Memory Box Lavish Fuchsia Stem CAS Card…

June 21, 2024June 21, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! Memory Box NEW Lavish Fuchsia Stem makes up beautifully and fills an A2 size card!

I know, I used unusual colors after flipping through the newer Memory Box 6×6 cardstock pads, Lagoon and Greenery.

A CAS/clean and simple design with a simple Memory Box Happy Birthday Foil Greettings Black Circle Tab.

Right now I’m liking fast cards and I made this in an hour! YAY! I’m trying to ride my bike everyday…any of you have an electric bike? Trying to build my confidence with the assist and throttle! lol A little sidetracked by sourdough too! lol So fun to watch that starter!

I’ll link up to some challenges…

Simply Clean and Simple June 2024 – Anything Goes

The Four Seasons June 2024 – Anything Summer

Triple B June 2024 – Birds, Butterflies or Blooms

Thank you so much for stopping by and happy crafting weekend to you!

And here’s the products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94785 Lavish Fuchsia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – ST011 Happy Birthday… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Spring · Summer · Thank You · Thinking of You

NEW Memory Box Little Fuchsia Flower Trio and Branch and Hello Breezy Script Card…

June 12, 2024June 13, 2024 Pam Sparks17 Comments

Hello cardmakers and friends! This NEW release from Memory Box is taking me back a lot of years to when I was so in love with Fuchsias! Now our daughters are!

They are so fancy! One of God’s truly amazing floral creations! Oh true everything God created is amazing! ❤

I love making clean and simple cards but they are challenging to take pictures of because the pictures never completely do the card justice!

This is such a sweet, delicate die and the sentiment is so neat! I love this font/look! I use the Zig Two Way Squeeze Roller Ball point glue pen to glue these. Works great! It’s also one time I use tweezers for placement!

I used the thin mounting tape I love so much, trimmed to fit on the back of the floral piece.

I die cut the hello mat three times and glued together so I wouldn’t need to use mounting tape behind.

I die cut the Fuchsia in Taylored Expressions cardstocks and inked with Distress ink pads. I used single colors but different pressure to achieve the variation. I’ll link what I used below.

The cardbase and Hello Breezy Script are Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock.

It’s an easy to mail A2 size card.

Simply Clean and Simple June 2024 – Anything Goes CAS

Triple B June 2024 – Blooms

NBUS #63 – Never been used stuff

Thank you so much for stopping by! Holler if you have any questions!

I was able to change the comment section back to what I think it was before the powers that be changed it to what they thought it should be. I’m curious if it works better now.

ttul! I have some birthday cards to share soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94781 Hello Breezy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94788 Little Fuchsia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Lollipop -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Lime Zest -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Jelly Donut -… [ TE ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Picked… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Spring

Memory Box Gladiola Blossom and Leaves Birthday Card…

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Have you seen the NEW Memory Box Gladiola Release? I’m not sure how many flowers we’re up to now but a gal could make a big bouquet if she had a notion to!

Easy card here…I picked two patterns from two 6×6 paper pads, cut them in strips, used scor-tape on the back to hold them together, then glued it to a white cardbase.

I die cut the Gladiola Blossom and Leaves die in Neenah heavyweight white cardstock and ink blended on the colors.

A little Shaded Lilac Distress on the flower petals, then Wilted Violet Distress on the stamens and on the edges of the flower petals.

For the leaves I used Altenew inks, Shadow Creek and Mountain Pine.

I used my favorite thin mounting tape to adhere the flower and a little on the right side of the Happy Birthday to you circle sentiment Greeting Tab.

And it was done! A2 size. I love this green plaid! It looks like the green outside right now! We’ve had lots of rain so everything is growing beautifully!

Linking to some card challenge blogs…

Double D – Pretty Florals For Mom

Triple B May 2024 – Blossom

Four Season May 2024 – Spring

Tic Tac Toe – diagonal Flower Free Die Cuts

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Feminine

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a glorious weekend and I’ll be back next week!

Take a LOOK! Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards STR is Starlitstudio. net… SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it! Happy cardmaking!

