Simon Says Stamp Warm Christmas Card….super fun!

November 23, 2022 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! If you even have time to read my post on this busy week of being thankful! I can tell you I’m thankful for a warm Thanksgiving! I’m gonna head out and wash a few windows as soon as I finish this post! lol

I’m sharing my card for the Simon Says Stamp Holiday Sparkle release today! How cute is this delightful tree and snowman! I love this set! I used one more image on the inside…I remembered to take a picture so it’s down below, keep scrolling! hoho Oh, there’s a relaxing Santa in the set also but I didn’t get him into the composition! lol

Click on the picture ^ to shop the release…beautiful products to create with!

I ink blended a background with Distress Oxide ink…tore off the bottom sand part and covered the water and sky with vellum.

I die cut the NEW poppystamps Sunbeam Frame die in white and glued it over the top.

Trimmed down the sand and glued it to the bottom of the rays!

I’m tickled with how it turned out but if I was doing it again, I would cut another white die cut and ink blend it and fit the pieces into the top sunbeam frame die cut. How cute! ok – I love it! lol

I colored with Copics…that always makes me happy…just an all around fun stamp set to create with! There is a coordinating die set also! yay!

Here’s the surprise on the inside! You know what?! This flamingo needs a red gem on the end of it’s beak! lol

Super cute! A2 size card.

I hope you’re having a wonderful week and preparing for time with family and friends. We’ll all gather tomorrow at one of our daughter’s. Can’t wait!

Simon Says Stamp has some specials and a beautiful new card kit and so much more! Have fun shopping in your spare time!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog… all the best to you and yours!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Simon Says Stamps and Dies WARM… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps WARM… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp WARM CHRISTMAS Wafer… [ SSS ]
Poppy Stamps SUNBEAM FRAME Die 2504 [ SSS ]	Waffle Flower A7 LAYERS Dies 310283… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]
distress oxide ink pads at Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Celeste Snowflake, Snowflake Trio and Plate Card…

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello everyone! More snowflakes in the air and on my blog today! Free air conditioning when you open the door here in Iowa! haha

I started my card with the NEW Memory Box Celeste Plate and two colors of pink cardstock. I used Cupcake and Pink Champagne. I’ll link below.

I inlaid the pieces but you could just as easy glue one color over the top of the other and forgo laying in the pieces.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Celeste Snowflake in silver foil/mirror cardstock and the outline in white cardstock. Super easy.

Then it took awhile to decide where to put everything on this A2 size panel! lol

I needed a sentiment so I pulled out this Memory Box Joy Posh Script die that was new last year. It’s beautiful and feminine and fit the direction this card was taking me!

I’m getting a lot of mileage out of this NEW Memory Box Classic Pair of Ice Skates die. Here they are again embellishing the snowflake theme I have going.

I LOVE that there’s a NEW Memory Box Celeste Snowflake Trio die to complement the large Celeste Snowflake and Celeste Plate! So I die cut them in white and glued them directly to the panel.

Some Silver pearls in the centers to bring in the silver element in the design again. I did white first but changed to silver…done!

well almost! Here’s the inside! I remembered!

The NEW Memory Box Sweet Christmas stamp set to match the Posh Script Joy die on the front. I love matching sentiments!

I also die cut the NEW Memory Box Alpine Snowflakes die and glued them inside. Jazzed it up a little. They are similar in design to the Celeste snowflakes so if you like to layer flakes, they work for that too!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy dreaming of creating all the things! eek! How’d we get to November already anyway! ttul!

Links to the products I used on my card today…

Memory Box – 94699 Celeste Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94697 Celeste Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94705 Celeste Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94591 Joy Posh Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94674 Classic Pair of… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94680 Alpine Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Archival… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12 [ STR ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Switch Plus Machine… [ SBC ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]

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

poppystamps Snowflake Loop, Proper Merry Christmas Card…

November 10, 2022 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello! I’m still working my way through this beautiful Memory Box 6×6 plaid paper pad! I love it!

The contrast with white! The touch of gold… so festive!

All die cutting today…shoot me now! I forgot to stamp the inside of my card! I was sailing along so well there for a couple weeks! lol

I glued two white cuts together for the Snowflake Loop piece. The snowflake from the set, I die cut two but just used them single.

I used Memory Box Black Glossy cardstock for the panel and the Proper Merry Christmas sentiment.

So simple once I finally decided what colors to use for the sentiment!

It’s a 5 ½ inch square card. White cardbase.

Gold pearls in three sizes glued on to finish it up!

What are you making these days? I see gals posting they’re starting to decorate their houses. We’ve been working in our basement …imagine over 100 year old basement that has plastered ceilings and walls cut into to run air conditioning ducts and wiring and plumbing etc! Tim is taking down the plaster on the ceilings, scraping the walls and painting the ceiling, walls AND floor! It’s a lot…big old house. So I’ve been moving stuff to keep ahead of him. Oh he’s building new shelves too! I’m so excited! Maybe I can store some of my excess stamp stuff down there! How long should we keep boxes?! lol You know, the ones die cut machines come in, the MISTI boxes, etc! Yikes!

Thanks for stopping by! Talk to you again soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2538 Snowflake Loop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2543 Proper Merry… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]

birch press design · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Whittle Forest Reindeer Kit Card and Leaf and Tentril Hot Foil Card…

November 1, 2022November 10, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello! How is your Holiday creating going? I cannot believe it’s November can you! Keep scrolling for card #2.

Now this cutie reindeer is going to make you smile! Isn’t he adorable in his plaid hat!

