4 Cards with the NEW poppystamps and Memory Box Releases…

December 30, 2022December 30, 2022 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! How are you? December was a wild month for me, glorious but busy! ❤ Here I am, back on the blog! lol

Big Hugs to you and I hope you had a Beautiful Christmas and are looking forward to a happy cardmaking New Year! I am!

I love hearts! No surprise since my blog name! This NEW Heartfelt Pinpoint Frame from poppystamps makes me happy! I cut strips from Memory Box 6×6 cardstock paper pad scraps. I loved that I was able to use some of the strips that are left after making A2 size cards! It was really easy to use the different tones to inlay the hearts and I love how it turned out! YAY!

Two lengths of 2 inch Scor-tape on the back to hold the hearts in place.

I kept it really clean and simple because I didn’t want to cover up the hearts!

For the sentiment I used the poppystamps You Are Amazing Poe Script Greetings Hot Foil Plate and Dies from the Spring release.

I added some brown twine to finish it off and adhered it to a white A2 size cardbase with my favorite thin mounting tape.

This NEW poppystamps release has three coordinating products in it. My first card uses the die, my second the stencil. There’s also a Hot Foil Plate but I didn’t get that used for this post.

Now I’m thinking I should’ve embossed this next card’s panel with the die after I stenciled! I liked it so well after I inked it though, I was happy! lol

Here I used the NEW poppystamps Criss Cross Heart Stencil that coordinates with the Heartfelt Pinpoint Frame die.

I used the NEW poppystamps Vintage Scalloped Heart dies on top of the NEW Memory Box Pinpoint Burst Heart die.

I used watercolor papers that I’d painted with Fired Brick and Peacock Feathers Distress Inks.

The LOVE sentiment is the NEW Love You Gallery Script die from Memory Box.

Let’s Connect is from poppystamps Contempo Greetings stamp and die set.

From cute to cuter! The hearts needed some critters! I love the cute fox and beaver additions!

I couldn’t help but add a little strip of one of the plaids I haven’t used yet from the Memory Box Jolly Christmas 6×6 pad I love this one for Valentines!

I used two whittle stamp sets for the sentiment on this card…Whittle Everyday for the all you need part and Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments for the word fox.

I trimmed the Whittle Tree Border die to get the three trees.

Whittle Happy Fox and Whittle Sleepy Fox are die cut in white, colored with Copics and edges inked with inky ink blending brushes.

Black multiliner in the crease lines.

Beavers are always popular for Valentines, have you noticed? I guess they go around stealing heart! hoho

I used the Whittle Beaver for this card…die cut in white and colored and ink the same as the fox.

I had to embellish it with one of the NEW poppystamps Teardrop Butterflies! What charming images they are!

The NEW poppystamps Vintage Scalloped Heart used again here with Red and White cardstocks.

Sentiment from Contempo Greetings again, white heat embossed on Memory Box Black glossy cardstock.

All four cards are A2 size.

I hope I didn’t forget too much! Email me if you have any questions!

Thank you so much for stopping by! I still have some Christmas to post and some birthdays too! eek! And January is a big birthday month for our family.

I hope I’m not the only one shaking my head that 2022 is already moving right a long into 2023! I have so many things I want to make…is that you too? ❤

ttul,

Supplies I used on my cards…

Poppystamps – 2524 Heartfelt Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – PSF804 You Are Amazing… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – T103 Criss Cross Heart… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94639 Pinpoint Burst… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2562 Vintage Scalloped… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94636 Love You Gallery… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2561 Teardrop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8160 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design CONTEMPO GREETINGS… [ SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2416 Whittle Happy Fox… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2210 Whittle Sleepy Fox… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2424 Whittle Tree… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2414 Whittle Beaver… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL484 Whittle Everyday… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR ]
Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Waffle Flower Crafts – Blending Brushes [ SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack [ STR ]

birch press design · cards · Christmas · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Easel · Foiling · Interactive · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Birch Press Design Meridian Ornament Easel Cards…

November 30, 2022 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I have four easel cards to share with you today. As I was making these, thinking about how fun and easy, it hit me how cute they would be for table place cards! They would be beautiful just using the ornament part and hanging on a tree or used for a gift tag with a beautiful bow!

