poppystamps Heart Confetti Collage and Memory Box Heart Gift Box…

January 14, 2018January 30, 2018 Pam Sparks24 Comments

I love this non-traditional color combo for hearts! I started near the top of a 4 x 5 ¼ panel of Neenah Solar White 110# cover Classic Crest Smooth card-stock blending on Distress ink pad colors with the foam ink blending tool. Spiced Marmalade first, then Carved Pumpkin, then Picked Raspberry and ending with Spun Sugar.

I die cut the poppystamps Heart Confetti Collage die in a panel of the same card-stock that was die cut first with the Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangle die that is the same size as an A2 card.

I stamped the sentiment from the new poppystamps Valentine Fairies stamp set, with the MISIT stamping tool and Memento Tuxedo Black ink.

I added a couple Doodlebug matte sprinkles on each end. Definitely a CAS card!

I love this new little Memory Box Heart Gift Box… super cute. I die cut it once in pink and once in white. The smaller heart is from the collage die I used on the card. I cut the white die cut down to use behind the hole.

The arrow is from the Memory Box Cupid’s Tools die.

fun! You could cut six of these Heart Gift Boxes and make a flower!

Linking to some challenges…

HLS January – anything goes with dies

AAA Cards – game #106 something new

Thank you Ladies for choosing my card!

HLS January CAS challenge – friends

ok – back to the table…more cards to make! Take care and stay warm!

Products I used on this card and box…

Poppystamps – 1994 Heart Confetti… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box die – Cupid’s Tools [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 99954 Heart Gift Box… [ STR ]	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 ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]	Memento – Tuxedo Black – full sized pad [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| BLT ]
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Distress Mini Inks – open stock [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| JGG \| HLM** ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| JGG \| HLM ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]
Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR \| BLT ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLT ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	signo white gel pen [ STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]
Doodlebug Sprinkles – Matte Boy… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Doodlebug Sprinkles – Matte Tropical… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

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cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Poppystamps · Valentine

poppystamps Love Stitch Circle Frame, Tumbled Heart Collage and Embossed Heart Taglet card…

January 12, 2018January 12, 2018 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hi everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas/Holiday season! Now I need to get back up to speed and get to posting Valentines! How can it be that time already?! lol Don’t tell anybody but our Christmas tree is still up! I know, I know…we have to store it in our garage and it’s not connected to the house and it’s been really cold…that’s my excuse. I have to get it down tomorrow! lol

Isn’t that a cute little tag? I love it tied on their with twine! The sentiment is from the new poppystamps Valentine Fairies stamp set.

My all time favorite colors here… hehe

poppystamps Love Stitch Circle Frame is cut in kraft and red. The red love trimmed out an glued over the kraft love.

poppystamps Tumbled Heart Collage is cut in black and just a couple hearts cut in white and colored with Copics…you could sure cut in red card-stock though!

I used foam tape behind the kraft love frame and stuck it to the black piece.

It’s a fabulous poppystamps and Memory Box release again!!! Lots more to come so stay subscribed or subscribe! hehe

Linking up to some challenges…

CAS on Friday – #124 Love

Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge – out with the old, in with the new

HLS January – anything goes with dies

Scrapyland Challenge – anything goes

Thanks for visiting…shopping links below. Thank you for your comments and support! I appreciate it! Happy Stamping 2018 to you!

Poppystamps – 2001 Love Stitch Circle… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2023 Tumbled Heart… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 1993 Embossed Heart… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – CL462 Valentine Fairies… [ STR \| 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 ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	MISTI – Original Misti Laser Etched… [ HLM \| SBC \| SSS ]
Mini MISTI – MINI Misti Laser Etched… [ HLM \| SBC \| SSS ]	Memento – Tuxedo Black – full sized pad [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	White Bazzill card-stock [ STR ]	card-stock [ STR ]
Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]
Doodlebug Doodle Twine – Love Assortment [ STR ]	Doodlebug Chunky Twine Spool – Ladybug [ STR \| SBC ]	Bakers Twine Spools – Red & White [ BLT ]

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Anniversary · Birthday · cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Recollections · Winter

Deer Head cards…

December 22, 2017January 13, 2018 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Our anniversary is in December and so I made Tim a Winterish feeling card this year using a die set from Recollections. The sentiment stamp is from Memory Box. HERE is the pattern paper I used.

I really had fun with this for some reason… I suppose it was because for once I was able to incorporate pattern paper without stressing about it! hoho

So I made 6 for Tim to use for Christmas cards that he sends using a plaid from Photoplay Paper. Cindy has sets with plaids that I want to use next… this one HERE, this one HERE and another one HERE. We could even take this into Valentines HERE! lol

I tried using LED lights to take the last two pictures… I really like how bright they are for working… my husband doesn’t mess around…these are 300 watts! lol He brought how 500 watts too but I said, no, you keep those for work. Yes, these are light bulbs! whoa! lol

Entering some challenges…

Watercooler Wednesday Masculine anything goes

winner @ WW! Thank you ladies!

