Memory Box Flowering Cactus Slimline Card…

August 4, 2021 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I had some fun coloring yesterday. Right now there’s a 30 day coloring challenge going on and I’m so glad I had this to color!

I stamped the NEW Memory Box Flowering Cactus in the MISTI with Tuxedo Black Memento ink, die cut it and colored it with these copics…

I stamped and die cut the sentiments from the Signature Greetings sets. I cut just the die a couple more time so I could glue them together to get some lift. Easy gluing when the dies are like this!

I die cut the largest and next largest of the Memory Box Wrapped Stitched Slimline dies in TE Oreo cardstock and Neenah 110# white cardstock and layered everything up.

I used mounting foam tape behind the cactus to adhere it to the panels.

Succulents are so fun and popular right now! Maybe sometime I’ll get to see then in the desert!

Thank you for stopping by! ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box FLOWERING CACTUS Clear… [ SSS \| STR ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps FLOWERING… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5272D Signature… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5272 Signature… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94554 Wrapped Stitched… [ STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| BLIC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Envelopes Large… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shaker Card · Summer

Memory Box and poppystamps ‘anything is popsicle’ Shaker Card!

July 13, 2021 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Do you agree? Such a cute sentiment! A Summer shaker card with poppystamps Whittle Popsicle die, Memory Box Nested Globes, Memory Box Grain Planks (cut to be narrower), NEW Banner Sentiment Trio die and NEW poppystamps Life is Sweet Clear Stamp set!

Here’s a video to show how it works…it’s not deep so they don’t move around a lot. It looks a lot better when you click watch on You Tube. lol

I made this mini slim size… 3 ½ in x 6 in. It works so well for some things!

I die cut everything from Neenah 110# Solar White Smooth Classic Crest cardstock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I added dots to the inside background piece with the same Copics also.

I only used one layer of mounting tape around the perimeter of the globe. I used the thin strips you can buy, but cutting your own would work too! I’ll link below.

Super cute little popsicles…the die comes with two on it, one with the cute face and stitch lines and the other solid.

I forgot to take a picture of the inside! ugh. But there’s a new poppystamps sentiment set called Marzipan Greetings that’s so cute and the sentiment ‘it’s the little things’ is perfect for the inside! I like some of the other ones for this too!

I don’t know who I’m going to send this to yet! Here we are in the middle of Summer already though! Wow, this year is going by fast!

Thank you for visiting my blog today! I’m going to go make some more and see what I can come up with! Have you checked out the new Memory Box/poppystamps release? hehe I’ll link below.

ttul,

Supplies I used to make this card… STR is starlitstudio.net, SSS is Simon Says stamp.com and SBC is scrapbook.com Thank you for clicking through my links! I appreciate it!

Poppystamps – 2421 Whittle Popsicle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94532 Nested Globes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94580 Banner Sentiment… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94565 Wood Grain Planks… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL503 Life is Sweet… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1008 Twilight Purple… [ STR \| SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Marshmallow [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Darice Double-Sided White Foam Sticky… [ STR \| SSS ]
Heffy Doodle – Foam Strips – Double… [ SBC ]	Doodlebug Sprinkles, Glitter & Matte too [ STR ]	Copic Sketch Markers and Sets [ BLIC \| TE \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Easel · Masculine · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Summer

poppystamps Country Barn Pop Up Easel Whittle Pig CUTE Card…

June 28, 2021June 28, 2021 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! This little piggy cleaned up to bring you this special message today! lol The new poppystamps Country Barn Pop Up Easel set is SUCH a FUN die set! This is an A2 size.

I added in Memory Box new woodgrain cardstock, inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

poppystamps Whittle chickens die cut in white and inked with Vintage Photo Distress Oxide ink and Whittle Cloud Border dies cut with Memory Box new cardstock.

poppystamps Whittle Sunshine die die cut in Memory Box new cardstock.

poppystamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments stamp set, Word Balloons die and Whittle Pig…I layered up three of the pig and then a couple more layers of just his snout! I just love it! I die cut him in white, inked him with Abandoned Coral Distress Oxide Ink and added in some shading with a Copic Sketch Marker R14. A little white gel pen for accenting.

