Simon Says Stamp You Are My Favorite Release…

May 2, 2025May 2, 2025 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Hello! I know… long time no see! I’m still here! My card today is using products from the last two Simon Says Stamp releases. You Are My Favorite and Rain or Shine. It turned out so fun!

A 5 ½ inch square card.

I heat embossed the NEW Wavy Background with Clear embossing powder, then ink blended the panel with Distress and Oxide inks to make it look like water.

Birthday and Get Whale sentiments in this cute Get Whale Soon stamp set.

I stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink on Hammermill cardstock. I don’t have the die set so I used my Scan n Cut. Then I colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I forgot to add white gel pen accents though! I think that would make it the little bit extra! oops!

I used the thin mounting tape that I love to adhere the images to the card panel. The little bubbles are glued directly to the panel.

Lots of pictures! The color is more saturated in real life.

Such cute images! Whales with personality, sure to cheer for any occasion!

I hope this finds you enjoying Spring and all the pretty flowers. I have hanging baskets on the back porch and ferns on the front porch but we haven’t had much sun yet. I have some hydrangea bushes that the buds always get frozen off over the Winter or something so they have to start over from the ground up. ugh. We’ll have lots of buds by the time it freezes again in the Fall! Crazy!

Check out the new releases! I’ll link below.

We’re getting ready for a wedding in two weeks! eek! So fun! Our oldest granddaughter is getting married! I love the shoes I bought to wear! lol

I’ll be posting a wedding card I hope! I’ll show the tag I made for her shower then too!

take care and ttul!

Check out the new releases and products I used to make this card…

Simon Says Clear Stamp Wavy… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps Get Whale… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Get Whale Soon Wafer… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamps and Dies Get Whale… [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]

Baby · Card Sketch · cards · CAS · copics · Woodblock Stamp

CAS Baby Card for Freshly Made Sketches and Woodblock Wednesday Challenges…

February 9, 2025February 9, 2025 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s been awhile since I made a baby card! When I saw the sketch for Freshly Made Sketches I immediately thought of baby clothes on a line. Then I saw the Woodblock Wednesday Challenge and thought of my drawers of woodblock baby stamps!

I stamped the woodblock onesie in Memento Black ink using my old stampamajig to space the onesies on a 3 15/16 x 5 3/16 in. card panel. I hand drew the line with a black micron pen. Colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I made a mask, using the negative and stamped some wood peg stamps on the onesies.

I die cut the largest Memory Box Wrapped Scalloped Rectangles die in black cardstock to mount the panel to.

The onesie is from Savvy Stamps, 1026C Hanging Onesie.

The sentiments are from Lawn Fawn Little Bundle clear stamp set. On the inside I heat embossed in white powder on black, Lots of Love (and more laundry). I stamped them in the MISTI with black ink, can’t remember which one! oops!

A2 size…clean, simple and CUTE!

Linking to some challenges…

Freshly Made Sketches #672

Woodblock Wednesday Challenge – oops…there’s no challenge there right now but still giving it a shout out because it triggered me to use a wood mount stamp!

NBUS #71 – Never Before Used Stff!

Simply Clean and Simple February – anything goes CAS, love and /or hearts

The Neglected Stuff Challenge – Kick-Off (new challenge) everything on my card has been neglected sad to say!

Thank you for stopping by!

Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Family · Memory Box · MFT · Paper Smooches

My Favorite Things ‘Right on Track’ Birthday Card…

February 6, 2025February 6, 2025 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! One of our granddaughters LOVES vinyl, I still call them records, but when I saw this set I HAD to have it! I LOVE how it turned out!

These cute critters are from My Favorite Things!

I stamped them in the MISTI with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copic Sketch Markers. A little white gel pen added after coloring. What a happy musical trio!

My pictures turned out good so there’s five of them! lol

I used an older Memory Box die, Party Music 98757 for the background but I’m linking you to the new die.

The sentiment stamps I used are from Paper Smooches which is closed now but I did see some pages of PS stamps on ebay. The name of the set is Birthday Sampler.

I just used a A2 white cardbase and on the inside I glued an extra record that I had colored.

A clean and simple card but good colorbook therapy!

