poppystamps Stacked Joy and Layered Holly Branch Mini Slimline Card…

October 21, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! A festive JOY card to share today! If I had to choose a word that is fun to create with this time of year, I would pick the word JOY! This NEW from poppystamps Stacked Joy die is wonderful!

I had fun making it grungy this time but I’m thinking it would be great for a clean and simple creation also!

I used Taylored Expressions cardstock, toffee, Cilantro, Poblano Pepper and Cherry Pop. Bazzill Gold Foil cardstock for the Stacked Joy outline. I kept the gold letters to use with the red outline.

I trimmed the NEW poppystamps Layered Holly Branch down to using the top three and stuck them here and there. So happy to have this die! It worked out so well with the NEW Pine Needle Shoots and the berries from the NEW Layered Holly Leaf Trio dies.

I went with the Mini Slimline size card – 3 ½ x 6.

I used Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a mini ink blending tool to brown everything up a little.

The little, trimmer and handcut plaid banner is from the NEW Memory Box Jolly Christmas plaid 6×6 paper pad! Gorgeous papers!

I heat embossed a sentiment on the inside from the NEW poppystamps Christmas Sparkle clear stamp set. I love this set! So many perfect sentiments and this wonderful font!

This card makes me happy and the fact that the inside is done too! whoop! lol

Email me if you have any questions! Thank you so much for visiting my blog!

Here’s the dies, stamps and supplies I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2548 Stacked Joy craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2537 Layered Holly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2535 Pine Needle Shoots… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2536 Layered Holly Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL511 Christmas Sparkle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad GATHERED… [ SSS ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SSS** ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

birch press design · cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Masculine · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Layered Polar Bear Snowglobe Card…

October 19, 2022October 19, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! There’s a chill in the air so time for a polar bear! This guy is so cute enjoying the polar weather! lol

More NEW dies from Memory Box. Layered Polar Bear, Alpine Snowflakes, Layered Birds, Nested Globe Bases and the scarf from Tall Bundled Snowman.

So fun. I love dies that can be mixed and watched for a variety of designs!

I used a scrap from one of last year’s MB paper pads, Woodsy Plaid.

The sentiment is from the Birch Press Design Contempo Christmas Greetings clear stamp and die set.

I used the thin mounting tape that I like so well. You get just enough dimension but still easily mailed.

A beautiful sentiment from the NEW Sweet Christmas sentiment clear stamp set.

The check pattern paper is from the same paper pad.

He’s cute! Black Glossy cardstock for his nose and eyes and a little ink on his tummy.

Copic on his paws. The gray background is one of the pieces I did on a Saturday afternoon following Jill Foster’s video. I had so much fun making them! HERE is the video if you want to make some!

I couldn’t get my camera to focus right on this guy so I ended up with phone pictures. Sorry for my hand being in them. ugh.

thank you for visiting! I appreciate it and I will be back soon!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94685 Layered Polar Bear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94683 Tall Bundled… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94680 Alpine Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94675 Nested Globe Bases… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94532 Nested Globes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94684 Layered Birds… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8162 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1018 Woodsy Plaid 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Forest Path Winter Scene Card…

October 10, 2022October 12, 2022 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! An all die card to share with you today!

I started with the Memory Box NEW Forest Path die, die cutting it in Memory Box 6×6 glitter cardstock. It’s all sparkly and shimmery in real life!

Added trees… NEW Little Trees and Layered Narrow Pines dies. LOVE the Narrow Pines!

Die cut the NEW Layered Sled ❤ from Memory Box woodgrain cardstock and silver foil cardstock.

A little twine adds so much!

Some Winter glitter glue on the tree tips…

It’s hard to see the glitter in the background but the black is glitter cardstock and shimmery.

I put together one of the snowmen from the Memory Box Snowmen Snowglobe die set and set him in the scene… his black hat is cut from Memory Box Glossy Black cardstock.

He’s so cute! A red glitter cardstock, sparkly scarf! I colored his nose with an orange Copic marker, his eyes with a black Glossy Sakura Gel Pen.

The scene panel is A2 size but I put it on a larger cardbase so it’d have a border around. It will fit into an A7 size envelope.

Linking to challenges…

Peace On Earth Christmas – Anything Christmas

Christmas With the Cuties – Anything Cute and Christmas

The Holly and the Ivy – Anything Christmas Goes

Thank you so much for stopping by this beautiful, sunny, Monday! Have a creative week!

