Cards Using Memory Box Die Cut - One Spooky, One Not Spooky

Hi Dreamers,
A few weeks ago I won some really cool Blog Candy from Memory Box Design Team member, Bibiana!
Check out Bibiana's Personal blog too.  The blog candy was  a die cut called Willow Tree from Memory Box.  Bibiana asked if I would make a sample and send it to her.  Well, I made two samples and here is the first card--which is  not spooky.

Materials:

Willow tree die -Memory Box

CS: White, Bashful Blue, Pear Pizzaz (Stampin' Up)

Distress Inks: Tumbled Glass, Bundled Sage, Forest Moss, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo

Dye Ink: Rich Cocoa Memento

Stipple brushes

Ribbon

Pearls

Instructions:

• Make card base from Bashful Blue CS and layer with Pear Pizzaz
• Using a fairly large piece of white CS, die cut a tree
• The waste will be used as a stencil/mask

• Lay the waste/stencil/mask on top of a piece of White CS
• With stipple brush apply Tea Dye and Vintage Photo Distress inks to color in the tree
• Remove the mask
• Using the stipple brushes and the Distress inks, add more color onto the white CS--blue for sky, greens for leaves and add to the card front

• Add the White die cut tree to the card allowing the "shadow" of the tree peek out
• Stamp a sentiment with Rich Cocoa ink and tear out
• Add a ribbon tied in a knot and some tiny pearls.

And, now for the Spooky card!

Materials:

Willow tree die -Memory Box

Stamps: A wood/tree Grain stamp, Halloween Owl-Warmest of Wishes Set from Stampin' Up, Sentiment from A Muse Studios

CS: Crumb Cake, Soft Suede, Black, and Cream all from Stampin' Up

Ink: Chocolate Chip-SU: Toffee Crunch-Memento

Orange Marker

Owl Punch-Stampin' Up

Spellbinders die to cut sentiment

Black satin Ribbon

Instructions:

• Make a card base from black CS and layer with Soft Suede
• On the Crumb Cake CS stamp the wood grain stamp with Toffee Crunch ink
• Die cut the tree from the wood grain stamped piece and add to the card front

• Stamp the Owl with Chocolate Chip ink and punch out
• Color the treat bag with orange marker
• Add to tree branch with dimensional adhesive
• Stamp and die cut the sentiment

I really loved working with this fun Willow Tree Die Cut !!  And, I have showed how easy it was to make a Summer card and a Fall card with the same die.  I will be using it to create a few more Halloween cards and Fall cards and lots more. Thanks to Bibiana and Memory Box!


*********Challenges for my Tree cards:
Card a day: Autumn/ Halloween
Craft-Room: trees or leaves
Cuttlebug Mania: back to nature
Loves Rubber stamps: anything goes
4 Krafty Girlz:---A new challenge blog---anything goes
As you like it: favorite tree---love this tree die cut as it is so versatile and can be used on cards and altered projects
Aud Sentiments: any sentiment
Addicted to Stamps and More: anything goes
Simon's Wednesday Challenge: animals


Well, I guess I slipped this post in--Surprise!!  So, the next post will be some of the cards I am making to fill that order.  Have a great day!!  Love ya.
Karen