I stamped ‘Missing you Pig Time’ on white Neenah cardstock and die cut it with the narrowest die in the Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle die set. I am using that die over and over! Then I matted it with the next size up die and MB woodgrain cardstock again. Yes, I have to cut one end to get the length but I just insert the cut back into the die, tape it and barely run over the end. I use one of the Sizzix Sidekick cutting plates in my Big shot so I can just cut the very end! Slick! I should make a video. ❤

This is one of those cards that just makes me happy! I hope it makes you smile and inspires you to make something today!

Oh, there are several other animals that go with the barn and sentiments too! A Goat even! So fun!

See you again soon!

P.S. The new AC is in and running wonderfully! So thankful! I have to be cool! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by and here’s links to what I used to make this fun card! There is a code for SSS right now… YUM521 to save $5. Savings are always happening at Starlitstudio (STR) and Scrapbook.com (SBC)

Poppystamps – 2443 Country Barn Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2434 Whittle Pig craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2418 Whittle Sunshine… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2318 Whittle Cloud… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2445 Whittle Chickens… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94556 Slim Basic… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2380 Word Balloons… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook.com – Envelopes – Kraft A2… [ SBC \| TE ]
*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC** ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE \| TE \| TE \| TE ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Marker R14 LIGHT ROUGE… [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC ]

All Occasion · birch press design · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Flowers · Masculine · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring · Techniques · Thank You

Memory Box Floral Collage and Birch Press Design Crystal Lingo Cards…

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hello everyone! Here’s to flowers blooming everywhere!

I combined some dies for this card…nothing stamped on this one! I LOVE this Jumbled Line Collage die…new from Memory Box.

The flowers are from the release before this last one. I used the Layered Daisies, Layered Fresh Flowers and Thank You Posh Script dies.

Five of the new Memory Box Fairy Jewels and two of the Memory Box 6×6 cardstock pads. I love that there are three shades for each of the 4 colors in the pads. I used Berry Red and Lush Green.

The Jumbled Line Collage lends itself to any card size. I made this one in the Mini Slim Size, 3 ½ by 6 inches.

Oh the leaves and berry branches are from the poppystamps Woven Basket Pop Up Easel Set.

My next card is Bright too! lol

Here’s a simple slim line card… I ink blended five colors of Distress Oxide onto a piece of cardstock using Taylored Expressions Ink blender brushes. I let it dry overnight and heat embossed with white powder the slim line size stamp from Birch Press Design, Crystal Lingo.

The Happy and Birthday To You stamps are both from the same set and there are dies to cut out the big words.

I colored HAPPY with Copic Sketch Markers.

I used the Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle Layers dies to cut the stamped panel and the black layer.

It kinda reminds me of a box of crayons! lol

Some beautiful days this week here in Iowa. We live in a big old house with two Central air units… the one for the 2nd and 3rd floor pooped out on us Tuesday. ugh ugh ugh. I like being cool! So, here’s hoping we can get a new unit in fast! It could be challenging, especially sleeping.

I’ll get off and figure out what I need to do next without getting hot! lol

Some of the supplies I used to make these cards… and while I have you here… look at the June Clearance SALE at Scrapbook.com! I found some things I needed for birthdays! yay! Tons of good stuff!

Memory Box – 94529 Thank You Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94474 Layered Fresh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94472 Layered Daisies… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94560 Jumbled Line… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2463 Woven Basket Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – 8155 Crystal… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design CRYSTAL LINGO… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – 94556 Slim Basic… [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · copics · Cottage Cutz · Memory Box · MFT · Spring

Cottage Cutz Gnome Sleeping in Hammock Card…

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! Something a little different this week…a sleepyhead! A cute sleepyhead though!

I die cut this Gnome Sleeping in Hammock from Cottage Cutz, all in Neenah 110# white cardstock and colored the pieces with Copic Sketch Markers. Easy coloring and I didn’t have to find cardstock scraps to die cut all the little pieces. The only drawback is, you aren’t helping to use up your scraps stash! ho ho

Thinking about a sentiment… I grabbed a new set from My Favorite Things and used one of the sentiments. I’m not sure who I’ll send this to! It’s using that naughty B word that Tim and I didn’t let the girls use when they were growing up! It was find something to do or I’ll find you something to do! lol