Bird Song by Anne

At our monthly card-making group, my friend Connie shared a technique for card fronts that I want to pass along to you.  Start with a decorative paper in a 4" square and cut it on the diagonal.  Attach the two triangles to opposite corners of  an A2 notecard which leaves a band across the center.  This band will go from the top left to bottom right or top right to bottom left depending on the triangle placement.

The next step is to add whatever decorations you wish to the card front--die cuts, stamps, stickers, etc.  (You could also change this up a bit by placing the triangles on another piece of coordinating cardstock a bit smaller than the size of the card front before decorating the card.)

I chose to use two die cuts--the largest bird from BIRDS OF A FEATHER 30045 and the FANCY MUSIC BORDER 99408.  I cut my triangles from Memory Box Distressed Dots papers and used Memory Box notecards to create three cards.  

To continue this month's challenge theme, I used watercolors on watercolor paper for my die cut birds.   I cut The Fancy Music Border from black cardstock and adhered it over the bird with tiny glue dots.  The only other embellishment is a small black gem for the bird's eye.   For the Key Lime notecard, I did add two white cardstock die cuts of the large bird layered under it as a shadow to give it a more distinct presence against the similar card and paper color.

Happy Crafting!

 

99408 Fancy Music Border 30045 Birds of a Feather

InLinkz.com

Unlikely Flag by Penny

Hello Memory Box friends. Penny here today with a bit of an unusual flag creation. This would make a really cute invitation for an Independence Day party. Who says a flag has to have the proper amount of stars and stripes?!? 

Super simple to pull together...Let's get going:

 

Cut a Red card base. Cut White card stock just a bit smaller, run the left and top edge along a Delicata Shimmery Silver ink pad and adhere to base. 

Die cut Grosgrain Ribbons and Isabella Butterfly from White card stock. I used and eBrush on my die cuts, but paint, colored pencils...anything will do.

 

 

Adhere die cuts as shown. Stamp sentiment from Party Time with VersaFine Majestic Blue ink. Add iridescent stars to butterfly wings and Glossy White Crystal Drops to butterfly body.

 

What a fun and Patriotic card.

Make sure to enter our monthly challenge HERE...prizes involved, just sayin'.

 

Happy Crafting,

30077 Grosgrain Ribbon

Isabella Butterfly

Party Time

InLinkz.com

Zinnia Bouquet and Bumblebee Daydreams by Jean Okimoto

Bumblebee Daydreams bees buzzing around the Zinnia Bouquet create a quick garden card for summer greetings today.  Pretend it's this summer's newest hybrid...a multi-colored zinnia!  Hi there, Jean Okimoto here, with another something old/something new - and something in between -  design for you.  I love combining products from different releases - it's just another way to get the most from our favorite Memory Box  products.   

Scrunch some deli-sandwich wrap or waxed paper and rub it briskly over the detailed Zinnia Bouquet die, especially the flowertops.  This will help release the die from the gold mirror cardstock - and make it easier to remove the tiny little pieces from the die.

Attach adhesive label (or sticker sheet) paper to orange, chartreuse and pink felt and cut the Zinnia Bouquet Background.  The extra backing stabilizes the felt and keeps any liquid adhesives from saturating it. 

Stamp the bumblebees on bright yellow cardstock with VersaFine Onyx Black and heat-set the ink.  Diecut them.  Fill the interior of the wings with glue and pour iridescent glitter onto the adhesive.  Set it aside to set up.

Stamp Seeds of Happiness on the smoother side of light yellow cardstock with Onyx Black and dry the ink.  Cut it with the 1-½" Stitched Square Layer.

Attach everything to a top-folded A-2 card of light yellow cardstock - use foamdots for the bees.

There it is...quick and easy!  Thanks for stopping by again...enjoy the rest of your weekend.  Penny's great card will be featured tomorrow!

