Clean and Simple Baby Cards…

May 18, 2026May 18, 2026 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Two fun clean and simple cards to share with you! I was inspired by a card I’d saved some time ago but no markings on the photo so I’m not sure where I found it! Some place that had a stitched plaid cloud anyway!

I recreated the plaid cloud with an old Hero Arts graph type wood mounted stamp and a cloud die.

I cut the BABY out of a clear stamp set. lol The large Baby is from another clear set and the word shower is from a Lawn Fawn set!

The stitched rectangle dies are from Lawn Fawn.

My daughters needed baby cards so I set to work! It took me longer looking for stamps that would work than it did to make the two cards! lol

I love how they turned out!

All the baby stuff I’ve ever purchased is now out in a pile on the floor ready for what they need next! Whispering this but believe it or not, I’d had the excuse to shop even though I don’t need a thing!

Super fun news though! Our family is GROWING again! So excited! Babies are so SO wonderful!

Linking to some Card Challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple May 2026 – clean and simple

Word Power May 2026 – focus on sentiments

Try it on Tuesday – Keep it simple

Thank you so much for stopping by and sharing the joy of creating with me!

ttul!

Alexandra Renke · Birthday · cards · copics · Cottage Cutz · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Lawn Fawn · Masculine · Memory Box · Paper Smooches · Poppystamps · Waffleflower Crafts · WPlus9

Birthday Cards for guys and boys….

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! Birthday cards galore today! Keep scrolling…lots of pictures. Not much text!

Coffee is always a hit if you’re a coffee drinker!

Getting some mileage out of this Hat set from Stampin Up!

Here’s a short, short video of how this card works. The color is better in the video too. Give it a second to load to full resolution.

Another hat card with a fishing theme…

Another coffee card!

Coffee has a big job! hahahahahahaha

Fishing has been an almost daily occurrence around here!

The vest is a pattern from WPlus9.com

This is the Lawn Fawn Platform Pop up die made up with the new Dog collection from Doodlebug Designs. The front….

the back…

from the top to kinda see down in….

And last but not least… this is my newest hobby and it’s yummy! I finally bought a stand mixer and boy am I having fun baking!

Here it is in action making bread! Another super short video.

Ready to stick in the oven!

I guess I didn’t take pictures of these two loaves done! They’re really good!

Today I need to do some laundry though so I better stop talking!

I’ll link up the products that I used, that I can find, below!

Thanks so much for stopping by! I’d love to know if you bake bread too!

Shopping links…

Alexandra Renke craft dies – Coffee… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2541 Whittle Cocoa with… [ STR ]	Waffle Flower Crafts Horizontal… [ SBC ]
Memory Box – 94341 Vintage Varsity… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2364 Happy Birthday… [ STR ]	offset sayings: birthday \| Lawn Fawn [ LWN ]
CottageCutz Fishing Set Shape (4×4)… [ SCR ]	Doodlebug – Doggone Cute Collection [ STR ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Interactive · Lawn Fawn · Pop up card · Snowman · Winter

Lawn Fawn Snowball Fight Platform Pop-Up Interactive Card…

March 11, 2023March 13, 2023 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I have an end of Winter card to share today! Maybe an end to Winter… haha!

I made this for our youngest grandson’s 8th birthday…he loves the outdoors!

Linking to Lawn Fawnatics Challenge 144 – All Things Birthday

I started by making the platform pop-up. I LOVE Lawn Fawn’s interactive die sets! They are so meticulously made AND made in the USA! I have used this set so many times since I purchased it…best purchase ever! It’s even easy to walk the kids through making it!

It always takes me a little time deciding what to use. I made a set using Doodlebug Design stickers after seeing one of their design team members cards… So so cute!

Kelly from Lawn Fawn always makes excellent videos for walking you through construction too! I was totally inspired by the LF team in creating this card. The how to put the Platform Pop-up together video is HERE.

I stamped with Tuxedo Black Memento ink and colored with sketch copic markers. White gel pen for accenting here and there.

For the snow hills I used the curved borders from the LF Shadow Box Card and Shadow Box Card Theather Add-on. Trimming them to fit the front and inside.

The sign on the front is from the Berry Special stamp set and die set.

The pattern paper I used is from LF also… I don’t see it in the store anymore though.

I know I’ve shown this before in my other posts but I love how easy it collapses and fits in an A6 or A7 envelope!

You can collapse it either up or down!

The kids love it! I love it! ❤

I hope you’re inspired to try it! Thank you so much for stopping by twice this week! I appreciate it!

Shopping links to the products I used to make this card… click on the abbreviations below the item to take you to a store! Thank you! No extra cost to you! (I see some are out of stock but I left them in for when they come back in stock)

Platform Pop-Up Lawn Cut – Lawn Fawn [ ACH \| SBC \| SSS ]	Platform Pop-Up Add-On Lawn Cuts -… [ ACH \| SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Clear Photopolymer Stamps… [ SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers and Sets [ BLIC \| SSS \| TE ]
Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS \| ACH \| STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	double-sided tape holder – holds… [ STR ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS \| ACH ]	Honey Bee Stamps – Birthday Bliss… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · MFT · Snowman · Winter

MFT Cash Card Kit Birthday Card…

January 16, 2023January 16, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Super fun birthday cards today.

