poppystamps Whittle Collection Cards…

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! I have five little cards to show you today! I had some fun this week making 4 Bar size cards… they’re 3 ⅜ in. x 4 ⅞ in.! I’m a little worried the size will show correctly in the pictures so I wanted you to know right up front! I’m afraid they’ll look bigger in the pictures than they actually are in real life!

I used all new dies and stamps from the latest release.

This one I had fun with the Whittle Fish Trio die, Word Balloons die and Whittle Sealife Sentiments. I embellished it just a touch with the sea weed (not sure what they are) from the new Memory Box Deepwater Collage die.

I also used the new Memory Box cardstock pads. I will link them below.

My husband and grandsons like to fish so I’m sure this will be a hit!

Isn’t this Dolphin cute?

I used Whittle Dolphin, Whittle Sunshine, Whittle Wave Background and sentiment from Whittle Sealife Sentiments.

I like using dies to cut out the sentiment strip. For this one I used the smallest, narrow die from the new Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle die set. I just run it back through to die cut the very end to get the right length.

I used Oxide inks on the doplhin and sunshine. The new Memory Box cardstock pad for the background.

I made this card first and it got me going on this size!

Whittle Sealife Sentiment stamps again…so fun! I love this sentiment! My sea comes from a bottle or fruit though! lol

I used the Whittle Seahorse and Whittle Seascape Background dies for this card.

I see I saved this picture a different size…oops… oh well, I think you can still see how cute it is!

I inked the background with Speckled Egg distress oxide ink and the seahorse with my brown oxide blending brush. I imagine it had vintage photo on it. I have a set of Taylored Expressions blending brushes I use for the Distress Oxide inks. I really, really like how they work for this kind of thing.

The next two cards don’t really coordinate with the first three. I didn’t have time to make more cards so there’d be sets yet, so be watching for more, I have some ideas!

Here I used Playful Happy Birthday and Whittle Snails! The sentiment is is ‘snail mail for you’ but I figured, why not use a snail instead of the word! hehe It’s from the Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments. Super, super fun sentiments in this set!

The cardstock I used is from the new Memory Box Cardstock pads again…love these pads! Oh and NEW gems! Links below.

I’m welcoming the ladies to the blog today! I like their advice! lol

Cute little Whittle Chickens, Whittle Wood Picture Frames, Word Balloons dies and more sentiments from the Whittle Wild Animals stamp set.

Memory Box has new woodgrain cardstock in light brown, cream and white! I’ll link below. I inked with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and spattered with a little water.

I hope I didn’t miss telling you anything but if I did, feel free to ask me!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Supplies, Dies and Stamps I used on these cards…

Poppystamps – 2450 Whittle Fish Trio… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2380 Word Balloons… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL501 Whittle Sealife… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94563 Deepwater Collage… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2440 Whittle Dolphin… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2420 Whittle Wave… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2418 Whittle Sunshine… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2429 Whittle Seahorse… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2419 Whittle Seascape… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2417 Whittle Snails… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2406 Playful Happy… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2445 Whittle Chickens… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2433 Whittle Wood… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SP1007 Vibrant Violet… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR ]
TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Pastel Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Black & White Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Bitty Blender Brushes [ TE ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Spring · Washi Tape

Memory Box…a Spring Hello Card…

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello! I was just looking out the window at the wonder of everything blooming so beautifully! YAY for Spring!

A clean and simple card to share with you today…not so much white but simple layers and elements.

I covered a piece of white cardstock with Cornelia Variegated Wide Washi Tape from Memory Box and die cut it with a Memory Box Stitched Circle die but this Wrapped Circle die from Memory Box would be great too!

I used the Memory Box Gloriosa Butterly Duo Outlines and Background smaller butterfly of the set. Die cut in Memory Box Glitter Cardstock.

The Memory Box Antique Leaf Label die cut in white and partially inked so I could stamp the hello from the Memory Box Sunflower Wreath stamp set on the label part.

The cardbase panel and the panel under the circle are both die cut with Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangle dies out of Taylored Expressions cardstock.

Layer everything up for this A2 card. I only used mounting tape for the label.