 

 

 

 

Bumblebee Daydreams Die Set Bumblebee Daydreams Zinnia Bouquet Background Zinnia Bouquet Stitched Square Layers Seeds of Happiness

InLinkz.com

Bumblebee Daydreams Blossoms by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate a graduation or summer birthday with watercolored blossoms from the new Bumblebee Daydreams die and stamp sets.  My new stamp and die sets aren't getting any rest this summer...there are so many ways to use them.  Hello, Jean Okimoto here, hoping you're having a great weekend!

Paint watercolor paper with Peerless Watercolors and dry it with a heat-tool.   Stamp the blossoms with Onyx Black VersaFine and dry the ink.  Watercolor the center petals of the detailed blossoms.  

Diecut Scrollwork Sleeve from medium-green cardstock.  Crease the three edges along the scorelines and attach it to an A-2 card of textured natural cardstock.  Cut Tag You're It Rectangles from yellow-green and pale green cardstock.  Stamp "celebrate" - from the Party Time set - with Onyx Black.  Attach gold twine, then curl the ends with the edge of a bonefolder.  Use foamdots to attach the top of the tag to the background.

Attach the blossoms - use foamdots for the two small ones on the left.  Add clear pink iridescent sequins.

Summer events are always special - and the Bumblebee Daydreams sets make it easy to honor the "celebratee."  How many celebration cards are you creating this summer?

Thanks for stopping by - enjoy your weekend!

 

 

Related articles

Stitched Scalloped Circles on a Blossom Branch

30040 Tag You're it Rectangles Bumblebee Daydreams Bumblebee Daydreams Die Set Party Time 99369 Scrollwork Sleeve

InLinkz.com

Thanks a Melon by Donna

Good morning everyone!  

Today I have a quick and easy card for you featuring a new stamp set from the May 2016 release.  The watermelon image reminds me of summer parties, and this card would be a perfect thank you for those occasions. 

To make this card, stamp the watermelon images on watercolor paper.  I use Versafine Onyx Black ink for my stamping because once it is dry it will be permanent when you apply the watercolors. Any permanent black ink will do.  Once the images are painted, die cut them with the coordinating dies.

The card front is a watercolor layer which has been painted and spattered.  Glue the die cut images to the prepared card front. Stamp and emboss the sentiment on a strip of Licorice cardstock. Attach this underneath the watermelon images.  Tie jute around the top of the card and glue this to a piece of striped cardstock and using foam adhesive glue this to a white card base.

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you have a great weekend!  

Thanks a Melon Thanks a Melon Die Set

InLinkz.com

Thank You Tiles by Melissa Rusk

Happy Thursday everyone! I hope you are all having a great week. I have a bright and glittering thank you card to share with you today using the Thank You Tiles die. Let's get started!

On the white background paper, I used the two smaller dies from the Straight Stitches set to create a cross hatch pattern. It gives a nice place for the glittering Thank You Tiles to land. I splattered some blue watercolor ink on the white paper before using foam tape to glue down the Thank You Tiles. 

I die cut some butterflies from the Mini Butterflies set in the same color as my blue background paper and added them to my card. Blue gems add just a little more bling to finish up this card. It would be cute to make a set of cards like this in a variety of colors to give someone as a gift.

Thanks for stopping by the blog today!

 

99407 Mini Butterflies 99313 Straight Stitches Thank You Tiles

InLinkz.com

Blissful Blooming Chrysanthemum by Jean Okimoto

 

Why wait for fall to use the beautiful Blooming Chrysanthemum?  Let it be the key element of a graduation or bon voyage card in bright yellow glitter.  The die even includes its own trio of two butterflies and a dragonfly.  Hi, happy midweek, Jean Okimoto here with a quick and sparkly design for you.

Diecut Blooming Chrysanthemum from white cardstock and keep the negative too.  Keep that tiny "upside-down-wedge" piece between the bottom two blossoms too.  Attach Scor-tape behind the negative.  Place the delicate diecut  and the little wedge into the negative.  Use the tape liner as a "presscloth"  to press the pieces onto the adhesive-covered background.  Brush yellow glitter onto the exposed adhesive.  Attach a scrap of white cardstock behind the glittered area to make the bright yellow stand out against the white cardstock.  Trim it to 3" x 5-⅜".

