Blog Blitz Winners and Instagram Contest

Hi everyone!  Thank you so much for everyone who participated in our blog blitz last week.  We hope you enjoyed seeing some of the new products and were inspired to give them a try.

Here is a list of winners from last week:

From Laura's Monday post- Tami Grant, winner of the Underwater Scene die

From Isha's Tuesday post- Lisa B. Reber, winner of the Butterfly Frond die

From Donna's Wed post- Mimi R, winner of the Oceanside Typewriter clear set

From Jean's Thursday post- Sharon Gullikson, winner of the Happy Octopus die set

From the blog blitz Thursday post- Shari Czerwinski, winner of the Splendid Rose Frame die

From Jean's Sat post- Andre M, winner of the Floating Butterfly die

From Trina's Sun post- joy meadows, winner of the Stained Glass Rose Circle frame die

Congratulations!  Emails have been sent to all the winners to gather your mailing information.

 

Want more chances to win the new release?  There will be a chance every day over on our Instagram account starting tomorrow.  Visit us Tuesday, March 5- Sunday, March 10th for your chance to win.  Our Instagram account is memoryboxco.  We hope you will join our community there!

Blog Blitz Winners and Instagram Contest

Greetings friends.  Thanks so much to everyone who participated in the Blog Blitz last week.  We hope you have been enjoying the new release.  Here is a list of winners who were chosen at random from the qualifying entries:

 

From Laura's post, winner of the Bright Hearts craft die- Melanie Allen

From Anne's post, winner of the Woodland Heart Frame die- Sandra W

From Melissa's post, winner of the Bright Rays die- Deb

From Jean's post, winner of the Have a Heart Clear Stamp set- Cheryl Stauffer

From Donna's post, winner of the Heart Board die- Su Wright

Congratulations winners!  I have sent you all emails.

 

Would you like more chances to win dies from the latest release?  We are having contests over on Instragram all week long.  Here is the first post:

Follow us on Instagram at memoryboco.  The first prize is the Cupid with Swing craft die.  Good luck and see you there!

The BLOG BLITZ continues! featuring the Holiday Collection 2018 and my "Peace in the Country" cards by Anne Thompson

Have you been enjoying this Blog Blitz as much as I have?!!!  There are so many great new dies and stamp sets in this collection!  And so many great ideas from the Design Team!  Here's  the link to the Holiday 2018 Collection catalog.  Check it out!!! 

Remember that you have a chance each day to win a prize by commenting on each blog post.  I look forward to reading your comments for this post.  You might be the lucky winner of the COUNRYSIDE FENCE FRAME!  Just leave me a comment before 11:59 PM on Sunday, August 12th.  One person at random will be chosen and all of the winners for all of the posts will be announced on the Outside the Box blog on Monday evening, 6 PM, August 12th.  Winners will be notified directly by email to get their shipping info.  Good luck!!!

I'm loving this newest bunch of dies and stamp sets and getting a head start on making my holiday cards.  Today I'm featuring the COUNTRYSIDE FENCE FRAME 94034 and the PEACE CHESHIRE SCRIPT 94017 on cards I'm calling "Peace in the Country".

Here are the dies:

And here is the first card:  white on white on white...

This is a top-folded notecard, 4 1/4" square.  After I die cut the Countryside Fence Frame from white cardstock, I used wide Scor-Tape on the back of the three frames to keep them together.  I used an embossing folder and a scrap of white cardstock to make the snowy panel that I trimmed to fit inside the window behind the fence.  I die cut the Peace Cheshire Script three times and layered them together with a glue pen before gluing it to the snowy hill.  I used wide foam tape on the back to pop this panel onto the notecard.  Simple, elegant, and my first ever all-white card!

Now for the same thing but different:

This time I cut everything from white cardstock and from a warm medium brown cardstock.  

 

I kept the middle brown frame (the one without dots) and snipped off the brown fence and the hill from the larger die cut.  I kept the white frame with the hill and fence and the outermost white frame.  I cut "peace" twice from white cardstock and once from brown and layered them with brown on the bottom and showing just a bit for a shadow.

I added the brown fence behind the white one, offset a bit to look like a snow on a wooden fence.  Then I added the brown frame and then the largest white frame.  I used Scor-Tape on the back of the frames to hold them in place.

The next step was to add the embossed snowy panel behind the fence in the center frame. 

I selected a white A2 notecard and added a panel of brown dot paper cut 4" X 5 1/4".   I adhered the framed piece to the bottom of the panel using dimensional foam tape.  I then added "peace" above that using a glue pen.

And because I got carried away and couldn't stop playing with these dies, how about two more square cards with red accents.

And here's one where the sky area is a blue watercolor panel that I'd sprinkled with salt while it was very wet.

Five cards done for this coming holiday season!  These cards will work for Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Christmas, or the New Year, and the design will also make a great guy card to send anytime this winter.  And because I live out in the country, this may be the card design I send the most this December.

Remember to leave me a comment and you could be the lucky winner of the COUNTRYSIDE FENCE FRAME!  Happy Crafting!

Memory Box Challenge #40- Keep Cool and Carry On (Winter Cards)

Greetings friends.  It is time to introduce another Memory Box challenge. We hope you will play along with the theme through the end of the month.  You will even have the chance to win prizes!  Thank you so much to everyone who played along with us for our Surf and Turf challenge.  There were so many fun images for Summer!

The winner of the blog badge was LucieG from the LucieG Cards blog.  We loved her elegant take on the theme:

The random winner drawn from all the entries was Katwondoo from the Les Creations de Katwondoo blog.

Please contact me at [email protected] 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.

Is anyone else tired of all the heat?  Are you ready for a cooler breeze?  How about a winter breeze?  In order to celebrate the latest Memory Box release, which is loaded with winter items, this month's theme is all about Winter...snow, snowmen, snowflakes, winter scenes, etc.  You don't have to use the latest release in your entry, but you do have a chance to win part of the new release as part of this month's random draw for participants.   We can't wait to see your take on the challenge.   Don't forget to include at least one Memory Box product for your entry.

Here are a few ideas from the design team to help get you started:

 

by Jean Okimoto

by Melissa Rusk

Have you seen the latest video by Dave Brethauer?  He created a gorgeous Winter scene with the new Holiday Lamp Post die:

 

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 #mbchallenge40 hashtag

You have until the end of the day (EST) on Thursday, August 30th.   Don't forget, you have to use at least one Memory Box item on your entry.  One project will be chosen at random to win the following prizes....including the gorgeous Holiday Lamp Post Frame die used in Dave's video!

Supplies

 

94049 Holiday Lamp Post Frame craft die

94017 Peace Cheshire Script craft die