Memory Box NEW Halloween/Fall Release!

August 17, 2022August 17, 2022 Pam Sparks9 Comments

BOO! aka Hello! Time to get inky for Fall! Sharing three projects I made with the NEW Memory Box release!

I’ll start with this cute BOO to YOU! The Fancy Gate Globe is NEW. I paired it with the Snowglobe Backer die to make this hanging or it stands too, tag.

The ghosts are from the NEW Ghosts in the Forest die set and the sentiment is the NEW Boo Posh Script! So cute!

I inked a background piece I cut with the Nested Globes die set and inked with purple inks and an ink blending brush. (it’s a brighter purple IRL)

This was a quick tag to make!

Linking my tag to the Everybody Art Challenge – Tag

Next up is an A2 size card I made with the NEW Ghosts in the Forest die set.

I die cut the scene out of Memory Box’s black glossy cardstock and the ghosts out of white glossy cardstock. I love how it looks IRL.

I inked an A2 size panel for the back with oranges and purples and spattered water, white paint and black paint on to it.

I added the NEW Rickety House die cut in the same glossy black cardstock. For the windows, I die cut the house in white and left the windows in the cut, colored them with a Copic yellow marker, then glued the white to the back of the black house.

I used the NEW Happy Halloween Posh Script die for the sentiment. Die cut in black glossy and an orange from my scraps.

Not really spooky but sure is cute!

Next up is the NEW Creepy Cabin die! This one is really CAS and probably took me the longest because I couldn’t decide whether to color it or not! lol In the end, leaving it white won out.

It’s not so creepy anyway! haha

I inked a purple-ish background, cut everything in white.

I used the Wooded Glen Collage die from a previous release for the top layer. Then a few pumpkins I got inky from the Pile of Pumpkins die. The stems I colored with a Copic marker.

Layered them up with that thin thin foam mounting tape I like.

Oh, I stamped Hello from the Halloween Pumpkin clear stamp set from a previous release.

This card is 5 ½ inches square. A nice size… I like it!

I’ll link everything below.

And thank you so much for clicking over. I’ll be back…so much I want to make!

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make these three cards…

Memory Box – 94623 Fancy Gate Globe… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94532 Nested Globes… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94491 Snowglobe Backer… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94587 Boo Posh Script… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94622 Ghosts in the… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94632 Rickety House… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94585 Happy Halloween… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94634 Creepy Cabin craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94505 Wooded Glen… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 2403 Pile of Pumpkins… [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5264-D Halloween… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Cardstock WHITE… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]

Fall · Halloween · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Starlitstudio · Video

NEW Release Time for Memory Box and poppystamps! Fall and Halloween

August 15, 2022August 15, 2022 Pam Sparks4 Comments

When you hit play it will give you options at the bottom. You have to click for full size! To close, hit escape. It might take a minute for this to load to full resolution.

Shop the new release at STARLITSTUDIO.NET

and SIMONSAYSSTAMP.COM

birch press design · cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Winter

Birch Press Design Herbarium Plate and Adornment Dove Card…

August 5, 2022August 8, 2022 Pam Sparks11 Comments

I’m back! I didn’t put the glitter cardstock pads away!

Another die cut and glue fast and easy card you could mass produce!

Using the NEW Birch Press Design Herbarium plate Layer A and NEW Adornment Dove dies!

I die cut layer A in the blue green and green. I had to shim the blue green layer with a folded piece of copy paper to completely cut it (the glitter cardstock is thick) so I knew when I ran the green piece through, it wouldn’t completely cut out the design. When you layer the green under the blue green it really adds to the depth if it has the design partially cut into it. I should’ve taken a picture! I hope that makes sense!

I added two strips of 2 inch scor-tape on the back of the green layer to make sure all the pieces stayed in it and then I just used that to adhere it to a white A2 cardbase.

I glued the blue green layer over the green layer with Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue.

I die cut the solid backer Adornment Dove die in the champagne-ish color glitter cardstock and the outline Adornment Dove in white glitter cardstock.

I LOVE that there’s a backer die for this dove!

Die cut the berries with scraps of red glitter cardstock… there are only three sets of berries, so easy to glue in if you put small pieces scro-tape on the back of the blue green layer before adhering it to the green layer.

Die cut the Peace Honey Script die from red and white glitter cardstock and glue it on. I used small pieces of mounting tape on the leg of the ‘p’ and behind the ‘c’.

Easy! yay! Another card done…almost… I didn’t stamp the inside yet! I’ll be sorry later! haha

Thank you for stopping by to see this. It’s so pretty IRL. I wish I was a professional photographer that could capture the true glitter and sparkly of this cardstock!

I’m thinking this dove could be made into an ornament and even layered on a gift loosely with a tag! So pretty!

Challenges…

Jingle Belles Rock – Blue Christmas

My Time To Craft Christmas – Winter Holiday Decorations for Christmas cards

Beyond the Blue – glitter and sequins

ok – talk to you again soon!

