Memory Box Florentina Wreath and Merry Christmas Posh Script Card…

October 24, 2021 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! Have you started on your Christmas card stash yet? I’m working away dreaming of all the fun stuff there is out there to make!

Today’s card is a couple new dies and a sentiment from a new stamp set that I used on a previous card.

I die cut the new Florentina Wreath in heavyweight white cardstock and colored it with Copics.

Then I decided to inlay it back into the white panel that I die cut it from! I love how it looks! Hopefully you can see it in some of my pictures.

I wish I’d used a lighter brown for the branch so the red berries would’ve shown up better but the dot of white gel pen did help!

Very easy to inlay back in because there’s only the outside panel and the inside panel pieces to piece the wreath back into! Super easy and classy looking! That word gives me another idea… die cutting the wreath and then using embossing ink, gold embossing powder and heat embossing to make the wreath gold!

This is an A2 size card… the wreath panel is 4 x 5 ¼ in. then the black mat layer is just a teeny border and the cardbase is 5 ½ x 8 ½ in. folded and scored.

Very traditional again but festive and CAS too!

The sentiment is white embossing powder on TE oreo cardstock and from the new Festive Christmas Greetings stamp set.

Holler if you have any questions…I’m sure I forgot something. lol

OH! The die cut Merry Christmas is a beautiful new die, Merry Christmas Posh Script! I die cut it in TE Cherry Pop and white cardstock.

I cut narrow pieces of foam mounting tape for the back and adhered it over the inlaid wreath.

Thank you for stopping by! Thinking….what to make next!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94592 Florentina Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94584 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5273D Festive… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box Clear Stamps FESTIVE… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Uni-Ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen [ STR ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| TE \| BLIC ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Masculine · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Joy and Cheer, Large Pine Cone and Gentle Pine Needle Sprig Dies Card…

October 19, 2021October 19, 2021 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! How are you? It’s cooling off here in Iowa and the days have been beautiful! I hope you’re enjoying the Fall where you are too!

My card today reminds me of the fancy ones you get from businesses with all the gold foiling and personalized touches! I was tickled that this came out leaning toward a masculine feeling. Sometimes Tim needs cards for business associates so this one would work great!

I used the NEW Memory Box Woodsy Plaid 6×6 double sided papers pad. Gorgeous designs!

I don’t know why flat photos turn out different colors but the plaid is pretty anyway…somewhere between the colors in the photos! lol

Really straight forward card… die cut the images and sentiment from Bazzill Gold Foil cardstock, HERE… glue the pinecone together… die cut the sentiment backer from one of the blues from the Memory Box Stormy Blue 6×6 cardstock pad.

I used foam mounting tape on the cone and the sentiment.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside but I finished it with a piece of lighter blue from the same Stormy Blue cardstock pad and stamped an image/Wishing you a very Merry Christmas from the Yuletide Moments stamp set… I love this set! Beautiful images for the front and inside of the card!

The gorgeous pearls are new from Starlitstudio! I love having the smaller sizes! Thank you Cindy! She has them in other colors also… HERE… there are so many in the little bottle, it doesn’t look like I used any!

This card is 4 ⅜ in x 6 ¼ in so it will fit in an A7 envelope with room to spare, no corners ruined in mailing.

The pinecone is so pretty… it really catches the light and shows the dimension that Dave designed into the die!

Thank you for stopping by today!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94590 Joy and Cheer… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94597 Gentle Pine Needle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94594 Large Pine Cone… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5274 Yuletide Moments [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1018 Woodsy Plaid 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1006 Stormy Blue 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
Pearl Embellishments – flat backed,… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| TE ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC ]

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

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 ]