Spellbinders January Stencil of the Month Card…

January 11, 2024January 12, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello everyone! I’m starting 2024 with the NEW Spellbinders Stencil of the Month club. Most of the gals have already posted bright floral, pretty cards so I was trying to think of something different and thought ‘go brown’! I’m sure that doesn’t surprise you too much! lol

Want to know how the Spellbinders Clubs work? Click HERE!

So here’s my take on it… I did the stenciling first in Distress inks…Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. Fun! Something therapeutic about inking up layers!

I wanted some words to stamp around it randomly so I went digging through my Spellbinders stash. I found the Kindly Deliver to my and the little envelope in the Parcel & Post Sentiments stamp set. I just used the top part of the stamp.

I found the cancellation lines in the Holiday Hugs Sentiments stamp set.

Then I needed a main sentiment to complete my card! There are sentiments on the stencils but I wanted something raised up. I found this Warm Wishes in the Christmas Die and Glimmer Sentiments set. Wishes is hot foiled and Warm is die cut out of gold mirror cardstock.

I spattered the card with walnut stain distress ink and gold calligraphy ink.

I edged with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and then I went around it with Walnut Stain Distress ink to give it a deeper brown on the very edge.

Layered onto an A2 size dark brown panel and then on to a kraft top fold cardbase.

I have another card to share soon and LOTS of NEW new new from Memory Box! woohoo!

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy New Year to you!

Links to what I used to make this card…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Parcel and Post… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Holiday Hugs Sentiments Clear Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Christmas Die & Glimmer Sentiments… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – Gold,… [ BLIC ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System \| Spell… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Stencils · Valentine

Spellbinders NEW Stencil Club!

December 29, 2023December 31, 2023 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! Here we are after Christmas and moving right on to the New Year faster that the speed of light!

Have you heard about the NEW Spellbinder stencil of the month club? I’m sure you have cuz I’m late getting my card posted for December and it’s already closed! Usually you can order them a month later though.

This set has four stencils. I used Distress inks and the mini circle Tim Holtz blending tools.

I used Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover and Pine Needles for the greenery. For the heart flowers I put down Kitsch Flamingo first, then some Worn Lipstick and Abandoned Coral! lol You sure wouldn’t need to use all the pinks/reds! lol

I hated to cover up all the stenciling so I went with a fun hot foiled sentiment from the Spellbinder All Occasion Mailbox Greetings Hot Foil set.

I really like how clean and simple it turned out plus it was fast to make!

It’s an A2 size card and completely mailable! I noticed the post office was running cards through the machines even if they had ‘hand cancel’ and extra postage on them. That is really frustrating. I even received cards that were completely rigid that had been machined. So cardmakers just put a stamp on it and call it good! I even received a pkg that was a stamp set and a die, weighed 1.8 ounces and only had one forever stamp on it and it still came intact and no extra postage envelope wanting me to pay extra! All this technology isn’t speeding things up or accurate! HOHOHO!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I went MIA because I needed to get some house stuff done and be ready with gifts and 27 ppl on Christmas Eve day! WOW! Did we have fun! Still smiling about it. I thank God for our family every day! I hope you had a blessed Christmas too. Talk to you again soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	All-Occasion Mailbox Greetings… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Pine… [ SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System \| Spell… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Spearmint -… [ TE ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| BLIC \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Fall · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Thinking of You

poppystamps Whittle Napping Cat Hello Fall Card…

September 17, 2023 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hello with a cat going postal today! I love the Memory Box double sided plaid papers so I started there with this card die cutting the poppystamps Large Stitched Envelope and Postage. Kinda unusual colors for Fall but I tried! lol

This piece of plaid is from the Jolly Christmas 6×6 pad.

I die cut the Leafy Vine Corner die by poppystamps from kraft and light green cardstock. I just clipped the kraft apart with a scissors at the corner for the stems coming out of the envelope and cut the leaves off the light green die cut and glued them to the kraft cardstock stems.

The Whittle Napping Cat is die cut in kraft and inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and the mini ink blending tool. I glued a little square of black cardstock behind the nose.

