poppystamps Corner Shoppe Pop Up Easel Set Card…

April 18, 2024April 18, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! poppystamps has created another easel card design so we can make interactive cards easily! The Corner Shoppe Set is so cute and creates dimension sure to thrill the receiver! I went ahead and made it a birthday card with the New poppystamps Birthday Banners set too!

I think the birthday message is loud and clear! lol Light a Candle banner acts as a stopper….doesn’t take much to make it stand upright.

I just used cardstock from the new Memory Box cardstock pads, I’ll link below. I used a few Distress ink pads to edge the pieces because I just like how that looks sometimes.

I used the super thin mounting tape that I love so well and always link to. The little bit of lift is great but still mails easily for one postage stamp.

For the flowers and greenery in the window box I used the NEW poppystamps Flower and Leaf Sprinkles die. I thought they fit perfectly!

There are some other new dies that coordinate with this release also. So fun for Spring but would easily work into Summer, Fall and even Winter!

Here’s how it fits into an A2 envelope. I would send it in an A6 envelope myself because I like the cards to have a little wiggle room so the corners don’t get a little crinkled.

If you haven’t tried one of the easel sets yet… you should! You can see the other ones by clicking/tapping to the ‘Easel” category over in the sidebar or the bottom if you’re on a phone or iPad.

Linking my easel card to some challenges…

NBUS – never before used stuff!

Paper Craft Crew – PCC566 Fun Fold

Tic Tac Toe #245 Green, die-cut, outdoors

Well have a beautiful April day…raining here but so green! Thankful! Oh now I’m envisioning a little letter sticking out of that mailbox in the door! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Take a LOOK! Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards STR is Starlitstudio. net… SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Poppystamps – 2623 Corner Shoppe Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2622 Flower and Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB514 Birthday Banners… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Salt Water… [ TE ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Color Pencil · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring

Spellbinders Twirling Tulips Collection Cards…

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Here’s some Spring for you! What a fun collection from Spellbinders designed by Simon Hurley! The Tulip Garden release!

I used the 3d embossing folder for all three of my cards. I used the coordinating stencil set on two of the cards, ink blending with Distress ink pads.

This one I colored with color pencils after using the embossing folder. Very fun and easier than you would think!

Sentiments are all from the new Simon Hurley handwritten sentiment die set.

Here’s some more pictures…

The happy birthday and hello cards are one embossing folder piece. 5 ½ x 8 ½ cut in half at 4 ¼.

Well, then I trimmed them down so I could mat with a small margin of black showing and then cardbases to make A2 size cards.

The congrats card is the whole embossed piece trimmed down to make a 5 x 7 size card.

I used Hammermill smooth color cover white cardstock for the happy birthday and hello card and a textured cardstock for the color pencil piece.

Linking to some card challenges…

Four Seasons April 2024 – Anything Goes Spring Challenge

Stencil Fun April 2024 Challenge – Spring/Flowers

Triple B Challenge – Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

I wish you could see these in person… the detail is amazing and so beautiful! I hope you give this a try!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards …SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Sunkissed Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]
Peridot Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Royal Amethyst Color Essentials… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Essentials Cardstock… [ SBC ]
Vellum Sheets from the Card Shoppe… [ SPL \| STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Spring · sympathy · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Birthday Card…

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! A cheery Spring peony clean and simple card to share with you today! NEW from Spellbinders and designed by Yana Smakula….so pretty! It can be made with so many techniques!

I started by die cutting both dies in the set from white Hammermill cardstock.

Next I placed the floral die face down on the larger plain white die cut, taped the die in place and ran it through my die cutting machine with the tan mat so the design is impressed (you don’t want it to cut) into the die cut.

I inked up this impressed piece with Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo ink and a small ink blending brush.

Then on the floral outline white die cut, Inked the peony buds and leaves with Distress oxide inks and small brushes.

It’s a fast way to color die cuts for sure! It’s really pretty in real life too… softer looking than in the photos.

The sentiment is from a wonderful NEW Press Plates set also from Yana. I don’t have the Press Plate system so I used Spellbinders black foil and foiled the Happy Birthday Wishes directly to the card front! It looks so professional!

My card is 4 in. x 7 in. so it will need an A7 envelope but will still mail for one forever postage stamp.

Linking to some challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple April 2024 – anything goes, optional weather

Four Season Challenge – anything goes Spring

Triple B: April 2024 – Blooms for me this time

I’m sure a lot of you are thinking of gardens and flowers this time of year! My daughters are really into house plants so that’s been fun. I made 55 shower invitations! That’s why I’ve been rather MIA! lol Fun times!

