic Scraps; Brads – Making Memories; Pen – Sakura Gel Roll

I hope you will consider playing with the stencils and the positioning parts!  There's a whole WORLD of possibilities if you do!  Happy Punching!  Ginni Gass, Design Team Member

Faux Cross Stitching

Hi everyone! Wendy here and today I'm sharing how I created a faux cross stitch look on my layout with Kreaxion Punch #310.

supplies: Kreaxions Punch #310, GCD studios pattern paper, Scenic Route stickers

instructions:

1. punch a LOT of x's using Kreaxions #310. (TIP: an easy way to get lots of negative punch pieces without wasting lots of paper using the entire punch, is to cut 1/2 inch strips of cardstock. Feed the strip of paper into the part of the punch you wish to get.) 
2. Practice laying out your design before adhering the punches down to the layout. I found laying down a ruler to use as a guide made it easier to keep my line of "stitches" straight and neat. 

Wendy Price

Paper, Ink and Smiles