Spellbinders and Simple Stories: 3 Cards and 2 Tags!

October 1, 2026October 1, 2026 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Hello and happy first day of October 2026! Hard to believe! This year has flown by!

A few Christmas cards and tags to share today.

This first card is:

Spellbinders Old Fashioned Christmas Stocking Die Set
Simple Stories 6×8 Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas Paper Pad
Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels & Tag Die Set
Simple Stories 4×6 Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas Stamp and Die Sets

I die cut the background panel, the panel inside the postage frame, stocking, pine branches, holly, berries and the cut apart all from the paper pad. The postage frame and poinsettia are from white cardstock.

The sentiment ‘naughty or nice’ and Merry Christmas inside are from the Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas stamp set.

The next two cards are framed with the same postage die set die cut in white and I used panels from one of the cut apart pages of the same paper pad.

Linking my ‘naughty or nice’ stocking card to some card challenges…

The 12 months of Christmas linkup #137 – Anything Goes Christmas

Merry Little Christmas #70 – Anything Goes Christmas

NBUS #91 – never-before-used schtuff (NBUS)

The ornament on the comfort & joy card is from the same stamp set. Stamped in dark green, die cut with coordinating dies and added a teeny 1/16th inch brad in the loop.

A scrap of one of the paper pad papers and some Mayarts twine and a heart button.

Close ups…

Next are the two tags I made…

Two more of the cut aparts from the paper pad…so cute!

ribbon from the stamp and die set
check out that oval eyelet using the new oval Crop-A-Dile!
tag base, numbers and paper eyelets from Spellbinders Keepsake Capsule Page Die Set
poinsettia and foliage the same as above
add twine, jute and ribbon

I love how they all turned out! This is a great size paper pad to work with for cards.

The top card is probably going to take an A7 envelope. It’s 4 ¾ in x 6 in. The other two cards are A2 size.

I hope you enjoyed what I came up with using this Spellbinders Simple Stories release. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! Email me if you have any questions.

Products and supplies I used to make this card…

Simple Stories Vintage Old-Fashioned… [ SSS ]	Spellbinders Old-Fashioned Christmas… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Simple Stories Vintage Old-Fashioned… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Spellbinders – Simple Vintage… [ SBC ]	Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders Bayfair Nested Postage… [ SSS \| SPL ]
Spellbinders Keepsake Capsule Page… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	We R Makers Oval Crop-A-Dile Punch… [ STR ]	We R Crop-A-Dile Oval Eyelets, 50 pack [ STR ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap… [ SSS ]	Red Heart Buttons \| Hobby Lobby \| 483263 [ HBL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Starlitstudio · Stencils · Winter

Memory Box Cozy Quacker Merry Christmas Log Cabin in the Woods…

September 24, 2026September 24, 2026 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Oh happy day! This was such a fun scene to create! Super cute woodsy cabin and Mr. Duck dressed for the season!

I started with an A7 size cardbase. Inked it with Distress Prize Ribbon ink and the mini ink blending tool. Then I used the Memory Box Snow Flurries 6×6 stencil and modeling paste for the snow. This stencil is no more so I’m linking up a couple others that will work just as well.

Die cut the Log Cabin, ink the wood parts with gathered twigs distress ink. I die cut the string of lights in white and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Tear a piece of white for the bottom snow border.

Die cut the duck and parts. Die cut the evergreen stand three times and trim off the extra after gluing.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the NEW Christmas Wonder stamp set and dies.

I adhered the sentiments, the cabin and the duck with the thin mounting tape I love, linked below.

I’m linking my Cozy Quacker card to some card challenge blogs…

Tic Tac Toe #302- center vertical row for me, DieCuts, Free and Embossing wet/dry (my sentiments are heat embossed with black embossing powder)

Critter Crazy #114 – anything goes with a critter!

Christmas Cards All Year Round – September challenge is the letters R and S (I used S for snow)

NBUS – #90 never before used schtuff!

That’s pretty much it! Email me if you have any questions!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope I made you smile!

Dies and supplies I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 95006 Cozy Quacker craft… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94986 Log Cabin Scene… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94969 Evergreen Tree… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5294D Christmas Wonder… [ STR ]	Memory Box – Stencil – Snow Flurries [ SCR ]	Lawn Fawn SNOWY SKY Stencil lf2459 –… [ SSS ]
Alex Syberia Designs Falling Snow… [ SSS ]	The Crafter’s Workshop – TCW – Light… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Lumi Bird in Evergreen Holly Card…

September 20, 2026September 20, 2026 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Working on Christmas cards again. I need to be working on some birthday cards though…three for family this week! I can’t believe it’s this late in September already!

I had a hard time capturing this card in photos so there’s only two! I took a million trying to get the green right. This is close but it’s so much better in real life! lol The story of my life! lol

Memory Box dies…Lumi Bird die cut in natural white cardstock and inked with gathered twigs distress ink.

Evergreen Holly Bundle die cut in green and inked with green distress ink.

Warm Wishes Stylish Script die cut in black and plaid.

Jolly Christmas 6×6 paper pad.

I made a mask with the largest oval from the poppystamps ovals die set and ink blended the oval behind the die cuts.

Inside I stamped sentiments from the Birch Press Design clear stamp set Glad Tidings. Such a beautiful set! Find it at starlitstudio.net HERE 75% off!!!!!

