Simon Says Stamp Cheering For You Release!

July 28, 2024July 28, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! New! New! New! It’s a challenge to keep up with all the new but so worth it! I’m super excited to share my card with you because you know how we need man/boy cards so often!

So many guys love football! Hey, I bet there’s some gals that do too! Not me but I had fun making this card!

The name of this new stamp set is Football Season and there are coordinating dies too!

I stamped the football on the background panel randomly and then filled in the stitching lines with white gel pen just around the parts that would show.

I cut a smaller white panel, added the torn piece of grass green cardstock for the turf, then stamped the goal post and colored it with Copics. Then I went in with a cloud stencil and brushed in some clouds.

Four perfect sentiments in the set too! I used the birthday one, sssshhhh, I cut it apart but it fits back together fine. lol

Timeout! on the front and It’s your Birthday on the inside. I heat embossed on both with white embossing powder.

Super fun set that I know I’ll get lots of use out of with so many boys in the family!

My card is A2 size.

Linking to some challenges…

NBUS (never before used stuff) #64 – New stamp set

Seize the Birthday – anything goes

The Paper Funday #67 – anything goes

I hope you enjoy looking around at this release…oh I stamped the helmet on the back of the card and will put my name under. So many creative things you can do with this set… the t-shirt with numbers…words for congrats even!

Links to what I used below!

SSS $5 off code is ‘leap24’

Cheering for You Release – Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamps and Dies Football… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps Football… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Football Season… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]
Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things CLOUD Mix-ables… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Masculine · Simon Says Stamp · Summer · Thinking of You

Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes Release Around the World Card…

July 17, 2024 Pam Sparks2 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Sunny Vibes….sure makes me think of Summer, vacations and travel. I’m not going anywhere but I can send this card instead! So many cute illustrations in this stamp set. There’s a coordinating die set and another die set if you don’t want to stamp.

I’m not sure if there is a thing called ‘air mail’ anymore…takes two days to get a piece of mail to someone in the same town! I love using postal elements on cards though. I heat embossed AIR MAIL in white on red cardstock.

I stamped the images and colored with Copics. I didn’t like the continents in brown so I stippled on some Rustic Wilderness Oxide ink. That was tricky but I didn’t want to start over.

I colored the airplane with a metallic gel pen then went over it a few times with a clear glaze pen.

The sentiments are straight in the stamp set but using the MISTI I curved them a little and stamped with Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink.

Ended up being a 5 ½ inch square card.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Sending smiles to you wherever you are!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

Simon Says Stamps and Dies Around the… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamps and Dies Around the… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps Around the… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Around the World… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Earth Wafer Die… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Sunny Vibes… [ SSS ]
Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad Jet Black… [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Sakura CLEAR GLAZE Gel Pen 38386 [ SSS ]	Sakura GELLY ROLL STARDUST METEOR Gel… [ SSS ]

birch press design · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Family · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Techniques · Wedding

Birch Press Design Cosmos, Lush Leaves and Wiegela Leaf Tag…

April 16, 2024April 18, 2024 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! A BIG tag for today’s post! Super fun shower for our grandson’s new wife Saturday morning!

She loves to garden so a few of us had fun gifting her gifts for that!

For some reason my camera didn’t blurr out the background for me on this picture so I tried to edit it out. Sorry it’s so bad! This is a dump garden wagon…she loves it! I picked up some plants too and one is an Iceland Poppy. I had to purchase it for her because they honeymooned in Iceland! So fun!

A close up before I hung it on the wagon…

A close up hanging on the wagon.

I used a stamp set from Simon Says Stamp to stamp all over the background of the tag… I’ll link it below.

The tag is an accucut die that you use on the big accucut baby grand machine.

The circle is a NEW die from poppystamps! I’ll link it below.

I’m linking my tag to…

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Make your own background

Here’s a video of the food table…my daughters did the food. It was so good! I moved the camera too fast. Sorry about that. We used my mother in law’s hankies down the center of the table. So fun she had a great collection!

Thank you so much for stopping by! Poppystamps Easel card coming next!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards STR is Starlitstudio. net… SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Poppystamps – 2609 Scallop Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57528 Large… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57521 Lush… [ STR \| SSS ]
Birch Press Design – 57515 Wiegela… [ STR \| SSS ]	CZ Design Clear Stamps You Did cz277c… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Picked… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Wild Honey… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Spring · Summer

Simon Says Stamp House Border Frame and Doodlebug Designs Happy Home Card…

January 20, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! I just got this NEW House Border Frame just in time to make and give away!

I stamped a little outdoor scene with Happy Home stamp set from Doodlebug Design and did some sloppy Copic coloring!

The little roof sections are a separate die so that’s nice and adds a little dimension. I die cut them in black and glued them on.

Welcome to the neighborhood is from the stamp set also.

Spring is coming, right?! lol A person can always think Spring no matter that it’s below zero in polar Iowa right now! lol

I used a dot paper from Hobby Lobby and the stripe from My Favorite Things.

The banner die is from poppystamps.

It’s an A2 size card. Delivered with a loaf of homemade bread! yay!

Happy weekend to you and thank you so much for stopping by!

Here’s shopping links to what I used…

Use CODE WLD4U for $5 off at Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp House Border Frame… [ SSS ]	Doodlebug HAPPY HOME Doodle Clear… [ SSS \| STR \| SBC ]	Happy Home craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC ]
Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Black & White Stripes Paper Pad – MFT… [ MFT ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS \| STR \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN WHITE 3D… [ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Pine Frame From The DieCember Release…

December 18, 2023December 19, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! All the joys of the season to you! Have you seen a cardinal lately? I don’t see them around here. Maybe once or twice in 30 years!

I wanted to use the Memory Box Layered Cardinal die again and it worked perfect with this NEW Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame designed by Memory Box in partnership with SSS.

So beautiful and so easy to put together too.

I did shim this pine frame with two pieces of copy paper when I die cut it.

I added the three branches from the New Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems. A little filler.

The background panel is one of the watercolor panels I made following Jill Foster’s tutorial on You Tube. It’s on the Penny Black You Tube page.

I used the NEW Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame between the watercolor panel and the Corner Pine Frame.

The NEW poppystamps Lavish Merry Christmas die cut in white and silver for the sentiment!

Linking to some challenges…

Peace on Earth #54 – anything goes Christmas (totally inspired by the bottom right corner photo in the inspiration photo!)

Triple B Challenge – Birds for me this time

The Sisterhood of Crafters – Christmas

I really love this nature take on a Christmas card. Hope it makes you smile too.

All the best to you and yours for a beautiful celebration of Christ’s birth! God bless you all!

❤

Shopping links to what I used for this Merry Christmas card…

Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Layered Cardinal Dies 94754 [ SSS ]	Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems… [ SSS ]
Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame Die… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Lavish Merry Christmas… [ SSS ]	Strathmore WATERCOLOR PAPER PAD… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tonic CHROME SILVER Mirror Card Gloss… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]