Memory Box Cottage Gate Frame and Holiday Lamp Post Card…

October 16, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks13 Comments

I’m back today with a Christmas card that is most welcoming! This NEW Cottage Gate Frame is so pretty! This is my second card using this die, the first one was Fall several posts back.

I love how the lamp post die fits right there in front of it too!

I used the tips of the branches from the NEW Pine Wreath die and the tips of curved holly branch from the NEW Elegant Holy Double Frame die. I die cut them in Neenah 110# Solar White cardstock and colored with Copic Sketch markers. I just love how it turned out with the little ribbon bow! Totally charmed me!

The sentiment is from the NEW Typewriter Holiday Elements stamp set. I stamped it with Ranger Archival Black ink using the MISTI stamping tool. I’m anxious to use the big background stamp that comes in the set soon. It measures 5 ⅜ x 5 ⅜ inches. FUN!

The Cottage Gate Circle is popped up with thin Scotch mounting tape. I used a die cut circle from the Circle Basics die set to back the Cottage Gate Circle. It will go through the mail easily… it’s a 4 ½ inch square card but I’ll mail it in an A6 size envelope. I might change my mind though and do square (I think I have the right postage stamps). lol I forget the plan sometimes. ugh

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re inspired to start or keep making Christmas cards…I know I sure enjoy looking at cards and receiving them too!

I’ll be back Thursday with something special! 😀

Links to what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94077 Cottage Gate Frame… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94041 Holiday Lamp Post… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94018 Elegant Holly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94029 Pine Wreath craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5234 Typewriter… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Robin’s Egg [ STR \| SBC ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black; Ranger [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Archival Re-inker – Jet Black from… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]
We R Memory Keepers – Basic Tools -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]
Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]
Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]
Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

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poppystamps Mod Poinsettias CAS Card…

October 13, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Happy Saturday everyone! I’m having a lazy day here…but I did manage to get stuff put away after our stamp club card party yesterday! yay! Ready to start again! In the meantime I still have cards to share…so I’ll post some pictures of this one today!

I always love poinsettias but paired with beautiful sentiment stamps and black…swoon!

This is poppystamps NEW Mod Poinsettias and Memory Box NEW Bold Christmas Greetings stamp set…when I saw it, well, I knew I had to have it!

All this white space! oh my! So simply but it does pack a punch doesn’t it! lol

I colored the poinsettias with Copic Sketch Markers – R20, 43 and a teeny bit of 46. I do love R46… I want them to add more in the R40’s!

Oh, I better not forget…the holly branch is from the NEW Memory Box Elegant Holly Double Frame! I’m going to end up using the two branches from this set more than the frames! Remember the wreath I made with the curvy one several posts back? So much potential in that die!

Die cut in white and colored again… I think the greens are G94 with a little bit of G99 in the veins.

One more picture just because I have it and that doily! haha

It was fun to use one of the smaller Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles set too! It perfectly frames the floral piece.

Linking to some challenges…

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – All About Occasions

Happy Little Stampers October anything goes with dies

Thanks for clicking over and hope you get some stamping in this weekend a long with all the shopping! Seems we need food again. Where are those elves when you need them! haha

ttul

p.s. I’m going to take a break from all the links today! Over in the right sidebar you’ll find the box to click to take you to Starlitstudio and another to take you to Simon Says Stamp… you’ll find everything I used in these stores AND more! (or scroll down to links in my previous posts) Copy and paste the names into the search boxes there. Thank you!

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poppystamps Poinsettia Delights and Outline Joy Card…

October 11, 2018October 15, 2018 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Hi everyone! I wish that was my truck IRL! So cute…there’s a Christmas tree in the bed. I found that at Menards last year in their Christmas scene decoration section of the store.

The card! This is one of the poinsettia cards that I told you last week that I had to get finished! One more to go! Well probably more than one but another one that is already started.

I stamped the images from this NEW poppystamps Poinsettia Delights stamp set and heat embossed them with white powder on Kraft cardstock. Then I watercolored them with Tombow Dual Brush markers and Stampin Up’s Real Red Marker.

I die cut the NEW poppystamps Joy Outline die in woodgrain paper and black cardstock, then inked the edges of both with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and the mini ink blending tool.

I tied on this cotton cord… it’s from the grocery store! It was so fun to buy something for stamping at the grocery store! lol

I roughed up the edges of the pattern papers with the Tim Holtz Distresser tool, then inked around with Gathered Twigs too… love that color!

This ended up being an A7 size card. 5 inches x 7 inches.

Linking to some challenges…

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – All About Occasions

Happy Little Stampers October Christmas Challenge – anything goes/optional ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today! I have more to share, if not tomorrow, it’ll be Saturday. Big stamp club card party Friday… oh, I’ll have to share that card too! It’s a Fall card!