Here’s another card I made with this Antique Leaf Label…

Thank you for stopping by today! Hope all your flowers are budding or blooming! ❤

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – WT504 Cornelia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94383 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94387 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94258 Antique Leaf Label… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5253-D Sunflower… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5253 Sunflower Wreath… [ STR ]
Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30114… [ STR ]	Memory Box – GP1002 Graceful Garden… [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Bitty Blender Brushes [ TE ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring

poppystamps Spring is a Time with Leafy Vines Slim Plate and Whittle Birds Card…

April 9, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I hope you’re enjoying some nice days where you are! The trees are budding and the grass is green!

I started today by cutting this new Leafy Vines Slim Plate in black…scrapped that. lol I die cut it in TE Toffee and colored the leaves quick with a Copic Sketch YG17 marker. Then I inked the rest with the mini blending tool and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad. My go to brown for edging with ink.

Then I die cut a white cardstock panel with one of the New Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle Layer dies. Using the light blue TE blending brush and Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass ink I brushed in the sky on this white panel. I really like the look of some white space.

I die cut the poppystamps Whittle Birds from white cardstock and inked them with the red TE blending brush. I didn’t add more ink, it already had oxide ink on it.

Then back to Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini blending tool for the rest of the bird. I did the underside with a little brown too.

A black ink pen for the dot in the eyes.

The sentiment I used is from the poppystamps Springtime Fun clear stamp set. It’s a beautiful sentiment but I cut it up for this card! It fits back together though. Don’t panic! ❤ You can almost hear the birds singing!

I heat embossed with VersaMark Ink and Lawn Fawn White Embossing powder on TE Oreo/black cardstock.

I had no idea what I was going to come out with when I started this card! I guess that’s pretty normal for me. lol I’m really happy with it! I love it when I get a surprise like that! ❤

I hope you’ve had some time to be creative with paper and ink or out in the dirt! hehe

Thank you for stopping by! Keep me in your prayers… tomorrow was Breanna’s birthday. My mom heart is weepy. sigh. Almost 6 months since she died. I appreciate it! ❤

Here’s the products I used for this card…

Poppystamps – 2454 Leafy Vines Slim… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppy Stamps WHITTLE BIRDS Craft Dies… [ SSS \| PPP ]	Poppystamps – CL491 Springtime Fun… [ STR ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Pastel Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn TEXTURED WHITE Embossing… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring · Thank You

Memory Box Dies, Flower, Stems and More on Three Cards…

March 23, 2021April 12, 2021 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hello! I have three cards to share today…starting with the tallest and ending with the shortest! lol For this card I was inspired by a challenge and a way to use the extra flower I had ready. Here’s a link to the challenge…(click on the logo). I managed to keep it very CAS and complete the optional twist also with only die cuts! yay! lol

#thank you so much to the AAA Cards blog for choosing my card as a winner! HERE

I went with the Slimline card size so I could use the NEW Memory Box Slim Diagonal Collage die, the NEW Wildflower Stems die and the NEW Thank You Posh Script.

The flower is cut from watercolor paper and colored with Distress ink refills. Definitely Clean and Simple!

Next card….

I absolutely love this mini slim line size card… 3 ½ inches by 6 inches. I don’t know why but I find it charming! lol

I used the Memory Box NEW Lavender Stems, the greenery from the NEW Daisy Stems and the greenery from the NEW Wildflower Stems.

I die cut from watercolor cardstock and painted with Distress Ink refills again. I don’t know why I reach for these so much. I have lots of other watercolor mediums. hehe

I used one of the NEW Memory Box cardstock pads… I love already coordinated paper! The plaid is from the NEW Memory Box Madras Plaid Blue and Violet 6×6 paper pad. This pad is so beautiful! One side has gold foil accents and the back side is plain. I used the plain this time but wow, the gold sides are so gorgeous!

Sentiments from poppystamps Springtime Fun and Memory Box Big and Little Spring stamp sets.

Next card…

This was my first card with the flowers I cut and painted. From here they got simpler and taller! lol This is a regular A2 size card.

Wildflower Stems, Seed Stems, Daisy Stems on top of the Stylish Rectangle Trio die.

Pattern papers from the Memory Box Garden Folly, Christmas Plaid and Garland Stripes and Dots 6×6 paper pads.

The sentiment is from poppystamps Greeting Basics.

Give me a holler if you have any questions! Thank you for stopping by!

