Two Grad Cards with Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club…

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Some fun cards that came together fast. I was so glad the club kit has birthday and graduation sentiment banners!

A2 size cardbase with a panel on top… die cut all the parts…you even get the cloud dies in the set! It’s such a good deal for $15! You can purchase later but the price is $27!

One of our grandsons when he was a toddler loved lining up his airplanes like a lot of boys line up cars! So cute! Now he loves fishing, playing the piano and drums….and swimming and and and! lol Airplanes always make me remember this about him.

The dies in this kit make lines to follow where the pieces go! THAT is so great! Helpful! Speeds it up!

The words in the banners are such a neat look!

I used my favorite double sided mounting tape to adhere the die cuts to the card. The clouds are glued flat.

I had a lot of pictures for this first card… second card I only have two. So keep scrolling! lol

Basically the same thing only Slimline size…matte gold and matte silver scrap pieces for the airplane.

I love the clean and simple approach with the dark medium blue sky! So fun!

My daughters needed 7 grad cards so these 2 will go with 5 others I made for them. So fun! I love it when I get to use my supplies!

Thank you so much for stopping by and before you go I better tell you about the SALE Spellbinders has going on! Some wonderful products to choose from! So glad we can order online since Hobby Lobby quit carrying them.

Have a good rest of the week!

Shopping links to the products I used to make these cards… click/tap on the letters under the idea to go to the shop. Thank you!

Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Confetti Cake… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Earl Grey -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Blueberry -… [ TE ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver Matte… [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold Matte… [ STR ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana Black Edition \|… [ SPL ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Color Pencil · Flowers · Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders Clear Stamp and Die Set Monthly Club Card…

May 10, 2023May 9, 2023 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! Today is all about you…once a year that is! Hip Hip Hooray! This is such a cute set!

I didn’t use very many of the dies for this card but I did stamp and die cut them all before I started this card.

Then I decided to stamp and heat emboss in white and color with color pencils! It was a quick color because small spaces!

Very simple coloring…two shades of each color.

I used Caran d’Ache Pablo pencils.

Almost a one layer card!

I die cut the panel with Hemstitch Rectangles and layered onto black cardstock with my favorite thin mounting tape.

It turned out sweet! I love the cuteness of the whimsical fonts included with the stamp set and that the space is already figured out, where to place them! I heat embossed in white on black cardstock and die cut them with the included dies! yay for dies!

I have too many pictures but oh well, makes up for the times I don’t have very many. haha

A little different angle. The stamp lines are very delicate and embossed up so nice!

I think it ended up feeling very feminine even though it’s on kraft! I like it!

It’s A2 size…

Thank you so much for stopping by! Check out the May club kits HERE and get in on the fun!

Here are the products I used to make this card. Thank you so much for clicking through my links…no extra cost to you but a little change for me! I appreciate it!

Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Club –… [ SPL ]	Nestabilities Hemstitch Rectangles… [ SPL ]	My Sweet Petunia – Black MISTI – Most… [ SPL ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Neenah Environment 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Black Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Caran d’Ache Pablo Colored Pencils… [ BLIC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Scor-Buddy Eighths – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Tsukineko – VersaMark Watermark Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSSING REFILL… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You · Wedding

Spellbinders May Large Die and 3D Embossing Folder of the Month Clubs…

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Time to introduce new clubs over at Spellbinders papercrafts! It’s all about birthdays this time and boy they come around faster and faster these days! haha

A really fun 3D embossing folder that my photos don’t do it justice! Getting used to a season change and light with photos again.

The die set has so many dies! You can make the banner as many levels as you want! I was thinking the banner would be great for graduation cards too! Glossy Black! Gold! Silver! Besides the Happy Birthday To You words, there’s Wishes, Enclosed and Sending. FUN!

Then there’s balloons and flowers! Both would be great for any occasion and in any colors!

Also a great way to use up scraps! My card is an A7 size but would easy work for A2 or A6 also!

I’m getting excited about making grad cards now that I’m thinking and talking about it. You could personalize it with alphabet dies or stamps with the name and year too!

To find out about Spellbinders Monthly Clubs, click/tap over to their website HERE. It’s really easy and such a good deal! Links below to the clubs I used today.

thank you so much for stopping by!

