Are you looking for a background, a focal point, or a base for buds and blossoms?  The versatile new Sunshine and Wildflowers Clear Stamp Set can be all three - and more!  Hi, Jean here with a garden greeting from our new Summer Meadow collection of stamps and dies.  

Diecut the largest Heritage Rectangle Frame from smooth white cardstock.  Stamp the new Sunshine and Wildflowers with Nocturne VersaFine Clair.  Quickly heat emboss it with detail clear powder.  Attach it to a side-folded white A2 card.

Cut the Bird Blossoms from light, medium and dark peachy/coral 6x6's in the Blush Collection.  Save the extras for another project - or a mixed-bouquet variation of today's card.

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to light gray wool-blend felt and cut the Bird Blossoms bird.  Use a toothpick to define the eye area.  Cut the beak/head section from yellow cardstock.  Color the eye area with a black marker.  Cut the wing from Black Glossy Paper (cardstock).  

Cut the smallest Heritage Rectangle Frame from the light peach cardstock.  Trim the ends of the Thank You Foil Greetings White Tab and attach it to the frame diecut.

Attach the diecuts and greeting tab to the wildflower background.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...have a great weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

cl5290 Sunshine And Wildflowers Clear Stamp Set

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

94864 Bird Blossoms

sp1012

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

st004 Thank You Foil Greetings White Tabs

Hello everyone!  Today's card features new products from the 2025 Summer Meadow release.

I began by creating an ink blended background for my card.  The Distress Ink colors I used were Carved Pumpkin, Wilted Violet and Picked Raspberry.

Next I die cut the outline images many times from the Gypsy Butterfly die set using Gold Foil paper.  I glued all the die cuts to fill the blended ink card panel.

I used the largest Heritage Rectangle Frame die to cut the butterfly card panel.  When I die cut the panel, it flattened the die cut butterflies and made it look like they were gold embossed on the background.  I used foam tape to adhere the panel to a white card base.

The words Happy Birthday were die cut from gold foil paper and glued to the white cardstock shadow die cut.  I die cut the shadow 4 more times from white cardstock and glued them together to give the die cut some thickness and adhered it to the card front.

To finish the card I added a few clear Fairy Drops to add a little sparkle.

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

94890 Gypsy Butterflies

DRP101 Fairy Drops

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

94773 Happy Birthday Debut Script

For those of you following the blog, you have already seen samples using products from the new Summer Meadow release. Today we would like to introduce you to some of the resources we have for the new products.

Did you know each release has a look book loaded with samples to help inspire you? The Summer Meadow Look Book can be found here.

These are some of the samples that you can find there:

As you can see, each sample also lists the supplies used in each card. The look book itself lets you flip through the pages like you would a magazine. We hope you will be inspired!

Meanwhile, are you following us on Instagram? Our profile there is memoryboxco. We would love it if you followed us there. Don't forget to tag us with #memoryboxco if you use some of our products in your art and would like to share. We are always amazed by your creations.

Gypsy Butterflies and a Sunshine and Wildflowers greeting create a double-tab card from the new Summer Meadow release.   Hi, Jean here with a stenciled, layered, tabbed design for a special friend.  It's also easily-adapted to use with and take advantage of the great collection of Memory Box dies, mirror cardstock and glitter cardstock.  

Cut a stencil using the solid Gypsy Butterflies dies.  Printer paper is OK - but I prefer heavy vellum for stencils because it seems to resist the ink and produce crisp edges.  Use a sponge or blending brush to stencil white cardstock with Distress Oxides.  Colors used here are shaded lilac, salvaged patina and cracked pistachio.  Spritz the applicator with a very light mist of water and blend the colors with a clean sponge for a softer look.  Dry the inks and diecut the backgrounds.

Cut the detailed  layer from the lavender Lagoon Collection 6x6.  Cut the center portion from the violet Rainbow Reflections 6x6.

Cut a light blue Lagoon Collection 6x6 with the 2-1/2" wide Nested Globes die.  Re-cut the globe again with the 2" and 1-1/2" Nested Globes dies.  Tape the dies together to create a background.

Stamp the greeting - from the new Sunshine and Flowers Clear Stamps Set - on the lavender 6x6 with Purple Delight VersaFine Clair.  Quickly heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Cut the cooled greeting with the smallest Nested Globes die.  Cut another globe and attach it behind the stamped piece to reinforce the tab.

