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Holiday Dancer

The new Lady Dancing Die 98394 is truly a die for all seasons.  The dotted print from the Yuletide 6x6 set becomes a festive holiday dress here, with a overlay of glitter on her matching shoes.  I've used the die with doilies, crepe paper and recycled sparkling water cans too - it transforms everything into an elegant dress for the graceful dancer.  

Create a fall or winter holiday card using at least one Memory Box die or stamp and post it on our Flickr page by 11:59 PM EST August 31, 2012.   Two winners will be chosen and their card will be featured on the Outside the Box blog.  One bonus winner will be selected for featuring at least one die or stamp from the new 2012 What's in the Box release.  

The Ornament Border Die 98417 cuts a set of tiny ornaments and snowflakes - perfect accents for cards, tags and mini-books.  There are just so many ways to use the dies in the new Holiday Collection that it's sometimes easy to overlook the great stamps that are part of the collection too.  

The background stamp - 12 Days G1899 - can be used as a neutral background as it's used here - or as an accent.  Try diecutting it into a holiday banner or as ornaments, stockings or leaves to embellish a gift. View the entire collection here.

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Diecut a Sparkling Water Dress

There are many reasons to create a card - like celebrating the end of the local recycle-truck drivers strike.  During the strike I discovered that the dress from the just-released Lady Dancing Die Set 98394 is perfect for upcycling your lightweight sparkling water cans. It's not the first time anyone ever diecut metal cans...but these cans were just waiting for the perfect dress die to come along! 

I've used cans from Cascade Ice Citrus Twist, Pomegranate Mango and Lemon Lime flavors  - from my Woodinville Top Foods - for this card.  The tiny silvery ballet slippers were diecut from the barcode section of the can. The cans are great for diecutting birds, flowers and butterflies too...and they'd be cool for "green Christmas" ornaments.  It's addictive once you get started - and you'll look at juice and water cans in a whole new way.  

Carefully trim the cans, then diecut the dresses from the beautiful graphics on the cans.  Cut the shoes from the can's barcode section and attach them to the lady, cut from Parchment Cardstock.  Stamp Distressed Garden Record G1848 on Mango Distressed Dots with Seattle Sky ColorBox Archival Dye Ink. Trim the cardstock and ink the edges with Seattle Sky. 

Diecut the letters to spell "choices" using the Parker Lower Alphabet 98363 set and Dill Cardstock.  The letters can easily be separated for diecutting - but I'm keeping the set intact for now so I don't lose any letters.  Attach the letters to a piece of Key Lime Cardstock.  

Attach everything to a 5.5" square card of Mango Cardstock using a combination of double-stick tape and foam dots for the lady and dresses.  The natural curve of the metal adds a nice dimension to the dresses.

Have fun with this project...think of the many ways you can recycle and use your dies!  View the Memory Box Collection of dies here...