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Candy Cane Bird

In my last post, I shared a fun card with you using the new Bundled Bird papers.  Today, I wanted to share this card:


Papers:  Memory Box Bundled Birds pp, Memory Box kraft notecard and cs, Memory Box dill cs
Stamp Ink:  SU garden green, Colorbox Fluid Chalk dark brown
Stamps:  Memory Box Holiday Treat B1380, Memory Box Candy Cane Bird D1377
Embellishments: Paper Trey Ink rustic twine, misc. twill, Creative Café button, Derwent watercolor pencils, Copic R59, Stickles cinammon brown, sewing machine, FlowerSoft polar white
 
This card uses the stamp that matches the paper--the Candy Cane Bird {D1377} stamp.  The layout of this card is also very similar to the layout I used on my other card.  To create this card:

1. Cut a 4" x 4 5/8" piece of dill cardstock.
2.  Attach a smaller piece of Bundled Birds patterned paper to the top of that piece, and sew around the edges.
3.  Stamp the Candy Cane Bird onto a piece of kraft cardstock and color. I used a mix of watercolor pencils and Copics. I also used Stickles for the eye and FlowerSoft for the hat.
4.  Stamp your sentiment onto this same piece.
5.  Adhere to the piece sewn in Step 2, and sew around the edges.
6.  Add a ribbon to the top, then adhere entire piece to a kraft notecard.
7.  Add a button to finish.

I love birds, and I really love these papers and this stamp.  I hope you enjoyed it, and I will see you with another holiday creation soon!  
   

Bundled Birds

Have you seen the new Bundled Birds 12x12 paper yet?  If not, here it is, and I have used it on today's card!

Not only is the paper precious, there is also a stamp to match--Candy Cane Bird {D1377}.  I did not use the stamp on my card; however, I certainly wanted to let you know that there is a matching stamp. I will use it on a card in my next post!  Let's look at today's card:
 


  
Papers:  Memory Box Bundled Birds pp, Memory Box dill notecard and cs
Stamp Ink:  SU garden green, Versa Mark, Ranger seafoam white ep
Stamps:  Memory Box Holiday Treat B1380, Memory Box Snowy Branches E1419
Embellishments: Paper Trey Ink rustic twine, Paper Trey Ink spiral notebook page die, white twill from Twill Tape, Creative Café button
 
To create this card:
1.  Cut a 4" x 5 1/4" piece of Bundled Birds paper, and stitch around the edges in green thread.  Make it messy stitching for fun!  If you have never stitched on a card, "messy" stitching is perfect for a beginner!!!
2.  Die cut a piece of dill cardstock. I chose a spiral notebook die but you can use any die you wish.
3.  Stamp the Snowy Branches stamp onto this piece using Versa Mark and emboss with white embossing powder.
4. Ink the edges of this piece in green ink and adhere to Bundled Bird piece created above. See my card for placement.
5.  Cut a 5" piece of white twill, and stamp the sentiment about 3 3/4" from the right end.
6.  Add a button with twine to the right end, and wrap the other end around the underneath of the patterned paper
7.  Adhere all of this to the front of a Dill notecard to finish.

Now stay tuned for my next post when I will share this fun paper again but also include the Candy Cane Bird stamp!  See you then! 

Snowglobe {Fun}

Ooh, I have been wanting to play with both the new Memory Box Plain Snowglobe {D1407} stamp and the Stick Tree {C1412} stamp for some time. I have had an idea but haven't had time to play. So, today I ran with my idea.  Here is my card:

Papers:  Memory Box kraft notecard, Memory Box wassail notecard, Memory Box Holly Jolly pp
Stamp Ink:  SU garden green, Colorbox Fluid Chalk dark brown
Stamps:  Memory Box Stick Tree C1412, Memory Box Plain Snowglobe D1407
Embellishments: Cuttlebug snowflakes embossing folder, sewing machine, Copic E29, snowflake charm from A Charming Place, misc. printed ribbon, FlowerSoft polar white