Cut white cardstock to 5-1/2" x 8-1/2".  Score it at 3" and 7-1/4".  Trim the corners and folds with a corner rounding punch.  Attach the diecuts to the card - use foam tape for the left side of the big butterfly - and a strong liquid adhesive (like Tacky Glue) for the greeting and small butterfly.

Attached 1/4" punched  dots from the purple Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut an A2-sized piece  of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting the blog...see you on Friday!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94890 Gypsy Butterflies

cl5290 Sunshine And Wildflowers Clear Stamp Set

94532 Nested Globes

sp1010

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

There's a lovely new small collection from Memory Box and you can find it here--SUMMER MEADOW.  I chose the SUNSHINE AND WILDFLOWERS CLEAR STAMP SET CL5290 to make a quick and simple card.

materials used

• top fold white A2 note card
• black card stock
• white card stock
• the next to the largest frame from HERITAGE RECTANGLE FRAMES 94883
• stamps from SUNSHINE AND WILDFLOWERS CLEAR STAMP SET CL5290
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne (black) ink

to make this card

• trim a piece of black card stock 4 X 5 1/4 and add it to the front of the note card
• stamp the wildflowers stamp on white card stock using the black ink
• use the next to the largest frame from the Heritage Rectangle Frames to cut out the wildflowers
• stamp the greeting--"Sending sunshine and wildflowers"--on the wildflowers panel
• adhere the wildflowers panel to the note card

And that's it!  Super simple, super easy!  I'll make a whole bunch of these with just the wildflowers and set them aside, adding the appropriate sentiment later.  This will be a perfect card for my seniors group to make in their class with me on Thursday this week.  

Happy Crafting!

Sunshine and Wildflowers CL5290           Heritage Rectangle Frames 94883

Hi everyone.  The new Summer Meadow release is here.  I am loving the new Heritage Rectangle Frame die and all the beautiful stamp.  Today have a card with a layout featuring the frame dies on a slimline card.

Background:

Trim white card stock to 4" x 6 1/2". Heat rose gold emboss the Sunshine and Wildflower Clear stamp on the bottom of the paper. Die cut the middle Heritage Rectangle Frame starting at the bottom middle of the stamp and move up and die cut 2 more times to create 3 panels with 2 of them having the flowers.  Next ink blend each panel using Distress ink in Bundle Sage, Speckled Egg, and Salty Ocean.  On the top panel gold heat emboss the Happy birthday to you sentiment from the Sunshine and Wildflower Clear stamp.  Gold heat emboss around the edges of all 3 panels.  Just take your embossing ink pad and run it around the edges and add the embossing power and heat. 

Butterflies:

Die cut the bottom layer of the Gypsy Butterflies die set from white card stock and the top and body from gold paper from the Rainbow Reflections Mirror pad.  Ink blend the 2 butterflies using Distress ink in Squeezed Lemonade, Spun Sugar, Lumberjack Plaid, and Dusty Concord.  Glue on the top layer and body using the envelope as a guide.

Assembly:

Trim 2 pcs of white card stock to 4" x 7 1/4". Score 1/4" from the top of the panels and add adhesive and adhere behind the other panel to create a card.  Adhere the 3 panels in order centering them on the card.  Adhere the butterflies at apposing angles at the top and bottom of the card. 

 

 

Supplies

 

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

94890 Gypsy Butterflies

CL5290 Sunshine And Wildflowers Clear Stamp Set

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Hello and welcome, Angie here today with a lovely peony card.  Here's a closer look:

The white background is made with white woodgrain paper, along with the heart frame, both are backed with dotted paper from my stash.  The flower was cut from white cardstock and colored with alcohol markers.  The sentiment is heat embossed in white on black cardstock.  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today!  Be sure to come back each day for more inspiration.

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

CL5277 Breezy Bouquet clear stamp set

94877 Graceful Peony Blossom

94884 Cherish Scalloped Frames

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

 

Garden Beauties dragonflies from the new Summer Meadow collection join the Elegant Peony Blossom on a card for any occasion.  New Heritage Rectangle Frames create a collage-y backdrop.  Hi, Jean here again with another design from our latest release.

Cut Elegant Peony Blossom from Raspberry Sorbet Cardstock.  Cut the stamens - and the narrow, pointy blossom section - from Glossy Black Paper (cardstock).  Create a freeform peony - or refer to illustrations on the back of the product envelope for layering and assembly details. 

