Memory Box Glorious Gerber Daisies and Kensington Border cards…

May 22, 2014May 22, 2014 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Glorious Gerbers indeed! I love these flower dies from Memory Box! I will be posting later next week about the Great Yosemite Stamp Escape but in the meantime, here’s a couple cards I made up while working out what cards to teach.

I pieced in the Distress Dots Memory Box Signature pattern papers for the flower petals. I like to leave the pieces in the die and use the Quikstik to place them them in the holes, easier to keep track of the pieces and faster too!

Memory Box Kraft A-2 notecard for the base, edged with Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

Just can’t get enough of the Kensington Border die! Love it!

I inked up just the ‘happy birthday’ words from the Happy Birthday Special Combo stamp and stamped them on the poppystamps classic ribbon border die and layered it up.
Here’s a little bit different version…

and since I couldn’t decide if I liked one photo better than the other…

Some little purple baby pearls on the border die cut, wish I’d remembered to do that on the first card before photos! lol If you don’t have purple, you can always color white ones with your Copic markers!

Hemp on the first card and Lawn Fawn trimmings on the second.

THANKS for visiting today!

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cards · Distress Ink coloring · Distress Stains · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Spring · Stencils · Techniques

Memory Box Stencils and Dies…

May 12, 2014May 12, 2014 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! There is a Stencil Blog Blitz going on over on the Memory Box Blog, HERE. Every day there is a chance to win a stencil, just by leaving a comment on the blog post each day.

In today’s post, Laura is showing the Pop Dots Stencil. I have a card made with it and the poppystamps Mod Flower Background die matches up with it perfectly! I embossed the stencil by running a piece of card-stock through the big shot, then laying the stencil back over the embossed piece as a mask, I used several colors of Distress Stains to color the circles…Spun Sugar, Peeled Paint, Barn Door and Broken China.

Then I added a banner cut with poppystamps Classic Ribbons die, I stamped on it with a Memory Box Washi Chevron stamp and Wishing You a Happy Day stamps

Some Doodlebug Sequins to embellish and then glued together with Tombow Mono Multi glue.

I posted a stencil card on the Memory Box Blog for the Blog Blitz on Saturday, using the Texture, Line Up stencil, Delphinium and Stems mini stencils from the Garden collection.

I inked through the stencils with Distress Inks and the new Round Ink Blending Tools. (they are awesome by the way!)

Then I cut the Rhone Butterfly Wings die in the panel and layered Lagoon card-stock under it.

The Blooming Branch die is glued on behind the Classic Ribbons Banner and the word FLEUR is cut with the new Urban Uppercase Alphabet die set.

And I have found that I LOVE to spatter! Two colors of spray mist spattered on the panel. Shake the mists side to side to mix, unscrew the cap and tap with your finger to spatter the ink off the tube. Works great!

I used my Perfect Layers mini Rulers and Cutting mat to cut the mat for the floral scene. Link over on the right… love these rulers!

I have more cards to post and photos and cards from the Great Yosemite Stamp Escape too! I’ll be back soon!

Thanks for stopping by, it’s good to be back. I have missed you ALL!

p.s. I still haven’t been able to get Google to recover my You Tube Channel. It’s so discouraging. This is for sure one time when technology is not my friend. boo.

There is one video on my blog Facebook page though. I wish I’d loaded them all to FB! Who’d a thunk!

Supplies I used on these cards…

Blog Hop · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps

Perfect Paper Crafting and Simple Stories Blog Hop…

April 7, 2014April 13, 2014 Pam Sparks34 Comments

WELCOME to Day One of our Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Hop with Simple Stories. I’m starting the week long hop here on my blog. The other PPC and SS gals will have a post on another day of the week. Check in on the Perfect Paper Crafting Blog each day, April 7 – 12, for what two blogs to visit!

Prizes!!! * A set of Perfect Paper Crafting Rulers and a Simple Stories Paper Collection! Comment on the blog posts all week for a chance to win!

