Memory Box Dazzling Snowflake and Limoges Snowflake cards…

July 5, 2014July 9, 2014 Pam Sparks31 Comments

The NEW Dazzling Snowflake die (in the store now) and NEW Merry Christmas rubber stamp, (stamps will be in the store real soon)! WOW! I love it! Turned out so cool!

I cut the die in a white panel, embossed the sentiment with Silver embossing powder and layered it, with mounting squares, onto a white A-2 card base that I adhered a piece of Silver glitter card-stock to.

That’s it! CAS it is but so dramatic and lovely!

A CAS Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you ladies!

I’m linking to the Merry Monday Challenge – Create an All White Christmas card (sentiment can be in silver)

and to Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – W is for White (both my cards work for this one)

Will you look at all the detail in this NEW Limoges Snowflake die! Isn’t it a stunner?! So pretty!

I die cut in white card-stock, embossed it by running it back through the Big Shot again, then leaving the cut and embossed piece in the die, turn it over, ink through the die, after inking all the open areas, remove the die, cover with embossing powder and heat. Wow! Beautiful!

Ink, stamp and emboss the sentiment Walking Winter Wonderland on vellum.

A somewhat CAS, A-2 size card…for a special someone!

Just for fun… a photo of four of the six cards I made this week for Memory Box. Be watching…next week the 2014 Holiday Memory Box blog blitz starts!

See you again soon! Have fun shopping… I see the NEW Memory Box and poppystamps dies arriving in stores! YAY! Thanks for shopping through my links. I appreciate it so much!

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More Christmas in July…

July 3, 2014July 4, 2014 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Three white CAS cards in a row! At least I got the white part of the holiday weekend in! I think everyone else is getting ready for the 4th of July and here I am making Christmas cards like crazy!

I’m thinking you want to see the NEW stuff made up though so I’ll just keep making. Although I think tomorrow is going to be clean out the garage day. ugh. I’d rather make cards!!! lol

I cut the NEW Tall Taper Candle die out of gold metallic card-stock then again for just the berries out of a scrap of silver metallic card-stock.

I glued this with Tombow Mono Multi glue, green caps, directly to a top folding A-2 size card base. Teeny dots where the lines meet and there is a tad bit bigger area to leave a teeny dot of glue.

*Tip* Always keep the tip of your glue clean and it won’t clog up on you.

*Tip* and the most important one… always keep your glue laying down. If you keep your glue upside down, it will come out uncontrollable! eep!

(I did try die cutting this with double sided tape on the back. It didn’t work well for me…too sticky and didn’t hold it’s shape)

Isn’t this Taper Candle die gorgeous?! Can you just see it made up to look like stained glass?! awesome! Can’t wait to do that next!

The holly and berries are from the NEW Cabrini Ornament die. Three little snips with the scissors and you have the perfect embellishment for the candle! : )

Did you notice the sentiment? NEW rubber stamps!!!! YAY! This is the NEW Let Your Heart combo rubber stamp.

WOW is right! LOVE the NEW Grand Merry Christmas Script die! It’s a beauty! I paired it with the NEW Plush Poinsettia Corner die. Another beauty!

The Grand Merry Christmas is cut from white card-stock and the Plush Poinsettia Corner is cut from white and cranberry card-stock. The cranberry petals I colored with Copic markers after I glued them in place. A gal can only go so long without a little colorbook therapy! : )

Several red glitter domes on the berries and this A-2 size card was done.

My last card for today is colorful and picks up the chalkboard trend that has been so popular.

Isn’t it fun?! I love it! This is the NEW Have a Jolly Christmas die! FABULOUS! First I die cut it in white and it was great…but I just had to try some retro-ish colors. I know…even though I’ve been on a white kick!

So here you have Lagoon, Sage, Cranberry, Licorice and White Memory Box card-stock or notecard colors.

I used my Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Cutting Mat to layer. The ⅛ th inch ruler for the white mat and the ½ inch ruler on three sides of the card base. Click HERE. Be sure to use the code Sparks5% at checkout. The rulers are so awesome! They save me so much time! You will love them too!

See that poinsettia at the bottom? That is a NEW die too! It’s the smallest flower from the NEW Poinsettia Bloom Trio die. YAY! More of everything I love!

Well, this is a lot today…holler if you have any questions!

I’m linking up to some challenges…

Virginia’s View Challenge # 5 – Die Cut

Wonderful Words Challenge – Word Dies

Keep it Simple – lots of turquoise

Thanks for looking, enjoy the holiday weekend and keep coming back to see more NEW * NEW * NEW!!!

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Christmas in July with Memory Box and Baby!

July 2, 2014July 9, 2014 Pam Sparks42 Comments

HO HO HO Merry Christmas! I know, I know… it’s early! Still…it’ll be nice to have a stash of cards and ideas before the last minute!

Here’s the NEW Memory Box Christmas Ribbon Ornaments die…soon to be HERE!

I broke out the glitter… haha… the Clear Rock Candy Distress Glitter HERE works great for this! It’s not getting all over everything after! YAY! THIS would work also… pretty!

I die cut the ornaments with Scor Tape HERE on the right side of the Memory Box card-stocks. Peeled off the release paper, dumped on glitter, dumped it off and burnished it on with a bone folder (place a piece of scrap paper on top of the glittered piece and rub). All without getting it all over me!!!

After you have your pieces cut and glittered, I lay the main piece right side down on the table, then place the pieces in right side down. I used Scotch tape this time but you could easy use ⅛ th or ¼ th inch scor tape too.

If you’re mounting it with mounting squares like I did, the scotch tape works because you don’t need the double stick.

If you are adhering the design directly to the card, scor tape would work great instead of scotch tape.

