Memory Box Birthday Rose Corner Shape Card…

June 5, 2020 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! I’ve been coloring with Distress ink refills and water again. So fun… I stamped on watercolor paper…MB has watercolor paper now and I keep forgetting to use it! I have to remember!

I die cut with the coordinating die… then I partial cut into the front of my card base so it’d be a shape card of sorts!

Here’s a look at the inside so you can see.

I stamped the Happy Birthday from the new poppystamps Friendship and Kindness stamp set. This happy birthday is part of a larger sentiment but I cut it apart. just make one cut and so you can fit them back together precisely.

I love how this looks in real life when you open it.

I used Peeled Paint and a teeny bit of Pine Needles, Milled Lavender and a teeny bit of Dusty Concord, Victorian Velvet is the pink, Antique Linen and Vintage Photo for the roses and berries.

I spattered with gold paint. The cardstock is Taylored Expressions Pink Champagne… I’ll link it up below.

An A7 size card that’s light and flat and will mail for one stamp! YAY!

Thank you for stopping by today! Happy stamp shopping… so many NEW good ones to color! Beautiful dies, embossing folders, washi tape and pattern paper too! oh my! hehe

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – CL5251-D Birthday Rose… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5251 Birthday Rose… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL492 Friendship and… [ STR \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SZZ ]	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK REFILLS LOT OF… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi STARRY… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC \| TE ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Watercolor

Memory Box Peony Garden Wreath Card…

May 22, 2020May 22, 2020 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I have a new Memory Box stamp and die set card to share today… just because. Isn’t that a pretty script? It’s hard to believe it’s Memorial Day weekend. It looks like it’ll warm up here but still cloudy. We’re getting anxious for some sunshine! I guess the sunshine today is this bright Picked Raspberry Distress Ink color that I painted with!

I stamped the new wreath on watercolor paper with Versamark ink and heat embossed with Ranger Gold Embossing powder. I die cut with the coordinating die, then I watercolored with regular Distress Ink pad refills. I just put a drop of the refill on my craft mat and pick it up with a wet paintbrush. I did put water on the paper first so it was wet on wet.

I used Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled paint, Peacock Feathers and a little bit of Mowed Lawn ink refills for coloring the wreath.

I die cut white cardstock twice and used that to layer the wreath for a little depth instead of foam mounting tape.

I used Taylored Expressions Confetti Cake cardstock for the background square adhered to a white top fold cardbase. My card is 5 ½ inches square.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you have some peonies in your life. I’m glad I had these to color!

Here’s what I used…

Sale code for SSS this weekend… CRFT898 for 15% off!

Memory Box – CL5257-D Peony Garden… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps PEONY GARDEN… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Inkssentials – Clear… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Stamp Shammy [ SBC \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Hero Arts – Wagner – HT400 Precision… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR \| SSS ]	EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Sticky Grid 5/Pkg,… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Avery Elle EXTRA LARGE Stamp and Die… [ SSS ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Spring · Taylored Expressions

Spring Birthday Card with Distress Ink Coloring…

April 23, 2020 Pam Sparks8 Comments

It’s been some time since I colored with Distress Ink Pad Refills. I got the notion last week or was it the week before?! ugh… time gets away from me. Anyway, I finally finished her over the weekend and finally got some pictures taken to post.

The image is from hÄnglar Wings in Sweden. The stamps I own are unmounted rubber but they do have clear stamps now also! So cute! I stamped her with Ranger Archival ink on Arches Hot Press Watercolor paper.

I color skin with Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo. Her coat and hat are PIcked Raspberry and Dusty Concord. Her jeans are Faded Jeans. Her hair is Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain.

I used a Hello Bluebird die for the tree background. The grass die is from Lawn Fawn. The little leaves are from an old CC Designs die that I cut up and glued on.

The sentiments are from Taylored Expressions Sentiment Strip stamps and die system. Pretty cool and fun messages!

I hope she makes you smile! Thanks for stopping by!

A few links to products I used…

Svenska Stämplar, Textstämplar,… [ HNG ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Simple… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Hello Bluebird WINTER WOODS OVERLAY… [ SSS ]
Foliage Metal Die – C.C. Designs… [ CCD ]	Simple Strips – Birthday [ TE ]	Simple Strips Die [ TE ]
Arches Watercolor Pads [ BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Cottage Window Scene Card…

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends…welcome to my Country Winter Wonderland on a card post today!

