NEW Memory Box Gentle Rose Watercolor Floral, Plumed Gypsy Butterfly and Curlicue Plate Cards…

February 22, 2023February 23, 2023 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s time for a new release from the Memory Box companies! The usual beautiful products to work with!

I have two cards to share with you using the NEW Curlicue Plate! I love it! So whimsical and fun! Keep going for my second card using it.

I wanted to use some other NEW dies too… so I made up the New Gentle Rose Watercolor Floral in a couple colors but went with pink from the Memory Box Berry Red 6×6 cardstock pad… it’s February, all things Red!

The NEW Wayfarer Leaves die cut in three colors of green from the Memory Box Lush Green cardstock 6×6 pad.

The NEW Hugs Tender Script die cut in white and then in Memory Box Glossy Black cardstock. I love this glossy black. I’ve about used up my pack! Not quite an emergency yet. lol What a pretty font though! Isn’t it gorgeous?!

I should’ve told my camera to focus on the hugs instead of the flower here. I am an amateur… worse than an amateur! lol

I die cut the Curlicue Plate in white cardstock, the green panel underneath with the NEW A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set (same Lush Green cardstock pad) and the oval from vellum using the Memory Box Studio Oval Layers die set.

The pretty rosebuds are from the Birch Press Design Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers dies released earlier this year.

My next card came about because I had an almost perfect Curlicue Plate die cut! It’s so hard to throw those away! So I thought about it and decided to try cutting away the parts that didn’t cut completely the first time. This plate needs a shim… so I use a piece of copy paper folded in half on top of my cutting plate to run it through… blades up as I always say! (I never use that metal shim)

I thought this turned out fun! You know me and kraft! White, pool and whimsy! Oh and staples!

A beautiful NEW butterfly for all the butterfly lovers out there! Plumed Gypsy Butterfly!

***notice how I used the curlicue from the part I cut off behind the butterfly! clever… hehe

Hello Rush Script is a NEW sentiment die… love it in that glossy black again…

A new set of nesting dies! Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers. I can see this one working for banners too!

I think I remembered everything! Send me an email or comment if you have any questions! I don’t mind at all!

I used the Tim Holtz mini stapler to hold the Curlicue cut down but glued in the few pieces of pool color.

Linking to…

Just Us Girls Challenge – moodboard

CAS Colors and Sketches Challenge #505 Sketch

The Flower Challenge #77 Use your latest stamps or dies, must be floral

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you’re getting some creating time in. Won’t be long til hearts turn to real flowers and grass grows!

Have a good rest of the week!

Here’s the products I used to make these cards…

94698 Curlicue Plate craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94713 Gentle Rose… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94712 Wayfarer Leaves… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94669 Hugs Tender Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57493 Morning… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94708 Plumed Gypsy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94468 Hello Rush Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	SCS-151 Spellbinders VELLUM SHEETS… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Foiling · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Techniques

Spellbinders February Release Four Petal Floral 3D Embossing Folder Card…

February 14, 2023February 14, 2023 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi everyone! Do you remember the poinsettia embossing folder card I made HERE? I tried it again with the NEW Spellbinders Four Petal Floral 3D Embossing Folder.

I did this one a little different. I ran it through the Big Shot with the embossing folder setup after I inked it up with Antique Linen Distress Ink pad. (regular dye ink) You ink it on the wrong side, the side that debosses, the design is recessed into the cardstock but you don’t want to go deep this time. Use a thinner sandwich. I inked it up so it’d be easier to see where to brush on the ink. The first time I did it I got too much green on the pink.

I found that I could kinda ‘wash’ the ink off with a damp stiff-ish paint brush, after I deep embossed it and brushed back in the right color. I missed a few spots though! hehe

Scroll down (last picture) and you’ll see how it looks after ink blending and before the last embossing like the folder is meant to be embossed.

After inking with yellow, pink, green oxide inks and deep embossing, you ink blend again over the top of all of it with Vintage photo distress oxide ink.

It’s a super fun, vintage-y, distressed look that the camera makes brighter and deeper color than it really is IRL.

I hot foiled the sentiment on a die cut panel using the Spellbinders Something Special Glimmer Hot Foil Plate and gold hot foil.