Products I used to make these cards…

Memory Box – 94555 Slim Diagonal… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94529 Thank You Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94537 Wildflower Stems… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94535 Lavender Stems… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94538 Daisy Stems craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL491 Springtime Fun… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5254 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1014 Madras Plaid Blue… [ STR \| SSS ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS \| TE ]	Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94534 Seed Stems craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94416 Stylish Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]	PoppyStamps – Greeting Basics clear… [ FRN ]	Memory Box – PP1005 Garden Folly 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1009 Christmas Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1011 Garland Stripes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK REFILLS LOT OF… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Interactive · Lawn Fawn · Poppystamps

Lawn Fawn Magic Iris Puppy Birthday Card…

March 17, 2021March 17, 2021 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Meet Maggie! lol There’s a new toy poodle at our middle daughter’s house. So I had to make our youngest grandson a cute Magic Iris Maggie card for his 6th birthday in January. So fun! Charley loves it!

I used the Memory Box Birdhouse die set for the doghouse because I don’t own the Lawn Fawn birdhouse die.

The dog dish and bone are an old big punch or were they an old Quickutz die…I can’t remember! I looked through so much stuff to find something that would work! lol

The Lawn Fawn design team is so inspiring! It’s nice as a card designer/maker not to always have to come up with a new idea!

Here it is closed… pull the arrow tab down and it opens like a camera lens, sorta kinda! hehe

and a video… it’s bad but gives you an idea of how it works.

Thank you for clicking over again today! I’ll link the products I used below. ❤

Lawn Fawn – Dies – Magic Iris… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Magic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Magic… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Magic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2396 Bird House Pop Up… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Picket… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Grassy… [ SBC \| SSS ]	My Favorite Things CLOUD Mix-ables… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Happy… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| BLIC ]	critters in the ‘burbs \| Lawn Fawn [ LWN ]	critters in the ‘burbs – lawn cuts \|… [ LWN ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring

Memory Box All That Happiness meets poppystamps Woven Basket…

March 12, 2021 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Truth! and on the inside I used the word ‘hugs’ from the same new Memory Box All That Happiness stamp and die sets.

I’m having fun using the new Memory Box Slim dies too!

I stamped and die cut one of the floral stamps in the set….simple Copic Sketch Marker coloring, the R30’s and YG61 and 63.

I die cut the basket from TE Toffee cardstock then I remembered my new Memory Box cardstock pads and found the perfect green to die cut the berries. Dies from the new poppystamps Woven Basket Pop Up Easel Set.

A little white glaze pen on the berries…

Some baby pearls…

Popped up on mounting squares…

White heat embossed sentiment on TE black cardstock…

My granddaughter Attie sent me some pictures of her flowers popping up from the bulbs she planted last year. It’s so fun to have a 17 year old so excited about growing flowers and food! Her watermelons were the most amazing things ever last year! Huge and delicious! Here’s hoping it’s a bumper crop this year! lol

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a creative weekend if you can! ❤

Here’s some shopping links to what I used!

Memory Box – CL5265-D All the… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps ALL THE… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2463 Woven Basket Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94554 Wrapped Stitched… [ STR \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers and Sets [ BLIC \| SSS \| TE ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Pearl Embellishment Stickers – 3mm [ STR ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Hello Bluebird · Winter

Hello Bluebird My Snowman Card…

March 9, 2021March 9, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! yikes! I’m thinking today I better get some cards posted I made for grands so far this year! This might be the last snowman of the season for Iowa! Never know! lol It snows in April some years.

Anyway… I know you’ll love the cuteness no matter what the season!

It was a good picture day whatever day I took these pictures so I have five pics to share! ❤

I used Hello Bluebird stamps and dies for this card. I die cut the tree frame in kraft color cardstock…inked the brown trees, inked and then heat embossed the frame area with white embossing powder.

The background snow die is inked with Distress Oxide inks… ugh… I don’t remember the colors though.

I colored with Copic Sketch Markers… the sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

So fun! I always love making Winter scene cards. This one is for our first red headed granddaughter that just turned 16 in January! We have two red headed granddaughters and five red headed grandsons! My husband was a red head and two of our girls are red heads. ❤

Hope this made you smile and bring back memories! Thank you so much for stopping by! I always love hearing from you!

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring

Memory Box NEW Stained Glass Butterfly, poppystamps NEW Double Diamond Lattice Plate and SSS Birthday Sale!

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Pam Sparks10 Comments

HEY! Happy Birthday! Just kidding but it’s nice to have Clean and Simple birthday cards in your stash ready to go! Dies help!

