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 ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Easel · Flowers · Interactive · Memory Box · Pop up card · Poppystamps · Summer · Wedding

poppystamps Floral Cake Pop Up Easel Set Best Wishes Card….

June 19, 2023June 19, 2023 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! ALL die cutting for this card! We’ve come a long way from punches, haven’t we?! lol So fun and beautiful too!

Floral Cake Pop Up Easel Set from poppystamps for this card and all the pieces are from this one set! More that I didn’t use too!

Presentation is everything and this card can be birthday, wedding or any celebratory occasion! I love how it turned out!

I used the NEW Memory Box Best Wishes Tender Script die for the sentiment. So pretty!

I added Memory Box Fairy Jewels to the flower centers…

The easel when folded fits into an A2 size envelope!

poppystamps has eleven easel card sets now and everyone is awesome! Check out my Easel card category in the sidebar to see them all made up.

Linking to some challenges for fun!

The Sisterhood of Crafters – weddings

The Flower Challenge #81 – Use your favorite flower

Triple B – blooms for me

Ellibelle’s Crafty Wednesday – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Lots of Layers

Creative Creases – anything goes with a fun fold

That’s it for today! Thank you so much for stopping by! The humidity has ramped up here oh boy, proclaiming it’s Summer!

Here’s a closer look at what I used to make this card… the abbreviations below the product will take you to shopping links…

(STR = starlitstudio . net) (SBC = scrapbook . com) (SSS = simon says stamp . com)

Poppystamps – 2469 Floral Cake Pop Up…

[ STR | SSS ]

Memory Box – 94670 Best Wishes Tender…

[ STR | SSS ]

Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels…

[ STR | SSS ]

Birthday · cards · CAS · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Graduation · Masculine · Slimline · Spellbinders dies · Summer

Two Grad Cards with Spellbinders Small Die of the Month Club…

May 24, 2023May 24, 2023 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Some fun cards that came together fast. I was so glad the club kit has birthday and graduation sentiment banners!

A2 size cardbase with a panel on top… die cut all the parts…you even get the cloud dies in the set! It’s such a good deal for $15! You can purchase later but the price is $27!

One of our grandsons when he was a toddler loved lining up his airplanes like a lot of boys line up cars! So cute! Now he loves fishing, playing the piano and drums….and swimming and and and! lol Airplanes always make me remember this about him.

The dies in this kit make lines to follow where the pieces go! THAT is so great! Helpful! Speeds it up!

The words in the banners are such a neat look!

I used my favorite double sided mounting tape to adhere the die cuts to the card. The clouds are glued flat.

I had a lot of pictures for this first card… second card I only have two. So keep scrolling! lol

Basically the same thing only Slimline size…matte gold and matte silver scrap pieces for the airplane.

I love the clean and simple approach with the dark medium blue sky! So fun!

My daughters needed 7 grad cards so these 2 will go with 5 others I made for them. So fun! I love it when I get to use my supplies!

Thank you so much for stopping by and before you go I better tell you about the SALE Spellbinders has going on! Some wonderful products to choose from! So glad we can order online since Hobby Lobby quit carrying them.

Have a good rest of the week!

Shopping links to the products I used to make these cards… click/tap on the letters under the idea to go to the shop. Thank you!

Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Confetti Cake… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Earl Grey -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Blueberry -… [ TE ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver Matte… [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold Matte… [ STR ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana Black Edition \|… [ SPL ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You · Wedding

Spellbinders May Large Die and 3D Embossing Folder of the Month Clubs…

May 5, 2023May 5, 2023 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Time to introduce new clubs over at Spellbinders papercrafts! It’s all about birthdays this time and boy they come around faster and faster these days! haha

A really fun 3D embossing folder that my photos don’t do it justice! Getting used to a season change and light with photos again.

The die set has so many dies! You can make the banner as many levels as you want! I was thinking the banner would be great for graduation cards too! Glossy Black! Gold! Silver! Besides the Happy Birthday To You words, there’s Wishes, Enclosed and Sending. FUN!

Then there’s balloons and flowers! Both would be great for any occasion and in any colors!

Also a great way to use up scraps! My card is an A7 size but would easy work for A2 or A6 also!

I’m getting excited about making grad cards now that I’m thinking and talking about it. You could personalize it with alphabet dies or stamps with the name and year too!

To find out about Spellbinders Monthly Clubs, click/tap over to their website HERE. It’s really easy and such a good deal! Links below to the clubs I used today.

thank you so much for stopping by!

Large Die of the Month Membership –…

[ SPL ]

3D Embossing Folder of the Month…

[ SPL ]

Cardstock, Paper, & Envelopes |…

[ SPL ]

Avery Elle · cards · Congratulations · copics · Die Piecing · Interactive · Lawn Fawn · Simon Says Stamp · Spring

Platform Pop Up Hat’s Off To YOU Card…

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s a happy time of year for so many kids! I made several grad congrats cards but this is the only one I took pictures of.

I used the popular Lawn Fawn Platform Pop up die set! I have made so many of these already! It’s so fun and easy too!

I used an older Avery Elle stamp and die set for the images and the congrats, graduate strip is from Taylored Expressions. I’ll link to a newer version of the images below.

Super fun images… I didn’t think to get a picture of it flat. It fit into an A6 envelope.

Because I used Copic Sketch Markers to color, I die cut an extra piece of white cardstock to put on the back of the images to cover up the coloring. It worked great for the hats because then I could sandwich the acetate strips inbetween the colored hat and the plain hat die cuts.

Here’s the back… I used a two tone 12×12 bo bunny 65# cardstock for the base and the add on backdrop. The colors are kinda weird in the pictures but they matched much better IRL!

I stamped the sentiments from the set with Ranger Archival Black ink.

Thank you so much for stopping in today! I’m off to make some more flower cards!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC ]	Simon Says Stamps and Dies HATS OFF… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Clear Stamps HATS OFF GRAD… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp HATS OFF GRAD Wafer… [ SSS ]	Simple Strips Background [ TE ]
Simple Strips Die [ TE ]	Shop – Ink, Paint & Markers – Copic… [ TE \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Pad – Jet… [ SBC \| SSS ]