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Memory Box…Lovely Aster

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Today is my first time to post on the Memory Box blog, HERE!  Exciting and challenging!  I wanted to use the new Lovely Aster die… it’s so cool, I ♥ that the flowers and the leaves are embossed and cut out with one pass through the die cut machine!

I started my card by cutting 3 of the medium size flower and 3 of the flower center from the Lovely Aster die set.  I shaped them with an embossing stylus on a mouse pad and glued them together with Tombox Mono Multi glue.  The leaves are cut with the leaf dies from the set.

This is an A2 size card… mats are cut with the Perfect Layers Tools, even around the Sideshow Tickets die cut (I used a corner rounder punch on the corners though)… link in the sidebar and below.

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I used the Flower Mound die for the teeny white flowers.  They are shaped with a stylus on a mouse pad then glued to die cut Chloe flowers.  I cut two of the  Isabella butterfly die and glued them together.  The center piece is colored with an E47 Copic Sketch marker and glued on.

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The label is one of the Pastry Label dies.  ‘Wishing you’ is from the Wishing you a happy bee-day rubber stamp. I used the next to the largest Sideshow Tickets die, matted it and used a small corner rounder punch on the corners. Do you see the embossing on the ticket die… cool!  I used Memory Box Distressed Violet, Moroccan violet, Moroccan squash and sweet corn  8.5 x 11 papers.

The bow is made with Lawn Fawn’s Trimmings.  Stitched on the sewing machine with heavyweight thread.  All the papers and pieces are edged with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress inks and the Ink Blending tool!

My card is in the favorites thread at SCS  3 times this week! Wow!  So thrilled and honored!  Thank you ladies!

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Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I appreciate your support and friendship!  I’ll be back tomorrow with a Tilda card for Spring!

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Memory Box NEWS…

I have FUN news to share with you today! I was going to wait until I had something made to share again, but I see Laura added my name to the list so I’m going to go ahead and tell you my great news! I’m now on the Memory Box Design Team!   I will be doing blog posts on the Memory Box Blog, Outside the Box and here on my blog, with Memory Box stamps, dies and papers and eventually teaching classes at area stores.   I’m excited and challenged!  Thank you for your encouraging words!  I love to share with kindred stampers!

Before I go… I wanted to share a short video showing more of the new Memory Box dies… Blue Moon has them in stock. I love that they show what they look like IRL! Click on the logo for their store…


Thanks for stopping by today!  talk to you soon!

cards · Distress Ink coloring · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Ice Tilda…

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Time to Celebrate!  This week’s challenge at Tilda’s Town Challenges!   I used Ice Tilda and the Lovely Fence DooHickeys die.  We’d love to have you link up… always a random chance to win the draw for the $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

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Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at http://www.tildastown.com and live the magic.

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I colored Tilda with Distress Ink refills.  I am still playing around with these… trying to figure out what works for me.  I ended up using Tattered Rose and Tea dye for her skin… I know, everyone else uses Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo. ugh… the vintage photo really goes yellow on me.  YES, her cheeks got way toooo big on me!  You aren’t supposed to notice! hahahahahahahaha Well, they aren’t near this dark IRL.    I’m not going to give up on them yet… I keep going back and trying again! lol

The pattern paper set I used is Winterberry from Memory Box.  Perfect Layers Tools to mat the main image… link in the right sidebar.

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges and see what the other ladies created… always awesome, inspiring work!

I just received an order from Tilda’s Town!  Love the “to my Valentine” stamp! It’s small, inch by inch and a half and will fit in heart shapes perfectly! yea!  Happy creating and happy shopping!

Linking up to some challenges….
Midweek Magnolias – Anything Goes!
Stamp and Create Magnolia – Winter Blues
ABC-Challenge – Your Favorite Tilda
Inky Impressions – Celebrate

My Tilda card was in the Weekly Favorites at SCS this week!  Thank you so much Susie!

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Thanks for stopping by and for all the wonderful comments!  I appreciate it so much!  You’re all awesome! Have a wonderful, warm weekend!

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Birthday · cards · CAS · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps

Memory Box and Poppystamps cards…

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Finally…. I’m creating with some of my Memory Box/Poppystamps dies and stamps!  YEA!  I loved this Mercer Rose Wreath stamp and die when they came out!  I got them right away and am just now using them!  How often I am like this… I have to HAVE something but it doesn’t always get used for awhile.  It’s almost like it’s enough just to own it! : )   I bet you do it too! lol

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It felt good to get back in the creating ‘groove’ this week!   I used several Memory Box and Poppystamp dies and two stamps… I’ll link to the supplies below.  The happy bee-day sentiment has the bee stamp on the end B1764.  I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic Sketch markers.  The pattern paper I used is from a set by Memory Box called Homespun Collection… a great collection of double sided card-stock, 6×6 size. (it’s an old collection…might be hard to find but if you do, you’ll love it!)

