Memory Box Card: Time to Be Joyful

It's my day to post on the Memory Box Design Team blog, Outside the Box - and, boy, have I got some news to report!

Memory Box and Imagine Crafts have decided to get together for a little product sharing and see what kind of magic we can make when we join forces, so keep your eyes peeled for the upcoming blog hop in October!

I'm already stoked because the very generous folks at Imagine Crafts sent us all a ton of stuff to play with. I had requested some 1" cubes of the Encore Ultimate Metallic inks by Tsukineko, but they embellished my order, to say the least. Just look at this spread (cat not included):

Like Christmas in August, it was - and I've already been playing because why not make a Christmas card in August when Santa's arrived early!

So here's today's card... whatcha think? I really like how the ink is transluscent enough to reveal the shimmering pink of the cardstock on the ornament's body but can also be applied heavily enough to provide opaque coverage on the ornament's cap.

S U P P L I E S

Paper: Neenah 110# Solar White, 110# Shimmer in silver and pink, pink cardstock; Dies: Traditional Ornament, Lydia Ornament, Curled Ribbons (Memory Box); Stamp: Time To Be Joyful (Memory Box); Inks: Encore Ultimate Metallic - Champagne, VersaMark (Tsukineko); Embossing Powders: Clear, Sparkle (Imagine Craft); Accents: gems and pearls (Recollections); Adhesives: Tombo mono; Tools: sponge daubers (Imagine Crafts), corner rounder, heat tool

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

1. Make card base and round bottom corners.
2. Die cut Traditional Ornament from pink cardstock, Lydia Ornament from pink shiimer paper and Curled Ribbons from silver shimmered paper. Arrange die cuts on card, but don't adhere yet - we're just deciding where to place our sentiment.
3. Once you've decided where you want the sentiment, lightly brush baby powder over the card front to remove static.
4. Stamp the sentiment with Champagne ink, apply clear EP, and heat set.
5. Completely cover the cap of the Lydia Ornament die cut with Champagne ink; pounce the same ink on the rest of it (but don't cover completely) and heat set.
6. Apply VersaMark ink and then Sparkle EP to the Lydia Ornament body (but not the cap); heat set the EP and the Champagne ink on the ornament cap.
7. Adhere Lydia Ornament die cut to Traditional Ornament.
8. Apply Champagne ink to ribbon die cut and heat set.
9. Snip ribbon die cut at bottom loop so you can slide the ornament "onto" the ribbon.
10. Adhere the ribbon die cut to the card, then thread the ornament's cap through the ribbon's loop and adhere the ornament.
11. Adhere gems and pearls.   

T I P

• Encore Ultimate Metallic is a pigment ink, so it sits on the surface of the paper rather than being absorbed into it. Translation: it takes a while to dry. Heat setting is recommended, or you can apply pigment or mica powders, etc.

• I had no problem cleaning the Encore ink from my stamp with a baby wipe, so no special cleaner is required.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!

Deborah

Comments

[Linda Baker]

Lovely card!

[ionabunny]

Love that card. So delicate and shimmery. Will have to dig out the baby powder and give that a go. Terrible problems with static at the moment. Good job my big shot is manual else I might be lighting up........

[Donna]

Beautiful card. I have the Encore pads but did not like how it never dries, will definitely try your technique.

[Cat C]

Gorgeous!

[Monica Maier]

Love the card! How exciting about extra goodies, who doesn't like Christmas any time of the year?!

[Lucille K]

Oh Debi, I just love this card, perfect in every way :)

[Deborah]

Thank you, everyone!

[Arlene]

Lovely card, colors are soft, subtle and yummy.

[Ann Greenspan]

Hi, I'm not sure how you got the pink part of the ornament........did you use the traditional ornament die to cut it with? I don't see where you mentioned using that second die, that's why I'm stumped.