Memory Box and WPlus9…

July 24, 2015August 8, 2015 Pam Sparks41 Comments

Christmas in July is always so fun! I have two more cards with the Memory Box Chatfords Wreath to share today. I love how these turned out! I threw in some teal card-stock to throw me off the traditional Christmas colors path! But wait…keep scrolling…I hopped back on with the second card! Another card with this wreath HERE.

I die cut the wreath two times from two different green card-stocks, kept all the pieces and just interchanged them between the two cards.

I die cut the alphabets with score tape on the wrong side of the card-stock so they’d be stickers. It works so slick! Easy to line up when you use the smallest size banner too! JOY is cut from metallic gold card-stock.

The white just makes it pop! Some pearls and Liquid pearls and it’s time to celebrate! or bust out singing a carol or two! : )

I’ll link up the dies and everything I used in inlinkz below.

I’m also linking to some challenges…
Merry Monday Christmas Challenges – Christmas card with a heart on it

ABC Christmas Challenge – O is for Off the Edge

Dies R Us Challenge – Christmas in July
Live and Love Crafts – Christmas in July
Pile it On – Christmas in July
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – ‘i scream for’ DIES!
Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday – Die cuts
Jingle Belles Challenge – Old Fashioned Christmas (my card has a retro feel/colors)

Next I have a birthday card I made for the WPlus9 Challenge and the CAS-ology Challenge…

I used the sketch from the Get Sketchy Challenge at WPlus9 – HERE

and

the challenge over at CAS-ology is Line – HERE

and

the challenge at Addicted To Stamps is CAS – HERE

I cut a quarter panel with the WPlus9 banner long die… it was the perfect amount of space I wanted for the ‘gap’ and an easy way to get a perfect gap! I lined each side with Washi Tape. Stamped the Blanket Stitch flowers with chalk inks, the sentiments with Versafine black and all with the MISTI.

Thanks for visiting today! Happy, creative weekend to you!

Supplies I used on my cards…

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

New Memory Box…

July 21, 2015July 31, 2015 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Hi card making friends! I promise something other than Christmas soon! Some family birthday cards coming. I wanted to play a long with the Muse: Christmas Visions Challenge. They provide an inspiration card for a jumping off point and yep, I jumped! lol I’ve got the circle thing going, the colors and a banner. I positioned my wreath too low though and you know how hard it is to pull up those mounting squares… so I added twine and the words at the bottom! Not exactly what I had in mind but I decided to post it anyway!

and it was a star! Thanks for the votes!

I had another card started, so I decided to go ahead and finish and post it too before I lost the parts. I love this poppy Seasons Greetings die…such a vintage feel to it. Another card that didn’t turn out exactly what I had in mind! I know.. two in a row! I’ll keep trying! lol

The Seasons Greetings fit on the card horizontal but the diagonal placement reminded me of the vintage Christmas cards so I went with it instead.

Maybe what it needs is some pattern paper! I’ve gotten to where I hardly want to get into the patterns because I have such a hard time making up my mind what to use. I guess I tend to cheat and use solids! I love to buy the stuff though!

It was fun playing with more of the NEW Memory Box dies anyway. It’s that time of year with lots of new product coming out to play with! Watching for CHA photos! I saw the darling Lawn Fawn scarecrow yesterday! So cute!

I’ll shut up and get some links made. Thanks for the visit and happy July day to you!

Dies and supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Scrapbook.com · Washi Tape · Watercolor

Memory Box Blooming Sketch Border Thank You…

June 26, 2015June 27, 2015 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Thank you for being such super blog friends!!! I have a Memory Box card to share today and one tomorrow too!

For this card, I started by stamping the beautiful Blooming Sketch Border stamp with Ranger Archival Black ink on watercolor paper and coloring with Zig Clean Color Brush Pens.

After it was dry, I die cut the panel with the largest rectangle die from the Cross Stitched Frame Borders die set and layered it to an A2 card base. I did put a little piece of washi tape on it… it was just laying there on the table, from Little B.

