Memory Box Happy Puzzle Letters and poppystamps Whittle Monkey Birthday Card…

April 30, 2020 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! Long card today…3 ⅞ x 9…will fit in a #10 business size envelope. These monkeys make me think… you too? Monkeys jumping on the bed! haha

Happy Monkeys! I used the Happy Puzzle Letters from the next to the last release from MB. So cute with this poppystamps Whittle Monkey…the stitched detail makes it so easy to create a CAS card with.

I die cut the Happy die in five colors of Taylored Expressions cardstock and used all the letters by mixing them up and adding white gel pen dots. I die cut five monkeys from TE Toffee cardstock, added a white gel pen dot on their cheeks, then mounted them with foam mounting tape to the card after I glued the Happys on the card front.

I wasn’t picky about what colors I used…a great way to use scraps! A cheerful, fun card! On the inside I stamped ‘birthday’. I forgot to take a picture of it but I’ll link the stamp set the birthday stamp came from below.

This will go to one of our grandkids I’m sure… thank you for stopping by today!

Here’s what I used!

Memory Box – 94348 Happy Puzzle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2218 Whittle Monkey… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5242 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]
Uni-Ball Signo Broad White Gel Pen [ STR \| BLIC \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Wreath Building

Memory Box Small Cosmos and Jovial Wreath CAS Card…

March 31, 2020March 31, 2020 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! A clean and simple card to share with you today with a wish for you to enjoy your day!

I almost got away with a completely die cut card. There is something about stamping a sentiment simply in black though! ❤

I die cut three of the Jovial Wreath in TE Granny Smith cardstock and glued them together with Tombow Mono Multi glue. I die cut two of the Small Cosmos, popped the pieces out of the top one but left them in the bottom one and added just a touch of coloring! I only glued them together around the very center and then glued the flower to the wreath and the wreath to the die cut in TE Confetti Cake and sentiment stamped panel using one of the sentiments from the Birthday Blowout stamp set.

I used mounting tape to adhere the panel to the A2 TE Toffee cardbase. I make my cardbases top folding because it’s easier to take pictures of them. Book fold cards are so nice and traditional though. I miss that sometimes! 😀

I imagine a lot of you already have flowers in your yards. Our temps are still too low in Iowa but it won’t be long! In the meantime, I’ll enjoy my day and my paper flowers!

I don’t have any of the new Memory Box/poppystamps release but Cindy @starlitstudio.net has all the NEW stuff and is shipping like normal! YAY! Simon Says Stamp has the new also but shipping is slower right now. Links below…

Linking to some challenges…

The Paper Players – tic tac toe/die cut, Spring, Birthday

Thank you for clicking over! ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94305 Jovial Wreath… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94265 Small Cosmos craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30094… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps BIRTHDAY… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Copic Marker [ SSS \| BLIC \| TE ]
TE Foam Tape, 1/16″ [ TE ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS \| SZZ \| BLIC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring

Memory Box Single Daisy Stem Card…

March 13, 2020March 13, 2020 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Happy Friday everyone! A CAS die cut card to share today. Our area stamp club meets this afternoon and I have the program. This is one of the two cards I’ll have them make.

The Single Stem Daisy comes with a backer die for the flower. I die cut it in TE Lollipop cardstock, put the cut into the full flower die and embossed it with a stylus.

Then I inked the flower head with TE Strawberry Milkshake ink and a little make up brush.

I die cut the complete flower in TE Granny Smith cardstock and inked it with TE Granny Smith ink and a little make up brush.

I glued the layers together. You might want to clip off some of the green flower bottom layer if it shows.

I popped up the flower head with mounting foam tape just in the center.

I stamped the panel with a sentiment from a poppystamps sentiment set, links below.

A little Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink on the background panel. Some jute and it’s done…A2 size!

I changed the wrap up this time and wrapped an A2 size stitched panel die cut in TE Toffee cardstock. Then I just made the bow separate and glued it on the stem. I used mounting tape to adhere the white panel to the Toffee panel because of the jute. I didn’t want a hump! 😀

Thanks for stopping by today! I love the message on this card…a good thing to remember everyday! ❤

A FUN SALE going on at SSS!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – CL482 Blooming… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94398 Single Daisy Stem… [ STR ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Large… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Large… [ SBC ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	TE Premium Ink – Full Ink Pads [ TE ]
Burlap Twine [ TE ]	Steel-ball stylus – MultiCraft double… [ STR ]	X-Press It Foam Mounting Tape – 1/4… [ STR ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Memory Box · Polkadoodles · Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Guest…

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

I’m so excited to be posting with the gals at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for the month of March! Each week a different company is featured and a theme to challenge us! I hope you will join us!

Here’s my card for this first week…featuring Polkadoodles and the theme, Something Feminine!

I fell in love with the images from this company and had to buy three. ❤ (the snowmen are adorable!) Links below…

This one is soooo cute! Winnie – A Pile of Gifts.

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic friendly coloring paper, colored with Copic Sketch Markers and cut it out.

Skin – I started with a layer of YR000, then E000, 00, 01, 02 and 11.

Cheeks – R20, then R30 and 32 and back around the edges lightly with R20.

Hair – E31, 34, 35, 39.

Pink Dress – R00, R81, 83.

Party Hat and Bow – B60’s.

Puppy – E42, 43, 44, 47.

The background is on Mixed Media card, die cut with Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles and ink blended Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink and Tim Holtz water bottle water drops.

A little scrap of MFT’s Black and White Stripes 6×6 paper pack. An A2 size card! ❤

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of the challenge blog post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!

Thank you for clicking to my blog today! I hope she made you smile and inspired you to color and get some cards made!

Products I used on my card from Simon Says Stamp…

Polkadoodles A PILE OF GIFTS Winnie… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps BEST LIFE… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things BLACK AND WHITE… [ SSS ]
Strathmore MIXED MEDIA VELLUM SURFACE… [ SSS ]	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS ]	Copic Marker [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS ]

Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shopping · Starlitstudio

CAS card and Clearance SALE @ Startlitstudio!

February 15, 2020February 15, 2020 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Happy day after Valentines Day to you! Hope you enjoyed some sunshine like we did here!

Here’s a quick card I made yesterday morning before our area stamp club in the afternoon. Just a phone picture but I decided to go ahead and post it because I really like it! lol And I’m grateful for my friends here and wanted to share that too! 😀

Then I checked email and saw that Cindy @ Starlitstudio.net has added a lot to her clearance section! Hurry and check it out!

Here’s some cards with dies that are part of the clearance…