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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Bazzill patterned paper packs SALE going on AT Starlitstudio… click HERE …. awesome deals!

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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…

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Memory Box 2014 Holiday Stamps Blog Blitz starts today and a Paper Smooches/poppystamps Rainbow…

July 14, 2014July 15, 2014 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Today I’m starting the week off with the NEW Memory Box Bramble Surprise rubber stamp. As soon as I saw it, I knew I wanted it!! I love the whimsical feel of it! I decided on some Copic colorbook therapy with some Distress ink blending for the background.

I matted the image and the Distress Dot paper with the Mini Perfect Layers Tools and cutting mat… love them! Links on the right and below…

After I colored the image, I went around the perimeter of the card with Weathered Wood Distress ink first, then I added in Chipped Sapphire, then Dusty Concord and on the very edge a bit of Black Soot. Walnut Stain on the bottom.

Then I sprayed water into the palm of my hand and dropped it onto the inked part, staying away from the moon.

I shook up a bottle of White Linen Dylusions Ink Spray real good, opened it and spattered the white dots on by tapping the cap and letting the ink flick off the end of the tube.

I die cut the letters for the word ‘fall’ from the Alphabet Soup die. I put scor tape on the back of Memory Box White card-stock before I cut. The letters are really easy to adhere to the card when the tape is already on there. The drawback is, the thicknesss causes the holes in the die, (for poking out the waste) to emboss.

I layered Memory Box Violet Distress Dots Card-stock to a top fold A-2 Memory Box Kraft card base that I embossed with the Memory Box Dots Stencil.

Click over to the Memory Box Blog, HERE to comment for a chance to win this stamp!

Linking to the Artistic Expressions Challenge Blog – Anything Goes

I’m behind getting my cards posted on my blog but I will catch up soon! I wanted to share this CAS Summer card that I made for our area stamp club monthly swap. July’s theme was a Summer scene.

The sentiment is from Magnolia, rainbow is Paper Smooches, cloud border is poppystamps and the sun is an old EK Success medium size punch.

Linking up to Addicted to CAS – Sky
the Cutting Edge Challenge #3 – card inspiration

Thanks for stopping by! Catch up with you later!

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Memory Box, Simon Says Stamp and Summer!

June 29, 2014June 29, 2014 Pam Sparks26 Comments

A few weeks ago I received an email from Stephanie, the marketing director at Simon Says Stamp.com. She wondered if I’d make a card or two for a feature on their blog…I replied, “I’d love to”! On went my thinking cap!

So I set to work to make a couple cards… I always love making scene cards and it was time to make an easel card again! It’s been awhile… I have an easel category over in the sidebar and a couple videos under the video tab under the header photo. I used a lot of Memory Box and poppystamps dies!

Hope I’m not making you hungry! : )

oh no! Cherries….food again! lol

Memory Box Sweet and Sour Cherries dies, My Favorite Things Pierced Rectangle Stax dies and Winnie and Walter clear stamps for the sentiment.

Thank you Simon Says Stamp and Stephanie for the opportunity to be a guest designer this week! Visit the blog HERE… there’s blog candy!

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy Summer! We’re enjoying some delicious Bing cherries from WA state right now!

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Memory Box Birthday and Thinking of You…

June 25, 2014December 31, 2014 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Just thinking of you today! I am enjoying the Memory Box Summer Release… aren’t you?!

Here I used my Perfect Layers Tools to mat the MB Tremaine Square die a few times on a MB Pool A2 notecard. Just thinking of you is stamped with Versafine Black ink. I cut the Kensington Branch from MB kraft card-stock.

Some taupe-ish colored baby pearls, a couple birds from the Resting Birds die and it was done. Love MB Pool Dot pattern paper!

The next card reminds me of a vintage greeting card. I love vintage cards and papers. If I wasn’t making cards all the time, I bet I’d be out looking for old cards and papers! : )

Here I used the poppystamps Massa Leaf Frame die to build up from. I used the Leaf tool from the Sizzix flower tool set to score the leaves!

There’s the MB Tremaine Square again…

The MB Happy Birthday Garland die and Fabulous Phlox Flower dies…

So pretty… love the dainty greenery that comes with the Fabulous Phlox set. Yikes…I don’t see it in any of the stores I link to… sorry about that!

A little carried away with photos today… sorry… hehe Now that the trees are fully leafed out, it’s trickier to get photos with natural light. Takes me forever and I have a hard time deciding which ones to post! It’s crazy how light changes the colors! It’s nice to have shade though…much easier to air condition!

Linking up to the NBUS Challenge HERE… my first times to use the Tremaine Square and Fabulous Phlox dies.