poppystamps Mod Poinsettias CAS Card…

October 13, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Happy Saturday everyone! I’m having a lazy day here…but I did manage to get stuff put away after our stamp club card party yesterday! yay! Ready to start again! In the meantime I still have cards to share…so I’ll post some pictures of this one today!

I always love poinsettias but paired with beautiful sentiment stamps and black…swoon!

This is poppystamps NEW Mod Poinsettias and Memory Box NEW Bold Christmas Greetings stamp set…when I saw it, well, I knew I had to have it!

All this white space! oh my! So simply but it does pack a punch doesn’t it! lol

I colored the poinsettias with Copic Sketch Markers – R20, 43 and a teeny bit of 46. I do love R46… I want them to add more in the R40’s!

Oh, I better not forget…the holly branch is from the NEW Memory Box Elegant Holly Double Frame! I’m going to end up using the two branches from this set more than the frames! Remember the wreath I made with the curvy one several posts back? So much potential in that die!

Die cut in white and colored again… I think the greens are G94 with a little bit of G99 in the veins.

One more picture just because I have it and that doily! haha

It was fun to use one of the smaller Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles set too! It perfectly frames the floral piece.

Linking to some challenges…

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – All About Occasions

Happy Little Stampers October anything goes with dies

Thanks for clicking over and hope you get some stamping in this weekend a long with all the shopping! Seems we need food again. Where are those elves when you need them! haha

ttul

p.s. I’m going to take a break from all the links today! Over in the right sidebar you’ll find the box to click to take you to Starlitstudio and another to take you to Simon Says Stamp… you’ll find everything I used in these stores AND more! (or scroll down to links in my previous posts) Copy and paste the names into the search boxes there. Thank you!

cards · Christmas · Flowers · Poppystamps · Watercolor · Winter

poppystamps Poinsettia Delights and Outline Joy Card…

October 11, 2018October 15, 2018 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Hi everyone! I wish that was my truck IRL! So cute…there’s a Christmas tree in the bed. I found that at Menards last year in their Christmas scene decoration section of the store.

The card! This is one of the poinsettia cards that I told you last week that I had to get finished! One more to go! Well probably more than one but another one that is already started.

I stamped the images from this NEW poppystamps Poinsettia Delights stamp set and heat embossed them with white powder on Kraft cardstock. Then I watercolored them with Tombow Dual Brush markers and Stampin Up’s Real Red Marker.

I die cut the NEW poppystamps Joy Outline die in woodgrain paper and black cardstock, then inked the edges of both with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and the mini ink blending tool.

I tied on this cotton cord… it’s from the grocery store! It was so fun to buy something for stamping at the grocery store! lol

I roughed up the edges of the pattern papers with the Tim Holtz Distresser tool, then inked around with Gathered Twigs too… love that color!

This ended up being an A7 size card. 5 inches x 7 inches.

Linking to some challenges…

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – All About Occasions

Happy Little Stampers October Christmas Challenge – anything goes/optional ribbon

Thanks for stopping by today! I have more to share, if not tomorrow, it’ll be Saturday. Big stamp club card party Friday… oh, I’ll have to share that card too! It’s a Fall card!

Here’s the supplies I used for my card today…thank you for shopping through my links! I appreciate it!

Poppystamps – CL466 Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2115 Poinsettia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2112 Joy Outline craft die [ STR \| SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Super Fine Detail White Embossing… [ STR \| SSS ]	Embossing Heat Gun; Precision Heat… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tombow – Dual Brush Pen – 10 Color… [ SBC \| BLIC \| SSS ]	Simple Stories Aspen/White Notebook… [ STR \| SBC ]	Paper Distresser Tool – Tim Holtz;… [ STR \| SBC ]
Ranger Distress Mini Ink Pad 1×1 -… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG** ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black; Ranger [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Archival Re-inker – Jet Black from… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]
Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]
Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Card Sketch · cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Guesting for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge Blog…

October 5, 2018October 6, 2018 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! I’m so honored to be the guest card designer at 52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge blog today! I love making cards this time of year and I love receiving them too! I went with a clean and simple take to the challenge sketch! So fun!

I was so tickled to find this die in my stash that so resembled all the circles! So I die cut it 3 times, glued them together so it’d have a frosty, dimensional feel. Cuz brrrrr it’s gonna be cold outside! haha It’s every other day in Iowa…in fact we can have all four seasons in one day! haha No snow yet though!

Shoot me now cuz, grrr, this poppystamps Scribble Snowflake Circle die is a discontinued one. I will link up some other dies below that I think would work nicely for this type of card too! I just kept finding more while looking HERE! More ideas than I can handle! lol

I love the punch of the Robin’s Egg and Candy Necklace Bazzill colors with this NEW Celebrate Jotted Script die from Memory Box. Links below. The pattern paper is a woodgrain that’s available too! yay!

