A friend of mine ordered several of the new Memory Box stencils by mistake thinking they were dies. When she got them she had no idea what to do with them. I told her how I would use one so she told me to take it home and make something with it and bring it to show her. So this is what I came up with.
The stencil set was called Garden Birch Trees. Cutters Creek can now order Memory Box items so ask if you would like to order this.
I started with a white piece of card stock and used some Washi Tape to tape the stencil to my paper. I used my Foam blending tool and some Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Ink to create my sky. I then used Shabby Shutters and Mowed Lawn to create the grass on my card. When I removed the die I had these great white Birch Trees.
The next step was to figure out what to add to the card. I used a stamp with a bird on a branch from Hero Arts and stamped it with Mowed Lawn Distress Ink. I then used a small bird stamp and stamped it up into the trees using Broken China. Finally I add a small butterfly that I stamped in Mustard Seed Distress ink. I used my Lemon Spica pen to add some glitter to the butterfly. My sentiment was stamped with Broken China Distress Ink as well.
Today I have a unique card for you. I call it a Box Card. I first saw this card here. There is a link on the blog to a YouTube video tutorial. Isn't this just the cutest thing ever???
To make the card, I started with a piece of Kraft card stock cut to 8 1/4" X 9". On the 9" side score your card stock at 2 1/8", 4 1/4" 6 3/8" and 8 1/2". Then turn the card stock so are scoring on the 8 1/4" side and score your card stock at 2 3/4". With the 2 3/4" score line to your left you want to cut your card stock to 6".
From the piece you just cut off, you want to cut a piece that is 3 1/8" wide, then cut that piece in half lengthwise. From there it gets a bit tricky. Still an easy card, but I would suggest you watch this tutorial video. This helps explain where to cut the card stock and how to assemble the box part of the card.
Back panel (does not get folded) red base mat is 5 7/8" X 8" and the white mat is 5 3/4" X 1 7/8". I stamped the white mat with my sentiment using Love Letters Memento ink. The heart flowers were cut using my Silhouette. I used Glossy Accents on the two heart flowers and covered the smaller on in Picked Raspberry Distress Glitter and the larger on with Festive Berries Distress Glitter. The Distress Glitters are a special order item just ask.
To cover the bottom panels cut your red mats at 2" X 3 1/8" and the patterned paper at 1 7/8" X 3". To cover the top panels cut your red mats at 2" X 2 5/8" and your patterned paper at 1 7/8" X 2 1/2".
Then decorate and embellish as you wish. I used some print and cut images cut with my Silhouette. I used the Spica Red Glitter pen to add some sparkle to my Bear Lady Bug's antenna's and to the word love on my word label. I used the Blossom Spica Pen to add sparkle to the words Never Ends.
I fell in love with this digital image that I used on my card and just knew I had to color her up and make a card. I am pretty sure I will give it to my hubby for Valentine’s Day even though it has a bow on it.
Details: My card is a standard A2 card (4.25x5.5 inches). The base of the card is made from Bazzill Simply Smooth Cardstock 8.5"X11"-White. There 6 layers including the image layer on the front of the card. I colored the Bazzill white layers (edges) with pink and red glitter pens. And the black card stock is by Neenah. The image is by Sassy Cheryl and is called Smitten. I colored her using Inktense Ink Pencils except for the skin. I used Copic Markers to color the skin (E00, E01, E11, RV21). The lady bug on the hat, buttons on the shoes and center of flower on the hat was accented with Inkssentials Glossy Accents. The heart buttons were hand made using a heart mold. Then I colored them using a Wink of Stella Glitter Brush in Red.
The inside of the card is made from Neenah Black Card stock and the pink card stock is from my scraps. The sentiment is part of the digital stamp image. And the falling hearts were die cut to get the various sizes and colored them to match the front of the card.
All items that are linked can be purchased at the Cutters Creek Online Store. And if you have any questions about the products I used you can contact Kim Bush of Cutters Creek and she will be glad to assist you.
Thank you for stopping by and I would love it if you left me a comment to let me know what you think of my card. I love reading all the comments. And they give me incentive :)
Clean and Simple is what my card is all about. I dug out an old leaf image rubber stamp to use as my focal point. I used Memento Rich Cocoa Ink for the leaf. Then I colored it with a Spica pen in Melon Green. And added orange and clear glitter with my *Wink of Stella Brush. (I am so addicted to these glitter brushes). I added Aged Spice and Aged Hunter embossing powders by Stampendous called Fran-Tage. The Border paper is from my stash. The button was made using a silicone mold and some Martha Stewart paper clay. And I added more Aged Spice and Aged Hunter to the button. My card is 5-1/2” square. And the base of the card is Kraft card stock. Everything is held together using a Tombow Adhesive Tape Runner.
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