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June Memorydex Card

I wanted to use the Summer collection from Carta Bella (2021) and decided to make my June Memorydex tab with it. I fussy cut some of the cut-apart images and added a sentiment from the Sticker Book. The cute flowers were created with the Straight Flower Border dies from Lawn Fawn and I dotted the centers with the Genial Gems from Stampin' Up! I used the sky baker's twine from Lawn Fawn to decorate as well. This is a cute collection. I got the 6" x 6" Mega Pad, which is great because it includes the matching monochromatic colours.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Mois de l'année Courrier (Lime Citron)
Patterned Papers, Sticker Book: Summer (Carta Bella)
Ink: Misty Moonlight (Stampin' Up!)
Dies: Memorydex - Tabs (Heidi Swapp); Straight Flower Border (Lawn Fawn);
Planner Essentials 21 (Elizabeth Craft Designs)
Accessories: Sky Baker's Twine (Lawn Fawn); Deckle Trimmer (Tim Holtz for Tonic);
Stampin' Dimensionals, Eyelets, Genial Gems (Stampin' Up!);
Midas Touch Aqua Shimmer Brush (Nuvo)

 

March and April Memorydex Cards

Inspiration: Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge #361 

I knew I wanted to use the St. Patrick's collection, Lots O' Luck (2018) from Doodlebug to make my March memorydex card, so I finally got around to making it happen. I happen to have the Bits & Bobs pack for this collection, so I went through the die-cuts to see which ones could fit the scale of the card. I settled on the little girl with her doggie and the "You're my pot of gold!" speech bubble. I added a die-cut rainbow behind and popped up a white flower to fill in the space. I used polka dot gold washi between the two patterned papers to go with the gold foiling on the die-cuts.

 

 

 

For the April memorydex card, I figured I would do something Easter-themed. I hadn't put away the hippity hoppity collection yet so I pulled it out as it reminded me of the Hand Stamped Sentiments challenge image with the rabbit and the colors. 

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Mois de l'année Courrier (Lime Citron)
Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Call Me Clover (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers, Bits & Pieces, Mini Icon Stickers: Lots O' Luck, Hippity Hoppity (Doodlebug Designs)
Accessories: Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, Gold Washi Tape, Label Punch (Stampin' Up!);
Gems (Recollections); Stitched Rectangle Dies (Lawn Fawn); Sea Shore Enamel Dots (Altenew);
Botanical Enamel Dots (Waffle Flower); Memorydex Tabs Dies (Heidi Swapp)

 

November Memorydex Card

Inspiration: Scrapbook & Cards Today World Card Making Day challenge #3

I took part in the challenges shared by S&CT on their  blog last week. One of the challenges was to use the same stamp set on three projects. I had already done two cards using the images I had colored from the Hello Pumpkin stamp set, so I just needed to create one more thing. I've been wanting to make a memorydex card ever since I finally managed to get my hands on the punch and dies. I was just unsure what to make that I could actually use. I do have an old Rolodex that I bought when I became a Stampin' Up! demonstrator 15 years ago to keep my client contacts in. (Very old school, I know.) I'm happy I kept it all these years because I can now recycle it into something else. First thing I wanted to use it for was birth dates. I wanted to create a card for each person who I sent birthday cards to. The rolodex format will allow me to add people in and keep it in chronological order. I can also rotate the cards to the back once the birthday has rolled around and always have the next coming birthday in the front as a reminder. So I decided to make my November divider tab using the Fall Fling patterned papers from Lawn Fawn and the leaves from the stamp set to create a wreath. I also stamped "Hello pumpkin" from the stamp set in the cetner to fill in the space. The leaves were stamped in VersaMark on watercolor paper and embossed in copper powder before they were watercolored with inks. I have a French date stamp set that was just the perfect size to fit on the tab. Initially, I wanted to make an October tab, but I realized I might prefer to have October be Halloween-themed and November could be fall-themed instead.

Since the patterned paper I was using is one-sided (in its 6" x 6" format), I decided to die-cut another piece from another pattern and glue them together. This made the tab sturdier as well.

 

 

 

Supplies
Stamps: Mois de l'année Courrier (Lime Citron); Hello Pumpkin (Waffle Flower)
Cardstock: Watercolor Paper (Fabriano)
Patterned Papers: Fall Fling (Lawn Fawn)
Ink: VersaMark; Early Espresso, Peach Passion, Marigold Morning, Blush Blossom,
Tango Tangerine, Lost Lagoon, Soft Suede Classic Ink (Stampin' Up!)
Accessories: Memorydex Tabs Dies (Heidi Swapp); Circle Layering Dies, Aqua Painter Brush,
Copper and Tango Tangerine Stampin' Emboss Powders (Stampin' Up!);
Hello Pumpkin Dies (Waffle Flower); Planner Essentials 21 Dies (Elizabeth Craft Designs)