They’re so easy to make…I started with the black one and just kept going trying to use up the pieces!

The NEW Birch Press Design Meridian Ornament is a Layering Set. I used all three layers for all but one.

The easel part is the Birch Press Design Christmas Ornament Pop Up Easel die set. I didn’t use the ornament that comes with the set this time but I did HERE in this post. I’ll link everything below.

Here’s what I did inside this black glossy one.

I used Memory Box Black Glossy Cardstock and the NEW Memory Box 6×6 Vintage Pastel Mirror cardstock pad.

The happy Christmas sentiment is from BPD Contempo Christmas Greetings clear stamp set and die set. I love this set!

So from the black one I carried on to three other variations!

I just got to playing using the same dies and stamp set. I know…I brought in pink! A contrasting color! Out of the box for me! hehe

I spent the afternoon yesterday trying to take pictures and get them light enough. It just kept getting darker and darker outside as the temperature kept dropping! So there’s only one picture of the card with pink pastel metallic that was useable.

Here’s the gold with teal…

and they fit easily into an A2 size envelope

I love this teal one that I used the pieces from the waste of cutting layers A and B from the teal cuts.

for this one I used the poppystamps Modest Greetings 2 Hot Foil and cut die set for the Just For You and With Love sentiments.

Do you have a favorite? I think I do but then I change my mind! lol

Thank you for visiting today and hope there’s some inspiration here! I have so much I still want to make but I must start shopping and decorating too! eek!

ttul!

Here’s what I used to make these fun pop up cards!

Birch Press Design – 57470 Meridian… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57455 Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8162 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design CONTEMPO CHRISTMAS… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – PSF808 Modest Greetings… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – FP1002 Vintage Pastel… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Pearl Embellishments – 4mm gold,… [ STR ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -… [ SBC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Celeste Snowflake, Snowflake Trio and Plate Card…

November 16, 2022November 16, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello everyone! More snowflakes in the air and on my blog today! Free air conditioning when you open the door here in Iowa! haha

I started my card with the NEW Memory Box Celeste Plate and two colors of pink cardstock. I used Cupcake and Pink Champagne. I’ll link below.

I inlaid the pieces but you could just as easy glue one color over the top of the other and forgo laying in the pieces.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Celeste Snowflake in silver foil/mirror cardstock and the outline in white cardstock. Super easy.

Then it took awhile to decide where to put everything on this A2 size panel! lol

I needed a sentiment so I pulled out this Memory Box Joy Posh Script die that was new last year. It’s beautiful and feminine and fit the direction this card was taking me!

I’m getting a lot of mileage out of this NEW Memory Box Classic Pair of Ice Skates die. Here they are again embellishing the snowflake theme I have going.

I LOVE that there’s a NEW Memory Box Celeste Snowflake Trio die to complement the large Celeste Snowflake and Celeste Plate! So I die cut them in white and glued them directly to the panel.

Some Silver pearls in the centers to bring in the silver element in the design again. I did white first but changed to silver…done!

well almost! Here’s the inside! I remembered!

The NEW Memory Box Sweet Christmas stamp set to match the Posh Script Joy die on the front. I love matching sentiments!

I also die cut the NEW Memory Box Alpine Snowflakes die and glued them inside. Jazzed it up a little. They are similar in design to the Celeste snowflakes so if you like to layer flakes, they work for that too!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy dreaming of creating all the things! eek! How’d we get to November already anyway! ttul!

Links to the products I used on my card today…

Memory Box – 94699 Celeste Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94697 Celeste Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94705 Celeste Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94591 Joy Posh Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94674 Classic Pair of… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94680 Alpine Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5283 Sweet Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Archival… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12 [ STR ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Switch Plus Machine… [ SBC ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Snowflake Loop, Proper Merry Christmas Card…

November 10, 2022 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello! I’m still working my way through this beautiful Memory Box 6×6 plaid paper pad! I love it!

The contrast with white! The touch of gold… so festive!

All die cutting today…shoot me now! I forgot to stamp the inside of my card! I was sailing along so well there for a couple weeks! lol

I glued two white cuts together for the Snowflake Loop piece. The snowflake from the set, I die cut two but just used them single.

