Spellbinders SimonHurley Tulip Trio Card…

April 30, 2024April 29, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Move over Hallmark here comes a 5 x 7 card! haha It’s really hard to trim down the large embossing folders sometimes and I needed the space for these wonderful tulips and sentiment!

I pretty much followed the color scheme on the packaging. There are so many pretty tulips this time of year…how do you decide!

I die cut in color cardstock and then inked with Distress Oxide inks and the ink blending brushes. Very fun… I love how easy it is to use the oxides. They match up so well with most cardstocks.

Thinking of you is from the Simon Hurley Handwritten Sentiments set. 24 cutting dies…pretty much words for any occasion! I used kraft and black cardstock thinking dirt! haha

We live close to one of the Dutch areas of Iowa. Tulip Time is coming up in another week. I hope there’s some tulips left! Our grandchildren have been practicing for marching in the band, the Dutch dancing and marching with the homeschool group. So I’m sure I’ll be going to watch it all!

I almost forgot! My white background panel is the Simon Hurley Twirling tulips embossing folder. So pretty. Two cards using it back a few posts.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy the Tulips and or what flowers are you enjoying right now?!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards …SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. 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!

Spellbinders Tulip Trio Etched Dies… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Twirling Tulips 3D… [ SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Spellbinders Handwritten Sentiments… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Black Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Stencils

Spellbinders Paper Arts April Stencil of the Month Club Card…

April 26, 2024April 26, 2024 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m thinking every cardmaker has dmc floss in their history if not in their craft stash!

What a fun stencil for the club of the month at Spellbinders! I had fun laying out the colors to use the second time. I did a run through with all six skeins the same the first try and it turned out nice but I decided to try again and be more colorful!

I used Distress Oxide ink pads in the colors in the photo. I had pretty good luck with using my blender brushes I have reserved just for oxides! It was a little trickier on the last Delicata Gold color. I was using a dabber and I did get gold where I didn’t want it… thus the sentiment is diagonal! Cover up!!! haha

I used the Happy Birthday foil plate from the Essential Glimmer Sentiments set.

The Tombow Mono sand eraser came in handy for a little erasing on my panel and a teeny place on my hot foil sentiment.

Fun! An A2 size card that will mail easy and make someone smile when they receive it!

Have a crafty weekend or a beautiful time outside if the weather cooperates! I just looked at our forecast and it could be 80˚ on Saturday here in Iowa! I’m looking forward to hanging out my ferns on the front porch again. ttul!

P.S. You can sign up for the Spellbinder Clubs of the Month through the 27th! So many fun sets this month! I’ll link you below! Click or tap on [SPL]

Clubs \| Spellbinders Paper Arts -… [ SPL ]	Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Essential Glimmer Sentiments -… [ SPL ]
Ranger – Mustard Seed Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Spiced Marmalade Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Chipped Sapphire Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Ranger – Black Soot Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Peacock Feathers Distress… [ SPL ]	Ranger – Broken China Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Ranger – Scattered Straw Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Dusty Concord Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Dried Marigold Distress… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad Wild… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]
Mini Blending Brush Set from the Card… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL ]
Onyx Color Essentials Cardstock 8.5″… [ SPL ]	Tombow MONO SAND ERASER 512B [ SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Color Pencil · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring

Spellbinders Twirling Tulips Collection Cards…

April 11, 2024April 11, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Here’s some Spring for you! What a fun collection from Spellbinders designed by Simon Hurley! The Tulip Garden release!

I used the 3d embossing folder for all three of my cards. I used the coordinating stencil set on two of the cards, ink blending with Distress ink pads.

This one I colored with color pencils after using the embossing folder. Very fun and easier than you would think!

Sentiments are all from the new Simon Hurley handwritten sentiment die set.

Here’s some more pictures…

The happy birthday and hello cards are one embossing folder piece. 5 ½ x 8 ½ cut in half at 4 ¼.

Well, then I trimmed them down so I could mat with a small margin of black showing and then cardbases to make A2 size cards.

The congrats card is the whole embossed piece trimmed down to make a 5 x 7 size card.

I used Hammermill smooth color cover white cardstock for the happy birthday and hello card and a textured cardstock for the color pencil piece.

Linking to some card challenges…

Four Seasons April 2024 – Anything Goes Spring Challenge

Stencil Fun April 2024 Challenge – Spring/Flowers

Triple B Challenge – Birds, Blooms, Butterflies

I wish you could see these in person… the detail is amazing and so beautiful! I hope you give this a try!

Thank you so much for stopping by!

Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Sunkissed Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]
Peridot Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Royal Amethyst Color Essentials… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Essentials Cardstock… [ SBC ]
Vellum Sheets from the Card Shoppe… [ SPL \| STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Spring · sympathy · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Birthday Card…

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! A cheery Spring peony clean and simple card to share with you today! NEW from Spellbinders and designed by Yana Smakula….so pretty! It can be made with so many techniques!

I started by die cutting both dies in the set from white Hammermill cardstock.

Next I placed the floral die face down on the larger plain white die cut, taped the die in place and ran it through my die cutting machine with the tan mat so the design is impressed (you don’t want it to cut) into the die cut.

I inked up this impressed piece with Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo ink and a small ink blending brush.

Then on the floral outline white die cut, Inked the peony buds and leaves with Distress oxide inks and small brushes.

It’s a fast way to color die cuts for sure! It’s really pretty in real life too… softer looking than in the photos.

The sentiment is from a wonderful NEW Press Plates set also from Yana. I don’t have the Press Plate system so I used Spellbinders black foil and foiled the Happy Birthday Wishes directly to the card front! It looks so professional!

My card is 4 in. x 7 in. so it will need an A7 envelope but will still mail for one forever postage stamp.

Linking to some challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple April 2024 – anything goes, optional weather

Four Season Challenge – anything goes Spring

Triple B: April 2024 – Blooms for me this time

I’m sure a lot of you are thinking of gardens and flowers this time of year! My daughters are really into house plants so that’s been fun. I made 55 shower invitations! That’s why I’ve been rather MIA! lol Fun times!

Wishing you a beautiful Spring day!

Here’s links to the products I used to make this card…SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. 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!

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Press… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Let”s Celebrate… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Peeled Paint… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Gina K Designs MINI BLENDING BRUSHES… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]
Spellbinders BLACK Glimmer Foil GLF-010 [ SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil Roll… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – New and Improved… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Enlarged Embossing Pads -… [ SPL ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SPL \| SBC ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Window With A View Cards…

March 12, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi friends and cardmakers…a dose of Spring for you today! February brought us a new collection by Tina Smith and I’m late getting cards made and posted. Isn’t that owl cute! and the little birdies!

The options for this collection are endless! I had to make the window up with pots and plants! Our daughters and one granddaughter are really into plants…a couple friends too…so I’m sure I’ll use this card!

The whole time I was making it I wished I knew the names so I could print them on the little signs! lol

I’m not much of a plant person. I have a huge Norfolk Island Pine that I’ve had over 30 years, Boston Ferns, a Thanksgiving Cactus and a beautiful poinsettia that didn’t die after Christmas! Amazing! First time one has ever lived that long for me! lol

Back to the cards….I die cut everything and glued it up, mounted the tree and bird bath with the thin mounting tape I love.

Ink blended the background panel with my blue and green oxide brushes…I didn’t add more ink.

Stamped the sentiment but dropped the ink pad on the card so I had to add a panel on the bottom. ugh The sliver of green cardstock helped too. lol

More simple die cutting and gluing. The window in an A2 size panel, then a piece of navy cardstock behind.

I mounted the pots with my favorite thin mounting tape and stamped the sentiment with the MISTI.

So many neat sentiments in the coordinating stamp set!

Holler if you have any questions and I’ll get right back to you!

Thank you so much for looking today! Links below to the products I used to make these two cards!

Clicking/tapping on SPL takes you to Spellbinders, SSS to Simon Says Stamp and SBC to Scrapbook . com

SSS Save $5 code is WLD4U expires 4/15

Windows With a View I Want It All!… [ SPL ]	Vista View Window Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	The Botanical Solarium Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Backyard Haven View Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sending Sunshine Sentiments Clear… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Uchida Double Ended Jewel Picker -… [ SPL ]
Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scor-Buddy Eighths – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Stencils · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Stencil of the Month Club Card…

February 15, 2024February 14, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hello! Welcome to my post for the Spellbinders NEW Stencil of the Month Club! This month is a variety of stencils and I just used one of them!

On Neenah Classic Crest Solar White I inkblended with Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac, Peeled Paint and a little Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink and ink blending brushes.

Spattered on some water droplets and then white drawing ink.

Next I hot foiled a sentiment to vellum in Silver but it didn’t show up as good as I thought it should so I put a strip of green cardstock behind it. I taped the green strip down, then wrapped the vellum strip around to the back of a panel so I didn’t have to use any glue or tape on the front.

I used a little white gel pen on the Be Bold Blooms die cut flowers. Simple flower arranging…

Fun to have another card for the stash!

Thank you so much for stopping by! The sun is shining and making me sleepy! lol Talk to you again soon!

Here’s the link to the new Stencil of the Month club and the some of the other products I used…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Essential Glimmer Sentiments -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Silver -… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]	Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]	Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil System \| Spell… [ SPL ]
Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stay-tion -… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]