Memory Box Ocean Collage Interactive Mini Slimline Shadowbox Card…

May 22, 2021May 25, 2021 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! “water you up to?” A very wet week and now for some sunshine and a water card! YAY!

I had to show you the inside first… I love how it turned out! lol

The front…

It’s like a book style, shadow box, interactive, slim line size, dimensional card! 3 ½ x 6 inches but it’s really a box that you’ll see in my little short video below. I wish I knew how to keep the resolution so the quality was still here when I upload. There must be some trick! I’m not ambitious enough to take the time to learn. I’d rather make cards! You can smash it to mail it… It’ll probably need the 2 oz postage stamp.

I used a bunch of the new dies from Memory Box, Distress Oxide Ink pads for all the coloring and Taylored Expressions ink blender brushes. So fun… I like coloring dies this way. I hope you can see that I added some white pigment ink/Sugar Cube from Taylored Expressions, down the centers of the front background piece and the inside background piece… like there’s some light glowing in.

I spattered with water. After it dried I spattered with some white watercolor paint.

I forgot to add some of the new Memory Box Fairy Drop Clear Domed adhesive embellishments! They would’ve been a really cool! Check them out HERE!

I got carried away with pictures… I cut out two though! lol

To make this, I added 1 ½ inch to my card base measurement, then scored so I would have ½ inch for the spine and the ½ inch piece to glue my top panel to and a ½ inch for the side. You can kinda see the white in the picture above…bottom right corner. I did have to trim out some of it so the white didn’t show behind the bubbles and curves. If you made this A2 size, you probably wouldn’t need to do that.

The two inside pieces I made/cut a scant 3 ½ in plus an ⅛ in for both sides so be sure to add a ¼ in to whatever size you make your card.

The top panel is only scored on the left side to glue to the spine. The right side glues to the top ½ inch of the cardbase.

Sorry, I’m one of those wing it card makers that can figure out stuff as I go. Hope you can figure it out too!

Linking my card to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge… Use Dies and/or Punches

Thanks for stopping by today! ❤

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94546 End of My Rope Set… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94570 School of Fish… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94561 Kelp Collage craft… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94562 Bubble Coral… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94563 Deepwater Collage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL501 Whittle Sealife… [ STR \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Pastel Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Black & White Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Bitty Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Premium Ink – Mini Ink Pads [ TE ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]

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

poppystamps Whittle Collection Cards…

May 14, 2021May 14, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I have five little cards to show you today! I had some fun this week making 4 Bar size cards… they’re 3 ⅜ in. x 4 ⅞ in.! I’m a little worried the size will show correctly in the pictures so I wanted you to know right up front! I’m afraid they’ll look bigger in the pictures than they actually are in real life!

I used all new dies and stamps from the latest release.

This one I had fun with the Whittle Fish Trio die, Word Balloons die and Whittle Sealife Sentiments. I embellished it just a touch with the sea weed (not sure what they are) from the new Memory Box Deepwater Collage die.

I also used the new Memory Box cardstock pads. I will link them below.

My husband and grandsons like to fish so I’m sure this will be a hit!

Isn’t this Dolphin cute?

I used Whittle Dolphin, Whittle Sunshine, Whittle Wave Background and sentiment from Whittle Sealife Sentiments.

I like using dies to cut out the sentiment strip. For this one I used the smallest, narrow die from the new Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle die set. I just run it back through to die cut the very end to get the right length.

I used Oxide inks on the doplhin and sunshine. The new Memory Box cardstock pad for the background.

I made this card first and it got me going on this size!

Whittle Sealife Sentiment stamps again…so fun! I love this sentiment! My sea comes from a bottle or fruit though! lol

I used the Whittle Seahorse and Whittle Seascape Background dies for this card.

I see I saved this picture a different size…oops… oh well, I think you can still see how cute it is!

I inked the background with Speckled Egg distress oxide ink and the seahorse with my brown oxide blending brush. I imagine it had vintage photo on it. I have a set of Taylored Expressions blending brushes I use for the Distress Oxide inks. I really, really like how they work for this kind of thing.

The next two cards don’t really coordinate with the first three. I didn’t have time to make more cards so there’d be sets yet, so be watching for more, I have some ideas!

Here I used Playful Happy Birthday and Whittle Snails! The sentiment is is ‘snail mail for you’ but I figured, why not use a snail instead of the word! hehe It’s from the Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments. Super, super fun sentiments in this set!

The cardstock I used is from the new Memory Box Cardstock pads again…love these pads! Oh and NEW gems! Links below.

I’m welcoming the ladies to the blog today! I like their advice! lol

Cute little Whittle Chickens, Whittle Wood Picture Frames, Word Balloons dies and more sentiments from the Whittle Wild Animals stamp set.

Memory Box has new woodgrain cardstock in light brown, cream and white! I’ll link below. I inked with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and spattered with a little water.

I hope I didn’t miss telling you anything but if I did, feel free to ask me!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Supplies, Dies and Stamps I used on these cards…

Poppystamps – 2450 Whittle Fish Trio… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2380 Word Balloons… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL501 Whittle Sealife… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94563 Deepwater Collage… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2440 Whittle Dolphin… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2420 Whittle Wave… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2418 Whittle Sunshine… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2429 Whittle Seahorse… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2419 Whittle Seascape… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2417 Whittle Snails… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2406 Playful Happy… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2445 Whittle Chickens… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2433 Whittle Wood… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1002 Sunny Orange 6×6… [ STR ]
Memory Box – SP1007 Vibrant Violet… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR ]
TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Pastel Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Black & White Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Bitty Blender Brushes [ TE ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Spring · Washi Tape

Memory Box…a Spring Hello Card…

April 28, 2021April 28, 2021 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello! I was just looking out the window at the wonder of everything blooming so beautifully! YAY for Spring!

