Spellbinders April Stamp and Die of the Month Club and Small Die of the Month Club Cards…

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Getting my floral on with the NEW Spellbinders clubs this week!

Two cards to show you using the NEW club kits coming real soon!

For the first card I used the Stamp and Die Club of the month and for the background I used the Small Die of the month set. So pretty!

My second card I used two floral sections of the Stamp from the stamp and die club to create a wreath! So fun!

Here’s a couple pictures that hopefully will help you see…

then the dies for the stamp set…

Fun to make so many different looks with this set and a great variety of sentiments with dies for them too!

If you look real close you can see I die cut the top right double flower and the bottom left flower and pieced them back in for this card. Those are also the pieces I used to make the wreath… five of each.

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

This card is A2 size…

My wreath card is 5 ¼ in. square card…

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo black and colored with Copic Sketch again for this one. I stamp and die cut before I color.

I really like that it’s easy to get the margin the same around the whole image when you die cut with these dies.

Lots of pictures today! Crazy how some days are better for taking pictures. Here we are at a season change again which means adjustments!

Here’s where you can find out about the monthly kits from Spellbinders Paper Arts…so many great stamps and dies! The kits go ‘live’ on the 6th! (that’s the day you can start signing up for them)

A BOGO SALE going on also!!! Check it out HERE! All kinds of wonderful included!

Have fun looking around and holler if you have any questions. Thanks so much for stopping by!

Here’s what I used to make these two cards…

Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Club –… [ SPL ]	Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Cheerful Occasions Paper Pad \|… [ SPL ]
Black Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]	White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]	White Foam Squares Mix 1MM Adhesive \|… [ SPL ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Poppystamps · Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms Birthday Card…

March 31, 2023April 1, 2023 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi friends and cardmakers! Hope you’re having a beautiful week! I needed some birthday cards this month so I finally put to use these florals that I’d put together last year! I die cut a bunch of Spellbinders Be Bold Blooms from different Bazzill Card Shopped cardstocks, glued them up and there they sat in an envelope box lid! So many gals have used these dies… I’d guess they were the most popular floral set of 2022!

I used a poppystamps Double Stitch Rectangle Frames die to showcase the bouquet.

A Taylored Expressions Sentiment Strip.

Some Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Micro Squares to mount the flowers. These worked out really nice because I needed to stick stems under!

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

Word Art Wednesday – anything goes

Cardz 4 Galz – Spring Flowers

I’ll link up below what I used. It’s super simple! I didn’t even add any inking to the flowers!

Thank you for stopping by! Happy Spring flower creating to you! ttul!

Here’s what I used for this card… (I left in the Scrapbook.com and Simon Says Stamp links but they are both out of stock) (bummer, the Double Stitch Rectangle Frames dies are no longer available) I’ll link up another that’s similar but not the same size.

Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Simple Strips Background [ TE ]	Simple Strips Die [ TE ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Self-Adhesive… [ STR ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]
Poppystamps – 2478 Scalloped Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Interactive · Lawn Fawn · Pop up card · Snowman · Winter

Lawn Fawn Snowball Fight Platform Pop-Up Interactive Card…

March 11, 2023March 13, 2023 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I have an end of Winter card to share today! Maybe an end to Winter… haha!

I made this for our youngest grandson’s 8th birthday…he loves the outdoors!

Linking to Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 144 – All Things Birthday

I started by making the platform pop-up. I LOVE Lawn Fawn’s interactive die sets! They are so meticulously made AND made in the USA! I have used this set so many times since I purchased it…best purchase ever! It’s even easy to walk the kids through making it!

It always takes me a little time deciding what to use. I made a set using Doodlebug Design stickers after seeing one of their design team members cards… So so cute!

Kelly from Lawn Fawn always makes excellent videos for walking you through construction too! I was totally inspired by the LF team in creating this card. The how to put the Platform Pop-up together video is HERE.

I stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with sketch copic markers. White gel pen for accenting here and there.

For the snow hills I used the curved borders from the LF Shadow Box Card and Shadow Box Card Theather Add-on. Trimming them to fit the front and inside.

The sign on the front is from the Berry Special stamp set and die set.

The pattern paper I used is from LF also… I don’t see it in the store anymore though.

I know I’ve shown this before in my other posts but I love how easy it collapses and fits in an A6 or A7 envelope!

