Birthday greetings using dies from the newest 2025 Birthday Wishes Collection! to make this card start with a blank white top-fold note card die cut the HAPPY BIRTHDAY BACKGROUND PLATE 94857 from black card stock and adhere it to the front of the note card die cut BIRTHDAY PARTY CAKE 94862 from watercolor paper use watercolor pencils, water and a small brush to paint the image pieces assemble the cake when dry mount the cake on a 1 1/2" square of coordinating card stock using dimensional foam squares add that panel to a 2" square cut from white card stock... Continue reading

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a fun birthday card using products from the new January release. Here's a closer look at my card: I used the new EF1048 Party Time 3D embossing folder and dies set (I didn't use the dies) along with the coordinating 88633 Party Time stencils to creat my background. I used 3 inks, pink, yellow and teal. Once embossed and stenciled, I cut it down slightly more than 1/2 inch on the top and the side, matted it on a black panel cut to 5" X 3.75." The Happy Birthday Celebration Script die... Continue reading

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here today with a very easy yet beautiful card you can create using products from the newest 2025 Happy Birthday Release! Today I am using the: EF1024 Breezy Bouquet 3D embossing folder and die set and the coordinating CL5277 Breezy Bouquet Clear Stamp and die set The look you get with this technique reminds me of several Japanese vases my mom had from the 1950's when we came back from my father's being stationed in Okinawa, Japan. She kept these beautiful vases on her dresser in her bedroom. I believe they were called Wedgewood Blue... Continue reading

Greetings friends. Memory Box has a new birthday release, and I would like to show you a background using one of the new dies as well as strips of paper scraps. First, I cut out the Bubble Dot Plate using white cardstock. This is what it looks like: Next, I cut out 1/4" strips of paper out of my leftover paper scraps. I then adhered them to the back of the dot background die: When I finished adding all of my strips, the cardstock looked like this: When I glued the strips down, they weren't quite straight. However, with the... Continue reading

Hi everyone. I have a birthday card featuring the new Bird Blossom and Happy Birthday Sheet Music die sets. Background: Trim a dark orange paper from the Nutmeg Forest back to A2. Trim a dark peach paper for Vintage Pastel Mirror paper pad to 2" x 4 1/4". Focal Image: Die cut the Bird Blossom and Happy Birthday Sheet Music die from heavy white paper. Ink blend the flowers with Distress Oxide Saltwater Taffy. Ink blend the bird with Distress Faded Jean, Dusty Concord/Lost Shadow (I have a custom ink pad called mystic muse) and Squeezed Lemonade for the birds... Continue reading

Celebrate with a bouquet of Fringe Flowers and Lucky Blooms from our latest release! Mix, match and layer versatile design elements and create birthday, thank you, friendship and congrats cards with the new Birthday Wishes Collection. Hi, Jean here with a bright-on-white slimline design. The flowers are "extras" from my previous card - and some tiny pink Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad diecuts for extra sparkle. They're cut from 6x6's in the Blush Collection. The centers are cut from green 6x6's in the Festive Glitter Pad and Greenery Collection. Cut Lavender Bouquet from a Greenery 6x6 for the foliage and stems.... Continue reading

Hello and Happy New Year everyone! Today's card features new products from the 2025 Memory Box Birthday Wishes release. I began by ink blending a background on white cardstock and die cutting it with the new Happy Birthday Background Plate. Next, I spattered the background with gold ink and glued it to a white card base. The cake, candles and cake trims were die cut from white cardstock and colored with dye inks. The confetti and a few cake trims were die cut from gold cardstock. The cake was assembled as shown and adhered to the card with foam tape.... Continue reading

Happy New Year! I'm oh so happy, too, that there's a new 2025 Birthday Wishes Collection from Memory Box to start off the new year. For today's card I chose some of the new dies to create a card to celebrate the new year. materials used BLUEBIRD PRINCE 94855 CELEBRATION BALLOONS 94860 BIRTHDAY PARTY CAKE 94862 white top fold note card Memory Box paper scraps--teal plaid with gold 6X6 paper cut to 5 1/4 X 4; teal mirror card for balloons and streamers and the cake garland icing watercolor paper and watercolor pencils for the bird thin white string for... Continue reading

