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Dave Brethauer
Creative thinking - inside and out
Interests: I am the designer for memorybox stamps and papers. I teach, write, paint, draw, travel + design.
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Bonjours les Filles: J'ai fait cette étiquette spécialement pour une amie....j'éspère qu'elle ne verra pas ce post-ci :), sinon la surprise sera gachée... Mon amie pousse de la Lavande dans son jardin et elle est venue chez moi pour faire des "Fuseaux de Lavande"...d'oú la petite branche de lavande qui... Continue reading
Posted 4 hours ago at Un Brin De Creativite
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Hello everyone, It's Mary here today with a quick and easy card. Just one stamp. No dies. I used The Butterfly Study stamp (#F1917) with back Memento ink. I stamped it twice on Parchment card stock. I colored the images with Copic markers. I cut 2 of the butterflies and the leaf out of the second image and adhered them to the first to give the card some dimension. Here is a detail shot. I love layering stamped images like this. It makes a simple stamp seem so much more interesteing. I layered the image over Licorice and Sunflower cardstock... Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Outside The Box
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Hello all, Here are a few of the cards that will be taught at The Stamp Addict in San Diego this coming Saturday and Monday by Julia Quincey....one of our exceptional teachers who loves using Memory Box stamps and dies! I love the way she layers and puts things together to make the cards look so elegant and fun! Give us a call at the store if you are going to be in the area and would like to join us for class! Continue reading
Posted yesterday at Outside The Box
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Hello everyone! It's Olga here with a bright red card. I always thought that gingham paper (especially red colored) looks very "kitchen style". But when I started to use it for cards I changed my mind)) Here I used the following materials: and hand-made flowers again)) Regards, Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Outside The Box
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Hola Queridas Amigas: Hice esta pequeña tarjeta para acompañar un regalo...que tenía que dar... Decidí usar varios troqueles y hacer como un pequeño bosque de dónde flotan estos globos... Usé varias espumas de pegar para darle realce a los globos. Los pinitos y el marco los corte de un papel... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at A Crear Se Dijo!
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Today's card features Memory Box dies 98565 Wild Sunflower and 98580 Hello Script. Materials used: Memory Box white notecard Memory Box Violet Gingham paper Memory Box Squash Distressed Dots paper yellow dotted ribbon, scrap glue pen for adhering the sentiment double-sided tape; pop-dots Change up this card by using a Sweet Corn notecard, one of the other distressed dot papers or another Memory Box print paper, and squash distressed dot sunflowers with the "hello" in the squash distressed dot paper. Vary the height of the sunflowers--adhere one flat to the card, one with one pop-dot, and the third with two... Continue reading
Posted 3 days ago at Outside The Box
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Today I paired an older die with a new one, and I think they should date more often! :~) Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Outside The Box
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Hello dear friends! its Evgenia Petzer with you today. I am again playing with lots of dies and some neutral colors. I see it more as a wedding card, but it can be easily used as any occasion card, should you wish to. Memory Box products used: Dies: Chesapeake Circle (98449) Trellis Border (98476) Chloe Stem (98321) Chesapeake Scrollwork (98442) Gloriosa Vine (98453) Paper: DOT-Bubblegum (77890) Warm hugs:) Continue reading
Posted 4 days ago at Outside The Box
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I love Downton Abbey for many reasons, but one of the biggest is the time period. I looooove the clothing of the Edwardian period, so that first season had me slobbering like a dog over a bone! So why not use these gorgeous dresses as card inspiration? Continue reading
Posted 5 days ago at Outside The Box
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Hi - Jean Okimoto here - with an easy-Friday Memory Box card featuring the new Allium Border D1924. Stamp it on Meadow Cardstock with ColorBox Black Pigment Ink and emboss it with detail black powder. Using a waterbrush and a glossy surface (like an acrylic stamp block) as a palette, paint the flowers with Clearsnap's summer-bright Smooch Accent Inks in shades of Carrot, Sundance, Orchid Frost and Berry Punch. The Smooches are slightly diluted to allow the little details of the blossoms to resist the vibrant colors and add dimension. Mat the stamped image with Peony Cardstock and attach it... Continue reading
Posted 6 days ago at Outside The Box
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Bonjour les Copines... Et bien, ici en Californie L'été est bel et bien installé...ce que l'on ne peut pas dire des autres endroits ici aux USA...ou le climat est atrosse et a déjà causé pleins de morts et de pertes ...surtout dans la region centre/sud du pays, dans L'Oklahoma... Tous... Continue reading
Posted 7 days ago at Un Brin De Creativite
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Hi - hope you're enjoying your summer! Jean Okimoto here, sharing a colorful tropical butterfly collage card with a combination of Memory Box Stamps and Dies. I've layered the classic Create Art G1330 collage and the new Butterfly Study F1917 over a background of water-blended pigment inks. Clearsnap's ColorBox Tropical Inkpad has a great combination of colors for this summer-y card. The glittered butterfly features the solid Isabella Butterfly 98507 - and the detailed Pippi Butterfly 98508 that's a breeze to cut using the Memory Box Metal Adapter Plate with the other plates required for thin metal dies. Here's a... Continue reading
Posted Jun 12, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Hola Queridas amigas: En el catálogo de Primavera 2013 de Memory Box hay varios animalitos...entre los cuales se encuentra este pescado "Koi". Pueden ver en mis artículos pasados tarjetas hechas con la ballena, el caracol, el cangrejo, las abejas...y bueno ahora le tocó el turno al pescado... A penas lo... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2013 at A Crear Se Dijo!
