Memory Box Simple Poinsettia Frame Card and Jolly Snowflake Trio and Snowflake Marquee Card…

October 8, 2019October 8, 2019 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! I know, I know… yes this one is a napkin technique card (see the technique here) but the card below is not! I don’t have another one in the works! lol I do love it so much though!

I’ll link up the dies I used below instead of typing it all out here…

I think this one has a retro feel to it. Super festive! This Bazzill Mint Julep cardstock is just so fun and unusual to me.

So here’s an oxide background tall card, it fits in a standard #10 business size envelope. You can buy these that look nice like stationery too… they don’t have to be the kind that look like you’d send a bill or payment in. lol

I inlaid these die cuts in the tall card panel. I use scor-tape on the back to hold the die cuts in place.

I tried to capture the sparkle of the glitter cardstock but you know how it is, so much better IRL even with a good camera! Course there’s the operator behind the camera. haha

I heat embossed the sentiments on black cardstock with white powder.

The background is Tumbled Glass, Salty Ocean, Chipped Sapphire and a little Black Soot on the edges.

It’s been cooler here lately…I was beginning to wonder! 😀

Stay tuned! Something GREAT is coming our way REAL SOON!!!

Thanks for stopping by!

Here’s what I used and links if you want to shop! Thank you!

Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi STARRY… [ SSS ]	Kuretake – Gansai Tambi – Solid… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94297 Simple Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94306 Silverdale Branch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5245 Tidings Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94284 Jolly Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94286 Snowflake Marquee… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Mint Julep [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Memory Box – CL5247 Mistletoe Swag… [ STR \| SSS ]	American Crafts Glitter Cardstock -… [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS \| SBC ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| JGG** ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| JGG ]	Ranger 4oz Distress Sprayer by Tim Holtz [ STR ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	We R Memory Keepers QUICKSTIK… [ SSS \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]
EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator… [ SSS ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision… [ SBC \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Inkssentials – Clear… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Stamp Shammy [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix Big Shot Sticky Grid 5/Pkg,… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Travel… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]
Avery Elle EXTRA LARGE Stamp and Die… [ SSS ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Poppystamps · Watercolor · Winter

poppystamps Mistletoe Side Strips and Holiday Mistletoe Card…

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I’ve been playing with Dave’s napkin die cutting technique again! I finished this one up and then I have one more started I’ll post soon! I LOVE this technique and how it looks finished. My pictures don’t do this card justice! 😀

Here’s a close up of the Mistletoe die cuts painted…

A close up of the new poppystamps Holiday Joy die cut in shiny mirror gold foil cardstock. Love that stuff!

ta da! The look from the front…

I just love plaid this time of year…for Fall and for Christmas! Then throw in gold and you’ve got FESTIVE! lol

Dave’s video is HERE. Warning…it makes you want to do it! Have napkins on hand! lol

p.s. here’s a huge phone picture that I took later… unedited…

Thanks for stopping by! I’m hurrying to get this up… been mattress shopping online, ugh. How to decide! Kids coming in an hour so I need to get ready! eek! lol

Links below for the names of the dies I used for this card!

Poppystamps – 2234 Mistletoe Side… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2233 Holiday Mistletoe… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2242 Holiday Joy craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5246 Merry and Bright… [ STR ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders Limited Edition, Merry Everything Christmas Kit Cards…

October 2, 2019October 3, 2019 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! My post today is something a little unusual for me! Stick with me and keep scrolling! Five cards today and one is a die cut card from this fun, new kit from Spellbinders!

The Merry Everything Christmas Kit is an ENORMOUS holiday kit that contains OVER 630 PIECES. This gorgeous traditional holiday themed kit can create 25+ Cards, 24+ Tags and so much more. Put your creative juices to work to come up with so many more holiday projects. Plus, check out the project tutorial included in the kit along with all the fun ideas on the kit link, on the SB blog and IG. This card kit is NOT a part of our Clubs, anyone can purchase it, there’s no need to join the Club. YAY!