Wishing you a beautiful Spring day!

Here’s links to the products I used to make this card…SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Press… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Let”s Celebrate… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Peeled Paint… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Gina K Designs MINI BLENDING BRUSHES… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]
Spellbinders BLACK Glimmer Foil GLF-010 [ SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil Roll… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – New and Improved… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Enlarged Embossing Pads -… [ SPL ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SPL \| SBC ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Window With A View Cards…

March 12, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi friends and cardmakers…a dose of Spring for you today! February brought us a new collection by Tina Smith and I’m late getting cards made and posted. Isn’t that owl cute! and the little birdies!

The options for this collection are endless! I had to make the window up with pots and plants! Our daughters and one granddaughter are really into plants…a couple friends too…so I’m sure I’ll use this card!

The whole time I was making it I wished I knew the names so I could print them on the little signs! lol

I’m not much of a plant person. I have a huge Norfolk Island Pine that I’ve had over 30 years, Boston Ferns, a Thanksgiving Cactus and a beautiful poinsettia that didn’t die after Christmas! Amazing! First time one has ever lived that long for me! lol

Back to the cards….I die cut everything and glued it up, mounted the tree and bird bath with the thin mounting tape I love.

Ink blended the background panel with my blue and green oxide brushes…I didn’t add more ink.

Stamped the sentiment but dropped the ink pad on the card so I had to add a panel on the bottom. ugh The sliver of green cardstock helped too. lol

More simple die cutting and gluing. The window in an A2 size panel, then a piece of navy cardstock behind.

I mounted the pots with my favorite thin mounting tape and stamped the sentiment with the MISTI.

So many neat sentiments in the coordinating stamp set!

Holler if you have any questions and I’ll get right back to you!

Thank you so much for looking today! Links below to the products I used to make these two cards!

Clicking/tapping on SPL takes you to Spellbinders, SSS to Simon Says Stamp and SBC to Scrapbook . com

SSS Save $5 code is WLD4U expires 4/15

Windows With a View I Want It All!… [ SPL ]	Vista View Window Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	The Botanical Solarium Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Backyard Haven View Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sending Sunshine Sentiments Clear… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Uchida Double Ended Jewel Picker -… [ SPL ]
Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scor-Buddy Eighths – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Memory Box · Mother's Day · Spring · Thinking of You

NEW dies! Memory Box Clara Blooms, Sitting Sparrow and Happy Easter Dover Script…

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello! Welcome to a blog post with Spring vibes again! How in the world did it get to be March already! I feel like I’ll be forever trying to catch up this year. It’s ‘after wedding’ time for our family and adjusting to the anti climatic period! lol So here’s a card for Easter!

I fell in love with this new Clara Blooms die…I used two pinks and mint green to die cut. So sweet! I also used the darker pink to die cut the top layer of the new Happy Easter Dover Script and a dark teal to cut the underneath layer…both the same size, I just offset them a little for a shadow effect.

I die cut the new Sitting Sparrow in some old Bazzill brown cardstocks and the Woodgrain Bird House in one of the reds from the new Blush 6×6 cardstock pad. Gorgeous colors!

Can you guess where I got the inspiration for the background on this card? Let me know in the comments! hehe

I die cut the oval with the Studio Oval Layers and inked the edges a bit with Distress Evergreen Bough and the mini ink blending tool.

No stamping on this card!

I hope you love this as much as I do… the bird is so neat and easy to put together too! As well as the birdhouse and the flowers!

Change the sentiment for any occasion! yay! This is an A2 size card…

Linking to some challenges…

NBUS #60 – Never before used stuff!

Triple B March – Birds, Blooms and Butterflies

Four Seasons – Spring!

Double D – First Signs of Spring!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Add a Sentiment

Thank you so much for stopping by and if you want to know where to purchase these products at no extra cost to you, links are below!

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Links to the products I used on this card… Clicking/tapping STR takes you to starlitstudio.net, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp, SBC takes you to Scrapbook.com and TE takes you to Taylored Expressions.

Memory Box – 94688 Clara Blooms craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94724 Sitting Sparrow… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94742 Woodgrain Bird… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94729 Happy Easter Dover… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30075… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Cupcake -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Pink Champagne… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Spearmint -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Poblano Pepper… [ TE ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Evergreen… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam 1″ 20/Pkg -… [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine… [ SBC ]