Memory Box Gracious Floral 3D Embossing Folder Version…

July 5, 2023 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! Someone somewhere is celebrating a birthday and here’s some soft color wishes for you! A pretty card makes a birthday seem better somehow, doesn’t it? Birthdays just keep coming at ya! ha!

I started out looking at my Memory Box plaid paper pads for a color scheme. I used the Madras Plaid Blue and Violet PP104 6×6 pad without looking to see if it was still in the stores I link to. OOPS! Evidently it’s been discontinued. ugh.

I’m linking to the other three plaid pads in the stores that will make fun color cards too!

It’s hard to see the gold in my pictures so I took a phone picture in front of the upstairs hall door so you can see the gold. Wish I could show you in person! I know, I know, I’m always saying that! lol

The cardbase for this card is 4 ¾ in. x 6 in. so it’ll need an A7 envelope.

I die cut the poppystamps Lattice plate in white three times and glued them together. I just really like how it added just enough depth without needing to cut little strips of mounting tape. I used Tombow Mono Multi sparingly to glue them together and to glue the lattice to the plaid panel.

Then I cut a piece of plaid with gold lines to layer on top of the lattice panel, It’s 2 ½ in. x 6 in.

I used the die from the stamp set to cut a piece of white cardstock for the floral bouquet shape. Then I put the die cut shape in the 3D embossing folder and ran it through the Big Shot following the directions for 3D folders. (I do add a few cardstock shims for mine)

After I had the big bouquet embossed I die cut just the center flower from the 3D embossing folder set, ran it through the same embossing folder, then started coloring both embossed pieces with the Stencil set, regular Distress Ink Pads and ink blending brushes.

I’m having fun making cards with these products! I haven’t inked the stamp and embossed it in the 3D folder yet but I think that would be beautiful too!

If you want some new products to create with on these hot Summer days when it’s better to stay inside in the AC…this release is just the thing you need!

When you tap or click on my links to see these products you’re going to get a surprise! Cindy@Starlitstudio has been VERY busy and her new store is up and running with new products being added again! Yay! So excited! It’s beautiful! Be sure to click on the STR abbreviation to check it out!

Thank you so much for stopping by and happy cardmaking to you!

Memory Box – CL5280D Gracious Floral… [ STR \| SSS \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 88620 Gracious Floral… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – EF1026 Gracious Floral… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2427 Lattice Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2523 Birthday Wishes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1013 Madras Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1021 Magnolia Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1012 Spring Plaid 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ 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 – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Waffle Flower Crafts – Blending Brushes [ SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Small Detail Flat… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · LOVE · Memory Box · Valentine

Memory Box Heart Ring Stack Card…

January 25, 2023January 31, 2023 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! I always have to make some CAS (clean and simple) Valentine cards. All my favorite things in an easy card!

I love traditional stamping and paper bits! Using up some scraps…and the white border almost like white embossing on kraft!

I had good luck with photos today! Another dreary day. My Nikon likes dreary I guess…more than I do for sure! ugh

I always love adding this lightweight MayArts jute too…

The cardstock I’m using is from Hobby Lobby…their extra heavyweight kraft. I love it but this ream must be cut wrong because it curves. I need to put it under a stack of books! I still love it though! ❤

What are your favorite colors for Valentines? It’s kinda fun to mix it up a little but it seems I don’t stray far from kraft, white, black and of course RED!

That’s it for my pictures! lol Holler if you have any questions. oh, I did mount it with my favorite thin mounting tape. I use scor-tape on the back to hold the pieces in place first.

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

The Card Concept – Winter Cocoa

The Paper Funday Challenge – anything goes

Word Art Wednesday – anything goes

Yay! I have two more Valentine cards to post this week. I’ll get ’em up tomorrow!

Thank you so much for stopping by and hope this sweet, simple card makes you smile! oh, It’s A2 size!

Dies and Supplies I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94662 Heart Ring Stack… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5252 Big and Little… [ STR ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap… [ SSS \| STR ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]
Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS ]
Honey Bee Stamps – Birthday Bliss… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Cutting Pad – Standard – 1… [ SBC ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| 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 ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Valentine

4 Cards with the NEW poppystamps and Memory Box Releases…

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! How are you? December was a wild month for me, glorious but busy! ❤ Here I am, back on the blog! lol

Big Hugs to you and I hope you had a Beautiful Christmas and are looking forward to a happy cardmaking New Year! I am!

I love hearts! No surprise since my blog name! This NEW Heartfelt Pinpoint Frame from poppystamps makes me happy! I cut strips from Memory Box 6×6 cardstock paper pad scraps. I loved that I was able to use some of the strips that are left after making A2 size cards! It was really easy to use the different tones to inlay the hearts and I love how it turned out! YAY!

Two lengths of 2 inch Scor-tape on the back to hold the hearts in place.