To add a little detail to my mistletoe card, I scored with my scor-pal a long the lines of the bow and shaped it a little with my fingers. I inked around the focal image with Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover Distress Oxide Inks and the mini ink blending tools. I added a little glitter pen to the berries but then scraped it mostly off because it covered up the red.

There is a cute car and tree die set in this kit! I always love cars and trees at Christmas, don’t you?! hehe

I die cut both tree pieces, folded the branch piece in half and colored the trunk with a brown marker. I cut the backer tree piece in half and glued them together and then to the car… so cute! Several other pieces and ways to use the tree in the set also!

Tis the Season is a super cute stamp from the sentiment stamp set that comes in the kit. Super cute and stamped very nicely with Ranger Archival Black ink.

AND… the background paper is from the 6×6 paper pad that comes in the kit!

This card panel …. so beautifully CAS (clean and simple), I just left it that way! I did corner round the cardbase corners… that is all! I know, a cheater card for sure! hoho

Some more of the ephemera and paper from the kit. All I added was gold stickles to the poinsettia center and white gel pen on some of the pieces. Oh, I did edge the papers and the Santa Bingo piece with ink.

On this one, the noel is a sticker from the kit, the hohoho is from a chipboard sticker set in the kit, the tag is one of several tag designs from the kit…so much festive goodness to create with in the kit! So many things I didn’t use yet! :O

There’s even double sided tape and mounting foam squares and dots and the cardstock is really nice… a perfect red in there!

So glad you stopped by and I hope you enjoyed my wandering from my usual type posts. It was fun for me! I’ll be back because I have lots more to share!

Links to the products I used…

Platinum 6 Die Cutting and Embossing…

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Merry Everything Christmas Kit -…

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cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Shape Cards · Watercolor · Winter

Memory Box Tidings Wreath as a Shape Card…

September 26, 2019October 5, 2019 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hi everyone! The Memory Box holiday stamp release this year is so fabulous! So fun to have a lot of stamp sets! I’m working my way through them…so used to working with dies that I’m loving the challenge of stamps again too!

I started this card by cutting a full piece of 8.5 x 11 Neenah Classic Crest Solar White Smooth 110# cardstock down to 6 x 10 and scoring the 10 side at 5 inches.

I stamped the big wreath, leaving the cardbase folded, using a ‘new to me’ stamp platform and I’m in LOVE with it! The We R Memory Keepers one! I’ll link below. There are two sizes and they’re amazing! hehe SORRY! not really!

I stamped in Versamark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder. This was Judikins gold and the sentiment is Ranger Superfine gold. I have yet to find the ultimate gold embossing powder. ugh I only have a couple dz already! grr

Before I colored, I cut it out by hand! I know, it sounds like it’d be terrible to cut double and especially this thick cardstock but using my EK scissors that’s really sharp and this cardstock amazingly cut like butter… I was surprised! It was fun! I’ve always enjoyed hand cutting though…something therapeutic about it I guess.

Then I painted the wreath in with Gansai Tambi watercolors. The bluish background is Tumbled Glass Distress ink reinker but the ink from a stamp pad would work the same.

After all was dry, I spattered with white acrylic paint. I’ve also seen gals spattering with the new Distress Oxide Spray! I’m going to try that next. I’ve linked the Hero Arts White Watercolor below… I’ve used that a lot too.

I die cut the new Joy Airy Script die in gold foil/mirror cardstock and white and glued them together. I heat embossed the sentiment ‘to the world’ from the new Merry and Bright Mistletoe stamp set. I trimmed it out with the Cut Align tool from MISTI. I adhered it to the card with mounting tape on each end.

I’m linking up to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Watercolor Wednesday Challenge – All About Occasions

ABC Christmas Challenge – S/sparkle, T/texture

Sparkles Christmas Challenge – Winter Wishes

I really love this card and I hope you do too! I’m still working on family birthday cards in-between house stuff (big old house) and Christmas cards! So exciting! Change is hard but good!

Take care and I’ll be back soon!