Cut three butterflies from glittered green cardstock (the die set incudes two butterflies and a dragonfly).  

Cut Grosgrain Ribbon from gray, yellow and green cardstock - leave the cardstock in the dies and dry-emboss each strip for added texture.  

Stamp Follow Your Bliss on yellow cardstock with Memento Luxe Espresso Truffle and  dry the ink.  Cut it with the smallest Pinpoint Rectangle Layer.  

Attach everything to a top-folded 5.5" square card of green cardstock - use foamdots for the greeting.  Attach clear sequins.

Quick, easy and very glittery...hope you like it!

Special thanks to everyone who took last weekend's THANKS A LOT class at Impress.  Hope the techniques inspire you to create more class cards later to build a stash of thank-yous that will be ready for any occasion.  

Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

Related articles

Valentine Dreams

New Possibilities...the Lydia and Sorona Butterflies

A Blooming Poppy and Seeds of Happiness

Follow Your Bliss...the Reverse Butterfly Collage

!-- inlinkz code start -->

Blooming Chrysanthemum 30077 Grosgrain Ribbon Pinpoint Rectangle Layers Follow your Bliss

InLinkz.com

 

Blitz Winners

Congratulations to the latest blog blitz winners.  5 commenters were chosen at random to win the new stamp set of their choice.  Thank you so much to everyone for participating and for supporting Memory Box.

Winners:

Mary Carbone

Lindarub

Pamela Tucker

Tracy S

julye

 

I just sent congratulatory emails to each of the winners to collect your stamp set choices.  Congratulations once again!

PS...  look for the new Memory Box Christmas release in July!

You're Kind of a Big Dill! by Anne

Here's another look at the IN A PICKLE  clear stamps and coordinating dies sets.  I think these cards I made would be just the thing for a birthday, Father's Day, graduation, or any kind of congratulatory celebration.  And they would be great guy cards!

MATERIALS USED

• IN A PICKLE CLEAR STAMP SET CL5174; IN A PICKLE DIE SET 32174
• IN A PICKLE images stamped in Onyx Black VersaFine ink (This ink is perfect for use with watercolors.) on watercolor paper ATC size 2.5X3.5
• watercolor paints (I used Kuretake watercolors) 
• Key Lime Distressed Dots paper and white cardstock cut for layers under the ATC; Key Lime notecards
• Faber Castell Pitt pen in Silver for painting the jar cover
• glue dots; pop dots; tape runner
• ribbon from my ribbon basket

HAPPY CRAFTING!!!

In a Pickle In a Pickle Die Set Key Lime Notecards Key Lime Distressed Dots

InLinkz.com

Watercolor Happiness by Penny

 

Hello Memory Box fans. Penny here today with a super simple card that you can recreate in minutes. 

Do you remove all the tiny pieces from your die cuts? Sometimes I just go with how the paper comes out of the metal die. In this case you can see I was left with quite a few tiny pieces still intact. And I Love it!!!

Let me show you how:

 

Start with an A2 size of watercolor paper. In this sample I used Shimmerz Creameez Boogie Boardin' Blue and Luck O' the Irish paints. Get your paper wet with clear water on half of the panel and start plopping in color and let it bleed. The hard part is waiting for it to dry.

Die cut Blooming Chrysanthemum from white card stock. ( Leave small pieces intact, remove them...it's your card)

Die cut the tiny butterflies from this set in Aqua card stock.

 

Add a strip of Lime Green card stock behind the left side of watercolor paper and trim to size. Adhere flower die cut using glue just along the stems.

Wrap card front with Lime Burlap String and tie a triple bow.

Stamp Seeds of Happiness on to Vellum (Mask off part of sentiment you won't be using with scotch tape before inking).

Add tiny butterflies as shown.

 

It is watercolor month here at Outside the Box, so be sure to enter our challenge HERE.

 

Happy Crafting,

Blooming Chrysanthemum

Seeds of Happiness

InLinkz.com