A NEW YEAR and some new to me Snowmen…

January 15, 2026January 18, 2026 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m sitting here trying to remember how to do everything involved in writing a blog post. eek! It’s been a month or so! I’ve been having fun using some of my stash! I hope I can keep up getting stuff posted. I have FIVE cards that I have pictures of that I haven’t posted yet. Where does the time go!

At least I’m getting to it this morning! hoho

I love how fresh and snowy this card is! Fun colors!

It’s mostly still available dies, I’ll link you up below. Very basic die cutting and gluing…a little white pen. Oh I inked the snowglobe base with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini ink blending tool.

I tore a snow layer for the globe and for the background panel so the trees are grounded. It’s hard to see but it’s there. I thought about adding glitter but then promptly forgot!

Hope they make you smile and warm up! It’s cold in Iowa this week. Yesterday the wind gave the word biting meaning! No snowmen around town right now though!

I’m linking to some blog card challenges…

Cut it Up #347 – Favorite Dies

Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes #734-735

Christmas Kickstart #106 – Dreaming of a Pink Christmas

The Four Seasons – Winter

January is a busy birthday month for this family so I’ll have some more cards to share. Christmas was wonderful and I’m still enjoying my decor. I don’t get it up all that early so I figure I can leave it up a little longer. hoho

Thanks so much for stopping by and checking out my blog after so long an absence.

Here’s what I used to make this card…the abbreviations below the item take you to stores…thank you for using my links! I appreciate it!

Memory Box – 94918 Stylish Snowmen… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94796 Slender Pine Trees… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94930 Warm Wishes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94808 Holiday Snowglobe… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94314 Bauble Snowflake… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SH44003 Woodgrain Paper… [ STR ]
Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110… [ SSS ]

Christmas · Felt · Ornament · Snowman · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders Felt Snowman Star Ornament…

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello everyone! First I wanted to let you know about this sale! I don’t know about you but I like these early sales because Thanksgiving day and weekend are so busy! It’s hard to get this kind of shopping to fit in with all the other activities!

Sharing my super cute Felt Snowman Star Ornament with you today! So festive and fun! What a fun addition to my tree or it might end up being a gift to a friend!

It’s even cute on the back!

I die cut everything…pretty much following the designer Nicole’s video HERE. I did a few things different. I just left it sewn with a running stitch and didn’t go back and fill in the spaces.

I sewed his eyes on but in handling those pieces the felt starts to shred so I can see why she just did a knot for the eyes on hers. I like the bigger eyes though….

I stitched on his nose and cheeks.

I only used hot glue to adhere the scarf. I didn’t stitch clear through front to back.

He’s definitely got personality! I love it! I hope you do too! I have two more from this collection to make up plus a mitten from Memory Box! Fun!

So thankful for this craft! One of my dearest friends has passed away. We shared 30 years of kindred spirit papercrafting! I will miss you so much Jan! We were always texting each other, did you see this? did you see that? lol Smiling through the tears.

Thank you for stopping by today and email if you have any questions!

Here’s what I used to make this snowman…

Felt Snowman Star Etched Dies from…

[ SPL | SSS | SBC ]

Merino Wool Felt Sheets – Holiday…

[ SPL | SBC | SSS ]

New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine…

[ SPL | SSS ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Snowman · Winter

Simon Says Stamp SUPERSTAMPtember 2024 Celebration Cards…

September 26, 2024September 26, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

So happy to be here today to share cards I made with the Simon Says Stamp and Memory Box Collaboration stamp set! It’s so cute and I loved working with it! I ended up with 3 cards! * This is a limited edition set and only available while supplies last!!!

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Hammermill cardstock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. A little white gel pen and black glaze pen on the Nordic snowgirl’s eyes.

I ink blended some Faded Jeans Distress ink onto the background of a white A2 size cardbase and randomly stamped some of the snowflake from the set in the same ink. I stamped off on a scrap piece of paper first so the snowflakes wouldn’t be too dark.

I stamped the sentiment directly onto the cardbase. Then mounted the colored images with thin mounting tape to the cardbase.

Tied on some Peppermint twine because it adds a little cuteness! lol

Next is the cute little Nordic Winter penguin!

I die cut The Snowflake Hexagon twice, glued them together, then figured out where I wanted to stamp the sentiment. I used the MISTI stamping tool. Stamped it in Versafine Onyx Black.

I mounted the Hexagon with thin mounting tape to the A2 size cardbase, then mounted the penguin in the center with thin mounting tape.

Last card I stamped with the Poinsettia border that comes in the set. I wasn’t sure where I was going with this but I’m really happy with how it turned out!

I used a piece of vellum over the background to make the Merry Christmas stand out and I love the peppermint twine with it again!

