poppystamps NEW Whittle Happy Unicorn (horse today) Barn Easel Card…

January 21, 2022January 20, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s freezin season but the sun is shining and it’s warm enough for me in the house! haha

poppystamps came out with this NEW Whittle Happy Unicorn die and I wasn’t in a unicorn mood after I die cut in white I guess. I decided to try an inked Distress Ink unicorn that ended up a horse! lol

Then I remembered the poppystamps Country Barn Pop Up Easel die set and I was off after two other starts!

I had some fun with the Memory Box Heart Streamer Globe die. It was one of my starts but I decided not to use it this time but then I decided to cut the streamers off and use them on the barn! Barns always need embellished, right?!

I’m pretty tickled with how it turned out. I took a bunch of pictures hoping they show what I did.

I made a little stand for the tufts of grass die cuts cut in TE Peapod cardstock and that whole piece with the horse lays down on the inside when you fold it up.

The horse is kinda like a second easel…

A strip of cardstock that I scored at ¼ in, glued the grass and then the horse to the ¼ inch part.

The sentiment, from the poppystamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments clear stamp set, is heat embossed on Taylored Expressions Cherry Pop cardstock with Lawn Fawn white embossing powder.

I put the easel together just like it shows on the back of the package. I have to look every time! lol

It folds flat to fit in the envelope…

I’m not sure who I’ll send this too but hopefully someone that loves horses!

Holler if you have any questions!

Now back to the other two starts and see if they go anywhere! There’s another new unicorn set with smaller unicorns and rainbows. Cute!

Thank you for stopping by today! We’re headed toward Valentines Day at a gallop! haha

ttul!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…thank you for using my links to shop. (SSS code for $5 off – LVEYU842)

Poppystamps – 2370 Whittle Unicorn… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94558 Heart Streamer… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2443 Country Barn Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2342 Little Bit of Turf… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR \| SSS ]	New MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER 6×7… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Marshmallow [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| TE \| ACH ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS \| ACH \| BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Easel · Interactive · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Cabin Snowglobe Pop Up Easel Card…

November 15, 2021 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m so in love with this set! I copied and made it like the photo on the package! lol I was making it for card kits so I just copied to skip the design process… Thank you Dave/poppystamps for designing and inspiring our cardmaking! ❤

So much potential though, for beautiful Winter cards! I know I”ll have to make it again and again with other dies too! I can see a snowman in the picture, can’t you? a sleigh? laughing all the way… brrrr lol

I have a lot of pictures because my camera does better on an overcast day…or maybe it’s me that does better on an overcast day! haha

On the back of the packaging are pictures of how it goes together. I’ve made a lot of easel cards but I still have to look to remember how these go together. Very easy.

I love being able to display cards. I use mine for decorating the mantel until I have to mail them!

The Warmest Wishes sentiment is from Memory Box Festive Christmas Greetings clear stamp set. So many good sentiment sets anymore from Memory Box and poppystamps…I love it when I can match the front with the inside!

The easel will lay down flat and then into an A2 envelope! So nice! I’m sitting here looking at it wishing I could show you IRL! lol

So festive and beautiful! I love making for Christmas! I hope you’re inspired! Have a good week and I’ll talk to you later!

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

Poppystamps – 2470 Cabin Snowglobe… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94610 Holly Bundle craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5273D Festive… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box Clear Stamps FESTIVE… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR ]	Sunny Studio Stamps – Embossing… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Memory Box – GP1004 Frosted Glitter Pad [ STR \| SSS ]	A2 Envelopes [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]	The Rabbit Hole Designs COTTONTAIL… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Interactive · My Scrap Chick · Scan and Cut · Summer

My Scrap Chick Beach Box Card…

September 14, 2021September 14, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! Another end of Summer interactive card to share! I guess I’m loving these box cards. This file came from My Scrap Chick. com.

I use a Scan and Cut so I have to change the SVG file to work on it. I follow a video that’s really easy! I have to watch it every time though because I don’t cut files very often. Mostly I use it to cut out stamped images if I don’t have matching dies. Comment or email me if you want a link to the video.

This turned out so cute! The file is actually called Guy Bird Tubing but I needed it to be a girl! Simple fix… I cut a narrow strip of cardstock and put it through the holes on the light pink piece and made straps for her bathing suit!

We’re still having some hot days here in Iowa so that lemonade looks so refreshing!

hahahaha I added some white lines and dots with a white gel pen.

I used some old Bazzil cardstock and some Taylored Expressions cardstock. Cookie Monster for the bird and Confetti Cake for the box.

It folds flat so easily and slips into an A2 envelope. The file comes with an envelope you can cut but I resized it way too big! I was glad to find out it fit in a regular size A2.

