Memory Box You Anchor Me Card…

September 17, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

It’s always fun to have a masculine card in the stash! Today’s card is the new Memory Box You Anchor Me stamp set and coordinating dies!

I stamped the anchor in TE’s Blue Corn ink, it’s a dark blue….love it! Not black. hehe Die cut it with the coordinating die, popped it up on a Memory Box die cut Wrapped Circles die cut, then matted it with a Circle Basics die cut in dark brown.

I got out the Memory Box End of My Rope set… don’t you love that name?! lol Decided I liked one, die cut it in white cardstock and inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

Some woodgrain pattern paper…two sentiments stamped in the MISTI in Ranger Coffee Archival Ink from the You Anchor Me set.

Then on the inside, a couple more sentiments.

I die cut the panel with the Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles die set. I should’ve stamped one of the little fish (in the set) inside with the words too!

I popped the anchor and rope up with a little 3M foam mounting tape, the 1/16th inch stuff so It’s still CAS and mailable!

Thank you for stopping by and come back! Christmas is coming soon! Can’t wait!

Pam

Here’s what I used on this card…

Memory Box – 94546 End of My Rope Set… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5269D You Anchor Me… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps YOU ANCHOR ME… [ SSS ]
Memory Box / Open Studio – 30114… [ STR ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 30094 Wrapped Stitch… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · sympathy · Thank You · Thinking of You

Memory Box Eucalyptus Collage and Thanks Cursive Script Circle Cards…

September 12, 2021 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! I have two Clean and Simple (CAS) cards to share with you today! When I saw this new MB Eucalyptus die I immediately thought it’d be good for sympathy/thinking of you cards, which I never have enough of.

I die cut Eucalyptus Collage in one of the greens from the MB Lush Green 6×6 Cardstock Collection pad. The background paper is from the MB Garden Folly 6×6 pattern paper pad. I love the little flower with the pink centers behind the collage! The green panel is cut with one of the MB Rectangle Basics die set.

Now that I’m posting this, other ideas come to mind. lol Remember MB Dave’s napkin watercoloring technique and how you add gold to it?! Yes! I think touches of gold on simple watercoloring would be so pretty!

I used 3m foam mounting tape to lift the collage panel. It’s the big roll and not very thick…

I heat embossed the sentiment in white powder with a sentiment from the poppystamps Diamond Sentiments stamp set. A ton of great sentiments in this set.

A2 size card…

My second card is a mini slim size… 3 ½ in. x 6 in.

I was struggling with what to do with this circle die… the first card I made was UGLY! lol Now I wish I’d taken these pictures with a black background! ugh

Very simple composition. I die cut MB Thanks Cursive Script Circle and Stained Glass Floral in white, then trimmed out the floral part from the square.

I’m giving the MB new Banner Sentiment Trio die set a work out this release! I die cut the middle size, folded it in half and stapled it onto the circle.

Then I stapled on the floral die cut. The Tim Holtz mini stapler at work again!

It’s a sweet, cute card IRL! I suppose I should’ve tried a third time to get better pictures! ha. It’s been one of those picture weeks… I can always tell when the season is changing! I’ll quit whining and finish up! lol

Thank you for stopping by today! ‘preciate it!

Products I used to make these cards…

Memory Box – 94524 Eucalyptus Collage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppy Stamps DIAMOND SENTIMENTS Clear… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps DIAMOND… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1005 Garden Folly 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94516 Thanks Cursive… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94478 Stained Glass… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94580 Banner Sentiment… [ STR \| SSS ]
My Favorite Things BLACK AND WHITE… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| STR ]

4 Bar · All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Summer

poppystamps Whittle Dies Two Day Series…

August 28, 2021August 28, 2021 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! We’ll start with food Whittles! lol There are so many of these cute little dies! I need a two week series! (not just two days) lol Christmas is coming though! I’m getting anxious to see what Memory Box/poppystamps/Birchpress Designs will have for us!

