poppystamps Nordic Dancing Gnome and Large Mushroom House Be Merry Card…

August 2, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Time for a cute card! Something to make you think of cooler temperatures! That’s how we’re feeling here in steamy Iowa! Can you say Summer?!

I had fun making these NEW poppystamps dies up…die cutting, inking, gluing, arranging and spattering. Here’s the card! lol

I die cut the lower mushroom parts in kraft cardstock and inked with Gathered Twigs Regular Distress Ink and the mini ink blending tool.

The upper mushroom is die cut in white cardstock and inked with Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink using an ink blending brush and aged with regular Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a mini ink blending tool. The smoke in white and inked with Hickory Smoke Oxide ink.

The trees and the gnome are all die cut in Neenah Classic Crest White cardstock and inked with Oxide inks and blending brushes….

hat with Peeled Paint (less pressure to get the lighter part)

flesh parts are Tattered Rose with a hint of Vintage Photo on the edges

trees are Rustic Wilderness with a little bit of white showing here and there and those spots inked with Peacock Feathers

Backgound panel is Neenah Classic Crest White inked with Peacock Feathers, spattered with water droplets, let it dry

be merry is die cut in white also, back layer inked with Peacock Feathers and spattered with water droplets also, white layer glued on top

Panel is glued to a 5 x 7 cardbase, mushroom house adhered with my favorite thin mounting tape, trees glued directly to the card, gnome and sentiment adhered with thin mounting tape.

Last step was spattering with white drawing ink.

His belt buckle is colored with a gel pen and I added a few clear fairy drops.

I hope he makes you smile! It’s so cute! A happy card that makes me happy too!

thank you so much for stopping by! More to come!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used to make this card…so many AWESOME NEW products from poppystamps, Memory Box and Birch Press Design in the stores…have fun shopping and creating! STR takes you to Starlitstudio.net, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp, SBC takes you to Scrapbook . com, SPL takes you to Spellbinders .com, BLIC takes you to Dick Blick .com Thank you so much for shopping and supporting my cardmaking/blogging in this manner. No extra cost for you and it helps me pay for this blog/linkdeli and the convenience for you of knowing what I used! Win Win! Happy creating!

Poppystamps – 2655 Large Mushroom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2644 Nordic Dancing… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2645 Be Merry craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2635 Nordic Dimple… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2629 Nordic Dimpled… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Fairy Drops • Jewels •… [ STR \| SSS ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]
Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SPL ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SPL ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – set of 2 -… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix White Tool Caddy Big Shot… [ SBC \| BLIC ]

birch press design · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Winter

New Birch Press Design and Memory Box…

July 24, 2024July 28, 2024 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi friends and cardmakers! It’s that time of year! So exciting! Lots of Christmas coming your way from Memory Box, Birch Press Design and poppystamps!

I started by die cutting the NEW BPD Classic Poinsettia Contour Layers and gluing it together. I used some of the my watercolor papers to die cut the poinsettia and foliage.

I followed a video by Jill from Penny Black to make the watercolored panels that I die cut and used for the panels. Video HERE.

I used the NEW Memory Box Fringed, Scalloped Frame die for the vintage light brown panel. I used the thin mounting tape that I love to adhere it to the red background panel.

I die cut foliage from two more NEW BPD dies, Holly Sprig Contour Layers and Tiny Berries and Leaves Contour Layers.

I love the holly, pine branches and sticks. Although I’m not sure they’re supposed to be sticks! lol

I chose to use the NEW BPD Peace Love Joy Confection Script die for the sentiment on this card. I love the fine line and I know you’re thinking ugh about gluing it but you don’t have to! The way it die cuts, the fine script fits back into the panel and you can just put little pieces of tape on the back to hold it in place, then glue it to the shadow die cut. Here’s a picture that might help you see what I mean.

On the inside I used the NEW Memory Box Holiday Wishes stamp set. Lots of great sentiments in this set! And it comes with two dies to cut out the Sending Warmest Wishes and North Pole stamps.

I cut out some extra holly leaves from the scraps of my watercolored papers, in case I needed them around the poinsettia. I didn’t so I glued them on the inside with the sentiment. I stamped in Archival Potting Soil ink.

I have plenty of photos this time so I’ll just stick them in here.

It’s no surprise that I started the Christmas cardmaking season with the Poinsettia and greenery. I do love these colors and the vintage look!