Mix bold, brilliant blossoms - from our new Birthday Wishes Collection - and create a colorful card for someone special. Hi, Jean here with another design from our latest release of dies, stencils, embossing folders and clear stamp sets. They're designed for mixing, matching and creating cards to celebrate, congratulate, thank...or just send a caring hug. We're diecutting the blossoms for today's card - and another design I'll share next week. Cut the new Fringe Flowers from a mix of assorted pink/coral and dark red 6x6's in the Blush Collection. Cut the centers from a medium-green 6x6 in the Greenery... Continue reading

Happy 2025! Celebrate and welcome the New Year with our Birthday Wishes Collection of fabulous dies, stencils, embossing folders and clear stamp sets. Party designs, big and little flowers, birds, balloons, cover plates and greetings - ready for special occasions and everyday-greetings. Hi, Jean here with the first of many designs we'll be sharing as we introduce our latest release. Cut the lavender and blue Anemone Grove 6x6 with the 3.5" wide Nested Globes die. It's a beautiful floral print - I'm using some of the delicate stems as strings for the new Celebration Balloons. Cut Celebration Balloons from a... Continue reading

Greetings friends. You may have noticed that the challenge theme this month is "Birthdays." I wanted to appreciate everyone out there with a winter birthday. I am sure it had nothing to do with the fact that I happen to be a winter birthday girl myself. I also wanted to share how wonderful backgrounds can be when they are created with rub-ons. I often use rub-ons on top of acetate, vellum, or other tricky surfaces. However, they also look great on top of cardstock. I love that you get a strong opaque look with crisp details when using the rub-ons.... Continue reading

Happy New Year! Thank you for all of your support in 2024 and we hope you will join us for new designs and new ideas in 2025. Thank you to everyone who participated in our December red challenge. We know it is sometimes hard to find time for crafting cards during busy Decembers. The winner of the blog badge was Pat J on Splitcoast Stampers. Her design was truly ravishing in red: The random winner from the entries who won the prize pack was Donna Phelan from the Crafting by the Beach blog. Congratulations. Please contact me at [email protected] with... Continue reading

Hola Mis Queridas Amigas: Para Hoy les tengo una tarjeta hechas con los nuevos troqueles para esta temporada de otoño. En esta tarjeta usé en tonos pastel Puse en el fondo un marco con festones en color naranja y en el centro este arco en papel dorado Y para finalizar... Continue reading

Hola Mis Queridas Amigas: Para Hoy les tengo una tarjeta hechas con los nuevos troqueles para esta temporada de otoño. En esta tarjeta usé en tonos pastel Puse en el fondo un marco con festones en color naranja y en el centro este arco en papel dorado Y para finalizar... Continue reading

Greetings friends. Can you believe 2024 is over? I wanted to make a card for this last day of the year that wished everyone well in the new year. I also had it in my head that I wanted a snowflake card for winter that didn't necessarily use traditional "cool" colors. To make this card, I got out my PanPastel chalks to create a background. I started by sponging my white cardstock with various colors of chalk: Next, I stamped my Memory Box snowflake background on top using Versamark ink. If you aren't familiar with Versamark, it is a clear... Continue reading

Hello everyone. I have a winter birthday card to share today, but it could have easily been a Christmas holiday card just by switching out the sentiment! 😉 The Blushing and Delicate Booms were die cut from white, the Brilliant Berries from Cherry Red, the Pinecone Duo pine needles from light gray and the Festive Holly leaves from dark gray papers. Shading was added to the blooms and berries using the following Copic Sketch markers. blooms - C00/1/3/5 berries - R39 An A2 size white woodgrain panel was then splattered with diluted black gouache paint. Once dry, mounted it onto... Continue reading

Hello and welcome! It's Theary on the blog again. I can't believe that this year has just flown by. I am still in denial that it's almost the end of 2024. However, I enjoy the winter weather and love snuggling up with the kiddos. Today, I am sharing a winter wonderland card created with the adorable Snowy Birdhouse. So, let's get started. To create the background, I trimmed down a sheet of Memory Box Fresh Aqua cardstock to 4.25 inches by 5.50 inches. I spritz the panel with a little bit of water before I place it into the Memory... Continue reading

