Memory Box Leaves and Berries Merry Christmas Swirl Card…

November 7, 2024November 7, 2024 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Christmas cards always make me think of songs! You? So right now I’m singing in my head, have a very merry Christmas and a happy new year!

I just realized my gold spattering on my card looks white in this photo. Hopefully in the rest we can see gold!

oh tricky photography! There’s brown spattering with Walnut Ink too. No white, that’s gold ink! It’s really pretty.

I stamped the NEW Leaves and Berries Cling Stamp on Memory Box watercolor paper with Ranger Archival Black ink. Watercolored with Karin Brush Markers, red, lipstick red, olive green and olive black. I used a waterbrush to move the ink around.

I love going vintage-y. Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress ink blended on heavier on the edges and lighter in the center. I did some waterdrop bleaching too.

I used the New Merry Christmas Swirl die for the sentiment…painted the letters and swirl with the same markers.

Tied it up with string! Jute and thin gold cord.

Adhered the sentiment with my favorite thin mounting tape.

I stamped the inside and my name on the back even! One more ready to mail! YAHOO!

I used the NEW Memory Box Be Merry Stamp set.

I know I always say this but I wish you could see it in person…So much prettier!

Linking to card challenges!

Word Power #11 – Sentiment is the focus

Peace on Earth #75

Paper Funday #71 – anything goes with optional twist tags

NBUS #68 – Never Before Used Stuff!

Holler if you have any questions….thank you so much for stopping by! I’m thankful for you as we move into this Thanksgiving month I’m reminded everyday to be thankful!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…No extra charge to you if you shop through my links! Click the abbreviations below the image… STR = Starlitstudio.net, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, SBC = Scrapbook .com, SPL = Spellbinders

Memory Box – CS2084 Leaves and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94803 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5287D Be Merry clear… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – WP101 Watercolor Paper -… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Vintage… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Walnut… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Karin Brushmarkers Pro Marker -… [ BLIC ]	Karin Brushmarkers Pro Marker – Red [ BLIC ]
Karin Brushmarkers Pro Marker – Olive… [ BLIC ]	Karin Brushmarkers Pro Marker – Olive… [ BLIC ]	Karin BRUSHMARKER PRO MEGA BOX 60… [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Ranger Archival Ink Pad Jet Black… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL \| BLIC ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – Gold,… [ BLIC ]	Walnut Ink Crystals – 2 oz [ STR ]
Spellbinders Water Brush Set 3 Pack… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]

cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps

poppystamps and Memory Box Fall Forest Card…

October 29, 2024October 29, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Happy Fall y’all! It’s right before Freezin’ Season!

I was flipping through the NEW Nutmeg Forest 6×6 paper pad and saw this piece! I hated to cover it up but I did put a solid oval under the die cuts. I could’ve made a bigger card so more would show!

I die cut everything and colored it with ink or copics. Little white dots with acrylic white paint and the small end of an embossing sytlus.

A lot of whimsy in the release this time. Birds, flowers, mushrooms and so much more! Lots of Christmas! I’ll link up what I used below if you want to check out the dies! No stamping on this A2 size card.

Linking to some card challenges…

Love Those Pretty Papers October Challenge – Halloween colors/papers

The Paper Funday October 2024 – anything goes with twist Autumn colors

Triple B October 2024 – Use one or all of the three B’s (bird for me)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Holler if you have any questions! I’m writing this the night before and I can hardly stay awake! ugh!

Shopping links….

Memory Box – PP1034 Nutmeg Forest 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94818 Mysterious… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2597 Happy Fall… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2657 Forest Stump craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2663 Simple Floral… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94811 Little Bird Bunch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2359 Oval Fold Frame… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Snowy Birdhouse and Wistful Sparrow Card…

October 16, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! I LOVE these dies! So fun and easy to make a cute card with! Hope this finds you enjoying Fall before Winter hits! We’ve had a taste of cooler temps the last two days. We turned the heat on last night! eek!

I used the NEW Holiday Snowglobe to frame the NEW Snowy Birdhouse and NEW Wistful Sparrow. The greens come with the snowglobe set! I always love holly and the branches are awesome too! Anytime you get greens going both directions I’m happy! lol

The sentiments are from the NEW Be Merry Stamp set with coordinating dies for three sentiments. Perfect Christmas set… sentiments for the front and inside in one set! Check it out!

The Nordic pattern paper is from the Yuletide Cheer 6×6 paper pad. I love the name and the papers in the pad!

Oh, I colored the bird with Copic E07 and a chalk type white marker…I die cut it in Toffee cardstock. The beak is a couple Copic Y and YR until I got it kinda orange-ish.

An A 2 size card. It will mail super easy for one postage stamp. I only used a little bit of the thin mounting tape I love behind the back end of the bird!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy papercrafting!

