Time for a NEW release from Simon Says Stamp…. Dream Big!

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Bringing you everything ‘dreamy’ with this release in Summery July! Check it all out HERE.

I received the Tropical Leaf Bunch die to play with. It’s from Simon Says Stamp but designed by Memory Box! I love it when I get the designs by MB!

You deserve a break but I don’t mean at Mc Donalds! lol I’m not a beach person but I’ve probably not been at the right beach to appreciate it!

Here I kept it very CAS (clean and simple).

I die cut a rectangle out of copy paper so I could ink blend an area centerish on the front of my A2 size cardbase.

I blended oxide inks with my blue and brown brushes without putting on more ink because I wanted it very light.

Then I did some splattering with Prize Ribbon and Ground Espresso Distress inks and then a little white acrylic after the ink splatters were dry.

I die cut three of the Tropical Leaf Bunch, glued them together and then directly to the cardbase.

The beach chair is from last months SSS release. I stamped it and fussy cut it by hand, colored it with Copics and glued it directly to the cardbase. Details about this set in my post HERE.

Then I stamped the sentiment from the beach stamp set and added Memory Box Fairy Jewels from the Pastel set.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today! Hope you enjoy the new release and here’s the

code for $5 off through 8/15… 5BUCKS

Have a great weekend! Do any of you have an ebike? We’re going to go looking at them this afternoon.

ttul,

p.s. links to the new products are in bold and the SSS picture in my post! Thank you for looking/shopping through my links! I appreciate it!

All Occasion · cards · copics · Oxide Inks · Simon Says Stamp · Summer

Simon Says Stamp Let’s Chill Release…

June 15, 2022June 15, 2022 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Welcome to my blog today…feel the sand between your toes! Some of you can I bet! I’m feeling the chill but it’s in the house! lol

I have the opportunity today to post for Simon Says Stamp Let’s Chill Release using the new ‘Let’s Get Away’ clear stamp set. Lots of great stuff in this release! It’s always fun to make Summer scenes so I stamped them up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored the images with Copic Sketch Markers.

Then I made my background by stamping the wave lines stamp with Mermaid Lagoon Distress Oxide Ink, ink blending it above the waves and painting it in between the waves of the stamped image. I smeared some of the splatters so I had to go in with a damp paint brush to fix them. ugh.

I used Antique Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Oxide Ink pads and ink blending brushes for the beach below the waves.

I made the drink into lemonade, personalized to me!

Fun stamp set with several fun sentiments!

Take a look at the rest of the release HERE and thanks again for stopping by! I appreciate it and hope it helps you stay cool!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

The code for $5 off is 5BUCKS good through 8/15!

Simon Says Stamps and Dies LET’S GET… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps LET’S GET… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp LET’S GET AWAY Wafer… [ SSS ]
Copic BLENDING CARD X-Press It Paper… [ SSS ]	MISTI PRECISION STAMPER VERSION 2.0… [ SSS ]	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS ]
Copic Marker [ SSS ]	Strathmore BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12… [ SSS \| SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Blending Brush SET… [ SSS ]	Memory Box PASTEL Fairy Jewels jwl002 [ SSS** ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 0.25 INCH 3D 308… [ SSS ]
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Kick STANDARD CUTTING… [ SSS ]

Avery Elle · cards · Congratulations · copics · Die Piecing · Interactive · Lawn Fawn · Simon Says Stamp · Spring

Platform Pop Up Hat’s Off To YOU Card…

June 8, 2022June 8, 2022 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s a happy time of year for so many kids! I made several grad congrats cards but this is the only one I took pictures of.

I used the popular Lawn Fawn Platform Pop up die set! I have made so many of these already! It’s so fun and easy too!

I used an older Avery Elle stamp and die set for the images and the congrats, graduate strip is from Taylored Expressions. I’ll link to a newer version of the images below.

Super fun images… I didn’t think to get a picture of it flat. It fit into an A6 envelope.

Because I used Copic Sketch Markers to color, I die cut an extra piece of white cardstock to put on the back of the images to cover up the coloring. It worked great for the hats because then I could sandwich the acetate strips inbetween the colored hat and the plain hat die cuts.