I hope you’ll click over to the challenge blog, make a Christmas card and link it up for this challenge! It’s so fun to look through the stash to see what you can come up with for the sketch! I want to see what you make!

Linking my card to some other challenges too…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Let’s Get Ready for Christmas

Winter Wonderland Challenge – Anything Goes

Less Is More Challenge – #381 CASE card

The Merry Christmas Challenge – Anything Goes

ABC Christmas Challenge – V for very quick

Thanks for visiting my blog today and happy card making weekend to you!

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

Memory Box – 94074 Celebrate Jotted… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2125 Whittle Wood… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94027 Peace Circle craft… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94089 Pinpoint Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2097 Seed Snowflake… [ STR \| SSS ]	Simple Stories Elm/Cream Ledger 12×12… [ STR \| SBC ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe – Robin’s Egg [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Candy Necklace [ STR \| SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

Card Sketch · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Memory Box · Poppystamps

NEW Memory Box Cottage Gate Frame Fall Card…

October 5, 2018October 7, 2018 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Hi everybody! Sharing a card with more NEW dies on it with you today! We all love Fall even the little critters! Looks like they’re having a convention on where’s the best dirt these days! haha

I die cut everything in Neenah Solar White 110# cardstock and ink blended with regular Distress ink pads and the mini ink blending tools. Gathered Twigs, Spiced Marmalade, Forest Moss, Wild Honey, Squeezed Lemonade and Rusty Hinge.

The extra acorns and leaves are cut from the Oak Leaf Swirl die.

I love the new Thankful Jotted Script die! There is a backer die that comes with it too but I didn’t use it here. The squirrels are from a new poppystamps Busy Squirrel Trio die. They do look busy! We have a lot of squirrels around here and they can be pretty entertaining at times!

This is an A7 size card. (5 in. x 7 in.)

Linking my thankful card to some challenges…

Craft Stamper Magazine Challenge – anything goes

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge – make your mark

Thanks for stopping by on this pretty Fall day!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used to make this card… (The Oak Leaf Swirl is sold out now online and discontinued so I added links to the Finial Corner or Border that I think would work really nice with this Cottage Gate Frame too, sorry about that!) ETA Check your local stamp store.

Memory Box – 94077 Cottage Gate Frame… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 1985 Finial Corner… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 1984 Finial Border… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94076 Thankful Jotted… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2075 Busy Squirrel Trio… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Ranger Distress Mini Cube Inks – Open… [ STR ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG** ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]	Embossing Heat Gun; Precision Heat… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Embedded Die Cuts · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Memory Box Holiday Lamp Post Frame and Pinpoint Snowflake Circle Frame Christmas Cards…

September 11, 2018 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Peace… we talk about it so much at Christmas but I couldn’t help but think of it today, being 9/11. I truly don’t see it ever being humanly possible because of fallen man but peace in your soul works for me. My daughter just shared this with us and it spoke to me too!

I hope I remember this quote!

Some more about this card…The NEW Memory Box Holiday Lamp Post Frame die…So beautiful! I tucked in the NEW poppystamps Tree Line Hill behind it… so versatile. I die cut two of the Lamp Post Frame…green and white. Cut the white one apart so I could adjust the white to show a wee bit behind the green. Then I went ahead and glued the rest of the white circle behind for the extra dimension…why waste the cut you know! *smile*

The little red bird is from the NEW Memory Box Delicate Pine Frame die. Cut in white and colored with a Copic R46 marker. A little yellow on the lamp post glass too. (I think these little birds are going to show up a lot around here! lol)

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Peace Cheshire Script die 3 times and glued them together and then glued it to a strip of white cardstock that I mounted over the snowflake from the NEW Pinpoint Snowflake Circle Frame die. It’s a beauty!

Another shot of it… I must say I love this card and hope you do too! lol It’s an A2 size and will mail for one postage stamp.

TIP: I’ve been mailing my A2 size cards in A6 envelopes. I think they hold up better traveling in that larger size, the corners don’t get bent going through the machine and from being dropped. Still only one stamp to go!

I have another card to share with the NEW Memory Box Pinpoint Snowflake Circle Frame but I used the square frame from the New Memory Box Holiday Lamp Post Frame die too. These sets all mix and match beautifully!

A simple 4 ¼ inch square card. Easy to mail for one stamp in an A2 or A6 envelope.

Here’s the peace word die again too…a silver foil cut on top of two white cardstock cuts… glued together and then glued to the card. I did mount the circle with Scotch foam mounting tape.

IRL these cards are a little more blue-ish…

Thank you for stopping by today and sharing a little ‘peace’ with me. Take care.

What I used to make this and other supplies and tools I use for card-making…

Memory Box – 94049 Holiday Lamp Post… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2088 Tree Line Hill… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94030 Pinpoint Snowflake… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94017 Peace Cheshire… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94031 Delicate Pine… [ STR ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]
Bazzill Foil Cardstock – Silver 12×12 [ STR ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ SBC \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]
Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]
Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]
Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]