Fresh and Fabulous for February by Jean Okimoto

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone celebrating today!

Brighten this winter day with the fresh new designs from Memory Box! You'll love our latest collection - including florals, foliage, feathers, greetings, layering collages, seashells, shop tools and fishes - and a beautiful Curlicue Plate. There are so many great designs - we can't wait to share our ideas with you!

Hi, Jean here with one of my new favorites - Backyard Floral Stems. It can be a leafy background just in shades of green - or add bright pops of color for little blossoms and buds. Snip and arrange some stems as fillers for bouquets or vases. Add a bunny and pastel eggs for Easter. Diecut black cardstock for a spooky Halloween scene.

To create a subtle white-on-white background - tape two pieces of white cardstock together, then cut the doubled layers with the 2-¾" wide Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die. Run it through the machine twice to highlight the pinpoint pattern.

Paint the smoother side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper with diluted layers of abandoned coral, dried marigold and wild honey Distress Oxides. Dry the inks, then spritz it with Imagine's Gold Sheer Shimmer Spritz and heat-set it. Cut it with the Plumed Gypsy Butterfly background. Cut the detailed butterfly layer from heavy white cardstock.

Prep Background Floral Stems by rubbing it briskly with scrunched waxed paper to help release the delicate pieces. Cut it from the smoother side of Open Studio Watercolor Paper. Leave the delicate diecut in the offcut and paint it with mowed lawn and abandoned coral Distress Oxides. It's easier to paint it that way - especially the stems. Gently heat-set the inks, then remove it from the offcut.

Cut Hello Rush Script from a green glittered 6x6 in the Graceful Garden Glitter Pad.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for "h" in "hello" and the left edge of the butterfly. Add pale gold Pastel Fairy Jewels.

Hope your favorite Retailer has ordered our latest release - you'll love the designs! View the catalog of the newest Memory Box, Poppystamps and Birch Press Designs products.

Thanks for visiting - join us again tomorrow for Sara's great Spring Collection card!