Here’s the back… I used a two tone 12×12 bo bunny 65# cardstock for the base and the add on backdrop. The colors are kinda weird in the pictures but they matched much better IRL!

I stamped the sentiments from the set with Ranger Archival Black ink.

Thank you so much for stopping in today! I’m off to make some more flower cards!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC ]	Simon Says Stamps and Dies HATS OFF… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Clear Stamps HATS OFF GRAD… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp HATS OFF GRAD Wafer… [ SSS ]	Simple Strips Background [ TE ]
Simple Strips Die [ TE ]	Shop – Ink, Paint & Markers – Copic… [ TE \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Pad – Jet… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · birch press design · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Get Well · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Spring · Watercolor

Simon Says Stamp Arched Greens and SALE!

May 27, 2022May 28, 2022 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Back again today with a NEW stamp from the latest Simon Says Stamp release …

I received the rubber stamp Arched Greens to create with. The center Arch section is removable!

I stamped it all in the MISTI on Canson XL watercolor paper with regular Distress inks. I inked up the stamp and spritzed it and stamped it. I used two different greens and the new prize ribbon blue.

It needed some flowers so I got out the NEW Birch Press Design Wispy Blooms Contour Layers die set. I die cut in the same watercolor paper and smooshed the cuts into Worn Lipstick Distress Ink that I’d spritzed with water.

I die cut the center out with the Memory Box Nested Globes die… it was a little short so I had to use the mat to keep it from cutting the bottom straight line, then readjust the die to lengthen the cut. SSS does have a die set that coordinates with this stamp!

The sentiment is a new poppystamps hot foil plate and die set with several sentiments. I’ll link it below too.

I’m linking to some challenge blogs…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Cut It Up Challenge – Out in the Country

Here’s the great sale info! Check it out!

Thank you for stopping by and for shopping through my blog! I appreciate it.

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Simon Says Cling Stamps ARCHED GREENS… [ SSS ]	Birch Press Design WISPY BLOOMS… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps MODEST GREETINGS 1 Hot… [ SSS ]
Memory Box NESTED GLOBES Craft Dies… [ SSS ]	Memory Box BERRY RED 6×6 Paper Pack… [ SSS ]	Canson XL WATERCOLOR PAPER 9×12 140lb… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad RUSTIC… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PEELED… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad PRIZE… [ SSS ]
MISTI PRECISION STAMPER VERSION 2.0… [ SSS ]	Couture Creations HOT FOIL AND… [ SSS ]	GLF 014 Spellbinders GOLD Glimmer… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp · Spring · Thinking of You

Simon Says Stamp A2 Marquee and Stained Glass Bird Card…

May 1, 2022 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello! I have a Simon Says Stamp card to share with you using the NEW from the HAPPY AND JOYFUL release, A2 Marquee Die! Three dies in this set and I love it! I kept this card pretty CAS but I can see some stitching happening with this set!

I also used the NEW from the last release Stained Glass Bird die and from a release before that, the Fine Textured Leaf die set. I die cut the bird in white three times, keeping the pieces intact, glued them together and then die cut one in blue/green and glued it on top I love all the detail in the leaves and the shapes!

The sentiments ‘hello’ and ‘Happiest of Birthdays to you’ inside are from the Simon Says Stamp Sketched Flowers clear stamp set. Beautiful sentiments for all occasions!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Check out the new release at Simon Says Stamp! Links below, click on the SSS in my link collection!

There’s TWEET Savings for you, $5 off with the code TWEET42, expires 5/30

Then there’s Steals and Deals for a limited time with the code DEALZ! Check it out! (click the picture to go to this sale)

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Simon Says Stamp A2 MARQUEE Wafer… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp STAINED GLASS BIRD… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Stencil STAINED… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp Die and Stencil… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp FINE TEXTURED LEAF… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps SKETCHED… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SKETCHED FLOWERS… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamps and Dies SKETCHED… [ SSS ]	Memory Box RECTANGLE BASICS SET Open… [ SSS ]