Check out the SALE page at Starlitstudio!!! Page 2 starts the Memory Box dies… awesome deals and steals! HERE!

Memory Box – ST010 Happy Birthday… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94795 Gladiola Blossom… [ STR ]	Memory Box – PP1028 Glimmering… [ STR ]
Memory Box – PP1025 Anemone Plaid 6×6… [ STR ]	Altenew – Fresh Dye Ink Pad – Mini… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Blending Brushes [ SBC \| SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Scor-Tape [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Stencils

Spellbinders Paper Arts April Stencil of the Month Club Card…

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m thinking every cardmaker has dmc floss in their history if not in their craft stash!

What a fun stencil for the club of the month at Spellbinders! I had fun laying out the colors to use the second time. I did a run through with all six skeins the same the first try and it turned out nice but I decided to try again and be more colorful!

I used Distress Oxide ink pads in the colors in the photo. I had pretty good luck with using my blender brushes I have reserved just for oxides! It was a little trickier on the last Delicata Gold color. I was using a dabber and I did get gold where I didn’t want it… thus the sentiment is diagonal! Cover up!!! haha

I used the Happy Birthday foil plate from the Essential Glimmer Sentiments set.

The Tombow Mono sand eraser came in handy for a little erasing on my panel and a teeny place on my hot foil sentiment.

Fun! An A2 size card that will mail easy and make someone smile when they receive it!

Have a crafty weekend or a beautiful time outside if the weather cooperates! I just looked at our forecast and it could be 80˚ on Saturday here in Iowa! I’m looking forward to hanging out my ferns on the front porch again. ttul!

P.S. You can sign up for the Spellbinder Clubs of the Month through the 27th! So many fun sets this month! I’ll link you below! Click or tap on [SPL]

Clubs \| Spellbinders Paper Arts -… [ SPL ]	Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Essential Glimmer Sentiments -… [ SPL ]
Ranger – Mustard Seed Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Spiced Marmalade Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Chipped Sapphire Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Ranger – Black Soot Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Peacock Feathers Distress… [ SPL ]	Ranger – Broken China Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Ranger – Scattered Straw Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Dusty Concord Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Dried Marigold Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Wild… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]
Mini Blending Brush Set from the Card… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL ]
Onyx Color Essentials Cardstock 8.5″… [ SPL ]	Tombow MONO SAND ERASER 512B [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Spring · sympathy · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Birthday Card…

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! A cheery Spring peony clean and simple card to share with you today! NEW from Spellbinders and designed by Yana Smakula….so pretty! It can be made with so many techniques!

I started by die cutting both dies in the set from white Hammermill cardstock.

Next I placed the floral die face down on the larger plain white die cut, taped the die in place and ran it through my die cutting machine with the tan mat so the design is impressed (you don’t want it to cut) into the die cut.

I inked up this impressed piece with Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo ink and a small ink blending brush.

Then on the floral outline white die cut, Inked the peony buds and leaves with Distress oxide inks and small brushes.

It’s a fast way to color die cuts for sure! It’s really pretty in real life too… softer looking than in the photos.

The sentiment is from a wonderful NEW Press Plates set also from Yana. I don’t have the Press Plate system so I used Spellbinders black foil and foiled the Happy Birthday Wishes directly to the card front! It looks so professional!

My card is 4 in. x 7 in. so it will need an A7 envelope but will still mail for one forever postage stamp.

Linking to some challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple April 2024 – anything goes, optional weather

Four Season Challenge – anything goes Spring

Triple B: April 2024 – Blooms for me this time

I’m sure a lot of you are thinking of gardens and flowers this time of year! My daughters are really into house plants so that’s been fun. I made 55 shower invitations! That’s why I’ve been rather MIA! lol Fun times!

Wishing you a beautiful Spring day!

Here’s links to the products I used to make this card…SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Press… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Let”s Celebrate… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Peeled Paint… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Gina K Designs MINI BLENDING BRUSHES… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]
Spellbinders BLACK Glimmer Foil GLF-010 [ SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil Roll… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – New and Improved… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Enlarged Embossing Pads -… [ SPL ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SPL \| SBC ]