The new Town Mouse - prepped for winter - wanted something lighter for these hot 85-degree days.  A bright tropical shirt from the Brilliant Fuchsia 6x6 set keeps him cool and comfy.  

Hi, Jean here with a summer design from July's Cheerful Countryside release.  I've never made mouse-cards before, but Town Mouse and his buddy Milo Mouse are quite irresistible!

The Town Mouse set has 3 dies that cut a total of 11 design elements - the base/background, the overlays, and the clothing.

Cut the base from kraft cardstock.  Color the eye area with a black marker.  Attach a scrap of black cardstock behind the nose cutout.

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) to tan wool-blend felt.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and prevents adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the overlays.  

Cut the coat from the Brilliant Fuchsia purple floral print.  It's now a tropical shirt for hot summer days!  Assemble the mouse.

The versatile Nested Globes dies resemble the "mouse doors" from storybooks and cartoons.  Cut the 2-1/2" wide Nested Globe from a medium-green 6x6 in the Greenery set.  Cut the 1-1/2" wide Nested Globe from a lime green 6x6.  Cut the violet Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 with the 2" wide Nested Globe die.  

Cover white cardstock with ScorTape and cut the solid Cheery Thank You background.  Cut the violet Rainbow Reflections 6x6 with the detailed Cherry Thank You overlay.  Attach the overlay to the background, then cover the remaining exposed adhesive with detail clear embossing powder.  Tap off the excess powder, then heat-emboss it to quickly attach the layers and create a glossy background.

Score a 10" x 4-1/4" piece of white cardstock at 4-1/2".  Attach the diecuts - extend the greeting about 1/2" over the edge of the card front.

Add 1/4" dots punched from the violet Graceful Garden Glitter Pad.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting our blog...keep cool, hydrated and have a great weekend!

 

 

Supplies

 

94898 Town Mouse

94886 Cheery Thank You

94532 Nested Globes

pp1030 Brilliant Fuchsia 6x6 pack

pp1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

 

Happy Thursday everyone!  I have a quick and easy card for you today using new products from the 2025 Cheerful Countryside release.

I started by ink blending a white cardstock panel with pink inks, and spattered it with plain water.

I die cut the Floating Butterfly plate from white cardstock and glued it on top of the ink blended panel.  I glued this to a black cardstock mat and adhered it to a white card base.

I die cut the Floating Butterfly panel from black cardstock so I could use some of the black butterflies to embellish the card.

The words Happy Birthday were die cut from white cardstock and glued to the black cardstock shadow die cut.  I used foam tape to adhere it to the center of the card.

I glued the black die cut butterflies in place by the Happy Birthday words.

Thanks for stopping by today! 

 

 

Supplies

 

94901 Floating Butterfly Plate

94894 Cheery Happy Birthday

Hi everyone.  I have a thank you cad featuring the Butterfly Kaleidoscope stamp and stencil set.  

Stamp the Butterfly Kaleidoscope using Versamark ink.  Heat emboss using Distress Antique Linen embossing Glaze.  Use the matching stencils, smaller to larger and Distress Oxide inks to color in the butterflies.  I used Squeezed Lemonade, Saltwater Taffy, Dried Marigold, Bundled Sage and Shaded Lilac.  For the last 2 stencils that fill in each side of the stencils I used Distress Spritz Tattered Rose.

Trim the background down to 4" x 5 1/4" panel.  Adhere to an A2 size panel from the coral colors paper rom the Vintage Patel Mirror Pad.  Die cut the Cheery Thank you from the same coral mirror paper for the top and 2x from white card stock for the bottom.  Adhere together.  Die cut a scrap of the coral mirror paper using eh Floating Butterfly Plate.  

Adhere the background panel to an A2 white card.  Adhere Thank You to the cuter.  Adhere 3 smaller die cut butterflies around the sentiment.