This is an A2 size card…holler if you have any questions! I’m sure I forgot something!

I’m linking to some challenges…

Color Hues #91 – Red and Green

Merry Little Christmas #57 – Anything Christmas Goes

Peace on Earth Christmas #68 – Anything Christmas Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Beautiful Blooms

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s the products I used to make this card… click on the abbreviations to go to a store to see them! Simon Says Stamp $5 off coupon code is ‘leap24’

Birch Press Design – 57557 Classic… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57543 Peace Love… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57559 Holly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – 57518 Tiny… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94842 Fringed Scalloped… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5286D Holiday Wishes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box Holiday Wishes Clear… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper -… [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker Rustic… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Reinker Lumberjack… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Reinker Gathered… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Gathered Twigs Ink… [ SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Potting… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders Handmade Holidays Christmas Release…

July 21, 2024July 27, 2024 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! What a week! Two days without internet put me behind getting cards posted. Christmas in July is always fun! I can’t believe it’s July already though! eek!

Some NEW dies from Spellbinders for my card today… Delivering Joy Sleigh, Handmade sentiments and new to me Nested Postage Labels & Tag.

Not much to tell…die cut and glue together. I used scraps for everything except the postage frame and cardbase! That’s always a good feeling. lol

I pretty much followed the design on the packaging to put it together.

So fun and pretty! I always love Christmas foliage…well anything Christmas and then put it on postal and I’m super happy! lol

Thank you so much for stopping by! Check out the new by tapping/clicking through my links below! Thank you so much for your comments and encouragement! I appreciate it!

Dies and supplies I used for this card…

Delivering Joy Sleigh Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Handmade Sentiments Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched… [ SPL ]
Mirror Silver Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 -… [ SPL \| SPL ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Summer · Thank You

Memory Box Canyon Butterflies Card…

July 11, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! Still in CAS mode…but let’s try black! I die cut the butterflies and the NEW Thank You Breezy Script from some brayered cardstock. That was brave of me! lol

Remember the Kaleidacolor ink pads from Tsukineko? Scroll through them HERE. I have a bunch of them and I made a bunch of these backgrounds a couple years ago. I didn’t write on the backs what pad I used though! Just use any of them. They all turn out wonderful!

This is the one I used for the butterflies and the sentiment.

I die cut the black rectangle for the front with the Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set.

I die cut the Thank You Breezy Script Shadow die in the black panel. You’ll need a piece of black behind it when you mount it to your card.

I mounted the panel to the white A2 cardbase with the thin mounting tape I love so much! I use a non stick scissors to cut it…it’s sticky!

Glue the butterflies together…glue the sentiment into the opening created by die cutting the sentiment shadow die.

I added a couple gems to the butterfly from the Memory Box Bright set.

I wish you could see it in person… Black is always striking but photographing with either kind of light washes it out!

That’s it! Holler if you have any questions! Go and get inky! lol

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make this CAS card…

Memory Box – 94835 Canyon Butterflies… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94780 Thank You Breezy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – 3.31 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box Fairy Drops • Jewels •… [ STR ]

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

poppystamps Whittle Tropical Gator Kit Card…

July 4, 2024July 3, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Surprise! Now I’m wishing I’d thought to make the bow and hoop red! lol Happy Fourth of July friends and cardmakers!

Such cute critters from poppystamps and everything you need to make this card or another version in the kit!

Personality indeed! They’re having a Summer good time!

I colored the die cuts with Copic Sketch Markers after I die cut them in Hammermill Color Copy 100# cardstock.

Branches – YG17, YG 67 and G99

Tree Trunks – E43, E44 and E47

Splash – B000, B00, B01 and B02

Bow and hoop – RV02 and inked a little bit with my dirty pink oxide ink blending brush

Tie – B05 and BG09

Umbrella – N2, 3, 4, 5

Gators – YG21, YG23 and inked a little bit with my dirty green oxide ink blending brush

I kept it clean and simple by just mounting the colored die cuts onto an A2 size Neenah Solar White 110# cardbase that I inked with a little bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.

Small pieces of the thin mounting tape behind the pieces and placed similar to the picture on the envelope of the kit packaging.

So cute and easy to do! Aren’t the teeth fun?! lol

Have a beautiful holiday rest of the week and enjoy the fireworks if you can stay up late enough! haha!

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make this gator card…

Poppystamps – KT001 Whittle Tropical… [ STR \| SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]