I love this new die kit and NEW Wintertime Snowflake Frame from poppystamps!

I used the NEW Memory Box Jolly Christmas Plaid 6×6 paper pad…Memory Box Lush Green and Earth Neutral 6×6 cardstock pads.

such a cutie!

The sentiment is part of the stamp set included in the kit. I heat embossed in white and die cut with one of the rectangle dies from the Birch Press Design Contempo Christmas Greetings die.

I love how it turned out! I hope you love it too! hehe

On the inside I stamped a greeting from the NEW poppystamps Christmas Sparkle stamp set, ‘You make every day seem like Christmas’. I love this set! I used Wendy Vecchi English Ivy Archival ink pad to stamp it. I just bought her English Ivy and Red Geranium Archival ink pads. I love them too! lol

TIP: I tell you a lot I love this thin big roll of mounting tape that I link to at the bottom of my posts…I always forget to tell you about cutting it though! I use the non stick scissors that I finally remembered to link to today! I’m really glad I went ahead and purchased the scissors from Cindy because it makes a difference with sticky tape. I love that it’s sticky because I’m assured that my card won’t fall apart after the receiver gets it! I love that it’s easier to mail too! Win! Win!

Next Card…

NEW poppystamps Leaf and Tendril Hot Foil Plate! Sooo pretty! This green cardstock is from my stash but now I’m thinking there’s probably a similar green in the Memory Box Cardstock pad.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Keep Christmas Curled Script die in gold foil/mirror cardstock.

Then I die cut it in a piece of white cardstock and inlaid the gold into the white so I didn’t have to glue all the lines! Scor-tape on the back, flip it over and put in the insides of the letters… that’s easier imo. I also love how it looks! So professional!

I’m not a big bow person but I love it on this card! The NEW Memory Box Dreamy Bow die in TE Cherry Pop cardstock.

A mess of sparkly trim behind it. Gold pearls added to dot the ‘i’s and in the corners. I love these gold pearls from starlitstudio.net. The perfect sizes!

Both of my cards in this post are A2 size.

I’m linking my Whittle Deer Card to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge – Holiday Cards

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Christmas

Christmas With the Cuties – Anything Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes Christmas

I love sharing with you! I hope you enjoyed it! I so appreciate you stopping by and interacting with me! It makes my day! ❤

Here’s what I used to make these cards…

Poppystamps – KT003 Whittle Forest… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2534 Wintertime… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8162 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL511 Christmas Sparkle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Make Art… [ SBC ]	Poppystamps – PSF809 Leaf and Tendril… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94700 Keep Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94633 Dreamy Bow craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Pearl Embellishments – 4mm gold,… [ STR ]	Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Tim Holtz – Big Shot Switch… [ SBC \| SBC ]

birch press design · cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Birch Press Design Snowy Circle Layer Set – Two Cards

October 27, 2022October 27, 2022 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! I had a little fun with ink blending Distress Oxides and Dies for this A2 size card!

Kitsch Flamingo stamping for the snow and edging with a bit of Picked Raspberry added on the perimeters.

The snow scatter is from an older BPD Celestial Waves stamp set.

I used all three layers of the NEW Birch Press Designs Snowy Circle Layer set. I inked Layer B with a little bit of the pinks.

Skates are super easy to put together! They’re a NEW Memory Box die that I used already a couple weeks ago with a sled and a few other new dies. I loved using them as an embellishment on this card. A little knit cro-sheen for lacing them up.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside but I did finish it! I stamped it with Picked Raspberry Distress Oxide ink in the MISTI with the ‘May the JOY you find this Christmas follow you throughout the year’ sentiment stamp from the NEW poppystamps Christmas Sparkle set.

I got up early this morning to make this pink card! I’d already thought it through and it worked! yay!

Linking to some Christmas Challenges…

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenges – Anything Christmas Goes

Peace on Earth Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes Christmas

Winter Wonderland Challenge – Let It Snow

I made the next card the other day using the same Snowy Circle set but adding the New Memory Box Nested Globe Bases die to turn it into a snowy snowglobe!

Here I used the NEW Birch Press Design Felicity Snowflakes dies and some Fairy Drops for the background.

I used some Lindy’s Magicals powders to ‘paint’ the snowy circles. I die cut from Smooth Bristol cardstock, spritzed with water and tapped on the powders. The top layer I just painted with the white and water.

I love the sparkle/shimmer it gives the die cuts!

The JOY on both of my cards is trimmed from the NEW BPD Find Joy and Outline die. I just used the JOY part.

The foil cardstock I used is from the Memory Box 6×6 Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad. This pad has metallic and pearl cardstocks.

On the inside of this second card, I used the same sentiment set but different stamps. This one says ‘May your Christmas truly Sparkle’ and ‘With much Love’. I stamped with Peacock Feather Distress Oxide ink in the Misti and it turned out beautiful. To bad I didn’t take a picture of it!

I didn’t try this for a shaker card but I’m thinking it’d be really pretty made up as one!

Thank you for sticking with me for this long post! I appreciate you stopping by!

Click on the letters below the item to see what I used to make these two cards. Have fun!

Birch Press Design – 57467 Snowy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94674 Classic Pair of… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57452 Find Joy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press – Clear Stamp – Celestial… [ FRN ]	Birch Press Design – 57453 Felicity… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – FP1003 Rainbow… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL511 Christmas Sparkle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94675 Nested Globe Bases… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Lindy’s Stamp Gang Magicals… [ STR ]
Lindy’s Stamp Gang DROP DEAD DIVA… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]