I embossed the poppystamps Thank You sentiment with super fine white embossing powder on a black banner from the poppy Classic Ribbons die set and stamped the friend sentiment directly on the watercolor paper with the MISTI stamp tool. Both are from the Hope and Thanks set.

I die cut the Pennington Rose Border die in white card-stock but just used the right end and one other rose from the cut to embellish above the banner. I added a few enamel dots in green. I love the fun touch the dots add to the mix.

Thanks for stopping by today! 8 ) I’ll be back tomorrow with a birthday card or two!

p.s. if you’re in the market for a new die cutting machine I have to share this with you… I was and when I saw it was white… I was delighted! lol Silly things make me happy! Anyway, over at Scrapbook.com they have a terrific sale going on and the new Big Shot is $79.99! A terrific price and a great online store! All their Sizzix products are on sale! If you’d like a larger platform, the Big Shot Plus is awesome! I love it too. Room for an A2 card sideways, easy to crank and it stays put! Holler if you have any questions!

cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shopping · Winter

Memory Box and poppystamps 50% Christmas/Holiday SALE…

June 7, 2015June 7, 2015 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Popping in quick to tell you about a great SALE at BlueMoon Scrapbooking!

HERE… Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas/Holiday dies are 50% off

Christmas/Holiday stamps are 50% off too…mixed in HERE

I have tons of cards made up with these dies on my blog…not even sure where to start to post some! I can’t believe it’s close to time to be thinking about making Christmas cards again! Even though I love them…oh wait, I just finished 8 a week and a half ago! lol My mind, it moves on way too fast! ugh

If BM doesn’t have the dies or stamps you want… you can always purchase from Cindy at Starlitstudio too! Her everyday prices are so FABULOUS!

(clicking on the photos below should take you to the blog post about the card. TFL!)

oh wow! So many cool dies to create with! I love Memory Box and poppystamps! 😀 You can tell, can’t you! lol

There is a search box in the side bar… you can type a die or stamp name and most of the time it works great! There’s also the category option… just pull down until you come to what you’re looking for, or contact me if you have a question!

Thanks for stopping by and scrolling through this long review! eek! Hard to know where to start and where to stop! lol I appreciate your support so much…your comments mean the world to me and shopping through my links too! Thank you so much! I just gave you an excuse to stay in the air conditioning a little longer! ; )

ttul!

Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Washi Tape

Memory Box…a three card kind of a day!

May 15, 2015May 25, 2015 Pam Sparks32 Comments

Spring, flowers and Memory Box! Today I’m sharing three cards using more of the Spring collection for this year.

I used the NEW Aberdeen Branches die for my first card…die cut in green, then used scraps of yellow and orange to cut extra flowers and the butterfly. Trim those cuts and glue in the centers to the green cut.

The sentiment is from the NEW poppystamps clear set ‘Into the Words‘.

I used a white Signo Broad gel pen on the little white flowers and Ranger White Enamel Accents to make the green ‘buds’ white.

Linking my Aberdeen Branches Card to Virginia’s View Challenge – Layers and Dimension

Here’s a close up so you can see a little better…

How about a CAS card using the NEW Pennington Rose die and NEW Kindness of People stamp…I love how this turned out. The beauty of a single Rose!

Linking my Rose card to the Happy Little Stampers CAS May Challenge – Dies or Punches

And one more card using the NEW Row of Poppies die, the NEW Open Studio Postage Rectangle Layers die set and the NEW Open Sudio Party Time Clear Stamp set. Poppies are layered on one of the Open Studio Stitched Rectangle Layers dies.

Linking my Poppies card to the Happy Little Stampers CAS May Challenge – Dies or Punches, to Virginia’s View Challenge – Layers and Dimension and to Seize the Birthday Challenge – anything goes birthday.

My poppy card made the Top TEN at Virginia’s View Challenge! Thank you so much Stephanie

All three cards are A2 size.

Thanks for stopping by today! I know you’re busy so I kept my chatter to a bare minimum! lol Holler if you have a question! Thanks for all your comments too! ‘preciate it!