Memory Box Poinsettia Pillar and Radiant Frame cards…

September 20, 2016 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Hi everyone! I’ve been making cards…just not doing a good job of getting them posted! I finish one and get excited about something else laying there and have to make! lol Then my camera setting got changed and I didn’t realize it and couldn’t figure out what was wrong with my pictures! Finally saw the problem this a.m.! SCREAM!

I have posted a couple videos on instagram though…click the link in my side bar and you can see them even if you don’t have an account. Be sure to click the like button while you’re there! It’s amazing how much that encourages a gal! I love hearing from you if you can comment too!

My cards today are using the Memory Box Poinsettia Pillar, Radiant Frame dies and the poppystamps cottage platform and Swirled Love dies. I cut the platform twice in one 4.25 x 5.5 piece of card-stock. This was not what I intended to do with it at all! lol I’ll still have to do the other soon! That’s what happens when you leave a piece laying around not finished!

American Crafts Glitter card-stock and Bazzill Gold Foil card-stock from Starlitstudio

I die cut everything for this card from white card-stock and inked with Distress Ink pads and the ink blending tools. Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Fossilized Amber.

Wishing Script is a poppystamps die that coordinates with the poppystamps Christmas Greetings clear stamp set. I die cut Wishing three times and glued them together with Tombow Mono Multi glue.

OHHHHH – don’t forget the enamel dots I made myself with the NEW Nuvo Drops and Ranger Enamel Accents! Move over sequins! lol (I make the dots on scrap release paper from scor-tape, then glue them to my card when they’re dry, cuz I could easy mess up my card I’m sure!)

This last picture is of three cards I started and never finished with these same dies. I thought I’d go ahead and show them so you could see more color schemes…the sky is the limit!

Thanks for stopping by again! I’ll be back real soon because I have more and will be showing the ‘even more’ NEW Memory Box and poppystamps release! So many beautiful dies! TFL! and TTUL!

cards · Embedded Die Cuts · Fall · Perfect Layers Tools · Taylored Expressions · Watercolor

Taylored Expressions September Release and Celebration!

August 30, 2016August 29, 2016 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Welcome and THANKS for visiting my blog today! I’m featuring this NEW Thanks Cutting Plate die from Taylored Expressions September Release that will be available for purchase this Thursday, Release Day. Love it!

Here’s what I did for this card…I die cut the Thanks Cutting Plate two times out of watercolor paper. I cut the card base from TE Premium Cookie Monster card-stock but cut it short…a lot short! only ⅛ inch past the 4 ¼ inch crease line.

The ⅛ th inch part of the card base I sandwiched between the top of the two Thanks Cutting Plate die cuts, sort of a hinge so to speak. That allowed me to have a see through card front but sturdy enough to stand on it’s own because of the two layers of watercolor paper glued together. Very cool…wish you could see it in real life!

Then I watercolored the whole thing with Zig Clean Color Brush pens and a water brush.

For this card, I did my embedding technique for intricate dies. (pull down under the video tab above to see, Adhering Intricate Dies)

I inked the whole thing after embedding with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool and then pounced on a little Delicata Gold ink pad with a big sponge dauber tool.

Some twine and then adhered to a TE Buttercream card-stock card base.

That’s my show and tell for today! You’ll want to click over to the TE blog to see what the other gals have been up to AND to read all about TE’s 8th birthday celebration!

Taylored Expressions is celebrating its 8th birthday with some fun party favors! These include everything from the exclusive WISH BIG stamp & die combo set to patterned paper packs, ink, and more! Visit the TE Blog for all the special offers and for your chance to win a fun prize!

THANKS again for stopping by! Always love hearing from you. Your comments are always appreciated and encouraging! Thank you so much!

Links to the TE webstore…

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Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Embedded Die Cuts · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Summer · Techniques

poppystamps Weeping Willow three ways…

July 2, 2016July 8, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hi everyone! Just wanted to share some cards that I came up with after playing around with the poppystamps Weeping Willow dies. This first one is using my Embedded dies technique…HERE’S the video for how to do it.

This die has more waste to remove than the die I used in the video but I love how it turns out. My pictures don’t do it justice…rainy day…

Use the release paper from the Scor-tape to hold the cut in the die while you’re removing the little waste pieces…

Linking to the Seize the Birthday Challenge – Birds, Bees or Butterflies

The next picture is an iPhone photo and before I added the bird but I like how it shows the detail when it’s laying flat.

