Simon Says Stamp Diecember Picture Book Secret Penguin Card…

December 3, 2017December 4, 2017 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Good Morning! It’s hard to believe we’ve hit Diecember already! It’s here with all the glory of the season! I am delighted to share a card I made with Simon Says Stamp’s new Picture Book Secret Penguin. He’s giving Santa some competition with his cuteness!

I used SSS Stitched Slopes and Hills to give him some snow to stand in. The sentiments are from SSS Sending and Wishing stamp set.

I couldn’t resist using these cute Doodlebug Candy Cane Shape Sprinkles with him, Doodlebug Heart Assortment Sprinkles, oh and that Jolee’s Boutique Santa Hat sticker.

The background is Distress Oxide inks, Salty Ocean and a little bit of Faded Jeans around the perimeter. Spattered it with water…sprayed a puddle into my hand, rub my hands together and then clap them over the piece to get the different size splotches. I did it a few times on this one.

Then I spattered it with Distress Picket Fence Acrylic Paint, diluted with a little water and a small liner paint brush.

Click over to see all the new products from SSS for Diecember! Several things I love! eek! 😀

Happy creating, shopping, holiday prep to you! Thanks for stopping by! Links below to what I used!

Use code: MERRY573 for $5 off your purchase of $5 or more at SSS

Simon Says Stamp PICTURE BOOK SECRET… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED SLOPES AND… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING AND… [ SSS ]
Doodlebug Heart Sprinkles – Ladybug… [ STR ]	Doodlebug Sprinkle Shapes – Candy Canes [ STR ]	Sizzix BIG SHOT WHITE TOOL CADDY 661081 [ SSS ]
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Kick STANDARD CUTTING… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Card Stock 100#… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Reinkers… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Reinkers… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Flip Top Distress Paint… [ SSS ]
Ranger Studio Paint ARTIST BRUSHES… [ SSS ]	Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE… [ SSS ]	Memento Luxe WEDDING DRESS Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun… [ SSS ]	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping… [ SSS ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool… [ SSS ]
Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT… [ SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]
Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Taylored Expressions Little Bits… [ SSS ]

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Memory Box Deep Edge Dies – Wonderland Snowman and Wintry Snowflakes…

November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! It was a really nice Thanksgiving here yesterday! Beautiful weather today too! Yay! A good day to be shopping. haha True my snow guy would melt here!

A little pattern paper play on my jolly marshmallow dude today. Otherwise he’s all card-stock and won’t melt!

The new Deep Edge dies will cut up to 6 layers of fabric at once if you like changing up your die cutting from paper! WOW! Super fun! Here’s a video by Dave, Memory Box owner showing how to use these dies with fabric and card-stock.

I used the largest rectangle from the new Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles die set too.

This cute snowman comes with a die that cuts 5 snowballs too… so I stuck one in his hand but you could make a fort if you wanted to! lol I used some Nuvo Fresh Snowfall to glam it up.

My next card is made with the new Wintry Snowflakes Deep Edge die set.

I die cut all the flakes and because they aren’t solid metal you can emboss them to get more dimension! I love that! So I just cut them in white and glued them (just in the centers) to a white card-base.

I wanted to keep it CAS looking so I just die cut the poppystamps Spectacular Joy die set in Silver and Gold metallic card-stock. Just enough dimension to embellish these flakes!

Some skinny gold card tied across the top and the front is done! A Clean and Simple card to wish you all the joys of the season!

Links below and a little shopping info. Happy Plaid Friday! (that’s what the shops uptown here are calling it!) lol Thanks so much for visiting and clicking through my links! I appreciate it so much!

Shopping links to what I used to make these two cards…t

Memory Box / Open Studio – 30112… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30099… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box WINTRY SNOWFLAKES Open… [ SSS ]
Poppystamps – 1932 Spectacular Joy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Creekside 12×12 cardstock -… [ STR \| SBC ]	Creekside 12×12 cardstock – Night… [ STR \| SBC ]
Pebbles Merry Merry Collection -… [ STR \| SBC ]	card-stock [ STR ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Guillotine Trimmer – 12″ x 12″ [ BLT ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| BLT ]
Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC \| BLT ]	W-023 Spellbinders WIZARD TAN… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Nuvo Glitter Accents 1.7oz – Fresh… [ STR \| SSS \| BLT \| SBC ]
Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Crystal Ninja CRYSTAL KATANA… [ SSS ]	gathered twigs [ STR \| BLT \| SBC \| SSS ]
*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| BLT \| SBC \| SSS** ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| BLT ]	ink blending tool spinner [ SBC ]

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Memory Box Wintry Christmas cards…

November 7, 2017November 9, 2017 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Two fun & festive cards to share with you today! I love the ‘wintry’ feel of both of them! Freezin’ season! hehe

I made a watercolor background with Distress Ink refills…Faded Jeans and Chipped Sapphire. Spattered on some water and Sparkle Shimmer Spray.

