Here Comes Christmas! Spellbinders The Three Magi Card…

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 Pam Sparks5 Comments

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy! I’m rejoicing that I got a card made to blog! hoho

What a neat set from Spellbinders! I guess I didn’t stray from the CAS look that I like but there’s so much potential to do fun things with this set! Turn it vertical and add a city border behind and and and…

This is a 5 x 7 size card on purpose because I wanted to give them plenty of room!

I started out thinking royal colors but I found these that had tones that worked together so I went with scraps for the most part!

I love that the sentiments are small! A beautiful cursive font!

All the extra details too… a little piece to go behind the head…three different beards….I colored the flesh with a Copic marker.

Versafine ink in the MISTI for the sentiments.

They’re festive! I used the thin mounting tape I love to pop them up just a hair! The stars are glued directly to the card front.

Simple once you decide your colors and get your pieces die cut!

Hope all is well with you. This Summer has flown by or washed by for some… lots of rain…lots of green! Can’t complain about lack of rain!

It feels good to be using the stash…I have a birthday card to share soon. Hopefully my pictures are good because I already gifted it!

ttul!

Some links to shop for the products I used…no cost to you! Thank you!

The Three Magi Stamp & Die Set from… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Holiday DIY Color Deck Expansion Pack… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Versafine – Onyx Black – full-sized… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – shiny gold [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR ]	Precision Fine Tip Applicator – small… [ STR ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Anniversary · BetterPress · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Summer

Spellbinders Copperplate Happy Anniversary Card…

July 15, 2025 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone and happy anniversary to someone somewhere! A new collection at Spellbinders for the Betterpress machine! Copperplate calligraphy sentiments. Happy Birthday, Happy Everything, Heartfelt Sympathy and Hope You’re Feeling Better pretty much covers everything!

Here’s a close up of how beautiful this impresses! I used Silver Delicata ink. It’s so great that my old ink pads work too!

I love it! At one point I took some classes to attempt to write like this but alas life makes it hard to practice as much as it takes to master it. I still like to do lettering though! I guess making cards took up priority! lol

I die cut the panel with one of the dies from the Spellbinders Emerald Cut Labels and Tag die set and mounted it on a 5×7 navy cardstock panel. Using the Scor-Pal I embossed the corners because it needed something! The card base is A7 size white cardstock.

The flower dies I used are from the Spellbinders Club Blooms set from January of 2023. Timeless!

A traditional looking, Hallmark size type card!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I have to get started on Christmas in July! How are you doing? Anything Christmas yet? hehe

ttul,

Links to what I used…click/tap the abbreviations under the pictures to go to the stores. Thank you for shopping through my links! I appreciate it and thank you so much!

Emerald Cut Labels and Tag Etched… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Copperplate Happy Anniversary… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	BetterPress Copperplate Happy… [ SPL ]
Club Blooms \| Large Die of the Month… [ SPL ]	Waterfall ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x… [ SPL ]	Dahlia ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x… [ SPL ]
Fern ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x 11″… [ SPL ]	Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock… [ SPL ]	BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC ]

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Family · LOVE · Memory Box · Paper Smooches · Wedding

Memory Box Cheery Flower Stems and Pinpoint Heart Wedding Card…

July 7, 2025 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Our oldest granddaughter got married in May and this is the card I made for her. I copied a card I made several years ago!

I die cut the Memory Box Pinpoint Heart die in an A2 size white cardstock panel. I added a piece of pattern paper behind it. It was just a random piece that a friend had given me!

I die cut the Memory Box Cheery Flower Stems in solid black cardstock and added a couple enamel dots to the centers.

The sentiment is from the Memory Box Peony Garden Wreath stamp set.

The die cut hearts are from a Paper Smooches die set.

It was a fabulous, beautiful wedding. Lots of memories!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! It’s been a crazy and busy Summer so far. The humidity in Iowa right now is frightful! ugh.

Take care and keep making cards! I’m trying to get back in the groove! lol

Here’s links to the products I used to make this card…

Memory Box Pinpoint Heart, Cheery… [ WRD ]	Memory Box – 99947 Cheery Flower… [ STR ]	Memory Box – Die – Pinpoint Heart [ FRN ]
Memory Box – Clear Stamp – Peony… [ FRN ]	Doodlebug Design – Stickers -… [ SBC ]	Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110… [ SSS ]

cards · copics · Simon Says Stamp · Thank You

Simon Says Stamp Moments In Time Release Thank You Teacher Card…

June 11, 2025 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! The end of the school year for some is a great time for thank yous! This is a darling set and so fun to color!

I kept it very simple with the Copic colored characters as the focus. I stamped with Copic friendly ink, Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on Hammermill Color Copy cardstock and die cut.

This is an A2 size card. The close ups make the images look big but they aren’t. Easy to color and not as time consuming as some other images.

So cute! A few white gel pen accents.

The sentiments are stamped from the set with Versafine Onyx Black.

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! I appreciate it! Enjoy these cute characters!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Simon Says Stamps and Dies Thank You… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps Thank You… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Thank You Teacher… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]	Spellbinders Breeze ColorWheel… [ SSS ]
Spellbinders Rainforest ColorWheel… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Masculine · Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders Classic Road Legends Release…

May 30, 2025 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s been so long since I posted I hope I haven’t forgotten how! It’s been a busy Spring! It’s time to get back to work though!

My two cards today are part of the May release from Spellbinders. So much potential with these sets for all the men’s occasions we make for!

Die cutting and a little stamping is all for this one! On the inside I stamped “Have a wheel-y great day!”

A2 size. I loved the green color of this cardstock but neither my phone or my Nikon could capture it right! It’s much better in hand! Sun is bright this week I guess! The top and bottom strips and center are silver mirror cardstock.

My next card uses the NEW Timeless Truck!

These colors aren’t right either but oh well! lol Use colors you like is all I can say!

Here I used the NEW stencil set, Scenic Drive, for the background… I love stenciling like this!

Then die cutting and gluing the truck together. I love that it’s so easy to tell where the parts go!

Then a little stamping again with the NEW Cruisin’ By Sentiments. It comes with the dies too! I stamped on the inside too. Forgot to take a picture… “Thought you could use a little pick up”.

I made this a square card but it would be easy to change to an A2, A6 or A7 size to mail with one stamp.

Comment or email if you have any questions!

Thank you so much for stopping by to see my cards!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Timeless Truck Etched Dies from the… [ SPL ]	Speedometer Etched Dies from the… [ SPL ]	Scenic Drive Stencil from the Classic… [ SPL ]
Cruisin’ By Sentiments Clear Stamp &… [ SPL ]	Celestial ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x… [ SPL ]	Cascade ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x… [ SPL ]
Classic White ColorWheel Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Onyx Assorted Treasured Cardstock 8… [ SPL ]	Ranger Archival Jet Black Archival… [ SPL ]