Simon Says Stamp May Release – Cherished…

May 25, 2017May 26, 2017 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Two cards to share with you today! Simon Says Stamp sent me their new Big Perfect Shapes stamp and die set to create with for this month’s release.

I die cut the hexagon shape in the die set several times and taped them to a piece of black 4.25 x 5.5 inch card-stock. Then I cut that piece using their Stitched Rectangles die.

I die cut the Painted Happy Birthday die from black and white card-stock and layered them up 3 deep.

The bee is one of Memory Box’s dies, Plush Baby Bumble die. I double cut the body and wings from white and yellow card-stock, the the other pieces are a single layer from black card-stock. The eyes are Nuvo Drops.

A bit of black/white twine, some white dots with a Sharpie and PPP clear sequins and it was done!

Linking up to challenges…

Seize the Birthday – Anything goes – optional something sweet (honey)

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday May 2017 – put a little sunshine on it

My next card uses the square stamp and square die from the sets…

I stamped the squares with Altenew Coral Berry ink and overstamped the floral design from Roses for You stamp set with Altenew Ruby Red ink, then die cut the squares with the square die from the Big Perfect Shapes set .

Wishing is die cut and layered three times and the sentiment heat embossed in white powder on black card-stock and trimmed. Oh man, I forgot to try adding an enamel dot! lol

Linking my card to the Less is More Challenge – Geometric

Click the logo below if you want to check out this release… I love the cards Shari created in this header…so pretty!

Thanks for stopping by today! I love your comments and appreciate the clicks from my blog too! I’ll be back…more cards to share!

Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Masculine · Memory Box · MFT · Spring

Pure Innocence Spring Friends and Rubiks cube birthday cards…

May 8, 2017May 8, 2017 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Family birthday time again…we had our party at the area lake yesterday afternoon for 4 family members. Two of the cards I’ve already posted so here’s the other two!

I love this sweet Pure Innocence Spring Friend stamp set and die set from MFT stamps. It was perfect for our granddaughter Anya’s 12th birthday!

I used sentiments from Taylored Expressions Free Spirit stamp set, inked with TE Oreo ink pad and the MISTI stamping tool.

She’s colored with Copic Sketch markers and die cut with the coordinating die set also from MFT stamps. I stamped her with the MISTI and Oreo ink too.

I mounted the images on an A2 Top fold card base.

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – A Hint of Pink

Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes

Next up is the card I made for our grandson Lane’s 15th birthday. A handsome guy that loves to do Rubiks cube and is very fast at it. His fastest time is 20 seconds! Amazing!

I used the Memory Box Modern Tile die to get my cubes, die cutting from black and trimming out the 9 squares to make the cubes. Then I die cut it 5 times with multiple colors. I just cut squares of card-stock so I only cut the required number of squares.

The sentiment on the front and message (you’re awesome) on the inside are from the Taylored Expressions Bold Brushstrokes stamp set. A perfect set for teens! Stamped with the MISTI and TE Oreo stamp pad again…love the bold black image you can get with multiple inking and stamping. YAY MISTI!

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – It’s a Frame Up

Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes

It was a beautiful day for a picnic and fishing. We had a wonderful time making memories!

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy card-making to you!

Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring

Memory Box Umbels dies birthday card…

May 3, 2017May 18, 2017 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Hello! These colors…just scream Spring, don’t they? I’m sure you have it already figured out that I ink blended Distress Oxide inks for the background, the stems and butterfly on this card. The background is Broken China with a teeny bit of Cracked Pistachio here and there…love those two together…then the water drops.

I masked the white tops and butterfly with scrap paper while I was inking the stems. In the end though, I went over the blooms with the white signo gel pen! If you were in a hurry you could easy skip the coloring with ink pads and just die cut with colored card-stock! lol You know, like we used to before we went ink crazy! lol

I love this new wishing you manuscript die. I cut it three times in black and glued them together. The happy birthday sentiment is from the poppystamps Ornamental Butterfly stamp set.

