Birch Press Design Crochet Snowflake Card…

October 26, 2022 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! Some snow in our future I’m sure but paper snow you don’t have to scoop or blow! Depending on how many bits fall on the floor I guess! haha

I love the plaids in Memory Box 6×6 pads! This is one from the new Jolly Christmas PP1019 pad. I wish I could show it to you in real life. I love these colors together but once again I struggled for hours to get pictures to show the right colors and I didn’t succeed! So buy the pad! You won’t be sorry!

It’s a tealish, more grayish, greenish blueish color IRL. More like the first picture, but darker.

I used the NEW Birch Press Design Crochet Snowflake Layering Die set… so pretty! I love it!

I die cut layer C in the plaid paper, then in gold and inlaid the gold into the plaid.

Glued Layer B die cut in black on top of the gold.

Glued Layer A die cut in this teal/gray/bluegreen cardstock I have in my stash on top.

I used the NEW poppystamps Joy Freestyle Script die for the sentiment!

Not a hard card at all but I did cut the layers in all the colors before I decided which ones to use. lol

I added some gold pearls and I almost added more but I wanted that color to show through, so I stopped.

And here’s the inside! I stamped it with a sentiment from the Memory Box NEW Sweet Christmas set that I love! It stamps up great and lots of good words!

It’s a square card 5 ½ x 5 ½ inches.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Talk to you again soon!

Here’s what I used to make this flakey card! 🙂

Birch Press Design – 57474 Crochet… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2540 Joy Freestyle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]
Pearl Embellishments – 4mm gold,… [ STR ]	Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]	Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Stacked Joy and Layered Holly Branch Mini Slimline Card…

October 21, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! A festive JOY card to share today! If I had to choose a word that is fun to create with this time of year, I would pick the word JOY! This NEW from poppystamps Stacked Joy die is wonderful!

I had fun making it grungy this time but I’m thinking it would be great for a clean and simple creation also!

I used Taylored Expressions cardstock, toffee, Cilantro, Poblano Pepper and Cherry Pop. Bazzill Gold Foil cardstock for the Stacked Joy outline. I kept the gold letters to use with the red outline.

I trimmed the NEW poppystamps Layered Holly Branch down to using the top three and stuck them here and there. So happy to have this die! It worked out so well with the NEW Pine Needle Shoots and the berries from the NEW Layered Holly Leaf Trio dies.

I went with the Mini Slimline size card – 3 ½ x 6.

I used Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a mini ink blending tool to brown everything up a little.

The little, trimmer and handcut plaid banner is from the NEW Memory Box Jolly Christmas plaid 6×6 paper pad! Gorgeous papers!

I heat embossed a sentiment on the inside from the NEW poppystamps Christmas Sparkle clear stamp set. I love this set! So many perfect sentiments and this wonderful font!

This card makes me happy and the fact that the inside is done too! whoop! lol

Email me if you have any questions! Thank you so much for visiting my blog!

Here’s the dies, stamps and supplies I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2548 Stacked Joy craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2537 Layered Holly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2535 Pine Needle Shoots… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2536 Layered Holly Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL511 Christmas Sparkle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GATHERED… [ SSS ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SSS** ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

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

Memory Box Layered Polar Bear Snowglobe Card…

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! There’s a chill in the air so time for a polar bear! This guy is so cute enjoying the polar weather! lol

More NEW dies from Memory Box. Layered Polar Bear, Alpine Snowflakes, Layered Birds, Nested Globe Bases and the scarf from Tall Bundled Snowman.

So fun. I love dies that can be mixed and watched for a variety of designs!

I used a scrap from one of last year’s MB paper pads, Woodsy Plaid.

The sentiment is from the Birch Press Design Contempo Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set.

I used the thin mounting tape that I like so well. You get just enough dimension but still easily mailed.

A beautiful sentiment from the NEW Sweet Christmas sentiment clear stamp set.

The check pattern paper is from the same paper pad.

He’s cute! Black Glossy cardstock for his nose and eyes and a little ink on his tummy.

Copic on his paws. The gray background is one of the pieces I did on a Saturday afternoon following Jill Foster’s video. I had so much fun making them! HERE is the video if you want to make some!

