Memory Box and poppystamp Cards…

April 7, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Happy Spring to you today! I’m not sure who all has tulips yet but when you do, you know it’s Spring!

I started out with the NEW poppystamps Layered Tulips die set. I cut the petal piece in three pinks and instead of using all three colors on one flower, I went with three different color tulips. I’m glad I did this time!

I went over my options of what to do with them after I made them and thought…they’d be great in a basket!

I love this basket from the poppystamps Woven Basket Pop Up Easel Set. I die cut it in kraft cardstock, then ran it back through with the embossing stack for the big shot. I shim it quite a bit to get the embossing deep.

Then using the mini ink blending tool and Gathered Twigs Distress ink pad I browned it up!

I used the grass and the bow from the basket set also.

It’s an A2 size card!

My next two cards are using the NEW Memory Box Floral Stems die.

I die cut the floral stems from Memory Box watercolor cardstock and colored it with Zig Clean Color Brush markers and water.

I die cut an A2 panel of kraft cardstock with the NEW Memory Box Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die set, then die cut the NEW poppystamps Pointy Lattice Plate in white cardstock and layered it over the top. Trimmed off the excess.

I made an A2 size white cardbase and adhered the lattice panel direct to the cardfront. The outside part of the panel is adhered with the thin mounting tape that I love so much.

I wrapped some twine and then the NEW Memory Box Posh Birthday Wishes Hot Foil Plate and Cutting die set for the sentiment.

As soon as I finished this, I thought, this could be a great Easter card! I didn’t get any Easter cards made. Maybe I’ll have time to make something for the grands tomorrow.

I added some gold fairy gems in a few places on the lattice.

I always love the ‘window’ look on a card! I always notice windows on houses too! lol Right now mine are dirty! We had one storm that blew snow so bad and it was dirty! I was sad because it’d only been a month since I’d washed windows! Figures!

My last card…clean and simple. I wasn’t sure I should even post it but it is nice IRL.

This looks champagne color but it’s really silver. My last picture will show it silver but it’s not the best photo!

The NEW Memory Box Confetti Dot Hot Foil Plate turned out really neat! I was pleased. Finally getting better at doing the large foil plates. I was afraid to shim it but that’s what it needs for the machine I have.

I die cut the foiled panel with the NEW Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set and layered that with the thin mounting tape on my A2 size white cardbase.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Happy Birthday Tender Script die in white and silver foil cardstocks…so fun!

ok this last picture shows it silver….get your sunglasses!

It doesn’t do it justice but at least you can see it’s silver! The struggle is real taking photos!

Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! I appreciate it and thank you so much for your kind comments!

Have a blessed Easter weekend and talk to you again soon!

Here’s a shopping list to the products I used to make these cards…

Poppystamps – 2557 Layered Tulips… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2463 Woven Basket Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94638 Backyard Floral… [ STR \| SSS ]
*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS** ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2558 Pointy Lattice… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – MBF004 Posh Birthday… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – MBF001 Confetti Dot Hot… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94671 Happy Birthday… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper [ STR ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -… [ SBC ]
Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold –… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12 [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Spring · Thank You

Memory Box Floral Bud and Stems Thanks Card…

March 28, 2023March 27, 2023 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! It feels like Spring here! A beautiful sunshiny day in Iowa!

My card today is using NEW dies from Memory Box and NEW Stencil set and die from poppystamps.

I started by inking the stencil set with three colors of Distress Oxide ink. Shabby Shutters for the largest square hole stencil, Peeled Paint for the next size and Forest Moss for the smallest. (it’s greener in real life)

Then I die cut the NEW Pointy Lattice Plate from poppystamps in white cardstock to glue over the top of the stenciled panel.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Floral Bud and Stems die three times and colored with Copics. I remember the greens I used were YG61, 63, 67.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Woodgrain Fence Pickets from watercolor paper and smooshed them a couple times in Gathered Twigs Distress ink refill and a couple spritzes of water. Then I decided to make them look more weathered and rubbed a white pigment ink pad over them. I still wasn’t that thrilled so I added some brown color pencil! How crazy! Next time I think I’ll die cut them in brown cardstock! hahahahahaha They do look weathered though!

I was following the sketch from the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge blog for my card but I’m too late getting it posted to link up. There was another panel in the sketch so I die cut the NEW Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers die in vellum. I think you can see it behind the flowers and pickets.

I used a piece of wide scor-tape to hold the front pickets together… that worked really slick. Then I wrapped twine/jute cord around the front panel layers before I adhered it to the cardbase.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Tilted Thanks die from Memory Box Black Glossy Cardstock and two other layers of regular black cardstock and glued them together and glued them to the front of the card.