My first card today, I colored the cut from the Joyful Bouquet die by Memory Box with Copic Sketch markers. Then I colored the flower centers and some of the stems with the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush marker. (forgot to take a close up to see the sparkle) I kept the negative/waste part and pieced it back in like I did on this card, in this post HERE.

I trimmed it down, matted it with black card-stock and the Perfect Layers Mini Rulers ⅛ inch ruler and layered it on SS Lookin’ Good card-stock trimmed down to an A6 size card. I also used one of the label stickers and the circle heart chipboard sticker from the DIY Boutique Collection.

Challenges…
Stampin’ for the Weekend wants to see Spring Colors

Enjoy! it’s a beautiful day! On this card I used the Perfect Layers Mini Rulers ⅛ inch ruler to mat SS Newspaper card-stock to white card-stock and then to an A2 size kraft card base. I colored the SS enjoy sticker with Copic Sketch markers to get a closer match to the card-stock I used for the leaves in the die cuts. The sentiment is cut from the SS Who’s To Say card-stock and layered to one of the pieces from the SS Card Foundations pack. I used the Memory Box Sophia Bloom dies to cut and layer up the flower border.

“Let’s Do This”… what a cute sticker. We like to ride bikes and take pictures… so it was fun to make a card with the SS bike, flower and butterfly chipboard stickers and poppystamps Cinema Film Strip die. I added the SS heart talk bubble sticker and a couple more behind the film strip. I used the Perfect Layers Mini Rulers ⅛ inch ruler to mat SS Chevron card-stock (the back side) to white card-stock, then to SS Polka card-stock and then to a 5 ½ inch square white card base.

“You Are My Anchor”, I cut the sentiment from the SS Who’s To Say card-stock. SS Anchor chipboard, some twine, a SS circle heart chipboard sticker and Memory Box Big Splash Border die at the bottom. This card uses the back side of the SS Outside the Box card-stock sheet and a narrow strip from the SS Herringbone sheet.

A cute “just a note” SS typewriter chipboard, some super sweet heart chipboard circles, a card foundation (I added the white stitching lines), a frame from the Freeze Frame sheet matted with the 1/16th in Perfect Mini Layers Ruler, a couple sticker labels and this and that word stickers. A2 size card.

The last one! hehe A 4 ½ in. square card with the cute little SS Chipboard telephone sticker and word stickers. The frame is from the SS Freeze Frame sheet, I used the 1/16th in. Perfect Mini Layers Ruler to mat it and layer it on a SS Polka square of card-stock. I used one of the blooms from the Memory Box Sophia Bloom set in the corner.

No stamps!!! eek! can you believe it! I missed them while creating these though. Paper is fun but I love my stamps! At least I worked in some dies. Simple Stories pattern paper, stickers and chipboard make cute and fun cards though and it was challenging for me to use pattern paper again! I love a challenge! : )

So happy to promote Perfect Paper Crafting! I LOVE my Perfect Layers Rulers and Mini Rulers. The mat is awesome too! Smooth and easy cutting every time! Be sure to use my code, Sparks5%, when you shop the PPC store.

Hop over to Simple Stories blog to see their FABULOUS work! Comment here and there for a chance to win one of the prizes being given away at the end of the hop! Enjoy the week of inspiration! Thanks for visiting my blog and happy creating!

Supplies I used to create these cards…

cards · copics · Easter · Memory Box · Spring

Memory Box Blog Blitz week…

March 24, 2014April 13, 2014 Pam Sparks29 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s Blog BLITZ week on the Memory Box blog all week! Two posts and TWO chances to win each day! Inspiration and prizes! YAY!

For my post today, I’m using NEW dies, a NEW stencil and a couple dies from the January release too!

I embossed the NEW Distressed Tula Stencil by running it through the Big Shot on Kraft card-stock. I inked it with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool. Layered this piece to a 4 3/4 x 6 inch white card base.

I die cut and embossed the NEW Bountiful Basket die from Kraft card-stock and inked it with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool too. LOVE this basket… it’s going to be cool for so many things!

I die cut and embossed the NEW Blushing Bouquet die from Dill card-stock and then again in Sweet Corn card-stock for the flower part of the die. I ran the Sweet Corn flowers back through again to emboss them.

