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Get Ready for Spring

Here are some of the cards I've designed recently - this one is from the Poppystamps Blog.  It combines dies from Poppystamps and Memory Box.  They are perfect together, and the Memory Box cardstock in shades of Wisteria, Aloe, Violet and Thistle make it oh-so-easy to create a spring card.  

Memory Box and Poppystamps dies are great for cutting felt too - like these flowers, cut with the Memory Box Fabulous Phlox Die 98511.  The card is posted on our Design Team Blog - view the details here.

Here's a design that was embossed instead of diecut - for a crisp white-on-white look.  Details are posted here on Outside the Box.

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Let ribbon candy, candy jars and pretty colors highlight your Valentine's Day celebration with Memory Box Dies and papers.  Candy Jar, Tall Canning Jar, Vintage Apothecary Jar, Heart Delights and Ribbon Candy Border are the perfect combination of sweetness - no fat, calories or carbs!

See the great new products in the Memory Box 2013 Collection right here.

We're having a new product release blog blitz on Outside the Box - it starts on Monday, Janurary 7th. The Design Team has selected their favorite new products to spotlight and we can't wait to share our ideas with you.  Visit the blog - lovingly referred to as OTB - throughout the week for great projects, techniques and prizes!  

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The Fastest, Easiest Card Ever!

The Classic Pear Die and the coversheet from the Nightfall 6x6 Set are perfect together...you'll have a colorful, multi-patterned diecut in less than a minute.  Cut the leaf from Dill Cardstock.  Cut the stem from scrap cardboard - brownie points for up-cycling both your coversheet and scrap cardboard!  

Stamp Happy Fall on Mango Distressed Dots with Khaki Green and ink the edges with Pumpkin Pie.

Attach everything to a Jack o' Lantern Notecard - use foam dots for the greeting - there's your card! It's even faster than adhering strips of washi tape.  You can get a pair of pears from each coversheet - and have two cards in just a few minutes.

Memory Box Products

• Classic Pear Die 98392
• Happy Fall B1420
• Nightfall 6x6 Set
• Dill Cardstock
• Mango Distressed Dots
• Jack o' Lantern Notecard and Envelope

Other Supplies

• Diecut Machine and Pads
• Scrap Cardboard (stem)
• Diecut Machine and Plates
• ColorBox Khaki Green and Pumpkin Pie Archival Dye Inkpads
• Foam Dots

 

Busy weekend ahead...Memory Box and Poppystamps dies, papers and stamps make it easy to be creative!

 

Flying Through the Night

The Swooping Bats are back again - with the Grove Branch, Grove Leaves and a background of the Licorice Moroccan print.   Here are the directions:

• Diecut Grove Branch from white cardstock  
• Diecut Grove Leaves from Licorice Moroccan, trim it to 3.25" x 4" and round the top left corner
• Diecut Swooping Bats from black cardstock
• Punch a 7/8" circle of white cardstock
• Punch a semi-circle from the top left corner of the Moroccan piece
• Stamp Gothic Halloween on Mango Distressed Dots with Grape Slushy, trim the cardstock and round the top corners
• Assemble the card, using foam dots for the medium and large bats
• Coordinate the card with a matching Mango Envelope

Memory Box Products

• Grove Branch Die 98311
• Grove Leaves Die 98348
• Swooping Bats Die 98409
• Gothic Halloween G1872
• Licorice Moroccan
• Mango Distressed Dots
• Mango Notecard
• Mango Envelope

Other Supplies

• Color Box Grape Slushy Archival Dye Inkpad
• White Cardstock
• 7/8" Circle Punch
• Corner Rounder Punch
• Foam Dots 

The Grove Branch and Grove Leaves Dies are one of my favorite combinations.  Here are some other Memory Box Notecard color suggestions to use for other seasonal designs:

• Meadow, Parsley, Begonia or Cherry Blossom for Spring
• Violet, Mango, Wisteria or Sunflower for Summer
• Squash, Jack o' Lantern, Persimmon or Cantaloupe for Fall
• Parchment or Holly Berry for Winter

Sparkling Woodland Tree

Here's a switch from holiday reds and greens...try Boysenberry, Dove Gray, Parsley and Key Lime for a cool, contemporary look.  

