Memory Box Sunflower Wreath Card…

July 24, 2020July 23, 2020 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Happy Friday! Switcheroo today! Going country! Some fun watercoloring with Distress Ink Refills again and Memory Box stamps on watercolor paper. (Mustard Seed, Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Forest Moss, Vintage Photo)

This card was easier to photograph so it’s a picture heavy post today. lol

I stamped the Sunflower Wreath stamp on watercolor paper and die cut it with the coordinating die. Then started painting. I don’t know about you but I never finish in one sitting. I lost track of how many times I sat and colored on it. Stretch out the pleasure I guess! lol

I stamped poppystamps Picnic Plaid stamp in blue on white cardstock and inked on gathered twigs distress ink around the outside edges of the panel.

I used 3M mounting tape to adhere the wreath to the picnic plaid panel.

I tied some Lawn Fawn cord around the panel and then adhered the panel to the A2 cardbase with more mounting tape.

I stamped the sentiment from the Sunflower Wreath stamp set with Versamark ink on a piece of Taylored Expressions Oreo cardstock and heat embossed with white embossing powder. I love TE Oreo for white embossing on black cardstock!

My mother in law loved sunflowers and had tons of sunflower stuff in her kitchen… this card reminds me of her and her Corelleware Sunflower dishes! ❤

That’s the last picture! I tucked the sentiment under the wreath a little bit with mounting tape on the left side and glue on the right side.

Tim and I spent the evening at one of our daughters, watching the grands pick peaches and play. The boys showing off for us on the zip line and dirt bike…we almost thought we saw neowise but it was too early and just an airplane reflecting off the sun setting! lol Lots of smiles and happiness. YAY!

Thanks again for stopping by and your comments! Hope you have some cardmaking time this Summer too. It’s busy I know, going by fast and almost time for Christmas! Be watching….the 27th!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – CL5253-D Sunflower… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5253 Sunflower Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL478 Picnic Plaid… [ STR ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Trimmings – Hemp… [ SBC \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

Here’s something fun if you have time to do a little early bird shopping through July 27th for Christmas at Scrapbook.com!

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box

Memory Box Clementine Border and Celebrate dies…

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! My goal this week was to work with Memory Box’s new Glitter cardstock 6×6 pads. For this card I used the NEW Delicate Pastel Glitter Pad. (my photos don’t do it justice, taking photos took longer than making the card, ugh)

I die cut the new Clementine Border die in two colors but left all the pieces in the bottom color. The pieces all stayed in… amazing cardstock! The top color is the same as the card panel and the pieces popped out fine. I just glued it over the top of the bottom darker cut.

The new Celebrate die is cut from the darker of the two also (I just used one cut)… really pretty soft color.

I glued the borders on the sides of an A2 size glitter panel, glued the sentiment to a strip of vellum and wrapped it around the panel and glued it on the back. Then I adhered the panel to an A2 size cardbase.

This card is ready for any celebratory occasion! Nice and sparkly!

Thank you for clicking over today! A couple more cards to share this week and then be ready because the Christmas Memory Box and poppystamps release is coming the 27th! I’m so excited! You are going to LOVE it!

Products I used for this card…

Memory Box – 94426 Clementine Border…

[ STR | SSS ]

Memory Box – 94393 Celebrate Cursive…

[ STR | SSS ]

Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – GP1001…

[ STR | SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Proper Brick House Card…

July 16, 2020July 17, 2020 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! I had fun last week playing with some new dies. I thought, this house needs smoke! So it turned into a tall Christmas card!

O Holy Night, Starry Burst and Pine Tree Hill dies came out last year in the Christmas releases. I did use a little bit of sparkle pen in the burst die cut. The Cottage Picket Fence is from this year.

The house and parts are inked with Distress Oxide inks. I die cut the house again in white and cut out the door and window frames.

I found the stamped sentiment in an old Memory Box set Wintertime Fairies. Linked below too.

This house makes me smile… I grew up in a red brick house. ❤

Thank you for stopping by today! Talk to you again soon!

Products I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2317 Proper Brick House… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94356 Starry Burst craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2270 O Holy Night… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94295 Pine Tree Hill… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2351 Cottage Picket… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL458 Wintertime… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Inlaid Diecutting · Memory Box · Simon Says Stamp · sympathy · Techniques · Thank You · Thinking of You · Watercolor

Simon Says Stamp Release….Send Happiness…3 Cards!

June 29, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Happy Monday to you! Simon Says Stamp has a new release and they sent me this flower die to play with…I was already doing napkin die cutting so I went ahead and did this new Etched Flower die the same way! Scroll down to THIS post for a link to the technique/how to video.

I stamped the background for the flower die with the tone on tone look and the SSS Damask Background cling stamp. I die cut three panels, a white one, the stamped one and a dark pink one with the SSS Frames die, then inlaid pieces from each and taped them together on the back side. I mounted this panel with Mounting tape.

The sentiment is a stamp from the SSS Sending Sympathy clear stamp set and die cut with the SSS Stitched Rectangles die set. I had to recut it to get it the right size.

The NEW Etched flower die cuts two connected flowers…so I had this single flower left over and parts from the Frames die cuts so I made another card!

The sentiment is also from the Sending Sympathy stamp set. I taped the pieces together on the back side of the panel and used foam mounting tape to mount it to the cardbase.

My third card…I had an idea but this isn’t anywhere near what I was trying to do! lol I like it though! lol

I debated whether to stick with a thank you or make it a sympathy card… it could easy go for any occasion!

There’s the NEW Speckled Egg Distress ink is what I used on the white Etched Flower die cuts this time… peeled paint for the stems.

Memory Box 6×6 pattern paper pad for the three papers.

A thank you stamp and some cotton cord and I stuck it all to a white cardbase.

All three cards are A2 size.

Have fun checking out this new release and thank you for shopping through my links! I appreciate your support so much!

Here’s the products I used and links for shopping…

Send Happiness [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp ETCHED FLOWER BUDS… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Cling Rubber Stamp DAMASK… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp FRAMES Wafer Dies… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps SENDING… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES… [ SSS ]
Memory Box SCRIBBLE FROND BACKGROUND… [ SSS ]	Memory Box GARDEN FOLLY 6×6 pack Pack… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps WILD ROSE… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Thank You

poppystamps Adriana Wreath Card…

June 25, 2020June 25, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Thank you for clicking over for my post today! I’ve been flipping though the NEW Memory Box 6×6 pattern paper pad…so beautiful and look at these colors!

So I pulled out the NEW poppystamps Adriana Wreath die, die cut it three times with a dark blue green cardstock, glued them together and then wiped on some gold watercolor paint with my finger. Pictures don’t do it justice! 😀

The thank you sentiment is from the Memory Box Wild Rose Stem clear stamp set….I stamped it on a piece of pattern paper from the new pad with Ranger Black Archival Ink and cut it out with the MISTI Cut Align ruler and x-acto knife.

My background pattern paper is die cut with the Memory Box Rectangle Basics die set and layered onto a TE Buttercream Frosting cardstock A2 cardbase. I staged my photo with some Hobby Lobby A2 envelopes.

This card is growing on me…a color combo I wouldn’t normally gravitate toward! I hope you like it too! hehe

Thank you for stopping by! Have fun with your dies and try a different color combo! hehe

Here are the products I used for this card…

Poppystamps – 2320 Adriana Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5258-D Wild Rose Stem… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5258 Wild Rose Stem… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086… [ STR \| SSS ]	Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi STARRY… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1005 Garden Folly 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Limited Edition – Big Shot… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	My Sweet Petunia – Cut-Align [ SBC \| SSS ]