I pulled out some scene dies from last year to use with this NEW poppystamps Cottage Window die. The house is from the NEW poppystamps Village Houses die and I embellished the card with the NEW poppystamps Holly Outline die.

This could easy be a Winter thank you card or any occasion card for after Christmas!

I left the holly cut in the die, turned it over and inked it through the holes in the die, similar to stenciling… pouncing and adding color with the mini ink blending tools. Fun to do something a little different.

I stamped the sentiments from the Memory Box Mistletoe Swag stamp set using the Precision Press Advanced Stamping Tool.

For the scene behind the window I used poppystamps Open Hillside and Sloping Hillside dies. There are so many Memory Box or poppystamps dies that would work though. YES!

The two tree pieces are glued together flat and the house is glued together and then glued to the scene flat. Then using mounting tape around the window frame I adhered the scene pieces to the window, then I added another layer of mounting tape to the frame to stick it to the A2 cardbase. It will still go through the mail for one stamp, it’s not to thick. 😀

I added the Holly Outline die cut with mounting tape also, just one layer though. That’s it! I really love this! I didn’t spray it all sparkly or frosty but you sure could! I debated whether to or not! lol I wish you could see it in person!

Thank you all for stopping by today! It’s so fun to show and tell! I hope it inspires you and if you ever want to send me pictures of what you make or link me up if you’re posting, I love to see other’s show and tell too! I love inspiration!

Take care and have a beautiful, thankful week! I am thankful for you!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2238 Cottage Window… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2272 Village Houses… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2258 Holly Outline… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5247 Mistletoe Swag… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 1867 Open Hillside… [ STR ]	Poppy Stamps SLOPING HILLSIDE Craft… [ SSS \| PPP ]
We R Memory Keepers – Precision Press… [ SBC \| SSS ]	We R Memory Keepers – Mini Precision… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SBC \| SZZ \| BLIC ]

And SHOP Simon Says Stamp for the DOORBUSTERS!

There’s tons more when you click the link! The products in the ad are NEW and just for this promotion!

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps O Holy Night and Holly Frame and Stencil Card…

November 26, 2019November 26, 2019 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Are you singing yet? I’m not out-loud at the moment but I am inside! lol

I started this card by die cutting the NEW poppystamps Holly Frame die in white cardstock and using the stencil that came with the die to color the holly leaves.

I’m really happy with this green! I used the mini ink blending tools and 3 Distress Ink pads in Evergreen Bough first, Pine Needles second and the last one over the top is Mowed Lawn. I love this combo and it’s even prettier IRL! I colored the berries with R27 Copic Sketch marker, then laid the stencil back on and spattered with Heidi Swapp’s Gold spray.

The circle of white cardstock you get when you diecut the frame, I colored with Red Distress ink pads and mini ink blending tools. I started with Worn Lipstick, then Candy Apple, then Festive Berries, then a little Aged Mahogany around the edges. I love how this combo worked up too! I spattered it with gold ink also. I use a dropper to get the gold out of the spray bottle and put a little out on a clear block and brush it off the edge of the block with a paintbrush to spatter the cardstock.

I die cut the NEW poppystamps O Holy Night Flourish die in metallic gold cardstock, just one layer this time. I did put little pieces of mounting tape under some of the letters though so it wouldn’t fall in.

A pretty card but not real labor intensive either! YAY! I just love how it turned out!

I used mounting tape under the holly leaves and cut strips of mounting tape to go around the outside rectangle part of the frame. Then on to the cardbase. I glued the red piece directly onto the cardbase, it’s not mounted up.

An A2 size card and it should go through the mail great, I like using a larger envelope such as an A6 or 7 to protect the corners. Still the same price. I love the presentation of it being in the right size envelope though and if I remember, I put it in an A2 envelope first then into the larger one.

Thank you for stopping by today! I have another Winter scene card going up tomorrow. Then it’s Thanksgiving with the family and then some Christmas decorating around the house, which I’m sure most of you will be doing too! YAY! See you tomorrow!

Links to what I used to make this card…