poppystamps Nordic Happy Snowman Card…

September 21, 2024September 23, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! I know most of us love snowman! It seems like this cutie should have a name, oh it does! Happy!

I saw a card made with this sketch and thought it’d work so well with the new Memory Box 6×6 paper pads, Yuletide Cheer and Yuletide Plaid! I love these pads! Good thing! lol 24 double sided papers, 12 designs, 2 of each.

I started by die cutting, coloring with Copics and piecing ‘Happy’ together. Do you have the R07 Copic marker? It is one of my favorite reds ever! If you remember the Basic Gray paper line for Christmas, E07 matched it perfectly!

I also colored the background for Let it Snow with E07 also.

I diecut the Memory Box Nested Globe die in white and the Nested Globe Bases die in white and colored the base with E07 and E09.

The plaid paper is cut 4 in. x 5 ¼ in. and the banner is 2 ¼ x 5 ½ in. I cut the fishtail end with a scissors. Then I wrapped gold thread around it and tied a box before I glued it to the plaid panel.

That’s about it! I used my favorite thin mounting foam tape to adhere ‘Happy’ to the globe.

The green Copics I used are G24 and YG99.

Linking to some card challenges…

ABC Christmas – S and T, S is for Stencils and/or T is for Traditional Christmas Colors

Merry Little Christmas #58 – anything Christmas goes

The Paper Funday #69 – Anything Goes with optional twist

I almost wished for snow this week! It was so muggy and hot here in Iowa. Next week looks more like Fall temperatures. whew. So thankful for air conditioning! I’ve been riding my bike more but these temps put a halt to that. Maybe this coming week and I can get back to it.

Thank you for stopping by! I love hearing from you and appreciate your encouraging words! I still haven’t counted how many Christmas cards I have made. One of these days I’m gonna say post in the comments how many you have! lol I think it’d be fun to see and we can encourage each other! I have birthday cards to throw in the mix this week. How’d it get to be Sept. 21st anyway! Crazy! ttul!

Here’s the products I used for this card…

Poppystamps – 2640 Nordic Happy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2599 Let it Snow… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94532 Nested Globes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94675 Nested Globe Bases… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1032 Yuletide Cheer… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1031 Yuletide Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Pen – White [ BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS \| BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Poppystamps

poppystamps Nordic Wintertide Stockings Merry Christmas Card…

September 13, 2024September 13, 2024 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! Have you counted your Christmas card stash yet? I haven’t! I haven’t kept up very well with my policy of finishing the insides either! I will be sorry yet again this year! lol

A very easy die cut card A2 size today. I cut this NEW poppy Nordic Wintertide Border Set three times for the wider border and three times for the narrow border. Next time I will just space them better so I don’t have the piece I had to trim at the top.

Believe it or not these dies cut very well! I die cut with the blades up, and angle the die into the machine. Try it! It works!

I pieced together the NEW poppy Nordic Stockings and Merry Christmas Moonlight Script dies…very straight forward/easy!

I used the NEW Memory Box red cardstock!!! OH wow! This cardstock is beautiful! Dave sent several colors and I can’t wait to use them! 8.5 x 11 size!!! yahoo!

Here’s a video showing the colors!

I die cut a vellum circle to put behind the sentiment and stockings, it just needed it!

Linking to some card challenges…

A Cut Above – anything goes with a die cut

The Paper Shelter #609 – punches and/or dies

ABC Christmas – S and T, T for traditional colors

Sparkles Christmas – sentiment as the focus

There you have it! A festive, easy card and I didn’t even have to fill the stockings! Although I think they’d be super cute with stuff in them, I just couldn’t land on anything. I tried adding poinsettias but nope, didn’t suit my eye!

Off to work on some more Christmas cheer! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2633 Nordic Wintertide… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2636 Nordic Stockings… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2596 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – Cardstock Paper – 8/1/2… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – 8-1/2 x 11 by… [ STR ]	Bazzill 29lb weight vellum – sold by… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Nordic Dancing Gnome and Large Mushroom House Be Merry Card…

August 2, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Time for a cute card! Something to make you think of cooler temperatures! That’s how we’re feeling here in steamy Iowa! Can you say Summer?!

I had fun making these NEW poppystamps dies up…die cutting, inking, gluing, arranging and spattering. Here’s the card! lol

I die cut the lower mushroom parts in kraft cardstock and inked with Gathered Twigs Regular Distress Ink and the mini ink blending tool.

The upper mushroom is die cut in white cardstock and inked with Lumberjack Plaid Distress Oxide ink using an ink blending brush and aged with regular Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a mini ink blending tool. The smoke in white and inked with Hickory Smoke Oxide ink.