I used Memory Box Black Glossy cardstock for the panel and the Proper Merry Christmas sentiment.

So simple once I finally decided what colors to use for the sentiment!

It’s a 5 ½ inch square card. White cardbase.

Gold pearls in three sizes glued on to finish it up!

What are you making these days? I see gals posting they’re starting to decorate their houses. We’ve been working in our basement …imagine over 100 year old basement that has plastered ceilings and walls cut into to run air conditioning ducts and wiring and plumbing etc! Tim is taking down the plaster on the ceilings, scraping the walls and painting the ceiling, walls AND floor! It’s a lot…big old house. So I’ve been moving stuff to keep ahead of him. Oh he’s building new shelves too! I’m so excited! Maybe I can store some of my excess stamp stuff down there! How long should we keep boxes?! lol You know, the ones die cut machines come in, the MISTI boxes, etc! Yikes!

Thanks for stopping by! Talk to you again soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2538 Snowflake Loop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2543 Proper Merry… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]
Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]

birch press design · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Whittle Forest Reindeer Kit Card and Leaf and Tentril Hot Foil Card…

November 1, 2022November 10, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello! How is your Holiday creating going? I cannot believe it’s November can you! Keep scrolling for card #2.

Now this cutie reindeer is going to make you smile! Isn’t he adorable in his plaid hat!

I love this new die kit and NEW Wintertime Snowflake Frame from poppystamps!

I used the NEW Memory Box Jolly Christmas Plaid 6×6 paper pad…Memory Box Lush Green and Earth Neutral 6×6 cardstock pads.

such a cutie!

The sentiment is part of the stamp set included in the kit. I heat embossed in white and die cut with one of the rectangle dies from the Birch Press Design Contempo Christmas Greetings die.

I love how it turned out! I hope you love it too! hehe

On the inside I stamped a greeting from the NEW poppystamps Christmas Sparkle stamp set, ‘You make every day seem like Christmas’. I love this set! I used Wendy Vecchi English Ivy Archival ink pad to stamp it. I just bought her English Ivy and Red Geranium Archival ink pads. I love them too! lol

TIP: I tell you a lot I love this thin big roll of mounting tape that I link to at the bottom of my posts…I always forget to tell you about cutting it though! I use the non stick scissors that I finally remembered to link to today! I’m really glad I went ahead and purchased the scissors from Cindy because it makes a difference with sticky tape. I love that it’s sticky because I’m assured that my card won’t fall apart after the receiver gets it! I love that it’s easier to mail too! Win! Win!

Next Card…

NEW poppystamps Leaf and Tendril Hot Foil Plate! Sooo pretty! This green cardstock is from my stash but now I’m thinking there’s probably a similar green in the Memory Box Cardstock pad.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Keep Christmas Curled Script die in gold foil/mirror cardstock.

Then I die cut it in a piece of white cardstock and inlaid the gold into the white so I didn’t have to glue all the lines! Scor-tape on the back, flip it over and put in the insides of the letters… that’s easier imo. I also love how it looks! So professional!

I’m not a big bow person but I love it on this card! The NEW Memory Box Dreamy Bow die in TE Cherry Pop cardstock.

A mess of sparkly trim behind it. Gold pearls added to dot the ‘i’s and in the corners. I love these gold pearls from starlitstudio.net. The perfect sizes!

Both of my cards in this post are A2 size.

I’m linking my Whittle Deer Card to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Instagram Challenge – Holiday Cards

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Christmas

Christmas With the Cuties – Anything Goes

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes Christmas

I love sharing with you! I hope you enjoyed it! I so appreciate you stopping by and interacting with me! It makes my day! ❤

Here’s what I used to make these cards…

Poppystamps – KT003 Whittle Forest… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2534 Wintertime… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8162 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL511 Christmas Sparkle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Make Art… [ SBC ]	Poppystamps – PSF809 Leaf and Tendril… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94700 Keep Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94633 Dreamy Bow craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Pearl Embellishments – 4mm gold,… [ STR ]	Pearl Embellishments – 2mm, 3mm and… [ STR ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Tim Holtz – Big Shot Switch… [ SBC \| SBC ]