Author: Pam Sparks

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Memory Box Clementine Border and Celebrate dies…

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Hi everyone! My goal this week was to work with Memory Box’s new Glitter cardstock 6×6 pads. For this card I used the NEW Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad.  (my photos don’t do it justice, taking photos took longer than making the card, ugh)

I die cut the new Clementine Border die in two colors but left all the pieces in the bottom color.  The pieces all stayed in… amazing cardstock! The top color is the same as the card panel and the pieces popped out fine. I just glued it over the top of the bottom darker cut.

The new Celebrate die is cut from the darker of the two also (I just used one cut)… really pretty soft color.


I glued the borders on the sides of an A2 size glitter panel, glued the sentiment to a strip of vellum and wrapped it around the panel and glued it on the back.  Then I adhered the panel to an A2 size cardbase.

This card is ready for any celebratory occasion!  Nice and sparkly!

Thank you for clicking over today! A couple more cards to share this week and then be ready because the Christmas Memory Box and poppystamps release is coming the 27th!  I’m so excited!  You are going to LOVE it!

Products I used for this card…

Memory Box – 94426 Clementine Border…
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Memory Box – 94393 Celebrate Cursive…
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Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – GP1001…
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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Proper Brick House Card…

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Hi everyone! I had fun last week playing with some new dies.  I thought, this house needs smoke!  So it turned into a tall Christmas card!

O Holy Night, Starry Burst and Pine Tree Hill dies came out last year in the Christmas releases.  I did use a little bit of sparkle pen in the burst die cut. The Cottage Picket Fence is from this year.

The house and parts are inked with Distress Oxide inks.  I die cut the house again in white and cut out the door and window frames.

I found the stamped sentiment in an old Memory Box set Wintertime Fairies. Linked below too.

This house makes me smile… I grew up in a red brick house.  ❤

Thank you for stopping by today! Talk to you again soon!

Products I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2317 Proper Brick House…
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Memory Box – 94356 Starry Burst craft…
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Poppystamps – 2270 O Holy Night…
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Memory Box – 94295 Pine Tree Hill…
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Poppystamps – 2351 Cottage Picket…
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Poppystamps – CL458 Wintertime…
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All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Lawn Fawn · Your Next Stamp

Lawn Fawn Magic Picture Changer Birthday Cards…

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Oh snap!  Are these critters cute?!  I made two of these for two more grandsons… I know… you’re wondering why so many boy cards?! Well, we have 17 grands and 11 are boys!  Yes we are so blessed! ❤

I’m gonna just post the pictures then write about the cards…

and when you pull the tab you get this…

This is the Lawn Fawn interactive die set called the Magic Picture Changer.

I die cut in heavy white cardstock, then the Selfie Frames in black.

I used stamps from Your Next Stamp and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

If you’re thinking you’ve seen this card before…you are right!  I made one for another grand last year. hehe  It’s HERE.  I love this card so much and loved making it again! ❤

Here’s a video of how the mechanism works…hope it makes you smile! CHEESE!

Thank you for stopping by…that’s it for family birthdays for awhile.  Back to regularly scheduled programs! lol

Products I used to make these cards…

Lawn Fawn MAGIC PICTURE CHANGER Die…
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Lawn Fawn MAGIC PICTURE CHANGER…
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Lawn Fawn SET MAGIC PICTURE CHANGER…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Selfie…
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Your Next Stamp PHOTO BOOTH Clear…
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Your Next Stamp COOL CATS Clear cyns659
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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My Favorite Things BLACK AND WHITE…
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Copic Marker
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All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Lawn Fawn · Masculine · Summer

Lawn Fawn On the Beach Birthday Card….

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It’s Friday and somebody’s birthday somewhere! haha  This card was for a grandson that has a hammock in the backyard and loves it!  As close to a beach as you can get in Iowa! lol

Some faux sand and water on this card but the sky is real! We’ve had some beautiful blue skies the last month.   I inked them all with Distress Oxide inks.  I haven’t figured out the trick to doing spatters over oxide inks, to keep the spatters smallish.  I even let the ink dry before I spattered.   The kinda black spots were Hero Arts liquid watercolor paint, I’ll have to try something else for black next time. If you have a good black method, let me know!  Holler if you want to know what colors I used and I”ll try to remember.

So fun… the ‘shades’!

Here’s what I used… shopping links in the right sidebar if you want to look for these products at Scrapbook.com (15% off cardmaking supplies today) or Simon Says Stamp.  Thank you!  I appreciate it!  I have stamp club today and I’m almost ready…I made some card kits for the gals to make up.  It’ll be fun but there went my time! hehe

It feels good to be using some of the stash!  So I challenge you to make a card with your stash before you go shopping!  I have two more birthday cards to show and I’m working on a poppystamps Christmas card!  It’s really turning out cool, if I do say so myself so stay tuned! ttul!

