Memory Box Snowy Birdhouse and Wistful Sparrow Card…

October 16, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! I LOVE these dies! So fun and easy to make a cute card with! Hope this finds you enjoying Fall before Winter hits! We’ve had a taste of cooler temps the last two days. We turned the heat on last night! eek!

I used the NEW Holiday Snowglobe to frame the NEW Snowy Birdhouse and NEW Wistful Sparrow. The greens come with the snowglobe set! I always love holly and the branches are awesome too! Anytime you get greens going both directions I’m happy! lol

The sentiments are from the NEW Be Merry Stamp set with coordinating dies for three sentiments. Perfect Christmas set… sentiments for the front and inside in one set! Check it out!

The Nordic pattern paper is from the Yuletide Cheer 6×6 paper pad. I love the name and the papers in the pad!

Oh, I colored the bird with Copic E07 and a chalk type white marker…I die cut it in Toffee cardstock. The beak is a couple Copic Y and YR until I got it kinda orange-ish.

An A 2 size card. It will mail super easy for one postage stamp. I only used a little bit of the thin mounting tape I love behind the back end of the bird!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy papercrafting!

Links to what I used to make this card… STR = Starlitstudio, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, SBC = Scrapbook .com, SPL = Spellbinders, TE = Taylored Expressions (some are affiliate links, no cost to you) Thank you so much for shopping through my links! I pay for my blog and LinkDeli so NO ADS! YAY!

Memory Box – 94810 Snowy Birdhouse… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94808 Holiday Snowglobe… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94798 Wistful Sparrow… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5287D Be Merry clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1032 Yuletide Cheer… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SPL \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Scor-Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Peapod -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cilantro -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Salt Water… [ TE ]
Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Sizzix White Tool Caddy Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC \| SSS \| SPL \| SBC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Spellbinders dies · Stencils · Winter

Spellbinders October Stencil of the Month Club Card…

October 12, 2024 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! The stencil of the month club is so fun this month! I used two of the stencils to make this background, the other stencils in the set make an ornament background. So fun. I could’ve use this design on the ornaments too. Ppl come up with the greatest ideas! I need to make another card! lol

Curious about the Spellbinders Monthly Clubs? I love how they are set up… join and cancel anytime but most of the time you’re gonna want them! lol Check them out HERE!

I just used ink pads and inked through the stencils in red and then in green on white cardstock. It was so white I had to age it with Vintage Photo Distress ink and a blending brush, than the very edge with Walnut Stain Distress ink. I love this look! Smiling… I know you’re remembering this about me. lol

I die cut the Holly branch twice and glued them together, then cut a bunch of berries from the Poinsettia Spray die set.

I didn’t like it directly on the stenciled panel so I cut a piece of vellum and aged it with Vintage Photo Distress ink also. I mounted the holly branch to the vellum with the thin mounting tape I love, linked below. Then I used glue on the back for the vellum on the areas the branch and leaves covered so you wouldn’t see the glue from the front.

The sentiment is from the Christmas Sentiments Betterpress Plate and Die set. I foiled it though with gold foil on red cardstock. So pretty!

I wish I could show you in person because it’s so much more vintage/antique looking IRL! In the photos it looks white but it’s not. It’s so nice to be able to take photographs of everything but they never do the real thing complete justice. lol I love it!

Have a great rest of the weekend friends and cardmakers! Thankful for every minute. A horrible car/tractor accident a couple miles from our small city last night. So awful. Just four years ago it was our youngest daughter that died this month. I’m probably more sensitive to it this month.

My wonderful husband just made me some more shelves so I’m rearranging and need to sort and re-bin this 30 year collection of stuff! I get to work and forget I need to be doing other things too!

I’m don’t like facing the fact that I’m a stamp/die/paper addict! lol Fortunately it’s the only thing I collect! whew! lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy every moment!

Products I used to make this card…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Christmas Sentiments Press Plate &… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Poinsettia Spray Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR \| SPL ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Vintage… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Walnut… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Vellum Sheets from the Card Shoppe… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Scor-Pal Eighths – Spellbinders Paper… [ SPL ]	Crystal Katana Black Edition \|… [ SPL ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Stencils · Winter

Memory Box Snowflake Joy and More Card…

October 9, 2024October 8, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone! The name of this snowman is so cute! Cordial Snowman….if you’re familiar with Anne of Green Gables… hehe I don’t know why I remember that part of the movie. lol

It’s a cutie anyway! I used paper from the NEW Nutmeg Plaid 6 x 6 pad! It dawned on me after I used it that it was probably supposed to be for Fall but it worked out fine!

I used one plaid to Stencil on! The New Falling Snowflakes stencil and Alene’s Glitter Snow paste worked great!

Maybe you can see some sparkle there… I did get a little messy but it’s handmade, right?!

Fortunately it was only a couple places. lol

I trimmed it down to 4 ¼ in. x 5 ½ in. matted with black cardstock then mounted on another piece of plaid from the pad…notice it’s monochromatic… I liked that a lot! So it’s larger than an A2 size but should fit in an A7 envelope easy enough.

