Birch Press Design Adornment Peony Card…

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi friends and papercrafters! A CAS card to share with you today.

Inlaid die cutting with Birch Press Design’s New Adornment Peony die. I die cut the flower in white and ink blended Picked Raspberry Oxide Ink on the flower petals and Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Oxide inks on the leaves with Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes. This is an awesome set…the solid dies for backing the die piecing parts is in included!

I die cut the top panel with the Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles Die set.

I stamped the sentiment from the poppystamps Diamond Sentiments clear stamp set with Peacock Feathers Oxide ink in the MISTI.

I added a scatter of several Memory Box Clear Fairy Drops.

It’s lighter, pinker than my pictures show. ugh. I tried. lol

It’s unusually warm here so far today…55˚ but suppose to go down to 12˚ before the day is over! eek! Guess I’ll stay in and keep working.

NEW Dies/cards on the horizon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Birch Press Design – 57480 Adornment… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 30094 Wrapped Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB498 Diamond… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps DIAMOND… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE \| SBC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Get Well · Memory Box · Thinking of You

NEW Memory Box Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral Card…

January 14, 2022 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hello Friend! How is your January going? I woke up to HUGE snowflakes coming down…living in a snowglobe for a few hours!

I don’t have a snow card ready to post though! lol

This flower is a NEW die from Memory Box…isn’t it pretty? I added three die cuts of the MB Gentle Pine Needle Sprig behind it.

I used MB 6×6 cardstock pads and the gingham is from the MB Christmas Plaid 6×6 pad. Links below. (I don’t see the pattern paper anymore so I linked to a poppystamps stamp that makes a similar pattern)

This card ended up 5 ½ inches square.

The sentiment is the NEW Memory Box Hello Friend Posh Script die. I love it! Love how it cuts out the inner pieces and looks so nice!

It feels like a little bit of Christmas coming into the new year here but I’m sure it could be a beautiful Spring floral card too, for any occasion!

I didn’t use a lot of foam mounting tape. I glued the pine directly to the card panel, the floral has thin foam mounting tape under the center and the word die is on foam mounting tape.

Very easy dies to work with! Could be quick and easy! I had to walk away for a bit to decide how to bring in the pattern paper and then it hit me to add the pine! It just needed something…I’m thinking there are other dies in the MB collection that would be excellent additions to this flower.

That’s it for now. I have to get in the groove. A bunch of birthday cards need to be made before I’m late for all of them instead of just two! ha

Have a great weekend…it looks like someone here will be blowing and plowing and it’s not me! ha

What I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94618 Gentle Blossom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94586 Hello Friend Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94597 Gentle Pine Needle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL478 Picnic Plaid… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| TE ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Marshmallow [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Slimline · Winter

Memory Box Layered Poinsettia, Slim Confetti Plate, Holly Bundle, Pine Needle Trio and Joy Posh Script Card…

October 30, 2021 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hello! Hope you are having a beautiful Saturday! Here’s a little festive holiday in paper finally! Where did this week go?!

I used some of the Memory Box 6×6 cardstock pads for the poinsettias, pines and holly… I love having the different tones of reds to combine! I didn’t add any inking to the petals but I think that would really take these petals up a notch!

Isn’t this NEW Joy Posh Script die beautiful! I love it in the foil gold cardstock!

I die cut the NEW Slim Confetti Plate in heavyweight white cardstock and left some of the circles in place for fun!

I die cut a piece of gold cardstock with a Memory Box Slim Basic Rectangle die and layered it behind the Confetti panel.

I adhered both panels to a slim line cardbase.

I used pieces of foam mounting tape to adhere the poinsettias on first, making sure there was room to stick the holly and pine under the petals. The Holly leaves are adhered with foam mounting tape also. The Pine Needle Trio dies, I glued directly to the cardbase.

Here’s a couple more process photos…

I used the die package for constructing the poinsettias. In the pictures you see the two main pieces, then you glue the three separate leaves on matching them up too… anyway, that’s what I did! lol

Then I played with placement a little and took a picture with my phone so I would know where to put them when I transferred to the cardbase!

