Memory Box…NEW stamps and dies!

April 10, 2013April 10, 2013 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Memory Box NEW die, Graceful Silhouette…a beauty!

Add some grass…a butterfly… stamps…Memory Box pattern paper…all dies cut out of Memory Box card-stock too! It’s awesome stuff! Ask your local stamp store to carry it! Perfect Layers Rulers used to make the mats/layers. A little Copic coloring on the white puffy flowers…Peeled Paint Distress ink to stamp the Fresh Spring Wreath stamp over the sentiment.

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Graceful Silhouette card #2 for today! I was going for a light, delicate look here…

I love the Corner Bow die… I clipped off the part that was extending off the card and used it to attach the tag to the stem of the Graceful Silhouette cut! I hid the end up the leaf. Memory Box Butterfly pattern paper in the background. Perfect Layers Rulers used to make the mats/layers.

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It’s NEW STAMP Blitz week over on the Memory Box, Outside the Box blog HERE! click over and comment for a chance to win!

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White on white with Broken China Distress Ink and Rich Cocoa Memento ink. The image behind the window is inked with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress stain. Memory Box Butterfly pattern paper in the background…

Happy stamps and dies!

I enjoyed creating these cards to show you today! Tomorrow I’ll be back with two more cards! click over to my Memory Box class page, link/tab under the blog header photo. I’d love to have you join me for class! It’s great weather for a road trip! : )

Thanks for stopping by! I Love it when you visit and comment! Thank you so much!

Shopping links…

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New Class Blog…

April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Hi everyone! I wanted to tell you about a new page/blog I added to my Expressions With Heart blog. There is an option to follow there too. I’m going to be teaching classes now and then and wanted a place to post to keep class information current.

This is one of the cards I’ll be teaching in an April 18th Memory Box stamps and dies class… click on the ‘Classes’ tab under the blog header picture and it will take you to the information!

If you’re anywhere close to come… I’d LOVE to have you! We will have FUN! : )

Here’s a picture of the rest of the class cards…yes, we will be busy creating!

Thanks for looking! Scroll down for the Perfect Paper Crafting and Faber Castell blog hop post…still a day to comment for a chance to win!

ttul!

Shopping…Memory Box dies

Blue Moon

Simon Says Stamp

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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.