I spattered on some gold ink for sparkle and glued on some gold pearls to glam it up… oh and some thin gold cord before I glued it to an A7 size cardbase.

Here’s the not so pretty ink blended panel! :O I know… at this point you think, I should quit! This is NOT working! lol

Never fear….keep going! lol

As to my Hallmark commentary last time… this one is Hallmark size anyway! lol

Linking to some challenges…

The Flower Challenge – Use your latest stamps and dies

Just Us Girls Challenge – Sparkle (I have gold sparkly spatters)

Can You Handle the Pressure – anything goes with an embossing folder

Sunshiny day here today, probably won’t be tomorrow when this posts and I haven’t even made it out! I can’t believe it’s already Feb, 14th! Weather and time seem to be my go to conversation! ugh. Sorry!

Hope this finds you creating valentines or something! I’ll talk to you again soon!

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Shopping links to the products I used… thank you so much for clicking through from here! I appreciate it and no cost to you! Valentines SALE! Go HERE! Feb. 14 – 20

Spellbinders – Four Petal Collection… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Inspired Basics… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SBC \| SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Poppystamps

poppystamps Birthday Floral Mini Slimline Card…

February 7, 2023March 9, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s warming up a little here in Iowa…paper flowers making us think of Spring for sure! Although I’m not good at growing flowers and the three hydrangea bushes we planted a few years ago are finnicky about giving me blooms!

For the card front panel, mini slimline size card, 3 ½ inches x 6 inches, I cut strips of ½ inch white and black and just layered them on using ATG adhesive.

I created the sentiment with Poppystamps Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil and Cut Die set and gold hot foil.

For my card today I used a bunch of NEW poppystamps dies! It was fun to create a kind of wildflower bouquet on a card!

I started with Little Posie Layered Flowers in pink…then Lucky Layered Flowers in the pool color, Little Layered Asters in blue and pink, Layered Pointy Petals in orange and Teardrop Butterflies in blue and white!

The greenery is from the NEW poppystamps Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set. I used the bouquet stems from the set and cut two in green, put them end to end (I had to trim off some of the long stems), so easy because where to put the greenery was already decided for me by using the die from the set!

I die cut one other die from the set that cuts four extra stems and I just stuck them in…no rhyme nor reason.

I figured out where I wanted the flowers, took a picture of it with my phone, then glued them all on the card with Tombow Mono Multi glue while looking at my phone picture!

Another card using up scraps! The fun thing about die cutting! I guess I used to do the same with punches but it’s hard to use small pieces of cardstock with punches!

Linking to some card challenges…

Papercraft Challenges – anything goes

The Flower Challenge – use your latest stamps or dies

NBUS challenge – Never-Before-Used-Schtuff

Thank you for clicking over! I appreciate your visit! Celebrate if it’s your birthday! lol

ttul,

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2560 Little Posie… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2556 Little Layered… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2554 Lucky Layered… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2559 Layered Pointy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2561 Teardrop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2552 Floral Vase Pop Up… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – PSF802 Modest Greetings… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist [ STR ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil System [ SBC ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Sizzix White Tool Caddy Big Shot… [ SBC ]

All Occasion · cards · copics · Flowers · LOVE · Simon Says Stamp · Valentine · Waffleflower Crafts

Simon Says Stamp KISSES January Release!

January 18, 2023January 19, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! Lots of paper hearts, hugs and kisses coming your way! Check out this NEW release at Simon Says Stamp!

Here’s the NEW stamp set that was sent to me to show off! It’s called Swoopy Flowers! I don’t know if I did it justice but I gave it a good try, coloring with Copic Sketch Markers!

I stamped and cut the images out on the Scan and Cut but there are dies to coordinate! There’s also a stencil for coloring! Fun!

I used the R80s, the YR00s and the G20s.

I made the rectangle frame with Waffleflower A2 Layers and Additional A2 Layers die sets.

Die cut black cardstock with the smaller rectangle and the white with a larger rectangle so it’s picture framed or matted like a picture!

I love this look! I did it with a circle die also and I’ll show that card in the next day or two.