Sponge smooth white cardstock with Rocket Red Gold Brilliance ink - use a well-inked stamp pad for quick coverage.  Heat-set the ink.  Diecut it with 3 sizes of the new Heritage Rectangle Frames - 3/4" x 2", 1-1/2 " x 2.75" and 2-1/8" x 3-3/8".

Cut the new Garden Beauties dragonfly wings from the gold Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad 6x6.  Cut the center sections from the gold Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.

Attach the diecuts to a side-folded white A2 card - use foam tape for the tips of the dragonfly wings and the outer edges of the peony.

Add 1/4" punched circles of the gold Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

It's my second Heritage Rectangle Frame card in 2 days- it's such a great set of 6 dies that it's hard not to use it again!  The details are well-defined but they don't compete with other design elements.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

 

 

Supplies 

 

 

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

94893 Garden Beauties

94878 Elegant Peony Blossom

fp1003

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

sh44016 Raspberry Sorbet Paper Pack

Welcome the month of May - and prep for summer - with our latest collection,  Summer Meadow 2025.  Gypsy Swallow-tail, Heritage Rectangle Frames, Gypsy Butterflies and Garden Beauties set the scene for summer projects, celebrations and greetings.  Hi, Jean here with an all-occasion design from this great new release.

Cut Gypsy Swallow-tail from ink-blended cardstock, the aqua Rainbow Reflections 6x6 and the blue/teal Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut the little beak/head section from Summer Squash cardstock.  Color the eye area with a black marker and attach it behind the head sections.

Cut two of the leafless Eucalyptus Bouquet stems from heavy craft  cardstock.  Trim about an inch from the bottom of one of the stem diecuts, then layer them for a longer stem.   

Cut ink-blended cardstock with the 1-3/8", 2" and 3/4" Heritage Rectangle Frames dies.  

Stamp the greeting - from the new Sunshine and Wildflowers Clear Stamp Set - on white cardstock with Warm Breeze VersaFne Clair. Quickly heat-emboss it witgh detail clear powder.

Attach the diecuts to a side-folded white A2 card - use foam dots for the Swallow-tail and greeting.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

A swallow-tail,  butterflies and dragonflies are perfect for summer projects - enjoy creating with them!

Thanks for visiting...

Supplies

 

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

94891 Gypsy Swallow-tail

94807 Eucalyptus Bouquet

cl5290

sh44018 Summer Squash Paper Pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

Greetings friends. It is time for the new Summer Meadow release! We hope you will stop by often to see the new products.

For my first card with the new release, I made a Mother's Day card with my own mom in mind. Therefore, all the colors were chosen using her favorites. Sometimes having a person in mind makes coloring choices that much easier.

To make the card, I first stamped my flower onto XPress It cardstock using black Memento ink:

I then used the following Copic colors to color my image-

Flower- V12, V15, and V17

Leaves- G12, G7 and G17

Center of flower- Y32, Y35, and Y38

I decided that I didn't want my flower surrounded by white cardstock. I could have sponged around the flower, but I didn't feel like doing any masking. I decided instead to color around the image with my BG01 Copic marker. Normally when I do this, I choose a small image with a small surrounding area to color. However, this card is for my mom, so I didn't mind the extra work. My tip to you if you do this technique is to trim around your image as much as possible to make the area you have to color that much smaller.

This is what my flower looked like after coloring the background. I wanted a bit more color around the edges, so I sponged a little Tumbled Glass Distress ink around the edges. It was far enough away from my flower that I didn't have to do any masking:

Next, I layered my flower piece onto one of the new Heritage Rectangle Frames. I love the detail at the edges of the frame. It adds a bit of interest to the frame without detracting from the focal image.

One thing you can notice from the close up is that I stamped two of the leaves onto a separate piece of cardstock, colored them, cut them out and glued them onto the card. I wanted to have them hanging over the frame a bit.

I also cut out one of the new dragonflies from the Garden Beauties die set. I used the same Copic colors as I did for the center of the flower, but I also added some YG13 for a a touch of green and used E79 for the body of the dragonfly.

To finish the outside of the card, I added a touch of glitter glue to the center of the flower and the dragonfly wings.

I added a message to the inside of the card instead of the outside. The words are from the new Sunshine and Wildflowers clear set. I had to cover part of the inside of the card because I wrote a sappy message to my mom before I remembered to take a picture:

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I hope you are as excited about the new release as I am!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

cl5291 With Sympathy Clear Stamp Set

94883 Heritage Rectangle Frames

94893 Garden Beauties

cl5290 Sunshine And Wildflowers Clear Stamp Set

sh44013 Lavender Bloom Paper Pack