You can collapse it either up or down!

The kids love it! I love it! ❤

I hope you’re inspired to try it! Thank you so much for stopping by twice this week! I appreciate it!

Shopping links to the products I used to make this card… click on the abbreviations below the item to take you to a store! Thank you! No extra cost to you! (I see some are out of stock but I left them in for when they come back in stock)

Platform Pop-Up Lawn Cut – Lawn Fawn [ ACH \| SBC \| SSS ]	Platform Pop-Up Add-On Lawn Cuts -… [ ACH \| SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Clear Photopolymer Stamps… [ SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers and Sets [ BLIC \| SSS \| TE ]
Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS \| ACH \| STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	double-sided tape holder – holds… [ STR ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS \| ACH ]	Honey Bee Stamps – Birthday Bliss… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Altenew · birch press design · Birthday · cards · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Spring · Thinking of You · Video

Birch Press Design Jovial Blooms and Leaves Hello Card…

March 9, 2023March 18, 2023 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hello! Some fun blooms to show you today! I’ll jump right in with a short coloring video.

I used three pinks and three greens from Altenew. I’ll link the colors at the end of my post. Really pretty colors in real life.

I dry embossed the BPD hello Sugar Script hot foil plate and die from the Spring of ’22 release with my big shot (in the video you’ll see I did it in gold but didn’t end up using it) and inked it with the Altenew pink set of inks also.

I used the leaves from the NEW Birch Press Design Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers die set and inked them the same as I did the others in the video.

The background die is BPD Pinpoint Contour Plate die from this year’s Valentine release cut in white cardstock and cut down with the NEW Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set.

I love these cute whimsical flowers!

This is an A2 size card.

Linking to some Challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Emboss it

The Flower Challenge – Die Cuts or Stencils

Tic Tac Toe – challenge board I did the Die Cut, Green and Layers row

We’re back to Winter here in Iowa! A beautiful snow globe kind of day! Snowing and I love it too! hehe

Holler if you have any questions…have a good rest of the week wherever you are!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

57502 Jovial Blooms and Leaves… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57507 Phlox… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57511 Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – BPF501 Hello… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Green Fields Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cube Set [ ALTN ]
Red Cosmos Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cube Set [ ALTN ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS** ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Media… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Couture Creations UNIVERSAL 5 x 7… [ SSS \| SPL ]
Gelly Roll Black Glaze Pens [ STR \| SSS ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Poppystamps · Step card

poppystamps Whittle Panda Pickup Kit Step Card…

March 2, 2023 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! How do birthdays look at your house? Pretty much Panda-monium around here! lol Look at this adorable shiny black pickup and friends though! So cute! I think I’m going to have to save this for my husband’s next birthday.

I started with a 5 ½ in x 11 in piece of cardstock. Then it’s just a simple cut and some score lines to create the fold. Email me if you want me to post a how to… I used to make these a lot!

Here it is flat… send in a square envelope or the catalog size envelope that is rectangle.

A close up of the panda on the right step.

I die cut the pandas in white cardstock and colored them with a black copic marker. The details die cut into the images and you can stick a piece of scrap paper to help protect the white areas. slick!

A Fineliner pen for their eyes.

Panda on the left will hold something so I put in a heart and he’s holding a balloon.

I had to cut the pickup out of Memory Box Glossy Black cardstock and silver mirror cardstock for the wheels and bumpers.

A piece of acetate I hand cut to place behind the window.

I used the poppystamps Whittle Cloud Border for the clouds.

I used the poppystamps Word Balloons for the sentiment that comes with the Whittle Panda Pickup kit.

This is all I’ve gotten made this week. Sometimes I can be so slow! Well, I was just playing and having fun! lol

I also pieced the pandas from white and black cardstock and that worked great too. If you do that, use a fine sanding block or the Tombow sander that looks like an eraser to smooth your scissor cut areas. It works great!

ok – I’ll stop talking now and get busy on my next card! I was inspired by a flower card in the new Birch Press Design look book!

Have a great rest of the week and see you here again soon! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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

Poppy Stamps Whittle Panda Pickup Kit… [ SSS \| STR ]	Poppystamps – 2380 Word Balloons… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2318 Whittle Cloud… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12 [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR ]	double-sided tape holder – holds… [ STR ]	Gutermann Extra-Strong Thread – 110… [ STR ]