 

 

Supplies

 

cs2085 Butterfly Kaleidoscope Cling Stamp

88634 Butterfly Kaleidoscope Stencil Set

94886 Cheery Thank You

Milo Mouse - from July's Cheerful Countryside release - delivers birthday greetings to a gardening gal.  He's diecut from gray cardstock and felt for texture and dimension.  

Ever feel like you're going in circles?  Take advantage of it and create a card!  Hi, Jean here with a very circular design...

The sweet Milo Mouse die set has 3 die groups - the base, overlays and hat+smock.   Cut the base from light gray cardstock.  Cut the clothing from the green and white Brilliant Fuchsia leaf print.  Color the trim and hatband with a green marker.  Color the eye area of the base with a black marker.  Glue a scrap of pink cardstock behind the nose cutout.  

Attach adhesive label paper (or a sticker sheet) behind gray cardstock to stablilize the fabric and prevent adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the overlays.

Glue 2 pieces of white cardstock together for dimension and cut it with the 3-1/2" diameter Circle Basics die.  Cut the green and pink Brilliant Fuchsia floral print with the 3-1/4" diameter Circle Basics die.  Cut pink vellum with the 2-1/2" diameter Circle Basics die.  The vellum diffuses a portion of the background, spotlights Milo and adds a pop of color.

Attach Milo to the vellum circle with doublestick tape - liquid adhesives may curl or warp vellum.   Attach the diecuts to a side-folded white A-2 card - hide doublestick tape on the vellum just behind Milo so it's not visible.  

Attach a Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab.  Add 1/4"-punched circles of the green Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

Thanks for visiting  - hope you like the Cheeerful Countryside designs we've created for you!

 

 

Supplies

 

94900 Milo Mouse

pp1030 Brilliant Fuchsia 6x6 pack

st010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

30087 Circle Basics Set

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

I had some fun creating this card using the flowers from the Garden Pail Bouquet 94889 and Milo Mouse 94900 to create a farmer going out to weed the flower garden.  I think it will be the perfect card to send to a gardening friend.


materials used

• yellow card stock from SUNRISE SP1013
• green card stock from LUSH GREEN SP1003--the newest green card stock is GREENERY SP1011
• a scrap of green plaid left from another project
• watercolor paper (used the smooth side)
• the flowers from GARDEN PAIL BOUQUET 94889
• MILO MOUSE 94900
• an assortment of inks and fingertip daubers
• a tiny black Fairy Jewel for the Mouse's eye
• white A2 note card oriented with the fold at the top

to make this card

• cover the front of an A2 note card with one of the yellow card stock papers from Sunrise
• tear a piece of green card stock from Lush Green into two strips and add these to the bottom of the notecard, placing the tallest piece underneath securely glued down and adding the smaller narrower piece on top by just gluing the bottom, leaving space to tuck in the flower stems between the two layers
• die cut Milo Mouse and the flowers from the Garden Pail Bouquet from the smooth side of the watercolor paper
• color the images with assorted inks using fingertip daubers
• assemble the flowers and the mouse (be sure to add the Fairy Jewel eye!)
• attach the flowers to the front of the note card tucking some between the two green layers
• add Milo Mouse using dimensional foam dots
• cut some extra "weeds" from the scrap of green plaid and glue them to the note card

 

How cute is this!  I've left plenty of room in the yellow card stock space to add an appropriate sentiment when I'm ready to send out the card.  I do think it's the perfect "thinking of you" card for a friend who is always fighting with the garden weeds!

Happy Crafting!

 

 

Supplies

 

94889 Garden Pail Bouquet

94900 Milo Mouse

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

sp1003 Lush Green

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today featuring the brand new large background stamp with coordinating stencils called Butterfly Kaleidoscope (88634 and CS2085).  I also used the brand new Cheery Hello word die 94887.  Here's a closer look:

I stamped the image on the upper half of a slimline card base and then masked off the top and bottom to use the stencils with lots of Distress Ink colors.  Once all the stenciling was complete, I added white paint pen and gold paint pen accents.  I inked the bottom and top strips with coordinating pink ink and then cut the outline hello die from the bottom of the card.  I used that piece that I cut out to then cut the actually word letters and then inserted them inside the card so that when you open the card the hello is seen both on outside and inside the card.  Here's one last look:

I hope you like my card for today!  It was super fun to create and be sure to come back each day for more inspiration from the design team!

