Paper Smooches, Memory Box and Perfect Layers Tools News…

March 30, 2013March 30, 2013 Pam Sparks13 Comments

With ME!

That’s what I need to put on the inside! : ) and Happy Spring! Super cute Paper Smooches stamps and dies. Graffiti Alphabet stamps and Alphawhimsy Alphabet dies… the stamps don’t quite work perfectly with the dies but with a little ‘adjusting’ I used them together for ‘Tulips’! I stamped on Hammermill 80# Color Copy Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I stamped the tulip letters in Tumbled Glass Distress ink.

I store my Paper Smooches stamps in the sheet protectors I linked to below. They are 8.5 x 11, fit in a D ring binder and hold three sets on each page (I do have to trim a little of the acetate so they fit, big scissors, whack it off! lol)… so easy to flip through for inspiration!

Sky and Grass are Distress inks… Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint, applied with the ink blending tool.

Black mat for the main image cut with the Perfect Layers Tools 1/8 inch ruler! Awesome every time! Link below or in the sidebar.

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Every month there will be a couple blog hops with the PLT’s DT and another company… we’re starting this coming Monday, April 1st, no foolin’ with a hop. Lots of fun and prizes too! woohoo! Be sure to click ‘follow ‘ in the sidebar so you’ll get my email update right at 8 a.m. when the hop starts! ❤ ❤ ❤

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I have a Memory Box card to share today too! It shows the mats/layers cut with the Perfect Layer’s Tools also. I used the 1/16th inch and 1/8th inch rulers.

Lovely Bella Bouquet die…delicate lines and embossed flowers…an awesome die! I paired it with Fresh Foliage then added one of the Pastry dies and the Tessatina Border. The text ‘flowers’ is part of a new Memory Box stamp, inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink! Sneak Peak! : )

How about a super close up picture! Bella Bouquet is cut out of meadow and raspberry Memory Box card-stock. I cut the raspberry flowers off and glued them with Tombow Mono Multi glue to the meadow cut. I edged the leaves, stems and label with Peeled Paint Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

I use the Memory Box metal plate to cut the dies that have detail and small lines, like stems. Here’s a three minute You Tube by Dave (MB owner) on using the metal adaptor plate. I’m really glad I purchased the metal plate…cuts the fine detail dies great!

Thanks for stopping by! See you Monday for the hop! Holler if you have any questions!

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Memory Box, Meadow Bird with a Spring Song…

March 21, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Birds singing…a sure sign of Spring! Here’s the Meadow Bird wishing you a happy day!

I used the Grapevine wreath die to create the nest… snipped it into pieces, layered and glued the pieces together with Tombow Mono Multi glue. The eggs are die cut from the tall oval tree in the Modern Landscape die. I used the smallest leaf from the Tender Leaves die for the tree leaves but afterwards I thought it’d be quicker to cut the Lavish Branch die once and use the leaves from it!

I used Memory Box gingham and dot papers, HERE and HERE

The cute little music notes stamp comes on the end of the Wishing you a happy day stamp!

A little dot of Viva Decor Pearl pen in the flower centers… a sweet, quick card!

Thanks for stopping by today! Back tomorrow with a Tilda card for Spring!

This card was listed in the SCS CAS favorites thread and the SCS Weekly favorites thread this week! What an honor! Thank you ladies!

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Memory Box – Hello Spring…

March 17, 2013August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks33 Comments

Spring is around the corner! Yesterday we stopped at my mother-in-law’s and sure enough, her daffodils are coming up!

I started this step card with the Orchard Tree Frame die. I cut it three times and layered/glued them together. If you get a little glue where you don’t want it, I linked below to the adhesive pick up I use… it’s the best one, in my opinion! The background piece is Memory Box Morroccan Bluebird card-stock, I ran it through the big shot with the frame die but I didn’t shim it, that way it didn’t cut clear through. The pieces that did cut completely I pieced them back in. The next layer up was cut in black and the top layer in white. The white layer I colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I used the Summer Border die for the bottom. I cut it out of Memory Box color card-stock and pieced it together. I cut two green pieces, cutting the flowers and stems completely off of one. Then I sanded them, just a touch!

I LOVE the Parker lower case alphabet! I die cut it in white and mounted the words ‘hello spring’ with thin mounting squares that I cut into strips. I used Poppystamps Picket Fence die and Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Set of Swings, Lavish Branch and Vintage Bicycle dies. I cut the swing out of white card-stock and colored it with Copics to look like rope and a tire.

Step cards are easy to make and so fun to create a scene with! There’s a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers, HERE.

Challenges I’m linking to…

Di’s Digi Design Challenges – Easter/Spring
Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes
ABC Challenge – Just as you like
A Gem of a Challenge – Easter/Spring
Oozak March Challenge – Anything Goes and Spring

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Happy Spring to you and yours!

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Memory Box…Lovely Aster

March 7, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Today is my first time to post on the Memory Box blog, HERE! Exciting and challenging! I wanted to use the new Lovely Aster die… it’s so cool, I ♥ that the flowers and the leaves are embossed and cut out with one pass through the die cut machine!

I started my card by cutting 3 of the medium size flower and 3 of the flower center from the Lovely Aster die set. I shaped them with an embossing stylus on a mouse pad and glued them together with Tombox Mono Multi glue. The leaves are cut with the leaf dies from the set.

This is an A2 size card… mats are cut with the Perfect Layers Tools, even around the Sideshow Tickets die cut (I used a corner rounder punch on the corners though)… link in the sidebar and below.

I used the Flower Mound die for the teeny white flowers. They are shaped with a stylus on a mouse pad then glued to die cut Chloe flowers. I cut two of the Isabella butterfly die and glued them together. The center piece is colored with an E47 Copic Sketch marker and glued on.

The label is one of the Pastry Label dies. ‘Wishing you’ is from the Wishing you a happy bee-day rubber stamp. I used the next to the largest Sideshow Tickets die, matted it and used a small corner rounder punch on the corners. Do you see the embossing on the ticket die… cool! I used Memory Box Distressed Violet, Moroccan violet, Moroccan squash and sweet corn 8.5 x 11 papers.

The bow is made with Lawn Fawn’s Trimmings. Stitched on the sewing machine with heavyweight thread. All the papers and pieces are edged with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress inks and the Ink Blending tool!

My card is in the favorites thread at SCS 3 times this week! Wow! So thrilled and honored! Thank you ladies!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I appreciate your support and friendship! I’ll be back tomorrow with a Tilda card for Spring!

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Memory Box NEWS…

January 31, 2013February 8, 2013 Pam Sparks45 Comments

I have FUN news to share with you today! I was going to wait until I had something made to share again, but I see Laura added my name to the list so I’m going to go ahead and tell you my great news! I’m now on the Memory Box Design Team! I will be doing blog posts on the Memory Box Blog, Outside the Box and here on my blog, with Memory Box stamps, dies and papers and eventually teaching classes at area stores. I’m excited and challenged! Thank you for your encouraging words! I love to share with kindred stampers!

Before I go… I wanted to share a short video showing more of the new Memory Box dies… Blue Moon has them in stock. I love that they show what they look like IRL! Click on the logo for their store…