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Spellbinders August Clear Stamp and Die Set of the Month Club…

Pam Sparks10 Comments

Can you believe it’s August already?!  eek!  What I notice first is the evenings getting dusky earlier! boo!

Hope this finds you creating and feeling good anyway!

I started my card today by stamping the floral stamp in the MISTI with  Memento Desert Sand Dye ink.  I know… it’s looking pretty Summery still!  I bet I should’ve been thinking Fall colors! oh well, there’s orange here! lol

I colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

The little bit of blue is in with the green…probably hard to see.  Some of you might remember going to stamp conventions and seeing Stamps By Judith’s booth?  She always colored her green foliage with a little bit of  blue.

The background I did on watercolor paper.  Regular Distress inks pressed onto a craft sheet, spritzed with water and press the paper into the ink.  One color at a time.  Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade and Worn Lipstick.  Dab off extra color with a paper towel, more water spritzed on if the color is too strong.

I spattered with White ink after it was all dry.

I stamped a portion of the main flower image on the inside with Worn Lipstick Distress ink.  I meant to use oxide but the regular was out on the desk and I picked it up without thinking.  It looks good though.

The sentiment on the front and on the inside are from the set.

There are several to choose from in this stamp set and dies for all!  It’s great!  Two dies for the floral stamp too!  You can just die cut one side or the other since they’re separate!  Very cool idea!

This is a mini slimline size card.

Linking to some challenges…

Triple B – Blooms

Addicted to Stamps and More – Make Your Mark

Double D Challenge – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Summer

Fun clubs this month…the glimmer hot foil plate is a similar floral and you can get a stencil set and use it for coloring.  Of course I’m wishing I’d gotten that! lol

Every time I get to this point in my post I wonder if I’m giving enough information or if you like just going to the Spellbinders website to read it for yourself.

HERE is the page to find out all about Spellbinders monthly clubs.  They are really fun and an inexpensive way to get new product every month!  Something new to look forward to and it’s so nice you get to see ahead what is coming and the wonderful variety from all the card designers with great ideas!

The club I used today is HERE.   Check it out and I’d love to hear what you think!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!  Holler if you have any questions and I’ll stop talking now! lol

 

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Birthday Cards for guys and boys….

Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone!  Birthday cards galore today!  Keep scrolling…lots of pictures.  Not much text!

Coffee is always a hit if you’re a coffee drinker!

Getting some mileage out of this Hat set from Stampin Up!

Here’s a short, short video of how this card works.  The color is better in the video too.  Give it a second to load to full resolution.

Another hat card with a fishing theme…

 

Another coffee card!


Coffee has a big job! hahahahahahaha

Fishing has been an almost daily occurrence around here!

The vest is a pattern from WPlus9.com

This is the Lawn Fawn Platform Pop up die made up with the new Dog collection from Doodlebug Designs. The front….

the back…

from the top to kinda see down in….

And last but not least… this is my newest hobby and it’s yummy!  I finally bought a stand mixer and boy am I having fun baking!

Here it is in action making bread!  Another super short video.

Ready to stick in the oven!

I guess I didn’t take pictures of these two loaves done!  They’re really good!

Today I need to do some laundry though so I better stop talking!

I’ll link up the products that I used, that I can find, below!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I’d love to know if you bake bread too!

Shopping links…

Alexandra Renke craft dies – Coffee…
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Poppystamps – 2541 Whittle Cocoa with…
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Waffle Flower Crafts Horizontal…
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Memory Box – 94341 Vintage Varsity…
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Poppystamps – 2364 Happy Birthday…
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offset sayings: birthday | Lawn Fawn
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CottageCutz Fishing Set Shape (4×4)…
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Doodlebug – Doggone Cute Collection
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Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -…
[ SBC | SSS | ACH ]

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Spellbinders June Die of the Month Set – interactive card…

Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone!  I have three Ocean/Near the Sea cards to share with you today!  So THREE posts!  I know!  Annoying to get three emails but I promise that I have never done this before and probably will never do it again!

Here’s a short video of the tricks this octopus and squid can do!  It can go faster motion but the video going fast did not look good!

This is a mini slimline size.   I’m so tickled with how it turned out!

The background is just my Distress Oxide ink blending brushes on a piece of Hammermill color copy cover cardstock 100#.  I used my peacock feathers brush and my brush for greens.  I think it looks real watery! lol  My brown brush on the bottom.  No added ink for any of it, just the ink left in the brushes.

