Spellbinders June Die of the Month Set – interactive card…

June 22, 2023 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…

May 2, 2023May 3, 2023 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… [ STR \| SSS ]	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… [ SSS ]	Copic [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Kuretake ZIG Memory System Squeeze… [ SBC \| STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]

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Spellbinders April Stamp and Die of the Month Club and Small Die of the Month Club Cards…

April 4, 2023April 4, 2023 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 –… [ SPL ]	Small Die of the Month Membership –… [ SPL ]	Cheerful Occasions Paper Pad \|… [ SPL ]
Black Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]	White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]	White Foam Squares Mix 1MM Adhesive \|… [ SPL ]

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Memory Box Floral Bud and Stems Thanks Card…

March 28, 2023March 27, 2023 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! It feels like Spring here! A beautiful sunshiny day in Iowa!

My card today is using NEW dies from Memory Box and NEW Stencil set and die from poppystamps.

I started by inking the stencil set with three colors of Distress Oxide ink. Shabby Shutters for the largest square hole stencil, Peeled Paint for the next size and Forest Moss for the smallest. (it’s greener in real life)

Then I die cut the NEW Pointy Lattice Plate from poppystamps in white cardstock to glue over the top of the stenciled panel.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Floral Bud and Stems die three times and colored with Copics. I remember the greens I used were YG61, 63, 67.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Woodgrain Fence Pickets from watercolor paper and smooshed them a couple times in Gathered Twigs Distress ink refill and a couple spritzes of water. Then I decided to make them look more weathered and rubbed a white pigment ink pad over them. I still wasn’t that thrilled so I added some brown color pencil! How crazy! Next time I think I’ll die cut them in brown cardstock! hahahahahaha They do look weathered though!

I was following the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge blog for my card but I’m too late getting it posted to link up. There was another panel in the sketch so I die cut the NEW Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die in vellum. I think you can see it behind the flowers and pickets.

I used a piece of wide scor-tape to hold the front pickets together… that worked really slick. Then I wrapped twine/jute cord around the front panel layers before I adhered it to the cardbase.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Tilted Thanks die from Memory Box Black Glossy Cardstock and two other layers of regular black cardstock and glued them together and glued them to the front of the card.

I don’t have very many pictures because it’s so bright today I ended up taking pictures three times! Picky camera or is it picky me! ha

I have a question for you though, if you don’t mind replying… When I write a blog post, it’s preset that the font is this gray color. If I want it black I have to remember to go in and change it. Do you have a preference? gray or black?

Thank you for stopping by! I hope to be back with a couple more flower cards!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94647 Floral Bud and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94470 Tilted Thanks… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94703 Woodgrain Fence… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2558 Pointy Lattice… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – T104 Deco Diamond… [ STR \| SSS ]
Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool [ STR \| TE ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper [ STR ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	double-sided tape holder – holds… [ STR ]

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Simon Says Stamp NEW Just For You Release!

March 17, 2023 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! A fun Copic colored card to share with you today. Simon Says Stamp sent me this adorable stamp set, Magical Spring, for me to create with! You can tell I had fun with it and using bright colors!

A delightful release with lots of Spring and Easter offerings!

I started out by stamping the cute images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Hammermill Color Copy Cardstock.

I cut them out and colored them using Copic sketch markers and a Sakura white gel pen for accenting.

I cut an A7 cardbase from the same cardstock, masked off the edges and ink blended on a Distress Oxide background in Tumbled Glass, Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn. I spattered on some white ink and regular distress ink color.