My three cards today are a 4 bar size, 3 ⅜ in x 4 ⅞ in. I love this smaller size for the Whittle dies!

We’re a taco lovin’ family so I had to use the sentiments in the Life is Sweet stamp set. “You guac my world” ! The Happy Birthday from the new Marzipan Greetings stamp set and dies ended up being the tomato! lol Time for lunch! haha I love the play on words though! So FUN!

I used one of the Memory Box Double Stitch Rectangle Cut Out dies to make the center frame. I used two greens from the Memory Box Lush Green 6×6 cardstock pad.

Whittle Avocado and Whittle Taco and Nacho cuts from the Memory Box cardstock 6×6 pads also, Sunny Orange and Lush Green.

I used a pink Copic marker for cheeks and white gel pen for accents. A yummy birthday card! lol

Next….”Heres the scoop” Sentiments from the same Life is Sweet stamp set.

I kept this one CAS, clean and simple. I cut off the tail of the word balloon from the poppystamps Word Balloons die set… I’m using this die a lot!

Stamped it with the sentiment from Life is Sweet in coffee Ranger Archival ink and inked the edges with Distress Gathered Twigs ink and a mini ink blending tool. This ink and tool are always out on my table.

I love the detail on this cone! poppystamps Whittle Ice Cream Cone, die cut in kraft cardstock and inked with Gathered Twigs. The ice cream I cut in kraft also and colored dark chocolate with Copic Sketch Markers.

A radio talk show host I listen to sometimes, always says “living the dream” if someone asks him how he is. The last couple years have been closer to living the nightmare in our lives! lol ugh. Some young gal pulled out in front of me on the four lane last night, trying to kill us all! My horn works, didn’t do any good…she was oblivious! So I’ll stop worrying about deer running out in front of me and start worrying about dumb drivers!

I adhered them to the card with foam mounting tape. Oh, the white panel is a Memory Box die from the Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles Set. (I see it’s no longer available, I added some other options to the links below)

The pink cardstock is from the Memory Box Berry Red 6×6 Cardstock pad.

Next…”Do all things with Love” from the Marzipan Greetings set.

The only thing food related on this cutie card is the color! Orange! lol From the Memory Box 6×6 cardstock pad Sunny Orange. (yellows in it too)

I absolutely LOVE this sentiment, “this is a paper hug”!

I die cut a heart in the two colors with the Memory Box Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out die.

I die cut the poppystamps Heart Tag Trio in two colors. Heat embossed the sentiments with white embossing powder and put the card together.

I think this would be a fun card to make in any color and send off to friends, kids, grands or family!

I was going to put my two other cards in this post too but that’s so much! I’m gonna post again tomorrow with those two.

So this is all for today! hehe See you tmr!

Here’s what I used!

Poppystamps – CB502 Marzipan… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps MARZIPAN… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL503 Life is Sweet… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2448 Whittle Taco and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2435 Whittle Avocado… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2423 Whittle Ice Cream… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2380 Word Balloons… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94360 Double Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94361 Double Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2302 Heart Tag Trio… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94438 Matinee Rectangle… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 99772 Stitched Frame… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 99757 Pinpoint Single… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 30094 Wrapped Stitch… [ STR ]	Open Studio dies – Stitched Rectangle… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Inlaid Diecutting · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps

poppystamps Geometric Deco Plate Card and Tag…

August 2, 2021August 2, 2021 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! A week can sure go by fast when you have company….even when you have good intentions to get a blog post in!

Today I’m sharing a card and tag using poppystamps new Geometric Deco Plate and Art Deco Birthday Greetings clear stamp set!

Need to whip up a card in a hurry? poppystamps and Memory Box to the rescue!

I needed a piece of copy paper to shim this plate die…angle it into the machine so you’re not bumping over a straight line!

I embossed the light green card panel underneath the cut with the same die to give it a little dimension… that little ‘extra’. You don’t want the sandwich too tight though, the paper will crack. I used the debossed side this time.