While the flowers are still in the die… I shaded them with a little more color using two Copic Sketch Markers…Y13 and Y15.

I love adding greenery to flower arrangements…so the search through dies begins for the right leaves! I love this NEW Beach Sprig die, it adds a whimsical, sprinkly, spronkly feel to the card. I cut it from Meadow card-stock.

Then I needed some larger leaves so I used the Slender Leaves die in the basket and an end piece from the Norwich Corner die with the loose flower, both cut in Dill card-stock. I love using pieces of dies to finish things off.. just makes me happy! : )

The single flower is one of the dies in the Botanic Frame set. Perfect match!

I needed a table doily… so to speak! *grin* Enter the Holly Holiday Frame Set. Love it! So dainty and pretty… love the little flower it cuts out in the corner… wouldn’t it be sweet pieced back in with a color card-stock! Another card idea!

And then…back to this NEW release…check out this NEW Plush Bow die cut in Lavender card-stock. A darling addition to the basket of flowers…feels like Spring/Easter for sure!

I think that pretty much covers the details for my card… holler if you have any questions!

Click over to the Memory Box Blog and comment on the blitz posts!

***Linking to some challenges…
Moxie Fab World – Styling with Stencils Challenge
Crazy 4 Challenges – Shake your Thing

ttul!

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Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Impression Obsession · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Techniques · Tutorials · Winter

NEW Memory Box Darling Poppies die and Impression Obsession dies…

March 21, 2014March 27, 2014 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Another NEW die from the Spring and Summer release, called Darling Poppies. I love this sweet image and thought it’d make a great CAS just thinking of you today card.

Here’s what I did…

Die cut the Darling Poppies die in the front of an A-2 size white notecard. You will need to keep a few of the white pieces to put back in.

Then die cut the Darling Poppies die two more times from Memory Box Meadow Green and Cranberry card-stock… by the way, die piecing is a great way to use up scraps! YAY!

Turn the white card with the die cut hole over so the back side is facing up.

Place the green outline cut in the hole right side facing down.

Then put in the larger white piece that is between the stems, right side down.

Then using scotch tape or packing tape, tape over the back so there will be sticky on the front.

Turn the white card front, right side up.

Finish filling in the spaces with the flower petals and the three white teeny pieces.

End result…a lovely notecard to ‘snail’ mail!

*** Linking to…
The Paper Players Challenge – Clean and Simple Spring
Cards in Envy – Anything Goes with an A2 size card

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I’ve had these two Winter cards waiting for me to just glitter the trees and finish!!! ugh. I don’t know why I procrastinate getting the glitter out! I got all these trees glittered without making a terrible mess! YAY!

Anyway, I needed a Winter scene swap card for stamp club last Friday…our January swap theme was a Winter Scene card but we had to cancel our January meeting because of the below zero cold. Then we had to cancel our February meeting because of snow! March is our catch up month… so finally… the two dreaded glitter cards are done and it wasn’t so bad after-all!

What a bummer though… can you see the glitter in the photos even????? grrrrr… lol

Love this sweet sledding die and snow laden tree dies … from Impression Obsession…links below in the supplies links. Background stamp is from Hero Arts and the sentiment from Papertrey Ink. Layers cut with my Perfect Layers Tools and Mat… links below or in the sidebar. Videos about them under the header.

*** Linking to…
The Card Concept – Clean and Layering, Create a birthday card

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Same trees and stamps again and added the Impression Obsession bunnies. Ranger Black enamel for the eyes.

The glitter I used is Winter White from the Art Institute Glittering System. I put sheets of double sided adhesive on my card-stock before I die cut the trees. After they were die cut, I peeled off the protective sheet, poured glitter on them, layed a scrap paper over the glitter and rubbed it in. Shook off the extra glitter and put it back in the jar. It’s a really fine, pretty glitter.

Oh, the hill die cuts are from Papertrey Ink.

*** Linking to…
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge – Glitter it!

Whew… back to flowers and Easter now! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll talk to you later!

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