 

Supplies

 

88634 Butterfly Kaleidoscope Stencil Set

cs2085 Butterfly Kaleidoscope Cling Stamp

94887 Cheery Hello

Woot!  Woot!  There's a new collection from Memory Box that landed this week:  2025 Cheerful Countryside.  I've chosen the large cling stamp CS2085 Butterfly Kaleidoscope as the feature element for this card.

materials used

• white A2 note card
• purple plaids from GLADIOLA PLAID PP1027
• purple mirror card stock from RAINBOW REFLECTIONS MIRROR PAD FP1003
• CS2085 BUTTERFLY KALEIDOSCOPE cling stamp
• VersaFine Clair Nocturne (black) ink; watercolor paper; clear embossing powder; lavender watercolor paint; purple-ish ink 
• GYPSY BUTTERFLIES 94890 and a scrap of BLACK GLOSSY PAPER SH44004

to make this card

• trim a piece of purple plaid paper from Gladiola Plaid 5 1/4 X 4 and add it to the front of the side-fold note card
• trim a piece of purple mirror card from Rainbow Reflections 3 1/2 X 4 3/4 and add on top of the plaid paper
• stamp BUTTERFLY KALEIDOSCOPE on watercolor paper using VersaFine Clair Nocturne (black) ink and emboss with clear embossing powder
• color the butterflies paper with lavender watercolor and set aside to dry
• when dry, ink the edges direct to paper with Archival Cactus Flower ink (or some other purple-ish ink)
• add the butterfly panel to the note card
• die cut the bodies of the Gypsy Butterflies from the black glossy paper (you'll only use one for this project; save the other)
• die cut the largest detailed butterfly wings from purple Rainbow Reflections Mirror card stock
• die cut the largest solid butterfly wings from a purple plaid in the Gladiola Plaid paper pack; assemble the butterfly
• use a dimensional foam dot to add the Gypsy Butterfly to the painted butterfly panel

There's plenty of space left on the front to add a sentiment appropriate for whatever the occasion.  And there's plenty of shine on this card with the embossing of the butterfly panel, the mirror card, and the black glossy butterfly body.  You could even add more sparkle with  Fairy Drops, Gemstones, Fairy Jewels or Glitter Glue also available from Memory Box.

Take a look at the 2025 CHEERFUL COUNTRYSIDE collection here.  Happy Crafting!

 

Supplies

 

cs2085 Butterfly Kaleidoscope Cling Stamp

94890 Gypsy Butterflies

pp1027 Gladiola Plaid 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

Floating Butterfly Plate - from July's Cheerful Countryside release - is quickly becoming a Design Team favorite.  It's versatile - and great for pressure-embossing and stenciling,  in addition to creating a beautiful diecut background.  Hi, Jean here - with a pressure-embossed, stenciled, heat-embossed design for any occasion.

Spritz both sides of watercolor paper with a light mist of water - then pressure-emboss the smoother side with the new Floating Butterfly Plate using the rubber embossing mat and plates required for your diecut machine.

Cut a Floating Butterfly Plate stencil from printer paper.  Stencil the design with pigment inks - Radiant Neon Electric Green, Electric Purple and Electric Blue are used here - work quickly to apply and  blend the inks so they'll still be slightly moist to adhere the embossing powder.    Heat-emboss it with detail clear powder.  Let it cool, then diecut it with the 3-1/2" wide Rectangle Basics die.

Attach it to a white A6 card (4-1/2" x 6-1/4").