Memory Box Fresh Aqua 6×6 cardstock pad! I love that the papers are already color coordinated for me!

Thanks for stopping by today! I’m off to help Amanda put up peaches this afternoon. We’ve been making yummy peach cobbler…. a great recipe HERE! My mom used to make this one with rhubarb. It says use a 9×9 pan but we use 9×13.

Below are links to what I used! All the stores are getting in new stuff! Cindy is back from vacation and shipping @ starlitstudio.net. SSS has a $5 off code good through 8/15 YUM521. Scrapbook.com always has specials!

ttul!

Poppystamps – 2413 Geometric Deco…

[ STR | SSS ]

Poppystamps – CL499 Art Deco Birthday…

[ STR | SSS ]

Memory Box – SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack

[ STR | SSS ]

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Patriotic · Poppystamps · Summer

Two Memory Box 4th of July Cards…

July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone!!! How do you celebrate the birthday of America? We meet at our middle daughter’s and watch the fireworks. Always good for a few mosquito bites. grrrr

This CAS card is the 2nd card I came up with, scroll down for the 1st. I had the idea to use this Vertical Line Collage in a flag way. I didn’t realize that I wanted it CAS though until after I was almost done with the one below! lol So there’s a card for both styles today! CAS and CAS plus! lol

God Bless America!

The stars and stripes for this birthday wish! I planned on using a big star but when I took my dies out of my star category, I saw this one and some others and got sidetracked from my plan! lol

Which one do you like better? I almost think this one could be two cards… the stripes with USA on it and the star border with the sentiment! lol

I had fun anyway… I kept thinking I needed to add some of those star brads I have in the stash! I had to tell myself, no that would be another card! lol

I like this last picture the best…funny how tipping just a bit shows the dimension. I wish I’d had them done sooner so I could mail them to someone! Such a last minute looloo!

Enjoy the festivities this weekend! I do enjoy fireworks…except the booms! haha Shopping is quieter!

Simon Says Stamp has a shopping special on their brand products this weekend!

Scrapbook.com has a shopping special too… Use coupon code JULYSAVE21 to take an EXTRA 10% OFF your entire order. HURRY! This offer ends Sunday, July 4th at midnight, MST. *ONLY ONE (1) COUPON CODE PER ORDER. There’s a free gift offer too!

Thank you so much for shopping through my links! It helps me pay for this blog/no ads and for link deli so you know what I used! Win Win!

I’ll stop talking and link up what I used! ttul!

STR takes you to Starlitstudio.net, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp and SBC in prior posts takes you to Scrapbook.com

Memory Box – 94553 Vertical Line… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94321 Shining Star Set… [ STR ]	Memory Box CELEBRATE JOTTED SCRIPT… [ SSS ]
Memory Box – 94579 Wooden Alpha craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 99971 Starry Sky Border… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2437 Happy Birthday Poe… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94556 Slim Basic… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1006 Stormy Blue 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Summer

Two Cards for Guys…

June 19, 2021June 19, 2021 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Tool time! The tools have been out a lot here lately! What a month! I’m ready to get back on track.

It’s been hard to work upstairs with our upstairs AC unit out. ugh… I do not do well with HOT and humid! (a little cooler in here this morning cuz it rained overnight) The new unit came Wednesday and all the prep work done and installation started yesterday afternoon. Fortunately they work on Saturday and are back at it this morning! Hoping today is the day to have the upstairs air conditioned again! Crazy!

Oh and last Sunday my dryer heating element went out. lol So new washer and dryer this week too. Yikes! What a busy house! lol

So yes, tools are right on target! haha

I embossed this new 3D folder from Memory Box in my Big Shot, inked over with a little Distress Gathered Twigs ink and the mini blending tool… I like the mini for stuff like this…it seems like the brushes would get ink in deeper than just the surface I want for this look.

