Outside The Box: Food and Drink

Tue 15

Hello Fall!

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Are you enjoying Fall colors where you live? Such a beautiful time of year! I used the new Perfect Pumpkins die with the Autumn Trees stamp, hello die and Upper Case Parker Alphabet die set.

I die cut the pumpkins out of Memory Box Jack o Lantern card-stock, they emboss and cut all in one pass through the machine. I colored the lines with YR12 and the stem with E47 Copic Sketch markers.

OH, almost forgot...see the teeny leaves on the tops of the pumpkins?! I die cut the Elyse Christmas Tree out of Memory Box Dill card-stock, trimmed off pieces and glued them on behind the pumpkins.

I inked up the Autumn Trees stamp with Black pigment ink and heat embossed with Detail Clear Embossing Powder on Memory Box Pool card-stock. Trimmed that layer and matted on Memory Box Licorice card-stock. That panel is adhered to a Memory Box Crimson A-2 Notecard.

I like to make multiple cuts of the word sentiments and glue them together to sturdy them up. Hello is four cuts glued together. FALL is one cut but I used thin mounting squares cut in strips to adhere them to the card.

That's it for today... THANKS so much for your visit! I enjoy visiting the MB Flickr gallery everyday to see what you're all posting! Thanks so much for linking to the Fall card contest! Good luck!

Posted at 1:00 AM 10/15/2013 in Dies, Fall, Food and Drink, Stamps, Trees | Permalink | Comments (8)

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Fri 11

Cheers!

Here come the holidays and you may be called on to bring the wine or sparkling cider to the dinner party, gift exchange or tree trimming party.

Whatever the occasion, dress up the bottle to suit the festivities by creating a decked out "bottle bib". Every hostess would love to see you at her door with this thoughtful gift.

This is a full size wine bottle and the bib measurement is 3.5" x 11". I scored one end at 3.5" to create the collar area and die cut the Large Circle Burst to give a stylish bottle neck opening. I think this is my favorite part--the bottle peeks though the radiating holes giving a hint to the contents.

The Grand Merry Christmas die was cut and layered onto Memory Box's Beary Good paper and the elf hat was added as a jaunty flourish. It adds a touch of whimsy like elves themselves.

To match the Beary Good paper, I added the Holiday Spirit Bear and dressed him up with some Mini Holly on his neck scarf--too cute!

I'm not sure if you can see it very well but there is a dangling Precious Snowflake on the bow bejeweled with gemstones--gotta have sparkle for the holidays!

I'm going to make a few of these to have at-the-ready for holiday occasions...better make some for Halloween, Thanksgiving, New Year's too....lots to make, gotta go!

Happy Friday~

Posted at 3:00 AM 10/11/2013 in Christmas, Dies, Food and Drink, Gifts | Permalink | Comments (5)

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Sun 01

3-Tiered Chocolate Birthday Cake

P1110478 September is a popular month for birthdays - celebrate with a 3-tiered cake from Memory Box! Jean Okimoto here with a party cake composed of Vanilla Bean Memory Box Signature Prints - Dots, Moroccan and Distressed Dots.

View the Memory Box Collection of dies, stamps and Signature Prints here.

Diecut Petite Cake 98547 from the prints, flip the scalloped icing trim accents over to the unprinted side and attach them to each piece. Cut Scalloped Cake Stand 98541 from Thistle Cardstock. Assemble the layers and attach everything to a rectangle of Peony Cardstock.

Stamp Happy Birthday Background G1921 on Thistle Cardtock with Glacier Lake. Ink the edges with Glacier Lake. Attach a strip of Thistle Dots. Punch 3/8" circles of Thistle Gingham. Attach the pieces to a Peony Notecard. Coordinate the cheerful card with a matching Peony Envelope - or a Thistle Envelope, just to be different!

While you're at it, diecut two more sets of the Scalloped Cake Stand and make two more cards using the extra Petite Cake pieces. Memory Box Signature Prints are designed to be mixed, matched and layered.

Thanks for visiting...

A Summer Party...

Here is another card from my last class at Ink About It. I wanted to create a summer patio party scene. I was inspired by the leafy border die (#98628). Upside down it seemed to be the perfect party canopy hanging from a pergola at a summer party.

The lanterns (#98600) looked pretty hanging from the Corner Bow die (#98371). I made a table from Pool Gingham paper and the Fleur de Lis Border die (#98577) upside down on the edge of the card. The Party Glasses (#98530) were lined up along the edge of the table and cut. I taped acetate behind the glasses and cut Moroccan paper in cranberry and mango to look like fruity drinks in the glasses. I used glossy accents to adhere the paper behind the acetate. I stamped the sentiment (#B1910), matted it and adhered it to the card. This would also make a nice anniversary or wedding card.

Thanks for stopping by.

-Mary

Posted at 12:00 AM 05/23/2013 in Dies, Food and Drink | Permalink | Comments (0)

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Wed 01

Take Time for Tea

Maybe Spring has really arrived this time! Hi - Jean Okimoto here - combining vintage-chic and bright pastels on a quick card. It features the new Vintage Clock E1930 stamp and matching Vintage Clock 98622 die. Add a colorfully mismatched set of tea cups with the Dainty Tea Cup Die 98581 - and you're ready for Spring.

Make a card for Mom on her day - it's May 12th this year. Or create a set of them as a sweet teacher's gift to accompany a giftcard from her favorite teashop.

The ColorBox Circus Petal Point Inkpads Set has the perfect colors to add soft, inky highlights to the teacups - matching papers and inks can't get any easier than that! They're just used to edge the tea cups here - but the colors are great for any project.

Thanks for visiting - enjoy your day!

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