Spellbinders and Memory Box Autumn Card…

October 4, 2026October 4, 2026 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! We’re happier here now that the sun is shining again! Cool temperatures too! YAY!

I shopped the Spellbinders warehouse sale a couple weeks ago and picked up this Autumn Thanks Frame Press Plate. (It’s still on sale! link below) I inked it in the black ink that comes with the Betterpress and used Hobby Lobby brand watercolor paper. It worked great!

I have an old set of 84 Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons that are still basically brand new so I set to watercoloring after pressing. It worked so easy. I followed the coloring of a card Spellbinders is showing on the shopping page for this press plate. Yes, I’m a copycat. If someone has done something I really like, I figure why invent the wheel! haha I imagine they used Distress watercolor pencils so I’ll link those up too. I only have set 5 which isn’t any of the colors I wanted to use for this card.

poppystamps Happy Fall Moonlight Script die for the sentiment. I die cut from watercolored paper.

I was looking through a bin of layered sticker type packages and lo and behold I found an old pkg of K & Company Fall stickers with the perfect leaf and acorns to go on this card! By old I mean over 20 years old! I was sure tickled to use something from the stash. I hate to admit this but I tend to hoard cool stuff. I might need it some day for the ultimate project! haha I’m proud of myself for using them anyway!

This is an A2 size card. It was fun to color!

I’m linking my card to the following card challenge blogs…

The Four Seasons October 2026 – anything goes Fall

Word Power October 2026 – sentiment is the focus

Inkspirational #377 – visual Fall/Halloween cupcakes

Try it on Tuesday – Autumn’s Beauty

We Love Stamping October – Shades of Autumn

Thanks so much for stopping by today! More holiday stuff coming!

Here’s what I used on this card…

Scrapbook. com ends today!

Autumn Thanks Frame Press Plate from… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2597 Happy Fall… [ STR ]	Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle… [ BLIC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC ]	Spellbinders – BetterPress Collection… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Water Brush… [ SBC \| BLIC \| SSS ]	Master’s Touch Watercolor Paper Pad \|… [ HBL ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]

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

Memory Box Cozy Quacker Merry Christmas Log Cabin in the Woods…

September 24, 2026September 24, 2026 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Oh happy day! This was such a fun scene to create! Super cute woodsy cabin and Mr. Duck dressed for the season!

I started with an A7 size cardbase. Inked it with Distress Prize Ribbon ink and the mini ink blending tool. Then I used the Memory Box Snow Flurries 6×6 stencil and modeling paste for the snow. This stencil is no more so I’m linking up a couple others that will work just as well.

Die cut the Log Cabin, ink the wood parts with gathered twigs distress ink. I die cut the string of lights in white and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Tear a piece of white for the bottom snow border.

Die cut the duck and parts. Die cut the evergreen stand three times and trim off the extra after gluing.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the NEW Christmas Wonder stamp set and dies.

I adhered the sentiments, the cabin and the duck with the thin mounting tape I love, linked below.

I’m linking my Cozy Quacker card to some card challenge blogs…

Tic Tac Toe #302- center vertical row for me, DieCuts, Free and Embossing wet/dry (my sentiments are heat embossed with black embossing powder)

Critter Crazy #114 – anything goes with a critter!

Christmas Cards All Year Round – September challenge is the letters R and S (I used S for snow)

NBUS – #90 never before used schtuff!

That’s pretty much it! Email me if you have any questions!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Hope I made you smile!

Dies and supplies I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 95006 Cozy Quacker craft… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94986 Log Cabin Scene… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94969 Evergreen Tree… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5294D Christmas Wonder… [ STR ]	Memory Box – Stencil – Snow Flurries [ SCR ]	Lawn Fawn SNOWY SKY Stencil lf2459 –… [ SSS ]
Alex Syberia Designs Falling Snow… [ SSS ]	The Crafter’s Workshop – TCW – Light… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Impression Obsession · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Savvy · Simon Says Stamp · Spellbinders dies

Memory Box Backyard Wren JOY Postage Card…

September 1, 2026 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Hi everyone! A little Christmas spirit here thanks to the inspiration of Donna Mikasa! You can see her card on her blog HERE and on Instagram HERE.

Die cutting and ink blending with Distress Vintage Photo for the wren. Assemble it going by the indentations the die leaves on the pieces makes it really easy! YAY!

I die cut a Lawn Fawn Postage Rectangle Stackables in the largest size in white Hammermill 100# Color Copy Cover cardstock. Then I embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Vine Canopy embossing folder. It’s so pretty!

The holly is from the Spellbinders Christmas Cracker die set. I cut the holly leaves off the stem. The pine branch is from Impression Obsession, no longer available.

I used a green A2 size cardbase, adhered the embossed panel to the front.

The JOY sentiment is a die from Savvy stamps, no longer available but possibly another company has something similar! I glued together three red JOYs. I like that look so much. I glued it in the upper right corner to give the ‘feel’ of the forever words or the cent amount.

The wren is adhered with the thin foam mounting tape I like…linked below. The branches, berries and holly are glued directly to the card panel. Allow room when you’re applying the mount tape to the back of the wren so you can stick stuff under easily.