I used a couple planks from the Memory Box die and the new poppystamps Playful Happy Birthday die. A little twine and it was done!

The little screw brads… so teeny and cute. I don’t know if they’re still available anywhere. I think these were from Karen Foster brand way back inn 2004 – 5 ish! I linked to a few possibilities below.

Next card…

I love this new Rope set from Memory Box…I haven’t begun to use all the pieces to the set! It’s one I will always be glad I have though…a long with the wood planks!

I used the new 3D Waves Embossing folder and scuffed it up with a sanding block… the new Memory Box paper pads work great for this! The new Sailboat dies and fun sentiments from the Whittle Sealife stamp set to finish it off. I use the smallest die in the Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangles die set to cut out my stamped sentiments. It’s longer than I need but I just trim the ends accordingly after die cutting them out.

I put a few of the new clear domed Fairy Dots on this one.

Holler if you have any questions! Both cards are A2 size.

I’ll be back next week a lot cooler and hopefully more creative! Yikes…When it’s Summer I always wish I was more of a Summer gal but I’m not! haha Sorry for the whine! ❤

Thank you for stopping by!

Memory Box – 94565 Wood Grain Planks… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2406 Playful Happy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – EF1019 Toolshed 3D… [ STR \| SSS ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS \| TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Memory Box – 94575 Marina Sailboats… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94546 End of My Rope Set… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL501 Whittle Sealife… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – EF1013 Waves 3D… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94556 Slim Basic… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1006 Stormy Blue 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
Metal Mini Brads – 4mm [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Idea-ology MINI FASTENERS… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · Embossing Folders · Simon Says Stamp · Spring

Simon Says Stamp Magnolia Branches Embossing Folder…

May 26, 2021May 27, 2021 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! I was trying for a vintage look with this NEW embossing folder… it turned out pretty and feminine!

This folder is from the NEW Born to Sparkle release…

It’s easy to get a variety of ‘looks’ with this folder!

Using a piece of Memory Box watercolor cardstock in the folder, I ran it through the Big Shot.

Then using Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink and a blender brush, I lightly inked over the entire surface of the panel.

I liked it plain but finally decided to add some color with a palette of chalks. I don’t know if they even make them anymore!

I tied on some thin jute cord…

I die cut the Memory Box Thank You Posh Script die, added mounting tape to the back, distressed the edges of the panel with the Tim Holtz Distress Edge tool, inked around the edges and adhered it to a cardbase.

I used natural color Neenah cardstock for the thank you die and the cardbase.

It should’ve been a fast card but since it was an indecisive day… lol It’s important to be happy with the card when done though, so I persevered! lol

Linking up my card to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Check out the new release! I bought a couple more things from it that I need to make up! I’m running out of May though! lol

Here’s some shopping links to what I used! $5 off saving with this code through 5/30 TWEET42 or YUM521 through 8/15

Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folder… [ SSS ]	Memory Box THANK YOU POSH SCRIPT… [ SSS ]	Memory Box WATERCOLOR Paper wp101 [ SSS ]
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]	Set of 5 Rainbow Pack BLENDER BRUSHES [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS ]	Hero Arts Hues Premium Cardstock Pack… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]

4 Bar · All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Masculine · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Summer

poppystamps Whittle Collection Cards…

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I have five little cards to show you today! I had some fun this week making 4 Bar size cards… they’re 3 ⅜ in. x 4 ⅞ in.! I’m a little worried the size will show correctly in the pictures so I wanted you to know right up front! I’m afraid they’ll look bigger in the pictures than they actually are in real life!

I used all new dies and stamps from the latest release.

This one I had fun with the Whittle Fish Trio die, Word Balloons die and Whittle Sealife Sentiments. I embellished it just a touch with the sea weed (not sure what they are) from the new Memory Box Deepwater Collage die.

I also used the new Memory Box cardstock pads. I will link them below.

My husband and grandsons like to fish so I’m sure this will be a hit!

Isn’t this Dolphin cute?

