Memory Box Christmas Botanicals card and Nuvo!!!

October 7, 2016October 9, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

How are you? The sun is shining here and I was able to get a nice bright picture that even shows off the Nuvo sparkles here! YAY!

I used the Memory Box Christmas Botanicals stamp set and coordinating die set for my card. It was fun to stamp the backgrounds with a tone on tone look using just the stamps from the set! I love how complete the Memory Box and poppystamps sets are and that you get dies for everything in the set! yippee! You all know I love to die cut! hehe

I did snip some little branches off this new die…poppystamps Pine Twig. I don’t know about you but I always feel like I need to own every pine stamp and die that comes out! HELP!

I stamped on watercolor paper, die cut and colored with Zig Clean Color Brush Markers. Added Nuvo crystal drops, I used Winter Blizzard, Clear, Gloss White and eek! There are Nuvo Embossing powders now… HERE! Happy stamper! lol

A few Pretty Pink Posh 3 mm clear sparkle sequins here and there.

I LOVE Memory Box notecards…they are now available at Birch Press Designs. I used Cranberry and Meadow for my card today. The card base is Taylored Expressions Cookie Monster card-stock.

I cut the MB notecards in half and die cut them with the Rectangle Layers dies. I am getting so much mileage out of that set!

Linking up to…

Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

Scrapyland Challenge – Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers – embossing (heat or dry) My sentiment is embossed

Sweet Stampin’ Christmas Challenge – Christmas die cuts

Virginia’s View Challenge – Focal Point

Thanks for looking at my ’tis the season’ card today! Thank you so much for all your comments! The encouragement this week has meant more than I know how to put into words! I appreciate your thoughtfulness and love it when you leave links to your cards when you comment so I can come visit you too!

Be back soon!

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

poppystamps Ribbon Curl Ornament cards…

September 23, 2016September 25, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hello! I hope it’s a Merry and Bright Friday where ever you are! No matter, my cards today will wake you right up! Sparkle, sparkle!

Very simple card…dies cut in glitter card and mounted on a slightly glittered piece of Coordinations card-stock.

poppystamps Ribbon Curl Ornament die two ways…here I used it as a border. I used a scrap of the gold glitter card to die cut another piece of the end for an ornament hanger.

Linking up to Happy Little Stampers Anything With Dies Challenge…

The next card I used it as a hanging ornament. Clipping off the lines and swirls on both sides leaves you with just a pretty ornament. Easy!

I die cut poppystamps Merry Christmas Script die out of adhesive glitter foam but that was challenging. I think next time, I’ll just use the red glitter card-stock! This American Crafts Glitter card-stock is so pretty!

I used the Memory Box Shaker Rectangle Frames set for the gold frame and the Studio Rectangle Layers set for the white background piece. The Caps and Hooks die to hang the ornament from the tail of the ‘y’.

I glued on Pretty Pink Posh Gold sequins because it just needed ‘somethin’!

That’s it from me today! Thanks for stopping by! Happy Fall y’all!

cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Memory Box Pine Branch Circle, poppystamps House in the Woods, Poinsettia Ribbon and Holiday Poinsettia…

September 21, 2016September 21, 2016 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Welcome to this warm ‘frosted’ wintry scene! Think brown…hehe… the silhouette cut of the poppystamps House in the Woods is dark brown card-stock to match the new pattern paper collection I used here from Kaisercraft, ‘Frosted’. American Crafts Glitter card-stock again, this time I used Charcoal.

I layered the Memory Box Pine Branch Circle die over the top this time but WOW, there are FIVE new circle dies that can work together layering up for beautiful Winter scene Holiday cards! Besides the Pine Branch circle, there’s the Deer Family Circle, Tall Evergreen Circle, Countryside Circle and Tree Branch Circle.

I love the poppystamps Poinsettia Ribbon too. I added the medium size cut and the center from the poppystamps Holiday Poinsettia on top of it.

Everything is cut from the ‘Frosted’ Paper collection except for the dark brown House in the Woods die. I embellished with the sentiment sticker from the paper collection too. A little Stardust stickles on the pine branches.

You can see the brown in this close up, too much sun but the color shows!

I will use an A-6 envelope to send this though because I wanted to leave the ribbon cut hanging off the sides this time.

Now, when I look at this photo, I’m thinking it would’ve been fun to have a little stickles on the poinsettia and sentiment banner too! Always thinking of something after the fact! lol

I ordered the new Nuvo White Blizzard Glitter Drops to try as soon as they get here!

Linking up to…

Double D Challenges…Trees, trees, trees

Thanks for stopping and looking today! ‘preciate it so much and thank you for your wonderful comments! More glitter tomorrow and then I have to get some of these cute stamp sets colored up! Happy Stamping!

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embedded Die Cuts · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Techniques

Memory Box Poinsettia Pillar and Radiant Frame cards…

September 20, 2016 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Hi everyone! I’ve been making cards…just not doing a good job of getting them posted! I finish one and get excited about something else laying there and have to make! lol Then my camera setting got changed and I didn’t realize it and couldn’t figure out what was wrong with my pictures! Finally saw the problem this a.m.! SCREAM!

I have posted a couple videos on instagram though…click the link in my side bar and you can see them even if you don’t have an account. Be sure to click the like button while you’re there! It’s amazing how much that encourages a gal! I love hearing from you if you can comment too!

My cards today are using the Memory Box Poinsettia Pillar, Radiant Frame dies and the poppystamps cottage platform and Swirled Love dies. I cut the platform twice in one 4.25 x 5.5 piece of card-stock. This was not what I intended to do with it at all! lol I’ll still have to do the other soon! That’s what happens when you leave a piece laying around not finished!

American Crafts Glitter card-stock and Bazzill Gold Foil card-stock from Starlitstudio

I die cut everything for this card from white card-stock and inked with Distress Ink pads and the ink blending tools. Festive Berries, Candied Apple, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Broken China and Fossilized Amber.

Wishing Script is a poppystamps die that coordinates with the poppystamps Christmas Greetings clear stamp set. I die cut Wishing three times and glued them together with Tombow Mono Multi glue.

OHHHHH – don’t forget the enamel dots I made myself with the NEW Nuvo Drops and Ranger Enamel Accents! Move over sequins! lol (I make the dots on scrap release paper from scor-tape, then glue them to my card when they’re dry, cuz I could easy mess up my card I’m sure!)

This last picture is of three cards I started and never finished with these same dies. I thought I’d go ahead and show them so you could see more color schemes…the sky is the limit!

Thanks for stopping by again! I’ll be back real soon because I have more and will be showing the ‘even more’ NEW Memory Box and poppystamps release! So many beautiful dies! TFL! and TTUL!

cards · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shaker Card · Techniques · Tutorials · Video

Shaker Card Video Tutorial…

September 12, 2016September 12, 2016 Pam Sparks11 Comments

In case you’re curious how I made the poppystamps Grand Hour Glass Shaker card last week, here’s a video. There is a super cute little Small Hour Glass die also! So fun to get creative with dies! The Balloon Shaker card was made the same way. Scroll down or click HERE for the card photos. TFL!

Watch it on You Tube HERE…