Links to what I used to make this card… STR = Starlitstudio, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, SBC = Scrapbook .com, SPL = Spellbinders, TE = Taylored Expressions (some are affiliate links, no cost to you) Thank you so much for shopping through my links! I pay for my blog and LinkDeli so NO ADS! YAY!

Memory Box – 94810 Snowy Birdhouse… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94808 Holiday Snowglobe… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94798 Wistful Sparrow… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5287D Be Merry clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1032 Yuletide Cheer… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SPL \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Scor-Tape [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Peapod -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cilantro -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Salt Water… [ TE ]
Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Sizzix White Tool Caddy Big Shot… [ SBC ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC \| SSS \| SPL \| SBC ]

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

Memory Box Snowflake Joy and More Card…

October 9, 2024October 8, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone! The name of this snowman is so cute! Cordial Snowman….if you’re familiar with Anne of Green Gables… hehe I don’t know why I remember that part of the movie. lol

It’s a cutie anyway! I used paper from the NEW Nutmeg Plaid 6 x 6 pad! It dawned on me after I used it that it was probably supposed to be for Fall but it worked out fine!

I used one plaid to Stencil on! The New Falling Snowflakes stencil and Alene’s Glitter Snow paste worked great!

Maybe you can see some sparkle there… I did get a little messy but it’s handmade, right?!

Fortunately it was only a couple places. lol

I trimmed it down to 4 ¼ in. x 5 ½ in. matted with black cardstock then mounted on another piece of plaid from the pad…notice it’s monochromatic… I liked that a lot! So it’s larger than an A2 size but should fit in an A7 envelope easy enough.

A little bit different angle. You can almost see a little sparkle.

I used the NEW Drifting Snowflakes die behind cutie Cordial.

Then Snowflake Joy on top! I used a little of the thin mounting tape I love on the top of Cordial.

Cordial was easy to glue up… yay! So were the other dies too! When I can make a card, take pictures AND write a blog post in one afternoon, I’m a super happy camper! I with that was every time!

More than likely I forgot something so feel free to comment or email me any questions! I love talking to cardmakers and friends!

I will shift gears and think about supper! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Links below to the products I used to make this card…

STR = Starlitstudio.net, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, SBC = Scrapbook .com, SPL = Spellbinders

Memory Box – 94797 Snowflake Joy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94813 Cordial Snowman… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94816 Drifting… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 88627 Falling Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Aleene’s Decorative Snow – Glitter… [ BLIC ]
Stamperia – Trowel Spatula – Large [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE GEL PENS 2 Pack 38495 [ SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

cards · Die Piecing · Fall · Halloween · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps

poppystamps Ghostly Cats Happy Halloween Card…

October 2, 2024October 4, 2024 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hello cardmaking friends! A die cut card to share today….pretty quick and easy compared to some!

A2 cardbase ink blended with Wilted Violet Distress Oxide ink in the center-ish area and Hickory Smoke and Black Soot Distress Oxides around the perimeter.

Spatter with white and black ink, set it aside to dry.

What a cute idea if you have black cats that cooperate! lol

Look how real the spiders look! eek! They’re new from Memory Box, Eerie Spiders die. Five spiders in the set!

I edged the orange die cuts with Rusty Hinge Distress ink.

The spider web is from poppystamps Halloween Assemblage.

Lavish Happy Halloween is NEW from poppystamps.

Intricate Mini Pumpkins are NEW from Memory Box.

I mounted the Happy Halloween and Ghostly Cats with the thin mounting tape I love so much!

Linking my card to some challenges…

The Paper Funday October 2024 Challenge – anything goes with twist of autumn colors

Classic Design Challenge – anything goes with twist of autumn colors

Double D Challenges – Halloween

The Four Seasons October 2024 Challenge – Anything Fall goes

Two Old Bats Halloween Challenge October 2024 – anything goes Halloween

Crafty Animals Challenge #88

I think that’s it! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used… click/tap the Abbreviations below the image to go to the stores. STR is Starlitstudio.net, SSS is Simon Says Stamp, SBC is Scrapbook .com.

Poppystamps – 2685 Ghostly Cats craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2591 Lavish Happy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94845 Intricate Mini… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94846 Eerie Spiders… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2495 Halloween… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Oreo [ TE ]
Oreo Liquid Watercolor – Taylored… [ TE ]	Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Picket Fence Studios – Paper Splatter… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Ranger – Black Soot Distress Oxide… [ SPL ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Rusty… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam 1″ 20/Pkg -… [ STR ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – set of 2 -… [ STR ]	Sizzix Sidekick Cutting Pads – set of… [ STR ]	Woodware EasyPick Tool by Creative… [ STR ]