I used the NEW Memory Box Fresh Aqua 6×6 heavyweight cardstock 6×6 paper pad. Gorgeous papers! (My pictures turned out too blue :O)

I die cut the poppystamps Lattice Plate and NEW Double Diamond Lattice Plate from heavyweight white cardstock, glued them together and adhered them to an A2 panel of the new cardstock. Then adhered to an A2 white cardbase.

I love the depth and texture these lattice dies used together bring to the card front without extreme thickness. This will mail for one postage stamp.

I die cut the NEW Stained Glass Butterfly in heavyweight white cardstock and layered it on a stitched square die cut of the NEW cardstock.

I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Memory Box Cherry Blossom Wreath stamp set on Taylored Expressions black cardstock. Cardstock makes a difference with white powder… this is Lawn Fawn’s white powder over Versamark ink.

A few enamel dots and done. Sorry about the color, I wish I’d realized that before I edited the pictures. ugh. The card is actually the color of the new Memory Box die envelope.

Here’s a phone picture with the dies…

Have a fun weekend! If you’re up for shopping, here’s the link to Simon Says Stamp’s 19th birthday sale!

Thank you so much for shopping through my links! I appreciate it! We all need encouragement these days…I am so thankful for my cardmaking followers, friends and papercrafters.

We’re warming up, the sun is shining! YAY! I need that and some tea! lol

Thank you for stopping by!

Products I used on this card…

Memory Box – 94477 Stained Glass… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2436 Double Diamond… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2427 Lattice Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5256-D Cherry Blossom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5256 Cherry Blossom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box STITCHED SQUARE LAYERS… [ SSS ]
Memory Box 6×6 paper pads [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Doodlebug Sprinkles, Glitter & Matte too [ STR ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Oxide Inks · Winter

Memory Box Snow Much Fun Birthday Card…

February 2, 2021February 3, 2021 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Happy snow day if you live in snow territory like we do! Some years we don’t get much but this year we’re getting enough to keep it pretty and bright!

This is one of the birthday cards I’ve been working on…our boys love playing in the snow!

The bunnies, sentiment and snowballs are from the Memory Box Snow Much Fun stamp and die sets HERE and HERE.

The sled and presents are from the Memory Box Be Jolly stamp and die sets HERE and HERE.

I love that these sets can be used for Christmas and Winter… the candy cane could easy be switched out with the heart for Valentines Day! And there’s a die for all in the set!

I used the Memory Box Fresh Pine Curved Border die HERE for the snowy tree hill in the background.

Salty Ocean and a little bit of Chipped Sapphire Distress Oxide Inks for the background…then a spattering of white acrylic paint.

This card is the fabulous mini slim size that I am really loving! 3 ½ inches x 6 inches. A few posts back I showed one this size but vertical using the new Memory Box Verdant Leaf Collage die, HERE.

So fun…Be watching! More new stuff coming! Thanks for stopping by!

Memory Box – CL5224 Snow Much Fun… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 32224 Snow Much Fun die set [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5226 Be Jolly clear… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 32226 Be Jolly die set [ STR ]	Memory Box – 99503 Fresh Pine Curved… [ STR ]	Copic Sketch Markers and Sets [ BLIC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Poppystamps · sympathy

poppystamps Lattice Plate Card…

January 22, 2021 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Bright card for you today! Wake up if you’re not already! lol

I started by diecutting the NEW poppystamps Lattice Plate die…there’s just something about flowers with lattice!

I needed something to go with it and was inspired by something I saw and now I can’t remember where or what. Shoot me now! haha

I love this poppystamps Floral Stem Collage die and it makes me think of a pretty garden with a fence and gate.

I’m not sure how I ended up with these colors! :O I used regular Distress Ink pads and the mini ink blending tools.

I know the background color behind the lattice cut is Blueprint Sketch. I think the color behind the flower is Tumbled Glass with Blueprint spatters. I made this Monday or Tuesday and moved on to the next thing without even thinking to remember. It’s so out of my normal color scheme… I can’t even decide if they really go together! If it’s totally ugly, just ignore me! hehe

I used a sentiment from the poppystamps Greeting Basics stamp set… really liking this set. Another sentiment in the set that would’ve worked is ‘friends are flowers that never fade’. Pretty and so true!

That’s it for today… off to take pictures of another Valentine and a couple cards with SSS new releases. I still have family birthday cards to make! I am behind…glad they love me anyway! ❤

Thanks for stopping by!

Here’s what I used and a free die offer below!

Poppystamps – 2427 Lattice Plate…

[ STR | SSS ]