Memory Box Happy Puzzle Letters and poppystamps Whittle Monkey Birthday Card…

April 30, 2020 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! Long card today…3 ⅞ x 9…will fit in a #10 business size envelope. These monkeys make me think… you too? Monkeys jumping on the bed! haha

Happy Monkeys! I used the Happy Puzzle Letters from the next to the last release from MB. So cute with this poppystamps Whittle Monkey…the stitched detail makes it so easy to create a CAS card with.

I die cut the Happy die in five colors of Taylored Expressions cardstock and used all the letters by mixing them up and adding white gel pen dots. I die cut five monkeys from TE Toffee cardstock, added a white gel pen dot on their cheeks, then mounted them with foam mounting tape to the card after I glued the Happys on the card front.

I wasn’t picky about what colors I used…a great way to use scraps! A cheerful, fun card! On the inside I stamped ‘birthday’. I forgot to take a picture of it but I’ll link the stamp set the birthday stamp came from below.

This will go to one of our grandkids I’m sure… thank you for stopping by today!

Here’s what I used!

Memory Box – 94348 Happy Puzzle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2218 Whittle Monkey… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5242 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]
Uni-Ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen [ STR \| BLIC \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Spring · Taylored Expressions

Spring Birthday Card with Distress Ink Coloring…

April 23, 2020 Pam Sparks8 Comments

It’s been some time since I colored with Distress Ink Pad Refills. I got the notion last week or was it the week before?! ugh… time gets away from me. Anyway, I finally finished her over the weekend and finally got some pictures taken to post.

The image is from hÄnglar Wings in Sweden. The stamps I own are unmounted rubber but they do have clear stamps now also! So cute! I stamped her with Ranger Archival ink on Arches Hot Press Watercolor paper.

I color skin with Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo. Her coat and hat are PIcked Raspberry and Dusty Concord. Her jeans are Faded Jeans. Her hair is Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain.

I used a Hello Bluebird die for the tree background. The grass die is from Lawn Fawn. The little leaves are from an old CC Designs die that I cut up and glued on.

The sentiments are from Taylored Expressions Sentiment Strip stamps and die system. Pretty cool and fun messages!

I hope she makes you smile! Thanks for stopping by!

A few links to products I used…

Svenska Stämplar, Textstämplar,… [ HNG ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Simple… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Hello Bluebird WINTER WOODS OVERLAY… [ SSS ]
Foliage Metal Die – C.C. Designs… [ CCD ]	Simple Strips – Birthday [ TE ]	Simple Strips Die [ TE ]
Arches Watercolor Pads [ BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Flowers · MFT · Poppystamps

My Favorite Things All Star High Top Birthday Card…

April 16, 2020April 16, 2020 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! Still catching up with birthday cards! This one was for our granddaughter Lilli! I couldn’t make it exactly like her shoes but I caught one of the patterns anyway! So cute!

Then the sweet daisies from Memory Box. Die cut in white and colored with Copics.

The paper I used for the shoes is an old pattern… really dates me… I think it was the first pattern paper company, Paper Patch…1995 ish! lol

Happy Birthday is from a Taylored Expressions Bold Brushstrokes stamp set that I use a lot for the teen ages. On the inside it says ‘you are totally awesome’ from the same set.

The detail in the High Top die is wonderful! The eyelets look real! So glad they brought this die back. I was able to snag an old set but now everyone can get it!

Thanks for clicking over today! Hope you enjoyed this cute card!

Here’s what I used for this card…

Memory Box – 94249 Daisy Silhouette…

[ STR | SSS ]

Bold Brushstrokes

[ TE ]

LLD All Star High Top Die-namics

[ MFT ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Congratulations · copics · Die Piecing · Family · Interactive · Waffleflower Crafts

Waffleflower Tumble On Spinner Card…

April 7, 2020April 7, 2020 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Today I’m sharing one of the birthday cards I made for our oldest granddaughter Atalyssa, aka Attie. She is an amazing gymnast so I had to use this new at the time Tumble on set from Waffleflower. Sooo fun!

This party was for five of our grandkids and Lizzie, who’s birthday is the day before Attie’s planned a Masquerade party. It was so much crazy fun! 😀

Here’s Attie making her card spin…

Fortunately she was able to get a few competitions in this year and we’re so proud of her! All around 2nd place at this one. YAY Attie! (she’s the girl that looks like she’s behind the number one block)

Here’s the card sliding by itself. There was a gal on Instagram that shared her card for Waffleflower and I basically copied her.

I stamped, die cut, colored and paper pieced her leo with black glitter cardstock.

I gave her a wood floor and brick wall because of the gym she goes to.

Thanks for stopping by to see this cutie in action!

Here’s a few of the things I used to make this card…

Waffle Flower Crafts – Craft Die and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Matching Die -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Clear… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94015 Awesome Jotted… [ STR ]	Memory Box STRAIGHT SLIDER GROOVES… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things ENGLISH BRICK WALL… [ SSS \| MFT ]

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

Memory Box Small Cosmos and Jovial Wreath CAS Card…

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! A clean and simple card to share with you today with a wish for you to enjoy your day!

I almost got away with a completely die cut card. There is something about stamping a sentiment simply in black though! ❤

I die cut three of the Jovial Wreath in TE Granny Smith cardstock and glued them together with Tombow Mono Multi glue. I die cut two of the Small Cosmos, popped the pieces out of the top one but left them in the bottom one and added just a touch of coloring! I only glued them together around the very center and then glued the flower to the wreath and the wreath to the die cut in TE Confetti Cake and sentiment stamped panel using one of the sentiments from the Birthday Blowout stamp set.

I used mounting tape to adhere the panel to the A2 TE Toffee cardbase. I make my cardbases top folding because it’s easier to take pictures of them. Book fold cards are so nice and traditional though. I miss that sometimes! 😀

I imagine a lot of you already have flowers in your yards. Our temps are still too low in Iowa but it won’t be long! In the meantime, I’ll enjoy my day and my paper flowers!

I don’t have any of the new Memory Box/poppystamps release but Cindy @starlitstudio.net has all the NEW stuff and is shipping like normal! YAY! Simon Says Stamp has the new also but shipping is slower right now. Links below…

Linking to some challenges…

The Paper Players – tic tac toe/die cut, Spring, Birthday

Thank you for clicking over! ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94305 Jovial Wreath… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94265 Small Cosmos craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps BIRTHDAY… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Copic Marker [ SSS \| BLIC \| TE ]
TE Foam Tape, 1/16″ [ TE ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS \| SZZ \| BLIC ]