I swiped the Red Geranium ink pad over white cardstock and then die cut the Merry Christmas Wave die from that. I used scor-tape on the back side of the die so I could easy layer in the white letters, then stuck it to the solid die backer. Fun!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Holler if you have any questions, I’m sure I forgot something.

Links below for fun shopping and remember the free shipping code too!

Memory Box STAMPtember Exclusive… [ SSS ]	Memory Box So Very Merry STAMPtember… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SNOWFLAKE HEXAGON… [ SSS ]
Memory Box Merry Christmas Wave Dies… [ SSS ]	MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER 6×7… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK… [ SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink… [ SSS ]	Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Red… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn PEPPERMINT SINGLE CORD… [ SSS ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS ]	Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]
Memory Box CIRCLE BASICS SET Open… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110… [ SSS ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]

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

poppystamps Nordic Happy Snowman Card…

September 21, 2024September 23, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! I know most of us love snowman! It seems like this cutie should have a name, oh it does! Happy!

I saw a card made with this sketch and thought it’d work so well with the new Memory Box 6×6 paper pads, Yuletide Cheer and Yuletide Plaid! I love these pads! Good thing! lol 24 double sided papers, 12 designs, 2 of each.

I started by die cutting, coloring with Copics and piecing ‘Happy’ together. Do you have the R07 Copic marker? It is one of my favorite reds ever! If you remember the Basic Gray paper line for Christmas, E07 matched it perfectly!

I also colored the background for Let it Snow with E07 also.

I diecut the Memory Box Nested Globe die in white and the Nested Globe Bases die in white and colored the base with E07 and E09.

The plaid paper is cut 4 in. x 5 ¼ in. and the banner is 2 ¼ x 5 ½ in. I cut the fishtail end with a scissors. Then I wrapped gold thread around it and tied a box before I glued it to the plaid panel.

That’s about it! I used my favorite thin mounting foam tape to adhere ‘Happy’ to the globe.

The green Copics I used are G24 and YG99.

Linking to some card challenges…

ABC Christmas – S and T, S is for Stencils and/or T is for Traditional Christmas Colors

Merry Little Christmas #58 – anything Christmas goes

The Paper Funday #69 – Anything Goes with optional twist

I almost wished for snow this week! It was so muggy and hot here in Iowa. Next week looks more like Fall temperatures. whew. So thankful for air conditioning! I’ve been riding my bike more but these temps put a halt to that. Maybe this coming week and I can get back to it.

Thank you for stopping by! I love hearing from you and appreciate your encouraging words! I still haven’t counted how many Christmas cards I have made. One of these days I’m gonna say post in the comments how many you have! lol I think it’d be fun to see and we can encourage each other! I have birthday cards to throw in the mix this week. How’d it get to be Sept. 21st anyway! Crazy! ttul!

Here’s the products I used for this card…

Poppystamps – 2640 Nordic Happy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2599 Let it Snow… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94532 Nested Globes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94675 Nested Globe Bases… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1032 Yuletide Cheer… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1031 Yuletide Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Pen – White [ BLIC ]	Sakura BLACK GLAZE Gel Pen sk38395 [ SSS \| BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Color Pencil · Snowman · Winter

Spellbinders Vintage Postal Christmas Cards…

August 27, 2024August 27, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

I’m over posting three cards on the Spellbinders blog today! YAY! I stamped! And colored! lol

Here’s a sneak peek! Check out the full post with lots of pictures HERE…

Thanks so much for stopping by! If you come back here to shop, I earn a little for making these cards! I appreciate it and hope it inspires you to create fun cards too!

Here’s what I used to make them!

Sketched Christmas Stamp and Die… [ SPL ]	Sketched Snowman Stamp and Die Bundle… [ SPL ]	Sketched Santas Stamp and Die Bundle… [ SPL ]
Ranger Sketched Christmas Clear Stamp… [ SPL ]	Ranger Sketched Snowman Clear Stamp… [ SPL ]	Ranger Sketched Santas Clear Stamp… [ SPL ]
Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched… [ SPL ]	Labels 8 Etched Dies – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]
Poppy Field Color Essentials… [ SPL ]	Portobello Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]
Splatter White Opaque Watercolor \|… [ SPL ]	Ranger Archival Jet Black Archival… [ SPL ]	Ranger Archival Ink Stamp Cleaner -… [ SPL ]
Sakura Gelly Roll Moods – Gratitude… [ SPL ]	Tsukineko VersaMark Inkpad – Clear -… [ SPL ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS \| SBC ]
Lisa Horton Crafts Opaque Pigment Ink… [ SPL ]	Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SPL ]	Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SPL ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Caran d’Ache Pablo Colored Pencils… [ BLIC ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]