The new Woodland Christmas Tree G1898 is great for embossing with Clearsnap's ColorBox Frost White Pigment Ink and detail white embossing powder.  The combination creates an opaque, delicately-detailed tree to highlight with Sparkling Amethyst Glitter.

The Parker Lower Alphabet 98363 set works with any design - and is great with felt, vellum and lightweight chipboard too.  

I'll be sharing a few Halloween and Fall ideas next - view the new items in our Holiday 2012 Collection here.  

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Starry, Starry Wreath

Create a great - and quick - impression with the new Starry Wreath Die 98403.  It's unique, classic and contemporary - and so easy to cut using the die and Memory Box Metal Adapter Plate.  The Big Merry Christmas G1875 stamp is the perfect background as is - or you can cut into sections for a triptych or accordion card.  

View the 2012 Holiday Collection here.

Memory Box dies add so much to a card...how did we exist without them?  My old Cuttlebug sat in its box for months - I just had to have it but didn't know what to do with it! Now it's hard to imagine a card without a least one diecut...more likely two, three or four.

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Got Dies?

Here are just three of my favorite new dies - Snowflake Tree 98405, Ornament Border 98417 and Parker Lower Alphabet.  There's such a great selection it's hard to pick just one favorite!  The intricate dies like the tree are easily cut with the Metal Adapter Plate and the other plates required for thin dies.  Save the tree cutout - we'll use it on another card soon.  

View the Holiday 2012 Collection here.

No, this isn't the Memory Box Warehouse...it's the receiving area at Impress as they get ready for Saturday's great Holiday 2012 Celebration that begins at 9:30 AM at all 3 stores!  Ann, Cindi, Lara, Shari - and the entire team - are ready to reveal the newest, sparkliest, brightest holiday products and projects ever.   Here are the details - you don't want to miss this event...

Here are a few of the cards we'll be making in the Merry Merry Memory Box class at the Tukwila Impress on Sunday August 12th - combining the newest stamps and dies and some shimmery, glittery papers that they've found for the holidays.  Please call Impress (206 901.9101) to reserve a space if you can join us.

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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...

 

Bright Lavalier Blossom

Dave's designed so many beautiful, intricate circles and flourishes.  Summer is a great time to mix, match and layer them into flowers using the Memory Box 6x6, 12x12 and 8.5x11 prints in your stash. Add a dash of green with a diecut leaf, stem or branch - and you've grown an instant garden of cards ready to send the perfect greeting!

The intricate Lavalier Circle Die 98216 makes another great flower - double-layered over a Pixie print diecut using the Small Scallop Circle 98204.

The clean-lined simplicity of the Lorelai Leaf 839 from Poppystamps balances the detailed blossom with a bright pop of Dill Cardstock.

Thank You Combo B1751 -  stamped onto a Pastry Label 98107 diecut with Very Berry ColorBox Archival Dye Ink from Clearsnap - adds the finishing touch.

  View the entire Memory Box Collection and Ideas Gallery here.

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Summer Border in Bloom

 

It takes just a few minutes to grow a magical garden of colorful blossoms and flitting butterflies with the Summer Border Die 98338.  That's even faster than those garden-in-a-can kits!  The Metal Adapter Plate helps create this intricate diecut twice - from Dill Cardstock and the bright plaid from the Brioche 6x6 Set.  

A quick greeting with the Thank You Combo B1751 (there's a tiny butterfly attached to the side of the stamp) becomes a little garden sign.  The Small Pinwheel Posie 98271 is a swirly sun when it's cut from Squash Dots and simply attached to the card (instead of twirled into a dimensional flower).

Summer's finally arrived, even in Seattle...enjoy your garden and let it inspire you to create a set of sunny greetings in bright, splashy colors.  The Memory Box Dies Collection has all of the trees, leaves, flowers, borders, birds, butterflies, garden gates and fences you'll need!

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