Memory Box Card…Graceful Anemone Thank You

January 26, 2024 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! A festive floral thank you that takes us right from Christmas to Valentines! The NEW Anemone Collection from Memory Box is so pretty! I’m not sure I’m doing it justice!

I wanted to try Distress Oxide inks on Bristol Smooth this time. I added a little Copic R46 on the petals in the cut lines.

I embossed the NEW Anemone Bunches 3D Embossing Folder on a panel of Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock.

Then I trimmed it down and inked the edge with a TE blending brush and Distress Oxide Rustic Wilderness ink.

For the leaves of the Anemone I used Distress Oxide Mowed Lawn and Rustic Wilderness.

I die cut the NEW Thank You Debut Script die in vellum and mirror gold cardstock.

Adhered the panel to an A2 Neenah Classic Crest cardbase.

It’s a dreary, melty day here but for some reason that works better for me for photos! Lots of snow still to melt…so far none has seeped into the basement! eek!

Hope this finds you well and enjoying January! Wow! It’s gone by fast! Holler if you have any questions!

Thank you for stopping by!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94764 Graceful Anemone… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94775 Thank You Debut… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – EF1042 Anemone Bunches… [ STR \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS \| SBC \| TE ]	Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS \| TE ]
Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]	Strathmore Bristol Pad – 9′ x 12′, 2… [ BLIC \| SSS ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Spring · Summer

Simon Says Stamp House Border Frame and Doodlebug Designs Happy Home Card…

January 20, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! I just got this NEW House Border Frame just in time to make and give away!

I stamped a little outdoor scene with Happy Home stamp set from Doodlebug Design and did some sloppy Copic coloring!

The little roof sections are a separate die so that’s nice and adds a little dimension. I die cut them in black and glued them on.

Welcome to the neighborhood is from the stamp set also.

Spring is coming, right?! lol A person can always think Spring no matter that it’s below zero in polar Iowa right now! lol

I used a dot paper from Hobby Lobby and the stripe from My Favorite Things.

The banner die is from poppystamps.

It’s an A2 size card. Delivered with a loaf of homemade bread! yay!

Happy weekend to you and thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s shopping links to what I used…

Use CODE WLD4U for $5 off at Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp House Border Frame… [ SSS ]	Doodlebug HAPPY HOME Doodle Clear… [ SSS \| STR \| SBC ]	Happy Home craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC ]
Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Black & White Stripes Paper Pad – MFT… [ MFT ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS \| STR \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN WHITE 3D… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Poppystamps · Thank You

NEW Memory Box Cards…

January 17, 2024January 22, 2024 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hello! I’m enjoying the sunshine today! It really warms up the house…thankful for that in this below zero weather we’ve been having!

Meanwhile flowers are growing in my stamp room!

Two cards to share with you today…NEW dies and NEW papers!

I inked up the NEW Blooming Anemone and NEW Elegant Anemone dies with Distress Ink and the mini blending tools. I die cut the florals from Bristol cardstock and used Peacock Feathers and Pine Needles Distress Inks.

Two NEW 6×6 paper pads from Memory Box, Anemone Plaid and Anemone Grove.

I made this card base a mini slimline size. I do love this size…just something charming about it with the florals, inking and plaid. Wish I could show it to you in person!

The florals are so easy to put together. I love that. I just follow the pattern on the envelope by laying the pieces on top of the picture!

Oh, the greens I used for the stems and leaves…Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint and Forest Moss Distress Ink.

I used a poppystamps sentiment from the Modest Greetings 1 hot foil and cut die set. Spellbinders gold hot foil.

Taylored Expressions Cardstock… I’ll link below.

The ribbon rolls in my photos are HERE…

Linking this card to some challenges…

Triple B January 2024 Challenge – Blooms

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Let’s Have Some Fun!

NBUS Challenge #58 – Never Before Used Stuff!

Next card…

A NEW hot foild plate, Rectangle Dot Border. I love how it looks like a faux spotlight!

I used the NEW Happy Birthday Debut Script die cut from the NEW Anemone Grove 6×6 paper pad, tone on tone piece that I used for the background panel. For the Happy Birthday Debut Script backer, I used plaid from the NEW Anemone Plaid 6×6 paper pad.

I die cut a rectangle of vellum to fit inside the hot foil frame using the Rectangle Basics die set.

Everything is layered on an A2 White cardbase.

Three Doodlebug Design enamel dots for a little something!

I mounted the sentiment with the thin mounting tape I love, to the vellum panel first so I’d know where I could put glue on the back of the vellum to adhere it to the purple pattern paper.

Linking my Happy Birthday card to a new challenge! Check it out!

Word Power #1 – a challenge using sentiments as the focus

That’s pretty much it! Holler if you have any questions! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Links to what I used to make these two cards… I added some sentiment stamp sets to the end because I’m always looking for sentiments for the inside so I figure you might be too!

