Spellbinders Graduation Cards!

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! This year is flying by and here it is time for grad cards! I love the sets Spellbinders is offering this year. I used the new Classic Mouse Graduation die set and the new Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments BetterPress glimmer set.

We need a girl grad card so I used the school colors for here. Spellbinders has an assembly page on their website to follow…makes it so easy to put together!

I had the idea to add a flower to her extended hand…so cute! The white daisy is from the Mini Blooms and Sprigs die set.

I wish I could show you in person because they’re so much cuter in real life!

Close up photos…

I used a circle punch to make a stencil to ink on the blush on her cheek. She just needed a little color! lol

Now, here’s Mickey!

I love that they have different shoes…I added more detail to the tassel this time. I couldn’t think of anything else to put in his hand. lol

I just cut strips of cardstock to frame the ‘class of’ words.

Here he is close up. I didn’t add the blush/cheek circle.

I love the little hat charm in the sentiment set. I clipped off the circle top though. I want to make some more cards with these sets. I love the letterpress look. You can foil with these too so I want to do that on some.

Both cards are A7 size but will still mail for one forever stamp.

Linking to some card challenges…

A Cut Above April – anything goes with a die cut

NBUS #85 – never before used stuff

Word Art Wednesday #748-749 – anything goes

Holler if you have any questions! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s the products I used to make these cards…SPL = Spellbinders, SBC = scrapbook. com, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, STR = Starlitstudio.net

WAREHOUSE SALE going on at Spellbinders… HERE!

Classic Mouse Graduation Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation I Want It… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Mini Blooms and Sprigs Etched Dies -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – BetterPress Collection… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	CrafTreat – Teflon Bone Folder – Lifter [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scor-Pal 12×12 INCH MEASURING AND… [ SSS ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Circular Cutting Pads – set of… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · BetterPress · Birthday · cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders Bold Color Mix Numbers Cards…

January 10, 2025 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! Branching away from Christmas today! Birthdays keep coming and January is a busy month for our family when it comes to birthdays! YAY! As long as it’s not mine! haha!

This is a 5 x 6 size card so I’ll be using an A7 envelope for it. I tried some stitching for fun….just die cutting and a little stamping.

I used the betterpress dies to stamp the sentiment and th! I liked the distress look I got doing that! I taped the dies into the MISTI and inked them up. lol

I inked the edges of almost everything with Distress Gathered Twigs Ink and a mini ink blending tool.

The pattern paper is from the Doodlebug Design Sweetheart 6×6 paper pad.

Next card….

I hot foiled with the Better Press dies….I used the negative/leftover piece of foil from another project because I thought the polka dots would be fun. But…whoa…what a challenge to get a picture!

It’s Silver foiling for the numbers and the sentiment.

I think I better order a Better Press kit for these solid dies. I’ve been able to do it with the detail betterpress dies and my die cutting machine, following a video a gal put up on you tube but these solid ones I struggled with.

Still fun and a CAS card…much better IRL!

I absolutely love these numbers and the options for making fun celebratory cards! I’ll link the sentiment set I wasn’t able to use yet below also…it’s cool too! So many good products and ideas out there to help us make awesome cards!

Thanks for stopping by and looking at my latest attempts at being creative! Talk to you again soon! I have a couple cards to post that I mailed, I don’t want to post them until they receive them though. I mailed them Tuesday. ttul!

Supply List for these two cards…

BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Spellbinders – Black Platinum 6 Die… [ SBC ]	Bold Color Mix Numbers BetterPress… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Bold Color Mix Numbers Press Plates… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Bold Numbers Etched Dies from the… [ SPL ]	Sweeping Celebration Sentiments Press… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Gutermann Extra-Strong Thread – for… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Gathered Twigs Ink… [ SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Congratulations · copics · Fall · Masculine · Simon Says Stamp · Summer

Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You Release!

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! New! New! New! It’s a challenge to keep up with all the new but so worth it! I’m super excited to share my card with you because you know how we need man/boy cards so often!

So many guys love football! Hey, I bet there’s some gals that do too! Not me but I had fun making this card!