I used Whittle Dolphin, Whittle Sunshine, Whittle Wave Background and sentiment from Whittle Sealife Sentiments.

I like using dies to cut out the sentiment strip. For this one I used the smallest, narrow die from the new Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle die set. I just run it back through to die cut the very end to get the right length.

I used Oxide inks on the doplhin and sunshine. The new Memory Box cardstock pad for the background.

I made this card first and it got me going on this size!

Whittle Sealife Sentiment stamps again…so fun! I love this sentiment! My sea comes from a bottle or fruit though! lol

I used the Whittle Seahorse and Whittle Seascape Background dies for this card.

I see I saved this picture a different size…oops… oh well, I think you can still see how cute it is!

I inked the background with Speckled Egg distress oxide ink and the seahorse with my brown oxide blending brush. I imagine it had vintage photo on it. I have a set of Taylored Expressions blending brushes I use for the Distress Oxide inks. I really, really like how they work for this kind of thing.

The next two cards don’t really coordinate with the first three. I didn’t have time to make more cards so there’d be sets yet, so be watching for more, I have some ideas!

Here I used Playful Happy Birthday and Whittle Snails! The sentiment is is ‘snail mail for you’ but I figured, why not use a snail instead of the word! hehe It’s from the Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments. Super, super fun sentiments in this set!

The cardstock I used is from the new Memory Box Cardstock pads again…love these pads! Oh and NEW gems! Links below.

I’m welcoming the ladies to the blog today! I like their advice! lol

Cute little Whittle Chickens, Whittle Wood Picture Frames, Word Balloons dies and more sentiments from the Whittle Wild Animals stamp set.

Memory Box has new woodgrain cardstock in light brown, cream and white! I’ll link below. I inked with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and spattered with a little water.

I hope I didn’t miss telling you anything but if I did, feel free to ask me!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Supplies, Dies and Stamps I used on these cards…

Poppystamps – 2450 Whittle Fish Trio… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2380 Word Balloons… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL501 Whittle Sealife… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94563 Deepwater Collage… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2440 Whittle Dolphin… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2420 Whittle Wave… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2418 Whittle Sunshine… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2429 Whittle Seahorse… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2419 Whittle Seascape… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2417 Whittle Snails… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2406 Playful Happy… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2445 Whittle Chickens… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2433 Whittle Wood… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SP1007 Vibrant Violet… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR ]
TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Pastel Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Black & White Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Bitty Blender Brushes [ TE ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · MFT · Mini Slim Card · Simon Says Stamp

Guesting at AAA Cards Challenge…

May 2, 2021May 1, 2021 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s my privilege to play along with the AAACards Challenge blog today! We would love to have you join us! Here’s what you need to know…

I do enjoy making CAS cards and I’m always inspired by challenges!

I just woke up the other morning thinking about my speech bubble stamps and dies, so I got them out and started. This was first out of my brain and I liked it and even though I thought I’d try another I didn’t. I always think I’ll do more than I do! ha

Here’s a picture of the card I made and entered into one of the AAA challenges and won with my card for this new challenge. Click ‘home’ and scroll down a few posts and you’ll find the thank you card.

I’m thinking this CONGRATS card is especially fitting for this time of year and could be switched up easily for many occasions. Blue for a baby boy sentiment, pink for a baby girl, it doesn’t have to be just graduations! But you could use the school color!

I really like it and I hope you’ll take up the challenge! Once you get started making CAS cards it’s so fun! 😀

I took a close up picture of this cute washi tape that I’m gonna use to close the envelope… perfect! ❤

This is the mini slimline size card…3 ½ x 6 inches.

Thanks for stopping by today and I apologize for accidentally hitting the publish button earlier which ended up in you receiving an email too early! ugh! I had made a change and normally it would say ‘update’ but because I’d already saved this post as a ‘draft’ it says publish instead of update! OH GOOD GRIEF! (Charlie Brown) Yes, blogging is a challenge too! lol

Have a good rest of the week and try making a CAS card and linking it up!

