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NEW Memory Box Cards…

Hello!  I’m enjoying the sunshine today!  It really warms up the house…thankful for that in this below zero weather we’ve been having!

Meanwhile flowers are growing in my stamp room!

Two cards to share with you today…NEW dies and NEW papers!

I inked up the NEW Blooming Anemone and NEW Elegant Anemone dies with Distress Ink and the mini blending tools.  I die cut the florals from Bristol cardstock and used Peacock Feathers and Pine Needles Distress Inks.

Two NEW 6×6 paper pads from Memory Box, Anemone Plaid and Anemone Grove.

I made this card base a mini slimline size. I do love this size…just something charming about it with the florals, inking and plaid.  Wish I could show it to you in person!

The florals are so easy to put together.  I love that.  I just follow the pattern on the envelope by laying the pieces on top of the picture!

Oh, the greens I used for the stems and leaves…Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I used a poppystamps sentiment from the Modest Greetings 1 hot foil and cut die set.  Spellbinders gold hot foil.

Taylored Expressions Cardstock… I’ll link below.

The ribbon rolls in my photos are HERE

Linking this card to some challenges…

Triple B January 2024 Challenge – Blooms

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Let’s Have Some Fun!

NBUS Challenge #58 – Never Before Used Stuff!

Next card…

A NEW hot foild plate, Rectangle Dot Border.  I love how it looks like a faux spotlight!

I used the NEW Happy Birthday Debut Script die cut from the NEW Anemone Grove 6×6 paper pad, tone on tone piece that I used for the background panel.  For the Happy Birthday Debut Script backer, I used plaid from the NEW Anemone Plaid 6×6 paper pad.

I die cut a rectangle of vellum to fit inside the hot foil frame using the Rectangle Basics die set.

Everything is layered on an A2 White cardbase.

Three Doodlebug Design enamel dots for a little something!

I mounted the sentiment with the thin mounting tape I love, to the vellum panel first so I’d know where I could put glue on the back of the vellum to adhere it to the purple pattern paper.

Linking my Happy Birthday card to a new challenge!  Check it out!

Word Power #1 – a challenge using sentiments as the focus

That’s pretty much it!  Holler if you have any questions! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Links to what I used to make these two cards… I added some sentiment stamp sets to the end because I’m always looking for sentiments for the inside so I figure you might be too!

Memory Box – 94770 Blooming Anemone…
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Memory Box – 94769 Elegant Anemone…
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Memory Box – PP1026 Anemone Grove 6×6…
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Memory Box – PP1025 Anemone Plaid 6×6…
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Poppystamps – PSF802 Modest Greetings…
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TE Premium Cardstock – Blue Raspberry…
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TE Premium Cardstock – Poblano Pepper…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -…
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Memory Box – 94773 Happy Birthday…
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Memory Box – MBF010 Rectangle Dot…
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Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Doodlebug Design – Stickers -…
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Memory Box – CL5266 Joyful Moments…
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Memory Box – CL5276 Friends and…
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Memory Box – CL5265-D All the…
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Poppystamps – CB498 Diamond…
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Poppystamps – CL499 Art Deco Birthday…
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Poppystamps – CL505 Art Deco…
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Poppystamps – CL509 Colorful Life…
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Birch Press Design – CL8163 Kind…
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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Poppystamps · Thank You · Thinking of You · Winter

Doodlebug Design Pickup Winter Greetings Card…

Hi everyone! I haven’t put all my Christmas stash away yet!  So much I haven’t gotten to use yet!

This ‘doodle cuts’ set from Doodlebug Design isn’t a Christmas die set!  The name of it is ‘so thankful’!  It’s a scene set with trees, sun, clouds, pickup and super cute vegetables!

When I saw it, I was like I HAVE to make that for Christmas with trees!  lol

I’m so happy with how it turned out!