A clean and simple card to share with you today…not so much white but simple layers and elements.

I covered a piece of white cardstock with Cornelia Variegated Wide Washi Tape from Memory Box and die cut it with a Memory Box Stitched Circle die but this Wrapped Circle die from Memory Box would be great too!

I used the Memory Box Gloriosa Butterly Duo Outlines and Background smaller butterfly of the set. Die cut in Memory Box Glitter Cardstock.

The Memory Box Antique Leaf Label die cut in white and partially inked so I could stamp the hello from the Memory Box Sunflower Wreath stamp set on the label part.

The cardbase panel and the panel under the circle are both die cut with Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangle dies out of Taylored Expressions cardstock.

Layer everything up for this A2 card. I only used mounting tape for the label.

Here’s another card I made with this Antique Leaf Label…

Thank you for stopping by today! Hope all your flowers are budding or blooming! ❤

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – WT504 Cornelia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94383 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94387 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94258 Antique Leaf Label… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5253-D Sunflower… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5253 Sunflower Wreath… [ STR ]
Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30114… [ STR ]	Memory Box – GP1002 Graceful Garden… [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Bitty Blender Brushes [ TE ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Slimline · Spring

poppystamps Spring is a Time with Leafy Vines Slim Plate and Whittle Birds Card…

April 9, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I hope you’re enjoying some nice days where you are! The trees are budding and the grass is green!

I started today by cutting this new Leafy Vines Slim Plate in black…scrapped that. lol I die cut it in TE Toffee and colored the leaves quick with a Copic Sketch YG17 marker. Then I inked the rest with the mini blending tool and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad. My go to brown for edging with ink.

Then I die cut a white cardstock panel with one of the New Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle Layer dies. Using the light blue TE blending brush and Distress Oxide Tumbled Glass ink I brushed in the sky on this white panel. I really like the look of some white space.

I die cut the poppystamps Whittle Birds from white cardstock and inked them with the red TE blending brush. I didn’t add more ink, it already had oxide ink on it.

Then back to Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini blending tool for the rest of the bird. I did the underside with a little brown too.

A black ink pen for the dot in the eyes.

The sentiment I used is from the poppystamps Springtime Fun clear stamp set. It’s a beautiful sentiment but I cut it up for this card! It fits back together though. Don’t panic! ❤ You can almost hear the birds singing!

I heat embossed with VersaMark Ink and Lawn Fawn White Embossing powder on TE Oreo/black cardstock.

I had no idea what I was going to come out with when I started this card! I guess that’s pretty normal for me. lol I’m really happy with it! I love it when I get a surprise like that! ❤

I hope you’ve had some time to be creative with paper and ink or out in the dirt! hehe

Thank you for stopping by! Keep me in your prayers… tomorrow was Breanna’s birthday. My mom heart is weepy. sigh. Almost 6 months since she died. I appreciate it! ❤

Here’s the products I used for this card…

Poppystamps – 2454 Leafy Vines Slim… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppy Stamps WHITTLE BIRDS Craft Dies… [ SSS \| PPP ]	Poppystamps – CL491 Springtime Fun… [ STR ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Pastel Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn TEXTURED WHITE Embossing… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Easter · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Spring · Techniques · Washi Tape

poppystamps Happy Easter and Memory Box Blossom 3D Embossing Folder Cards…

March 30, 2021March 30, 2021 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Made you smile! I know, I know! Thank you Jan for reminding me to add the puffy tail! Keep scrolling for the pretty floral embossing folder card.

Grab a grass die cut it in green….add washi tape to white cardstock and die cut eggs…stamp some words…heat emboss some other words…layer it all up and you’ve got a cute card! I’ll link what I used below.

I love using washi tape… it just adds a little bit of homespun or something! The cute sentiments add the whimsy!

Hippity hoppity to the next card…

Here I used the NEW 3D embossing folder. I lightly spritzed the panel of Memory Box Watercolor paper with water on both sides before I ran it through my Big Shot. Using blending brushes I blended ink on the panel with Distress Oxide inks. I used one of the finger daubers to do the green. I used my water droplet, clap on technique to get the white spots. Spray water into your hand, then rub them together and clap over the panel. I got a little green on the edges of the flowers so I went around the flower edges with a white gel pen. Oh and a few white gel pen dots on the flower centers.

The detail on this type folder is amazing! My pictures do not do it justice!

I die cut the NEW Glade Butterfly and NEW Just a Note Posh Script dies from white cardstock and vellum.

I layered the panel onto black cardstock and then to a light yellow A2 size cardbase.

I’m really happy with how it turned out… it almost went in the trash! lol

Thank you for stopping by today! Have a fun week creating! I might be outside some! After a dreary week last week, it looks like we’re in for some sunshine! YAY!

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make these two cards…

Poppystamps – 2460 Spring Bunnies… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2459 Farm Fresh Eggs… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5254 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2335 Hill and Valley… [ STR ]	Memory Box – WT504 Cornelia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Doodlebug Design – Fun in the Sun… [ SBC ]
Doodlebug Washi Tape – Rainbow Bright [ STR ]	Doodlebug Washi – School Stripe [ STR ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1005 Ocean Blue 6×6 pack [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR ]	Memory Box – EF1014 Blooming 3D… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94527 Just a Note Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94578 Glade Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]
TE Pastel Blender Brushes [ TE ]	distress oxide ink pads at Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper [ STR \| SSS ]