Adhering Intricate Dies Video…

August 27, 2014October 21, 2014 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Embedded Diecuts

I did take this in high definition so after you click play, you can click the gear for a better picture and click the frame to see it large!

Here’s my technique for making your die cuts into stickers for perfect placement. I’m really pleased with how it works… so many of the fine line dies from Memory Box are easy to pull out of shape. After trying several things, this is what I came up with! I hope you’ll try it too!

One thing I didn’t show in the video is changing the color of the petals. It’s really easy though… just cut the die in the color card-stock you want the petals and adhere them over the top after the process I show in the video.

On my candle card, I added the black pieces over the white after using the technique I show in the video.

glue the musicality background die cut to the card base (little dots of Tombow Mono Multi behind the notes)
die cut the tall taper die just like I did the plush poinsettia in the video
while still in the die, (after removing the waste) lay it right over the top of the musicality background piece, run it through the Big Shot just like I did in the video
remove the die
die cut the contrasting tall taper parts that you want a different color and glue on (or make them a sticker too)

The holly is from the Cabrini Ornament die. Die cut and then trim the holly away from the ornament with scissors.

Thanks for stopping by today! ttul!

Dies and supplies I used…

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Techniques · Winter

Memory Box and poppystamps for challenges…

August 26, 2014September 4, 2014 Pam Sparks43 Comments

My cards that I’m linking up today were totally inspired by the inspiration photo from Festive Friday Challenge blog. Oh what fun! I always enjoy FF designer Ardyth’s CAS/graphic cards and I love following her because my mom’s name was Ardyth! Funny story for you…I remember so well coming home from school and saying to my mom, “what is your name again?” lol I could never remember her name and the beginning of every year we had to fill out a form with our parents names on it! lol My dad always called her mom, so it was rare that I heard her name as a grade schooler. Evidently they couldn’t remember her name either cuz I was the 7th of 8 kids to come through that grade school! You’d think by #7, they would’ve know all about us Bryants! lol

And it is a WINNER! Thank you Festive Friday Challenge Blog ladies! You made my day!

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This is a 5 ½ inch square card… kraft card base…poppystamps Merry Christmas Background die cut in black card-stock…Memory Box Snowy Tree Border die cut in white card-stock.

Very straight forward CAS card! YAY! love it!

First pass through the Big Shot to cut the Snowy Tree…then back through with the tan mat and shims to emboss the snow detail…leave the cut in the die…turn it over… dauber on Tsukineko’s glue pad through the holes in the die…burnish on the Art Glittering System’s Winter White glitter.

Strips of white card-stock glued behind a couple of the words…

Also linking this card up to some other challenges…

Addicted to Stamps Challenge – CAS

Friday Mashup Challenge – die cuts

ABC Christmas Challenge – Q for quick and easy – my card was in the top 3! Thank you ladies!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – kraft

Winter Wonderland Challenge – anything goes

My next card was the second card I made but it kinda backfired on me…. ugh…every time I try to put white, ink, paint or even gesso over black card-stock, it turns blue!!!! grrrrr *sigh* Oh well, I’m posting this anyway. : )

Pretty much the same as the card above except the card is 6 inches square and I used the poppystamps Frozen Flakes Border die.
My last card was the first I started with the Festive Friday inspiration photo colors in mind…

I did some experimenting here too, so it’s not perfect! hehe I’ll do a video soon on gluing and tell about it then.

Memory Box Musicality die, Tall Taper Candle and Joyful combo rubber stamp. The background paper is from an older Basic Grey Kraft 6×6 paper pad.

I used my mini Perfect Layers Tools and mat with black and then to cut the three sides of the card. Link in the sidebar and below in the links too. Be sure to use my code to get 5% off when you shop!

Linking this card to…

Catered Crop Challenge – musical expression

Festive Friday Challenge – photo inspiration

The Friday Mashup – die cuts

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – kraft

That’s it for today! Thanks for all the wonderful comments about my last two cards! You are all awesome!

Take care and TFL!

Supplies and dies I used on these cards…

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Perfect Paper Crafting and Xyron Blog Hop…

August 18, 2014August 20, 2014 Pam Sparks43 Comments

WELCOME!

