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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!

Shopping…

Birthday · cards · CAS · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps · Watercolor

Birthday cards…

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Love these fresh Summer-ish colors!  Stamps and pattern paper from Printworks HERE! Kinda CAS but kinda not too!

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love their double sided pattern paper!  Colored with Caran D’ache Watercolor crayons.  Mats cut, on both cards,  with my Perfect Layers Tools… saves so much time!

Stamps I used…

F4285 California Poppies
F4270 You’re Simply Amazing
C4245 Just Because
F4302 Celebrate

Linking up to …
Simon Says Stamp Challenge… Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamping…must incorporate stamping

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This is one birthday sentiment that is encouraging!  Printworks stamps and double sided pattern paper…an old button and hemp.  Some May Arts black velvet ribbon.

Stamps I used…

K4288 Mannequin
E4303 Birthdays Duplex

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I edged the image and papers with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool.  Thanks for looking!  If you’re anywhere near,  this coming weekend is the Carson Stamp convention in California… Printworks will be there!  Suzan says it’s an awesome show and I believe her!  I love it that she goes and several of my cards can be there to greet her! hahahaha   Have fun Suzan and everyone! TTUL!

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cards · CAS · copics · Paper Smooches · Perfect Layers Tools

Paper Smooches Congrats…

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I needed a baby shower card and the gal loves purple and monsters!  Just so happened that the Paper Smooches Little Fella set showed up in my mailbox, just in time!  I was inspired by this gal’s card HERE… so creative and fun!

I’m going to link up to the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge… this week, it’s the Picture Perfect challenge… well,  I followed it ‘loosely’!  When you see the picture, you’ll know why!  This is what happens sometimes,  you know!  Consequences! gotta love ’em!   lol

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Then I’m linking to Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog too… Anything Goes!

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I stamped several monsters, cut, layered and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  ‘Congratulations’ is from the PS Sentiment Sampler.  I used the PS Alphadot set to stamp out the rest of the words on the front.  The stamps on the envelope are from the PS Birthday Sampler and PS Pip Squeaks sets.  On the inside I stamped a sentiment and bear from the PS Pip Squeaks set… it says, “to a super cute family”.  I forgot to take a picture of the inside.  Thought it was an adorable sentiment though! : )

I used my Perfect Layers Tools to cut the mats and a little bit of twine for the bow in her hair.

It was fun to do something unique…hope it was a hit!   Thanks for stopping by!  I’ll be back this week with some more cards for Printworks.  See you then!

Stamps and Supplies I used to make this card…


Printworks · rubber stamps

Printworks…

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Surprise!  lol!  I’m a city girl through and through but the Western stamp collection from Printworks was challenging and fun to work with!

My Ride ’em Cowboy card made it into the CAS Favorites @ Splitcoast stampers for the week!  Thank you Loll!

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and it’s an Honorable Addict!  Thank YOU!

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I’m linking my cards to the Addicted To Stamps Challenge – vintage is the theme.

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Lots of texture and stamping!  I had to desaturate the color on the first card because I could not get the red to show up right!  150 photos later, this is what you get! waaah… lol  (red is still not right)

These stamps aren’t on the site yet… but here’s a list of the stamps I used…

E3767 Ranch Brands
D3758 Ride ’em Cowboy
D3757 Wild Mustang
K1495 Heart  (I liked it because the perimeter of the heart reminded me of barbed wire)

G3771 Buggy
P3801 Bird
C3802 Daisies
C4106 Where Flowers Bloom HERE

Look at the wonderful mats… Perfect Layers tools (link in the sidebar)… love ’em!

Off to get a hair cut… have a great day…sounds like we’re gonna get lots of snow today and tomorrow… looking forward to the white!  ttul!

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Marianne Design…Time flies and Happy Valentines Day!

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All to true… time flies…a lot of Marianne Design dies in action here…the newest die is the branch, then the clock (I embossed it instead of cutting it), the flowers, the leaves and the frames are all from Marianne Design!

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A little bit of inking with Dusty Concord Distress ink and the ink blending tool…

The butterfly die is embossed like my video HERE

5 1/2 inches square is the size…

Linking to the Cards Blog Challenge – their sketch inspired this card : )

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and then a simpler Valentine using this new mini stamp and heart die set from Marianne Design… A2 size…dies and of course my Paper Layers tools!

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Thanks for stopping by today!  I appreciate it and love to share what I’ve been working with… I don’t have all my Valentines done… do you?  I have a feeling Tim will get one that I made a year ago or two!  I always have a hard time giving them to him after I’ve showed it to him in the process! lol  Take care and ttul!

Stamps and Supplies I used…linking to Stuff 4 Scrapbooking… lots of great prices right now on my favorite tools! If you love this postage look… grab this die set while you can… it’s an old one but I love it!  I LOVE these black foam squares… the best I’ve found for mounting… course you know how I feel about the ATG gun… the craft mat…everything here! lol  Thanks for shopping through my links!

Marianne Design products…
Col1307 Heart set
LR0257 Branch
CR1205 Butterfly
CR1202 Purple Flower
LR0242 Square Frames XL
LR0226 Open Leaves
LR0229 Baby’s Breath
CR1234 Clock