The trees are from the doodle cuts set called ‘Christmas Cocoa’.  I used two cuts for each tree.  It looks like three cuts but that’s because I put one cut back in the die and ran it through so it would be a shorter piece for the top of the tree and I used  the part it cut off for the bottom of the tree.  The center of the tree is a full cut that I glued the top and the bottom to.  Super easy.

The bare tree trunk is from the doodle cuts set ‘so thankful’ that the truck is from.

I die cut the snowflakes, holly and berries from the doodle cuts ‘snow cute’ die set.

The heart is from the doodle cuts ‘love notes’ set.

The snow bank is just a piece of white cardstock that I tore.

I spattered the background sky with white drawing ink. Let it dry before adhering everything together.

I used poppystamps Christmas Banners clear stamp and die set for the sentiment.  White heat embossing Winter Greetings on a piece of kraft cardstock.

I used my favorite thin, thin mounting tape to adhere the green trees and the pickup to the 4 x 5 ¼ inch panel.  I used Tombow mono multi liquid glue to adhere the tree trunks and snowflakes flat to the panel.

The end result is a top folding A2 size card that will mail for one forever stamp.

So fun…I hope this card makes you smile too! It brings back good/happy memories of when the girls were younger and we went out and cut down our tree every year.

Thank you for stopping by again!  I appreciate it and your encouraging comments!  I love connecting with other cardmakers!

We have a lot of snow.  No one is going anywhere.  Well I’ve seen a few ppl stuck in the street.  You have to know how to drive in this kind of weather. lol  It’s so beautiful!

I’ll stop talking and put in my links below…ttul!

Shopping links to what I used on this card…

So Thankful craft die set – Doodlebug…
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Doodlebug Doodle Cuts – Christmas…
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Snow Cute craft die set – Doodlebug…
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Love Notes craft die set – Doodlebug…
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Poppystamps – CL513 Christmas Banners…
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TE Premium Cardstock – Confetti Cake…
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Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra…
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Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock…
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Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537
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VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full…
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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Pine Frame From The DieCember Release…

Hi everyone!  All the joys of the season to you! Have you seen a cardinal lately?  I don’t see them around here.  Maybe once or twice in 30 years!

I wanted to use the Memory Box Layered Cardinal die again and it worked perfect with this NEW Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame designed by Memory Box in partnership with SSS.

So beautiful and so easy to put together too.

I did shim this pine frame with two pieces of copy paper when I die cut it.

I added the three branches from the New Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems.  A little filler.

The background panel is one of the watercolor panels I made following Jill Foster’s tutorial on You Tube.  It’s on the Penny Black You Tube page.

I used the NEW Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame between the watercolor panel and the Corner Pine Frame.

The NEW poppystamps Lavish Merry Christmas die cut in white and silver for the sentiment!

Linking to some challenges…

Peace on Earth #54 – anything goes Christmas (totally inspired by the bottom right corner photo in the inspiration photo!)

Triple B Challenge – Birds for me this time

The Sisterhood of Crafters – Christmas

I really love this nature take on a Christmas card.  Hope it makes you smile too.

All the best to you and yours for a beautiful celebration of Christ’s birth!  God bless you all!

Shopping links to what I used for this Merry Christmas card…

Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame…
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Memory Box Layered Cardinal Dies 94754
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Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems…
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Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame Die…
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Poppy Stamps Lavish Merry Christmas…
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Strathmore WATERCOLOR PAPER PAD…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Tonic CHROME SILVER Mirror Card Gloss…
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Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two…
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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Stencils

Spellbinders Dancin’ Gingerbread Card and Two Layered Joy Tree Stencil & Die Cards…

Hi everyone!  Getting festive with the gingerbread and trees today!  I love these characters from Spellbinders every year!  So so cute!

I also love these stencil and die sets!  I have this one and the Merry Christmas one.  I didn’t get the Merry Christmas one made into a card yet!  eek!  If only we didn’t need to do laundry, eat and sleep, oh and shop! hoho!

ok – Back to the gingers…

The green is bright!  But tealish and red would be so cute too!  I was going traditional but boom!  It’s bright for me! lol

So for all you green lovers, this one’s for you!

