T I P S: (1) Keep the foam piece in the die before adhering it to the acrylic sheet (the die will keep the foam stable and make adherence a lot easier). (2) Repurpose the acrylic sheet that comes in product packaging for your shaker cover.
The card itself is a shimmer fest, thanks to Perfect Pearls and water, but it’s quite difficult to see. If you click on the photographs of the card to enlarge them, I think you can get a sense of the shimmer. Another thing that’s hard to see if the actual colors of the thing. Despite shooting from various angles and using various light sources, I never was able to capture what it really looks like. So I decided I’d share three different pictures – maybe between them, you’ll get an accurate idea of the color palette.
Hello, Stampers! Welcome back to the Memory Box Design Team's blog, Outside the Box! Today's card features a new die, Springtime Bunnies. I had the best time making this little vignette! S U P P L…
I employed my favorite technique which involves Ranger Distress inks and Perfect Pearls. It’s very hard to see the general shimmery goodness of this card in a photo, so I zoomed in very close (see second photo) to try to capture the shimmer. You can see it but still not like in person!
It’s that time of the year… Valentine’s Day is looming, yes, indeedie! I’m a bit of a sucker for old-fashioned valentines with the faded silk ribbons, etc., so I decided to make a card with one of the new dies, Ferrand Heart, and lots of muted, inky goodness courtesy of Distress ink and Copics.
Today’s card was inspired by a card (see my blog for a link to it) made by the delightful Julie Ebersol. Julie is the Queen of Clean (and Simple), and I think Memory Box dies are at their elegant best when they are used in the CAS style. So here is my homage to Julie and her fabulous card (please pardon the less than stellar lighting):
If you recall, we Design Team members were each sent a box of goodies from the terrific people at Imagine Crafts, and I’ve been playing with mine regularly. My favorite inks thus far are the Encore Ultimate Metallics and the Delicata pads. The only thing I can complain about is that I can’t capture their incredible richness in a photograph (but I suspect that speaks to my mediocre photography skills and not the products – lol).
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.
The Tinsel Rope die is a great tree trim (especially if you remove half of each star burst!)
Today’s card features two new dies, one of our most popular dies from the past, and a new Christmas sentiment. I apologize for the photo; the embossing powder is actually a deep, silvery grey but the sunlight streaming through the window has washed it out.
