All Occasion · birch press design · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Mother's Day · Spring · Thinking of You

NEW Memory Box Gentle Rose Watercolor Floral, Plumed Gypsy Butterfly and Curlicue Plate Cards…

Hi everyone! It’s time for a new release from the Memory Box companies!  The usual beautiful products to work with!

I have two cards to share with you using the NEW Curlicue Plate!  I love it!  So whimsical and fun!  Keep going for my second card using it.


I wanted to use some other NEW dies too… so I made up the New Gentle Rose Watercolor Floral in a couple colors but went with pink from the Memory Box Berry Red 6×6 cardstock pad… it’s February, all things Red!

The NEW Wayfarer Leaves die cut in three colors of green from the Memory Box  Lush Green cardstock 6×6 pad.

The NEW Hugs Tender Script die cut in white and then in Memory Box Glossy Black cardstock.  I love this glossy black.  I’ve about used up my pack!  Not quite an emergency yet. lol  What a pretty font though!  Isn’t it gorgeous?!

I should’ve told my camera to focus on the hugs instead of the flower here.  I am an amateur… worse than an amateur! lol

I die cut the Curlicue Plate in white cardstock, the green panel underneath with the NEW A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set (same Lush Green cardstock pad)  and the oval from vellum using the Memory Box Studio Oval Layers die set.

The pretty rosebuds are from the Birch Press Design Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers dies released earlier this year.

My next card came about because I had an almost perfect Curlicue Plate die cut!  It’s so hard to throw those away!  So I thought about it and decided to try cutting away the parts that didn’t cut completely the first time.  This plate needs a shim… so I use a piece of copy paper folded in half on top of my cutting plate to run it through… blades up as I always say! (I never use that metal shim)

I thought this turned out fun!  You know me and kraft!  White, pool and whimsy! Oh and staples!

A beautiful NEW butterfly for all the butterfly lovers out there!  Plumed Gypsy Butterfly!

***notice how I used the curlicue from the part I cut off behind the butterfly!  clever… hehe

Hello Rush Script is a NEW sentiment die… love it in that glossy black again…

A new set of nesting dies!  Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers.  I can see this one working for banners too!

I think I remembered everything!  Send me an email or comment if you have any questions!  I don’t mind at all!

I used the Tim Holtz mini stapler to hold the Curlicue cut down but glued in the few pieces of pool color.

Linking to…

Just Us Girls Challenge – moodboard

CAS Colors and Sketches Challenge #505 Sketch

The Flower Challenge #77 Use your latest  stamps or dies, must be floral

Thank you so much for stopping by!  I hope you’re getting some creating time in.  Won’t be long til hearts turn to real flowers and grass grows!

Have a good rest of the week!

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

94698 Curlicue Plate craft die
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Memory Box – 94713 Gentle Rose…
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Memory Box – 94712 Wayfarer Leaves…
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Memory Box – 94669 Hugs Tender Script…
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Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle…
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Birch Press Design – 57493 Morning…
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Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack
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Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack
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Memory Box – 94708 Plumed Gypsy…
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Memory Box – 94468 Hello Rush Script…
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Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap…
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Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock…
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SCS-151 Spellbinders VELLUM SHEETS…
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Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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All Occasion · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Foiling · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Techniques

Spellbinders February Release Four Petal Floral 3D Embossing Folder Card…

Hi everyone!  Do you remember the poinsettia embossing folder card I made HERE?  I tried it again with the NEW Spellbinders Four Petal Floral 3D Embossing Folder. 

I did this one a little different.  I ran it through the Big Shot with the embossing folder setup after I inked it up with Antique Linen Distress Ink pad. (regular dye ink)  You ink it on the wrong side, the side that debosses, the design is recessed into the cardstock but you don’t want to go deep this time. Use a thinner sandwich.  I inked it up so it’d be easier to see where to brush on the ink.  The first time I did it I got too much green on the pink. 

I found that I could kinda ‘wash’ the ink off with a damp stiff-ish paint brush, after I deep embossed it and brushed back in the right color.  I missed a few spots though! hehe

Scroll down (last picture) and you’ll see how it looks after ink blending and before the last embossing like the folder is meant to be embossed. 

After inking with yellow, pink, green oxide inks and deep embossing, you ink blend again over the top of all of it with Vintage photo distress oxide ink. 

It’s a super fun, vintage-y, distressed look that the camera makes brighter and deeper color than it really is IRL.

I hot foiled the sentiment on a die cut panel using the Spellbinders Something Special Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and gold hot foil.