The trees and the gnome are all die cut in Neenah Classic Crest White cardstock and inked with Oxide inks and blending brushes….

hat with Peeled Paint (less pressure to get the lighter part)

flesh parts are Tattered Rose with a hint of Vintage Photo on the edges

trees are Rustic Wilderness with a little bit of white showing here and there and those spots inked with Peacock Feathers

Backgound panel is Neenah Classic Crest White inked with Peacock Feathers, spattered with water droplets, let it dry

be merry is die cut in white also, back layer inked with Peacock Feathers and spattered with water droplets also, white layer glued on top

Panel is glued to a 5 x 7 cardbase, mushroom house adhered with my favorite thin mounting tape, trees glued directly to the card, gnome and sentiment adhered with thin mounting tape.

Last step was spattering with white drawing ink.

His belt buckle is colored with a gel pen and I added a few clear fairy drops.

I hope he makes you smile! It’s so cute! A happy card that makes me happy too!

thank you so much for stopping by! More to come!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used to make this card…so many AWESOME NEW products from poppystamps, Memory Box and Birch Press Design in the stores…have fun shopping and creating! STR takes you to Starlitstudio.net, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp, SBC takes you to Scrapbook . com, SPL takes you to Spellbinders .com, BLIC takes you to Dick Blick .com Thank you so much for shopping and supporting my cardmaking/blogging in this manner. No extra cost for you and it helps me pay for this blog/linkdeli and the convenience for you of knowing what I used! Win Win! Happy creating!

Poppystamps – 2655 Large Mushroom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2644 Nordic Dancing… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2645 Be Merry craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2635 Nordic Dimple… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2629 Nordic Dimpled… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box Fairy Drops • Jewels •… [ STR \| SSS ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]
Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SPL ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SPL ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – set of 2 -… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – White and Gray – Big Shot… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix White Tool Caddy Big Shot… [ SBC \| BLIC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Masculine · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Summer

poppystamps Whittle Tropical Gator Kit Card…

July 4, 2024July 3, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Surprise! Now I’m wishing I’d thought to make the bow and hoop red! lol Happy Fourth of July friends and cardmakers!

Such cute critters from poppystamps and everything you need to make this card or another version in the kit!

Personality indeed! They’re having a Summer good time!

I colored the die cuts with Copic Sketch Markers after I die cut them in Hammermill Color Copy 100# cardstock.

Branches – YG17, YG 67 and G99

Tree Trunks – E43, E44 and E47

Splash – B000, B00, B01 and B02

Bow and hoop – RV02 and inked a little bit with my dirty pink oxide ink blending brush

Tie – B05 and BG09

Umbrella – N2, 3, 4, 5

Gators – YG21, YG23 and inked a little bit with my dirty green oxide ink blending brush

I kept it clean and simple by just mounting the colored die cuts onto an A2 size Neenah Solar White 110# cardbase that I inked with a little bit of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.

Small pieces of the thin mounting tape behind the pieces and placed similar to the picture on the envelope of the kit packaging.

So cute and easy to do! Aren’t the teeth fun?! lol

Have a beautiful holiday rest of the week and enjoy the fireworks if you can stay up late enough! haha!

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make this gator card…

Poppystamps – KT001 Whittle Tropical… [ STR \| SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring

poppystamps Whittle Racing Giraffe Kit Card…

May 31, 2024May 31, 2024 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Just to make you smile! A super cute new kit from poppystamps! Whittle Racing Giraffe! I didn’t use the race car yet but I think it’d be so cute for a new driver or one that just got their drivers license!

I went with one I could use for a graduate or anyone on their way up the ladder! There are several sentiments included in this cute kit! All so fun!

I die cut, colored and inked the cuts. So easy with the lines that impress when you cut guiding you where to color!

Then I chose some pattern papers from the Memory Box Anemone Grove 6×6 paper pad, one for the sky and one for the grass, tore the edge on the grass…. paper piecing the background so to speak! lol

I like it! the little flowers in the green piece make me think of dandelions or clover!

This is a mini slimline size card. 3 ⅛ in. 6 in.

Wow! What a busy Spring it’s been! Are you finding that too?

Events with Grandchildren that we love doing. A wedding! Last weekend our oldest grandson was in a bike race in Burlington, IA! That was mind blowing! I cannot believe how fast they can ride those bikes! One of my sisters passed away last Thursday. Sad. I’m 7th of 8 children so three have passed now. So instead of weddings being the cause of family reunions, now it’s funerals. Not near as fun!

We’re enjoying being outside more for sure! Hope all is well for you and you’re keeping up with cardmaking! hoho!

take care and links below if you want a cute set to make with!

Take a look at what I used…

Poppystamps – KT007 Whittle Racing… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1026 Anemone Grove 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Pineapple -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Peapod -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -… [ TE ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]