Memory Box Challenge #112 Happy Haunting!

Welcome October! It is time for a new card challenge. Thank you to everyone who participated in the "fall foliage" challenge. We are always love to see what you create and to gain new inspiration.

The winner of the blog badge was Greta H from the GG Creations blog. We loved her wintry tree scene. Beautiful:

The random winner of the September challenge and the prize pack was Jenny Martin from the My Paper Epiphany blog.

Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation.

 

Memory Box has a new Fall Cornucopia release that has items for fall and Halloween. With that in mind, we are doing a Halloween themed challenge for October. How are you inspired to make Halloween cards? Are they funny? Scary? Do they have spooky backgrounds? If you don't make Halloween themed cards normally, you could challenge yourself to make a card with Halloween themed colors such as black/orange or purple/lime green. There are so many possibilities, and we would love to see your creations and interpretation of the theme. All we ask is that you use at least one Memory Box product in your project. The rest is up to you.

Here are some samples to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge112 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Wednesday, October 30th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

Supplies

 

94692 Haunting Ghosts

94848 Carving Pumpkin

94847 Potion Bottles

 

Memory Box Challenge #111 Foliage- Trees/Leaves

Somehow September has arrived, and with it, a new card challenge has begun. Thank you to everyone who participated in the "holiday" challenge. We are always love to see what you create and to gain new inspiration.

The winner of the blog badge was Pat J from Splitcoast Stampers. We loved her elegant design.

The random winner of the August challenge was Vicki from the He"artful" Validation of Vicki blog.

Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation.

Leaves and trees are such a big part of the upcoming months. Do you like to use oranges, reds and yellows to create autumnal designs or are you already thinking of pines covered in trees? Perhaps you ignore all of that and only like the budding leaves of spring. We would really love to see your interpretation of foliage for this month's theme.  All we ask is that you use at least one Memory Box product in your project. The rest is up to you.

Here are some samples to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge111 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Sunday, September 29th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

 

Supplies

 

94796 Slender Pine Trees

94797 Snowflake Joy

pp1031 Yuletide Plaid 6x6 pack

Memory Box Challenge #110 Happy Holidays/Winter!

August has arrived, and with it comes a new card challenge. Thank you to everyone who participated in the "buggy" challenge. We are always love to see what you create.

The winner of the blog badge was Liz Cavill over on the Crafty Sunflower blog. We loved her intricately folded card that really focused on the butterfly in the center:

The random winner of the July challenge was Kleenex Box Art over on Splitcoaststampers.

Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation.

Our Yuletide Collection just released, and we are so excited! To celebrate the new release of holiday and winter products, we are challenging you to create a card with that theme in mind. Perhaps a summer challenge with a winter theme will help you get ahead of the holidays.  Do you celebrate Christmas? Hanukkah? Kwanzaa?  Or, do you like to make winter-themed cards?  We would love to see your take on winter celebrations.  You can use any of your favorite holiday or winter elements in your design. We just ask that use at least one Memory Box product. The rest is up to you.

Here are some samples to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge110 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Friday, August 30th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

 

Supplies

 

94802 Pinecone Duo

88627 Falling Snowflakes Stencil

94761 Pretty Presents

 

Memory Box Challenge #109- Anything "Bugging" You?

July has arrived, and it is time for another card challenge.  Thank you to everyone who participated in the plaid challenge. We are always inspired by your entries.

The winner of the blog badge as well as the random winner for the prize was Diane H from the Nellie's Nest blog

Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation.

The latest fuchsia release is loaded with beautiful flowers, but there are also a lot of bug themed items.. butterflies, dragonflies, bees, and beetles. We would love to see what you can create with "bugs" as a theme. Do you use ladybugs? Wasps? Fireflies?  You can use any of your favorite insects in your design. We just ask that your incorporate some sort bug(s) on your entry as well as at least one Memory Box product. The rest is up to you.

Here are some samples using insects on cards to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge109 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Tuesday, July 30th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

Supplies

 

94794 Buzzing Bumblebees

94834 Azure Dragonflies

94836 Silver Moon Butterflies

Memory Box Challenge #108- Plenty of Plaid

Welcome to June!  Thank you to everyone who participated in the pretty in pink challenge. We loved all of your color entries and hope you will stick around for another "P" themed challenge this month. 

The winner of the blog badge was Diane Hover from the Nellie's Nest blog. We loved her use of pink in both the background papers and the butterflies.

The random pick winner of the prize pack was LeAnne Law on Instagram.  Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation.

We can't seem to stop with the "P" themed alliteration challenges. This month is called "Plenty of Plaid". Do you use plaid stamps? Use ink and tape to create your own plaid backgrounds? Stencil with plaids? Use patterned paper? We would love to see what you can create with a plaid design. The theme of your card can be anything you want. We just ask that your incorporate some sort of plaid on the card as well as at least one Memory Box product. The rest is up to you.

Here are some samples using plaids on cards to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge108 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Saturday, June 29th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win the Gladiola and Anemone plaid 6" x 6" packs as well as the Just A Hello die:

 

Supplies

 

pp1027 Gladiola Plaid 6x6 pack

pp1025 Anemone Plaid 6x6 pack

94710 Just a Hello Posh Script

Memory Box Challenge #107- Pretty in Pink

Happy May everyone!  Thank you to everyone who participated in the birthday challenge. We loved seeing your projects because who doesn't need birthday card inspiration?  We hope you will join us in our latest challenge.   

The winner of the blog badge was Denise Bryant on Splitcoast Stampers with her beautiful floral birthday card:

The random pick winner of the prize pack was ionnabunny from the Crafty Nomad blog.  Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation.

