SSS Big Picture Book Puppy Birthday Card and 30% off SSS Brand Dies!!!

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 Pam Sparks7 Comments

What a fun thing to wake up to this a.m.! Made me blog! lol Fortunately I still have some pictures of our grandson Leo’s birthday card that I haven’t posted yet and I used Simon Says Stamp Brand dies for it! YAY! Click on the ad to shop, it’s an affiliate link. Thank you for clicking from here! ❤

Ranger products are also 25% off and there’s even more crazy, amazing sales HERE! A lot of stuff 99 cents! HURRY!

This pup is so cute! 2018 was the year of dogs for our family! 3 Standard Poodles and 1 Doodle added to the 3 daughter’s families! Ambitious girls! lol

So this card for Leo, the pup had to be black. 😀

I used two of the new Big Picture dies… I’ll link them below and an old Quickutz number die for the 5. The sentiment is from a MFT stamp set. I’ll try to find it to link to also. Oh, I cut an extra body and used the legs for paws too! 😀

Two close ups and I gotta run shop too! lol

I layered up the eyes and nose 5 or so times to get them to stand out against the black. I punched the white part of the eye.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Here’s to a wonderful week after Christmas of relaxing and papercrafting! I finally started something yesterday. lol

Some shopping links for the products I used on my card today…

Simon Says Stamp BIG PICTURE BOOK… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp BIG PICTURE BOOK… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things LITTLE BUDDIES… [ SSS ]
My Favorite Things LITTLE BUDDIES… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS \| STR \| SBC ]
Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]	Precision Heat Embossing Tool Gun… [ SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]	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 ]	Cheery Lynn Designs METAL SNIPPERS s140* [ SSS \| STR ]
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 ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Diecember Release, Big ‘For You’ Card…

December 1, 2018December 2, 2018 Pam Sparks10 Comments

HOHOHO everyone! It’s Diecember at Simon Says Stamp.com ! My card today uses the new ‘Big For You’ die from the release.

My original thought was to use the ‘Big For You’ on a tag but then I got sidetracked when my order arrived with this Dancing Deer die! lol

So this came out! Glitter cardstock die cuts on a vellum covered piece of white cardstock. The white cardstock just needed something and the vellum was perfect!

I used two brown tones for the deer and snowflakes…

Some blue tones for the words and layer piece.

I turned away from the light a little for this last picture… This card picks up any light and sparkles like crazy! I love it! I think it’d be pretty on the fireplace mantle nestled in some greens to catch the Christmas tree lights! What Christmas tree you say? oh yes, still need to do that! lol

Linking my card to some challenges…

Watercolor Wednesday Challenge #198 – All About Holidays

CAS on Friday – Christmas Card

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

52 Christmas Card Throwdown – I pick Oct. 2017

One last photo…

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Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today! Happy Christmas shopping and creating!

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Simon Says Stamp BIG FOR YOU Wafer… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp DANCING DEER Wafer… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp RINA SNOWFLAKE Wafer… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp ELIZA SNOWFLAKE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn VELLUM 8.5 x 11 Translucent… [ SSS ]	DMC Metallic LIGHT GOLD Embroidery… [ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Lawn Fawn · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Fun and Festive October Release…

October 9, 2018October 10, 2018 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Are you excited as we get closer and closer to a FUN & FESTIVE Christmas? I am! I love this time of year for making stuff! I love that MOD Tree background stamp… the bear and the bunny… so cute!

Simon Says Stamp sent me this cute little snowflake to play with for the release. It’s called the Kadyn Snowflake. It’s one inch in diameter! I was like, what am I going to do with it?! lol Put on your thinking cap Pam! So the challenge was on… looking through my SSS stash I came to this awesome stamp set from last year that I hadn’t used yet and what do you think my brain landed on? yep, the smaller elements in the set, great for wreath building! So here’s what I came up with!

The name of the stamp set is Yuletide Holiday and it’s in the store HERE! The sentiment is from this stamp set too! I used the wreath builder template and Lawn Fawn inks. A little white gel pen in the poinsettia centers. Very fun! I stapled on the NEW snowflake with the Tiny Attacher.

It’s been raining dogs and cats here for days and nights. I feel like a blob of humidity! lol So thankful I can be in the house stamping, thinking about snow and Christmas! haha Staying warm and dry!

Thanks for stopping by, SHOP the release HERE and holler if you have any questions. I’ll link you up to everything I used below!

Linking my card to some challenges…

The Merry Christmas Challenge – anything goes

Winter Wonderland Challenge – anything goes

The Paper Players – trees or leaves

All the salutations of the season! I’ll be back… I have 3 more Memory Box/poppystamps cards ready to share with you this week!