The happy birthday sentiment is from the Ornamental Butterflies stamp set. A simple but elegant look.

For this Happy Summer card, I used both the poppystamps Weeping Willow dies, the Memory Box Summerville Landscape die and the sentiment from the poppystamps Flower Patch stamp set.

And the last one for today…

The Weeping Willow die again, the butterflies from the Ornamental Butterflies stamp set and the Fancy Hello die.

The pattern paper is an old Memory Box pattern that isn’t available anymore. Sorry about that. I just thought I’d have a try at using a pattern paper for a change! lol

I’ll add some links below… Happy 4th of July weekend and thanks for taking the time to stop by and look!

p.s. Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas cards coming soon. Working on cards for classes but I’ll make some to share here too!

Supplies…

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embedded Die Cuts · Memory Box

NEW Memory Box dies!!!

July 8, 2015July 9, 2015 Pam Sparks15 Comments

I know…Christmas already?!!! YES! You are going to love so much of this Memory Box and poppystamps release! : )

Here’s the NEW Corby Ornament die…I die cut it in green and red card-stocks, trimmed the green branches and leaves from the green cut and glued them on the red cut with Tombow Mono Multi glue. The red cut stayed intact. It was easy to do because most of the green is connected.

With a gold gel pen, I colored the little flowers and circle buds.

I die cut the NEW Drop Ornament Layers die in metallic gold card-stock and glued the Corby Ornament on top of it.

The NEW Blissful Bundle die I cut in green card-stock. For the red berries, I just placed a small piece of red card-stock over the die where the berries were and ran it though my Big Shot. I used a little piece of scotch tape on the back side of the green cut to hold the red berries in place.

I glued the two extra pine branch cuts behind the berries and used a mounting square to adhere the Blissful Bundle to the top of the Corby ornament.

I mounted the ornament to a top folding, A2 size, red card base with mounting squares and added the gold May Arts 1/4 in. wired gold ribbon.

Next I want to die cut these in watercolor paper and watercolor them!

The Corby Ornament is so pretty, it’ll be awesome cut from everything! Glittery, sparkly, glitzy goodness!

Next up…

I die cut the NEW We Wish You die two times, once in red and once in black cardstock. I glued the black cut over the red but left the poinsettia petals showing in red. I die cut the medium bow from the NEW Stitched Bows die in red card-stock and glued it together. I used thin mounting squares behind the petals, leaves and bow to adhere it to the vellum panel. Then I put thin mounting squares on the vellum, behind the petals, to adhere it to the white, A2, top folding, card base.

I love Poinsettias so I’m always excited to use these dies! Under the vellum overlay, I embedded the NEW Poinsettia Border die two times. HERE is the video on how to do this technique….I love it!

I added two black enamel dots and then tried to capture it on camera! lol I think it takes me longer to take pictures than it takes to make a card! lol

Cindy at Starlitstudio.net will have these in stock tomorrow! Click over and read her info about ordering and shipping this time. She also has the Tombow Mono Multi glue, Score Tape, card-stock, Doodlebug Enamel Dots and lots more!

Thanks for stopping by today! Thank you for all the wonderful comments… I didn’t get replies made after the last post. Things kinda went haywire here… I’ll spare you the details! ugh. I read them all, smile so big and am encouraged to make more cards! Thank you for being a kindred stamper friend… I appreciate it! More cards coming soon!

p.s. I saw that Simon Says Stamp has their brand stamps and dies 25% off HERE. Use code ‘simon25’ Ends tonight! Shopping!!! lol

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NEW poppystamps dies, Video and Horse Country exclusive die…

October 31, 2014October 31, 2014 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! Isn’t this a neat die? love it and the fancy thanks too! I have several things to share with you today. I don’t mean to have long posts but it seems like it always turns out that way!

Here’s a video of the NEW poppystamps ‘poppy’ dies and Starlitstudio’s exclusive die!

Click on the gear to see in high definition… or the frame to see larger. Sorry about the blurry ‘fancy Merry Christmas’ die. I have not idea why! ugh.

I used the Perfect Layers Tools to cut the ⅛ inch border on each side of the main panel.

Linking my first card to the Festive Friday Challenge – inspiration photo

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Here’s the Birthday Stack die again…