The name of this new stamp set is Football Season and there are coordinating dies too!

I stamped the football on the background panel randomly and then filled in the stitching lines with white gel pen just around the parts that would show.

I cut a smaller white panel, added the torn piece of grass green cardstock for the turf, then stamped the goal post and colored it with Copics. Then I went in with a cloud stencil and brushed in some clouds.

Four perfect sentiments in the set too! I used the birthday one, sssshhhh, I cut it apart but it fits back together fine. lol

Timeout! on the front and It’s your Birthday on the inside. I heat embossed on both with white embossing powder.

Super fun set that I know I’ll get lots of use out of with so many boys in the family!

My card is A2 size.

Linking to some challenges…

NBUS (never before used stuff) #64 – New stamp set

Seize the Birthday – anything goes

The Paper Funday #67 – anything goes

I hope you enjoy looking around at this release…oh I stamped the helmet on the back of the card and will put my name under. So many creative things you can do with this set… the t-shirt with numbers…words for congrats even!

Links to what I used below!

SSS $5 off code is ‘leap24’

Cheering for You Release – Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamps and Dies Football… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps Football… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Football Season… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]
Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things CLOUD Mix-ables… [ SSS ]

birch press design · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Family · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Techniques · Wedding

Birch Press Design Cosmos, Lush Leaves and Wiegela Leaf Tag…

April 16, 2024April 18, 2024 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! A BIG tag for today’s post! Super fun shower for our grandson’s new wife Saturday morning!

She loves to garden so a few of us had fun gifting her gifts for that!

For some reason my camera didn’t blurr out the background for me on this picture so I tried to edit it out. Sorry it’s so bad! This is a dump garden wagon…she loves it! I picked up some plants too and one is an Iceland Poppy. I had to purchase it for her because they honeymooned in Iceland! So fun!

A close up before I hung it on the wagon…

A close up hanging on the wagon.

I used a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp to stamp all over the background of the tag… I’ll link it below.

The tag is an accucut die that you use on the big accucut baby grand machine.

The circle is a NEW die from poppystamps! I’ll link it below.

I’m linking my tag to…

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Make your own background

Here’s a video of the food table…my daughters did the food. It was so good! I moved the camera too fast. Sorry about that. We used my mother in law’s hankies down the center of the table. So fun she had a great collection!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Poppystamps Easel card coming next!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards STR is Starlitstudio. net… SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Poppystamps – 2609 Scallop Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57528 Large… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57521 Lush… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – 57515 Wiegela… [ STR \| SSS ]	CZ Design Clear Stamps You Did cz277c… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Picked… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Wild Honey… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Color Pencil · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring

Spellbinders Twirling Tulips Collection Cards…

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Here’s some Spring for you! What a fun collection from Spellbinders designed by Simon Hurley! The Tulip Garden release!

I used the 3d embossing folder for all three of my cards. I used the coordinating stencil set on two of the cards, ink blending with Distress ink pads.

This one I colored with color pencils after using the embossing folder. Very fun and easier than you would think!

Sentiments are all from the new Simon Hurley handwritten sentiment die set.

Here’s some more pictures…

The happy birthday and hello cards are one embossing folder piece. 5 ½ x 8 ½ cut in half at 4 ¼.

Well, then I trimmed them down so I could mat with a small margin of black showing and then cardbases to make A2 size cards.

The congrats card is the whole embossed piece trimmed down to make a 5 x 7 size card.

I used Hammermill smooth color cover white cardstock for the happy birthday and hello card and a textured cardstock for the color pencil piece.

Linking to some card challenges…

Four Seasons April 2024 – Anything Goes Spring Challenge

Stencil Fun April 2024 Challenge – Spring/Flowers

Triple B Challenge – Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

I wish you could see these in person… the detail is amazing and so beautiful! I hope you give this a try!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards …SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Sunkissed Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]
Peridot Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Royal Amethyst Color Essentials… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Essentials Cardstock… [ SBC ]
Vellum Sheets from the Card Shoppe… [ SPL \| STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]