I die cut the Simple Evergreen Frame, Cascade Evergreen Frame, Mountain Evergreen in white card-stock and Home for the Holidays in metallic gold card-stock and glued them, with liquid glue to the card-base in that order. I checked the frame dies to make sure they were still available but didn’t check the Mountain Evergreen die. ugh. So I’m linking you to the Marvelous Pine die in the links below. I think it will be pretty on this card too!

After everything was glued on, I added some glitter domes. I link you to the large one I used on the bottom snowflake but I don’t have a source for the small ones anymore. You could use small pearls and coat them with Nuvo Snowfall drops…linked them up below.

Entering my ‘Home for the Holidays’ card in some challenges…

HLS November Christmas Challenge

CAS Watercolor Card Challenge – Holiday

I couldn’t resist making a Clean and Simple card with this Snowman Heart Collage die. Sometimes clean makes such a wonderful statement! lol

I die cut the top panel with the largest Wrapped Stitch Rectangle die, then die cut the Snowman Heart Collage die in the panel. I used 3M thin ¾ inch. mounting tape to mount this panel to my card-base after I wrapped it with a piece of kraft color twine.

I stamped the panel with a sentiment from the Believe in the Magic stamp set using the MISTI!

The two little holly leaves are from the Holly Collage die. Die cut in white card, colored with Copic Sketch Markers and mounted to the panel with little pieces of mounting tape.

oh yes, the little heart is part of the Snowman Collage die too. It comes with hat, scarf, carrot nose and buttons dies.

Entering my ‘Snowman Collage’ card in some challenges…

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge – kraft and red

Christmas Card Challenges – photo

HLS November CAS Challenge – Christmas

Well, that’s it for today… I have more to blog, it’s just been kinda crazy around here! eek! Yesterday the city cut down 3 of our trees in the parking…we live on a corner. Our poor house feels naked. Now to figure out new trees. Found out this morning they have a list of approved trees. Course what we wanted isn’t approved right now. Insert head banging person. It was so upsetting to see those trees go. Our house is over 100 yrs old and new trees look so funny but we will plant the biggest ones we can afford! To bad I can’t just put up paper trees! lol

Thanks for stopping by today! Here’s a link to listen to Christmas music on your computer! http://www1.cbn.com/radio/christmas I’m enjoying it! Take care!

Links to the products I used to make these two cards…

Memory Box die – Simple Evergreen Frame [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box die – Cascade Evergreen Frame [ STR ]	Memory Box die – Marvelous Pine [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 99848 Tall Pine craft die [ STR ]	Memory Box – 99862 Home For The… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 99801 Snowman Heart… [ STR \| SSS \| BMS ]	Poppystamps – CL454 Believe in Magic… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 99790 Holly Collage… [ STR \| SSS \| BMS ]
Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ 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 ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping… [ SSS \| SBC ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK REFILLS LOT OF… [ SSS ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Gold Metallic card-stock [ CTC ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Cranberry Memory Box Notecards – 25/pack [ STR \| BMS ]	SSS Teflon Bone Folder [ SSS ]
glitter domes [ STR ]	Nuvo Glitter Accents 1.7oz – Fresh… [ STR \| BLT \| SSS \| SBC ]	Pearl Embellishment Stickers – 3mm [ STR ]
Sheer Shimmer Spritz Spray 2oz – Sparkle [ STR \| SSS ]

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My cards for Simon Says Stamp ‘Making Spirits Bright’ Release!

October 11, 2017October 13, 2017 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hello! Did you hear the excitement in my hello?! lol ‘Making’ cards for Christmas gets me ALL excited and giddy with all the new product! How to make and shop at the same time! It is hard! lol

When this die arrived in the mail I was so happy this is what SSS sent me! I love it! In my first card, I combined it with the RyLynn Snowflake and a sentiment from Inside Holiday Greetings.

I got out some Distress Oxide ink pads and started smooshing. It’s one of those come back after a layer dries and add another layer. I just started another card while I was waiting!

I love these dies with the larger outline cut and the intricate word to layer in the outer cut. I think you know what I mean… whew. lol I’m not so great at describing things sometimes! The Distress Oxide layer has the large ‘hole’ cut in it. I die cut a piece of craft foam with the large die too and adhered it behind so the silver falala would be down in the hole.

I love how festive and non-traditional this turned out!

My next card…well, I love it too! CAS, white and so sparkly festive!

American Crafts glitter paper…I like it! It’s a really nice weight and die cuts perfectly! Here I didn’t use craft foam behind the top layer but you still get enough dimension to show the beauty of the die.

