All Occasion · Birthday · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Video

Memory Box Magnolia Release and Video…

Hi everyone!  New beautiful dies and paper from Memory Box!  So pretty!  This release gives Hallmark a run for it’s money! lol

Beautiful Magnolia dies and embossing folders with dies too!

Keep scrolling for the video of the release at the end of the post.

So easy to create too… I die cut the Magnolia Blooming Bud die in white cardstock and blended on Distress Oxide ink with brushes.  I didn’t add any new purple to my brush but for the green I used Peeled Paint and a little Forest Moss.  The brown is Gathered Twigs.

I used the Posh Happy Birthday Hot Foil Plate and Cutting Die set for the sentiment.  I love how pretty it foils up!

For the rectangle panel I used the Rectangle Double Border Hot Foil Plate and A2 Rectangle Frames Die set.

The gold foiled green background is a piece of paper from the new Magnolia Grove 6×6 paper pad.  I die cut it with the largest A2 size die from the A2 Rectangle Frames Die set.’

I didn’t capture the shine that is so beautiful about hot foiling as well as I would’ve liked to.

Here’s a video of the new release and hopefully it will show the shine of the card better than my photos.  It will take a minute to load to full resolution completely so my voice isn’t so muffled.  Click the frame icon in the bottom right corner and it’s much better!

Linking to some challenges…

Just Us Girls Challenge – moodboard

AAA Birthday Challenge – #48 Layer It Up

Use Your Stuff Challenge – #482 Layers

A Place To Start Challenge – anything goes

Thank you for stopping by! Have fun checking out this release!

Here’s shopping links to what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94716 Magnolia Blooming…
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Memory Box – PP1022 Magnolia Grove…
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Memory Box – MBF011 Posh Happy…
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Memory Box – MBF006 Rectangle Double…
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Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle…
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip…
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All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Spellbinders dies · Spring · sympathy · Taylored Expressions

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms and Memory Box Garland 6×6 Paper…

Hi everyone!  Remember my purple and kraft card a few weeks ago?  I made this at the same time.  I had made up a bunch of Be Bold Blooms flowers and was using them up.  I’m finally getting this card posted!

I know, it’s a little unusual but I like it!  I really like it in real life!  Come on over to see it! I wish! lol

I have several pictures…

This is paper from a Memory Box 6×6 paper pad that I’ve struggled to use but now maybe since I took up the challenge I’ll keep going and get it used!   It kinda reminds me of my quilting days.  The gals in the quilters guild told me I was too ‘matchy’! lol  My cardmaking journey has been trying to loosen up and not be so matchy but not sure it’s working! haha

I like matchy!  So I’m ok with it but I do try to be a little more out there sometimes!  Why the revelation you ask?  Who knows! lol

I used Bazzil Cardshoppe cardstock for the flowers…

Taylored Expressions Strip stamps and die for the sentiment.  Is this too bright for a sympathy card?

I can change it to a birthday card if you all vote that it is!

That’s the end of my photos so I’ll stop talking now! haha

Linking to some challenges…

Use Your Stuff – #482 Layers

Little Red Wagon – #700 Layers

Paper Funday – #52 Anything Goes/Flower Power

I appreciate you stopping by and your comments and shopping through my links are deeply appreciated!   Have a good rest of the week!  Make a card!  ttul!

Products I used to make this card…

Spellbinders – Be Bold Collection -…
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Memory Box – PP1010 Garland 6×6 pack
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Simple Strips Die
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Simple Strips Background
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Bazzill Card Shoppe
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Gelly Roll White Glaze Pens – pkg of 2
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Uni-Ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen
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Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Self-Adhesive…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Watercolor · Zigs

Memory Box and poppystamp Cards…

Happy Spring to you today! I’m not sure who all has tulips yet but when you do, you know it’s Spring!

I started out with the NEW poppystamps Layered Tulips die set.  I cut the petal piece in three pinks and instead of using all three colors on one flower, I went with three different color tulips.  I’m glad I did this time!

I went over my options of what to do with them after I made them and thought…they’d be great in a basket!

I love this basket from the poppystamps Woven Basket Pop Up Easel Set.  I die cut it in kraft cardstock, then ran it back through with the embossing stack for the big shot.  I shim it quite a bit to get the embossing deep.

Then using the mini ink blending tool and Gathered Twigs Distress ink pad I browned it up!

I used the grass and the bow from the basket set also.

It’s an A2 size card!

My next two cards are using the NEW Memory Box Floral Stems die.

I die cut the floral stems from Memory Box watercolor cardstock and colored it with Zig Clean Color Brush markers and water.

I die cut an A2 panel of kraft cardstock with the NEW Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set, then die cut the NEW poppystamps Pointy Lattice Plate in white cardstock and layered it over the top.  Trimmed off the excess.

I made an A2 size white cardbase and adhered the lattice panel direct to the cardfront.  The outside part of the panel is adhered with the thin mounting tape that I love so much.

I wrapped some twine and then the NEW Memory Box Posh Birthday Wishes Hot Foil Plate and Cutting die set for the sentiment.

As soon as I finished this, I thought, this could be a great Easter card!  I didn’t get any Easter cards made.  Maybe I’ll have time to make something for the grands tomorrow.

I added some gold fairy gems in a few places on the lattice.

I always love the ‘window’ look on a card!  I always notice windows on houses too! lol  Right now mine are dirty!  We had one storm that blew snow so bad and it was dirty!  I was sad because it’d only been a month since I’d washed windows! Figures!

