Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock…

March 24, 2025 Pam Sparks1 Comment

NEW and so pretty too! I just finished swatching the NEW Spellbinders ColorWheel Cardstock! LOTS of trios but some duets and quartets too! I love it!

Check it out at the links below and let me know what you think! I’m going to start out with just buying my favorites because I already have so much but if you are still adding to your stash I highly recommend this new release!

I didn’t try to match to ink pads or copics yet. Thinking it won’t be hard though. I’m bad about just doing that when I’m working on a card.

Keeping this short and hopefully sweet! Good information to know because you never know when you might need it! haha

Have a great week!

Check it out here…

Cardstock Page 2 – Spellbinders Paper… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders Color Swatch Petal,… [ SSS ]	Spellbinders – ColorWheel Cardstock… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Color Swatch Names Clear Stamp Set… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Color Swatch Wheel Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders Color Swatch Petal,… [ SSS ]

Spellbinders Bundle of Joy Card…

March 17, 2025 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Welcome Baby! Such a super cute set from Spellbinders Little Smiles Collection for March. I don’t need baby cards very often but this set will be perfect when I do. So adorable!

I finally caved and bought a Betterpress set! I’ve been faking it with the how to’s from you tube but I have to say this is SO MUCH EASIER! lol I’m glad I bought it!

I used the new Little Sentiments Betterpress set. It’s great… you do a bunch of sentiments at once, die cut them all at once too! Not my normal way of doing things because I’m not one to have the bowl of unused stuff on my table to work from. I like all these though! lol

The purple of my card is brighter than it’s showing up in my photos. I don’t know how to fix that. I used my camera instead of my phone this time.

So basic die cutting here, easy compared to taking and editing pictures! hohoho I love the stork’s usps old fashioned hat! I don’t know if they wear these anymore. Last week I saw the carrier and he had green hair soooo I guess they’re leprechauns now! haha

It’s an A2 size card. I used the Essential Arches Die set for the panel. The cloud border and stars are in the Bundle of Joy set. Super fun! There’s another cute set from this Little Smiles collection I’ll be showing you soon. There’s an embossing folder and Betterpress plate also! I’ll link the whole collection below.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy cardmaking week to you!

Here’s what I used to make this cute baby card…

Little Smiles Collection -… [ SPL ]	Bundle of Joy Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Little Smiles Sentiments BetterPress… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Essential Arches Etched Dies \|… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]
Bellini ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Lilac ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x 11″… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Lavender ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Cosmic Sky ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Beeswax ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Softgrip Titanium Non-Stick… [ STR ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	Uchida Double Ended Jewel Picker -… [ SPL ]

Distress Ink coloring · Easter · Oxide Inks · Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Favorite Things Release…

March 7, 2025March 7, 2025 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! Simon Says Stamp sent me this delightful stamp set to play with for this release! It’s a big set… 6 x 8! So I set to work!

Using the Tim Holtz Framed Tags set I die cut tags in kraft and white cardstocks.

I made a little box to hold something a treat or in this case a little box of washi tape postage stickers. I scored two tags two inches from the bottom, folded and taped together to make this little tent box.

I stamped the bunny in PottingSoil Archival ink, then colored it in with color pencils.

I stamped the Happy Easter in white pigment ink and then pink distress oxide over the top. I used a couple pinks. It’s so great you can stamp over the top if you’re not happy when you use the MISTI.

OH, and I got out the old eyelet stash! Some cord tied the two tags together and it was finished! I love it! haha

Then I made more tags….

I know the bunnies look black but it’s still the Potting Soil (brown) ink pad.

I stamped the small tag with flowers in white and then color penciled over the top.

I stamped some of the foliage stamps around the images on the tags and the box tent. The grass on the big tag is drawn on with a color pencil.

I love how they turned out!

ok – for some white tags…

Same stamp set! I stamped the eggs, leaves and Spring Blessings sentiment in Distress Oxide inks. Greetings and the floral images in Versafine Black ink. Then ink blended over the florals on the medium size tag. Be sure you let the black ink dry! I had a little smearing.

Then I tied them together! Fun!