I don’t have very many pictures because it’s so bright today I ended up taking pictures three times! Picky camera or is it picky me! ha

I have a question for you though, if you don’t mind replying… When I write a blog post, it’s preset that the font is this gray color. If I want it black I have to remember to go in and change it. Do you have a preference? gray or black?

Thank you for stopping by! I hope to be back with a couple more flower cards!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94647 Floral Bud and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94470 Tilted Thanks… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94703 Woodgrain Fence… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2558 Pointy Lattice… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – T104 Deco Diamond… [ STR \| SSS ]
Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool [ STR \| TE ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper [ STR ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	double-sided tape holder – holds… [ STR ]

4 Bar · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shabby Chic · Techniques

poppystamps Basic Junk Journal Set…

March 22, 2023March 25, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I know! I know! You came expecting Easter! I’ve been thinking about this die set and what I would make with it….then I walked by this little stack of Santas that I’d printed before Christmas and didn’t use and thought one would be adorable with the Journal set!

So I die cut the journal in watercolor paper and did some ink smooshing with Distress Ink Gathered Twigs ink refill and water. I didn’t wait for it to dry on it’s own. I dried it with the heat tool.

Here’s a video of it… it might be low resolution at first until it completely downloads…even though it’s only 27 seconds! See it HERE on Instagram…

I had some scraps/strips that I kept of plaid from the Memory Box Jolly Christmas 6×6 pad and I love how they worked out on the front and on the inside!

You can tell what the size of this folder is because there’s a gift card inside.

You could stamp or write in permanent ink on the mirror gold little labels.

close up of the inside circle label…

the back….

And now I’m thinking what a cute tag this would make on an Easter basket! There’s several dies in the set I didn’t even use!

Linking to some challenges…

Peace on Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

The Holly and Ivy Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas

AAA Cards – inspired by a song….Up on the House Top!

I’ll link up what I used below.

Thank you so much for stopping by. I always appreciate your encouraging words and that you come back to visit!

Poppystamps – 2451 Basic Junk Journal… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB496 Christmas Quotes… [ STR ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5261-D Spirit of… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1019 Christmas Jolly… [ STR \| SSS ]	double-sided tape holder – holds… [ STR ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool [ STR ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap… [ SSS ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Gold 12×12 [ STR ]	Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| ACH ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]

All Occasion · Altenew · birch press design · Birthday · cards · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Spring · Thinking of You · Video

Birch Press Design Jovial Blooms and Leaves Hello Card…

March 9, 2023March 18, 2023 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hello! Some fun blooms to show you today! I’ll jump right in with a short coloring video.

I used three pinks and three greens from Altenew. I’ll link the colors at the end of my post. Really pretty colors in real life.

I dry embossed the BPD hello Sugar Script hot foil plate and die from the Spring of ’22 release with my big shot (in the video you’ll see I did it in gold but didn’t end up using it) and inked it with the Altenew pink set of inks also.

I used the leaves from the NEW Birch Press Design Phlox Blooms and Leaves Contour Layers die set and inked them the same as I did the others in the video.

The background die is BPD Pinpoint Contour Plate die from this year’s Valentine release cut in white cardstock and cut down with the NEW Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set.

I love these cute whimsical flowers!

This is an A2 size card.

Linking to some Challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Emboss it

The Flower Challenge – Die Cuts or Stencils

Tic Tac Toe – challenge board I did the Die Cut, Green and Layers row

We’re back to Winter here in Iowa! A beautiful snow globe kind of day! Snowing and I love it too! hehe

Holler if you have any questions…have a good rest of the week wherever you are!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

57502 Jovial Blooms and Leaves… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57507 Phlox… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57511 Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – BPF501 Hello… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Green Fields Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cube Set [ ALTN ]
Red Cosmos Crisp Dye Ink Mini Cube Set [ ALTN ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS** ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Media… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Couture Creations UNIVERSAL 5 x 7… [ SSS \| SPL ]
Gelly Roll Black Glaze Pens [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · birch press design · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Mother's Day · Spring · Thinking of You

NEW Memory Box Gentle Rose Watercolor Floral, Plumed Gypsy Butterfly and Curlicue Plate Cards…

February 22, 2023February 23, 2023 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s time for a new release from the Memory Box companies! The usual beautiful products to work with!

I have two cards to share with you using the NEW Curlicue Plate! I love it! So whimsical and fun! Keep going for my second card using it.

I wanted to use some other NEW dies too… so I made up the New Gentle Rose Watercolor Floral in a couple colors but went with pink from the Memory Box Berry Red 6×6 cardstock pad… it’s February, all things Red!