I’m linking my card to some challenges…

The Neglected Stuff Challenge – this is their kick off…so fun! I’m excited about this challenge! (my neglected stuff – the party music die and sentiment stamp set)

We Love Stamping February Challenge – Anything Goes and CAS

Paper Rocks Scissors Challenge #1 – Paper and/or Scissors

Stamping Sensations February Challenge – Anything Goes

Our family hasn’t had any February birthdays but we just got our first yesterday! Our first great grandchild was born! So exciting! It’s a girl! I can’t wait to shop for some girl things! It’s all icy out today so I’m not going anywhere yet but soon!

One of our grandson’s was telling another grandson that grandpa is a great grandpa now. His reply was, grandpa has always been a great grandpa! lol We think our grandkids are great! ❤

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s the products I used if you want to go shopping…. coupon code to save $5 at SSS is WELUVU

My Favorite Things Right On Track… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things Right on Track… [ SSS \| MFT ]	My Favorite Things Right On Track… [ SSS \| MFT ]
Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Memory Box – 94851 Happy Birthday… [ STR \| SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Softgrip Titanium Non-Stick… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · Christmas · copics · Digital images · Embossing Folders · Sizzix · Thank You · Tim Holtz dies · Tim Holtz stamps · Winter

Thank You Cards….

January 23, 2025January 23, 2025 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! A little bit festive still this month. I didn’t want to post these until they were received!

For this first card I was totally inspired by a gal on Instagram. I’ll link to her over there. Link to my grid in the right sidebar under the follow option.

I used some new Tim Holtz dies and a stamp set for the sentiment. I’ll link below.

Soooo CUTE! I love this guy…I picture him singing loud and clear for all to hear! lol

My second card is The Greeting Farm Holiday Anya for Christmas 2024. I alway love these and collect them for myself and our granddaughter Anya.

I stamped the images in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored them with Copics.

I cut them out with the Scan n Cut. I prefer buying dies but if there aren’t dies to coordinate I love using the Scan n Cut. I purchased mine several years ago, right before they came out with the new, quiet one! haha I sure love the thing though… I’ve had really good luck with it!

She’s so cute and I love the other images that came in the set also! So much fun to color and easy to color too!

My pictures turned out good this time so I’m just gonna load them all into the post! lol

one more…

I linked her to the Four Seasons Winter January Challenge….

I hope you are all having a beautiful January start to 2025! Gotta remember to write and type that right!

I’ve been hibernating…so cold in Iowa! It warmed up a little bit yesterday…good thing cuz I needed to go out! lol

Holler if you have any questions about my cards… thank you so much for stopping by and clicking through my links! I appreciate it!

Here’s the supplies I used….

Use the code WELUVU at Simon Says Stamp for $5 savings.

I have to tell you…if you just want to have a relaxing day and shop…Starlitstudio.net has amazing prices everyday but the Tag SALE category is amazing right now! Don’t miss out! GO HERE! So many good sets I love! Valentine dies…stamp sets… “This is a paper hug” HERE. This is the bargain basement at Joe Smiths department store! Anyone else here grow up in Council Bluffs/Omaha and shop the great department stores of that era! Bring them back! lol I miss Brandeis too!

Clicking SSS – takes you to Simon Says Stamp .com

BLIC – to Dick Blick .com

SBC – to Scrapbook . com

SPL – to Spellbinders paperarts .com

STR – to Starlitstudio.net

ACH – to A Cherry on Top .com

HLM – to Hallmark Scrapbook .com

Some are affiliate links but no extra charge to you! Happy crafting!

The Greeting Farm Holiday Anya 12 Stamps [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Cracked… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Lucky… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque… [ SSS \| SPL \| SBC \| BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS \| ACH \| BLIC ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS \| STR \| ACH \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Softgrip Titanium Non-Stick… [ STR ]	MISTI Mini Black Precision Stamper… [ SSS \| SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
MISTI BLACK PRECISION STAMPER VERSION… [ SSS \| SBC \| SBC \| SSS \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SPL \| ACH ]
Tim Holtz Sizzix Christmas Minis… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Sizzix Fresh Brewed… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Sizzix Vault Sidekick Dies… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH ]	Simon Says Stamp Christmas Cartoons… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Christmas Cartoons Stamps… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Clear Stamps and Stencil… [ SSS ]	Oreo Liquid Watercolor – Taylored… [ TE ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered… [ SSS \| SBC \| ACH \| HLM ]

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 ]