They say April showers bring May flowers. I don't know about you, but I am seeing a lot of bright colors lately, especially pink. For this month's challenge, we are asking you to make a card featuring the color pink. You can make any themed card you want and with any designs/images you want. We just ask that you highlight the color theme of pink. We definitely look forward to seeing your interpretation of the theme.  All we ask is that you highlight pink on a card and that you use at least one Memory Box product in your entry.

Here are some samples of pink themed cards to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge107 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Thursday, May 30th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

 

Supplies

 

94771 Exquisite Butterflies craft die

94793 Gladiola Floral Duo

pp1027 Gladiola Plaid 6x6 pack

 

Memory Box Challenge #106- Birthday Greetings

Happy April everyone!  Thank you to everyone who participated in the spring challenge. We loved seeing your projects and were definitely inspired. We hope you will join us in our latest challenge.   

The winner of the blog badge was Pat J on Splitcoast Stampers. We loved the vivid colors of the card:

 

The random pick winner of the prize pack was Vicki on the He"artful"Validation of Vicki blog.  Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation

I don't know about you, but I am always in need of a birthday card on hand. This challenge is a great way to share ideas with each other as well as have another birthday card ready to go. You can make the card anything you want. You could make a card for a toddler or an adult. You can use common images such as cake and balloons or choose something completely outside the box. We would love to see your interpretation of the theme.  All we ask is that you make a birthday card and that you use at least one Memory Box product in your entry.

Here are some birthday cards from our latest release. You will have a chance to win some of the foil greetings that were used on these cards:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge106 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Monday, April 29th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

 

 

 

Supplies

 

st011 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings Black Circle Tabs

st006 Happy Birthday Foil Greetings White Tabs

94724 Sitting Sparrow

 

Memory Box Challenge #105- Spring!

With the entry of March, we are opening a new challenge with a new theme. Thank you to everyone who participated in the Ink Blending challenge. We loved seeing your projects. We hope you will join us in our latest challenge.   

The winner of the blog badge as well as the random winner was Inkami from the Inkami website. We loved the focus of inkblending on the card:

 

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation

Spring has sprung and is our theme for the month. There are so many possibilities. You could focus on greenery and flowers as well as sweet baby animals. Do you celebrate Easter? Perhaps your spring cards are loaded with bunnies and chocolate. We would love to see your interpretation of the theme. All we ask is that you have a spring themed card and that you use at least one Memory Box product in your entry.

Here are some samples from our new spring release to inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge105 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Friday, March 29th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

Supplies

 

94727 Cute Layered Bunny

94730 Layered Lamb

94663 Just a Note Daily Script

 

Memory Box Challenge #104- Ink Blending

Happy February everyone! Are you making Valentine cards or have you started on something else like spring cards? Thank you to everyone who participated in the Snowfall challenge. We loved seeing your projects. We hope you will join us in our latest challenge.   

The winner of the blog badge was Denise Bryant on Splitcoast stampers. We loved how she really focused on the snowfall element:

The random pick winner of the prize pack was LucieG from LucieG Cards. Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prize.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation

Ink blending is such a great technique and a fun way to add color to your card. You can blend two ink pads together, sponge on your color, use a brayer, spray two ink colors together, etc. There are so many possibilities! You often see a lot of ink blending on Memory Box cards because it is a great way to either color your die cut pieces or to create a background for your die cut pieces. We would love to see your interpretation of the theme. All we ask is that you have some ink blending on your card and you use at least one Memory Box product in your entry.

Here are some samples of ink blending to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge104 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Wednesday, February 28th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

Supplies

 

94770 Blooming Anemone

94766 Anemone Bloom

94772 Hello Debut Script

Memory Box Challenge #103- Snowfall

Happy New Year everyone. It is time for the first challenge of the year, and we are bringing back a popular card theme that we hope you will join.   Thank you to everyone who participated in the "Patterned Paper" challenge. We loved seeing all of your designs.

The winner of the blog badge and random winner was Smilin Stef of the Ingenious Inkling blog:

Please contact me at [email protected] with your full name and US address to claim your prizes.

Want to play along in this month's challenge?  The rules are simple - just create a project following the theme, use at least one Memory Box stamp or die on your project and link your entry to this blog post.  You can make a card, a scrapbook page, a home decor item, etc..  To encourage participants with various levels of stamping experience, one entry will be selected at random to win a prize. Enter as many times as you want, but your name will only be entered once into the random prize drawing.   In addition, the design team will select their favorite entry to  be highlighted on the Outside the Box blog and that designer will receive our winner badge to proudly display on their blog. 

You don't have to have a blog in order to participate.   You can upload your project to any online gallery and link it to this post.   In fairness to other players, we reserve the right to remove entries that do not use at least one Memory Box product.  You are also welcome to link your design to other challenges.  Feel free to grab our badge to post on your blog post or side bar.

Please note, because of issues with shipping internationally, only domestic entries will be eligible to be shipped prizes. We are so very sorry that we had to add this stipulation

Winter is upon us, and nothing makes a card look more like winter than adding a little snowfall. How do you create winter scenes in your cards? Is it through snowbanks? Snowflakes? Sweet little white dots in a night sky? We would love to see your interpretation of the theme. Even if you aren't personally experiencing a cold, wintry season at the moment, we can all enjoy these themed cards. For your entry, all we ask is that you add a snowy element onto your card and that you use at least one Memory Box product ion your project. You will have a chance to win some snowflake dies and a sweet polar bear die. Good luck!

Here are some samples to help inspire you:

There are several ways for you to enter the contest:

1.)  Link your finished work below

2.)  Enter on Instagram by tagging your sketch project with the #mbchallenge103 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Tuesday, January 30th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry and only domestic entries are eligible to be shipped prizes. 

Here is what you could win:

 

 

Supplies

 

94680 Alpine Snowflakes

94681 Feathery Snowflake Discs

94685 Layered Polar Bear