The sentiment is from the Holiday Message Strips stamp set and poppystamps Holly Leaves and Berries dies are all the embellishment this card needed to keep it CAS.

I’m so excited for this release! You can see all of it HERE at Simon Says Stamp. What do you think? I can’t wait to see it all myself! lol I see some snowmen that need to come to my house!!! and pine looking something back there! eek!

Thanks so much for stopping by and listening to me go crazy over Christmas creating! We are having so much fun, aren’t we stampers?! I hope you are. If you want to swap Christmas cards, drop me an email! I love getting cards from stampers!

p.s. can’t wait to hear what you love from this release!

Here’s what I used to make these cards… use the code HARVEST to get $5 off your order at SSS.

Simon Says Stamp FA LA LA Wafer Dies… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp RYLYNN SNOWFLAKE… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Clear Stamps HOLIDAY… [ SSS ]	Memory Box STITCHED HOLLY LEAVES… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko VersaFine SMALL ONYX BLACK… [ SSS ]
Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK REFILL… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Stamp Shammy [ SBC ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool… [ SSS ]
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score… [ SSS ]	Martha Stewart Mini Score Board; Scoring [ STR ]	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE… [ SSS ]
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]
Avery Elle LARGE Stamp & Die Storage… [ SSS ]	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]	Sizzix BIG SHOT WHITE TOOL CADDY 661081 [ SSS ]
Sizzix Big Shot Kick STANDARD CUTTING… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Sizzix ON THE EDGE CUTTING… [ SSS ]	Tonic CHROME SILVER Mirror Card… [ SSS ]
DoCrafts GOLD & SILVER A4 Mirror… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Tonic EASY CLEAN MAT 1514E [ SSS ]	Ranger Large 2 oz MISTER BOTTLE… [ SSS ]	Ranger WATERCOLOR PAPER Inkssentials… [ SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]

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Colorful Rainbow cards to share today…

September 12, 2017September 13, 2017 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! Two clean and simple cards I made for stamp club last Friday. Annette had the program and she had rainbow for the theme. These are the two cards I made…one to swap and one for Annette’s birthday card.

I used the poppystamps paintbrush die, colored with Copic Sketch Markers, a Taylored Expressions brush rubber stamp, You color my world is from a new poppystamps stamp set, inked with Versafine Black Onyx ink and stamped with the MISTI. I stamped the brush stamp with Regular Distress Inks. I centered the stamp on the lid of the MISTI and moved the card to stamp the different colors. I did stamp each color two and three times to get the bold color.

Both cards are A2 top folding card bases, almost one layer!

The bike is a new Spellbinders die cut in heavy white card-stock…run it through with the tan mat a second time so it embosses nicely.

The street and the stitched rectangle are from a MFT blueprints die set, the butterflies are an old Marvy punch…sorry I didn’t have time to look for a die but I’ll see if I can find something similar to link to and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

Thanks for stopping by on this fine Tuesday! I’ll be back soon with more of you know what! lol Have a creative, colorful week!

Supplies, Stamps and Tools I used to make these cards… (click – STR links to Starlitstudio, SSS links to Simon Says Stamp, SBC links to scrapbook.com and BLIC links to Dick Blick) Thank you!

Spellbinders – D-Lites Die – Bicycle [ SBC \| SSS ]	My Favorite Things BLUEPRINTS 25… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps die – Devyn Butterfly Trio [ STR ]
Memory Box WIDE PAINT STROKE POPPY… [ SSS ]	Studio Katia BRUSH STROKES Clear… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps STUDIO… [ SSS ]
SugarPea Designs WATERCOLOR BRUSH… [ SSS ]	Reverse Confetti COLOR ME HAPPY Clear… [ SSS ]	Avery Elle Clear Stamps BRUSHED Set… [ SSS ]
Your Next Stamp PAINT SWOOSHES AND… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL459 Autumn Fairies… [ STR ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Versafine – Onyx Black – full-sized… [ STR \| SSS ]	VersaFine – Onyx Black – mini ink pad [ STR \| SSS ]	Versafine Onyx Black – Reinker [ STR \| SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Mini Stamp Pad 1×1 [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Ink Refill .5oz [ STR \| SSS ]
Super Fine Detail White Embossing… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Martha Stewart Mini Score Board; Scoring [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| BLIC \| SSS ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]
3L Scrapbook Adhesives – 3D Foam… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC ]
Fiskars – 9 inch Bypass Paper Trimmer [ SBC ]	Fiskars Deluxe Paper Trimmer with… [ STR \| SSS ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]
card-stock [ STR ]	Ranger Mini Distress Ink Storage Tin [ STR ]	Ranger Distress Mini Cube Inks [ STR ]
Copic [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]
Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ SBC ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Crystal Ninja CRYSTAL KATANA… [ SSS ]