The Happy Valentines Day sentiment is from the Love and Valentines Word Mix 2 stamp set. I stamped in clear embossing ink, sprinkled with Lawn Fawn White Embossing powder and heat embossed it.

Some Cupcake Doodlebug Sprinkles for a little embellishment.

Other sentiments that would’ve worked here are from the Love Greetings Mix… fun. I’ll link it below even though I’m not showing it today.

I hope you can dash over and check out the new release. It’s a colorful Valentine season I’m sure! Have fun making some paper art today!

Linking to some challenges…

Die Cut Divas – Valentines

Papercraft Challenges – anything goes

ttul,

what I used to make this card and the $5 off code for SSS right now is LVEYU842!

Simon Says Stamps and Dies SWOOPY… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps SWOOPY… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SWOOPY FLOWERS Wafer… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Stencil SWOOPY… [ SSS ]	Waffle Flower A2 LAYERS Dies 310282… [ SSS ]	Waffle Flower ADDITIONAL A2 LAYERS… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]
Doodlebug FALL Enamel Dot Sprinkles… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps LOVE WORD MIX… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock 100# BLACK… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps LOVE… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · birch press design · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Valentine

Memory Box Blissful Heart and Cuppa Love Cards…

January 11, 2023January 19, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I have two cards to share with you today…Memory Box hearts, hearts and more hearts!

I love hearts and you probably love coffee! I’m a black tea girl… ugh… so I don’t get those swirly heart things in my cup! lol

The NEW Blissful Heart Hot Foil Plate is a stunner! So gorgeous!

I used silver hot foil with it on the lavender cardstock from the Memory Box Rainbow Reflections Mirror Pad. 6×6 cardstock… wow, it takes the foil so nice! So many beautiful colors of mirror card in this pad!

After foiling, I die cut the heart with the Memory Box Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out die. Fits perfect!

I used the Memory Box 3D embossing folder Heart Bouquet for the card panel layer…another gorgeous design by Dave from 2019 but still available… I’ll link below.

The sentiment is NEW from Birch Press Design…You Are Loved Noted Script hot foil plate and die set. I used Memory Box Glossy Black cardstock and silver hot foil. This picture it looks more champagne – ish color but it’s silver!

So pretty! Clean and Simple but elegant!

Back to the NEW Memory Box Cuppa Love card… this die is so cute! I love the heart steam, don’t you?!

I used the Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out die on this card also. I cut the largest heart in my cardbase, then I had to back the cardbase on the inside but that’s alright… it turned out nice with white on the inside. I love the double stitch lines.

Another NEW heart die, Pinpoint Burst Heart from Memory Box for the background insert… I love how they all fit with each other!

Cuppa is cut in white cardstock, the liquid in kraft and inked with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a mini ink blending took and the heart and saucer in red cardstock. Super simple die inlaying… love simple puzzles! lol

I used this cute sentiment, ‘It’s the little things’, from the poppystamps Marzipan Greetings stamp set. On the inside… ‘this is a paper hug’.

I love that paper hug sentiment! Stamped with Archival ink pad Potting Soil.

So fun! I made these on Monday, took pictures yesterday and made two loaves of bread! It turned out so good! I’m happy! lol No stamps for happy bread hugs though! ha! It must be a two thing kind of week! lol

Linking to the Die Cut Divas Challenge – Valentines

Just wow…already January 11th! Time flies when you’re having fun!

From the Archives… the card I posted on January 11, 2019!

I’ll sign off… thank you so much for stopping by! I’m thankful for another year to share cardmaking with you! ❤

Here’s what I used to make these cards…

p.s. every place is out of the Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut out. I’m linking to another heart that has stitching. You can email Cindy at starlitstudio.net and see if she can get it for you. I see it on the Memory Box Co website. Sorry about that!

Memory Box – MBF014 Blissful Heart… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – EF1006 Heart Bouquet 3D… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – BPF509 You Are… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – FP1003 Rainbow… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Therm O Web SILVER Deco HOT Foils… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Memory Box – 94637 Cuppa Love craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94639 Pinpoint Burst… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB502 Marzipan… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94364 Scallop Pinpoint… [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC** ]
Ranger Ink Potting Soil Ink Pad by… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]