Memory Box - Right as Rain

Freshly Made Sketches #400

Hello! I am playing along with the Freshly Made Sketches 400th Challenge.

I began by finding the patterned paper that I wanted to use. I still have A LOT of patterned paper. I chose Pebbles Seen & Noted. This is an older pad with great coordinating patterns and colors. I used basic shape dies to cut the three patterned paper pieces.

For the focal image, I went through my butterfly die sets and chose the Memory Box Moonlight Butterfly. I cut the body and antennae from solid papers in the Pebbles pad.

The butterfly was lost against the patterned papers, so I cut a vellum circle to quiet the pattern behind the butterfly. I adhered the butterfly to the circle with glue and the assembly to the patterned paper pieces with foam adhesive.

The sentiment – Pinkfresh Studio Word Series: Thanks – was stamped with Espresso Truffle ink. I don’t have a lot of occasion to use that ink color but I felt that stamping in black would be too harsh with the other colors.

I added three enamel dots in gold (another product of which I have a lot of inventory) in the upper-right corner.

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Only A Shower – CAS Die-cut Encouragement Card

Hello! Today I am sharing a CAS encouragement card combining die-cuts and a Distress Oxide ink background. Appropriately, it began to rain just as I finished this card!

I created the background with Distress Oxide Pumice Stone and Tumbled Glass inks. I added a little Broken China at the top of the blue and a little Hickory Smoke at the bottom of the gray. I cut the panel with a square die.
With a now-retired Memory Box Umbrella die (one of the very first dies I ever purchased), I cut the umbrellas from cardstock colored with Hickory Smoke (umbrella shafts), Peacock Feathers and Squeezed Lemonade (umbrella canopies), and Black Soot (handles and end). I pieced the umbrellas together by performing some fussy cutting (the die is one-piece).
I cut the Happy Clouds from white cardstock and backed them with cardstock colored with Black Soot.
I applied Moonstone Glimmer paste through the MFT Raindrops stencil (retired) in select places. The SSS Raindrops stencil has similarly-sized raindrops.
I heat-embossed the You Got This sentiment on black cardstock and cut it with one of the Lawn Fawn banner dies.
I dry-embossed the card base with the Subtle Dynamic Textured Impressions Embossing Folder from Stampin Up’ (retired).

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Winter Wishes – Die-cut Ornaments

Hello! I like the ornament motif on holiday cards, and I have a collection of ornament dies. Today, I am sharing a card showcasing the newest addition to my collection – the Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Shaker Ornament. I liked it so much, I cut it twice!

The Poppy Stamps Pinpoint Shaker Ornament die is designed to work with the Retro Ornaments die set. I don’t own that set but found that the Impression Obsession Vintage Ornament die set worked for my purposes. I white heat-embossed one of my favorite sentiments (from the now-retired Hero Arts Operation Write Home Winter Wishes set) on deep blue cardstock. I cut the other ornament from pink cardstock and added a Savvy Stamps snowflake.

The ornament strings were cut with the Impression Obsession Vintage Ornament set. To create the background, I stamped the Taylored Expressions Snow Day Background stamp in Sea Glass ink on white cardstock.

Supplies: Memory Box Pinpoint Shaker Ornament, Impression Obsession Vintage Ornament, Savvy Stamps Winter Snowflakes, Taylored Expressions Snow Day Background

Trick or Treat – Die-cut Glitter Bats

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS Halloween card featuring glitter-covered bats!

I cut the bats from cardstock to which I first applied double-sided sheet adhesive.
I added the micro-fine glitter to the die-cuts.
I stamped the sentiment and cut it with one of the dies in the MFT Hearts in a Row set.
To create the background, I applied Black Soot ink with a Jumbo Dauber through the Taylored Expressions Spiderweb stencil.
I cut the circle from Stampin’ Up cardstock, adhered it to the background, and added the sentiment pieces and bats with foam adhesive.

Supplies: Memory Box Sweeping Bats, Hero Arts Ghostly Greetings

Simon Says Stamp – Die-cut Punny Card

Hello! Today, I am sharing a CAS punny card, which I have had sitting out on my work table for a couple of days and just needed to assemble, featuring the Simon Says Stamp Picture Book Love Bear.

I paired the bear with die-cut bees, created with an older Memory Box die set, with an appropriate sentiment from the Messages for Everyday stamp set, which I heat-embossed on a strip of Black Licorice cardstock.

The background is cut from Sea Glass cardstock with a Lil’ Inker square die. It is a blue that works well with kraft cardstock, and I will be stocking up on this shade given how much I like to build scenes with blue skies.