Totally charming! lol This file comes with a short assembly video too… amazing how the gal designed it to fit together seamlessly!

On the back I wrote, “we think you’re beachy keen”! lol

Thank you for stopping by today!

Yesterday was stressful…I had to update the operating system on this computer. Safari cut me off to where I couldn’t log in to my blog! Fortunately everything is working ok… I almost panicked because it didn’t look like photoshop elements was going to open but it finally did. whew. I lost all the mail I had saved in folders in my mail program though. I guess I was tooooo far behind in updating and it acted like it was a new computer! So I will just type my name here today because I don’t have the html code saved in an email anymore in my blog folder. Five years of stuff, gone. boo. I am working on another system for saving stuff!!!

ttul!

Pam

Here’s what I used…

TE Premium Cardstock

[ TE ]

Guy Bird Tubing Box Card – My Scrap…

[ MSC ]

Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12

[ STR ]

And there’s a great sale at Scrapbook.com! We ALWAYS LOVE free shipping! hehe Tons of stamps, dies and more!

Birthday · cards · CC Designs · copics · Cottage Cutz · Die Piecing · Interactive · Masculine · MFT · Summer

Cutest Birthday Card of the Year….One of Them Anyway…hahaha

August 31, 2021August 31, 2021 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! This box card makes me so happy! I love it so much! So fun to color and put together! Making a card like this is like starting out on a journey and you’re not quite sure where you’ll end up! lol ❤

This card was for one of our grandsons, Cedryk. Not curly blonde hair but just as cute! ❤

Our grandsons found the new show Adventure Agents a year or so ago and boy have they had fun! When I asked Ced what he wanted for his birthday card this year he told me a boy cutting down trees! I said, “ok”…told myself not to panic yet… lol Came home and started looking through the stash and thinking! This is where I ended up and I was thrilled! YAY! So thankful to have this cardmaking challenge to keep me smiling!

So here’s some more pictures!

I stamped, cut him out by hand and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Timber!!!!

from the side… I had to trim down the MFT grass dies to fit.

a little bit more of the perspective/depth…

It folds flat to fit in an envelope! YAY!

I hope he made you smile… thank you for stopping by my blog! I love sharing my cards with you!

P.S. be watching…tonight central time… 11 p.m. (12 a.m. Eastern) is the NEW Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Release! I have a card to share on Thursday for the StAMPtember Blog Party… it’s a Christmas card! So come back and I appreciate it so much when you shop through my links! THANK YOU!

Here’s what I used that I have links for…

Lumberjack Guys Clear Stamp Set -… [ CCD ]	My Favorite Things OUTSIDE THE BOX… [ SSS \| MFT ]	My Favorite Things OUTSIDE THE BOX… [ SSS \| MFT ]
Taller Than Trees \| Steel Crafting… [ TCH ]	Shop – Ink, Paint & Markers – Copic… [ TE \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Hello Bluebird · Interactive · Lawn Fawn · Masculine · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Pop up card · Summer · Video

Hello Bluebird Fishin’ Hole Shadowbox Card…

August 17, 2021October 7, 2021 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Meet me at the fishin’ hole! It’s a beautiful day! lol Here’s the card I made for our grandson Corrin who just turned 12! He loves to fish with Grandpa!

I saved this idea from Instagram/designs by mommajean when I saw it last year. So much fun! I made the video after I gave it to Corrin and he showed me that it looked like the fish were swimming when you bend it back and forth! ❤

I didn’t have a shadowbox die set that would work for what I wanted to do so I had to make this up as I went. No instructions, just some Math! lol

Stamps and dies from Hello Bluebird, Memory Box and Lawn Fawn. I’ll link below.

I stamped, die cut the images and colored with Copic Sketch markers. Since alcohol marker ink saturates through to the back side, I die cut a piece of white cardstock to glue behind the colored images.

Bushes and grass dies in the background from Hello Bluebird…

I took a lot of pictures!

Memory Box dies for the greens and coral in the water…

I used a piece of acetate to cover the opening…

Distress Oxide inks for the blues and sandy shore…

Corrin really liked it and the money in the envelope too! lol

Thank you for stopping by! ttul

Here’s what I used…

Fishin’ Hole Stamp – Hello Bluebird, LLC [ HLL ]	Fishin’ Hole Die – Hello Bluebird, LLC [ HLL ]	Pond Builder Die – Hello Bluebird, LLC [ HLL ]
Memory Box – 94561 Kelp Collage craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94562 Bubble Coral… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94563 Deepwater Collage… [ STR \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Shop – Ink, Paint & Markers – Copic… [ TE \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper… [ SSS ]