What I love about the Plain Snowglobe stamp is just that--it's plain!  You can fill it with anything!  I chose to fill it with the trees.  But imagine any other Memory Box stamp for any time of year filling this little snowglobe!  Super fun and so many ways to use it!  Here is how I created this card:

1.  Stamp the Plain Snowglobe onto the lower right hand corner of the 12x12 Evergreen Bough paper and cut out. If needed, color in the bottom of the snowglobe with Copic marker.
2.  Stamp the Stick Tree three separate times onto Memory Box Kraft paper.  Stamp only part of the stamp each time to get different sized trees, and cut each tree out.
3.  Add white Flower Soft to the bottom of the snowglobe and dots within the snowglobe to look like snow.  Let dry.
4.  Cut a 3 3/4" x 5" piece of Holly Jolly patterned paper. Ink the edges and adhere to a Memory Box kraft notecard.
5.  Cut a 3" x 3" piece of Wassail paper.  Emboss, ink the edges, and attach to notecard as shown.
6.  Stitch around both the pieces of paper on the notecard as shown.
7.  Adhere a piece of pre-printed ribbon, a charm, and the snowglobe to finish.

If you haven't started your holiday cards yet, I hope today's creation provides you with some great inspiration.  Have a great weekend, and see you with another creation soon!  Thanks for stopping by! 

Pretty Poinsettia

This week I thought I would share some of the new Christmas images with you.  Last week I shared a bit of Halloween, and this week we will focus on Christmas. I wanted to start by sharing two beautiful new Memory Box stamps and one of the new notecard colors--Elemental Damask {C1390}, Poinsettia Outline {D1396} and the Thistle notecard.


Papers:  Memory Box kraft notecard and cs, Memory Box thistle notecard
Stamp Ink:  SU sage shadow, Colorbox Fluid Chalk dark brown
Stamps:  Memory Box Elemental Damask C1390, Memory Box Poinsettia Outline D1396
Embellishments: Derwent watercolor pencils, misc. lace, sewing machine, Stickles diamond 

I did not use a sentiment on this card because I wanted to be able to use this card anytime during the Christmas season or for a thank you card afterwards.  To create this card:

1.  Cut a 3 3/4" x 4 1/4" piece of Thistle paper from the notecard.
2.  Use the Elemental Damask stamp and a stamp positioner to stamp the image all over your cut piece. I also created a "watercolor" effect by inking my stamp and spraying with water each time before I stamped it onto my paper.
3.  Sew lace onto the top and bottom edges.
4.  Stamp the Poinsettia Outline stamp onto a 2 1/4" x 2 3/4" piece of Memory Box kraft cardstock.
5.  Watercolor your image.
6.  Sew this piece onto your thistle cardstock, and adhere entire piece to a Memory Box kraft notecard.
7.  Finish with a dot of Stickles in the middle of the poinsettia.  

I hope you enjoyed today's card.  Thanks for stopping by. I always appreciate you!  Have a blessed night!
  

Halloween Spiders, Oh My!

Papers:  Memory Box Evening Roost paper,Memory Box Sunset paper, Memory Box licorice notecard, Memory Box Blackbird 6x6 papers
Stamps:  Memory Box Halloween Collage G1395
Stamp Ink:  SU basic black, Memento tuxedo black, Ranger clear ep
Embellishments: Stickles black diamond, sewing machine, misc. ribbon

For today's card, I used the new Memory Box 6x6 Blackbird papers, the new 12x12 Evening Roost paper, and the new Halloween Collage stamp {G1395}.  All of these products can be seen on the Memory Box website here.  I don't usually create too many Halloween cards but I am really loving the richness of these papers and the fun images!

