Memory Box Snowflake Joy and More Card…

October 9, 2024October 9, 2026 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone! The name of this snowman is so cute! Cordial Snowman….if you’re familiar with Anne of Green Gables… hehe I don’t know why I remember that part of the movie. lol

It’s a cutie anyway! I used paper from the NEW Nutmeg Plaid 6 x 6 pad! It dawned on me after I used it that it was probably supposed to be for Fall but it worked out fine!

I used one plaid to Stencil on! The New Falling Snowflakes stencil and Alene’s Glitter Snow paste worked great!

Maybe you can see some sparkle there… I did get a little messy but it’s handmade, right?!

Fortunately it was only a couple places. lol

I trimmed it down to 4 ¼ in. x 5 ½ in. matted with black cardstock then mounted on another piece of plaid from the pad…notice it’s monochromatic… I liked that a lot! So it’s larger than an A2 size but should fit in an A7 envelope easy enough.

A little bit different angle. You can almost see a little sparkle.

I used the NEW Drifting Snowflakes die behind cutie Cordial.

Then Snowflake Joy on top! I used a little of the thin mounting tape I love on the top of Cordial.

Cordial was easy to glue up… yay! So were the other dies too! When I can make a card, take pictures AND write a blog post in one afternoon, I’m a super happy camper! I wish that was every time!

More than likely I forgot something so feel free to comment or email me any questions! I love talking to cardmakers and friends!

I will shift gears and think about supper! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Links below to the products I used to make this card…

STR = Starlitstudio.net, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, SBC = Scrapbook .com, SPL = Spellbinders

Memory Box – 94797 Snowflake Joy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94813 Cordial Snowman… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94816 Drifting… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 88627 Falling Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Aleene’s Decorative Snow – Glitter… [ BLIC ]
Stamperia – Trowel Spatula – Large [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE GEL PENS 2 Pack 38495 [ SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Snowman · Winter

Simon Says Stamp SUPERSTAMPtember 2024 Celebration Cards…

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

So happy to be here today to share cards I made with the Simon Says Stamp and Memory Box Collaboration stamp set! It’s so cute and I loved working with it! I ended up with 3 cards! * This is a limited edition set and only available while supplies last!!!

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Hammermill cardstock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. A little white gel pen and black glaze pen on the Nordic snowgirl’s eyes.

I ink blended some Faded Jeans Distress ink onto the background of a white A2 size cardbase and randomly stamped some of the snowflake from the set in the same ink. I stamped off on a scrap piece of paper first so the snowflakes wouldn’t be too dark.

I stamped the sentiment directly onto the cardbase. Then mounted the colored images with thin mounting tape to the cardbase.

Tied on some Peppermint twine because it adds a little cuteness! lol

Next is the cute little Nordic Winter penguin!

I die cut The Snowflake Hexagon twice, glued them together, then figured out where I wanted to stamp the sentiment. I used the MISTI stamping tool. Stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black.

I mounted the Hexagon with thin mounting tape to the A2 size cardbase, then mounted the penguin in the center with thin mounting tape.

Last card I stamped with the Poinsettia border that comes in the set. I wasn’t sure where I was going with this but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

I used a piece of vellum over the background to make the Merry Christmas stand out and I love the peppermint twine with it again!

I swiped the Red Geranium ink pad over white cardstock and then die cut the Merry Christmas Wave die from that. I used scor-tape on the back side of the die so I could easy layer in the white letters, then stuck it to the solid die backer. Fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Holler if you have any questions, I’m sure I forgot something.

Links below for fun shopping and remember the free shipping code too!

Memory Box STAMPtember Exclusive… [ SSS ]	Memory Box So Very Merry STAMPtember… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SNOWFLAKE HEXAGON… [ SSS ]
Memory Box Merry Christmas Wave Dies… [ SSS ]	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER 6×7… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS ]	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Red… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn PEPPERMINT SINGLE CORD… [ SSS ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]
Memory Box CIRCLE BASICS SET Open… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110… [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Snowman · Winter

poppystamps Nordic Happy Snowman Card…

September 21, 2024September 23, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! I know most of us love snowman! It seems like this cutie should have a name, oh it does! Happy!

I saw a card made with this sketch and thought it’d work so well with the new Memory Box 6×6 paper pads, Yuletide Cheer and Yuletide Plaid! I love these pads! Good thing! lol 24 double sided papers, 12 designs, 2 of each.

I started by die cutting, coloring with Copics and piecing ‘Happy’ together. Do you have the R07 Copic marker? It is one of my favorite reds ever! If you remember the Basic Gray paper line for Christmas, E07 matched it perfectly!

I also colored the background for Let it Snow with E07 also.

I diecut the Memory Box Nested Globe die in white and the Nested Globe Bases die in white and colored the base with E07 and E09.

The plaid paper is cut 4 in. x 5 ¼ in. and the banner is 2 ¼ x 5 ½ in. I cut the fishtail end with a scissors. Then I wrapped gold thread around it and tied a box before I glued it to the plaid panel.

That’s about it! I used my favorite thin mounting foam tape to adhere ‘Happy’ to the globe.

The green Copics I used are G24 and YG99.

