Spellbinders Peony Celebration Birthday Card…

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! A cheery Spring peony clean and simple card to share with you today! NEW from Spellbinders and designed by Yana Smakula….so pretty! It can be made with so many techniques!

I started by die cutting both dies in the set from white Hammermill cardstock.

Next I placed the floral die face down on the larger plain white die cut, taped the die in place and ran it through my die cutting machine with the tan mat so the design is impressed (you don’t want it to cut) into the die cut.

I inked up this impressed piece with Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo ink and a small ink blending brush.

Then on the floral outline white die cut, Inked the peony buds and leaves with Distress oxide inks and small brushes.

It’s a fast way to color die cuts for sure! It’s really pretty in real life too… softer looking than in the photos.

The sentiment is from a wonderful NEW Press Plates set also from Yana. I don’t have the Press Plate system so I used Spellbinders black foil and foiled the Happy Birthday Wishes directly to the card front! It looks so professional!

My card is 4 in. x 7 in. so it will need an A7 envelope but will still mail for one forever postage stamp.

Linking to some challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple April 2024 – anything goes, optional weather

Four Season Challenge – anything goes Spring

Triple B: April 2024 – Blooms for me this time

I’m sure a lot of you are thinking of gardens and flowers this time of year! My daughters are really into house plants so that’s been fun. I made 55 shower invitations! That’s why I’ve been rather MIA! lol Fun times!

Wishing you a beautiful Spring day!

Here’s links to the products I used to make this card…SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Press… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Let”s Celebrate… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Peeled Paint… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Gina K Designs MINI BLENDING BRUSHES… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]
Spellbinders BLACK Glimmer Foil GLF-010 [ SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil Roll… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – New and Improved… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Enlarged Embossing Pads -… [ SPL ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SPL \| SBC ]

birch press design · cards · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Memory Box · Spring

Birch Press Design Floral Cross Happy Easter Card…

March 28, 2024March 28, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! A lovely NEW Floral Cross Layer set from Birch Press Design on my mini slimline card today.

I’m so glad to have this set to make a cross card…especially fitting for Easter.

Some green cardstocks, kraft and gold metallic cardstocks for die cutting…no stamps used for this card.

Die cut and glue them up!

I love this size of card…my pictures don’t do it justice. The gold Happy Easter is so pretty too! I used the new Memory Box Happy Easter Curled Script die.

The florals and greens come in the dies in each of the layer dies.

HERE is the Birch Press Design idea book for this release… I love Dave’s cross card in it!

Linking to some card challenges…

NBUS #60 – never before used stuff

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – anything goes

Triple B March 2024 – Birds, Blooms and/or Butterflies

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Have a beautiful Easter season!

Here’s what I used to make this card… Clicking/tapping below on STR takes you to Starlitstudio.net and SSS to Simon Says Stamp

Birch Press Design – 57537 Floral…

[ STR | SSS ]

Memory Box – 94731 Happy Easter…

[ STR | SSS ]

Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny

[ STR ]

cards · copics · Die Piecing · Easter · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring

Memory Box Hippity Hoppity Bunny Card (Masterpiece)!

March 18, 2024 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! Cute card warning and yes I’m calling it a masterpiece because I hung all the eggs in the trees! A work of heart/art! lol

I had fun but I could’ve made another card in the time it took… this might stay at my house on the mantel! lol

This is such a neat, whimsical rabbit! He’d be cute dancing around in a carrot garden too!

I cut two rows of MB Prairie Grass, mounted the top row with the thin mounting tape I love…

Die cut the New Berry Branches and Leaves and made them trees. I used the eggs from the NEW Hippity Hoppity Bunny die and colored them with Copics! I added the lines to the basket in pencil with a ruler and then went over them with a stylus.

I took the straight sentiments from the NEW poppystamps Spring Banners stamp set and mounted them in the MISTI to stamp on the curve with Distress Archival Peeled Paint ink pad.

I’ll link everything below…

I used the Happy Easter and the included die from the same sentiment set and mounted it with the thin mounting tape also.

A little Copic and color pencil to enhance the bunny/whiskars and oh Gathered Twigs and the mini ink blending tool for the white parts of his body.

I have some more Easter dies to get made up so I’ll be back soon I hope! I can’t take as long on the next cards! lol

Have a great week everybody! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Shopping links to the products I used on my card today!