To create this card:

1.  Cut a 3 5/8" x 5" piece of Evening Roost paper.
2.  Stamp the Halloween Collage stamp on this piece with black ink and emboss with clear embossing powder.
3.  Sew around the edges of this same piece.
4.  Cut a 3 3/4" x 5 1/8" piece of Sunset paper and mat the previous piece with this slightly larger piece.
5.  Tie a ribbon around the entire piece and adhere to a licorice notecard.
6.  Punch various circles out of the 6x6 Blackbird papers, ink the edges of each circle with black ink, and adhere as shown.
7.  Finish by adding Stickles to the body of each spider, and let dry.

The Evening Roost paper makes this card look a little less scary. So, if you have someone that doesn't care for scary images, maybe a card like this will do the trick!  Enjoy, and see you again soon with another "new release" creation!
  

Textured Blackbird

So, did you get to see all of the new Memory Box holiday images, papers, jewels, and design adhesives?  If not, be sure to look here. Everything is just spectacular as always!  You won't want to miss looking at all of the amazing goodies!

Today I wanted to show you how I used two of the new blackbird stamps. I stamped them on textured paper to give them a different look.  Both of these stamps are solid images; however, when stamped on textured paper, you will not get a solid image thus giving you a different look each time you stamp them.  How fun is that?  Let's look at what I did.

Papers:  Memory Box Sunset paper, Memory Box licorice notecard, Memory Box Blackbird 6x6 papers, Bazzill textured cardstock scrap
Stamps:  Memory Box Halloween Collage G1395, Memory Box Bird in Flight D1393, Memory Box Crow B1389
Stamp Ink:  SU basic black, Brilliance moonlight white, Ranger clear ep
Embellishments: Memory Box Halloween jewels, sewing machine, misc. ribbon

First, I stamped each bird on a scrap piece of textured cardstock that I had in my scrap box. I used black pigment ink, and then I embossed each bird in clear embossing powder.  After that I cut them out. Now, I chose white, textured cardstock.  I liked how the bird looked when the white showed through. You could certainly use colored, textured cardstock and get a different look.  I think an amber cardstock would look really cool too!  

For the background, I used the wonderful Sunset 12x12 paper. Those branches just looked like they were waiting for a few blackbirds!  I did add a Memory Box Halloween jewel to the larger bird but not to the tiny bird. I also added a jewel to the body of the spider on my sentiment.  The sentiment I created by only using a portion of the Memory Box Halloween Collage stamp {G1395}.  I stamped it in white and embossed with clear embossing powder. It actually seemed to lighten my ink but I liked the look even though it wasn't bright white.

Well, I hope you enjoy today's card.  I will see you soon with more new releases!  Have a great Monday!  
 

Mistletoe Holiday Release!

Oh, have you been watching the Memory Box blog "Outside the Box" this week?  If not, you need to head over there!  They are not only sharing the new holiday releases as I will be here but they also have some things they are giving away each day through Saturday!  You will want to check out the two posts that are made each day on that blog!

I wanted to share one of the new stamps and three of the new papers in this What's in the Box holiday release.  This card uses two of the new special notecards colors (Wassail and Thistle) and it uses the new 6x6 Mistletoe paper pack.  Aren't they beautiful?

Papers:  Memory Box vanilla bean cs, Memory Box Mistletoe, Memory Box Wassail and Thistle notecards
Stamp Ink:  Colorbox Fluid Chalk maroon, Ranger clear EP, SU chocolate chip
Stamp:  Memory Box Heaven Sings B1385
Embellishments: sewing machine, Heidi Swapp ribbon, Cuttlebug polka dots embossing folder

The stamp is called Heaven Sings {B1385} and not only includes the sentiment but has the little bird on the side of the stamp so you get two stamps in one!  Imagine how you could use that little bird in so many places!  I could have even stamped him a few times in the holly bush on the patterned paper.  Now that would have been cute.  Why didn't I think of that before taking my photos?  LOL!  Anyway, I hope you will stay tuned to my blog and all of the other Memory Box blogs as we share the new What's in the Box releases!  See you again soon with more new goodies!