Simon Says Stamp KADYN SNOWFLAKE… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps YULETIDE… [ SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JUMBO JET… [ SSS ]
Ranger Archival JET BLACK Reinker… [ SSS ]	Gina K Designs WREATH BUILDER… [ SSS ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool… [ SSS ]
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn EVERYDAY SENTIMENT BANNER… [ SSS ]
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Bazzill WAX LIPS Card Shoppe Heavy… [ SSS ]
Bazzill ROBIN’S EGG Card Shoppe Heavy… [ SSS ]	Bazzill EASTER GRASS Card Shoppe… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn LOBSTER Premium Dye Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn JALAPENO Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn FRESHLY CUT GRASS Premium… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn NOBLE FIR Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn MERMAID Premium Dye Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Tonic GUILLOTINE COMFORT… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Tonic MAXI GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Idea-ology TINY ATTACHER… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Oxide Inks · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Release Party!

September 2, 2018September 3, 2018 Pam Sparks85 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome to my blog post for the Simon Says Stamp STAMPtember Party! You’re invited to join the fun…visit all the blogs linked on the Simon Says Stamp blog HERE! Click to shop and use your code choice to receive an exclusive gift (several options) with your order! How awesome is that!!!

I have two cards to share with you today using the NEW exclusive SSS stamp set, Your Greatest Dreams. I love the variety of scripts used and beautiful quotes and sayings!

I couldn’t resist using this one with the SSS Picture Book Snowman!

When I started looking through my SSS stamp and die sets and saw this cute guy and the snowflakes I thought of Frosty!

I created a background by white heat embossing the Lots of Snowflakes stamp set and inking it with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink and the mini ink blending tool.

I had to give him a heart. lol I die cut him in white, colored the parts with Copic Sketch markers and edged his body with Tumbled Glass ink also.

My next card uses another sentiment from the same new set…

What a good reminder to enjoy every day! As I’m writing this post it’s storming and raining but it’s too late to go out in the rain! I’m tired! lol

Here I white heat embossed one of the clouds from the SSS Cloudy Sky’s stamp set multiple times. Then stamped one of the outline stamps from the same set with Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink and die cut them with the coordinating die set. I masked off the area for the sentiment and using the mini ink blending tool, I blended on Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink over the clouds and Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink on the bottom.

Isn’t that a gorgeous script though! I love it!

A clean and simple card with a powerful sentiment/reminder!

Thank you so much for visiting my party blog post today! Enjoy the rest of the party stops! What fun!

Simon Says Clear Stamps YOUR GREATEST… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp PICTURE BOOK SNOWMAN… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps LOTS OF… [ SSS ]
Memory Box STITCHED CIRCLE LAYERS… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Copic SKETCH 72 PC SET A Markers AAAS72A [ SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS… [ SSS ]

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cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Starlitstudio · Winter

Memory Box Be Jolly and Alphine Trees Card…

August 16, 2018August 25, 2018 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Look at this cute bunny from the new Memory Box Be Jolly stamp set. I had fun with it and am looking forward to using the rest of the set and the other new set… a great size for coloring!

I love all the nature dies from Memory Box but I might have to say that this Alpine Trees dies is one of my very favorites of the trees! I don’t think I could ever pick a favorite, favorite though! lol

I colored with the Gansai Tambi 36 watercolor set for the first time. I like it! Even spattered with the white paint in the set and that paint brush I was telling out about in my post before this one. I did mix a couple greens to get that tree color, oh and a blue and green to get the water, scarf and present colors. Rather fun and easy to use.

The sentiment is from the set and I stamped it with the MISTI and Ranger Black Archival ink… Happy with this sweet scene!

Linking up to some challenges…

The Merry Christmas Challenge – anything Christmas

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – sprinkles and splatters (mine is snow)

As You See It Challenge – divided

Thank you ladies! My card won Featured Artist for this sketch!

Before I link you up to everything, here’s an ad for Simon Says Stamp! So shop all the stores this early weekend! hehe

Thanks so much for stopping by! I appreciate it! ❤

Here’s what I use to make cards and what I used for this one too!

Memory Box – 99829 Alpine Trees craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5226 Be Jolly clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 32226 Be Jolly die set [ STR \| SSS ]
Kuretake – Gansai Tambi – Traditional… [ SBC \| BLIC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG ]	Perfect Brush Set – Paint Brushes \|… [ USR ]	Ranger 4oz Distress Sprayer by Tim Holtz [ STR \| SSS \| 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 ]	Doodlebug Design – Doodle Twine -… [ SBC ]
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 ]	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 ]	We R Memory Keepers – Basic Tools -… [ SBC \| 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 ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]