Bella Carta at Art 'n Soul

Technology works great but it still requires a working mind. I closed a window of what I thought was an old draft; it was the actual blog posting I started yesterday and 'poof'!, it's gone. Oh my.

I pulled together a quick card using one of the new Memory Box stencils and the new Radiant Neon inks from IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko.

by Debbie Gaetz

Neenah Paper 80# Classic Crest card stock in Solar White
Memory Box Snapdragon Dot Paper card stock
Curious Metallic 111# card stock in Mandarin
Black Card Stock 24# (layered under Memory Box paper)
Memory Box Stencil in Texture Wave 88520
Hero Arts Stamp: Small Solid Flower 0251
Magenta Stamp: Life is art C.7700.G
IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko Radiant Neon pigment inks in Electric Yellow, Electric Orange, Electric Pink and Electric Blue
Pan Pastel in Diarylide Yellow (22505/PY83); Orange (22805/PO62); Bright Yellow Green (26805--PY3/G17)
Fixative Spray
Wooden Circle Frame from Studio Calico

Lay the stencil on white Classic Crest card stock and tape down with removable tape. Brushing in one direction only, apply the Pan Pastels. Remove stencil.
Use a fixative spray to set the Pan Pastels and allow to quickly air dry
Stamp the flowers with the Radiant Inks, as well as the Magenta word stamp
Trim the white card stock around the stencil design to 3.75 x 5.5
Trim the Memory Box dotted paper to 4.0 x 5.75
Trim black card stock to 4-1/8" x 5-7/8"
Adhere the 3 layers together with your choice of adhesive
Trim the Curious Metallic card stock to 10.0 x 6.75; score at 5.0 across the narrower width to make the base card.
Adhere the layers to the base card at an angle.
Color the wooden circle frame with StazOn in black. Adhere to card top around the full flower stamped image.

Are you ready for Play Day this Friday? We hope to see many of you as we 'play' with our We R Memory Keepers Envelope Punch Board. There are so many ways to use this tool; we've learned it's so versatile that you're not limited to making only envelopes! Marj has been busy preparing her ideas and samples to share with you -- another fantastic 'learning' experience.

Dianne has posted a beautiful card on her blog, Back Porch. I love this bird frame stamp from Magenta!

by Dianne Johnson, Design Team Magenta

Click on this link to go to Dianne's blog . . . http://backporchatolympia.blogspot.com/

Isn't this a cheery card? And I'm very partial to the two main colors of gray and green -- they almost duplicate my color scheme in my kitchen! I need to check my 'stash' because I think I have these two or three dies.