Linking to the Christmas All Year Round Challenge, non-traditional colors
Craftyhazelnut’s Christmas challenge extra – anything goes
Dies R Us Challenge, Christmas in July
Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge – Glitter
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes, Make it Christmas-ey

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Here’s a couple Baby cards. We welcomed Leo to our family in December and Rogan the 1st of June!

I LOVE the Winnie and Walter clear stamp sets HERE! For this card I used the Big, Bold and the Happy set. I stamped with Versafine Black Ink.

Just darling! lol I love the gingham pea! I used Memory Box A Pea in the Pod die HERE, Geneva Vine die HERE, Urban Upper and Lower Alphabets HERE and HERE and the poppystamps Classic Ribbons die HERE.

Now to finish up the insides and get them mailed! eek, I am so bad about that! So tickled with how these two cards turned out… Cute! Don’t you love it when you’re happy with what you make?! lol Memory Box and poppystamps…a great combo! Win, win!

My baby cards were in the Favorites this week at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you ladies!

Linking my baby cards to… Tuesday Throwdown Challenge – Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
Cardz For Guyz – Baby Boy
Lady Bugs Crafts Ink Challenge – Anything Goes
Sweet and Sassy Stamps New Release Challenge – Anything Goes
The Card Concepts – Baby, Freestyle Collage – Winner! Thank you Kay for choosing my Sweet Pea cards!

You know I love Copics too! Here’s a deal if you’re in the market!

SALE – Simon Says Stamp Copic Sale

Back to cutting and pasting! So happy you stopped by! More Christmas coming at you soon!

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Memory Box, Simon Says Stamp and Summer!

June 29, 2014June 29, 2014 Pam Sparks26 Comments

A few weeks ago I received an email from Stephanie, the marketing director at Simon Says Stamp.com. She wondered if I’d make a card or two for a feature on their blog…I replied, “I’d love to”! On went my thinking cap!

So I set to work to make a couple cards… I always love making scene cards and it was time to make an easel card again! It’s been awhile… I have an easel category over in the sidebar and a couple videos under the video tab under the header photo. I used a lot of Memory Box and poppystamps dies!

Hope I’m not making you hungry! : )

oh no! Cherries….food again! lol

Memory Box Sweet and Sour Cherries dies, My Favorite Things Pierced Rectangle Stax dies and Winnie and Walter clear stamps for the sentiment.

Thank you Simon Says Stamp and Stephanie for the opportunity to be a guest designer this week! Visit the blog HERE… there’s blog candy!

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Summer! We’re enjoying some delicious Bing cherries from WA state right now!

Dies, Stamps and Supplies I used…

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More New Memory Box and SALES!!!

June 7, 2014June 27, 2014 Pam Sparks10 Comments

First up…the SALES!!!

I use my Perfect Layers tools all the time! Perfect Paper Crafting is offering an awesome deal! If you haven’t gotten yours yet…don’t miss this opportunity to get a deal on the new set of Mini Rulers and the mat! You will not be sorry! LOVE them! If you already have them, maybe you want another set or what an awesome gift for a stamper friend!
Click the box below to check it out!

I have admired and been tempted to buy for some time the New stamp and die sets from Simon Says Stamp. I still don’t have any but if I have time to shop tomorrow, I want to but where to start! In case you didn’t know and want to shop too… here’s the deal and a link to the sale.

thanks for shopping through my links!

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Cards! Here’s another card using the NEW Summer 2014 Memory Box release. I started with the Floating Butterflies die cut out of a Memory Box white notecard. Next I cut out two of the inner lines with a scissors so I would have one complete butterfly. Here’s a picture of the die so you can see the lines I cut off.

I cut the Floating Butterflies Background die from a Memory Box Sweetcorn notecard. Using the Butterfly Vine stencil, I inked up the complete butterfly first, with Wild Honey Distress ink and the mini round ink blending tool. Then moved the stencil to fit over the other two butterflies, making sure not to ink into the complete butterfly I stenciled first.

I die cut the Bursting Berry Vine and Blushing Flower Branch from a Memory Box Kraft notecard. I inked them with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini ink blending tool and then colored the leaves with YG Copics.

Cut the Blushing Flower Branch again with little pieces of Memory Box Lavender notecard placed over the flowers, emboss them with a stylus or run it back through the Big Shot with a tan mat and shims. Leaving the flowers in the die, flip it over and ink through the die with Dusty Concord Distress ink and an ink blending tool.

Using a variety of Memory Box butterfly dies… cut some butterfly bodies in lavender card…ink them a little with Dusty Concord Distress ink too.

The word ‘fly’ is cut from the Library Alphabet Tags set.

I glued with Tombow Mono Multi, Scrapbook Adhesives mounting squares and the ATG gun.

A2 size card…

Linking up to the NBUS Challenge HERE… all of the dies have never been used!

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Over on the Memory Box facebook page this a.m., I posted the Floating Butterflies card and a gal said she wanted to see something with the Curling Cloud die. So I took the challenge for this afternoon!

I inlaid the Mini Hot Air Balloon and Beautiful Balloon dies with the Curling Cloud, cut the Memory Box initials with the Classic Uppercase Alphabet dies, cut summer with the Alphabet Soup die and fun with Parker Lowercase Alphabet dies.

Another Curling Cloud glued on top of the card to finish it off.

It’s an A2 size card – Memory Box Lagoon notecard for the card base, white, cranberry and meadow for the cuts.

So when it’s hot and humid… I stay in the house and keep cool! How about you? So my Summer fun is not in the air but on the ground, in the house playing with Memory dies, stencils and stamps!

I still have 3 class cards to post next week, some new Printworks stamps to play with and it’s time to color again!

TFL! and happy weekend…hope you get to make something too!

Here’s what I used to make these cards…