Memory Box Pinecone and Berries 3D Embossing Folder Merry Christmas Wave Card…

September 6, 2024September 10, 2024 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! Time to get really serious about getting Christmas cards made and ready to mail! Preaching to myself for sure! lol

I was excited to use one of the NEW Memory Box 3D Embossing Folders for my card today.

I started out by inking the side, flat area up, with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink and then running it through the die cutting machine.

I used Canson Montval cold press watercolor paper. I buy the BIG sheet from Hobby Lobby and then just cut a piece off of it when I need it. I leave it out, in the way, so I remember to use it. It’s my favorite watercolor paper. The price is right too! $3.29 for the piece… if I cut it up into 9×12, if I’m remembering right, you get 8 pieces!

I spritz one side of the paper very lightly before I put it in the inked up folder.

Then using regular distress ink and the mini ink blending tool, I went over the raised areas with Pine Needles on the pine, Peeled Paint on the leafy branches and Gathered Twigs on the pinecones.

I really like the look of this but it’s so much better in real life than a photo!

I die cut the NEW Drifting Snowflakes die and just used the flakes on my card. I used the 3 sizes of dots it cuts out too. I spattered with white ink but it didn’t show up very well.

I die cut the NEW Merry Christmas Wave in kraft and red cardstocks. Another easy one to put together! I used scor-tape on the back so I could just lay the letters back in and they fit perfectly…EASY! Love it!

A little bit of twine wrapped around the panel. This ended up A6 size….a little extra! lol

I layered on red cardstock and then to a white cardbase.

For the inside I used a sentiment from the NEW Holiday Wishes stamp set. If you only wanted one set with sentiments for the outside and the inside… here it is!

Linking to some challenges…

Can You Handle the Pressure? – anything goes with an embossing folder

Peace On Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

Word Power #9 – Sentiment/words as the focus

Merry Little Christmas #58 – anything Christmas goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – anything goes

Now back to thinking….what’s next! Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! Holler if you have any questions. I know I forget stuff!

Check out STAMPtember at Simon Says Stamp! Today is a super cute set from Pink and Main! The collaboration sets started Tuesday and there’s still some left of most.

and here’s a free shipping code!

Here’s the products I used to make this card… SLS is starlitstudio .net, SSS is Simon Says Stamp, SBC is Scrapbook .com Thank you so much for shopping through my links! I appreciate it!

Memory Box – EF1043 Pinecones and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94799 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94816 Drifting… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5286D Holiday Wishes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Holiday Wishes Clear… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -… [ TE ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS ]
Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool [ STR ]	Scor-Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Pine… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Peeled… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders Dancin’ Christmas Cards…

August 30, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Here to make you smile! Dancin’ Douglas is the tree card…I love the name! Dancin’ Moose Klondike…sooooo CUTE!

Very basic, die cut, glue and take pictures! lol An A-6 size card but I’ll use an A-7 size envelope because his antlers are a bit taller than the card.

Pine branch is from the Delivering Joy Sleigh die set, Santa hat from the Dancin’ Snowman die set and the sentiment is from the Clear Stamp and die set from October of 2023.

Here’s a short video showing how his legs ‘dance’!

There are several die sets in this collection… I’ll link to everything at the end of my post.

There’s No One Elf Like You! That’s the truth! lol Sentiment from Santa’s Sippin’ Sayings clear stamp set.

Snowflake die cut in the background is from the St. Nick die set.

I used Navy Blue cardstock but I know, it looks black but it’s not! ugh. Sometimes picture taking is so hard! You can see it’s navy in the video below!

The present is from the Dancin’ Snowman set.

Such happy cards! A-6 size again…

Here’s a video of Dancin’ Douglas swinging his legs.

I wish I’d thought to take a picture of how I do the swing. I’ll try to explain.

I use three washers and red tape them together and red tape them to the back of the tree. (I need to try just using two washers so it’s a little thinner.)

I put mounting tape on the back of the tree, making sure I don’t block the swing with it.

I add more red tape to the washers, remove all the protective paper from the mounting tape and red tape and adhere to the card panel.

It’s very simple. I don’t know what everyone else does but that’s what I do.

I used the smallest rectangle die from the Mini Slimline A set to die cut the sentiment.

The green cardstocks are from the Memory Box Greenery 6×6 cardstock pad.

Browns are old Bazzill cardstock and the Moose background cardstock is Cookie Monster from Taylored Expressions.

Thank you so much for stopping by and making it clear to the end of this post! whew! lol!

Here’s the list of what I used to stores that have these products… Click the abbreviations to see… THANK YOU!

Dancin’ Christmas Friends -… [ SPL ]	Dancin’ Moose Klondike Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Dancin’ Douglas Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
St. Nick Etched Dies from the Home… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Santa’s Sippin’ Sayings Clear Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Delivering Joy Sleigh Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cookie Monster… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Fruit Punch -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Lemon Meringue… [ TE ]
Ranger Archival Jet Black Archival… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Watchful Bird and More Card….

August 23, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! Another joy topped Christmas card to share today! I LOVE this NEW Watchful Bird! He fit right down in with some NEW Pine Branches and New Festive Holly dies!

Layered on top of the NEW Pinecone and Berries 3D Embossing Folder with natural linen cardstock, then the NEW Wavy Sheet Music die cut in black glossy cardstock.

Bello Joy is a NEW die also….die cut in two colors and with scor-tape on the back, layer in the letters…so much easier than gluing! For the color here, I inked a piece of natural linen the same way I colored the bird’s back and die cut it.

