It's a Delight!

Good morning everyone!  Hope you week is going along smoothly!

Here is a card featuring the Adelaide Stem die from Memory Box, along with the Arin Bird Background die and the Honeycomb die which I used as a stencil for the background.


I started by cutting a piece of white cardstock to 3.75” x 5”. I die cut the Honeycomb Background and using it as a stencil, I sponged Dried Marigold through the design onto this white piece, then splattered with Forest Moss Distress Ink. I cut two of the Adelaide Stems from green cardstock, covered the tops using a Versamark Marker, and embossed with white embossing powder. The bird was cut from tangerine cardstock and I sponged the edges and part of the body with Dried Marigold to give some dimension. The beak was colored with an orange watercolor pencil and I added a black dot for the eye.



I arranged and attached the Adelaide Stems to the back of the bird, and mounted that with foam tape. I decided to add some sparkly Stickles to the tops of the flowers. A few sequins completed the arrangement, which I then mounted to a green card base with foam tape.


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Can't Be Beet!!

Well, it’s day three of Memory Box's blog blitz showcasing the new release of adorable stamps and matching dies. My card today features the Garden Variety stamps and dies … oh what fun for summer cards!  Check out the Memory Box blog here.  If you’d like a chance to win a new stamp set of your choice, be sure to leave comments on any or all of the designer posts on the blog this week. Five random winners will be drawn from the comments, and you could  be one of the lucky ones!!



I cut a piece of white card stock 5” x 3.75”, and splattered it with Forest Moss Distress Ink. I die cut the Honeycomb Background and snipped out a pleasing pattern of hexagons. I sponged Dried Marigold Distress Ink over the top and adhered that to the white piece as shown. I saved a few of the little hexagons and placed them randomly back into the honeycomb.  I die cut three of the beets from the set, sponged two of them with Fired Brick and Aged Mahogany Distress Inks, and one with Dried Marigold and Wild Honey Distress Inks. The leaves were sponged with Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress Inks, and I added a little highlight on each beet with a white gel pen.



I stamped a face onto the Marigold beet, and added some Wink of Stella over the leaves, then arranged and adhered the beets as shown. The Marigold beet was popped with foam tape. I added the sentiment from the clear stamp set, then adhered the assembled piece with foam tape to the card base.




Don't forget to check out the Memory Box blog and leave lots of comments there! You can see links to the products used there as well. Thanks for stopping by!

Memory Box Evershan Branch

My design today features the beautiful and elegant Evershan Branch die, and I decided to make it a monochromatic card just for fun. 

The top fold card base is from a light tan card stock.  I cut the Bengal Background die from ivory card stock, then used one of the dies from the Open Studio Rectangle Layers set to cut out the center to leave a window.  (I will be sure to use the cut out piece on a different card.) I cut a frame of the same size from the Open Studio Rectangle Frames set, adhered that over the opening to create a frame and then added that to the card base.  I cut the Evershan Branch from the same ivory card stock, and adhered that with foam tape as shown.  I punched several tan and ivory circles using a 1/4" circle punch and used a stylus to cup them.  I adhered some of them on the flowers and scattered the rest, then added pearls to all of the centers.  

When I showed this card to my friend and fellow teacher, Nance, she just happened to pick the card up and hold it so that the Evershan Branch was positioned at the top, different from the way I had oriented the card originally.  We both said, "Ohhh, that works!"

Then we turned the card 180 degrees so that the branch was at the bottom, and said, "Oh, THAT works too!"  It was one of those "happy accidents".

This card could be used for any occasion, any way you'd like to look at it!

Be sure to visit the Memory Box Outside the Box blog starting Monday, April 13th through Friday, April 17th, for some great inspiration using the latest release of dies, stamps and stencils!

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Christmas is almost here! Yikes!

Once again I have gotten behind on posting here.  I'm sure I speak for most everyone, but I honestly don't know where the time goes.  As a way of catching up a little bit, I'm going to show several cards that I posted on the Poppystamps blog. 

I'll start with an all occasion card made with the Claudette Frame.  As can be seen, I snipped off one side to create room for the stem of the Elsa Butterfly Branch.  For the background on the card base and on the smaller piece added to the center of the frame, I used Shabby Shutters Distress Ink to sponge through the Textured Flourish stencil from Memory Box, which is sadly no longer available. There are a couple of new ones though that are just as ornate and beautiful, one called Adornment, and another called Lanthenay, which could also be used for this card.

I cut the Elsa Butterfly Branch from green card stock, and another one from a bright pink card stock.  I snipped the butterfly from the pink card stock and glued it directly over the green butterfly, and also did the same with the two flower buds.  I cut the Elsa Butterfly also from the pink card stock and glued just the center of it on top of the other pink butterfly, lifting the wings for dimension. I found some pretty pinl flower bling to add as shown.

Next is a fall card that was easy and fun to create.  The leaves were cut from white card stock and sponged with Distress Inks: Scattered Straw, Dried Marigold, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, and a touch of Fired Brick .  The dies used were the Maple Leaf Border and the Massa Leaf Frame.  I cut a square of white card stock just a smidge larger than the opening in the frame, stamped the sentiment, and then glued it to the back of the frame.  I added mounting tape to the back for dimension, then added the sponged leaves as shown, along with a little bling.  Very quick and easy!

Next is a Christmas card featuring the Small Luxe Poinsettia Outline die and the Small Luxe Poinsettia Background die, the Dianna Border die (one of my all time favorites dies), the Pine Sprigs die and the Frozen Flakes die. 

I first sponged the background using white pigment ink through the Memory Box Textured Flourish stencil.  After removing the stencil, I embossed the background with clear embossing powder, then arranged the poinsettia pieces and greenery as shown.  I cut one of the snowflakes from the Frozen Flakes die cut, curved the piece and added it to the center.  I found some plastic snowflakes in my stash and added them as shown.

I had so much fun cutting up the Frosty Flakes die cut that I ended up with the 3" x 3" card you see below.  I cut another die from a dark red card stock, snipping two of the snowflakes, and added a white one from the previously cut piece used on the card above.  I have friends who just love the little 3" x 3" cards, and honestly I get into another zone making these.  They're so much fun, and they're great to make in sets to give as gifts!

The last card for this time around is a very clean and simple Christmas card made with the same Small Luxe Poinsettia Outline die and Pine Sprigs used above.  I used mounting tape on a white piece of card stock cut at 3.75" x 5" and adhered this to the card base.  I cut a 1.5" x 4" piece of gold foil, cut one end Chevron style, and glued this to the front.  I cut another piece of white card stock, a little wider, same length.  I embossed that piece, and used mounting tape to adhere this on top of the gold, offsetting it as shown.

I cut three of the poinsettias from the gold foil card stock, shaped the petals, and adhered them one on top of the other, offsetting each one.  I glued three of the pine sprigs as shown, and mounted the assembled poinsettia just slightly to the left of the embossed piece.  Added the gold bling and sentiment, and it was done!

I hope you've enjoyed these cards and that you've been inspired to get those Christmas cards made.  It's coming fast!

On November 19th, I will be teaching a class at Ultimate Hobbies using a mixture of Poppystamps and Obsession Impression dies and a Memory Box stencil, so if you're in the area, I'd love to see you in class.  The deadline to sign up is this Friday, November 14th.  If you can't make the class, those cards will be posted on this blog after the class date.

Until next time, thanks for stopping by!