Here’s the supplies I used for my card today…thank you for shopping through my links! I appreciate it!

Poppystamps – CL466 Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2115 Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2112 Joy Outline craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Super Fine Detail White Embossing… [ STR \| SSS ]	Embossing Heat Gun; Precision Heat… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tombow – Dual Brush Pen – 10 Color… [ SBC \| BLIC \| SSS ]	Simple Stories Aspen/White Notebook… [ STR \| SBC ]	Paper Distresser Tool – Tim Holtz;… [ STR \| SBC ]
Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad 1×1 -… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG** ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black; Ranger [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Archival Re-inker – Jet Black from… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]
Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]
Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

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Simon Says Stamp Fun and Festive October Release…

October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Are you excited as we get closer and closer to a FUN & FESTIVE Christmas? I am! I love this time of year for making stuff! I love that MOD Tree background stamp… the bear and the bunny… so cute!

Simon Says Stamp sent me this cute little snowflake to play with for the release. It’s called the Kadyn Snowflake. It’s one inch in diameter! I was like, what am I going to do with it?! lol Put on your thinking cap Pam! So the challenge was on… looking through my SSS stash I came to this awesome stamp set from last year that I hadn’t used yet and what do you think my brain landed on? yep, the smaller elements in the set, great for wreath building! So here’s what I came up with!

The name of the stamp set is Yuletide Holiday and it’s in the store HERE! The sentiment is from this stamp set too! I used the wreath builder template and Lawn Fawn inks. A little white gel pen in the poinsettia centers. Very fun! I stapled on the NEW snowflake with the Tiny Attacher.

It’s been raining dogs and cats here for days and nights. I feel like a blob of humidity! lol So thankful I can be in the house stamping, thinking about snow and Christmas! haha Staying warm and dry!

Thanks for stopping by, SHOP the release HERE and holler if you have any questions. I’ll link you up to everything I used below!

Linking my card to some challenges…

The Merry Christmas Challenge – anything goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge – anything goes

The Paper Players – trees or leaves

All the salutations of the season! I’ll be back… I have 3 more Memory Box/poppystamps cards ready to share with you this week!

Simon Says Stamp KADYN SNOWFLAKE… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps YULETIDE… [ SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JUMBO JET… [ SSS ]
Ranger Archival JET BLACK Reinker… [ SSS ]	Gina K Designs WREATH BUILDER… [ SSS ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool… [ SSS ]
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn EVERYDAY SENTIMENT BANNER… [ SSS ]
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill WAX LIPS Card Shoppe Heavy… [ SSS ]
Bazzill ROBIN’S EGG Card Shoppe Heavy… [ SSS ]	Bazzill EASTER GRASS Card Shoppe… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn LOBSTER Premium Dye Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn JALAPENO Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn FRESHLY CUT GRASS Premium… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn NOBLE FIR Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn MERMAID Premium Dye Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Tonic MAXI GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]

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Guesting for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge Blog…

October 5, 2018October 6, 2018 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! I’m so honored to be the guest card designer at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge blog today! I love making cards this time of year and I love receiving them too! I went with a clean and simple take to the challenge sketch! So fun!

I was so tickled to find this die in my stash that so resembled all the circles! So I die cut it 3 times, glued them together so it’d have a frosty, dimensional feel. Cuz brrrrr it’s gonna be cold outside! haha It’s every other day in Iowa…in fact we can have all four seasons in one day! haha No snow yet though!

Shoot me now cuz, grrr, this poppystamps Scribble Snowflake Circle die is a discontinued one. I will link up some other dies below that I think would work nicely for this type of card too! I just kept finding more while looking HERE! More ideas than I can handle! lol

I love the punch of the Robin’s Egg and Candy Necklace Bazzill colors with this NEW Celebrate Jotted Script die from Memory Box. Links below. The pattern paper is a woodgrain that’s available too! yay!

I hope you’ll click over to the challenge blog, make a Christmas card and link it up for this challenge! It’s so fun to look through the stash to see what you can come up with for the sketch! I want to see what you make!

Linking my card to some other challenges too…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Let’s Get Ready for Christmas

Winter Wonderland Challenge – Anything Goes

Less Is More Challenge – #381 CASE card

The Merry Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge – V for very quick

Thanks for visiting my blog today and happy card making weekend to you!

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

Memory Box – 94074 Celebrate Jotted… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2125 Whittle Wood… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94027 Peace Circle craft… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94089 Pinpoint Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2097 Seed Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Simple Stories Elm/Cream Ledger 12×12… [ STR \| SBC ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe – Robin’s Egg [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Candy Necklace [ STR \| SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]