I spattered on some gold ink for sparkle and glued on some gold pearls to glam it up… oh and some thin gold cord before I glued it to an A7 size cardbase.

Here’s the not so pretty ink blended panel!  :O  I know… at this point you think, I should quit!  This is NOT working! lol

Never fear….keep going! lol

As to my Hallmark commentary last time… this one is Hallmark size anyway! lol

Linking to some challenges…

The Flower Challenge – Use your latest stamps and dies

Just Us Girls Challenge – Sparkle (I have gold sparkly spatters)

Can You Handle the Pressure – anything goes with an embossing folder

Sunshiny day here today, probably won’t be tomorrow when this posts and I haven’t even made it out!  I can’t believe it’s already Feb, 14th! Weather and time seem to be my go to conversation! ugh.  Sorry!

Hope this finds you creating valentines or something! I’ll talk to you again soon! 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Shopping links to the products I used… thank you so much for clicking through from here!  I appreciate it and no cost to you!  Valentines SALE!  Go HERE!  Feb. 14 – 20

Spellbinders – Four Petal Collection…
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Spellbinders – Inspired Basics…
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -…
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil…
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Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Poppystamps

poppystamps Birthday Floral Mini Slimline Card…

Hi everyone!  It’s warming up a little here in Iowa…paper flowers making us think of Spring for sure!  Although I’m not good at growing flowers and the three hydrangea bushes we planted a few years ago are finnicky about giving me blooms! 

For the card front panel, mini slimline size card, 3 ½ inches x 6 inches, I cut strips of ½ inch white and black and just layered them on using ATG adhesive.

I created the sentiment with Poppystamps Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil and Cut Die set and gold hot foil.

For my card today I used a bunch of NEW poppystamps dies!  It was fun to create a kind of wildflower bouquet on a card!

I started with Little Posie Layered Flowers in pink…then Lucky Layered Flowers in the pool color, Little Layered Asters in blue and pink, Layered Pointy Petals in orange and Teardrop Butterflies in blue and white!

The greenery is from the NEW poppystamps Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set.   I used the bouquet stems from the set and cut two in green, put them end to end (I had to trim off some of the long stems),  so easy because where to put the greenery was already decided for me by using the die from the set!

I die cut one other die from the set that cuts four extra stems and I just stuck them in…no rhyme nor reason.

I figured out where I wanted the flowers, took a picture of it with my phone, then glued them all on the card with Tombow Mono Multi glue while looking at my phone picture!

Another card using up scraps!  The fun thing about die cutting!  I guess I used to do the same with punches but it’s hard to use small pieces of cardstock with punches!

Linking to some card challenges…

Papercraft Challenges – anything goes

The Flower Challenge – use your latest stamps or dies

    

NBUS challenge – Never-Before-Used-Schtuff

Thank you for clicking over!  I appreciate your visit!  Celebrate if it’s your birthday! lol 

ttul,

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2560 Little Posie…
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Poppystamps – 2556 Little Layered…
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Poppystamps – 2554 Lucky Layered…
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Poppystamps – 2559 Layered Pointy…
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Poppystamps – 2561 Teardrop…
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Poppystamps – 2552 Floral Vase Pop Up…
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Poppystamps – PSF802 Modest Greetings…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -…
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Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil System
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Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot…
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Sizzix White Tool Caddy Big Shot…
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cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Foiling · Hot Foiling · LOVE · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Valentine

poppystamps Sending Love Poe Script and Criss Cross Heart Foil Plate and Stencil…

Hi everyone!  Still in Valentine mode here…when I finished this card I thought, ‘watch out Hallmark’! lol  Because irl, it looks like a Hallmark card!  I’ve arrived!  hahahahahahahahaha

I really tried hard not to have reflections in the gorgeous gold mirror/foil cardstock.  Almost imporssible!

So this is why all the pictures in weird positions! lol

tada!  99.9% on this last one! lol

Very basic card…. clean and simple even!  I foiled a piece of A2 cardstock with the new poppystamps beautiful Criss Cross Heart Foil Plate…

It’s hard to see in my photos but I used the new poppystamps Criss Cross Heart Stencil to up the red on the hearts but it’s really hard to see in my pictures.  It’s very subtle, but I love it!

I die cut the next largest Memory Box Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out die in gold mirror/foil cardstock.  I love this stuff from Starlitstudio.

For the sentiment I die cut the new poppystamps Sending Love Poe Script die in Memory Box Black Glossy cardstock!  I know, I keep saying it but it’s awesome stuff too!