Linking to some card challenges…

ABC Christmas – S and T, S is for Stencils and/or T is for Traditional Christmas Colors

Merry Little Christmas #58 – anything Christmas goes

The Paper Funday #69 – Anything Goes with optional twist

I almost wished for snow this week! It was so muggy and hot here in Iowa. Next week looks more like Fall temperatures. whew. So thankful for air conditioning! I’ve been riding my bike more but these temps put a halt to that. Maybe this coming week and I can get back to it.

Thank you for stopping by! I love hearing from you and appreciate your encouraging words! I still haven’t counted how many Christmas cards I have made. One of these days I’m gonna say post in the comments how many you have! lol I think it’d be fun to see and we can encourage each other! I have birthday cards to throw in the mix this week. How’d it get to be Sept. 21st anyway! Crazy! ttul!

Here’s the products I used for this card…

Poppystamps – 2640 Nordic Happy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2599 Let it Snow… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94532 Nested Globes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94675 Nested Globe Bases… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1032 Yuletide Cheer… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1031 Yuletide Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Pen – White [ BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS \| BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Poppystamps

poppystamps Nordic Wintertide Stockings Merry Christmas Card…

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! Have you counted your Christmas card stash yet? I haven’t! I haven’t kept up very well with my policy of finishing the insides either! I will be sorry yet again this year! lol

A very easy die cut card A2 size today. I cut this NEW poppy Nordic Wintertide Border Set three times for the wider border and three times for the narrow border. Next time I will just space them better so I don’t have the piece I had to trim at the top.

Believe it or not these dies cut very well! I die cut with the blades up, and angle the die into the machine. Try it! It works!

I pieced together the NEW poppy Nordic Stockings and Merry Christmas Moonlight Script dies…very straight forward/easy!

I used the NEW Memory Box red cardstock!!! OH wow! This cardstock is beautiful! Dave sent several colors and I can’t wait to use them! 8.5 x 11 size!!! yahoo!

Here’s a video showing the colors!

I die cut a vellum circle to put behind the sentiment and stockings, it just needed it!

Linking to some card challenges…

A Cut Above – anything goes with a die cut

The Paper Shelter #609 – punches and/or dies

ABC Christmas – S and T, T for traditional colors

Sparkles Christmas – sentiment as the focus

There you have it! A festive, easy card and I didn’t even have to fill the stockings! Although I think they’d be super cute with stuff in them, I just couldn’t land on anything. I tried adding poinsettias but nope, didn’t suit my eye!

Off to work on some more Christmas cheer! Thank you so much for stopping by!

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

Poppystamps – 2633 Nordic Wintertide… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2636 Nordic Stockings… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2596 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – 8-1/2 x 11 by… [ STR ]	Bazzill 29lb weight vellum – sold by… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Distress Ink coloring · Oxide Inks · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

SSS STAMPtember Christmas Block Art Tags and Cards…

September 12, 2024September 12, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone! A bit of a blizzard happening here, hoho! Sharing a few things from this NEW STAMPtember release stamp set illustrated by Miriam Prantner called Christmas Block Art.

My projects are pretty straight forward. The snowflake tags and tree cards are stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Then ink blended with Distress Inks. I linked the ones I used below.

For the trees I used an old primitive star Marvy paper punch and glitter cardstock.

I love this primitive looking tree… so cute! I added some Memory Box Fairy Gems from the Christmas pack. Mini slimline card size.

So fun….this last photo is the first things I made with the set. I stamped all three on one piece of 4.25 x 5.5 cardstock panel but ended up cutting them apart and making tags instead of a card.

I used Distress Oxide inks to ink up the stamps in the MISTI but I didn’t write down what colors I used. ugh. I stamped some snowflakes on the tree but they didn’t show up well enough after they dried so I added some using an old EK Success paper punch.

The sentiment over the star is from a SSS set that’s not available anymore. Sorry about that! It’s Holiday Greetings Mix 1.

Oh Christmas Tree is included in the stamp set with the block art images.

Walking is from a new set from Memory Box, Holiday Wishes.

Linking to some challenges…

Merry Little Christmas #58 – anything Christmas goes

NBUS #66 – never before used stuff!

Peace On Earth #71– anything Christmas goes

And my set of three tags to this challenge…

Word Power #9 – words/sentiment is the focus

I hope you’re enjoying this month at Simon Says Stamp! A long with the new STAMPtember release there is a collaboration set or something happening every day of this month! So fun! Go HERE to check it out everyday at noon ET. One more thing….free shipping with this code!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Products I used to make these tags and mini slimline cards…

Simon Says Stamps and Dies Christmas… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamps Dies and Stencils… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Christmas Block Art… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Holiday Wishes Clear Stamp… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Holiday Wishes Clear… [ SSS ]
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad Jet Black… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Tumbled… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Broken… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Wilted… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Villainous… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Evergreen… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Pine… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Cracked… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Lucky… [ SSS ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS ]
Memory Box CHRISTMAS Fairy Jewels jwl005 [ SSS ]	MISTI Mini Black Precision Stamper… [ SSS \| SSS ]	Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque… [ SSS ]