Memory Box Berry Wreath Thinking Of You…

September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! A thinking of you card today using the NEW Berry Wreath stamp set and coordinating die set. It just made me think of bittersweet!

I stamped with Archival Coffee ink on Memory Box watercolor card, die cut the wreath and colored with Distress Ink Pad Reinkers. I have some palettes I made with the reinkers so I worked with oranges/reds, greens and Vintage Photo for the brown.

I made an A2 cardbase with Taylored Expressions Toffee cardstock and inked the edges with the foam ink blending tool and Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

I mounted the wreath and sentiment with foam tape and tied on some thin jute to add that little bit extra!

I wasn’t careful painting at all… as you can tell! lol I spritzed the wreath with water in an area, then added the ink from a brush, then moved on to the next area. I didn’t worry too much about going outside the lines.

It feels like Fall!

Thanks for clicking over to my blog today! We have three birthdays for grandkids this week so I’m working on birthday cards too. WOW! They grow up fast! ❤ I will try to share the cards here too!

The stamps and dies I used…

Memory Box – CL5260-D Berry Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps BERRY WREATH… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Burlap Twine [ TE \| SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad COFFEE AIP31451 [ SSS ]
Ranger Archival COFFEE Reinker ARR30775 [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz DISTRESS INK REFILLS LOT OF… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Watercolor

Memory Box Pumpkin Card…

September 4, 2020September 8, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

After making the stamp video the other day, I was in the mood to stamp and color this new pumpkin! No great technique or anything… just stamping on MB watercolor card, coloring with Distress Ink Refills (I need to clean off my desk and get out a different coloring medium, lol). I enjoy how the Distress ink refills work for watercolor though and the colors are so nice for this time of year!

I think this pumpkin would make a great shape card or place cards or what else?

For the cardbase, I used TE Sweet Basil cardstock and stamped poppystamps Picnic Plaid stamp on it with TE Sweet Basil Ink.

I didn’t want Halloween words so I used Grateful for our friendship from the Wild Rose Stem stamp set.

This stamp set with the pumpkin has great words for the banner though.

This turned out an odd size but it will still fit in an A6 envelope for a regular forever stamp! YAY!

Thanks for clicking over! We so appreciate all your thoughts and prayers for our family. Breanna is making progress. We’re so happy and so grateful! ❤

Shopping links for what I used…

Memory Box – CL5264-D Halloween… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps HALLOWEEN… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL478 Picnic Plaid… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5258 Wild Rose Stem… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5258-D Wild Rose Stem… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
TE Premium Ink – Full Ink Pads [ TE ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS \| TE ]	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 ]	Memory Box WATERCOLOR Paper wp101 [ SSS ]
Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| TE \| BLIC ]	TE Foam Tape, 1/16″ [ TE ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| BLIC ]	Scotch Removable Tape Refill [ TE ]

birch press design · Christmas · Fall · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Memory Box, poppystamps and Birch Press Designs NEW Stamp Release Video!

September 1, 2020 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Have you seen these NEW stamp sets and dies? Shoot me now! haha Hey, it’s not my fault! lol Sorry it’s muffled sounding. ugh. I just download right to the blog from my phone but they change it. sigh. I should go back to you tube I guess. Bear with me this time…

Thanks for stopping by! I’ll be back tomorrow for the SSS STAMPtember Release Blog Party!

See them in the stores here…

Memory Box – CL5264-D Halloween… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps HALLOWEEN… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5261-D Spirit of… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box Clear Stamps SPIRIT OF… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5260-D Berry Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps BERRY WREATH… [ SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5262-D Harvest Love… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps HARVEST LOVE… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL497 Joyous Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL495 Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB496 Christmas Quotes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps CHRISTMAS… [ SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL494 Christmas Fun… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5263 Christmas Tiles… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94509 Winter Wood Dome… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – 8154 Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design CHRISTMAS ORNAMENT… [ SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8153 Pumpkin… [ STR ]
Birch Press Design PUMPKIN LACEWORK… [ SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 56130 Autumn… [ STR \| SSS ]

Fall · Poppystamps

poppystamps Maple Symphony Filmore Tall Curve Autumn Card…

August 19, 2020August 19, 2020 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m coming to you today with a heavy, heavy mom’s heart. You can read about it HERE.

I wanted to post this card before we head out of town to see her. Please pray especially for her, we want her well! Thank you!

I’ll link up the dies below… I used Taylored Expressions cardstock, Confetti Cake, Pumpkin and Toffee for the cardbase.

The gold splatters are the Gansai Tambi starry set.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I appreciate your friendships and kindred spirit so much! ❤

links to shop…I missed linking the hugs sentiment… it’s from the Sunflower Wreath set by Memory Box… just search after you click STR or SSS

Poppystamps – 2386 Maple Symphony…

[ STR | SSS ]

Poppystamps – 2399 Filmore Tall Curve…

[ STR | SSS ]

TE Premium Cardstock

[ TE ]

cards · Fall · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Watercolor

Simon Says Stamp Cheer and Joy Release Card…

October 10, 2019October 10, 2019 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends. I have a fairly simple card to share with you… well, I kept adding things! lol

Today is the new release at Simon Says Stamp… it’s festive and Christmasy for the most part! I’ll link you up below to what I used.

The new stamp they sent me to show is the background here, Leaves and Berries Cling Mount Stamp.

I gold heat embossed it and then blended on 3 colors of Distress Oxide Ink. Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron and Shaded Lilac. Weird… the Lilac kinda wiped of when I went over it to get the ink off the heat embossed gold. I barely used any lilac though… good thing! haha I spattered with water drops using the Tim Holtz mister water bottle.

Then I just painted in the leaves and berries with the Gansai Tambi watercolors that I still had out on my desk. Oh, I stamped on Strathmore 400/Best the brown pad of watercolor paper.

I die cut the panel with SSS Stitched Rectangles.

I embossed in Ranger Detail gold, the background and the sentiment. ‘Thankful for you’ is from the SSS Autumn Greetings clear stamp set.

I used three small circle cuts from the New Memory Box Stylish Frame Trio die set. I die cut them in TE Premium cardstock, links below, Candy Corn, Granny Smith and Peapod.

I die cut leaves from the cardstocks too using the New poppystamps Autumn Leaf Set. Then I added some small enamel dots.

And that’s it!

Check out the new release! I’ll link below in the linkdeli links below, the first one. I’m not sure the links in my written post work so I’ll try this.

Thank you for stopping by!

Cheer and Joy [ SSS ]	Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp LEAVES… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps AUTUMN… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES… [ SSS ]	Memory Box STYLISH FRAME TRIO Craft… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps AUTUMN LEAF Craft Dies 2248 [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Studio Katia INK BLENDER BRUSHES Set… [ SSS ]	Honey Bee BACKGROUND BLENDER BRUSHES… [ SSS ]
Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ]	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Hero… [ SSS ]
Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi 48 COLOR… [ SSS ]	Strathmore WATERCOLOR PAPER PAD… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]