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Memory Box Snowman and Birdie Friend Card…

Pam Sparks3 Comments

Welcome to snowman season!  Fortunately no snow here yet but it is cooling off fast!  eek!  I would like to officially request several more 67 – 70˚ weather days with no wind! hahahahahahahaha

Winter is nice on paper! hoho

This totally charming snowman is new from Memory Box, ‘Snowman and Birdie Friend’.  So cute!

Die cut in white cardstock, Copic colored R46, YG17 and a little bit of R89 on the birdie’s wing.

White dots with white gel pen.

I used the tree dies from the Memory Box ‘Log Cabin Scene’ die set.

Sentiments from the NEW Memory Box ‘Christmas Wonder’ stamp set.

Frame and flakes from the Lawn Fawn Winter Wonderland Window die set.

I remembered to take a picture of the inside!  yay!

Here’s a short video of the finished card…it takes a second to load and not be blurry for me.  It’s not blurry on Instagram…HERE

A6 size card…

Linking to some card challenges…

Peace on Earth Christmas #122 – anything Christmas goes

A Cut Above October 2026 – anything goes

The 12 Months of Christmas – anything Christmas goes

I’m off to choir practice this afternoon. I play the piano for a children’s choir.  It’s fun to be around a lively bunch of 8 – 12 year olds!   They sing hard songs and I have to practice too!  Makes me wonder how many of my blog readers are pianists too?!

I’ll stop talking and get the list made… I appreciate you stopping by!

Here’s what I used!

Memory Box – 94973 Snowman and Birdie…
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Memory Box – 94986 Log Cabin Scene…
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Memory Box – CL5294D Christmas Wonder…
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Lawn Fawn – Christmas – Lawn Cuts -…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Nuvo Glitter Drops from Tonic Studios
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Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision…
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Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537
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copic sketch markers at Simon Says…
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BetterPress · cards · Color Pencil · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Memory Box · Spellbinders dies · Thinking of You

Spellbinders and Memory Box Autumn Card…

Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! We’re happier here now that the sun is shining again! Cool temperatures too!  YAY!

I shopped the Spellbinders warehouse sale a couple weeks ago and picked up this Autumn Thanks Frame Press Plate. (It’s still on sale! link below)  I inked it in the black ink that comes with the Betterpress and used Hobby Lobby brand watercolor paper.  It worked great!

I have an old set of 84 Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons that are still basically brand new so I set to watercoloring after pressing.  It worked so easy.  I followed the coloring of a card Spellbinders is showing on the shopping page for this press plate. Yes, I’m a copycat.  If someone has done something I really like, I figure why invent the wheel! haha   I imagine they used Distress watercolor pencils so I’ll link those up too.  I only have set 5 which isn’t any of the colors I wanted to use for this card.

poppystamps Happy Fall Moonlight Script die for the sentiment.  I die cut from watercolored paper.

I was looking through a bin of layered sticker type packages and lo and behold I found an old pkg of K & Company Fall stickers with the perfect leaf and acorns to go on this card!  By old I mean over 20 years old!  I was sure tickled to use something from the stash.  I hate to admit this but I tend to hoard cool stuff.  I might need it some day for the ultimate project! haha  I’m proud of myself for using them anyway!

This is an A2 size card. It was fun to color!

I’m linking my card to the following card challenge blogs…

The Four Seasons October 2026 – anything goes Fall

Word Power October 2026 –  sentiment is the focus

Inkspirational #377 – visual Fall/Halloween cupcakes

Try it on Tuesday – Autumn’s Beauty

We Love Stamping October – Shades of Autumn

Thanks so much for stopping by today!  More holiday stuff coming!

Here’s what I used on this card…

Scrapbook. com ends today!

 

Autumn Thanks Frame Press Plate from…
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Poppystamps – 2597 Happy Fall…
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Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle…
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Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress…
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Spellbinders – BetterPress Collection…
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Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Water Brush…
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Master’s Touch Watercolor Paper Pad |…
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Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;…
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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Simple Stories · Snowman · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders and Simple Stories: 3 Cards and 2 Tags!

Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello and happy first day of October 2026!  Hard to believe!  This year has flown by!

A few Christmas cards and tags to share today.

This first card is:

  • Spellbinders Old Fashioned Christmas Stocking Die Set
  • Simple Stories 6×8 Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas Paper Pad
  • Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels & Tag Die Set
  • Simple Stories 4×6 Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas Stamp and Die Sets

I die cut the background panel, the panel inside the postage frame, stocking, pine branches, holly,  berries and the cut apart all from the paper pad.  The postage frame and poinsettia are from white cardstock.

The sentiment ‘naughty or nice’ and Merry Christmas inside are from the Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas stamp set.

The next two cards are framed with the same postage die set die cut in white and I used panels from one of the cut apart pages of the same paper pad.

Linking my ‘naughty or nice’ stocking card to some card challenges…

The 12 months of Christmas linkup #137 – Anything Goes Christmas

Merry Little Christmas #70 – Anything Goes Christmas

NBUS #91 – never-before-used schtuff (NBUS)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

The ornament on the comfort & joy card is from the same stamp set. Stamped in dark green, die cut with coordinating dies and added a teeny 1/16th inch brad in the loop.

