Memory Box Snowman and Birdie Friend Card…

October 19, 2026October 20, 2026 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Welcome to snowman season! Fortunately no snow here yet but it is cooling off fast! eek! I would like to officially request several more 67 – 70˚ weather days with no wind! hahahahahahahaha

Winter is nice on paper! hoho

This totally charming snowman is new from Memory Box, ‘Snowman and Birdie Friend’. So cute!

Die cut in white cardstock, Copic colored R46, YG17 and a little bit of R89 on the birdie’s wing.

White dots with white gel pen.

I used the tree dies from the Memory Box ‘Log Cabin Scene’ die set.

Sentiments from the NEW Memory Box ‘Christmas Wonder’ stamp set.

Frame and flakes from the Lawn Fawn Winter Wonderland Window die set.

I remembered to take a picture of the inside! yay!

Here’s a short video of the finished card…it takes a second to load and not be blurry for me. It’s not blurry on Instagram…HERE

A6 size card…

Linking to some card challenges…

Peace on Earth Christmas #122 – anything Christmas goes

A Cut Above October 2026 – anything goes

The 12 Months of Christmas – anything Christmas goes

I’m off to choir practice this afternoon. I play the piano for a children’s choir. It’s fun to be around a lively bunch of 8 – 12 year olds! They sing hard songs and I have to practice too! Makes me wonder how many of my blog readers are pianists too?!

I’ll stop talking and get the list made… I appreciate you stopping by!

Here’s what I used!

Memory Box – 94973 Snowman and Birdie… [ STR ]	Memory Box – 94986 Log Cabin Scene… [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5294D Christmas Wonder… [ STR ]
Lawn Fawn – Christmas – Lawn Cuts -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Nuvo Glitter Drops from Tonic Studios [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Simple Stories · Snowman · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders and Simple Stories: 3 Cards and 2 Tags!

October 1, 2026October 4, 2026 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hello and happy first day of October 2026! Hard to believe! This year has flown by!

A few Christmas cards and tags to share today.

This first card is:

Spellbinders Old Fashioned Christmas Stocking Die Set
Simple Stories 6×8 Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas Paper Pad
Spellbinders Nested Postage Labels & Tag Die Set
Simple Stories 4×6 Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas Stamp and Die Sets

I die cut the background panel, the panel inside the postage frame, stocking, pine branches, holly, berries and the cut apart all from the paper pad. The postage frame and poinsettia are from white cardstock.

The sentiment ‘naughty or nice’ and Merry Christmas inside are from the Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned Christmas stamp set.

The next two cards are framed with the same postage die set die cut in white and I used panels from one of the cut apart pages of the same paper pad.

Linking my ‘naughty or nice’ stocking card to some card challenges…

The 12 months of Christmas linkup #137 – Anything Goes Christmas

Merry Little Christmas #70 – Anything Goes Christmas

NBUS #91 – never-before-used schtuff (NBUS)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

The ornament on the comfort & joy card is from the same stamp set. Stamped in dark green, die cut with coordinating dies and added a teeny 1/16th inch brad in the loop.

A scrap of one of the paper pad papers and some Mayarts twine and a heart button.

Close ups…

Next are the two tags I made…

Two more of the cut aparts from the paper pad…so cute!

ribbon from the stamp and die set
check out that oval eyelet using the new oval Crop-A-Dile!
tag base, numbers and paper eyelets from Spellbinders Keepsake Capsule Page Die Set
poinsettia and foliage the same as above
add twine, jute and ribbon

I love how they all turned out! This is a great size paper pad to work with for cards.

The top card is probably going to take an A7 envelope. It’s 4 ¾ in x 6 in. The other two cards are A2 size.

I hope you enjoyed what I came up with using this Spellbinders Simple Stories release. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog! Email me if you have any questions.

Products and supplies I used to make this card…

Simple Stories Vintage Old-Fashioned… [ SSS ]	Spellbinders Old-Fashioned Christmas… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Simple Stories Vintage Old-Fashioned… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Spellbinders – Simple Vintage… [ SBC ]	Simple Vintage Old-Fashioned… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders Bayfair Nested Postage… [ SSS \| SPL ]
Spellbinders Keepsake Capsule Page… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	We R Makers Oval Crop-A-Dile Punch… [ STR ]	We R Crop-A-Dile Oval Eyelets, 50 pack [ STR ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap… [ SSS ]	Red Heart Buttons \| Hobby Lobby \| 483263 [ HBL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · MFT · Snowman · Winter

MFT Snowman Kit Card…

February 4, 2026February 5, 2026 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! The sun is shining and I decided I better get another card posted before the week gets away from me!

Winter just seems like a good time to get out some things I haven’t used yet. I was inspired by a card Kay Miller sent me a few years ago. So fun!

Hopefully some of you have this kit lurking in your stash too and you’ll be inspired to find it and use it!

I tell you it took me longer to find the almost circle die and decide what sentiment than it took to make the card! Oh, I couldn’t find the star background either but I knew I had one! Now it’s been long enough since I made this that I can’t remember what I used!

I sure like these colors together! The background is one of the Jill Foster watercolor backgrounds I made following her distress ink watercolor background video. I still have a dz or so to use before I do it again!

I heat embossed the star background with white embossing powder.

So fun and I even stamped on the inside! It’s a miracle! lol

I love this sentiment set from Penny Black Brighten the World.

Linking my card to some challenges…

MFT Card Challenges – a sketch (I know, I’m stretching it but hey it’s exposure!)

The Neglected Stuff February 2026 – old and neglected stuff. I used a My Favorite Things card kit from several years ago!

The 12 Months of Christmas – anything goes Christmas with optional twist of cozy cocoa Christmas

Group of Cardmakers – layered scene cards

The Four Seasons – anything goes Winter

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Happy February to you!

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Snowman · Winter

A NEW YEAR and some new to me Snowmen…

January 15, 2026January 29, 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

The 12 Months of Christmas Linkup – anything goes Christmas with the optional twist of snow people

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!