My last card…clean and simple.  I wasn’t sure I should even post it but it is nice IRL.

This looks champagne color but it’s really silver.  My last picture will show it silver but it’s not the best photo!

The NEW Memory Box Confetti Dot Hot Foil Plate turned out really neat!  I was pleased.  Finally getting better at doing the large foil plates.  I was afraid to shim it but that’s what it needs for the machine I have.

I die cut the foiled panel with the NEW Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set and layered that with the thin mounting tape on my A2 size white cardbase.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Happy Birthday Tender Script die in white and silver foil cardstocks…so fun!

ok this last picture shows it silver….get your sunglasses!

It doesn’t do it justice but at least you can see it’s silver!  The struggle is real taking photos!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog!  I appreciate it and thank you so much for your kind comments!

Have a blessed Easter weekend and talk to you again soon!

Here’s a shopping list to the products I used to make these cards…

Poppystamps – 2557 Layered Tulips…
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Poppystamps – 2463 Woven Basket Pop…
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Memory Box – 94638 Backyard Floral…
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Mini Ink Blending Tool *new* – 2…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink…
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Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap…
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Poppystamps – 2558 Pointy Lattice…
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Memory Box – MBF004 Posh Birthday…
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Memory Box – MBF001 Confetti Dot Hot…
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Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle…
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Memory Box – 94671 Happy Birthday…
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Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -…
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Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold –…
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Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels…
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Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12
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All Occasion · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Spring · Thank You

Memory Box Floral Bud and Stems Thanks Card…

Hi everyone!  It feels like Spring here!  A beautiful sunshiny day in Iowa!

My card today is using NEW dies from Memory Box and NEW Stencil set and die from poppystamps.

I started by inking the stencil set with three colors of Distress Oxide ink.  Shabby Shutters for the largest square hole stencil,  Peeled Paint for the next size and Forest Moss for the smallest. (it’s greener in real life)

Then I die cut the NEW Pointy Lattice Plate from poppystamps in white cardstock to glue over the top of the stenciled panel.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Floral Bud and Stems die three times and colored with Copics.  I remember the greens I used were YG61, 63, 67.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Woodgrain Fence Pickets from watercolor paper and smooshed them a couple times in Gathered Twigs Distress ink refill and a couple spritzes of water. Then I decided to make them look more weathered and rubbed a white pigment ink pad over them.  I still wasn’t that thrilled so I added some brown color pencil!  How crazy!  Next time I think I’ll die cut them in brown cardstock! hahahahahaha They do look weathered though!

I was following the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge blog for my card but I’m too late getting it posted to link up.  There was another panel in the sketch so I die cut the NEW Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die in vellum.  I think you can see it behind the flowers and pickets.

I used a piece of wide scor-tape to hold the front pickets together… that worked really slick.  Then I wrapped twine/jute cord around the front panel layers before I adhered it to the cardbase.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Tilted Thanks die from Memory Box Black Glossy Cardstock and two other layers of regular black cardstock and glued them together and glued them to the front of the card.

I don’t have very many pictures because it’s so bright today I ended up taking pictures three times!  Picky camera or is it picky me! ha

I have a question for you though, if you don’t mind replying… When I write a blog post, it’s preset that the font is this gray color.  If I want it black I have to remember to go in and change it.   Do you have a preference?  gray or black?

Thank you for stopping by! I hope to be back with a couple more flower cards!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94647 Floral Bud and…
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Memory Box – 94470 Tilted Thanks…
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Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap…
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Memory Box – 94703 Woodgrain Fence…
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Poppystamps – 2558 Pointy Lattice…
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Poppystamps – T104 Deco Diamond…
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Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper
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Scor-Tape; Scor Tape
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double-sided tape holder – holds…
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4 Bar · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shabby Chic · Techniques

poppystamps Basic Junk Journal Set…

Hi everyone!  I know!  I know!  You came expecting Easter!  I’ve been thinking about this die set and what I would make with it….then I walked by this little stack of Santas that I’d printed before Christmas and didn’t use and thought one would be adorable with the Journal set!

So I die cut the journal in watercolor paper and did some ink smooshing with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs ink refill and water. I didn’t wait for it to dry on it’s own.  I dried it with the heat tool.

Here’s a video of it… it might be low resolution at first until it completely downloads…even though it’s only 27 seconds!  See it HERE on Instagram…

I had some scraps/strips that I kept of plaid from the Memory Box Jolly Christmas 6×6 pad and I love how they worked out on the front and on the inside!

You can tell what the size of this folder is because there’s a gift card inside.

You could stamp or write in permanent ink on the mirror gold little labels.

close up of the inside circle label…

the back….

And now I’m thinking what a cute tag this would make on an Easter basket!  There’s several dies in the set I didn’t even use!

Linking to some challenges…

Peace on Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

AAA Cards – inspired by a song….Up on the House Top!


I’ll link up what I used below.

Thank you so much for stopping by.  I always appreciate your encouraging words and that you come back to visit!


Poppystamps – 2451 Basic Junk Journal…
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Poppystamps – CB496 Christmas Quotes…
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Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle…
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Memory Box – CL5261-D Spirit of…
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Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly…
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double-sided tape holder – holds…
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Scor-Tape; Scor Tape
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Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool
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May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap…
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Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12
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Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink…
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Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot…
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