3 Letterboard Cards…

January 23, 2020January 23, 2020 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! Did you see the Splitcoast Stampers recent email talking about Letterboard cards? oh, I keep calling them this but I think the email called them Marque cards. Here’s the tutorial!

My first one is a birthday card for our oldest grandson. I used an old alphabet die set from Quickutz called Diesel. The birthday wishes postal circle is from Inkadinkado.

I will link up a bunch of alternative, similar alphabet die sets in my linkdeli collection at the end of the post. They would all make awesome cards like this too!

This one is ¼ of an inch taller than a regular A2 card. I mailed it in an A7 envelope.

The little bit of coloring is with Copics.

The next one is the card I made for Tim/husband. Four family birthdays in January! Two more to go! hehe

This one I used a different alphabet. It’s Parker from Memory Box. (my link below is to Parker lower case, upper isn’t available anymore) The little candle is from a Quickutz die set and the heart was on my desk.

I scored lines this time with my scor-pal instead of making ¼ inch strips and foam mounting tape like I did for the others.

Harder to see the scored lines in that picture…

There you can see them again. This card is A2 size and the cardbase is Cookie Monster cardstock from Taylored Expressions.

Glossy Accents on the candle and heart.

My third cards are thank yous! I need several right now! ❤

I really had fun with this card style… but I quit for now because I need to do other stuff! lol

This is Quickutz Diesel alphabet again. The heart is from Honeybee Stamps.

The red and black cardstocks are from Taylored Expressions also. The envelopes I made for these is a digital cut from Kerri Bradford.com. I cut them on the Scan and Cut cm350. I’ve been experimenting to use it more! yay! It’s like a coin envelope style… I should’ve taken a better picture of just the envelopes. You can find it HERE.

A2 size and I used two Pool notecards from Memory Box for the card bases.

Thank you for stopping by today! I’ll be back real soon with another Reverse Confetti card, then more Memory Box and poppystamps coming your way! Hope the new year is finding you with time to make. I can’t believe this month is almost history! :O

$5 off code for SSS right now is LVEYU842 (good ’til 3/1)

Then there’s a grrreat sale at Taylored Expressions! You know I love their cardstock and I received the blending brushes for Christmas!!! Link below and get the brushes, caddy and cleaning tool now while they are 30% off!!! (hmmm, do I need another set?!) lol Sale today, 9 a.m. CST the 23rd through tomorrow 9 a.m. CST the 24th! HURRY! 😀

TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]	TE Blender Brushes Storage Caddy [ TE ]	Blender Brush Cleaning Tool [ TE ]
Memory Box – 94341 Vintage Varsity… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn COLE’S ABCs Lawn Cuts Dies… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Lawn Fawn FINLEY’S ABC’s Lawn Cuts… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn QUINN’S CAPITAL ABC’s Lawn… [ SSS ]	Pinkfresh Studio ADORE ALPHA Die Set… [ SSS ]	CZ Design Wafer Dies ALL CAPS NO 01… [ SSS ]
Mama Elephant INLINE LETTERS Creative… [ SSS ]	Journey Serifs Steel Rule Die [ SPL ]	SR-011 Contour Type-Oh! Steel Rule Die [ SPL ]
Memory Box dies – Parker Lower… [ STR ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Marshmallow [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Darice Double-Sided White Foam Sticky… [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	A2 Envelopes [ TE ]	Honey Bee Stamps – Honey Cuts – Steel… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design > 25 Notecard… [ BRC ]	Birch Press Design > Patterned Paper… [ BRC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · LOVE · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Thinking of You · Valentine

Memory Box… Scribble Rose Trio and Happy Heart Collage Cards…

January 11, 2020January 11, 2020 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s snowing here… not a lot but enough to brighten it up which is so nice! This white card makes me think of snow too! I love how this turned out… beautiful new Memory Box Scribble Rose Trio die combined with an earlier release Antique Leaf Label. So pretty!

Several pictures today…you can always tell when I’m happy with photos. haha Such a picky picture person. ugh. (the red is prettier IRL)

I die cut and glued the Scribble Rose Trio die cuts behind the poppystamps largest Double Stitch Rectangle Frames die. I cut strips of mounting tape and raised it up a little off the cardbase…mounting tape behind the roses too.

I die cut the label die and used mounting tape behind the leaves.

