Memory Box Happy Dance Bird Merry Christmas Card…

October 15, 2025October 15, 2025 Pam Sparks12 Comments

oh happy day, I mean bird! So cute and festive on the snowy log! I love making Christmas cards with foliage, greenery and brown elements.

The Happy Dance Bird and Merry Christmas Stylish Script dies are from the newest Memory Box release. I die cut the bird in white and inked in some blue oxides and then a little gathered twigs too.

The background panel I embossed with the Pinecone and Berries 3D embossing folder in white cardstock. The colors really pop against embossed white!

I used a bunch of other dies but you could easy use whatever you have. This birdie could stand on about anything! Maybe even be a tree topper! lol

Notice the little dots of white on the berries…it’s the new White Contour tube that Cindy from Starlitstudio sent me to try! WOW! It’s the best white of any so far and there’s sure been a lot. It makes the best dots down to this teeny tiny easy! I’m so impressed! I’m getting the gold next. hehe

I took a bunch of pictures, posting several because the lighting shows some things better.

The Snowy Log is one of my favorite accessory type dies and so easy to make up too! The wood grain happens when you die cut it! No extra step to achieve it! yay!

Pine Branches and Pinecone Duo dies for the pine elements.

Festive Holly for the greenery elements.

So cute! This bird has personality and sure to bring a smile to the receiver!

The white panel is A2 size but I wanted some of the card base to show so it’s going to need an A6 or A7 envelope to mail. It shouldn’t need any extra postage.

I’m going to link my card to some challenge blogs…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Get Ready For Christmas

52 Christmas Card Throwdown – October Color Challenge, Red, Green and Brown

The Christmas Kickstart #103 – Snow Alert

Allsorts Challenge #834 – Traditional Christmas Colors or anything goes

I hope you enjoyed this happy card and are inspired to make some Christmas cards. I inspired myself! lol

Take care and enjoy this beautiful Fall season!

Links to what I used if you want to shop….click on the abbreviations, SLS is Starlitstudio, SSS is Simon Says Stamp, SBC is Scrapbook .com Thank you so much for stopping by!

p.s. the last four dies in the grid are from the new release. I don’t have them to use but I think they would work with the bird too.

Memory Box – 94920 Happy Dance Bird… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94936 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94801 Festive Holly… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94817 Pine Branches… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94802 Pinecone Duo craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94821 Snowy Log craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – EF1043 Pinecones and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Stamperia Create Happiness Contour Liner [ STR ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]
Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94912 Forest Holly Sprig… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94913 Pine Needles and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94914 Berry Splash craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94916 Pine Berry Branch… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders Lisa Horton All About Christmas Release Card…

September 3, 2025September 3, 2025 Pam Sparks3 Comments

‘Wishing You A’ on the outside and ‘Merry Christmas’ on the inside! I’m always happy when I can get the inside of a card finished too! I think I’ll go back and add holly leaves and berries on the inside though. I took a picture but it’s holly less! lol

Another Christmas card to add to the stash… yay!

I enjoyed working with the ‘parts’ from this new Christmas Foliage die set. Everything for the wreath is from this set! I die cut threes and fives of each piece. Then cut a circle frame to use to keep me in a circle shape while gluing the pieces on.

I’m not a floral arranger/designer at all so it’s funny I pick this kind of thing to do with paper! lol But I’m usually really happy with the result so that’s what counts, right?!

I used another new die set in the release for the panel… Bow & Bell Scallop Frame. The kraft cardbase is inked a little with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini ink blending tool.

The sentiment on the front and inside is from the NEW Merry Sentiments Clear Stamp and Die set. You stamp the whole thing and then die cut the whole thing! So yes, you’ll have extra for another card! And yes, it needs holly in there! lol

Here’s a few more pictures! It’s an A2 size card and won’t take extra postage!

Just enough depth… I only used super thin mounting tape under the left side of the wishing you banner. The rest is glued direct to the circle frame that you can’t see.

And that’s all folks! Yesterday was a good picture day! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by and check out my links below for this neat release… Lots of ways to use these sets!

Product list…click/tap the abbreviations to go to Spellbinders, Scrapbook. com or Simon Says Stamp. No extra cost to you… thank you!

Christmas Foliage Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Merry Sentiments Clear Stamp & Die… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Bow & Bell Scallop Frame Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Cardstock – Spellbinders Paper Arts [ SPL ]

BetterPress · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders Happiest Holidays Better Press Cards…

August 15, 2025 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! I was slow getting on the Better Press bandwagon but I love it! I made three cards with the new Yana Happiest Holdays plate and registration guide! It works so slick!

I kept everything pretty clean and simple but I love the NEW bow from the Bow & Bell Scallop Frame set so I used it on all three!

I changed up the strips on the bottom…

One I did the Happiest Holidays in green too. Center card in the photo below.

I die cut the panel with the largest stitch die from the Nested Postage Labels & Tag die set.

I used the Better Press cardstock for one card and the other two are some card I just have on hand to experiment with. They all worked!

I used Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink Pads!

