Memory Box Whimsical Gladiola and Fanciful Gladiola Stem Card…

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! A card full of sunshine today! Not quite what I pictured in my mind but it is cheerful!

I die cut in Neenah Classic Crest Smooth cardstock and inked with Distress Inks.

I followed the picture on the front of the envelope for how to color. It’s really cool how it works! I inked the piece that is the darkest first…

Then ink the piece that is all green…

Then glue the green over the blue!

Next I inked lighter and lighter shades of the same blue on the petals and glued them on following the picture on the front of the envelope/package.

It’s not hard at all! The little pieces of green stem sticking off the stem are where you glue the petals on and they line up!

Same for the yellow flowers.

I used an old Memory Box postage rectangle to mat a panel of paper from the Glimmering Gladiola 6×6 pad.

Then another sheet of the same pad to coordinate on the cardbase.

Then, yet another piece to cut out the NEW Exquisite Butterflies that I only used one of.

I added the cent sign using the old Memory Box abc soup Alphabet Soup die the ‘c’ and the ‘l’.

Fuchsias are on trend again! Check out the new Memory Box release! That’s what we’ll be making up next! You can see it here at Starlitstudio.net

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it and thank you so much for the comments and encouraging words! I finally found where to change the comment section back to what it used to be! YAY! I wish they wouldn’t change things!

Linking you to the products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94790 Whimsical Gladiola… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94791 Fanciful Gladiola… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94771 Exquisite… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1028 Glimmering… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Zig Glue [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Blueprint… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Mustard… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Mowed Lawn… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Rainbow Splash Large Blending Brushes… [ SSS ]
Waffle Flower BLENDING BRUSHES WFT021 [ SSS \| SBC ]	Gina K Designs SET OF 4 Blending… [ SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Spring

Memory Box Gladiola Blossom and Leaves Birthday Card…

May 3, 2024May 3, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Have you seen the NEW Memory Box Gladiola Release? I’m not sure how many flowers we’re up to now but a gal could make a big bouquet if she had a notion to!

Easy card here…I picked two patterns from two 6×6 paper pads, cut them in strips, used scor-tape on the back to hold them together, then glued it to a white cardbase.

I die cut the Gladiola Blossom and Leaves die in Neenah heavyweight white cardstock and ink blended on the colors.

A little Shaded Lilac Distress on the flower petals, then Wilted Violet Distress on the stamens and on the edges of the flower petals.

For the leaves I used Altenew inks, Shadow Creek and Mountain Pine.

I used my favorite thin mounting tape to adhere the flower and a little on the right side of the Happy Birthday to you circle sentiment Greeting Tab.

And it was done! A2 size. I love this green plaid! It looks like the green outside right now! We’ve had lots of rain so everything is growing beautifully!

Linking to some card challenge blogs…

Double D – Pretty Florals For Mom

Triple B May 2024 – Blossom

Four Season May 2024 – Spring

Tic Tac Toe – diagonal Flower Free Die Cuts

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Feminine

Thanks so much for stopping by! Have a glorious weekend and I’ll be back next week!

Take a LOOK! Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards STR is Starlitstudio. net… SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com. 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! Happy cardmaking!

Check out the SALE page at Starlitstudio!!! Page 2 starts the Memory Box dies… awesome deals and steals! HERE!

Memory Box – ST010 Happy Birthday… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94795 Gladiola Blossom… [ STR ]	Memory Box – PP1028 Glimmering… [ STR ]
Memory Box – PP1025 Anemone Plaid 6×6… [ STR ]	Altenew – Fresh Dye Ink Pad – Mini… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Blending Brushes [ SBC \| SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Scor-Tape [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

birch press design · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Family · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Techniques · Wedding

Birch Press Design Cosmos, Lush Leaves and Wiegela Leaf Tag…

April 16, 2024April 18, 2024 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! A BIG tag for today’s post! Super fun shower for our grandson’s new wife Saturday morning!

She loves to garden so a few of us had fun gifting her gifts for that!