Holler if you have any questions and enjoy shopping the release! I’ll put links below and I’ll thank you now for clicking from my blog if you do! I appreciate it!

Here’s the products I used to make these tags…

Favorite Things – Simon Says Stamp [ SSS ]	PREORDER Simon Says Stamp and Dies… [ SSS ]	PREORDER Simon Says Clear Stamps… [ SSS ]
PREORDER Simon Says Stamp Blessings… [ SSS ]	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Potting… [ SSS ]	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Potting… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Pigment Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Prismacolor Premier Colored Pencils… [ SSS ]	49 and Market Artoptions Rouge… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · birch press design · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Wreath Building

Birch Press Design and Freshly Made Sketches…Two Cards…

March 1, 2025 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello everyone! Two cards to share with you that I made with the same dies!

Basic cards made with dies…no stamps!

Birch Press Design Rosebud Arch Contour Layers die set comes in the cool folder packaging with the color picture insert for how to put the designs together! It’s so helpful and you don’t have to change anything for storage! Magnet sheet included!

Birch Press Design Hello Vintage Sentiment die set…I cut from two colors and was able to make two sentiments and throwing away nothing! YAY! (there are two sizes of this die, I used the smaller one)

I use scor-tape to assemble the hellos, no messy gluing!

I followed the card challenge blog Freshly Made Sketches for this card. Linking to challenge #675.

Here’s two more pictures of the wreath…

The wreath card is 5 ½ inches square.

I added some gems from the pastel Fairy gems by Memory Box.

I used Memory Box cardstocks and plaid paper.

One more picture of the A2 size card…

Holler if you have any questions!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Shopping links for the products I used on these two cards…

STR – starlitstudio.net, SSS – simon says stamp.com, ACH – A Cherry On Top.com

Birch Press Design – 57561 Rosebud… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57550 Hello… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1027 Gladiola Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS \| ACH ]
Memory Box Fairy Drops • Jewels •… [ STR \| SSS \| ACH ]	Scor-Tape [ STR \| SSS \| ACH ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Slimline · Spellbinders dies · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Propagation Garden Collection Cards…

February 22, 2025February 24, 2025 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! I saw a GREAT, FLASH sale at Spellbinders including the sets in this collection and it reminded me that I’d not posted these two cards! For example Propagated Plants that I used for the plants on these two cards is on sale for $9! Regular $29.99!!! I made links for you below.

So here I am on a Saturday afternoon finally editing the photos and typing up a post. The sun is shining, the sky is blue for a change and the hub is out ice fishing with grandsons!

Super cute cards to make for plant loving friends and family!

I used the Circle Windows dies from Photo Play for the card front panel. I did a search and found a couple places to link to…not affiliate but I couldn’t find them in the stores I normally link to.

Then it’s just die cutting and gluing everything up!

The bottom terra cotta pot is from the Tiered Tray Decor set from Spellbinders but it’s not in the store anymore. I’m not positive but the pail is probably from Memory Box. This is what happens when you don’t post for over a year after you make! oops!

Are you on team Pink or team Yellow? lol

The grid pattern papers are from….ugh…I can’t remember! Some papers I have in the old, old, stash! But good ones! I’m sure you have this too.

I don’t remember where the sentiment is from either.

Another die set that you can use up scraps with! I don’t have great scrap organization but what I do have works for me. It’s a fairly good size 8 inch-ish tall bin that sits on a stool beside my desk that I have cardstock pieces in by company! I know…see…I told you…not great but it really does work for me!

So many fun cards for any occasion with this collection! I didn’t buy all of it but now I want to go back and buy the rest of it!

Have fun and thank you so much for stopping by!

Links to what I used to make these cards…

Propagated Plants Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]	Propagation Garden Frames Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]	Propagation Garden Sentiments Stamp &… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]
Laboratory Glassware Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]	Propagation Garden Stamp & Dies… [ SPL ]	Leafy Helix Embossing Folder from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Tropical Leaves Press Plate & Die Set… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]	Oval Hello Wax Seal Stamp from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]	The Botanical Solarium Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Amazon.com: PHOTOPLAY SIWS Dies #9… [ AMZUS \| BTT ]