Now I wish I’d tied on a little jingle bell!  I even have some!  I will have to do that and just pay extra postage!  It’s only money, right?!  ha!

I used regular Distress inks on my JOY cards.  Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Worn Lipstick and Abandoned Coral. We were making these Thanksgiving day afternoon.  I copied Anya, one of my granddaughter’s colors!

I think we used Altenew colors for the Joy.  I can’t remember the names now.

One more picture of one stenciled on Hobby Lobby extra heavyweight kraft cardstock.  Pretty sure I used Distress Oxides on this one but more the Lucky Clover ones for the greens.

I hope your cardmaking is coming a long.  I have plenty to do still!

We started out this week hearing one of our granddaughter’s playing with one of our grandson’s fiance (wedding in March) yesterday morning…a string duet… it was so, so beautiful!

Tuesday night is a choir concert for a bunch of the grands…makes me so happy!

You all take care and all the joys and blessings of the season to you and yours!

Codes for Simon Says Stamp right now…use one… Wrap23 ($7 off)….Merry ($5 off)  Random sales at Scrapbook.com and Starlitstudio.net is always a discount!

Here’s the products I used for these three cards…

Spellbinders – Dancin’ Christmas…
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Spellbinders – Layered Christmas…
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Spellbinders – Make It Merry…
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Spellbinders – Layered Christmas…
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May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap
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Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy…
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Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock…
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Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra…
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TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -…
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TE Premium Cardstock – Peapod -…
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miniature jingle bells – 5mm – pkg of 20
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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders….Our Fave 2023 Club Products Blog Hop

Hi everyone and welcome! Today I’m participating in the Fave 2023 Club Product Blog Hop! We are  featuring projects using any of our 2023 Club products. All past Club products still in stock can be found HERE.

Scrolling through my blog I landed in July and my favorites!  It was Christmas in July!  I know, I know, you’re not surprised! lol

I’m going to start with the card I made for July Small Die of the Month club. My post about it is HERE.

I love the somewhat traditional colors and classic look of this card!

A completely different look with the July 3D Embossing Folder of the Month Club. My post about it is HERE.

From traditional colors to totally not traditional colors!  So many things you can do with embossing folders!

From glamorous to vintage for this next card!  Using the July Clear Stamp and Die Club of the Month I made this botanical card.  You can find my post about it HERE.

Now for the GRAND FINALE of my club faves of 2023……..the July Large Die of the Month Club! Can you say CUTE!  My post about my card is HERE.

I hope you enjoyed this rewind post…it was fun for me to go back and see what I’ve made.

You can’t have a blog hop without a giveaway so here’s the details…

Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the SB blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, December 10th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Prepare to be inspired!!!  Here’s the blog hop list!

 Spellbinders Blog
Jackie Pasko
Michelle Woerner
Lin Brandyberry
Alanna Moses
Rebecca Keppel
Teri Duncan
Carrie Rhoades
Jill Hilliard
Pam SparksYou are here…
Rachel Alvarado
Erin Thompson
Cassie Trask
Deborah Jenkins
Melody Rupple
Lauren Taylor
Ilina Crouse
Vera Yates

Thank you so much for hopping to my blog.  ❤  I appreciate it and your comments!  I’ll link below to the clubs I shared in this post.

ttul!

Layered Poinsettia Tree – Small Die…
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Adorning the Tree – 3D Embossing…
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Pine Cones & Holly – Clear Stamp of…
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Pine Cones & Holly Die Set – (Dies…
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Stocking Full of Joy – Large Die of…
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Mix & Match Holiday Greetings |…
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In the Pines Embossing Folder from…
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Christmas Magic Glimmer Hot Foil…
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New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine…
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Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum |…
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Fashion Gold Embellishments -…
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Glimmer Hot Foil 4 Rolls – Essential…
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