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NEW Memory Box Winter Scenes…

 

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Brrrr…it’ll be a Winter Wonderland before we know it! haha!  I love creating Winter scenes!  I started this card with the NEW Stitched Snowflake Circle Frame die. I knew it would work with one of the NEW Open Studio Snowglobe Base dies that I die cut in kraft wood grain card-stock.

I used the NEW Open Studio Pinpoint Circle Layers die set for the blue card-stock circle background.

 

 

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The poinsettia is from the NEW Poinsettia Border die cut in green and red card-stock.  I trimmed off the smallest flower and a couple of the flourishes/holly leaf and colored the little flowers with a white gel pen.

 

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Inside the snowglobe circle I die cut the NEW Deer in the Trees die in black card-stock, trimmed it to fit and added some Frosted Lace stickles to the branches.

 

After I made the snowglobe piece I started working on what to put it on.  I just kept adding because these dies are so cool and build on each other so well!  I ended up with a card under the snowglobe!  An all white card, so I took pictures of it before I put the globe on it!

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I die cut everything from white card-stock and then glued the layers down in this order, with Tombow Mono Multi glue.

NEW Simple Evergreen Frame die first, then the NEW Deer in the Trees die and on the top, the NEW Cascade Evergreen Frame die.  They line up perfectly and Mono Multi glue gives you just a little bit of wiggle room to get things adjusted!  I appreciate that! lol

 

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That was my adventure in card making yesterday!  : )  I hope it sets your mind to racing about all the things you can create with these new dies!  LOVE.THEM.ALL!

After all this ‘snow’, I think I need to go for a bike ride! lol  Thanks again for stopping by! ttul!

Dies and Supplies I used…

 

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embedded Die Cuts · Memory Box

NEW Memory Box dies!!!

 

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I know…Christmas already?!!!  YES!  You are going to love so much of this Memory Box and poppystamps release!  : )

Here’s the NEW Corby Ornament die…I die cut it in green and red card-stocks, trimmed the green branches and leaves from the green cut and glued them on the red cut with Tombow Mono Multi glue.  The red cut stayed intact. It was easy to do because most of the green is connected.

With a gold gel pen, I colored the little flowers and circle buds.

I die cut the NEW Drop Ornament Layers die in metallic gold card-stock and glued the Corby Ornament on top of it.

 

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The NEW Blissful Bundle die I cut in green card-stock.  For the red berries, I just placed a small piece of red card-stock over the die where the berries were and ran it though my Big Shot. I used a little piece of scotch tape on the back side of the green cut to hold the red berries in place.

I glued the two extra pine branch cuts behind the berries and used a mounting square to adhere the Blissful Bundle to the top of the Corby ornament.

I mounted the ornament to a top folding, A2 size, red card base with mounting squares and added the gold May Arts 1/4 in. wired gold ribbon.

Next I want to die cut these in watercolor paper and watercolor them!

The Corby Ornament is so pretty, it’ll be awesome cut from everything!  Glittery, sparkly, glitzy goodness!

 

 

Next up…

 

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I die cut the NEW We Wish You die two times, once in red and once in black cardstock.  I glued the black cut over the red but left the poinsettia petals showing in red. I die cut the medium bow from the  NEW Stitched Bows die in red card-stock and glued it together.  I used thin mounting squares behind the petals, leaves and bow to adhere it to the vellum panel.  Then I put thin mounting squares on the vellum, behind the petals, to adhere it to the white, A2, top folding, card base.

I love Poinsettias so I’m always excited to use these dies! Under the vellum overlay, I embedded the NEW Poinsettia Border die two times.  HERE is the video on how to do this technique….I love it!

 

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I added two black enamel dots and then tried to capture it on camera! lol  I think it takes me longer to take pictures than it takes to make a card! lol

 

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Cindy at Starlitstudio.net will have these in stock tomorrow!  Click over and read her info about  ordering and shipping this time.  She also has the Tombow Mono Multi glue, Score Tape, card-stock, Doodlebug Enamel Dots and lots more!

Thanks for stopping by today!  Thank you for all the wonderful comments… I didn’t get replies made after the last post.  Things kinda went haywire here… I’ll spare you the details! ugh.  I read them all, smile so big and am encouraged to make more cards!  Thank you for being a kindred stamper friend… I appreciate it!  More cards coming soon!

p.s. I saw that Simon Says Stamp has their brand stamps and dies 25% off HERE. Use code ‘simon25’ Ends tonight!  Shopping!!! lol

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cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shopping · Winter

Memory Box and poppystamps 50% Christmas/Holiday SALE…

 

Popping in quick to tell you about a great SALE at BlueMoon Scrapbooking!

  HERE… Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas/Holiday dies are 50% off

 

Christmas/Holiday stamps are 50% off too…mixed in HERE

 

I have tons of cards made up with these dies on my blog…not even sure where to start to post some!  I can’t believe it’s close to time to be thinking about making Christmas cards again!  Even though I love them…oh wait, I just finished 8 a week and a half ago! lol  My mind, it moves on way too fast! ugh

If BM doesn’t have the dies or stamps you want… you can always purchase from Cindy at Starlitstudio too!  Her everyday prices are so FABULOUS!

(clicking on the photos below should take you to the blog post about the card. TFL!)

 

 

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oh wow!  So many cool dies to create with!  I love Memory Box and poppystamps!  😀  You can tell, can’t you! lol

There is a search box in the side bar… you can type a die or stamp name and most of the time it works great!  There’s also the category option… just pull down until you come to what you’re looking for, or contact me if you have a question!