All three are A2 size and will be easy to mail! YAY!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Here’s the products I used to make these cards… tap/click on the abbreviations to shop the stores that carry them. Thank you so much! I appreciate you using my links! No extra cost! YAY!

Happiest Holidays Registration Press… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Bow & Bell Scallop Frame Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger – Wendy Vecchi Red Geranium… [ SPL ]
Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Make Art… [ SBC ]	Ranger Archival Ink Stamp Cleaner -… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – New and Improved… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders Bayfair Nested Postage… [ SSS ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Here Comes Christmas! Spellbinders The Three Magi Card…

August 8, 2025August 8, 2025 Pam Sparks5 Comments

When they saw the star, they rejoiced with great joy! I’m rejoicing that I got a card made to blog! hoho

What a neat set from Spellbinders! I guess I didn’t stray from the CAS look that I like but there’s so much potential to do fun things with this set! Turn it vertical and add a city border behind and and and…

This is a 5 x 7 size card on purpose because I wanted to give them plenty of room!

I started out thinking royal colors but I found these that had tones that worked together so I went with scraps for the most part!

I love that the sentiments are small! A beautiful cursive font!

All the extra details too… a little piece to go behind the head…three different beards….I colored the flesh with a Copic marker.

Versafine ink in the MISTI for the sentiments.

They’re festive! I used the thin mounting tape I love to pop them up just a hair! The stars are glued directly to the card front.

Simple once you decide your colors and get your pieces die cut!

Hope all is well with you. This Summer has flown by or washed by for some… lots of rain…lots of green! Can’t complain about lack of rain!

It feels good to be using the stash…I have a birthday card to share soon. Hopefully my pictures are good because I already gifted it!

ttul!

Some links to shop for the products I used…no cost to you! Thank you!

The Three Magi Stamp & Die Set from… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Holiday DIY Color Deck Expansion Pack… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Versafine – Onyx Black – full-sized… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – shiny gold [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR ]	Precision Fine Tip Applicator – small… [ STR ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · Christmas · copics · Digital images · Embossing Folders · Sizzix · Thank You · Tim Holtz dies · Tim Holtz stamps · Winter

Thank You Cards….

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! A little bit festive still this month. I didn’t want to post these until they were received!

For this first card I was totally inspired by a gal on Instagram. I’ll link to her over there. Link to my grid in the right sidebar under the follow option.

I used some new Tim Holtz dies and a stamp set for the sentiment. I’ll link below.

Soooo CUTE! I love this guy…I picture him singing loud and clear for all to hear! lol

My second card is The Greeting Farm Holiday Anya for Christmas 2024. I alway love these and collect them for myself and our granddaughter Anya.

I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copics.

I cut them out with the Scan n Cut. I prefer buying dies but if there aren’t dies to coordinate I love using the Scan n Cut. I purchased mine several years ago, right before they came out with the new, quiet one! haha I sure love the thing though… I’ve had really good luck with it!

She’s so cute and I love the other images that came in the set also! So much fun to color and easy to color too!

My pictures turned out good this time so I’m just gonna load them all into the post! lol

one more…

I linked her to the Four Seasons Winter January Challenge….

I hope you are all having a beautiful January start to 2025! Gotta remember to write and type that right!

I’ve been hibernating…so cold in Iowa! It warmed up a little bit yesterday…good thing cuz I needed to go out! lol

Holler if you have any questions about my cards… thank you so much for stopping by and clicking through my links! I appreciate it!

Here’s the supplies I used….

Use the code WELUVU at Simon Says Stamp for $5 savings.

I have to tell you…if you just want to have a relaxing day and shop…Starlitstudio.net has amazing prices everyday but the Tag SALE category is amazing right now! Don’t miss out! GO HERE! So many good sets I love! Valentine dies…stamp sets… “This is a paper hug” HERE. This is the bargain basement at Joe Smiths department store! Anyone else here grow up in Council Bluffs/Omaha and shop the great department stores of that era! Bring them back! lol I miss Brandeis too!

Clicking SSS – takes you to Simon Says Stamp .com

BLIC – to Dick Blick .com

SBC – to Scrapbook . com

SPL – to Spellbinders paperarts .com

STR – to Starlitstudio.net

ACH – to A Cherry on Top .com

HLM – to Hallmark Scrapbook .com

Some are affiliate links but no extra charge to you! Happy crafting!

The Greeting Farm Holiday Anya 12 Stamps [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Cracked… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Lucky… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque… [ SSS \| SPL \| SBC \| BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS \| ACH \| BLIC ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS \| STR \| ACH \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Softgrip Titanium Non-Stick… [ STR ]	MISTI Mini Black Precision Stamper… [ SSS \| SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
MISTI BLACK PRECISION STAMPER VERSION… [ SSS \| SBC \| SBC \| SSS \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SPL \| ACH ]
Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Minis… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Sizzix Fresh Brewed… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Sidekick Dies… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH ]	Simon Says Stamp Christmas Cartoons… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Christmas Cartoons Stamps… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Clear Stamps and Stencil… [ SSS ]	Oreo Liquid Watercolor – Taylored… [ TE ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH \| HLM ]