My card is A7 size. I used 80# cardstock to keep it at one forever stamp weight. I’m really liking this size this year.

Linking to some card challenges…

Peace on Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

The 12 Months of Christmas – #136 anything goes Christmas

A Cut Above September – anything goes with die cuts

FarmQuest Country Christmas #34 – anything goes Country Christmas

Thank you so much for stopping by! Happy Fall! I keep thinking I need to change out some home decor but I end up back in the stamp room! haha

Dies and Supplies I used to make this card…tap/click on the abbreviation below the images to see products. Thank you for shopping through my links, no extra cost for you! AND thank you for supporting small business!

Memory Box – 94988 Evergreen Holly… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94977 Lumi Bird craft die [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94930 Warm Wishes… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2477 Basic Ovals Set… [ STR ]	Birch Press Design – CL8164 Glad… [ STR ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Jolly Christmas… [ STR ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe – Gumdrop [ STR ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR ]	Sizzix Circular Cutting Pads – set of… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Starlitstudio · Winter

A Festive Christmas Harvest Basket Card…

September 16, 2026September 17, 2026 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone! I have some new dies to make cards with thanks to Cindy @ StarLitStudio.net! I spent the day yesterday playing!

It’s so fun to work with dies with soooooo much good detail! Just die cut the Harvest Basket die and ink it with brown ink. I used Hobby Lobby heavyweight kraft cardstock and Gathered Twigs Distress ink to make the details come to life!

Good News! This release the dies are separate again the way I like them! Not clumped together in one piece! YAY!

I die cut the Evergreen Holly Bundle in a couple colors of green cardstocks, inked with Distress inks and glued it together pretty much like the package front! I cut a few extra pine branches to tuck in here and there. Distress stickles and Rock Candy Glitter for the snowy look.

Die cut in two colors….cut the berries off the green die cuts and glue the stems to the white or red die cut!

Then I made up the NEW poppy Satin Ribbon die in gold cardstock but it was too much for this so I die cut again and just used two of the loops and two of the tails!

I wanted to bring in some red so I made up the NEW Fresh Poinsettia Bundle. I made all three but I only used two. I think the other could’ve been worked in easy enough though.

I die cut a Memory Box cardstock Deep Turquoise panel, stamped the sentiment from the NEW Christmas Wonder stamp set in the MISTI and then matted it on an A7 – 5 x7 cardbase.

I just added a couple red berries to the holly leaves at the bottom left of the basket. Too bad I didn’t think of that before pictures!

Oh such pretty designs to work with! I love this green and red season! So festive!

Holler if you have any questions…pretty straight forward die cut, glue em up card! lol I like following the pictures on the front of the packaging, saves time!

Linking my card to some card challenge blogs…

Peace on Earth Christmas: anything Christmas themed

The 12 Months of Christmas link up: Challenge #136 anything goes Christmas

A Cut Above – September: anything goes with a die cut

Merry Little Christmas #70: anything goes Christmas

Thank you so much for stopping by and check out these designs at Cindy’s store! She ships super fast and enjoy the discount too!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94968 Harvest Basket… [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5294D Christmas Wonder… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94996 Fresh Poinsettia… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94988 Evergreen Holly… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2803 Satin Ribbon craft… [ STR ]	Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SBC \| SBC \| SPL \| SSS \| SSS \| SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – shiny gold [ STR ]	Rock Candy Distress stickles [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Rock Candy Crystal… [ SSS ]	Nuvo Glitter Drops from Tonic Studios [ STR ]	Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe – Gumdrop [ STR ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – 8-1/2 x 11 by… [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR ]
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Lumberjack… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Rustic… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Forest… [ SSS \| SBC ]

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Impression Obsession · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Savvy · Simon Says Stamp · Spellbinders dies

Memory Box Backyard Wren JOY Postage Card…

September 1, 2026 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Hi everyone! A little Christmas spirit here thanks to the inspiration of Donna Mikasa! You can see her card on her blog HERE and on Instagram HERE.

Die cutting and ink blending with Distress Vintage Photo for the wren. Assemble it going by the indentations the die leaves on the pieces makes it really easy! YAY!

I die cut a Lawn Fawn Postage Rectangle Stackables in the largest size in white Hammermill 100# Color Copy Cover cardstock. Then I embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Vine Canopy embossing folder. It’s so pretty!

The holly is from the Spellbinders Christmas Cracker die set. I cut the holly leaves off the stem. The pine branch is from Impression Obsession, no longer available.

I used a green A2 size cardbase, adhered the embossed panel to the front.

The JOY sentiment is a die from Savvy stamps, no longer available but possibly another company has something similar! I glued together three red JOYs. I like that look so much. I glued it in the upper right corner to give the ‘feel’ of the forever words or the cent amount.

The wren is adhered with the thin foam mounting tape I like…linked below. The branches, berries and holly are glued directly to the card panel. Allow room when you’re applying the mount tape to the back of the wren so you can stick stuff under easily.

Inside I die cut another white postage panel and stamped a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp set linked below.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it!

Here’s links to the dies and supplies I used to make this! Have fun looking and shopping!

12% off at SBC right now!

Memory Box – 94723 Backyard Wren… [ STR ]	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folder… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – City Holiday… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Platinum Die Cutting… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SSS ]