Blog Blitz: Merry Christmas x Two!

Welcome to Day Two of the Memory Box Blog Blitz for the second half of the 2014 Holiday release!

The blitz extends through Friday with two posts per day. You have until 11:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, October 26th, to leave comments, from which winners will be randomly drawn and announced on Monday, October 27th.

I made two cards because I'm so enjoying the Woodland Tree Silhouette die. The first card was originally made for my guest designer spot at Simon Says Stamp last week, but then I found out they didn't have the Merry Christmas to All die in stock, so I had to change things up a bit.

So, for your viewing pleasure, I give you my original Merry Christmas in silver (even though in this light it looks green - see the second picture for its true color):

Silver Merry Christmas: Cardstock: 110 lb (Neenah), wine and silver shimmer; Dies: Woodland Tree Silhouette, Merry Christmas to All, Alphabet Soup, Resting Birds (Memory Box); Stencil: Winter Tiny Snowflakes (Memory Box); Inks: Silvery Shimmer Delicata, Silver Encore Ultimate Metallic (Imagine Crafts); Gems (Mark Richards); Other: foam dimensional squares; Tools: Ink Blusher sponges (Imagine Crafts)

 

And Merry Christmas in lilac (again, the lighting is much better for picture number 2):

Lilac Merry Christmas: Cardstock: 110 lb (Neenah), shimmer, "mirror"; Dies: Woodland Tree Silhouette, Merry Christmas to All, Alphabet Soup, Precious Ornaments, Ho Ho Holly Leaves (Memory Box); Pearls (Reflections); Sequins (Cartwright)

I N S T R U C T I O N S

1. Make 4.25" x 5.5" card base with horizontal fold.
2. For silver card: adhere card to craft mat with low-tack tape; repeat with Winter Tiny Snowflakes stencil; pounce with ink and heat set. For lilac card: adhere patterned paper to card front.
3. Die cut Woodland Tree Silhouette and adhere.
4. Die cut letters from Alphabet Soup and snip "Christmas" from Merry Christmas to All; adhere to bottom of card.
5. For silver card: die cut birds and adhere with dimensional tape. For lilac card: die cut and adhere ornament and holly leaves.
6. For silver card: adhere gems. For lilac card: adhere sequins and pearls.

T I P S

• If you don't have silver shimmer cardstock, apply Delicata Shimmery Silver ink directly to the paper and heat set - it's identical to shimmer paper.

• Use the tips of your detail scissors to cut out words to stretch your dies' versatility! ("Christmas" was snipped from the rest of the die cut below.)

Don't forget we're having two posts per day (check back later today to see what amazing project our Pam's devised). AND don't forget to leave comments on the designer posts this week for a chance to win prizes.

 

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Comments

[Lynn Hardy]

Very nice cards and I love the detail on the Merry Christmas words die!

[cherriedawn]

A very special card, lovely use of colours. Thank you for sharing

[Ilona - Teo]

I love your cards.
I love every cards with Tree.
purple Christmas card is an excellent idea.

[Gail L]

I love winter cards and this tree is fabulous. I ordered it this week and am waiting for it now. I love the soft green, but the lilac is gorgeous, too!

[Barbara -Jean]

Great cards with the famous birds! The tree is awesome, too!

[Bev H]

Gorgeous cards. Absolutely love the tree die and the addition of the birds is perfect.

[Sharon L.]

Beautiful cards, and the use of different dies and colors to build the scenes...purple is my favorite color, so I can think of lots of cards to make.

[Pam]

These cards are so gorgeous.

[Debbie Kaste]

Such beautiful cards. The color choices are perfect for them. LOVE that tree die. It's going to be a must have on my Christmas list...Hope Santa is good to me;)

[Beatrice Lawson]

I am in love. Purple is my favorite colour but so hard to work with. This card made my day.

[Michele W]

Really love this tree die and the snowflake stencil. Thanks for sharing these great cards.

[Beneta]

I can see that I am going to have to look for that tree die. The cards are lovely.

[gail]

Beautiful cards, I love the birds xxx

[Helen Gullett]

I love your cards, Deborah! This woodland tree die is perfect match to that Christmas die! Beautifil birds too. The choice of colors is gorgeous :)

[Eileen Lucas]

Love your cards. I just adore that tree die and love the snowflake stencil. This tree die is awesome, so many things can be added to the background on cards, terrific.

[Blue Rose]

Deborah,
Beautiful cards, great scenes. I love this new die, so versatile. Great job.

[Kelley_R]

Beautiful cards, love your color choices (in all the photos ;) )