I know I’m gonna take some flack for this next picture! hehe These flowers on this card remind me of dandelions when they’re ready to ‘poof’! lol Anyway, I was over at one of our daughter’s a couple weeks ago and snapped this picture when the granddaughter’s showed me this irregular dandelion. I thought is was so cool! It’s like a pom pom! And since pom poms are so popular right now… I thought I’d share! Shoot me now… I kinda like dandelions! lol

I better tell you what dies I used for the flowers and corners on this card! From left to right I used Tall Umbels Left Corner, Adelaide Stem, Umbel Butterfly and Tall Umbels Right Corner.

This is a 5 inch square top fold card. Almost one layer…should mail easy! yay!

Linking up to some challenges…

Flickr Love group May Challenge – Bring on the Flowers

Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday April Showers Bring May Flowers Challenge

Thanks for stopping by today! Holler if you have any questions! I always love hearing from you!

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

5 Memory Box and poppystamps Spring cards…

April 19, 2017April 19, 2017 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Hi everyone! Five cards to share today with a variety of dies from the January release…

The first card is the Backyard tree die…I made it up on the new chipboard card base with gesso and distress paints… the grass is really greener in real life. I don’t have the card anymore so I couldn’t take the picture over.

This is the Sketch Floral die and Thank you Manuscript die.

Doodlebug White Enamel Dots for accent…

For this card I used the Ring a Ding Corner die and Happy Bday Pop Culture Cut Out die…

Distress ink blending on Mixed Media card…

For this card I used the Palma Curve die, Stitched Bloom Trio die and Happy Birthday Pop Culture die…

and the last card…

I always have a terrible time taking pictures of pink cards! So strange! sorry…they are pretty IRL!

I used the Floral Dotted Border die and Scribble Hello die…

Lots of beautiful dies! Thanks for stopping by today!

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Simon Says Stamp · Spring · Watercolor

Simon Says Stamp New Release Flora Background Stamp…

April 7, 2017April 7, 2017 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hello! I was so happy to find this new Simon Says Stamp Flora Background stamp from the Mothers, Fathers, and Floral release in my mail box last week! So pretty and fun to play with!

I have a couple things in mind for it but I ended up here, using the ‘old school’ chalkboard look again! I inked the Flora Background stamp with Versamark ink, in the MISTI and heat embossed it with Ranger Detail White Embossing Powder on black card-stock. I distressed the edges with the Tim Holtz Distressing tool and went around the edges with Picket Fence Distress Paint.

I die cut the Single Roses, Banner and Painted Happy Birthday dies from heavy white card-stock.

I used three of the new Distress Oxide Inks. Pressed the pad to my craft mat, spritzed it with water and smooshed the flowers, leaves and banner in the different colors. I dried them in between smooshes with my heat tool. I know…that sounds funny! lol

I looked through my Doodlebug Sprinkles and ended up using three of the matte colors…I like the matte finish with the oxide ink.

I attached the Birthday cuts to the banner with skinny cuts of foam mounting tape. I love that the letters are thicker and you don’t have to cut and glue multiples together, you can just use mounting tape or squares! yay!

Then I attached the banner to the card with 3L thin mounting squares. The flowers and leaves were next, 3L regular mounting squares for them.

I adhered the black finished panel to a 5 ½ inch square white card base.

Linking up to challenges…

SSS Flickr Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Happy Birthday

The Heart Desires Challenge #11

The Curtain Call Challenge – Speckled (my flowers)

The Flower Challenge – Sketch FCB5

The sun was shining so I was able to get bright pictures! So happy with my new camera…if you need a new camera be sure to look at Nikon. hehe AND so happy to see the sun!

Have fun looking at the new release! Some pretty stamps and dies once again. Thanks for clicking over to my post! Thank you so much for commenting too, I appreciate it and am always encouraged!

Links to the products I used to make my card…