I colored the squid, starfish and seaweeds with Copic Markers.

Water you up to sentiment is from the Spellbinders Clear Stamp and Die Set of the Month for June!  A super cute set!

So the details for obtaining the Spellbinders Club offers each month is HERE.  So fun!  Huge sets and fun creating!

Thank you so much for stopping by and I’d love it if you checked out my other two posts for today too!  THANK YOU!

 

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Memory Box Magnolia Leaf Brand, Magnolia Bud Trio and Backyard Wren Mini Slimline Card…

Pam Sparks10 Comments

This card says hello for me!  I had fun looking through the new paper pads and playing ‘matchy’! hahahaha  Almost felt like I was quilting again!

This release is stretching me!  I rarely use purple but not this time!  Purple it is!

This is such a sweet bird die… NEW….Backyard Wren.  So sweet and Memory Box just put a post up on Instagram showing it in all different colors!  So I decided I could use purple!  Why not!

I took pictures with a white background too but they look so washed out, I’m not posting them!  Crazy what a difference!

Cards always look better IRL even with all the awesome technology we have these days!

I die cut the Magnolia Leaf Branch, Magnolia Bud Trio and Backyard Wren in white Hammermill cardstock. I colored the branch and buds with Copic Sketch Markers and the wren with my distress oxide ink blending brushes.  I didn’t ink them just used the ink that was in them already.

I like coloring dies and cutting from colored cardstock.  I was thinking of the branch this time and knew I’d want the branch brown and leaves green.  It’d be really easy to do colored cardstock also…next time!

I used a new poppystamps die for the sentiment, Hello Moonlight Script.  What a fun name! What a beautiful font!  The white cardstock is Hammermill and the black is Memory Box Glossy Black. I love that cardstock so much.  I’m on my last sheet from the ten pack!

The pattern paper is the NEW 6×6 pads from Memory Box!   I’ll link them below with everything else.

Linking to some challenges!

Papercraft Challenges – Spring

Word Art Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

Thanks so much for stopping by!  I hope you enjoyed this sweet wren card!

To see the products  I used and shop, click/tap the abbreviations below the item…

Memory Box – 94723 Backyard Wren…
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Memory Box – 94721 Magnolia Leaf…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – 94718 Magnolia Bud Trio…
[ STR | SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2509 Hello Moonlight…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1021 Magnolia Plaid…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1022 Magnolia Grove…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box BLACK GLOSSY 8.5×11 Paper…
[ SSS | STR ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH…
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Copic
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Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
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Kuretake ZIG Memory System Squeeze…
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Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot…
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Spellbinders April Stamp and Die of the Month Club and Small Die of the Month Club Cards…

Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone!  Getting my floral on with the NEW Spellbinders clubs this week!

Two cards to show you using the NEW club kits coming real soon!

For the first card I used the Stamp and Die Club of the month and for the background I used the Small Die of the month set. So pretty!

My second card I used two floral sections of the Stamp from the stamp and die club to create a wreath!  So fun!

Here’s a couple pictures that hopefully will help you see…

then the dies for the stamp set…

Fun to make so many different looks with this set and a great variety of sentiments with dies for them too!

If you look real close you can see I die cut the top right double flower and the bottom left flower and pieced them back in for this card. Those are also the pieces I used to make the wreath… five of each.

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

This card is A2 size…

My wreath card is 5 ¼ in. square card…

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo black and colored with Copic Sketch again for this one.  I stamp and die cut before I color.

I really like that it’s easy to get the margin the same around the whole image when you die cut with these dies.

Lots of pictures today! Crazy how some days are better for taking pictures.  Here we are at a season change again which means adjustments!

Here’s where you can find out about the monthly kits from Spellbinders Paper Arts…so many great stamps and dies! The kits go ‘live’ on the 6th!  (that’s the day you can start signing up for them)

A BOGO SALE going on also!!!  Check it out HERE!  All kinds of wonderful included!

Have fun looking around and holler if you have any questions.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Here’s what I used to make these two cards…

Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Club –…
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Small Die of the Month Membership –…
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Cheerful Occasions Paper Pad |…
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Black Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack…
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White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack…
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White Foam Squares Mix 1MM Adhesive |…
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