Large Die of the Month Membership –…

[ SPL ]

3D Embossing Folder of the Month…

[ SPL ]

Cardstock, Paper, & Envelopes |…

[ SPL ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Get Well · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Spring · Thank You · Thinking of You

Memory Box Magnolia Leaf Brand, Magnolia Bud Trio and Backyard Wren Mini Slimline Card…

May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

This card says hello for me! I had fun looking through the new paper pads and playing ‘matchy’! hahahaha Almost felt like I was quilting again!

This release is stretching me! I rarely use purple but not this time! Purple it is!

This is such a sweet bird die… NEW….Backyard Wren. So sweet and Memory Box just put a post up on Instagram showing it in all different colors! So I decided I could use purple! Why not!

I took pictures with a white background too but they look so washed out, I’m not posting them! Crazy what a difference!

Cards always look better IRL even with all the awesome technology we have these days!

I die cut the Magnolia Leaf Branch, Magnolia Bud Trio and Backyard Wren in white Hammermill cardstock. I colored the branch and buds with Copic Sketch Markers and the wren with my distress oxide ink blending brushes. I didn’t ink them just used the ink that was in them already.

I like coloring dies and cutting from colored cardstock. I was thinking of the branch this time and knew I’d want the branch brown and leaves green. It’d be really easy to do colored cardstock also…next time!

I used a new poppystamps die for the sentiment, Hello Moonlight Script. What a fun name! What a beautiful font! The white cardstock is Hammermill and the black is Memory Box Glossy Black. I love that cardstock so much. I’m on my last sheet from the ten pack!

The pattern paper is the NEW 6×6 pads from Memory Box! I’ll link them below with everything else.

Linking to some challenges!

Papercraft Challenges – Spring

Word Art Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by! I hope you enjoyed this sweet wren card!

To see the products I used and shop, click/tap the abbreviations below the item…

Memory Box – 94723 Backyard Wren… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94721 Magnolia Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94718 Magnolia Bud Trio… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2509 Hello Moonlight… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1021 Magnolia Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1022 Magnolia Grove… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box BLACK GLOSSY 8.5×11 Paper… [ SSS \| STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Copic [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Kuretake ZIG Memory System Squeeze… [ SBC \| STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Get Well · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · sympathy · Thinking of You · Watercolor

Simon Says Stamp Beautiful Days Release…

April 22, 2023April 21, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hello everyone! After Winter we’re thinking #Beautiful Days! Bring ’em on! Simon Says Stamp sent me this stamp set to play with and I’ve made two cards with it. A super cute set, Garden Fresh!

Out came my Distress Reinkers and paint brushes to watercolor. I stamped the images on Strathmore Best Watercolor paper with Ranger Black Archival Ink in the MISTI.

The first one I made is pretty rustic…I wasn’t sure it was post worthy but I was encouraged by cardmaker friends on Instagram to go for it! So here it is! A not so rustic one follows!

There’s something about watering cans that just draws me in. I have a really old one I like to sit out for Summer porch decor.

I stamped and watercolored this regular like, then decided after I’d spattered to go over it with my Gathered Twigs mini blending tool! All the while telling myself it was only a card! lol

It’s A2 size and I die cut the frame from Simon Says Stamp Frames die set, inked it with Gathered Twigs regular Distress ink and glued it on.

I added some think twine and a button and called it good. The sentiment is from the set also.

Here’s my next card…not brown card! lol

Jars are so fun for flowers too! The images in this set are so easy to color in!

The water looks dark in my pictures… I’m gonna have to go back and take some water and lighten it up! Funny what you notice after you’ve taken photos and are writing a blog post!

I’m thinking this card could be used for any kind of shower and also for get well! A very versatile set.

There’s one more floral image in the set that would be perfectly delightful stamped inside! I love the birthday sentiment too!

Happy Saturday to you! It’s looking like our weekend will be on the chill side so I might get some more cardmaking in! A good day to shop the Beautiful Days NEW Release!

ttul!

Links to see what I used to make these cards…

Simon Says Clear Stamps Garden Fresh… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Garden Fresh Wafer… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp FRAMES Wafer Dies… [ SSS ]
Strathmore WATERCOLOR PAPER PAD… [ SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK… [ SSS ]	MISTI TEAL PRECISION STAMPER VERSION… [ SSS \| SSS \| SSS ]
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER 6×7… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker GATHERED… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker RUSTIC… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Reinker PEELED… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker PICKED… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker BROKEN… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Reinker FIRED… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker MUSTARD… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker HICKORY… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Reinker DUSTY… [ SSS ]	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi STARRY… [ SSS ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GATHERED… [ SSS ]	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS… [ SSS ]