Cut watercolor paper with the 1-1/2" x 2-3/4" Rectangle Basics die.  Cut Cheery Hello at an angle.  Attach tape behind the cutout.  Cut the turquoise Rainbow Reflections 6x6 with the Cheery Hello die.  Place it in the taped cutout for a quick and easy inlaid greeting.

Cut the largest Ethereal Butterfly from the violet Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  Cut the set of centers too.  We're using the extras for the background butterflies.

Attach the diecuts to the background - use foam tape for the upper half of the Ethereal Butterfly.  Add 1/4" dots punched from a green Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6. Dots usually have smoother edges if you punch from the reverse side of the glittered cardstock.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

We've added some extra steps here - pressure-embossing the butterflies and precutting "hello" for an inlaid design to add dimension and texture.   You could also stencil the butterflies directly through the cutting plate - but then you'd have to clean the plate very thoroughly!

Thanks for stopping by - hope you'll visit the blog again for more Cheerful Countryside designs from our team...

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94901 Floating Butterfly Plate

94887 Cheery Hello

94885 Ethereal Butterflies

30086 Rectangle Basics Set

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

Hi everyone.  I have a birthday card featuring the Floating Butterfly Plate that is perfect to put over an alcohol inked background.  This is a simply and easy card but with bright colors that pop.

On Yupo paper dribble on some yellow, blue, purple and pink Distess alcohol ink.  Add some blending solution and use a blower to move the ink together.  Then dribble on some silver mixative an more blending solution and blow that around.  Do not over do the inks or over blend. (I had to do this 3 times to remember that).  You want the inks to just combine around the edges.  Let air dry.

Die cut the Floating Butterfly Plate from white card stock.  Save the butterfly cut outs to use for later projects by putting them in the envelope.  I will be reaching for them.  Adhere with liquid adhesive the die cut to the alcohol inked background. Trim off the background panel. Adhere to a A2 size white card.

Die cut the Cheery Happy Birthday sentiment from white card stock.  Ink blend the bottom layer with Versfine Clair Hawthorne Rose. Clear heat emboss.  Adhere the top layer to the bottom.  Adhere to the center of the card using foam tape

 

Supplies

94894 Cheery Happy Birthday

94901 Floating Butterfly Plate

(Re-posting - hope the photos will format and upload correctly!)

The new Garden Pail Bouquet - from July's Cheerful Countryside release - is the perfect way to celebrate a summer birthday. Hi, Jean here with a design from our latest collection. Beautiful blossoms, fresh greenery and a rustic garden pail filled with colorful blooms are great for any occasion.  Add an instant greeting - like in a  grocery store bouquet or arrangement!  

Cut the buds and blossoms from yellow, light orange and yellow-orange cardstock in the Sunrise Pack.  Cut 2 sets of the leaves, stems and sepals from medium and light green cardstock in the Greenery Pack.  You'll have extra diecuts for future projects.

 

Cut the pail from a dark green 6x6 in the Greenery set.  Cut the handle from the silver 6x6 in the Rainbow Reflections pack.  Assemble the blossoms and pail.

 

Create a special birthday sign with a Happy Birthday Foil Greeting Black Circle Tab and a round toothpick.  Glue the toothpick to the circle tab and let it set up while you complete the card.

 

Cut white cardstock with the 2-3/4" wide Wrapped Stitch Rectangles die.  Attach the pail to the rectangle - don't apply adhesive to the top 1/2" of the pail so you can tuck pieces under the pail rim.  Attach the rectangle and pail to a white A6 card (4-1/2" x 6-1/4").  Add the diecuts.

 

Trim the bottom of the toothpick if necessary. Use narrow strips of foam tape behind the circle to attach the greeting.  Add 1/4" dots punched from a yellow Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6.  Cut an A6-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing.

 

Thanks for visiting our blog - hope you enjoy our new collection and create special cards for summer greetings!

 

 

Supplies

94889 Garden Pail Bouquet

st011 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Circle Tabs

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sp1013 Sunrise 6x6 pack

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

gp1002 Graceful Garden Glitter Pad

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper