Introducing...The 2024 Yuletide Collection by Jean Okimoto

Celebrate the holidays with our newest release...the 2024 Yuletide Collection!  It's a versatile mix of contemporary, traditional, fun and classic designs for all of your Christmas projects.  Dies, 3D embossing folders, stencils, color-coordinated 6x6 plaids and prints, cling stamps, a snowflake hot foil plate and clear stamps!

Hi, Jean here with the first of many designs our team is creating for your winter celebrations. It's a late post  - Typepad had server issues for several hours last night and today.   Thanks for your patience!

Attach adhesive label paper or a sticker sheet to white wool-blend felt.  The paper backing stabilizes the felt and prevents adhesives from saturating it.  Cut the new Wintertime Bear.  Cut the portion that goes behind his face from Glossy Black Paper (cardstock) for the eyes and nose. 

Cut the scarf and hat from a dark red plaid in the new Yuletide Plaid 6x6 set.  It’s actually a Santa hat – we’re going for the coordinated plaid look here today.

The Wintertime Bear set includes ski equipment and boots - he’s delivering gifts first, he’ll ski later.  Cut the boots from a dark red 6x6 in the Blush Collection

Cut the new Pretty Presents gift boxes from the dark green Yuletide Cheer 6x6 print. 

Cut the ribbons from the red Rainbow Reflections 6x6.  Assemble the gifts – attach the bottom of the ribbons for the tallest and shortest gifts behind the boxes.

Cut a grass-green 6x6 from the Greenery Collection with the second-largest Fringed Scalloped Frame Set die. 

Cut a dark green 6x6 from the Greenery Collection with the 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” die from the A2 Rectangle Frames Set.  Attach it to a top-folded white card that’s about 1/16” smaller than an A2 card.

Attach the diecuts to the card – use foam tape at the bottom of the shorter gifts, and for the top layer of the scarf. 

The blog isn't letting me link to the catalog and Idea Book - please visit our website to view the items and ideas - www.memoryboxco.com.

Here’s a list of the new items I’ve used:

94842     Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

94761     Pretty Presents

94819     Wintertime Bear

PP1032    Yuletide Cheer

PP1031    Yuletide Plaid

Thanks for visiting...hope your favorite Retailer has ordered these great new designs for your holiday projects!

 

Supplies

 

94672 A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

sp1012 Blush 6x6 pack

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper

Supplies

 

94761 Pretty Presents

94819 Wintertime Bear

94842 Fringed Scalloped Frame Set

pp1032 Yuletide Cheer 6x6 pack

pp1031 Yuletide Plaid 6x6 pack

Christmas in July Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  I couldn't let July pass, without making a Christmas in July card.

I started by die cutting the Aurora Snowflake Frame from white cardstock and glued it to a white cardstock panel.  I cut a piece of green plaid patterned cardstock and glued it to the bottom portion of the panel. Next, I adhered the panel to a gold metallic cardstock mat, and glued it to a white card base.

I die cut the Glorious Poinsettia from white cardstock and used Distress inks and a blending brush to add color to the die cuts. The leaves were die cut twice from white cardstock and Distress ink was also used to add color to them.  I glued the poinsettia together and used foam tape to adhere it to the card.  The leaves were tucked under the poinsettia and glued in place.

The words "Merry Christmas" were stamped with Versa Mark Ink onto red cardstock, gold heat embossed and die cut with the coordinating die.  These were glued to the card front.

To finish it off, I glued some gold embellishments to add a little bling to the card.

That's it for today!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94734 Glorious Poinsettia

CL5273D Festive Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set

PP1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

94750 Aurora Snowflake Frame

Fuchsia Plaid Blue River Butterfly Birthday by Trina Pham

Hello everyone.  I have been under the weather lately, so I must admit, my creativity has suffered.  As you can see, I kept my birthday card pretty simple and straight forward.  You’ve seen many samples already, but it features the beautiful Blue River Butterfly from the 2024 Fuchsia collection.

Started by choosing the pattern paper from the Fuchsia Plaid paper pack.  This determined the colors of the butterfly.  After die cutting the butterfly from white, dye inks in pink, a purply-fuchsia, yellow and black were used with mini ink blending brushes to color the butterfly.

For the background, the same pink and purply-fuchsia inks were ink blended onto a Bristol panel.  Splattered with water and the purple-fuchsia ink, then blot with a paper towel for texture.  Assembled the card onto a white card base.  Glued the body directly onto the panel and popped up the wings with foam adhesives for dimension.  Added the foil greeting black tab and some clear jewels to finish.

And that’s it!  Thank you for joining me today. Have a wonderful day.

Supplies

 

94832 Blue River Butterfly

PP1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

JWL001 Clear Jewels

Cottage Meadow Collage by Jean Okimoto

Create a summer garden collage card with Cottage Meadow Rub Ons and golden Buzzing Bumblebees.  It's colorful, easy - and there's no measuring!  Hi, Jean here with a versatile basic design - and a great way to create a layered background for rub ons, stamped images or diecuts.

Cut the blocks from the Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die Set from mustardy-yellow cardstock.  Cut the Cottage Meadow Rub Ons leaving a generous margin around the blossoms and leaves.  

Carefully remove the paper liner and gently tap the rub on onto the diecut block.  Cover it with printer paper to protect it from any scratches on the diecutting plate.  Run it through the machine using the plates you'd use for diecutting.  Carefully remove the plastic liner.

Diecut Buzzing Bumblebees from the gold Rainbow Reflections 6x6 and the gold Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.  I cut all of the pieces from both 6x6's and saved the extras for other projects.

Assemble the 3 bees.

Cover a piece of the yellow cardstock with ScorTape and cut the Hello Breezy Script background.  Cut the delicate top layer from a Greenery Solid Core 6x6 - leave it in the die and use a piercing tool to remove the little pieces in the e, l's and o.  Press the diecut (still in the die) firmly onto the adhesive-covered background.  Cover the exposed adhesive with detail clear embossing, tap off the excess, then heat-emboss it to adhere the top layer and add a glossy background.  

Attach the diecuts to a top-folded white A2 card - use foam tape for the middle and right side of the greeting.  

Thanks for visiting - see you again on Friday!

Supplies

 

Rub104 Cottage Meadow Rub On

94794 Buzzing Bumblebees

ef1040 Vintage Tray 3D Embossing Folder and Die

94781 Hello Breezy Script

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

gp1007

Blue River Butterfly Birthday Card by Sara Cook

Hi everyone.  I have a spray stain background card featuring the new Blue River Butterfly die.  These new butterfly dies have dies to add depth and a spot of color to the tips of the wings.  It just makes the butterflies standout.  

Background:

Spray on heavy mixed media card stock Distress Sprays in Aged Mahogany, Kitsch Flamingo, Scattered Straw, and Lost Shadow along with Distress Mica Stain in Harvest Moon and Oxide Spray in Victorian Velvet.  Add in layers, drying in-between. Spray water droplets and dry with a cloth.  Let dry.  Die but using the largest die from Wrapped Stitched Rectangles.  Add Distress Translucent Crackle Paint using the Butterfly Colerie Collage Stencil. Let air dry.

Butterfly:

Die cut the Blue River Butterfly wings from white card stock, the body from black card stock and the tips from folder from the Vintage Pastel Mirror pad.  Ink blend the wings using Distress Oxide Aged Mahogany, Kitsch Flamingo, and Scattered Straw.  Adhere the pieces together using the envelope as a guide.  Brush on glitter using a glitter pen.  Let dry.

Assembly:

Adhere the background to  A2 size folding cream note card.  Adhere the butterfly with foam tape to center and the Happy Birthday Foil Greeting Black tab to the center of the butterfly.

 

 

Supplies

 

94832 Blue River Butterfly

30094 Wrapped Stitch Rectangles

88617 Butterfly Coterie Collage

ST007 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Tabs

fp1002 Vintage Pastel Mirror Pad

Lots of Butterflies in the Cottage Meadow by Anne Thompson

I made three kinds of butterflies this week and used them all on a card decorated with the Cottage Meadow Rub-Ons.

I started with a top-fold white A2 note card and added COTTAGE MEADOW RUB-ONS RUB104 on two of the corners.

Then I made all of the butterflies using Memory Box BLACK GLOSSY PAPER SH44004 for the bodies and wing details and watercolor paper for the wings.  I colored the wings using fingertip daubers and inks in shades of red and purple.

SILVER MOON BUTTERFLIES 94836

PRAIRIE BUTTERFLIES 94831

CANYON BUTTERFLIES 94835

For each of the butterflies, I tweaked them a bit to have the top wings lap over the bottom ones a tiny bit before adding them to the note card.  After adding the butterflies I tucked in a few more of the blossom rub-ons.

Such a pretty all-occasion card for summer!  Happy Crafting!

Cottage Meadow RUB104

Black Glossy Paper SH44004

Silver Moon Butterflies 94836
Prairie Butterflies 94831

Canyon butterflies 94835

 

Vellum Prairie Butterflies by Jean Okimoto

Remember vellum?   Layer a pair of purple vellum Prairie Butterflies over a Fuchsia Plaid square for a bright summer birthday celebration.  Hi, Jean here with some vintage vellum to match a Fuchsia Plaid 6x6/

Cut Prairie Butterflies from purple vellum.  Plain white vellum inked with Brilliance Peartlescent Purple and air-dried can be used if you don't have purple vellum for the butterflies and greeting square.  Attach lined doublestick tape behind the violet Rainbow Reflections 6x6 and cut the wing accents and antennae/body. 

Don't assemble the butterflies yet - it's easier to layer and attach the pieces directly to the background.

Cut a Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 with the 2-¾" Square Basics die.  Cut purple vellum with the 1-¼" Square Basics die.

Cut white cardstock to 4-¼" x 9-¾".  Score it at 4-¼".  Attach the diecuts.  Add a Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tab.  Add clear Christmas Fairy Jewels.  Cut an A2-sized piece of cardstock to protect the card front for mailing. Cut a ½" x 3-½" plaid strip for a side accent.

Thanks for visiting...have a great weekend!

  

 

Supplies

 

94831 Prairie Butterflies

pp1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

st010 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Circle Tabs

30088 Square Basics Set

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

cry102 Christmas Fairy Crystals

Butterfly Hugs Card by Donna Sledzik

Hello everyone!  Today's card features new products from the 2024 Fuchsia release.

I started by cutting a piece of plaid cardstock which is smaller than the size of an A2 card base and glued it to my white card base.  I cut a thin strip of gold foil paper and glued that to the top of the plaid paper and spattered the top of the card with gold ink.

The butterfly and leaves were die cut from white cardstock and colored with Distress Inks.

Butterfly: Picked Raspberry, Carved Pumpkin and Mustard Seed

Leaves: Peeled Paint

Butterfly Body: Black Soot

The leaves were glued in place on the card front and the butterfly was adhered using foam tape.

To finish the card, I stamped the word "hugs" with Versa Mark Ink, gold heat embossed it, and die cut it with the coordinating die.  I used foam tape to adhere it to the card.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94832 Blue River Butterfly

94788 Little Fuchsia Flower Trio and Branch

CL5278D Cheerful Floral Clear Stamp Set and Die

PP1029 Fuchsia Plaid 6x6 pack

FP1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

Dragonfly Hello by Angie Cimbalo

Hello and welcome!  I have a mini slimline card for you today featuring goodies from the 2024 Fuchsia Release.  I've used the "Azure Dragonflies" die set along with the "Hello Breezy Script" die set.

I cut the dies from some watercolored panels that I received from my art teacher, they were test ones for her and she was just going to throw them away.  I happily took them, you know the saying, "Someone's trash is someone else's treasure!"

Here's a close look at the papers I used:

I used paper from the new "Brilliant Fuchsia" paper pac along with a plaid from a previously released plaid pad called "Woodsy Plaid,"  and the white background is "Woodgrain White" paper.

I cut two sets of the dragonflies and put them together, then stacked them on top of each other.  

I put the word die together, then added some gold paint pen dots to both of the dragonflies.  All the die cuts were popped up on foam dots for dimension.  

I took pictures from different angles because the patterned paper is gold foil and reflects the light in different ways.  Here's one last close up:

I hope you are staying cool in this heat wave and I hope you enjoyed my card for today.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

 

Supplies

 

94834 Azure Dragonflies

94781 Hello Breezy Script

PP1030 Brilliant Fuchsia 6x6 pack

PP1018 Woodsy Plaid 6x6 pack

JWL005 Christmas Fairy Jewels

SH44001 White Woodgrain Paper Pack

Glitter Bugs by Jean Okimoto

A trio of the new Brilliant Beetles adds an unexpected look to a summer thank you design from our 2024 Fuchsia Collection.  Hi, Jean here with some glitzy beetles - and some inspiration for July's "Anything Bugging You?" Challenge.  Challenge entries must be submitted by the end of the day (EST) on July 30th.

Cut Brilliant Beetles from Black Glossy Paper (cardstock) and assemble them.  Cut the decorative detailed pieces from the copper Rainbow Reflections 6x6 and Glitzy Glitter Pad 6x6.   Attach them to the glossy black beetles.

Three Circle Basics dies are used here - 3-½", 3" and 2-½".  Cut the 3-½" floral circle from the Brilliant Fuchsia 6x6.  Cut violet cardstock with the 3" die.  Cut the light green 6x6 from the Greenery Solid Core Collection with the 2-½" die.

Attach the diecuts to a white A6 card (4-½" x 6-¼") - use foam tape for the glittered beetles.  

Add a Thank You Foil Greetings Black Tab to match the beetles.

The overlapping circles create a basic template that can be rotated for 4 different looks - both vertical and horizontal.  Smaller circles can be layered onto an A2 card.

Thanks for visiting!

 

 

 

Supplies

 

94833 Brilliant Beetles

30087 Circle Basics Set

pp1030 Brilliant Fuchsia 6x6 pack

gp1007 Glitzy Glitter Pad

fp1003 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad

sp1011 Leafy 6x6 pack

st005

sh44004 Black Glossy Paper