Here’s what I used to make this scene…

Memory Box – 94702 Forest Path craft die [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94686 Layered Sled craft… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94677 Little Trees craft… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94706 Layered Narrow… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94492 Snowmen Snowglobe… [ STR ]	Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – GP1001… [ STR ]
Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – GP1003… [ STR ]	Memory Box – GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad [ STR ]	Memory Box – FP1002 Vintage Pastel… [ STR ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap… [ SSS \| TE ]	Nuvo Glitter Drops – White Blizzard [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Flowers · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Video · Winter

Memory Box Poinsettia Watercolor Floral and Curled Script Video…

October 5, 2022October 5, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Look at these beautiful NEW dies! I love the Curled Script dies and I have a video below to show you how I’m using them… WITHOUT GLUE!

This poinsettia! SO GORGEOUS! Memory Box illustrator Dave designs the most beautiful florals all year but I’m always so happy to see the NEW poinsettias every year! I LOVE this one too!

I kept my card clean and white so the designs would pop! White is so ‘Winter’! lol For us that live in snow country anyway! lol

Again I used the envelope cover picture to put the poinsettia together. It looks hard! I even thought, oh, this looks hard! IT IS NOT HARD AT ALL! Yay! I meant to show this in the video but I forgot. ugh

Just lay the largest piece on the envelope cover and layer up with a bit of glue and boom! it’s done!

LOOK at the detail!

Yes I sharpened the photo but it’s so much more beautiful in person!

The holly die… oh yes! It’s NEW from poppystamps! It’s called Layered Holly Branch… this die is going to be a staple in the stash! I love it! I love holly anyway. lol Tim and I got married in December and we had holly on all the pews and in the floral arrangements… oh, it was pretty and timeless!

I have to tell you….I have turned over a new leaf this year so to speak. I’m am so bad about not finishing the inside of the card and stamping my name on the back. So when it’s time to send, I’m hurrying to get cards in the mail… well, so far this year with Christmas cards, I have stamped the inside and my name on the back! I’m shocking myself! lol Kinda late for New Year resolutions. hoho

A2 size card…

ok – here’s my video on adhering this type of die…email me if you have any questions. Click on it to see it large.

Thank you so much for coming to see my card. I hope you’ll try this method and let me know how it goes!

ttul,

Links to Dies and Supplies I used on my card today…

Memory Box – 94676 Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94700 Keep Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2537 Layered Holly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]

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The WINNER IS…. NEW Memory Box Gloriette Snowflake Collage Card

September 30, 2022 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Congratulations Nancee! Email me your address and I’ll get this in the mail to you! ❤

So a month or so ago, on a Saturday afternoon, I made a bunch of backgrounds on watercolor paper following Jill Foster’s tutorial video! It was so much fun! I ended up with 35 pieces this size!!! I know, you’re laughing at me but it was so fun! I’m using two for the first time today! I need to use them so I can make some more!

The New Memory Box Gloriette Snowflake Collage die is great fun too! Just wow, so many variations you can come up with using the two dies that come in this envelope!

Top picture is what I did first, then I had leftover pieces and instead of making another card at the time I glued them together and made another snowflake which could be a tree ornament or a tag but to show you how it looks on a card I took a picture of it inserted into this card!

Really pretty both ways! I love this set!

So then I needed to fill in a little bit so I die cut the NEW Memory Box Starburst Snowflake Discs and just used the snowflakes from the cuts and glued them directly to the card front.

What’s a card without words? Is it still a card? hoho I wanted words so I die cut the NEW Memory Box Merry Christmas Curled Script die three times and glued them together. I love it! I love that the dot for the i is on the flourish of the capital M! I’m always losing those little dots! I lost an exclamation mark clear stamp this week. So crazy! lol

I’m really tickled that I actually stamped inside this card and even stamped the back with my name stamp! Normally I wait until the last minute then I’m hurrying but I wanted to use this NEW Memory Box Sweet Christmas stamp set because it matches the font of the Merry Christmas die on the front! It’s a beautiful sentiment set! I always love a match too!

See? Isn’t that pretty! Many more to choose from too.

ok – I’m gonna quit talking now and get links made and try to get out of the house for a bit this afternoon! It’s so beautiful out! Sun is shining and I love the cooler temps! 🙂

Have a beautiful weekend and enjoy Cardmaking day tomorrow or whatever it’s called. hehe

Dies and Supplies I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94696 Gloriette… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94679 Starburst… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94682 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]