Thanks for stopping by and scrolling through this long review!  eek!  Hard to know where to start and where to stop! lol  I appreciate your support so much…your comments mean the world to me and shopping through my links too!  Thank you so much!  I just gave you an excuse to stay in the air conditioning a little longer! ; )

ttul!

Christmas · Die Piecing · Lawn Fawn · PTI · Savvy · Tags · Taylored Expressions · Winter

A little more Christmas…

 

Some tags to share today…I had so much fun making these!  It was a tag happy Christmas for me!  The grandkids were over to make tags a couple times and then I made tag kits for the ones that couldn’t make it over.  A happy ‘gram’!  : )

Then I made tags for our gifts, to match the Hallmark gift wrap.

For the ladies gifts I used the Stampin Up Wondrous Wreath stamp and die sets.

 

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I used a Lawn Fawn background stamp for the stitching lines on the My Favorites Things Pierced fishtail flag die.  A Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle for the red piece behind the stamped stitched background banner.

 

A picture of all six together…

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Using the SU sets was a bit of a challenge.  They match up but the only way I could get them good enough to suit me was using the Stamp a ma jig to stamp.  I cut the center of the wreath in the card-stock first, then stamped with the Stamp a ma jig, then die cut the outside of the wreath.  I purchase Stampin Up HERE.  Tell her ‘Pam’ sent you!

 

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I added a little SU Real Red marker to the bow and die cut the word Joy from the die set in Gold metallic card-stock.

 

 

The tag for the guys turned out really neat too!

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I used the Papertrey Ink Phrase Play #9 die, cut in white…cut a tag snowflake for each in dark blue.  (the tag back is a dark blue rectangle I cut on the paper cutter and used the corner rounder punch on the corners)

I popped out the white snowflake and pieced in the blue snowflake.  Yes, you need to put the itty bitty white pieces back in the snowflake but it’s really easy.  Put scotch tape on the back, lay the white snowflake on top of the blue and with your paper piercer push the itty bitty pieces into the holes. They will stick there because of the scotch tape. When I die cut the white, the snowflake stayed intact.  I used the heavier white card-stock, so if yours doesn’t stay together, try heavier card-stock.  Although I did have to use one piece of copy machine paper to shim it, didn’t take much at all.

I still used the white snowflake too!

 

 

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The Deerhead die cut is from Savvy! I love that it’s a side view!  The twine is Lawn Trimmings from Lawn Fawn.  I die cut the word winter from dark blue card too and pieced it into the white.  Scotch tape on the back of the Winter banner, holds the letters in place.  Then I used mounting squares to put it in place on the tag.  Sure you could use scor-tape of dbl sided tape but in this case, since I’m using mounting squares, scotch tape is my new best friend! hehe

Linking up the Deerhead tag to the Showcase Your Style challenge blog – die cut

For the two youngest grandsons, I used a little bear stamp from Lawn Fawn on their tags.  The older boys got owls.  The girls tags I made with snowflakes but I didn’t get a picture of the girls. oops!

 

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The Jingle all the way die is from Taylored Expressions.  Back in October Taylor had a stamp day here in Iowa, called Stamp Joy.  I was able to go and help with make n takes. I’m finally getting to use one of my purchases anyway! TE put on an awesome day of stamping!

The snowflake is a Martha Stewart punch.  The greenery is from the Magnolia, All I want for Christmas die club kit.

 

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and a close up of the owl tag…

 

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I used a white gel pen on the hat and a white glitter dome for the pom pom on the hat.  Cute!

 

A happy time with family and lots of pictures to treasure these days that go by so fast!

 

 

Need a die cut machine or supplies?  AWESOME SALE @ Scrapbook.com!!!  and I mean AWESOME!  I love my Big Shot! I love the magnetic platform and their prices on all PLUS an extra 10% off… better check it out! Stock up on cutting plates!  Here’s the deal…

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If you’re a Magnolia fan Tilda’s Town has a great sale going on right now… 45% off Magnolia stamps!

 

Over at Simon Says Stamp.com, Ranger products are 25% off!!!

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We have one more Christmas celebration with hubby’s family today! Back to wrapping a few things!

Thanks for stopping by today…a wonderful stamping and die cutting New Year to YOU!  I am so thankful for your friendship!

 

cards · CAS · Christmas · Impression Obsession · Poppystamps

Impression Obsession Nativity card…

 

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I love Christmas… tomorrow our family will gather and we’ll start our Christmas Eve celebration by putting out the nativity set.  Each child will pick a character and place it in the scene when we come to that part of the scripture.  Every once in awhile through the rest of the day and even through the year they will talk about it… makes my heart happy!

 

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This is the card I sent to our daughters/families.  Inspired by Dina from the IO design team.

I sprayed and spattered white linen on the blue background.  The grass die is from poppystamps…the fence and nativity from Impression Obsession.

I edged the kraft with Gathered Twigs Distress ink.

On the inside, I used the sentiment, ‘joy to the world’ from a Tim Holtz Sizzlet long die.

Linking my card to…

Addicted to CAS challenge – family

Time Out Challenges – Christmas is Love with all the Trimmings

CAS on Sunday – Christmas

I hope to get pictures of the tags I’ve been making…eek… it’s been so dark here the last few days…come on snow!  We’re had rain and dreary…weird for Iowa!  Oh well, when you’re busy, you hardly notice the weather!

Did you receive the email update from Memory Box?  WOW!  Gorgeous new dies coming!  woohoo!  to ‘die’ for! haha

Merry Christmas Eve, Eve Day!

Dies and Supplies I used to make this card…