A little bit of Gathered Twigs Distress Ink blended on with the mini blending tool. It’s always out on my desk! hehe

I die cut the bird all in natural linen cardstock, then ink blended on color using my brushes that already had ink in them. My regular distress red brush, then my oxide distress red brush, then a light brushing with my brown oxide brush. No rhyme nor reason except for not wanting dark. The head is solid Gathered Twigs regular distress with the mini ink blending tool. The body lightly inked with the same.

Greenery die cut with the back two greens in the Memory Box Greenery Cardstock 6×6 pack and Earth Neutral 6×6 pack. I inked the edges with Rustic Wilderness distress and a mini ink blending tool. Red for berries was a scrap.

I enjoyed creating this card! Music is such a big part of the Christmas season for me. I always love greenery!

This is an A2 size card. I didn’t trim off the holly this time. I normally mail in an A6 size envelope so it will fit ok like this. You could easy trim it off though!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today! Links below if I’ve inspired you to get busy on Christmas cards. hoho I’m trying to keep mine pretty flat-ish. Sad the PO isn’t as card friendly as it used to be.

ok – ttul!

Shop til you drop!

STR – starlitstudio.net, SSS – Simon Says Stamp, SBC – Scrapbook .com

Memory Box – 94804 Watchful Bird… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94809 Wavy Sheet Music… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94817 Pine Branches… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94801 Festive Holly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94763 Bello Joy craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – EF1043 Pinecones and… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Scor-Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders…St. Nick Christmas Wishes Card

August 16, 2024August 16, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! So fun to think about St. Nick. I’ve always loved to read. When I was a child I had some thick volumes of Christmas children’s books with lots of stories in them. For some reason I remember the ones about St. Nick more than the others!

I had fun putting this guy together! I love how dies are these days, the detail and how it helps you put them together. This St. Nick would be really fun looking more vintage….I need to look around for ideas to do that!

Very basic card…tear a piece of white for snow, die cut the flakes and sentiment in white. I used the stars from the centers of the flakes to kind of accent the Christmas Wishes banner from the NEW Handmade Sentiments set.

Die cut and assemble St.Nick, the lantern and the tree. There’s even a die for a piece to back the lantern!

He also comes with two hat dies so you can take your pick!

This is an is odd size card but will still mail for one forever postage stamp.

Linking to some card challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Add a Sentiment

Addicted to Stamps and More #474 – any occasion

The Holly and the Ivy #167 – anything Christmas goes

Thank you so much for stopping by today! It’s hot and muggggeeeee here in Iowa today…the crops probably love it but I don’t! haha Happy cardmaking days!

Here’s what I used to make this card… SPL is Spellbinders store, SSS is Simon Says Stamp store, STR is Starlitstudio store and SBC is Scrapook .com store. Thank you!

St. Nick Etched Dies from the Home… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Handmade Sentiments Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – shiny gold [ STR ]	Tiny Pearl Embellishments – flat… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Frosted Lantern, Pinecone Duo Card…

August 13, 2024August 14, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hello and good Tuesday to you! Here I am back to share more Christmas inspiration today! When I opened this NEW Memory Box paper pad and saw this plaid…swoon! Then this foiled snowflake in the other NEW pad! So much to love about these new 6×6 pads!

I started die cutting after I had a bit of a plan. Using the A2 Rectangle Frames Die set I cut the papers. I layered the smaller on the larger with the thin mounting tape I love!

I found some matching cardstock (matches better in real life) in the Lagoon and Greenery 6×6 cardstock pads from Memory Box. I heat embossed the sentiment from the NEW Holiday Wishes stamp set. There are two coordinating dies for two of the sentiments included in the set! This is a neat set…sentiments for the front of the card and more sentiments for the inside! I stamped one on the inside but I forgot to take a picture of it! ugh. Go look at the set… I used It’s the most wonderful time of the year on the inside. You can imagine it stamped in black on the white cardbase. lol

I used Bazzill Gold foil cardstock to cut the lantern. I also cut it in white and kept the pieces in place with scor-tape on the back so I could have an ink blended background. I used Iced Spruce Distress Oxide to ink the white. I was happy with the match!

I die cut the NEW Pinecone Duo die twice from a darker green in the Greenery pad.

The pinecones are die cut from a piece of distress ink refill watercolored watercolor paper! I love the variation in color in these watercolor pieces. HERE‘s the video on creating these pieces…

The candle is colored with Copics.

An A2 size card, not too thick and ready to mail!

Linking to some Christmas Card Challenges…

Peace on Earth Christmas #69 – anything goes Christmas

Krafty Chicks #728 Christmas

NBUS (never before used schtuff) #65

Love Those Pretty Papers August – pretty papers (optional Summertime)

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. I know it’s been days since I posted. I have good intentions but life happens. I won’t go into it! ugh. I have a lot of Christmas inspiration to share and hopefully some birthday in the mix too!

I’ll be back soon!

Here’s the products I used to make this shiny, bright card! 🙂

Memory Box – 94800 Frosted Lantern… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94802 Pinecone Duo craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5286D Holiday Wishes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1031 Yuletide Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1032 Yuletide Cheer… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1010 Lagoon 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – shiny gold [ STR ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Embossing Powder Super Fine… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Spellbinders – Vivant Finn Cord -… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Scor-Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Switch Plus Machine… [ SBC ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – set of 2 -… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Iced… [ SSS ]	Rainbow Splash Large Blending Brushes… [ SSS ]
Rainbow Splash Small Blending Brushes… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper -… [ STR ]	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER 9×12 140lb… [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Strathmore 400 Series Watercolor… [ BLIC ]	Gold Taklon Oval Mop Paint Brush \|… [ HBL ]	distress ink reinkers [ SBC \| SSS ]