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 ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Stencils · Valentine

Spellbinders NEW Stencil Club!

December 29, 2023December 31, 2023 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! Here we are after Christmas and moving right on to the New Year faster that the speed of light!

Have you heard about the NEW Spellbinder stencil of the month club? I’m sure you have cuz I’m late getting my card posted for December and it’s already closed! Usually you can order them a month later though.

This set has four stencils. I used Distress inks and the mini circle Tim Holtz blending tools.

I used Cracked Pistachio, Lucky Clover and Pine Needles for the greenery. For the heart flowers I put down Kitsch Flamingo first, then some Worn Lipstick and Abandoned Coral! lol You sure wouldn’t need to use all the pinks/reds! lol

I hated to cover up all the stenciling so I went with a fun hot foiled sentiment from the Spellbinder All Occasion Mailbox Greetings Hot Foil set.

I really like how clean and simple it turned out plus it was fast to make!

It’s an A2 size card and completely mailable! I noticed the post office was running cards through the machines even if they had ‘hand cancel’ and extra postage on them. That is really frustrating. I even received cards that were completely rigid that had been machined. So cardmakers just put a stamp on it and call it good! I even received a pkg that was a stamp set and a die, weighed 1.8 ounces and only had one forever stamp on it and it still came intact and no extra postage envelope wanting me to pay extra! All this technology isn’t speeding things up or accurate! HOHOHO!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I went MIA because I needed to get some house stuff done and be ready with gifts and 27 ppl on Christmas Eve day! WOW! Did we have fun! Still smiling about it. I thank God for our family every day! I hope you had a blessed Christmas too. Talk to you again soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	All-Occasion Mailbox Greetings… [ SPL \| 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 ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Pine… [ SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System \| Spell… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Spearmint -… [ TE ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| BLIC \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Pine Frame From The DieCember Release…

December 18, 2023December 19, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! All the joys of the season to you! Have you seen a cardinal lately? I don’t see them around here. Maybe once or twice in 30 years!

I wanted to use the Memory Box Layered Cardinal die again and it worked perfect with this NEW Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame designed by Memory Box in partnership with SSS.

So beautiful and so easy to put together too.

I did shim this pine frame with two pieces of copy paper when I die cut it.

I added the three branches from the New Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems. A little filler.

The background panel is one of the watercolor panels I made following Jill Foster’s tutorial on You Tube. It’s on the Penny Black You Tube page.

I used the NEW Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame between the watercolor panel and the Corner Pine Frame.

The NEW poppystamps Lavish Merry Christmas die cut in white and silver for the sentiment!

Linking to some challenges…

Peace on Earth #54 – anything goes Christmas (totally inspired by the bottom right corner photo in the inspiration photo!)

Triple B Challenge – Birds for me this time

The Sisterhood of Crafters – Christmas

I really love this nature take on a Christmas card. Hope it makes you smile too.

All the best to you and yours for a beautiful celebration of Christ’s birth! God bless you all!

❤

Shopping links to what I used for this Merry Christmas card…

Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Layered Cardinal Dies 94754 [ SSS ]	Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems… [ SSS ]
Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame Die… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Lavish Merry Christmas… [ SSS ]	Strathmore WATERCOLOR PAPER PAD… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tonic CHROME SILVER Mirror Card Gloss… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Stencils

Spellbinders Dancin’ Gingerbread Card and Two Layered Joy Tree Stencil & Die Cards…

December 11, 2023 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! Getting festive with the gingerbread and trees today! I love these characters from Spellbinders every year! So so cute!

I also love these stencil and die sets! I have this one and the Merry Christmas one. I didn’t get the Merry Christmas one made into a card yet! eek! If only we didn’t need to do laundry, eat and sleep, oh and shop! hoho!

ok – Back to the gingers…

The green is bright! But tealish and red would be so cute too! I was going traditional but boom! It’s bright for me! lol

So for all you green lovers, this one’s for you!

Now I wish I’d tied on a little jingle bell! I even have some! I will have to do that and just pay extra postage! It’s only money, right?! ha!

I used regular Distress inks on my JOY cards. Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Worn Lipstick and Abandoned Coral. We were making these Thanksgiving day afternoon. I copied Anya, one of my granddaughter’s colors!

I think we used Altenew colors for the Joy. I can’t remember the names now.

One more picture of one stenciled on Hobby Lobby extra heavyweight kraft cardstock. Pretty sure I used Distress Oxides on this one but more the Lucky Clover ones for the greens.

I hope your cardmaking is coming a long. I have plenty to do still!

We started out this week hearing one of our granddaughter’s playing with one of our grandson’s fiance (wedding in March) yesterday morning…a string duet… it was so, so beautiful!

Tuesday night is a choir concert for a bunch of the grands…makes me so happy!

You all take care and all the joys and blessings of the season to you and yours!

Codes for Simon Says Stamp right now…use one… Wrap23 ($7 off)….Merry ($5 off) Random sales at Scrapbook.com and Starlitstudio.net is always a discount!

Here’s the products I used for these three cards…

Spellbinders – Dancin’ Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Layered Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Make It Merry… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Spellbinders – Layered Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Peapod -… [ TE ]	miniature jingle bells – 5mm – pkg of 20 [ STR ]