So excited to share some cards with you, that I made using Perfect Paper Crafting and Xyron’s awesome products!

The Perfect Paper Crafting team is posting today but you can take all week to hop around and comment for a chance to win a fabulous prize! $50 gift certificate! (winner to be announced the 25th on the PPC blog)

The Xyron team will be posting each day on the Xyron blog and giving away prizes every day!

My first card for today will make you laugh…brrring brrring

I do! lol

I love this sentiment from Printworks and use it anytime I use a telephone! This adorable telephone image and the floral background stamp are NEW and also from Printworks. I embossed the telephone and the flowers (multiple times) with white pigment ink and Tsukineko’s Imagine White Embossing Powder. The sentiment is stamped with black pigment ink and embossed with Tsukineko’s Imagine Black Embossing Powder. I die cut the sentiment with a die from Lawn Fawn.

I used Printworks stamp pads for watercoloring the white embossed flowers (watercolor paper). Go back in time…the first CHA type show I went to was in 1995. Printworks was there teaching Annette’s (the owner and artist) watercolor techniques. She introduced using stamp pads for watercolor way back then! It’s stood the test of time for sure!

What can I say that I haven’t said a million times about the Perfect Paper Crafting Layering Tools! They are the BEST! I Love these tools! I didn’t think there would be any room for improvement but I love the mini tools and mat more! I’m glad I have both sets though because today I needed to use the one inch ruler that just comes in the long ruler size.

It’s so nice to get the professional look of even borders along with the charm of a handmade card. Use Sparks 5% off at checkout to get 5% off your PPC order! Thank you for clicking through my links.

What did I use from Xyron? Well, they have this awesome Mega Tape Runner… looks like this…

wow! It’s great! It dispenses permanent adhesive dots and is refillable. So easy to operate too… not too big and not small either! It just works! YAY! I used this to put most of my layers together.

I adhered the telephone panel to the white embossed panel with Xyron ¼ in. High Tack Double Sided Tape…

and the sequins with Xyron High Tack Adhesive Dots…perfect!

My next two cards are wedding cards…

Here I used the Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Mat to cut my card base. I scored and folded a sheet of 8.5×11 card-stock, then adhered my main panel to the folded card base with the Xyron Mega Tape Runner, then used my mini tool to cut the border on the other three sides.

I used the Xyron Mega Tape Runner to adhere the Studio Calico wood veneer potty people to the circle too! Yep, they stick great! I was able to rub away any excess before I stuck them down, so easy because it’s dot adhesive. (looks like the wood veneer potty people have been discontinued)

My inspiration for this card came from Maile Belles’ card HERE.

I partial die cut a circle and then die cut two complete circles for the layers.

Another fun wedding card using a Memory Box border die, Printworks stamps, wood Potty People and a Doodlebug red heart embellishment.

Again I used my Perfect Layers tool to cut the three sides of my card base and the Xyron Mega Tape Runner to adhere the layers and the potty people.

Wonderful tools! Wonderful adhesives! Thank you PPC and Xyron!

Your next stop is Jenny’s blog! Enjoy the hop, be inspired and I hope you win!

Thanks for stopping by and hopping with us! ttul!

I’m linking my first card up to the Seize the Birthday challenges – anything goes

I’m linking my second card up to the Simon Says Monday Challenge – anything goes

I’m linking my third card up to the Clean & Simple Stamping challenge 303 – sketch

Supplies I used on these cards…

cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Winter

Memory Box and poppystamps…

August 10, 2014August 10, 2014 Pam Sparks17 Comments

I know… too much Christmas but there are so many new dies!!! I just can’t help myself! I will try to post some other stuff every other time, ok?! : )

This is a scene I made by stamping the New Small Forest Pine stamp multiple times. I used Versafine Olympia Green ink… love this green. I stamped three times before reinking. I did use my stamp a ma jig to keep the trees straight. I love my stamp a ma jig and my perfect rulers tools! Yep, I used them too! Link below and in the side bar and be sure to use the Sparks5% code when ordering!