It’s a top folding A2 size cardbase using TE cardstock. A rectangle panel glued on, kraft color cord tied around and knotted.

I mounted the envelope with the thin foam mounting tape I love so well. I use the scissors linked below to cut it. It’s sticky but so great for adhering and mailing!

I die cut the two postage stamps from the TE cardstock also. Scribble a little black on them…

That’s pretty much it! I can see this envelope used in so many ways! I almost started over but thought, I’ll use it again later for another occasion!

Oh… I used the outline part of the Hello Moonlight Script die set for the sentiment. Die cut in gold foil cardstock. Love that stuff!

Thanks for coming over to see what I’ve been up to! Well, I didn’t post that I rearranged my kitchen counter this morning! lol Do you do this too when you get a new appliance? My thoughts are what can I get rid of! haha Big old house but small kitchen, which I’m glad it’s small until all the family is home for Christmas! lol We manage!

talk to you again soon! Lots of NEW coming! Suspense! It’s good!!!!

Dies and supplies I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2530 Large Stitched… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2544 Whittle Napping… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2511 Leafy Vine Corner… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2509 Hello Moonlight… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Jolly Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Spearmint -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Salt Water… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -… [ TE ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| SBC ]

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Birthday · cards · Masking · One Layer Card · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Slimline

Simon Says Stamp Stamptember Blog Party! Cue the Confetti!

September 2, 2023September 2, 2023 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Happy Day! It’s that time of the year when Simon Says Stamp has a BIG release, STAMPTEMBER!

I’m participating in the blog party that starts on the Simon Says Stamp blog, HERE.

I received the stamp set ‘Cue the Confetti‘! Super fun to stamp a one layer card and use a lot of the stamps in the set!

I stamped in black, masked using the reverse of the positive image to fill in the balloons with ink blending. I used the positive mask of the balloon to stamp the confetti in the background.

Very fun, festive, cute sentiments in this set! I found them very usable and I love the Big Happy Birthday for the inside! I also stamped it in color on the envelope.

I can also see these balloons and even some of the sentiments used for other occasions like retirement. It’s all about you today. There’s no such thing as too much happy! YAY! And even Make it Epic!

It was fun to do stamping! I do so much die cutting and gluing.

I used the MISTI to stamp the sentiments and a clear block to stamp the balloons, confetti and sparkles.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I have a banner to share with your for a great giveaway when you order today or tomorrow from Simon Says Stamp.

I hope you enjoyed my celebratory card!

It’s Slim size and fits in a business size envelope.

Talk to you again soon and enjoy the Labor Day weekend!

Products I used to make this card…links to Simon Says Stamp.

Simon Says Clear Stamps Cue The… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Cue The Confetti… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Stencils All The… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Stencils All The… [ SSS ]	Ink Pads for Crafting & Stamping –… [ SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK… [ SSS ]
MISTI PRECISION STAMPER VERSION 2.0… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Envelopes Large… [ SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Summer · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Breezy Swing Small Die of the Month Club for August…

August 25, 2023August 24, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! This is a change from the festive cards I’ve been posting. I don’t normally do pastels so this is a real change for me! Such a dainty, lovely lady on a fine Summer day wishing you Hello!

The sentiment is a fun change from the ordinary also. It comes separate so you can use it or not use it!

One of our granddaughters loves to swing…this might just be going to her.

I made it an A7 size so it gives the appearance of being clean and simple.

Decide what papers you want to use, die cut, glue and it’s ready to mail! One postage stamp will do it! YAY!

I used Lawn Fawns Flower Market 6×6 paper pad for her dress and hat band.

I used the branch from the Sweet Birds on a Branch die set. Everything else comes in the set.

Hope she makes you smile! Love the extra little details. Spellbinders is really coming up with some amazing sets!

Learn about the Clubs of the month HERE and this particular Stamp and Die of the Month HERE. Sign up window is from the 6th of the month to the 27th of the month! Three more days to get in on this month!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I have some more Christmas to share real soon…as soon as I get pictures.

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Sweet Birds on a Branch Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box Fairy Drops • Jewels •… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Zig Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]