 

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Interactive · Lawn Fawn · Masculine · Pop up card · Summer · Waffleflower Crafts

Boy Birthday Card with Lawn Fawn’s Pivot Pop Up Die and Waffleflower Batter Stamp Set…

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Hi everyone!  Back with another boy birthday card!  I saw the idea for this card on a fb group.  I bought a cut file from the Silhouette store for the front.  I cut it on my Scan and Cut machine.

I used a combination of Waffleflower stamps and Lawn Fawn stamps for the sentiments.  The cute ball players are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

The pivot pop up card mechanism die is from Lawn Fawn.

 

The cloud is the smaller of the Memory Box Marshmallow cloud set.  The hill border from Lawn Fawn.

I’ve always loved silhouettes… so fun to be able to cut my own!

A couple more inside shots and then a video of how it works….

These pattern papers are from my stash.  Oldies but perfect for this, from Lasting Impressions for Paper.

 

 

 

Linking up to the SSS Wednesday Moving Parts Challenge.

Thanks so much for stopping by to see this Summer card!  It was a shame the boys didn’t get to play this year.  I’ll link up what I used below.

Waffle Flower Crafts – Craft Die and…
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Waffle Flower BATTER Clear Stamp and…
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Waffle Flower Crafts – Clear…
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Waffle Flower Crafts – Matching Die -…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Pivot…
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Lawn Fawn – Clear Photopolymer Stamps…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Simple…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -…
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Copic Sketch Markers and Sets
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Doodlebug 12×12 Paper Pack; Petite…
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Doodlebug 12×12 Paper Pack; Petite…
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Hello Bluebird · Lawn Fawn · Masculine · Oxide Inks · Summer

Lawn Fawn Fishing Birthday Card…

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Happy Summer Monday to you!  Family birthday card show and tell time again!

This one is for a boy that loves to fish and pretty much most things outdoors!  Lawn Fawn stamps and dies except for the cattails… they’re from Hello Bluebird.

I inked the mountains with Espresso oxide ink and barely on the dirt borders.  The pond is die cut from white and inked with Peacock Feathers I think.   The sky is a Rosie’s Roadshow cloud stencil and Tumbled Glass Oxide ink.

Here’s what I used…

 

Thanks for stopping by! Keep cool! ha!

Shopping links for what I used…

Lawn Fawn – Clear Photopolymer Stamps…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Dad…
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Lawn Fawn SET LF16SETDM DAD AND ME…
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Lawn Fawn – Christmas – Clear…
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Lawn Fawn – Christmas – Lawn Cuts -…
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Lawn Fawn SET LF17SETBH BEARY HAPPY…
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Lawn Fawn – Clear Photopolymer Stamps…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Happy…
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Lawn Fawn – Christmas – Lawn Cuts -…
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Hello Bluebird FISHIN’ HOLE Clear…
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Hello Bluebird FISHIN’ HOLE Die Set…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Simple…
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -…
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My Favorite Things MINI CLOUD EDGES…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
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TE Premium Cardstock
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Copic Sketch Markers and Sets
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Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
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All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Simon Says Stamp · sympathy · Techniques · Thank You · Thinking of You · Watercolor

Simon Says Stamp Release….Send Happiness…3 Cards!

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Happy Monday to you!  Simon Says Stamp has a new release and they sent me this flower die to play with…I was already doing napkin die cutting so I went ahead and did this new Etched Flower die the same way!  Scroll down to THIS post for a link to the technique/how to video.

I stamped the background for the flower die with the tone on tone look and the SSS Damask Background cling stamp.  I die cut three panels, a white one, the stamped one and a dark pink one with the SSS Frames die, then inlaid pieces from each and taped them together on the back side.  I mounted this panel with Mounting tape.

The sentiment is a stamp from the SSS Sending Sympathy clear stamp set and die cut with the SSS Stitched Rectangles die set.  I had to recut it to get it the right size.

 

The NEW Etched flower die cuts two connected flowers…so I had this single flower left over and parts from the Frames die cuts so I made another card!

The sentiment is also from the Sending Sympathy stamp set.  I taped the pieces together on the back side of the panel and used foam mounting tape to mount it to the cardbase.

My third card…I had an idea but this isn’t anywhere near what I was trying to do! lol  I like it though! lol

I debated whether to stick with a thank you or make it a sympathy card… it could easy go for any occasion!

There’s the NEW Speckled Egg Distress ink is what I used on the white Etched Flower die cuts this time… peeled paint for the stems.

Memory Box 6×6 pattern paper pad for the three papers.

A thank you stamp and some cotton cord and I stuck it all to a white cardbase.

All three cards are A2 size.

Have fun checking out this new release and thank you for shopping through my links!  I appreciate your support so much!

Here’s the products I used and links for shopping…

Send Happiness
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Simon Says Stamp ETCHED FLOWER BUDS…
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Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp DAMASK…
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Simon Says Stamp FRAMES Wafer Dies…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING…
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Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES…
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Memory Box SCRIBBLE FROND BACKGROUND…
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Memory Box GARDEN FOLLY 6×6 pack Pack…
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Memory Box Clear Stamps WILD ROSE…
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