Welcome to Day Two of the Memory Box Blog Blitz for the second half of the 2014 Holiday release!
The blitz extends through Friday with two posts per day. You have until 11:00 p.m. EST on Sunday, October 26th, to leave comments, from which winners will be randomly drawn and announced on Monday, October 27th.
I made two cards because I'm so enjoying the Woodland Tree Silhouette die. The first card was originally made for my guest designer spot at Simon Says Stamp last week, but then I found out they didn't have the Merry Christmas to All die in stock, so I had to change things up a bit.
So, for your viewing pleasure, I give you my original Merry Christmas in silver (even though in this light it looks green – see the second picture for its true color):
And Merry Christmas in lilac (again, the lighting is much better for picture number 2):
I N S T R U C T I O N S
- Make 4.25" x 5.5" card base with horizontal fold.
- For silver card: adhere card to craft mat with low-tack tape; repeat with Winter Tiny Snowflakes stencil; pounce with ink and heat set. For lilac card: adhere patterned paper to card front.
- Die cut Woodland Tree Silhouette and adhere.
- Die cut letters from Alphabet Soup and snip "Christmas" from Merry Christmas to All; adhere to bottom of card.
- For silver card: die cut birds and adhere with dimensional tape. For lilac card: die cut and adhere ornament and holly leaves.
- For silver card: adhere gems. For lilac card: adhere sequins and pearls.
T I P S
- If you don't have silver shimmer cardstock, apply Delicata Shimmery Silver ink directly to the paper and heat set – it's identical to shimmer paper.
- Use the tips of your detail scissors to cut out words to stretch your dies' versatility! ("Christmas" was snipped from the rest of the die cut below.)
Deborah
Great cards! I love the sparkle and I love how you really stretched that sentiment die!
Gorgeous card here and this die is just awesome, and one of those you+´ll grab again and again for soo many kinds of cards.
Beautiful cards. I love the gorgeous silver tree. I really like how you have improvised with the sentiment. Thank you for the chance to win
Both cards are so lovely, and I especially like the simplicity of the single shining ornament hanging from the tree limb!!
Love that lavender!
I like the idea of the ornament dangling from the tree. So simple yet elegant. I’m going to try this, thank you for sharing this. 🙂
Very pretty using the ornament hanging from the tree.
Like the use of lilac cs with shimmer paper. Nice.
Love the card with the birds in the tree.
Two beautiful cards, love this tree die!
love how you used just part of that die for the sentiment! duh! but i never would have thought of that!
Love the cards, so beautiful and serene! Love the technique that you used to make shimmer cardstock too! Thanks for the inspiration!
Sparkle is always good. Thanks for the two ideas!
Beautiful, elegant and I love the simplicity of these cards.
Fabulous projects, thanks for the inspiration!
My eyes just popped out of my head!! LOVE both of these!! The silver one is timeless and the lavender one is so pretty!! LOVELOVELOVE the Woodland Tree Die!
I am always snipping apart my die cuts to get certain parts of them. Might as well get as much bang for my buck as I can! TFS!
WOW! Very effective. Gorgeous silvery forests. Who wouldn’t love that. Thanks for the tips, too.
Beautiful cards!!
I really want that tree frame die. Love what you created with it. So pretty and sparkly
What a great image. I love the colors, too.
I love this card and I want this die!!
Every year my family puts out Christmas Wish Lists for our Secret Santa. I was just going through all the dies and stamps to compile a list. My list is certainly getting long. I hope he has a large sack.
I bought the woodland tree die this afternoon with no ideas at all on how i would use it. Googled it this evening and love these two cards, gonna get going on them right away!
This woodland die looks like a must have Would love to win,
Sudden sharp intake of breath. Then Ooooooooh, I love that die. The cards are awesome.
Beautiful cards, thanks for sharing and the opportunity to win.
Lovely, lovely dies! Winning would be so much fun.
Thanks for providing the opportunity
Gorgeous cards. The colors are awesome. I love the sentiment die too! Thanks for the instructions and for sharing with us!
Love the birds in a tree. Different colors, a few leaves and it’s any season.
Very nice cards.
Very pretty cards, with the unique color scheme on the second!
The tree die is awesome
This tree die is absolutely amazing! Your cards look so beautiful and fresh too!
Both cards are so wonderful. The silver is my fave. Love those birds in the tree!
Love the unique way you used the die. Very nice cards.
What great cards! Beautiful dies! Nancee 🙂
Love the cards!
gorgeous cards…. that tree die is absolutely awesome!
It loks soooo gorgeous with the silver, and this tree is such an awesome and versatile die, that I can think of multiple ways to use.
These cards are gorgeous!
More great cards using the woodland tree. I really do NEED it. I love the addition of the resting birds and the precious ornament.
Love your cards – simple and elegant !!!
Gorgeous cards. Love them both. Hugz
Your tree cards are beautiful! I love the purple tree card with the silver ornament hanging. Great ideas! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Very pretty, simple cards. I really like the tree done in silver!
Beautiful cards! I can see lots of possibilities for this die—all seasons!
The color palette you used on these cards is so refreshing. Nice change up from traditional Christmas colors. Very pretty.
Such pretty cards with unexpected colors. I love this die!
Another great tree card
your cards are sensational! I LOVE the touches of silver and I appreciate you letting me know that Neenah has other colors in the card stock line…I always use the white and never think to look for more. I must buy these dies now because my daughter LOVES purple and we LOVE her so much I knew the moment I saw your lilac card I had to make one for her. The addition of the heart ornament is perfection. TFS.
Both are so pretty Deborah! TFS
The cards are super gorgeous and I absolutely love the tree die. It is awesome
Very nice cards and I love the detail on the Merry Christmas words die!
A very special card, lovely use of colours. Thank you for sharing
I love your cards.
I love every cards with Tree.
purple Christmas card is an excellent idea.
I love winter cards and this tree is fabulous. I ordered it this week and am waiting for it now. I love the soft green, but the lilac is gorgeous, too!
Great cards with the famous birds! The tree is awesome, too!
Gorgeous cards. Absolutely love the tree die and the addition of the birds is perfect.
Beautiful cards, and the use of different dies and colors to build the scenes…purple is my favorite color, so I can think of lots of cards to make.
These cards are so gorgeous.
Such beautiful cards. The color choices are perfect for them. LOVE that tree die. It’s going to be a must have on my Christmas list…Hope Santa is good to me;)
I am in love. Purple is my favorite colour but so hard to work with. This card made my day.
Really love this tree die and the snowflake stencil. Thanks for sharing these great cards.
I can see that I am going to have to look for that tree die. The cards are lovely.
Beautiful cards, I love the birds xxx
I love your cards, Deborah! This woodland tree die is perfect match to that Christmas die! Beautifil birds too. The choice of colors is gorgeous 🙂
Love your cards. I just adore that tree die and love the snowflake stencil. This tree die is awesome, so many things can be added to the background on cards, terrific.
Deborah,
Beautiful cards, great scenes. I love this new die, so versatile. Great job.
Beautiful cards, love your color choices (in all the photos 😉 )