Have you ever tried to create the look of frost onto a greeting card? I have a video today that shows you just how to do that - plus, I am using several dies to create a fun scene full of polar bears, snowglobes and stars. I created a fun video - it's a long one, so take a look at it with a plate of some turkey and stuffing during the Thanksgiving weekend! I hope you like it!
It's been such a busy week here at Memory Box - we stayed busy with the launch of our new poppystamps site and got ready for our School Paper donation (more details at the bottom of this post). If I hadn't had the distraction of making a video of the Frosted Bear Card, I might have gotten overwhelmed!
I can't get enough of the snow globes - creating a scene with them is so much fun! I have designed a lot of snowglobe stamps over the years - and without a doubt, using dies is the best! Being able to make layers that fit together - and then position little bears or trees inside is just too easy!
Here is an up close picture of the Medium Snowglobe (Medium Snowglobe die 98229) with the Holiday Spirit Bear stamp C1818 (cut out with the Holiday Spirit Bear die 98248). As you can see in the video - it's easy to line up the layers of the snowglobe - I used Water cardstock for the snowglobe circle, and then White card stock for the "snow mound" within the globe. The Holiday Spirit bear cuts out super easy (for those of you wondering what those little "holes" are on the sides of some of the dies, watch the video to show how they can help you with positioning!).
And the frost on the edges of the card? Quick and easy! I thought the Star of Wonder die (98167) would look perfect near the frosted edge.
I'm not sure what it was about this video, but I had so much fun making and editing it, that I even added a bonus project on at the end! I had some leftover materials from the Frosted Bear Card, so I put together a tag using the Museum Tag die (98145) and the Pop Up Thanks die (98241).
As you can see, the bottoms of the letters in "thanks" stay attached to your cardstock, so you gently bend each letter up to make them "pop" off the surface.
And here's the front of the tag - the 12x12 Beary Good paper from the Yuletide collection is cut into a tag shape with the Museum tag die - and then the edges are "frosted". Interested in more Memory Box videos? Just go to our Youtube channel by clicking here, where you can watch the videos you want, or subscribe and get notified each time there's a new Memory Box video!
And now, for the big announcement!
Think that your school deserves some paper? Tell us why your school should receive a BIG shipment of Memory Box cardstock for their art program! Every year, we donate our overstock to schools in need (sorry, no international requests). We box up our extra cardstock, and leftover studio materials, and send it to a school that could really use it. Last year, we had 600 pounds of paper to donate and teachers could use that paper however they wanted in their classrooms.
Simply email us at info@memoryboxco.com to tell us about your nomination (please include the subject line "Paper for Schools"). Your message should include the name of your school and why you think your school should get some Memory Box paper.
So if you are a teacher or have a child, grandchild, niece or nephew at a great school that needs some materials to help foster kid creativity let us know! We will announce the winners December 1 on our blog and Facebook page! (please submit your nomination by November 30 midnight PST).
Fantastic card. And so huggable. Thanx
Ryle HS in Union KY would love love love card stock for their art program. Our granddaughter is a freshman.
Posted by: Carol Ann Ater | November 23, 2011 at 08:01 AM
Ce fut effectivement ce que je cherchais, et je suis heureux de venir ici! Dette de gratitude, afin de conférer au sujet de cette carte fantastique.
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