What I used to make this card…

My Favorite Things ALL THE… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things ALL THE… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps TINY WORDS… [ SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Pad – Jet… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn LOBSTER Premium Dye Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Alexandra Renke – Speech Bubbles… [ STR ]	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER VERSION… [ SSS \| SBC ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER VERSION 2.0… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Mini Slim Envelopes [ TE ]	Simon Says Stamp Envelopes MINI… [ SSS \| SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp MINI SLIMLINE… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Spring · Washi Tape

Memory Box…a Spring Hello Card…

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello! I was just looking out the window at the wonder of everything blooming so beautifully! YAY for Spring!

A clean and simple card to share with you today…not so much white but simple layers and elements.

I covered a piece of white cardstock with Cornelia Variegated Wide Washi Tape from Memory Box and die cut it with a Memory Box Stitched Circle die but this Wrapped Circle die from Memory Box would be great too!

I used the Memory Box Gloriosa Butterly Duo Outlines and Background smaller butterfly of the set. Die cut in Memory Box Glitter Cardstock.

The Memory Box Antique Leaf Label die cut in white and partially inked so I could stamp the hello from the Memory Box Sunflower Wreath stamp set on the label part.

The cardbase panel and the panel under the circle are both die cut with Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangle dies out of Taylored Expressions cardstock.

Layer everything up for this A2 card. I only used mounting tape for the label.

Here’s another card I made with this Antique Leaf Label…

Thank you for stopping by today! Hope all your flowers are budding or blooming! ❤

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – WT504 Cornelia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94383 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94387 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94258 Antique Leaf Label… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5253-D Sunflower… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5253 Sunflower Wreath… [ STR ]
Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30114… [ STR ]	Memory Box – GP1002 Graceful Garden… [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Bitty Blender Brushes [ TE ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · copics · Cottage Cutz · Memory Box · MFT · Spring

Cottage Cutz Gnome Sleeping in Hammock Card…

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! Something a little different this week…a sleepyhead! A cute sleepyhead though!

I die cut this Gnome Sleeping in Hammock from Cottage Cutz, all in Neenah 110# white cardstock and colored the pieces with Copic Sketch Markers. Easy coloring and I didn’t have to find cardstock scraps to die cut all the little pieces. The only drawback is, you aren’t helping to use up your scraps stash! ho ho

Thinking about a sentiment… I grabbed a new set from My Favorite Things and used one of the sentiments. I’m not sure who I’ll send this to! It’s using that naughty B word that Tim and I didn’t let the girls use when they were growing up! It was find something to do or I’ll find you something to do! lol

I made a grass stencil with a Memory Box Grass die. Using a TE ink blending brush and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink, I did the grass.

Using a My Favorite Things cloud stencil, a TE ink blending brush and Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Ink, I did the sky.

This is an A2 size card….blank on the inside so far!

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope this little guy made you smile!

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring · Thank You

Memory Box Dies, Flower, Stems and More on Three Cards…

March 23, 2021April 12, 2021 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hello! I have three cards to share today…starting with the tallest and ending with the shortest! lol For this card I was inspired by a challenge and a way to use the extra flower I had ready. Here’s a link to the challenge…(click on the logo). I managed to keep it very CAS and complete the optional twist also with only die cuts! yay! lol

#thank you so much to the AAA Cards blog for choosing my card as a winner! HERE

I went with the Slimline card size so I could use the NEW Memory Box Slim Diagonal Collage die, the NEW Wildflower Stems die and the NEW Thank You Posh Script.

The flower is cut from watercolor paper and colored with Distress ink refills. Definitely Clean and Simple!

Next card….

I absolutely love this mini slim line size card… 3 ½ inches by 6 inches. I don’t know why but I find it charming! lol

I used the Memory Box NEW Lavender Stems, the greenery from the NEW Daisy Stems and the greenery from the NEW Wildflower Stems.