My pictures are all on different days! Different weather conditions every day… so much for natural light! lol

You know the dies are beautiful though because Memory Box dies make the prettiest Christmas cards! You will have fun with these festive dies and they all cut beautifully!

I’m going to go out and enjoy some sunshine for a little while! yay! Take care and I’ll be back here soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card….

Memory Box – 94605 Layered Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94551 Slim Confetti… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94556 Slim Basic… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94610 Holly Bundle craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94600 Pine Needle Trio… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94591 Joy Posh Script… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Watercolor

Memory Box Floral Chain Card…

August 12, 2021 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m seeing so many posts with flowers these days! It was fun to die cut this NEW die from Memory Box, Floral Chain, in watercolor paper and paint it up!

I used the small tropical palette from Prima to paint the flowers and butterfly.

I used a lavender cardbase, then a black A2 size panel, poppystamps Lattice Plate cut in Neenah 110# Classic Crest Solar White cardstock, poppystamps Orchard Leaves die cut in watercolor paper and colored with the same palette and Memory Box Glade Butterfly die cut in watercolor paper and colored with the same palette.

Dewdrop Fairy Sugar glitter glue on the flower centers and butterfly wings.

On the inside I stamped this sentiment from Memory Box Joyful Moments clear stamp set with Ranger Archival Black ink.

On the front I used one of the banners from the new Memory Box Banner Sentiment Trio die set. I stamped the Happy Birthday from the new Memory Box Deep Blue Ocean clear stamp set and Ranger Archival Black ink.

This card screams Summer! I hope the recipient will enjoy it!

Thank you for visiting my blog today… happy almost weekend to you!

Links to what I used to make this card…

SSS code: YUM521 for $5 off your next order

Memory Box – 94542 Floral Chain craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94580 Banner Sentiment… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5268D Deep Blue Ocean… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box Clear Stamps DEEP BLUE… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – 94578 Glade Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2343 Orchard Leaves… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2427 Lattice Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5266 Joyful Moments… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Memory Box DEWDROP Fairy Sugar… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Pad – Jet… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER 9×12 140lb… [ SSS \| BLIC ]

All Occasion · cards · Flowers · Memory Box · Slimline · Summer · Watercolor

Memory Box Elegant Succulent Sentiments Card…

July 20, 2021July 20, 2021 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! This is a new stamp set from Memory Box with gorgeous succulent floral images and beautiful sentiments that are actually ones you would use! ‘best wishes on your special day’, ‘wishing you the happiest birthday’, ‘just a little note to let you know I am thinking about you’, ‘when times are difficult let hope sustain you’ and the one I used on my card.

I did some distress ink smooshing with a piece of scrap acetate. I like that it’s a little easier to control doing it this way. Acetate to watercolor paper instead of laying the watercolor paper flat on the inky craft mat. I used Peeled Paint, Peacock Feathers and Forest Moss regular Distress Ink pads.

I stamped the succulent bouquet with Ranger Archival ink onto the dried inked watercolor paper. I used a stamp platform so I could ink it a few times.

Then I die cut it out with the coordinating die.

I heat embossed the sentiment in gold powder on TE Oreo cardstock and cut around it with a scissors.

There is another new sentiment and die set from Memory Box that does have coordinating dies. You can see it HERE.

I glued the negative piece to a piece of TE Oreo cardstock, then using mounting tape I fit the die cut back in the space.

I mounted to another piece of TE Poblano Pepper cardstock….I know it’s dark here, hard to tell but it’s there! hehe

To add a little glam, I added some Memory Box Fairy Jewels!

I really like how it turned out. That’s what keeps us making, right?! When we like something! I’m working on birthday cards for boys… Corrin turned 12 on the 7th, Cedryk turned 9 on the 18th and Henry is 15 TODAY!!! How in the world! These kids just keep getting older! I love ’em! For a mom of girls to have 11 grandsons, it’s pretty amazing! lol 6 granddaughters too!

I better get back to those cards! ttul and shopping links below! Cindy/Starlitstudio is on vacation but will be back shipping Monday. SSS $5 savings code is YUM521 through 8/15.

ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – CL5270D Elegant… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps ELEGANT… [ SSS ]	Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing… [ STR ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEELED… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEACOCK… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad FOREST… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]