Supplies and Dies I used on this card…

Birch Press Design – 57458 Herbarium… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57479 Adornment… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design PEACE HONEY SCRIPT… [ SSS ]
Memory Box – GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad [ STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]

birch press design · cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Ornament · Winter

Birch Press Design Christmas Ornament Pop Up Easel Card…

August 4, 2022 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to my attempt to show how glittery amazing this glitter cardstock from Memory Box is and how fun to use it with this new BPD release! I’m sitting here looking at the real card wishing I could just show it to you IRL because it is so sparkly and pretty!!!

This was a fast card to make…all die cutting and so easy with a pad of 6×6 glitter cardstock!

Here it is from the side. I die cut a white cardstock base with the easel die in the set, then I die cut from the glitter paper and glued it to the white card die cut. Because of the 6 x 6 size of the glitter cardstock, I had to make it in two pieces. It worked fine, you really can’t tell it.

I’m going to say it again… it was so easy to make! lol Cut and glue! This would be a great card for a class or a cardmaker get together!

I stamped and heat embossed a sentiment from the BPD Christmas Ornament and Labels stamp and die set but I couldn’t decide if I wanted on the card for the pictures! So it’s laying off to the side. I will glue it on when I send it.

So pretty too… just glam it up!

It could easy be made into an ornament to hang on the tree or a gift tag!

It folds up so nice and will easily fit in an A2 envelope and mail for one postage stamp.

I added a Memory Box Christmas Fairy Drop in red on the bow. Boom! Done! Taking pictures, trying to capture glitter cardstock took longer!

***Bonus – None of this glitter comes off!!! Thank you Memory Box! lol

Thank you for visiting today!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Birch Press Design – 57455 Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – GP1006 Festive Glitter Pad [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 8154 Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – Christmas Fairy Dewdrops [ STR \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Techniques · Wreath Building

Merry Christmas in July, Holly Wreath Card and Tutorial

July 28, 2022August 24, 2022 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Salutations of the season to all! And just like that, it’s the end of July! Let’s get a head start on Christmas cards!

My card today is from the NEW Birch Press Design Festive Floral release!

I’m using the NEW Holly Wreath Plate die set. Keep reading for a tutorial how I made the wreath without layering! First the finished card pictures…

Close up showing the NEW Handwritten Merry Christmas and Outline die set… so beautiful! I love how he included the dot of the ‘i’ onto the ‘t’! No gluing tiny dots this time! (well except on the wreath hohoho)

A shot from the side…

Sentiment from Birch Press Design Kind Hearts clear stamp set. (gorgeous sentiments in this one)

Here’s how I made this card in pictures…hope it works! Let me know what you think! Was it worth it?

I started by die cutting Layer C in Hammermill 100# Color Copy Cover cardstock. Keep both pieces.

Now, using Layer A (the plate with all the detail), lay the plain wreath you die cut with Layer C into layer A die, right side into the die.

Next we are going to emboss the plain wreath die cut by running it through the die cut machine. From the bottom up you’ll need the standard platform, clear cutting plate, tan (squishy) mat, die cut in the die with cutting blades facing into the mat and on top a clear cutting plate.

(If you have the older multi purpose platform, use it like you would a regular embossing folder. Fold the top layer back.)

Look how cool this is… it’s embossed!

Now we’re going to ink the wreath with Distress ink. In my picture I grabbed regular Distress ink but when I was making my card, I used Distress Oxide Rustic Wilderness. ugh. My regular are out in plain view and my oxide are in a drawer now. Change is hard! lol I used my oxide brush with regular ink. There go my eyes rolling at myself again!

Back to layer C – die cut scraps of red cardstock for the berries.

Here you see the back of the inked, embossed wreath…I placed pieces of thin mounting tape over the berry holes. Link below… I love this mounting tape!

Then turn the wreath over and using a pickup tool of your choice add the berries to the holes and they will stick in place! Easy!

Ink scraps of white cardstock with Rustic Wilderness Distress ink, cut into pieces to lay over the holly leaves on layer A and run it through the machine.

Turn wreath back over and line it up to layer A to match up your Holly. Then turn it right side up and glue on the Holly.

Remember it’s opposite…

No earthly idea why in this picture the green is a funky color! lol

I wanted to show that the wreath is super fun just inking the solid wreath without embossing too. At the last minute I thought to splatter it with some white spray ink. I didn’t go back and splatter my card though.

So I’m showing three variations using these dies differently than they were intended! Let’s make Christmas cardmaking fun! lol

Holler if you have any questions. I have some old videos showing how to do embossing with dies too.

Linking to some challenges…

ABC Christmas Challenge – N is for NEW, O is for OLD (mine is new)

Addicted to Stamps and More – any occasion

Crafty Gals Corner – Christmas in July #233

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Thank you for stopping by!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Birch Press Design – 57478… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57450 Holly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – CL8162 Kind… [ STR \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	W 023 Spellbinders WIZARD TAN… [ SSS ]	Sizzix MULTIPURPOSE PLATFORM STANDARD… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	Gingham Red 3/8″ [ RSN ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]