The NEW Wayfarer Leaves die cut in three colors of green from the Memory Box Lush Green cardstock 6×6 pad.

The NEW Hugs Tender Script die cut in white and then in Memory Box Glossy Black cardstock. I love this glossy black. I’ve about used up my pack! Not quite an emergency yet. lol What a pretty font though! Isn’t it gorgeous?!

I should’ve told my camera to focus on the hugs instead of the flower here. I am an amateur… worse than an amateur! lol

I die cut the Curlicue Plate in white cardstock, the green panel underneath with the NEW A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set (same Lush Green cardstock pad) and the oval from vellum using the Memory Box Studio Oval Layers die set.

The pretty rosebuds are from the Birch Press Design Morning Rose and Triple Buds Contour Layers dies released earlier this year.

My next card came about because I had an almost perfect Curlicue Plate die cut! It’s so hard to throw those away! So I thought about it and decided to try cutting away the parts that didn’t cut completely the first time. This plate needs a shim… so I use a piece of copy paper folded in half on top of my cutting plate to run it through… blades up as I always say! (I never use that metal shim)

I thought this turned out fun! You know me and kraft! White, pool and whimsy! Oh and staples!

A beautiful NEW butterfly for all the butterfly lovers out there! Plumed Gypsy Butterfly!

***notice how I used the curlicue from the part I cut off behind the butterfly! clever… hehe

Hello Rush Script is a NEW sentiment die… love it in that glossy black again…

A new set of nesting dies! Curved Cap Pinpoint Layers. I can see this one working for banners too!

I think I remembered everything! Send me an email or comment if you have any questions! I don’t mind at all!

I used the Tim Holtz mini stapler to hold the Curlicue cut down but glued in the few pieces of pool color.

Linking to…

Just Us Girls Challenge – moodboard

CAS Colors and Sketches Challenge #505 Sketch

The Flower Challenge #77 Use your latest stamps or dies, must be floral

Thank you so much for stopping by! I hope you’re getting some creating time in. Won’t be long til hearts turn to real flowers and grass grows!

Have a good rest of the week!

Here’s the products I used to make these cards…

94698 Curlicue Plate craft die [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94713 Gentle Rose… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94712 Wayfarer Leaves… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94669 Hugs Tender Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57493 Morning… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94708 Plumed Gypsy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94468 Hello Rush Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94646 Curved Cap… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	SCS-151 Spellbinders VELLUM SHEETS… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Mini Slim Card · Poppystamps

poppystamps Birthday Floral Mini Slimline Card…

February 7, 2023March 9, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s warming up a little here in Iowa…paper flowers making us think of Spring for sure! Although I’m not good at growing flowers and the three hydrangea bushes we planted a few years ago are finnicky about giving me blooms!

For the card front panel, mini slimline size card, 3 ½ inches x 6 inches, I cut strips of ½ inch white and black and just layered them on using ATG adhesive.

I created the sentiment with Poppystamps Modest Greetings 1 Hot Foil and Cut Die set and gold hot foil.

For my card today I used a bunch of NEW poppystamps dies! It was fun to create a kind of wildflower bouquet on a card!

I started with Little Posie Layered Flowers in pink…then Lucky Layered Flowers in the pool color, Little Layered Asters in blue and pink, Layered Pointy Petals in orange and Teardrop Butterflies in blue and white!

The greenery is from the NEW poppystamps Floral Vase Pop Up Easel Set. I used the bouquet stems from the set and cut two in green, put them end to end (I had to trim off some of the long stems), so easy because where to put the greenery was already decided for me by using the die from the set!

I die cut one other die from the set that cuts four extra stems and I just stuck them in…no rhyme nor reason.

I figured out where I wanted the flowers, took a picture of it with my phone, then glued them all on the card with Tombow Mono Multi glue while looking at my phone picture!

Another card using up scraps! The fun thing about die cutting! I guess I used to do the same with punches but it’s hard to use small pieces of cardstock with punches!

Linking to some card challenges…

Papercraft Challenges – anything goes

The Flower Challenge – use your latest stamps or dies

NBUS challenge – Never-Before-Used-Schtuff

Thank you for clicking over! I appreciate your visit! Celebrate if it’s your birthday! lol

ttul,

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2560 Little Posie… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2556 Little Layered… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2554 Lucky Layered… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2559 Layered Pointy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2561 Teardrop… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2552 Floral Vase Pop Up… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – PSF802 Modest Greetings… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil -… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist [ STR ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil System [ SBC ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Sizzix White Tool Caddy Big Shot… [ SBC ]