A scrap of one of the paper pad papers and some Mayarts twine and a heart button.

Close ups…

Next are the two tags I made…

Two more of the cut aparts from the paper pad…so cute!

  • ribbon from the stamp and die set
  • check out that oval eyelet using the new oval Crop-A-Dile!
  • tag base, numbers and paper eyelets from Spellbinders Keepsake Capsule Page Die Set
  • poinsettia and foliage the same as above
  • add twine, jute and ribbon

I love how they all turned out! This is a great size paper pad to work with for cards.

The top card is probably going to take an A7 envelope.  It’s 4 ¾ in x 6 in.  The other two cards are A2 size.

I hope you enjoyed what I came up with using this Spellbinders Simple Stories release. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog!  Email me if you have any questions.

Products and supplies I used to make this card…

Simple Stories Vintage Old-Fashioned…
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Spellbinders Old-Fashioned Christmas…
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Simple Stories Vintage Old-Fashioned…
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Spellbinders – Simple Vintage…
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Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned…
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Spellbinders Bayfair Nested Postage…
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Spellbinders Keepsake Capsule Page…
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We R Makers Oval Crop-A-Dile Punch…
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We R Crop-A-Dile Oval Eyelets, 50 pack
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May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap…
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Red Heart Buttons | Hobby Lobby | 483263
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Starlitstudio · Stencils · Winter

Memory Box Cozy Quacker Merry Christmas Log Cabin in the Woods…

Pam Sparks8 Comments

Oh happy day! This was such a fun scene to create! Super cute woodsy cabin and Mr. Duck dressed for the season!

I started with an A7 size cardbase.  Inked it with Distress Prize Ribbon ink and the mini ink blending tool. Then I used the Memory Box Snow Flurries 6×6 stencil and modeling paste for the snow. This stencil is no more so I’m linking up a couple others that will work just as well.

Die cut the Log Cabin, ink the wood parts with gathered twigs distress ink.  I die cut the string of lights in white and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Tear a piece of white for the bottom snow border.

Die cut the duck and parts.  Die cut the evergreen stand three times and trim off the extra after gluing.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the NEW Christmas Wonder stamp set and dies.

I adhered the sentiments, the cabin and the duck with the thin mounting tape I love, linked below.

I’m linking my Cozy Quacker card to some card challenge blogs…

Tic Tac Toe #302- center vertical row for me, DieCuts, Free and Embossing wet/dry  (my sentiments are heat embossed with black embossing powder)

My card was Team Pick!  Thank you!

Critter Crazy #114 – anything goes with a critter!

Christmas Cards All Year Round – September challenge is the letters R and S (I used S for snow)

NBUS – #90 never before used schtuff!

That’s pretty much it!  Email me if you have any questions!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hope I made you smile!

Dies and supplies I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 95006 Cozy Quacker craft…
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Memory Box – 94986 Log Cabin Scene…
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Memory Box – 94969 Evergreen Tree…
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Memory Box – CL5294D Christmas Wonder…
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Memory Box – Stencil – Snow Flurries
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Lawn Fawn SNOWY SKY Stencil lf2459 –…
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Alex Syberia Designs Falling Snow…
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The Crafter’s Workshop – TCW – Light…
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Lumi Bird in Evergreen Holly Card…

Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends!  Working on Christmas cards again.  I need to be working on some birthday cards though…three for family this week!  I can’t believe it’s this late in September already!

I had a hard time capturing this card in photos so there’s only two!  I took a million trying to get the green right.  This is close but it’s so much better in real life! lol  The story of my life! lol

Memory Box dies…Lumi Bird die cut in natural white cardstock and inked with gathered twigs distress ink.

Evergreen Holly Bundle die cut in green and inked with green distress ink.

Warm Wishes Stylish Script die cut in black and plaid.

Jolly Christmas 6×6 paper pad.

I made a mask with the largest oval from the poppystamps ovals die set and ink blended the oval behind the die cuts.

Inside I stamped sentiments from the Birch Press Design clear stamp set Glad Tidings.  Such a beautiful set! Find it at starlitstudio.net HERE 75% off!!!!!

My card is A7 size.  I used 80# cardstock to keep it at one forever stamp weight.  I’m really liking this size this year.

Linking to some card challenges…

Peace on Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

The 12 Months of Christmas – #136 anything goes Christmas

A Cut Above September – anything goes with die cuts

FarmQuest Country Christmas #34 – anything goes Country Christmas

Thank you so much for stopping by!  Happy Fall!  I keep thinking I need to change out some home decor but I end up back in the stamp room! haha

Dies and Supplies I used to make this card…tap/click on the abbreviation below the images to see products.  Thank you for shopping through my links, no extra cost for you! AND thank you for supporting small business!

Memory Box – 94988 Evergreen Holly…
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Memory Box – 94977 Lumi Bird craft die
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Memory Box – 94930 Warm Wishes…
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Poppystamps – 2477 Basic Ovals Set…
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Birch Press Design – CL8164 Glad…
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Memory Box – PP1019 Jolly Christmas…
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Bazzill Card Shoppe – Gumdrop
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Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;…
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Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision…
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Sizzix Circular Cutting Pads – set of…
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