For some reason my camera didn’t blurr out the background for me on this picture so I tried to edit it out. Sorry it’s so bad! This is a dump garden wagon…she loves it! I picked up some plants too and one is an Iceland Poppy. I had to purchase it for her because they honeymooned in Iceland! So fun!

A close up before I hung it on the wagon…

A close up hanging on the wagon.

I used a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp to stamp all over the background of the tag… I’ll link it below.

The tag is an accucut die that you use on the big accucut baby grand machine.

The circle is a NEW die from poppystamps! I’ll link it below.

I’m linking my tag to…

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Make your own background

Here’s a video of the food table…my daughters did the food. It was so good! I moved the camera too fast. Sorry about that. We used my mother in law’s hankies down the center of the table. So fun she had a great collection!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Poppystamps Easel card coming next!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards STR is Starlitstudio. net… SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com. 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!

Poppystamps – 2609 Scallop Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57528 Large… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57521 Lush… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – 57515 Wiegela… [ STR \| SSS ]	CZ Design Clear Stamps You Did cz277c… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ 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 ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Picked… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Wild Honey… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Color Pencil · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring

Spellbinders Twirling Tulips Collection Cards…

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Here’s some Spring for you! What a fun collection from Spellbinders designed by Simon Hurley! The Tulip Garden release!

I used the 3d embossing folder for all three of my cards. I used the coordinating stencil set on two of the cards, ink blending with Distress ink pads.

This one I colored with color pencils after using the embossing folder. Very fun and easier than you would think!

Sentiments are all from the new Simon Hurley handwritten sentiment die set.

Here’s some more pictures…

The happy birthday and hello cards are one embossing folder piece. 5 ½ x 8 ½ cut in half at 4 ¼.

Well, then I trimmed them down so I could mat with a small margin of black showing and then cardbases to make A2 size cards.

The congrats card is the whole embossed piece trimmed down to make a 5 x 7 size card.

I used Hammermill smooth color cover white cardstock for the happy birthday and hello card and a textured cardstock for the color pencil piece.

Linking to some card challenges…

Four Seasons April 2024 – Anything Goes Spring Challenge

Stencil Fun April 2024 Challenge – Spring/Flowers

Triple B Challenge – Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

I wish you could see these in person… the detail is amazing and so beautiful! I hope you give this a try!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards …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 – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Sunkissed Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]
Peridot Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Royal Amethyst Color Essentials… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Essentials Cardstock… [ SBC ]
Vellum Sheets from the Card Shoppe… [ SPL \| STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Spellbinders dies · Stencils

Spellbinders January Stencil of the Month Card…

January 11, 2024January 12, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello everyone! I’m starting 2024 with the NEW Spellbinders Stencil of the Month club. Most of the gals have already posted bright floral, pretty cards so I was trying to think of something different and thought ‘go brown’! I’m sure that doesn’t surprise you too much! lol

Want to know how the Spellbinders Clubs work? Click HERE!

So here’s my take on it… I did the stenciling first in Distress inks…Antique Linen, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain. Fun! Something therapeutic about inking up layers!

I wanted some words to stamp around it randomly so I went digging through my Spellbinders stash. I found the Kindly Deliver to my and the little envelope in the Parcel & Post Sentiments stamp set. I just used the top part of the stamp.

I found the cancellation lines in the Holiday Hugs Sentiments stamp set.

Then I needed a main sentiment to complete my card! There are sentiments on the stencils but I wanted something raised up. I found this Warm Wishes in the Christmas Die and Glimmer Sentiments set. Wishes is hot foiled and Warm is die cut out of gold mirror cardstock.

I spattered the card with walnut stain distress ink and gold calligraphy ink.

I edged with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and then I went around it with Walnut Stain Distress ink to give it a deeper brown on the very edge.

Layered onto an A2 size dark brown panel and then on to a kraft top fold cardbase.

I have another card to share soon and LOTS of NEW new new from Memory Box! woohoo!

Thank you so much for stopping by and Happy New Year to you!

Links to what I used to make this card…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Parcel and Post… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Holiday Hugs Sentiments Clear Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Christmas Die & Glimmer Sentiments… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – Gold,… [ BLIC ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System \| Spell… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]	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 Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]