Inside I die cut another white postage panel and stamped a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp set linked below.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it!

Here’s links to the dies and supplies I used to make this! Have fun looking and shopping!

12% off at SBC right now!

Memory Box – 94723 Backyard Wren… [ STR ]	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folder… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – City Holiday… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Platinum Die Cutting… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flourishes stamps · Impression Obsession · Karen Burniston · Masculine · Summer · Waffleflower Crafts

Waffleflower Postage Collage A7 Size Fishing Birthday Cards…

July 13, 2026July 14, 2026 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Here’s two more cards in the birthday series postage cards I’ve been making!

My husband is a big fisherman and he’s hooked several of our grandsons on fishing! So I got out my stash of fishing products and used part of them on these cards.

One grandson just celebrated his HAPPY 16th birthday. The big drivers license one! YAY! The other one celebrated his 17th birthday. We make a little bit bigger deal out of the 16th birthdays because it’s some what of a landmark so they get more cash for it. lol

I’m going to link up the products that are available in stores below.

Better At the Lake is a die from Impressions Obsession, DIE701-F. Maybe you can find it in the FB sale groups or on eBay.

The fishing stamps are from a stamp set by Marcella Hawley, Flourishes Stamps. It says 2011 on the label. I searched her name and found her website now…some digital images HERE.

The fishing pole is from a die set that I saw someone else use. The packaging says Globeland Fishing Em…. It’s been so long ago, I don’t remember where I bought it. I’ll link to one below but just know it’s not the one I used but it would probably work…maybe even better!

The cards just didn’t quite look finished so I had to make a bobber for the end of the line! I LOVE that touch of red! I made it with punches and the little hook is from a Karen Burniston set that I’ll link below.

The Every Day sentiment is from a Karen Burniston set also, it’ll be below.

An A7 Hammermill Color copy 100# Cover for the white cardbase and the white postage collage die cut.

I die cut the A7 Postage Collage Block die in black and in white. I used the shapes from the white to stamp and ink on and the frame from the black for the mat layer.

Linking to the following card challenges…

Pick 3 #6 – frame, ink blending and sentiment

Inkspirational #371 – Summer Vibe

Try it on Tuesday – Animals, real or imaginary

Time Out #317 – Water

We Love Stamping July – summer and must have stamping

Just Us Girls – word week PLAY

Four Seasons July 2026 – think Summer!

Word Power July 2026 – sentiment is the focus

Seize the Birthday #330 – one or more numbers

So fun! Holler if you have any questions!

Thank you so much for stopping by! It’s so hot and humid here it’s easy to stay inside and make! Hope you’re all creating too! Take care!

Here’s the products I used that are available in the shops I link to….

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Click/Tap SSS below to go to Simon Says Stamp and coupon code FRESH good through 8/25/26 for $5 off

(I linked to the other stencils in the A7 series also)

Waffle Flower Postage Collage A7 Die… [ SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Craft Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Postage… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Waffle Flower Crafts – Stencils -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Postage… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Karen Burniston – Clear Photopolymer… [ SBC ]
Karen Burniston – Craft Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Karen Burniston Fishing Clear Stamp… [ SSS ]	Karen Burniston Boat Pop Up Dies and… [ SSS ]
Honey Bee Stamps – Adventure Awaits… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · Summer · Waffleflower Crafts

Waffleflower Postage Collage Masculine Card…

July 7, 2026July 14, 2026 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hello everyone! I’m having fun making postage cards! We’ll just call it a birthday series! lol One thing about it, the investment in all of it will be worth it by the time I make a zillion cards with it all!

This one is A2 size. I used the A2 Postage Collage Die, the matching Postage Collage Blocks Die, the Postage Collage stamp set and the Postage Collage Dad Stencil set.

I used Distress Dye Ink pads and detail brushes for inking the stencils.

There are two different stencil sets for inking the backgrounds. I’m linking both up below but for this card I didn’t need to use either of them. I bought the set called Coloring Stencils, it has the stencil to make a solid background (which you can buy just that one) but I wanted the one that did circles, stripes and the airmail border too!!!

The stamping I did with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I think I used a woodblock stamp for the Happy Birthday sentiment.

I like to do stenciling with the Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion… I’ll link it below.

Linking to some card challenges!

Allsorts #853 – stencils

Stencil Fun July 2026 – anything goes as long as you use stencils, optional patterns (I used stencils)

Addicted To Stamps and More -die cuts and/or stencils (I used both)

NBUS #88 – Mutual Appreciation Celebration! (NBUS – Dad Stencil set)

Inkspirational #371 – Summer vibe and inspiration photo

Tic Tac Toe #296 – with a crafty twist! (Summer colors/diecut/layers)

Thank you so much for stopping by and holler if you have any questions!

Shopping Links to the products I used to make this card… SBC takes you to scrapbook. com, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp. Thank you so much for clicking and shopping through my links! I appreciate it!

Postage Collage Blocks Die from… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Postage Collage Craft Die Set Waffle… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts Postage Collage… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Postage Collage Stamp Set from Waffle… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Postage… [ SBC ]	Coloring Postage Collage Stencil Set… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Make Art… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Pack of 4 Detail… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp DETAIL ROUND… [ SSS ]