Memory Box – 94770 Blooming Anemone… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94769 Elegant Anemone… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1026 Anemone Grove 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1025 Anemone Plaid 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – PSF802 Modest Greetings… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Blue Raspberry… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Poblano Pepper… [ TE ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94773 Happy Birthday… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – MBF010 Rectangle Dot… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Doodlebug Design – Stickers -… [ SBC \| STR ]
Memory Box – CL5266 Joyful Moments… [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5276 Friends and… [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5265-D All the… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – CB498 Diamond… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL499 Art Deco Birthday… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL505 Art Deco… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – CL509 Colorful Life… [ STR ]	Birch Press Design – CL8163 Kind… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Poppystamps · Thank You · Thinking of You · Winter

Doodlebug Design Pickup Winter Greetings Card…

January 12, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I haven’t put all my Christmas stash away yet! So much I haven’t gotten to use yet!

This ‘doodle cuts’ set from Doodlebug Design isn’t a Christmas die set! The name of it is ‘so thankful’! It’s a scene set with trees, sun, clouds, pickup and super cute vegetables!

When I saw it, I was like I HAVE to make that for Christmas with trees! lol

I’m so happy with how it turned out!

The trees are from the doodle cuts set called ‘Christmas Cocoa’. I used two cuts for each tree. It looks like three cuts but that’s because I put one cut back in the die and ran it through so it would be a shorter piece for the top of the tree and I used the part it cut off for the bottom of the tree. The center of the tree is a full cut that I glued the top and the bottom to. Super easy.

The bare tree trunk is from the doodle cuts set ‘so thankful’ that the truck is from.

I die cut the snowflakes, holly and berries from the doodle cuts ‘snow cute’ die set.

The heart is from the doodle cuts ‘love notes’ set.

The snow bank is just a piece of white cardstock that I tore.

I spattered the background sky with white drawing ink. Let it dry before adhering everything together.

I used poppystamps Christmas Banners clear stamp and die set for the sentiment. White heat embossing Winter Greetings on a piece of kraft cardstock.

I used my favorite thin, thin mounting tape to adhere the green trees and the pickup to the 4 x 5 ¼ inch panel. I used Tombow mono multi liquid glue to adhere the tree trunks and snowflakes flat to the panel.

The end result is a top folding A2 size card that will mail for one forever stamp.

So fun…I hope this card makes you smile too! It brings back good/happy memories of when the girls were younger and we went out and cut down our tree every year.

Thank you for stopping by again! I appreciate it and your encouraging comments! I love connecting with other cardmakers!

We have a lot of snow. No one is going anywhere. Well I’ve seen a few ppl stuck in the street. You have to know how to drive in this kind of weather. lol It’s so beautiful!

I’ll stop talking and put in my links below…ttul!

Shopping links to what I used on this card…

So Thankful craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Doodlebug Doodle Cuts – Christmas… [ STR \| SBC ]	Snow Cute craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Love Notes craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC ]	Poppystamps – CL513 Christmas Banners… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Confetti Cake… [ TE ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Spellbinders dies · Stencils

Spellbinders January Stencil of the Month Card…

January 11, 2024January 12, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello everyone! I’m starting 2024 with the NEW Spellbinders Stencil of the Month club. Most of the gals have already posted bright floral, pretty cards so I was trying to think of something different and thought ‘go brown’! I’m sure that doesn’t surprise you too much! lol

Want to know how the Spellbinders Clubs work? Click HERE!

So here’s my take on it… I did the stenciling first in Distress inks…Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. Fun! Something therapeutic about inking up layers!

I wanted some words to stamp around it randomly so I went digging through my Spellbinders stash. I found the Kindly Deliver to my and the little envelope in the Parcel & Post Sentiments stamp set. I just used the top part of the stamp.

I found the cancellation lines in the Holiday Hugs Sentiments stamp set.

Then I needed a main sentiment to complete my card! There are sentiments on the stencils but I wanted something raised up. I found this Warm Wishes in the Christmas Die and Glimmer Sentiments set. Wishes is hot foiled and Warm is die cut out of gold mirror cardstock.

I spattered the card with walnut stain distress ink and gold calligraphy ink.

I edged with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and then I went around it with Walnut Stain Distress ink to give it a deeper brown on the very edge.

Layered onto an A2 size dark brown panel and then on to a kraft top fold cardbase.

I have another card to share soon and LOTS of NEW new new from Memory Box! woohoo!

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy New Year to you!

Links to what I used to make this card…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Parcel and Post… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Holiday Hugs Sentiments Clear Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Christmas Die & Glimmer Sentiments… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – Gold,… [ BLIC ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System \| Spell… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]