I couldn’t resist using the cash card kit again. This is the third one and I have a short video to share of it and I’ll post a picture of the first two I made with the kit also.

Here’s the back… I signed it back here and stamped the date.

Then I have this bag die that fits a card so I die cut it in heavy printer paper and decorated it with Doodlebug Washi Tape…it was hand delivered. It fits all the way down in, I just left it up for the picture.

Here’s a video of it…tap/click to enlarge to get the full resolution/sharpness! ❤ It’s better quality on Instagram if you want to click over… It should let you watch without making an account.

HERE

ok – I see what the deal is with the video… you have to click the sliders and choose high quality after you click the outside bracket symbol to the far bottom right to enlarge it. ugh. I wish it would just load it at a decent size and quality to watch without clicking! But that’s tech for you, always thinking they’re making it better and we’re just clicking, clicking! waaahhh! rme. Then you have to hit the play arrow in the bottom left corner and if you want to replay it, hit the curved arrow in the same corner! That’s my computer anyway. I’ll check it on the phone.

Here’s a picture of the first two I made for the two of our grandsons with birthdays in December. I didn’t even take a picture of the back I guess. December turns into a blur around here!

The kids are loving these cards! I’ll link to what I used below!

Thanks for stopping by and holler if you have any questions!

Thank you for shopping through my links! I truly do appreciate it!

I used an old Memory Box die from 2016, Snowflake Ring #99494. It’s 3.3 x 3.3 inches. This die, HERE, would work, you could cover the flowers with snowflakes! It’s the same size. HERE’S the Circle Category if you’d want to check out the possibilities! or this new one HERE might work!

Washi Tape HERE

The Bag die I used for the envelope is HERE

My Favorite Things MONEY CARD Dies… [ SSS \| MFT ]	Lawn Fawn – Christmas – Lawn Cuts -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	My Favorite Things CHRISTMAS… [ SSS \| MFT ]
My Favorite Things BIRTHDAY CASH… [ SSS \| MFT ]	Price Tag – MFT Stamps [ MFT \| SSS ]	My Favorite Things FEELIN’ FESTIVE… [ SSS \| MFT ]
My Favorite Things LIP BALM Shaker… [ SSS \| MFT ]	Smooth White Card Stock – MFT Stamps [ MFT ]	Caribbean Sea Card Stock – MFT Stamps [ MFT ]
Tropical Teal Prestige Card Stock [ MFT ]	Ripe Raspberry Card Stock – MFT Stamps [ MFT ]	Wild Cherry Card Stock – MFT Stamps [ MFT ]
My Favorite Things CARIBBEAN SEA… [ SSS \| MFT ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Doodlebug Washi Tape – Let It Snow [ STR ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Lawn Fawn · Mini Slim Card · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Wreath Building

Simon Says Stamp October Release!

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Pam Sparks7 Comments

NEW! NEW! NEW! Welcome to my blog post today introducing a new stamp from the Simon Says Stamp Cozy Hugs Release.

When this stamp came in the mail… I was stunned with the size but loved the bold print of it and challenged with what I would do!

So I put it in the MISTI and started inking with Lawn Fawn Ink Cubes, Lobster and Artichoke. I tore some scrap paper squares to kinda mask off but finally just ended up wiping off if I got ink where I didn’t want it.

I LOVE it! ❤

Fortunately I thought to snap a phone picture before I chopped it in half! (sorry it’s blurry, ugh, I only took one)

It’s just everything traditional Christmas to me! lol

I used a wide ruler to try to decide WHERE to cut it in half…finally realized there was no rhyme nor reason to where!

I ended up with two Mini Slimline size cards.

This one I just stamped a sentiment right over the design. Happy Christmas from the SSS Inside Christmas Greetings stamp set.

The second I tried gold heat embossing directly on the design but it didn’t show up as well as I thought it would.

I heat embossed a piece of vellum and positioned it directly over the direct to card embossed sentiment.

Now I wonder if I shouldn’t have added some gems or something but you know me… I err on the side of clean and simple!

Are you looking forward to Christmas creating or have you already started? This release has some wonderful things in it!

Tired to catch the gold embossing in the picture a little better.

I had fun making these!

I hope you’ll check out the new release. Thank you for clicking from my blog…if you click from somewhere else but want me to get credit, be sure to come back to my blog and click again. I appreciate it so much and thank you from the bottom of my cardmaking loving heart! ❤

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s what I used to make this card…click on the letters SSS in the grid below…use code ‘cozy’ to get a free die with a $75 order!

Simon Says Cling Stamps PAINTED… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn CANDY STORE Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn SUNDAY BRUNCH Ink Cube Pack… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ]	Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn VELLUM 8.5 x 11 Translucent… [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Cardstock 100#… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Envelopes SLIMLINE… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]	3M Scotch PINK ATG ADVANCED TAPE… [ SSS ]