I die cut from watercolor cardstock and painted with Distress Ink refills again. I don’t know why I reach for these so much. I have lots of other watercolor mediums. hehe

I used one of the NEW Memory Box cardstock pads… I love already coordinated paper! The plaid is from the NEW Memory Box Madras Plaid Blue and Violet 6×6 paper pad. This pad is so beautiful! One side has gold foil accents and the back side is plain. I used the plain this time but wow, the gold sides are so gorgeous!

Sentiments from poppystamps Springtime Fun and Memory Box Big and Little Spring stamp sets.

Next card…

This was my first card with the flowers I cut and painted. From here they got simpler and taller! lol This is a regular A2 size card.

Wildflower Stems, Seed Stems, Daisy Stems on top of the Stylish Rectangle Trio die.

Pattern papers from the Memory Box Garden Folly, Christmas Plaid and Garland Stripes and Dots 6×6 paper pads.

The sentiment is from poppystamps Greeting Basics.

Give me a holler if you have any questions! Thank you for stopping by!

Products I used to make these cards…

Memory Box – 94555 Slim Diagonal… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94529 Thank You Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94537 Wildflower Stems… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94535 Lavender Stems… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94538 Daisy Stems craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL491 Springtime Fun… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5254 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1014 Madras Plaid Blue… [ STR \| SSS ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS \| TE ]	Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94534 Seed Stems craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94416 Stylish Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]	PoppyStamps – Greeting Basics clear… [ FRN ]	Memory Box – PP1005 Garden Folly 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1009 Christmas Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1011 Garland Stripes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK REFILLS LOT OF… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring

Memory Box All That Happiness meets poppystamps Woven Basket…

March 12, 2021 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Truth! and on the inside I used the word ‘hugs’ from the same new Memory Box All That Happiness stamp and die sets.

I’m having fun using the new Memory Box Slim dies too!

I stamped and die cut one of the floral stamps in the set….simple Copic Sketch Marker coloring, the R30’s and YG61 and 63.

I die cut the basket from TE Toffee cardstock then I remembered my new Memory Box cardstock pads and found the perfect green to die cut the berries. Dies from the new poppystamps Woven Basket Pop Up Easel Set.

A little white glaze pen on the berries…

Some baby pearls…

Popped up on mounting squares…

White heat embossed sentiment on TE black cardstock…

My granddaughter Attie sent me some pictures of her flowers popping up from the bulbs she planted last year. It’s so fun to have a 17 year old so excited about growing flowers and food! Her watermelons were the most amazing things ever last year! Huge and delicious! Here’s hoping it’s a bumper crop this year! lol

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a creative weekend if you can! ❤

Here’s some shopping links to what I used!

Memory Box – CL5265-D All the… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps ALL THE… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2463 Woven Basket Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94554 Wrapped Stitched… [ STR \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers and Sets [ BLIC \| SSS \| TE ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Pearl Embellishment Stickers – 3mm [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring

Memory Box and poppystamps Slimline Cards…

March 5, 2021 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! A post today showing more new dies from Memory Box and poppystamps! Memory Box is known for it’s butterflies!

Two new ones… so pretty! These could be made up so many different ways and here I am doing monochrome! lol

Sylvan Butterfly is the larger die set and Glade Buttlerfly is the smaller die set.

I chose the new Memory Box Happy Easter Posh Script die for the sentiment at the bottom but there are a few other new sentiment dies that would be beautiful also… Thank you Posh Script, Just a Note Posh Script and Birthday Mail Posh Script.

I did some inlaying with the new poppystamps Slim Leafy Collage die. I cut in two colors and stuck the pieces back in. It’s pretty with them left out too. Just something therapeutic about using the pieces laying there. lol

For both my cards today I used the new Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle Layers die set… this is a cool set. I especially love the smallest two for sentiments! Trim to length!