Then came the challenge… heat embossing in gold is easy but figuring out how to mount it…well…eek! I found some clear mounting stuff on a roll in my drawer so I just did it! Kept it behind the words and I’m ok with it. It was worth the little bit of fiddly because it really is so pretty IRL!

The sentiments are from the NEW Friendship Floral Heart clear stamp set. I want to stamp and color that up next!

You likey? lol I think I know who I’m going to send this to. Someone special for sure! One of my sister’s is recovering from a health issue so I will stick it in the mail! ❤

Size… A2

*Keep your adhesive remover handy with white cards! I think I posted before how it was a must have tool!

*The other thing I use ALL the time is a BIG pin… like a hat pin. The head came off so I wrapped some washi tape around it. It’s always beside me. I use it to remove adhesive that seeps out AND to get cuts out of dies. ❤

Then I made another Happy Heart Collage Card… I had die cut this black one before I made the orange/pink strip type one from last week. I couldn’t make it work then but all of a sudden I was inspired to use the Memory Box Christmas 6×6 paper pad plaids and it works!

I’m happy with it! I’m sure you understand where I’m coming from (well maybe not?!)… getting back into the groove was slow after Christmas. I always wonder if I really can make cards I like again! lol

And masculine cards are challenging but this one just evolved and surprised me! I didn’t really even work hard at it like usual!

The NEW Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out dies are awesome! YES to double stitches! Years ago I sewed 24/7, fashion seamstress so to speak. I remember being so happy when I was able to sew double stitches! hehe I don’t know if any of that knowledge would come back to me now! Nice to have dies that do it for me!

The stamped sentiment is from the NEW Big and Little Valentines clear stamp set. Size… 5 ½ inches square!

I think that’s it for today… scroll down for SSS shopping codes (previous post)…I’ll post a Scrapbook.com great deal…and you know where to shop for Memory Box and more… Starlitstudio.net! LinkDeli links to products I used below…

Thanks for stopping by…hope you enjoyed these cards and are looking forward to more ❤ cards!

Scrapbook.com is a great source for so many stamp companies anymore! Altenew, Lawn Fawn, Hero Arts just to name a few! Cardmaking sale going on right now too! Don’t miss it! If you need a new die cutting machine? Now is the time! Their prices are thee best for that! Free shipping! whoop whoop!

Memory Box – 94399 Scribble Rose Trio… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94258 Antique Leaf Label… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 1996 Double Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5250 Friendship Floral… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94373 Happy Heart… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94361 Double Stitch… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5252 Big and Little… [ STR ]	Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Marvy Embossing Heat Tool – Model 2500 [ SBC \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – Dashing… [ STR ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SBC \| SZZ ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SBC ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS \| SSS ]
Kool Tak 3D Clear Foam Roll 1.6yds [ STR \| SSS ]	Kool Tak 144 PADS Clear Foam Adhesive [ SSS ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · LOVE · Memory Box · Valentine

Memory Box A Happy Heart Collage Card…

December 31, 2019December 31, 2019 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s good to be back sharing cards again! I had a wonderful Christmas season with family and hope you did too!

Now, the second most popular holiday for making and sending cards is upon us! No time to waste either! haha

I started by cutting ½ inch strips of three colors of cardstock from TE… I’ll link below. Lollipop, Candy Corn and Strawberry Milkshake.

I covered an A2 white cardbase with ATG adhesive then started placing the strips on the diagonal.

Then I decided to use the sentiments from the NEW Memory Box Big and Little Valentine’s stamp set and stamped three of the sentiments in coordinating TE ink pad colors (same as the cardstocks). ok – I love all that type on there! hehe

From the same sentiment set I stamped Happy Valentines Day on TE Oreo cardstock and embossed in white embossing powder. I cut it out with the MISTI Cut Align Tool.

Now you need that NEW Memory Box Happy Heart Collage die! I cut it out of an A2 size panel of white cardstock, then glued it directly to the strip covered cardbase. Keeping it mailable today. haha (I won’t go off on my PO rant) I mounted the valentine’s Day pieces with mounting foam tape.

Sweet, cute and colorful!

- My ‘I can’t make a card without this’ product today is…. the adhesive remover square! I will link my favorite below!

Thank you so much for stopping by today to see my first Valentine of the year!