I layered the foiled heart panel on black gloggy too… so narrow but so classy!   I wish you could see this in real life! hehe

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp – Love is in the air

Papercraft Challenges – anything goes

TicTacToe Challenges – top row across dies, gold, stencil

I think that’s it for this card… holler if you have any questions.  I’m going to go make bread and then die cut some poppystamps floral dies for cards!  Have a creative cardmaking weekend if you can!  ❤

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – PSF801 Criss Cross…
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -…
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Poppystamps – T103 Criss Cross Heart…
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Poppystamps – 2555 Sending Love Poe…
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Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy…
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Memory Box – 94359 Double Stitch…
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Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil System
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Spellbinders – Platinum 6 – Die…
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Glimmer Hot Foil 4 Rolls – Satin…
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All Occasion · birch press design · cards · Die Piecing · LOVE · Memory Box · Valentine

Birch Press Design Banner Heart Layer Die Set Card…

Hi again!  Hearts a plenty!  Next it’ll be bunches of flowers! lol

Once you start cutting these layers, you wonder what it’d look like this way or that and end up with slimline cards!  Birch Press Design NEW Banner Heart Layer set….3 dies in the set.  I didn’t even try just using one or by twos!   How about little stars up in the right hump! Patriotic is good too! Hearts for all occasions really!

I like the pink and more card but you know…I’m partial to red!  ❤

Nothing out of the ordinary here…die cut and glue together.

I did get some stamping on this one though.  Using the Memory Box Big and Little Valentines stamp set… I curved the stamps on a block… they stamped great!  I stuck the cutouts that I threw away in the spot to test though.  I’m a tester stamper! lol  I suppose every once in a while I gamble but for the most part I’ve learned my lessons well! lol

one of the red close up…

For the this one, I used the Memory Box Slim Confetti Plate for the front panel/background… I thought it was playful and fun with the banner look.  Reminds me of that candy that came in dots on paper and you picked it off to eat it.  gag.  Can’t believe the stuff I ate as a kid!  Much better on a card!

The sentiment here is from the NEW Birch Press Design Sugar Script Sentiments 1 Hot Foil Plate and die set.  I foiled it in silver on Memory Box Black Glossy cardstock.

I placed the hearts on wonky and straight. I think they’ll mail fine.  I can’t believe postage is going up again. ugh

Happy Thursday to you and I’m on to the next birthday card.  Our youngest grandson turns 8 tomorrow!  Doesn’t seem possible! We are blessed!

ttul!

Here’s links to what I used for these two cards…

Birch Press Design – 57510 Banner…
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Birch Press Design – BPF503 Sugar…
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Memory Box – 94551 Slim Confetti…
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Memory Box – CL5252 Big and Little…
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Altenew RED SUNSET Crisp Dye Ink Pad…
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Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad
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Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy…
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Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -…
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Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110…
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Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack
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Bazzill Card Shoppe
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cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · LOVE · Memory Box · Valentine

Memory Box Heart Ring Stack Card…

Hi everyone!  I always have to make some CAS (clean and simple) Valentine cards.  All my favorite things in an easy card!

I love traditional stamping and paper bits!  Using up some scraps…and the white border almost like white embossing on kraft!

I had good luck with photos today!  Another dreary day.  My Nikon likes dreary I guess…more than I do for sure! ugh

I always love adding this lightweight MayArts jute too…

The cardstock I’m using is from Hobby Lobby…their extra heavyweight kraft.  I love it but this ream must be cut wrong because it curves.  I need to put it under a stack of books!  I still love it though! ❤

What are your favorite colors for Valentines?  It’s kinda fun to mix it up a little but it seems I don’t stray far from kraft, white, black and of course RED!

That’s it for my pictures! lol  Holler if you have any questions.  oh, I did mount it with my favorite thin mounting tape.  I use scor-tape on the back to hold the pieces in place first.

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

The Card Concept – Winter Cocoa

The Paper Funday Challenge – anything goes

Word Art Wednesday – anything goes

Yay!  I have two more Valentine cards to post this week.  I’ll get ’em up tomorrow!

Thank you so much for stopping by and hope this sweet, simple card makes you smile!  oh, It’s A2 size!

Dies and Supplies I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94662 Heart Ring Stack…
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Memory Box – CL5252 Big and Little…
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May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap…
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Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad
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MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most…
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Bazzill Card Shoppe
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Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock…
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Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring…
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Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring…
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Honey Bee Stamps – Birthday Bliss…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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Scor-Tape; Scor Tape
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Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot…
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Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool…
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Sizzix – Cutting Pad – Standard – 1…
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Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch…
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