I couldn’t get my camera to focus right on this guy so I ended up with phone pictures. Sorry for my hand being in them. ugh.

thank you for visiting! I appreciate it and I will be back soon!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94685 Layered Polar Bear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94683 Tall Bundled… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94680 Alpine Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94675 Nested Globe Bases… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94532 Nested Globes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94684 Layered Birds… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8162 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1018 Woodsy Plaid 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

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

Memory Box Forest Path Winter Scene Card…

October 10, 2022October 12, 2022 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! An all die card to share with you today!

I started with the Memory Box NEW Forest Path die, die cutting it in Memory Box 6×6 glitter cardstock. It’s all sparkly and shimmery in real life!

Added trees… NEW Little Trees and Layered Narrow Pines dies. LOVE the Narrow Pines!

Die cut the NEW Layered Sled ❤ from Memory Box woodgrain cardstock and silver foil cardstock.

A little twine adds so much!

Some Winter glitter glue on the tree tips…

It’s hard to see the glitter in the background but the black is glitter cardstock and shimmery.

I put together one of the snowmen from the Memory Box Snowmen Snowglobe die set and set him in the scene… his black hat is cut from Memory Box Glossy Black cardstock.

He’s so cute! A red glitter cardstock, sparkly scarf! I colored his nose with an orange Copic marker, his eyes with a black Glossy Sakura Gel Pen.

The scene panel is A2 size but I put it on a larger cardbase so it’d have a border around. It will fit into an A7 size envelope.

Linking to challenges…

Peace On Earth Christmas – Anything Christmas

Christmas With the Cuties – Anything Cute and Christmas

The Holly and the Ivy – Anything Christmas Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by this beautiful, sunny, Monday! Have a creative week!

Here’s what I used to make this scene…

Memory Box – 94702 Forest Path craft die [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94686 Layered Sled craft… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94677 Little Trees craft… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94706 Layered Narrow… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94492 Snowmen Snowglobe… [ STR ]	Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – GP1001… [ STR ]
Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – GP1003… [ STR ]	Memory Box – GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad [ STR ]	Memory Box – FP1002 Vintage Pastel… [ STR ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap… [ SSS \| TE ]	Nuvo Glitter Drops – White Blizzard [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Lawn Fawn · Mini Slim Card · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Wreath Building

Simon Says Stamp October Release!

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Pam Sparks7 Comments

NEW! NEW! NEW! Welcome to my blog post today introducing a new stamp from the Simon Says Stamp Cozy Hugs Release.

When this stamp came in the mail… I was stunned with the size but loved the bold print of it and challenged with what I would do!

So I put it in the MISTI and started inking with Lawn Fawn Ink Cubes, Lobster and Artichoke. I tore some scrap paper squares to kinda mask off but finally just ended up wiping off if I got ink where I didn’t want it.

I LOVE it! ❤

Fortunately I thought to snap a phone picture before I chopped it in half! (sorry it’s blurry, ugh, I only took one)

It’s just everything traditional Christmas to me! lol

I used a wide ruler to try to decide WHERE to cut it in half…finally realized there was no rhyme nor reason to where!

I ended up with two Mini Slimline size cards.

This one I just stamped a sentiment right over the design. Happy Christmas from the SSS Inside Christmas Greetings stamp set.

The second I tried gold heat embossing directly on the design but it didn’t show up as well as I thought it would.

I heat embossed a piece of vellum and positioned it directly over the direct to card embossed sentiment.

Now I wonder if I shouldn’t have added some gems or something but you know me… I err on the side of clean and simple!

Are you looking forward to Christmas creating or have you already started? This release has some wonderful things in it!

Tired to catch the gold embossing in the picture a little better.

I had fun making these!

I hope you’ll check out the new release. Thank you for clicking from my blog…if you click from somewhere else but want me to get credit, be sure to come back to my blog and click again. I appreciate it so much and thank you from the bottom of my cardmaking loving heart! ❤

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s what I used to make this card…click on the letters SSS in the grid below…use code ‘cozy’ to get a free die with a $75 order!

Simon Says Cling Stamps PAINTED… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn CANDY STORE Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn SUNDAY BRUNCH Ink Cube Pack… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ]	Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn VELLUM 8.5 x 11 Translucent… [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock 100#… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Envelopes SLIMLINE… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE… [ SSS ]