The sentiment is stamped on a Memory Box Primo label die cut.  I used a Bazzill 1/16th inch brad and button hole thread to hang the wreath. (it’s a die from one of their first releases…might be hard to find… sorry)

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I stamped the wreath on PTI select white card-stock with Memento Bamboo green ink.  Then I used water-base markers and colored the roses… it wipes off the green and colors the rose…then I clean the green off the marker by scribbling on a piece of scrap paper.

I used the Perfect Layers Tools to mat my image and to cut the card base… they’re awesome! : )

Scroll down a post to see the video of all the new Memory Box/Poppystamps die!

This card is in the Weekly Favorites at SCS this week!  So honored to be there and Thank YOU so much Susie!

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I’m linking my Happy Bee-day card to the following  challenges…

TLC413 @ Splitcoast Stampers – Focus on the Dies
Cupcake Craft Challenges – Make a Scene
Deep Ocean Challenges – Anything but square
Bunny Zoes’s Crafts – Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter – Anything Goes
Moxie Fab World – Window card

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Here’s a THANKS card that I made to link up to some CAS challenges.  I’m so happy to say that I’m using this new Pine Needle Border die from Memory Box already!!!  I’ve only had it two weeks!  woohoo! lol

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The pinecone is a Printworks Collection stamp, B2283, that I stamped on kraft card-stock with Ranger Coffee Archival ink and cut out by hand (not hard at all).  The rectangle is one of the dies from the long rectangle Nestabilities set but I did have to adjust it to make it fit my card… cut it once… then laid it inside the die again to shorten the long side… then I embossed it by hand with my embossing stylus… I show how to do it in this video HERE.

The thanks die is from an old Cuttlebug alphabet set called Olivia….I googled and found the set HERE.

I stamped the Hero Arts envelope background stamp with Walnut Stain Distress ink on kraft and aged the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

The card ended up 9 inches long and 4 inches high.

I’m linking my thanks Pine Needle card to the following challenges…

TLC413 Splitcoast Stampers – Focus on the Dies
CAS 204 Splitcoast Stampers – Sketch challenge
Addicted to Stamps – CAS

THANKS so much for stopping by!  I’m wondering how it got to be the 24th of January already!  waaah!  Hope you’ve had a good 2013 so far!  Take care and I’ll be back tomorrow with a Tilda card!

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Stamps and Supplies I used to create these cards…

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New Memory Box dies and a Snowman card…

Oh WOW! Have you seen the new Memory Box dies? Here’s a short video from BlueMoon Scrapbooking…at the end, you’ll see tons more and a new longer size too! Yikes… I can see it’s going to be hard to “be good” this year! HERE they are in the store.  Can’t wait to get to using some of them. I have four of the new ones so far (I had to have the pine needle border)  but I’m sure I will be tempted to get more! ; )   Free ship @ $50 for US 48 states and special International rates too!  Blue Moon has awesome customer service too!

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Here’s a snowman card I made for the Snowman swap at stamp club last Friday….inspired by different ones I’ve seen online… so cute sharing hearts!

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I used a snowman Sizzix die that is discontinued… I found him on ebay last year…good luck ‘hunting’ him down!  The name on the die is just ‘Snowman’ and the item # is 656299.

The music is a Penny Black stamp HERE.  I stamped it twice.. masked the bottom and stamped the head, then stamped again on his body.  Old Hyglo heart punch and Quickutz mini Studio alphabet for the X and O.  Buttons from Lasting Impressions for paper and pattern paper is old Basic Grey Blush I think.  Button on the scarf is from  My Favorite Things Die-namics Button die HERE.  Hemp is from the Scrapping Center HERE.  Love this stuff, it’s just the right weight… comes in other colors too.   : )

I’m working on catching up with emails and comments!  I’m coming to visit you soon!  Today is Tim’s birthday and I need to make a card for the Don and Daisy blog tomorrow and then hopefully it’ll slow down and I can catch up again! woohoo!  I should be making Tim a card… ugh. oops.  I have some steak for supper! hehe

Thanks for stopping by!  ttul!