Memory Blog Summer Blog Blitz

Dave has been at it again - I think I may have to nickname him Dave the Die King - lol!

All this week we're having a blog blitz over at Outside the Box (the Memory Box Design Team blog) to reveal the new summer 2012 collection.

P R I Z E   O P P S:

There will be a drawing at the end of each day from the pool of reader comments for a prize! So don't be shy if you want a chance to win one of the new dies!!!

There is a Flickr card contest! You have until Thursday, June 14th, (11:59 EST) to upload a card to the Memory Box group using at least one Memory Box die. Two winners will be selected to receive some new Memory Box dies, and the winning cards will be highlighted on Outside the Box on Friday, June 15th.

(FYI, I am totally in love with all of the new dies, but I really, really love the ones with the Hawaiian theme.)

Here's a card I made (I used some glimmer mist on the dark flowers - it looks lovely in person but was impossible to capture on film):

S U P P L I E S:

Memory Box cardstock: Lagoon, Pool; Patterned Paper: Polka Polka from the 6"x6" Viola collection; Memory Box dies: Graceful Honu, Outline Honu, and Lovely Lei; Computer Fonts: Mariah, Hibiscus; Pearls: Mark Richardson; Other: Glimmer Mist, pop-dots

I N S T R U C T I O N S:

1. Make Lagoon card base and Pool panel.
2. Print computer sentiment on Pool panel and adhere to card.   
3. Adhere Pool panel to card.
4. Die cut Lei and Honu from white and Lagoon cardstock and patterned paper.
5. Adhere white Lei to card. 
6. Spritz Lagoon Lei with Glimmer Mist and allow to dry; fussy cut random flowers and adhere to white lei. 
7. Stack and adhere Honu to card with pop-dots.
8. Adhere pearls to flowers and Honu.

H O W   T O   M A K E   T H E   S E N T I M E N T:

I used Photoshop Elements to make my sentiment. I wrote "aloha" in Mariah font. Then I created a new layer and used a dingbat font (Hibiscus) to create the flower. I aligned the two layers and used the pen tool to bridge a tiny bit of a gap between the tail of the "a" and the hibiscus flower. Print on regular paper to determine where you will need to adhere your cardstock. Once you've got the sentiment where you want it, adhere the cardstock using low-tack tape, load it into your printer, and print. (See, wasn't that easy?)

Thanks for looking and have a blessed day!

P.S. Is anybody else having trouble leaving comments on my blog? I have tried to respond to some of the comments here and am having no luck. Rest assured, your commetns are important and I will respond to them as soon as we suss out the glitch.

Thanks!

Comments

[Judy Jung]

Love the new dies, Deborah. And yes, it is hard on the wallet to see so many lovely new items. BTW, I had to sign in via Facebook (also other options) in order to leave a comment. Maybe that's what was missing if someone couldn't comment! good to see you "home" again. Hugs.

[Kathie Garyson]

ooooh, Hawaiian themed dies! Love them, Deborah, and now have them on my wish list. I love the colors that you used for your card, peaceful and tropical feeling. I, too, had to sign in via facebook.

[Deborah Nolan]

Thank you, Judy, for the head's up! That solved the problem. Sheesh!

[jessicaK]

OMG The turtle is awesome. I hope my las will be getting that one!

[Cindy C.]

Such a cool card, love it!