The sentiment is the NEW Merry and Bright combo stamp, just inked it up with red dye ink and stamped with the stamp a ma jig again too. Even if the rubber is on the wood straight, I can still go crooked, so I need that tool! : )

I HAD to have this NEW border die from poppystamps too! Frozen Border die cut in white card-stock and trimmed to fit the bottom of this A-2 size card.

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I kinda got carried away arranging stuff with this New Poinsettia. It’s pretty though and better IRL. : ) I love the NEW Curled Ribbons… used them both here and cut them out of silver glitter card-stock.

The NEW from poppystamps Claudette Frame is so pretty! Cut from white Bazzill texture card-stock. Cuts like a dream…….

I used one of the NEW Memory Box snowflakes, New Castle Snowflake, cut out of silver glitter card and layered right under the NEW Memory Box Poinsettia Bloom Trio die. I love the NEW Memory Box Sturdy Stem and Ho Ho Holly dies in the mix too.

The sentiment is the NEW Memory Box Merry Christmas Combo stamp… heat embossed with Silver Embossing Powder.

Poppystamps Berry Sprig and Garden Sprig dies finish it off! I think that’s enough dies and stamps for one card, don’t you?! lol

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I posted this last card on the Memory Box blog a while ago but I haven’t gotten it on my blog yet! So, today’s the day!

I embossed the NEW Flurry Frame stencil by running it through my Big Shot die cutting machine. Then I inked it with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Inks and the ink blending tools. It’s really pretty!

I cut the top from the NEW Merry Christmas to All die, then sorted through my dies to find something to work with it. Landed on the NEW Hanging Ornaments die, but I had to cut it apart to make it work in the space. It turned out great and there you have the light, airy, frosty feel of this card!

I added some snowflake gems and tiny gemstones from Hobby Lobby to finish it off. I think these are it but can’t tell for sure from the pictures on their site, HERE. I picked them up in the store.

I used the Perfect Layers Mini tools and Mat for this card too.

That’s it for today! eek! Sorry to post so much at once. I just can’t seem to regulate it very well! lol

Thanks for stopping by and have a great week stamping and creating!

Dies, stamps and stuff I used on these cards…

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Memory Box and Bildmalarna Birthday cards…

August 7, 2014September 16, 2014 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Birthday fun with a step card again…for some reason, I just kinda drift toward this fold! See that cute little kitty? They have a black outdoor kitty at their house… so cute just sitting there watching for Henry and the other kids!

Grandchildren… so precious. I still remember the day we met Henry. He was two and from Ukraine. You know I rarely post family things because that would be a blog in itself! Six years ago Henry was the first of four to be adopted internationally into our family. Oh, the excitement of waiting for them to get to the waiting area of the airport! He had to be scared! So many people waiting to welcome him to his forever home!

Precious memories. I’ll post one picture that I love so much… Henry meeting Grandpa Tim and granddaughter Attie in the background. Henry hugged Tim for 5 minutes… he already sensed that he was getting an awesome grampy! : )

Time moves on and he’s 8 already! Since then, Anya came from Ukraine, two more from Bulgaria and then you know the story….pregnant and Cedryk was born. He just turned 2 and he loves tractors and Curious George!

So I had to use an image with a little blonde boy on a tractor!

I used Mimo on a Tractor from Bildmalarna, HERE and colored with Promarkers and Copics. The number 2 is from an old Quickutz die set. My Perfect Layers Mini rulers and Mat to cut the ‘perfect’ black border around the image… links below and in the sidebar.

On Henry’s card, the It’s Your Day sentiment is from an old set by Hero Arts and the sun is a medium EK Success punch. I die cut the trees in green and in brown. I clipped off the leaves on the brown one and glued the brown over the green then… like I did this tree in this video…

This video and card were originally posted HERE.

Linking up to some challenges…

Dies R Us – Birthday (first card)

Milk Coffee Challenge – use two die cuts or more (first card)

A Blog Named Hero – Die A Little (or a lot) – sentiment is Hero Arts (first card)

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

Stamp and Create – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! It’s always so fun to share with you. Scroll down to my Perfect Paper Crafting post and comment for a chance to win, if you haven’t already… the Crazy Dayz hop has been extended….the last day is Aug. 11th now!

ttul!

Dies and Supplies I used on these cards…