Clicking/tapping below on STR takes you to Starlitstudio.net, SSS to Simon Says Stamp and SBC to Scrapbook . com

Memory Box – 94728 Hippity Hoppity… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94704 Berry Branches and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2335 Hill and Valley… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – CB515 Spring Banners… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Archival Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Pen – White [ BLIC ]
Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Uni-Ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen [ STR ]	Gelly Roll Clear Glaze Pens – pkg of 2 [ STR ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]
Woodware EasyPick Tool by Creative… [ STR ]	Woodware EasyPick Replacement Tips… [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam 1″ 20/Pkg -… [ STR ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine… [ SBC ]	Zig Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Window With A View Cards…

March 12, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi friends and cardmakers…a dose of Spring for you today! February brought us a new collection by Tina Smith and I’m late getting cards made and posted. Isn’t that owl cute! and the little birdies!

The options for this collection are endless! I had to make the window up with pots and plants! Our daughters and one granddaughter are really into plants…a couple friends too…so I’m sure I’ll use this card!

The whole time I was making it I wished I knew the names so I could print them on the little signs! lol

I’m not much of a plant person. I have a huge Norfolk Island Pine that I’ve had over 30 years, Boston Ferns, a Thanksgiving Cactus and a beautiful poinsettia that didn’t die after Christmas! Amazing! First time one has ever lived that long for me! lol

Back to the cards….I die cut everything and glued it up, mounted the tree and bird bath with the thin mounting tape I love.

Ink blended the background panel with my blue and green oxide brushes…I didn’t add more ink.

Stamped the sentiment but dropped the ink pad on the card so I had to add a panel on the bottom. ugh The sliver of green cardstock helped too. lol

More simple die cutting and gluing. The window in an A2 size panel, then a piece of navy cardstock behind.

I mounted the pots with my favorite thin mounting tape and stamped the sentiment with the MISTI.

So many neat sentiments in the coordinating stamp set!

Holler if you have any questions and I’ll get right back to you!

Thank you so much for looking today! Links below to the products I used to make these two cards!

Clicking/tapping on SPL takes you to Spellbinders, SSS to Simon Says Stamp and SBC to Scrapbook . com

SSS Save $5 code is WLD4U expires 4/15

Windows With a View I Want It All!… [ SPL ]	Vista View Window Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	The Botanical Solarium Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Backyard Haven View Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sending Sunshine Sentiments Clear… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Uchida Double Ended Jewel Picker -… [ SPL ]
Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scor-Buddy Eighths – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Memory Box · Mother's Day · Spring · Thinking of You

NEW dies! Memory Box Clara Blooms, Sitting Sparrow and Happy Easter Dover Script…

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello! Welcome to a blog post with Spring vibes again! How in the world did it get to be March already! I feel like I’ll be forever trying to catch up this year. It’s ‘after wedding’ time for our family and adjusting to the anti climatic period! lol So here’s a card for Easter!

I fell in love with this new Clara Blooms die…I used two pinks and mint green to die cut. So sweet! I also used the darker pink to die cut the top layer of the new Happy Easter Dover Script and a dark teal to cut the underneath layer…both the same size, I just offset them a little for a shadow effect.

I die cut the new Sitting Sparrow in some old Bazzill brown cardstocks and the Woodgrain Bird House in one of the reds from the new Blush 6×6 cardstock pad. Gorgeous colors!

Can you guess where I got the inspiration for the background on this card? Let me know in the comments! hehe

I die cut the oval with the Studio Oval Layers and inked the edges a bit with Distress Evergreen Bough and the mini ink blending tool.

No stamping on this card!

I hope you love this as much as I do… the bird is so neat and easy to put together too! As well as the birdhouse and the flowers!

Change the sentiment for any occasion! yay! This is an A2 size card…

Linking to some challenges…

NBUS #60 – Never before used stuff!

Triple B March – Birds, Blooms and Butterflies

Four Seasons – Spring!

Double D – First Signs of Spring!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Add a Sentiment

Thank you so much for stopping by and if you want to know where to purchase these products at no extra cost to you, links are below!

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Links to the products I used on this card… Clicking/tapping STR takes you to starlitstudio.net, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp, SBC takes you to Scrapbook.com and TE takes you to Taylored Expressions.

Memory Box – 94688 Clara Blooms craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94724 Sitting Sparrow… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94742 Woodgrain Bird… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94729 Happy Easter Dover… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30075… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Cupcake -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Pink Champagne… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Spearmint -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Poblano Pepper… [ TE ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Evergreen… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam 1″ 20/Pkg -… [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine… [ SBC ]