Hello and welcome, it's Angie here with a fun quick winter birthday card! Here's a closer look at the background: To create the background I took a piece of "Pool Party" cardstock and used the "Falling Snowflakes Stencil" (88627) with clear embossing paste. The paste when dried just looks slighly darker than the paper, but to accent that I added a little white ink on top of the panel. Next I trimmed 1/2 inch off the panel so the plaid would show through. I added the panel to a panel of "Nutmeg Plaid 6x6 pack" (PP1033) then added both of... Continue reading

Need a thank you card for a holiday gift ? Say thanks with a layered arrangement of Nested Globes, blossoms and a Foiled Greetings Circle Tab. Hi, Jean here with a versatile design you can use throughout the year with your favorite prints and colors. Cut the new Blushing Bloom and Small Anemone Duo from a light blue/lavender 6x6 in the Ocean Blue Collection. Color the stems with a marker. Color the dotted centers from the Blushing Bloom set with a light lavender marker. Cut the solid center pieces from the pale yellow Graceful Garden Glitter Pad 6x6. Assemble the... Continue reading

I need a few quick thank you notes to pop in the mail in the next day or so. Because I live in the snowy piney woods of Maine, I made a card using the SLENDER PINE TREES 94796, PINE BRANCHES 94817, and the punched out snowflakes from DRIFTING SNOWFLAKES 94816 to create this first thank you card. materials used: top fold white note card; white watercolor paper; tree paper from NUTMEG FOREST PP1034; slender pine trees 94796; PINE BRANCHES 94817; DRIFTING SNOWFLAKES 94816 THANK YOU FOIL GREETINGS WHITE TABS SToo4; two shades of green card stock scraps to make... Continue reading

Greetings friends. A very Merry Christmas to you all! I thought I would share a card today that features a Christmas theme to help celebrate the day. My card involves an embossed background, die cut/distressed wood planks and a Copic colored bird as the focal piece. To make the card, I started with some of the Memory Box kraft woodgrain paper and rubbed some Tea Dye and Bundled Sage Distress Ink on top to make the ridges of the paper pop a bit more: It added just a touch of extra color to the kraft paper. Next, I cut out... Continue reading

'Twas the night before Christmas - and you need some quick dinner party favors. Diecuts, rub-on transfers and foiled greeting tabs add a festive finale to holiday celebrations. Hi, Jean here with simple candy wrappers for your guests. Cut Cranberry, Cilantro and Raspberry Sorbet 8.5x11" cardstock with the 2-7/8" wide Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles die. Score and crease them at 3-7/8" and 4-1/8". The stitched design frames the holiday icons. Cut Wreath Sprigs from two shades of the green from Greenery 6x6 Collection. Create a circle guide for the sprigs by pressure-embossing the 1-1/2" Circle Basics die onto the front... Continue reading

Hi everyone. I have a Wintery Christmas card in a cool colors. It has an ink blended background with focal image in the lower right hand corner. Backgrounds: 3D emboss an A2 size craft card using the Pinecones and Berries folder. Ink blend the edges using Distress Ink, Scorched Timber. Die cut heavy white card stock with the largest Fringed Scalloped Frame die. Ink blend heavy from the bottom right hand corner and lightly to the upper left Han corner with Distress Ink Unchartered Mariner. Lightly ink with Scorched Timber. Splatter with water and pat dry. Splatter with Uncharted Mariner.... Continue reading

I decided to use the SLENDER PINE TREES 94796, the PINECONE DUO 94802, and a few of the smaller SNOWFLAKE RUB ONS RUB105 to create a scene for this note card. materials used: I started with a white note card and added a piece of plaid paper from NUTMEG PLAID PP1033 which I cut to 4 X 5 1/4. I die cut the Slender Pine Trees 94796 from a scrap of dark green paper and glued them onto the plaid paper. Next I looked at the sheet of Snowflake Rub Ons RUB105 and cut out the smallest ones to add... Continue reading

Hi everyone. I have a winter scene card featuring the Snowy Birdhouse. Backgrund: Ink blend an A2 size white panel with Distress Oxide Stormy Sky and Iced Spruce ink. Going heavy from the outside and lighter to the middle. Splatter with water and pat off with a towel. Then splatter with Stormy Sky ink. Die Cuts: Die cut the Snowy Birdhouse, Little Birds, and Brilliant Berries from heavy weight white card stock. Die cut the Pine Branches from a dark color paper from the Lagoon paper pad. Ink blend the berries, tops of the birds, and bird house with Distress... Continue reading