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It finally feels as if summer is coming to the midwest. The warm sun has been so wonderful these last few days after dealing with so much rain. Not that I'm whining.....the rain has made the flowers so beautiful! Speaking of flowers, I really like the Graceful Silhouette die which I've featured on today's card. It reminds me of Queen Anne's Lace. I used Ranger's Holographic Embossing Powder on the die and really love the glimmery effect. You can click on the picture to enlarge and really see the glitter. Instructions: Cut Bill of Sale paper 3 7/8" X 5... Continue reading
Posted Jun 11, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Enjoy the ride! Pam here, taking you away to a place with gingham grass and polka dot flowers! So fun to create whimsical scenes with Memory Box and Poppystamps dies and papers! I used parts of a couple dies… the leaves in the tree are from the Lavish Branch die and the grass is just the scallop part of the Spring Border die with the flowers cut off. I die cut the Lamp post frame out of Vanilla Bean card-stock and the Debutante background is die cut out of Water card-stock. The Lavish Branch is die cut from the Key... Continue reading
Posted Jun 10, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Hello everyone! Today I would like to share with you a bright summer card. It's rather monochrome - just green and white. And a handmade flower as always. The dies and paper I used here are: Continue reading
Posted Jun 8, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Bonjour mes chères amies: Aujourd'hui, je vous présente une des trois cartes que j'ai offert recemment dans un de mes cours ... Bien que cette carte a été faite pour le printemps, elle peut bien s'adaptée en changeant la petite phrase pour la fête des pères...pour cet été! Dans cette... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2013 at Un Brin De Creativite
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Hola queridas amigas: Hoy les traigo una de las tres tarjetas que ofrecí recientemente en una de mis clases... Siguiendo con el tema de los animalitos...pues en el artículo pasado les presenté un cangrejito; bueno hoy es el turno de las abejas...aunque hice esta tarjeta para mis clases de Primavera... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2013 at A Crear Se Dijo!
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Have you noticed all the bees lately? Since my yard is in full bloom the honey bees are loving it and gathering oodles of nectar and pollen. Just stepping outside you can HEAR them before you see them. Tree trimmers are coming tomorrow and I wish them luck! This is my inspiration for the birthday card today...bees in the trees. Can you see their little delicate wings? I die cut them from a scrap of translucent vellum and c-a-r-e-f-u-l-l-y glued them onto the bee bodies. I cut the bee bodies from patterned paper and the stripes from black paper. Tweezers... Continue reading
Posted Jun 7, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Click to see photos full size... Hello everybody! Pam here...I have a fun fold card and a video to share with you today. A Bicycle Built For Two always makes me think of the 'Daisy, Daisy' song! Good luck getting the song back out of your head! : ) This is a multiple Easel card... It folds flat for mailing and storing but it's so dimensional for displaying...a conversation piece! There are more photos on my blog and I can email you more if you want to see them even larger. Here's a video... to really see the card well,... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Hi Everyone, It's Mary here today to share a summer themed thank you card. We recently visited my in-laws in Florida and I was inspired to make them a card to thank them for having us. The card base is an AccuCut die that my local store has. I used a lot of the summer themed Memory Box dies. Old and new. The new Thank(s) You script die can be used as "Thanks" alone or "Thank you" by trimming the s off of the "Thanks". I used the leaves form the Grand Oak Tree die to look like coral behind... Continue reading
Posted Jun 6, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Hello dear friends! Its Evgenia Petzer with you. Today I want to share with you a soft pretty almost shabby chic card for a litte princess. As usual, lots of layers and little details, i just love how much details you can get by using dies. and should you need a bunch of these cards, you can easily recreate them... Memory box products used: Baby Carriage (98528) Chesapeake Circle (98449) Honeyblossom Sprig (98333) and paper DOT-Bubblegum (77890) Warm hugs, Continue reading
Posted Jun 5, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Summer is the season for vacations, adventures and explorations - and Memory Box has some great products for those events. Jean Okimoto here, with a simple summer card that could also celebrate graduations, promotions or retirements...moving on! I love how the largest die from the Sideshow Tickets Set 98514 is great for the collage stamps like my favorite, Journey Collage G1733. The detailed Marvelous Bridge 98607 cuts perfectly with the Memory Box Metal Adapter Plate. The fishes - a group of five with their individual personalities - are on a single, quick-cutting die. Mango cardstock is just the right goldfish-cracker... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Hi Everyone! I have been busy getting ready to have surgery today, so I am posting a card done by one of my wonderful teachers here at The Stamp Addict in San Diego, Stacy Sawyer. She is teaching this fantastic card next Tuesday at our store so if you are in town, give us a call to reserve a seat in one of her 3 classes that day! In this wonderful card she uses two of the new stamps and one of the new Memory Box dies: Luminous Poppies Wildflower Field and Dancing Butterflies I hope you like the card... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at Outside The Box
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Hola mis queridas amigas: Ya casi estamos en verano, el clima aquí en California ya está mucho más caliente, los colegios están saliendo de vacaciones y bueno ya todo huele a descanso, playa y mar ...así que esta tarjeta viene bien.. Pueden adivinar de donde salió el cangrejo? Memory Box... Continue reading
Posted Jun 4, 2013 at A Crear Se Dijo!