Products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – CL5245 Tidings Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5246 Merry and Bright… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94325 Joy Airy Script… [ STR \| SSS ]
Cutter Bee Fine Tip Scissors 5″ [ STR ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR \| SSS ]
Kuretake – Gansai Tambi – Solid… [ SBC \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing… [ STR ]
Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR \| SSS ]	EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator… [ SSS ]	Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	We R Memory Keepers – Precision Press… [ SBC \| SSS ]	We R Memory Keepers – Mini Precision… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors WHITE PD125 [ SSS ]	My Sweet Petunia – Cut-Align [ SBC \| SSS ]	Fiskars standard craft hobby blades… [ STR ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Inkssentials – Clear… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Stamp Shammy [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Sticky Grid 5/Pkg,… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]
Avery Elle EXTRA LARGE Stamp and Die… [ SSS ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Techniques · Watercolor · Wreath Building

Memory Box Harvest Double Arch Card and Winter Greenery Wreath Card…

September 18, 2019 Pam Sparks17 Comments

Hi cardmaking friends! Have you tried Dave’s Die Cutting with Napkins Technique yet? I want to see what you make! Watch it HERE, you’re gonna love it! I’ve been playing with it the last few days and it’s so much fun!

I die cut two of each arch from the NEW Harvest Double Arch die, like Dave explains in the video. Painted them and arranged them into a wreath. It’s very easy to do because of the curve of the die cuts.

I painted with Gansai Tambi watercolors and Champagne Gold from Gansai Tambi Starry Colors set.

I adhered the diecut NEW Joy Airy Script die from Gold Mirror Cardstock and using mounting tape cut in narrow strips I stuck it to the inside of the wreath.

I stamped to the world from the NEW Merry and Bright Mistletoe clear stamp set in Coffee Archival ink.

Then I glued everything to a Taylored Expressions Toffee Cardstock A2 size top folding cardbase that I cut and scored.

My next card is another wreath. Yes I love them I guess! They keep making appearances on my cards! lol

Here I used my homemade 4 ¼ inch template for stamping wreaths. It’s similar to Gina K’s but her’s are different sizes. I’m sure her 4 inch or 4 ½ inch template would work too! I made mine by die cutting two 4 ¼ inch squares in a heavyweight cardstock. I have a Big Shot Plus which helps because you need the width when you have to cut on the diagonal to make the template this size.

I used the NEW Winter Greenery stamp set again… that smaller branch in the set… I will use the other branches soon too! lol Scroll down or click HERE for another version of this wreath…

The berries are from the NEW Mistletoe Swag stamp set…scroll down my blog to see a card made with it or click HERE and another card with this stamp set HERE.

I put the berries stamp on an acrylic block and just stamped them in pretty much the same place all around the wreath… you don’t really need the stamp platform or template for them. Anyway, I didn’t use one.

The black and red cardstocks are from Taylored Expressions, Cherry Pop and Oreo…link below. I can’t remember what inks I used to stamp the greenery and berries though! ugh Too many days since I made it.

I love the beautiful scripty font sentiments in this Winter Greenery set too… so pretty!

That’s it from me today! Thank you for stopping by! Oh, I’m still playing with the napkin technique…I have another card but I didn’t get a frame cut just right so I think I’m going to make it over. ugh. 😀

Products I used to make these cards…

Memory Box – 94304 Harvest Double… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94297 Simple Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94325 Joy Airy Script… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5246 Merry and Bright… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5235 Winter Greenery… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box WINTER GREENERY Clear… [ SSS ]
Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi STARRY… [ SSS ]	Kuretake – Gansai Tambi – Solid… [ SBC \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Cleaner – 2… [ SBC \| SSS \| JGG ]	Ranger Ink – Inkssentials – Clear… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Stamp Shammy [ SBC \| SSS ]
*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| JGG** ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| JGG ]	Ranger 4oz Distress Sprayer by Tim Holtz [ STR ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Pad – Jet… [ SBC \| SSS \| JGG ]	Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Archival… [ SBC \| SSS \| JGG ]
Ranger Archival Ink Pad COFFEE AIP31451 [ SSS \| BLT ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	We R Memory Keepers QUICKSTIK… [ SSS \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Sticky Grid 5/Pkg,… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Travel… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]
Avery Elle EXTRA LARGE Stamp and Die… [ SSS ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]