A little bit different angle. You can almost see a little sparkle.

I used the NEW Drifting Snowflakes die behind cutie Cordial.

Then Snowflake Joy on top! I used a little of the thin mounting tape I love on the top of Cordial.

Cordial was easy to glue up… yay! So were the other dies too! When I can make a card, take pictures AND write a blog post in one afternoon, I’m a super happy camper! I with that was every time!

More than likely I forgot something so feel free to comment or email me any questions! I love talking to cardmakers and friends!

I will shift gears and think about supper! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Links below to the products I used to make this card…

STR = Starlitstudio.net, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, SBC = Scrapbook .com, SPL = Spellbinders

Memory Box – 94797 Snowflake Joy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94813 Cordial Snowman… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94816 Drifting… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 88627 Falling Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Aleene’s Decorative Snow – Glitter… [ BLIC ]
Stamperia – Trowel Spatula – Large [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE GEL PENS 2 Pack 38495 [ SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

cards · Die Piecing · Fall · Halloween · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps

poppystamps Ghostly Cats Happy Halloween Card…

October 2, 2024October 4, 2024 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hello cardmaking friends! A die cut card to share today….pretty quick and easy compared to some!

A2 cardbase ink blended with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink in the center-ish area and Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Oxides around the perimeter.

Spatter with white and black ink, set it aside to dry.

What a cute idea if you have black cats that cooperate! lol

Look how real the spiders look! eek! They’re new from Memory Box, Eerie Spiders die. Five spiders in the set!

I edged the orange die cuts with Rusty Hinge Distress ink.

The spider web is from poppystamps Halloween Assemblage.

Lavish Happy Halloween is NEW from poppystamps.

Intricate Mini Pumpkins are NEW from Memory Box.

I mounted the Happy Halloween and Ghostly Cats with the thin mounting tape I love so much!

Linking my card to some challenges…

The Paper Funday October 2024 Challenge – anything goes with twist of autumn colors

Classic Design Challenge – anything goes with twist of autumn colors

Double D Challenges – Halloween

The Four Seasons October 2024 Challenge – Anything Fall goes

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge October 2024 – anything goes Halloween

Crafty Animals Challenge #88

I think that’s it! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used… click/tap the Abbreviations below the image to go to the stores. STR is Starlitstudio.net, SSS is Simon Says Stamp, SBC is Scrapbook .com.

Poppystamps – 2685 Ghostly Cats craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2591 Lavish Happy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94845 Intricate Mini… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94846 Eerie Spiders… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2495 Halloween… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Oreo [ TE ]
Oreo Liquid Watercolor – Taylored… [ TE ]	Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Picket Fence Studios – Paper Splatter… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Ranger – Black Soot Distress Oxide… [ SPL ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Rusty… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam 1″ 20/Pkg -… [ STR ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – set of 2 -… [ STR ]	Sizzix Sidekick Cutting Pads – set of… [ STR ]	Woodware EasyPick Tool by Creative… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Snowman · Winter

Simon Says Stamp SUPERSTAMPtember 2024 Celebration Cards…

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

So happy to be here today to share cards I made with the Simon Says Stamp and Memory Box Collaboration stamp set! It’s so cute and I loved working with it! I ended up with 3 cards! * This is a limited edition set and only available while supplies last!!!

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Hammermill cardstock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. A little white gel pen and black glaze pen on the Nordic snowgirl’s eyes.

I ink blended some Faded Jeans Distress ink onto the background of a white A2 size cardbase and randomly stamped some of the snowflake from the set in the same ink. I stamped off on a scrap piece of paper first so the snowflakes wouldn’t be too dark.

I stamped the sentiment directly onto the cardbase. Then mounted the colored images with thin mounting tape to the cardbase.

Tied on some Peppermint twine because it adds a little cuteness! lol

Next is the cute little Nordic Winter penguin!

I die cut The Snowflake Hexagon twice, glued them together, then figured out where I wanted to stamp the sentiment. I used the MISTI stamping tool. Stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black.

I mounted the Hexagon with thin mounting tape to the A2 size cardbase, then mounted the penguin in the center with thin mounting tape.

Last card I stamped with the Poinsettia border that comes in the set. I wasn’t sure where I was going with this but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

I used a piece of vellum over the background to make the Merry Christmas stand out and I love the peppermint twine with it again!

I swiped the Red Geranium ink pad over white cardstock and then die cut the Merry Christmas Wave die from that. I used scor-tape on the back side of the die so I could easy layer in the white letters, then stuck it to the solid die backer. Fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Holler if you have any questions, I’m sure I forgot something.

Links below for fun shopping and remember the free shipping code too!

Memory Box STAMPtember Exclusive… [ SSS ]	Memory Box So Very Merry STAMPtember… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SNOWFLAKE HEXAGON… [ SSS ]
Memory Box Merry Christmas Wave Dies… [ SSS ]	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER 6×7… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS ]	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Red… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn PEPPERMINT SINGLE CORD… [ SSS ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]
Memory Box CIRCLE BASICS SET Open… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110… [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]