Double D Challenges – Winter

Anyway, I better bet back to cleaning, wrapping and making tags today. I have some more to share…so I’ll be back to bug you! 😀

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C & 9 · cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Stamplorations · Techniques

Concord & 9th Ornamental Card and Stamplorations A Child is Born Card…

December 8, 2017December 10, 2017 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Hi cardmakers! I’m making more cards then I’m getting blogged so I need to step up my act!

This card is using Concord & 9th’s Ornamental die set… I love the detail in the cuts and that the pieces can be used individually! First I had to use it all in one! lol (Pattern paper is My Minds Eye, Comfort and Joy, Evergreen and Holly, from last yer)

Very straight forward card and flat for mailing. If you don’t want to mail for square card postage (2 oz. stamp) use one of those gold 6×9 envelopes for one forever postage stamp!

For a few years when I colored all the time, all my cards were square… I got creative with mailing. hehe

Linking up my ornament card to some challenges…

Happy Little Stampers December Anything Goes with dies challenge

Addicted To Stamps and More – Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash – move it

Next up…

Another, yes I can mail this CAS card. Stamping and die cutting all in one card! lol

I stamped with a Hero Arts Ombre stamp pad in the MISTI so I could ink it a couple times.

Then I die cut the stamped panel with a nativity die and used thin ¾ in. mounting tape that I cut pieces to fit behind the die cut.

I love this look…hoping to find some more stamps and dies to try it with.

Linking up my ‘A Child is Born’ card to some challenges…

Muse Christmas Visions – Holiday card

Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! Click over to Instagram if you want to see one of our new trains! hehe Link over in the sidebar too. Grandson Henry emailed me last night and said, make a video and send it to my mom so she can see how fast it goes! So shared it on IG too. We’ve had trains before but they wear out! Two out of three worn out so we replaced two this year. Kind of memory trains…my Dad worked for the Chicago Northwestern RR, so both of these new ones are CNW trains. I was so excited to find them and share a little about my Dad with our grands. 😀

Links to what I used to make these two cards!

Concord and 9th – Christmas – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Pretty Pink Posh MERRY CHRISTMAS… [ SSS ]	American Crafts Glitter Cardstock – Gold [ STR ]
American Crafts POW! Glitter Paper… [ HLM ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	Bazzill GOLD Foil Heavy Weight 8.5 x… [ SSS ]
card-stock [ STR ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SBC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| BLIC ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR ]	A Child Is Born – Typografia… [ ACT ]
Christmas Icons – Nativity -… [ ACT ]	Hero Arts – Ombre Ink Pad – Pool to Navy [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| BMS ]

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cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Enchanted Snowglobe Card…

December 6, 2017December 9, 2017 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hi everyone! What a fun die set! This is the new Deep Edge Enchanted Snowglobe die set from Memory Box. You can easily cut fabric and other materials with these deep edge dies! Cool…I used to sew all the time but now I’m thankful for all these stitched dies so I can just have the ‘faux’ stitching! lol So, I didn’t go get any fabric out to make this! But..you sure could! or felt would be so cool too!

I had a watercolor background that didn’t get tossed (regular Distress Ink, Salty Ocean). I added some embossing powder white snowflakes with a Versamark pen and Ranger Detail embossing powder. Yes the dots are too big for the perspective of the house and trees but we’ll just use the artistic license this time. hehe

I love how the ‘s’ on the sentiment die makes the smoke coming from the chimney too!

The Copic Sketch Markers I used on the darker tall trees are G43 and 46, the short, wide trees are YG41 and 45. The door is R46, the window is Y18 and the roof is N3, 4, 5.

The other dies I used are in the shopping links below…

Entering some challenges…

Scrapyland – anything goes (with dies they sell in their store)

The Merry Christmas Challenge – anything goes/Christmas

Word Art Wednesday – anything goes

Stempelgarten Challenge – anything goes

Double D Challenges – red and white Christmas with an optional pop of green

Thanks for stopping by today and hope you’re having lots of fun making stuff! It’s in the 30’s here today and dreary…trying to rain or snow? I’m ready for sun or snow…something bright! haha Glad I’m easily distracted by dies, stamps and paper! 😀

Here’s the list and links to what I used today! Thanks so much for shopping through my links. I appreciate it!

Memory Box / Open Studio – 30108… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 99784 Warm Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30093… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Copic [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Kraft woodgrain card-stock [ CTC ]	card-stock [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR \| SSS ]
Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR ]	Tsukineko Versamark VERSAMARKER… [ SSS ]
Super Fine Detail White Embossing… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Nuvo Glitter Drops – White Blizzard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Glitter – Prisma [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SBC ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR ]	Therm O Web – iCraft – Adhesive… [ SBC ]
Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC \| SSS ]