My next card is another slimline…

I used the new Memory Box Spring Plaid Slim paper pad! Almost too pretty to use! I’m proud to say I used two pieces! lol It took courage I’m telling ya’! lol

The gingham piece I die cut with the new Memory Box Wrapped Stitched Slim Rectangles. The plaid panel is cut with the Slim Basic Rectangle Layers… kinda nice you don’t have to measure!

I LOVE the new Memory Box Wooden Alpha!!! I used them for SPRING today but I’m thinking masculine next! So fun!

The light is changing again and always throws me off for taking pictures. If you want to get a better idea of what the green color is… I stamped ‘happy’ from the new Memory Box Big and Little Reverse Words stamp set with Altenew Frayed Leaf stamp pad! I tried several greens and this one was right on as far as matching this gingham paper.

The purple I used for the Wooden Alpha is from the new Memory Box Twilight Purple 6×6 cardstock pad.

What better to put on a SPRING card than flowers and this new Memory Box Gerber Stems die set is perfect for this card! Sweet blooms that will be beautiful colored too! Our middle daughter had beautiful Gerbera Daisies for her outdoor, wildflower setting wedding. Good memories!

Holler if I missed something. I’m not sure what the standard size, if there is one, is for a slimline card. These both ended up 8 ⅝ ths long and 3 ⅝ ths wide. I finally wrote down what size to cut the base so I don’t have to keep figuring it out every time! ❤

Have a creative Friday afternoon! Thank you for visiting my blog this week!

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products I used on these cards…

Memory Box – 94556 Slim Basic… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2452 Slim Leafy Collage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94577 Sylvan Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94578 Glade Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94544 Happy Easter Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94554 Wrapped Stitched… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94579 Wooden Alpha craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94533 Gerber Stems craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5259 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1015S Spring Plaid Slim [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1008 Twilight Purple… [ STR \| SSS ]	Frayed Leaf Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring

Memory Box NEW Stained Glass Butterfly, poppystamps NEW Double Diamond Lattice Plate and SSS Birthday Sale!

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Pam Sparks10 Comments

HEY! Happy Birthday! Just kidding but it’s nice to have Clean and Simple birthday cards in your stash ready to go! Dies help!

I used the NEW Memory Box Fresh Aqua 6×6 heavyweight cardstock 6×6 paper pad. Gorgeous papers! (My pictures turned out too blue :O)

I die cut the poppystamps Lattice Plate and NEW Double Diamond Lattice Plate from heavyweight white cardstock, glued them together and adhered them to an A2 panel of the new cardstock. Then adhered to an A2 white cardbase.

I love the depth and texture these lattice dies used together bring to the card front without extreme thickness. This will mail for one postage stamp.

I die cut the NEW Stained Glass Butterfly in heavyweight white cardstock and layered it on a stitched square die cut of the NEW cardstock.

I white heat embossed the sentiment from the Memory Box Cherry Blossom Wreath stamp set on Taylored Expressions black cardstock. Cardstock makes a difference with white powder… this is Lawn Fawn’s white powder over Versamark ink.

A few enamel dots and done. Sorry about the color, I wish I’d realized that before I edited the pictures. ugh. The card is actually the color of the new Memory Box die envelope.

Here’s a phone picture with the dies…

Have a fun weekend! If you’re up for shopping, here’s the link to Simon Says Stamp’s 19th birthday sale!

Thank you so much for shopping through my links! I appreciate it! We all need encouragement these days…I am so thankful for my cardmaking followers, friends and papercrafters.

We’re warming up, the sun is shining! YAY! I need that and some tea! lol

Thank you for stopping by!

Products I used on this card…

Memory Box – 94477 Stained Glass… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2436 Double Diamond… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2427 Lattice Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5256-D Cherry Blossom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5256 Cherry Blossom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box STITCHED SQUARE LAYERS… [ SSS ]
Memory Box 6×6 paper pads [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Doodlebug Sprinkles, Glitter & Matte too [ STR ]