I kept it really clean and simple because I didn’t want to cover up the hearts!

For the sentiment I used the poppystamps You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies from the Spring release.

I added some brown twine to finish it off and adhered it to a white A2 size cardbase with my favorite thin mounting tape.

This NEW poppystamps release has three coordinating products in it. My first card uses the die, my second the stencil. There’s also a Hot Foil Plate but I didn’t get that used for this post.

Now I’m thinking I should’ve embossed this next card’s panel with the die after I stenciled! I liked it so well after I inked it though, I was happy! lol

Here I used the NEW poppystamps Criss Cross Heart Stencil that coordinates with the Heartfelt Pinpoint Frame die.

I used the NEW poppystamps Vintage Scalloped Heart dies on top of the NEW Memory Box Pinpoint Burst Heart die.

I used watercolor papers that I’d painted with Fired Brick and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks.

The LOVE sentiment is the NEW Love You Gallery Script die from Memory Box.

Let’s Connect is from poppystamps Contempo Greetings stamp and die set.

From cute to cuter! The hearts needed some critters! I love the cute fox and beaver additions!

I couldn’t help but add a little strip of one of the plaids I haven’t used yet from the Memory Box Jolly Christmas 6×6 pad I love this one for Valentines!

I used two whittle stamp sets for the sentiment on this card…Whittle Everyday for the all you need part and Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments for the word fox.

I trimmed the Whittle Tree Border die to get the three trees.

Whittle Happy Fox and Whittle Sleepy Fox are die cut in white, colored with Copics and edges inked with inky ink blending brushes.

Black multiliner in the crease lines.

Beavers are always popular for Valentines, have you noticed? I guess they go around stealing heart! hoho

I used the Whittle Beaver for this card…die cut in white and colored and ink the same as the fox.

I had to embellish it with one of the NEW poppystamps Teardrop Butterflies! What charming images they are!

The NEW poppystamps Vintage Scalloped Heart used again here with Red and White cardstocks.

Sentiment from Contempo Greetings again, white heat embossed on Memory Box Black glossy cardstock.

All four cards are A2 size.

I hope I didn’t forget too much! Email me if you have any questions!

Thank you so much for stopping by! I still have some Christmas to post and some birthdays too! eek! And January is a big birthday month for our family.

I hope I’m not the only one shaking my head that 2022 is already moving right a long into 2023! I have so many things I want to make…is that you too? ❤

ttul,

Supplies I used on my cards…

Poppystamps – 2524 Heartfelt Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – PSF804 You Are Amazing… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – T103 Criss Cross Heart… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94639 Pinpoint Burst… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2562 Vintage Scalloped… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94636 Love You Gallery… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2561 Teardrop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8160 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design CONTEMPO GREETINGS… [ SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2416 Whittle Happy Fox… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2210 Whittle Sleepy Fox… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2424 Whittle Tree… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2414 Whittle Beaver… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL484 Whittle Everyday… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR ]
Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Waffle Flower Crafts – Blending Brushes [ SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Celeste Snowflake, Snowflake Trio and Plate Card…

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello everyone! More snowflakes in the air and on my blog today! Free air conditioning when you open the door here in Iowa! haha

I started my card with the NEW Memory Box Celeste Plate and two colors of pink cardstock. I used Cupcake and Pink Champagne. I’ll link below.

I inlaid the pieces but you could just as easy glue one color over the top of the other and forgo laying in the pieces.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Celeste Snowflake in silver foil/mirror cardstock and the outline in white cardstock. Super easy.

Then it took awhile to decide where to put everything on this A2 size panel! lol

I needed a sentiment so I pulled out this Memory Box Joy Posh Script die that was new last year. It’s beautiful and feminine and fit the direction this card was taking me!

I’m getting a lot of mileage out of this NEW Memory Box Classic Pair of Ice Skates die. Here they are again embellishing the snowflake theme I have going.

I LOVE that there’s a NEW Memory Box Celeste Snowflake Trio die to complement the large Celeste Snowflake and Celeste Plate! So I die cut them in white and glued them directly to the panel.

Some Silver pearls in the centers to bring in the silver element in the design again. I did white first but changed to silver…done!

well almost! Here’s the inside! I remembered!

The NEW Memory Box Sweet Christmas stamp set to match the Posh Script Joy die on the front. I love matching sentiments!

I also die cut the NEW Memory Box Alpine Snowflakes die and glued them inside. Jazzed it up a little. They are similar in design to the Celeste snowflakes so if you like to layer flakes, they work for that too!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy dreaming of creating all the things! eek! How’d we get to November already anyway! ttul!

Links to the products I used on my card today…

Memory Box – 94699 Celeste Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94697 Celeste Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94705 Celeste Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94591 Joy Posh Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94674 Classic Pair of… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94680 Alpine Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Archival… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12 [ STR ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Switch Plus Machine… [ SBC ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]