Products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94373 Happy Heart… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5252 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Ink – Full Ink Pads [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Inkssentials – Clear… [ SBC \| SSS ]	EK Success POWDER TOOL Applicator… [ SSS ]
Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR \| SSS ]	NEW 2020 Wagner Precision Heat Tool… [ SSS ]	EK Success HONEY BEE Non-Stick… [ SSS ]
Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Stamp Shammy [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix Big Shot Sticky Grid 5/Pkg,… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Travel… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tonic EASY CLEAN MAT 1514E [ SSS ]

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

Memory Box Hanging Lantern and Holly Double Arch Card…

December 11, 2019 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! and on the inside it says “Celebrate the Season” from the same stamp set by poppystamps, Art Deco Celebrate Christmas. I hope you’ve been doing just that!

We have been here! Our family is having so much fun this Christmas. It was so nice last week I took grandkids shopping every afternoon except for one and that one I went with one of our daughters. Then Monday we braved the bitter wind and cold temps to drive 25 miles to Hobby Lobby for the last 4. We have a wonderful lot of grands! 😀

Now, I’m working on my spreadsheet of who gets what for presents and stocking stuffers. :O lol

I wanted to show you this card I made for the stamp club gals I meet with once a month here.

I used the Memory Box Hanging Lantern die from last year… the new Holly Double Arch die from this year and the smallest snowflake from the poppystamps 2016 Ava Snowflakes set.

Some Distress Oxide inking on the circle…three bluish ones… spatter with white acrylic paint of white liquid watercolor.

Here’s 3 pictures of how I did the Holly Double Arches…

I die cut in red and green…

Then I clipped off the green berries…

I glued the green cut on top of the red cut being sure to line everything up…

and there you have it! So easy when you’re making multiples!

I used mounting tape under the circle and the top and bottom of the lantern but everything else is glued flat.

So happy to share a card with you again… I’m sure I’ll be back with more… so much I still want to do! eek! Not sure it’s humanly possible! ha!

Thank you for stopping by!

Some shopping info!

There’s NEW Memory Box products at Starlit Studio!!! Always on special! Click STR link below

Simon Says Stamp is running a special with 15% off Memory Box right now too… just click a SSS link below if you want to look! Use code MBX554

Memory Box HANGING LANTERN FRAME… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – 94304 Harvest Double… [ STR ]	Art Deco Celebrate Christmas clear… [ PPP ]
Welcome to Poppystamps – [ PPP ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS \| SBC ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Cottage Window Scene Card…

November 27, 2019November 27, 2019 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends…welcome to my Country Winter Wonderland on a card post today!

I pulled out some scene dies from last year to use with this NEW poppystamps Cottage Window die. The house is from the NEW poppystamps Village Houses die and I embellished the card with the NEW poppystamps Holly Outline die.

This could easy be a Winter thank you card or any occasion card for after Christmas!

I left the holly cut in the die, turned it over and inked it through the holes in the die, similar to stenciling… pouncing and adding color with the mini ink blending tools. Fun to do something a little different.

I stamped the sentiments from the Memory Box Mistletoe Swag stamp set using the Precision Press Advanced Stamping Tool.

For the scene behind the window I used poppystamps Open Hillside and Sloping Hillside dies. There are so many Memory Box or poppystamps dies that would work though. YES!

The two tree pieces are glued together flat and the house is glued together and then glued to the scene flat. Then using mounting tape around the window frame I adhered the scene pieces to the window, then I added another layer of mounting tape to the frame to stick it to the A2 cardbase. It will still go through the mail for one stamp, it’s not to thick. 😀

I added the Holly Outline die cut with mounting tape also, just one layer though. That’s it! I really love this! I didn’t spray it all sparkly or frosty but you sure could! I debated whether to or not! lol I wish you could see it in person!

Thank you all for stopping by today! It’s so fun to show and tell! I hope it inspires you and if you ever want to send me pictures of what you make or link me up if you’re posting, I love to see other’s show and tell too! I love inspiration!

Take care and have a beautiful, thankful week! I am thankful for you!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2238 Cottage Window… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2272 Village Houses… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2258 Holly Outline… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5247 Mistletoe Swag… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 1867 Open Hillside… [ STR ]	Poppy Stamps SLOPING HILLSIDE Craft… [ SSS \| PPP ]
We R Memory Keepers – Precision Press… [ SBC \| SSS ]	We R Memory Keepers – Mini Precision… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SBC \| SZZ \| BLIC ]