Spellbinders Lolli & Grace Festive Felt Collection…

October 14, 2026October 14, 2026 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi everyone! Not a card today but it could be! I made a felt ornament but it would be a beautiful gift card holder also!

The Lolli & Grace Festive Stocking is my first installation of the Lolli & Grace Felt Collection NEW from Spellbinders!

Spellbinders has a video HERE that is very helpful to make this an easy felt creation! They recommend gluing the pieces to a base piece then stitching on the sequins and beads.

Spellbinders thought of everything! They have the felt, glue, needles, sequins, beads, felt and floss! I’ll link them below.

5 ½ inches long on the toe side. 4 ¼ inches wide at the toe. Good size!

I went with traditional colors but the one in the video is non-traditional colors and very retro looking to me! I’m going to have to try it in some other colors too! hohoho

A very close up photo…for some reason today’s pictures turned out really nice! WHEW! It’s so nice when that happens and I don’t waste a whole day trying to get good pictures! After you spend so much time making a card or whatever, you want it to look it’s best! lol

Happy day! I love Christmas colors!

The next installations will be a snowlady, a snowman and a santa!

One thing I did different than the video… She die cuts two of the back piece. I only cut one. I did the stitching before I glued on the back piece. I think it’s plenty sturdy but I suppose it would depend on how thick your felt is.

Email me if you have any questions. I hope you like it!

I’m linking to some challenges…

The 12 Months of Christmas #137 – anything goes Christmas

A Cut Above: October 2026 – anything goes with a die cut

Sparkles Christmas #186 – use red and green

Merry Little Christmas #70 – anything Christmas goes

Thank you for stopping by and happy making! ‘Tis the season!

Here’s what I used to make this cute stocking…

Spellbinders – Festive Felt Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Festive Felt Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Dina Wakley Media – Glue [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Festive Felt Christmas Sequin Bundle… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Merino Wool Collection… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Merino Wool Collection… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
DMC Floss Sampler Bundle – Spellbinders [ SPL ]	John James Needles Chenille 26 \|… [ SPL ]	Roxanne Needle Threader \| Colonial… [ SPL ]
Clear Iridescent Beads \| Cartwrights… [ SPL ]

BetterPress · cards · Color Pencil · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Memory Box · Spellbinders dies · Thinking of You

Spellbinders and Memory Box Autumn Card…

October 4, 2026October 4, 2026 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! We’re happier here now that the sun is shining again! Cool temperatures too! YAY!

I shopped the Spellbinders warehouse sale a couple weeks ago and picked up this Autumn Thanks Frame Press Plate. (It’s still on sale! link below) I inked it in the black ink that comes with the Betterpress and used Hobby Lobby brand watercolor paper. It worked great!

I have an old set of 84 Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons that are still basically brand new so I set to watercoloring after pressing. It worked so easy. I followed the coloring of a card Spellbinders is showing on the shopping page for this press plate. Yes, I’m a copycat. If someone has done something I really like, I figure why invent the wheel! haha I imagine they used Distress watercolor pencils so I’ll link those up too. I only have set 5 which isn’t any of the colors I wanted to use for this card.

poppystamps Happy Fall Moonlight Script die for the sentiment. I die cut from watercolored paper.

I was looking through a bin of layered sticker type packages and lo and behold I found an old pkg of K & Company Fall stickers with the perfect leaf and acorns to go on this card! By old I mean over 20 years old! I was sure tickled to use something from the stash. I hate to admit this but I tend to hoard cool stuff. I might need it some day for the ultimate project! haha I’m proud of myself for using them anyway!

This is an A2 size card. It was fun to color!

I’m linking my card to the following card challenge blogs…

The Four Seasons October 2026 – anything goes Fall

Word Power October 2026 – sentiment is the focus

Inkspirational #377 – visual Fall/Halloween cupcakes

Try it on Tuesday – Autumn’s Beauty

We Love Stamping October – Shades of Autumn

Thanks so much for stopping by today! More holiday stuff coming!

Here’s what I used on this card…

Scrapbook. com ends today!

Autumn Thanks Frame Press Plate from… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2597 Happy Fall… [ STR ]	Caran d’Ache Neocolor II Aquarelle… [ BLIC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Watercolor Pencils… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC ]	Spellbinders – BetterPress Collection… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Water Brush… [ SBC \| BLIC \| SSS ]	Master’s Touch Watercolor Paper Pad \|… [ HBL ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]

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 ]

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Impression Obsession · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Savvy · Simon Says Stamp · Spellbinders dies

Memory Box Backyard Wren JOY Postage Card…

September 1, 2026 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Hi everyone! A little Christmas spirit here thanks to the inspiration of Donna Mikasa! You can see her card on her blog HERE and on Instagram HERE.

Die cutting and ink blending with Distress Vintage Photo for the wren. Assemble it going by the indentations the die leaves on the pieces makes it really easy! YAY!

I die cut a Lawn Fawn Postage Rectangle Stackables in the largest size in white Hammermill 100# Color Copy Cover cardstock. Then I embossed it with Simon Says Stamp Vine Canopy embossing folder. It’s so pretty!

The holly is from the Spellbinders Christmas Cracker die set. I cut the holly leaves off the stem. The pine branch is from Impression Obsession, no longer available.

I used a green A2 size cardbase, adhered the embossed panel to the front.

The JOY sentiment is a die from Savvy stamps, no longer available but possibly another company has something similar! I glued together three red JOYs. I like that look so much. I glued it in the upper right corner to give the ‘feel’ of the forever words or the cent amount.

The wren is adhered with the thin foam mounting tape I like…linked below. The branches, berries and holly are glued directly to the card panel. Allow room when you’re applying the mount tape to the back of the wren so you can stick stuff under easily.

Inside I die cut another white postage panel and stamped a sentiment from the Simon Says Stamp set linked below.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it!

Here’s links to the dies and supplies I used to make this! Have fun looking and shopping!

12% off at SBC right now!

Memory Box – 94723 Backyard Wren… [ STR ]	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Folder… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps INSIDE… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – City Holiday… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Platinum Die Cutting… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Easel · Embossing Folders · Spellbinders dies

Spellbinders Chess and Checkers Easel Birthday Card and SALE info!

August 21, 2026August 22, 2026 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! One of our grandsons just turned 20! HOW?! They grow up so fast! Our daughter found an antique chess table for him for his gift so then I knew I had to buy this collection for a birthday card! It can be checkers too so I know I’ll be able to use it some more.

Fortunately I saw some other cards made by Spellbinder cardmakers and was able to pretty much copy the set up. I know nothing about Chess!

The sentiment set that coordinates is really great too! I love that! Sometimes I get so bogged down trying to figure out sentiments! haha

I recommend doing the embossing folder first then stenciling in the colors. I used woodgrain paper to start with so I didn’t have to add a lot of ink to the lighter brown.

I cut the embossed, stenciled panel and the smaller portion worked out perfect for the bottom inside corner! So happy how that worked!

Easel cards are so easy to make. Make your top panel, then cut a card base and score the top in half. Glue the full top panel to the bottom of the card base (below the score) and boom, that’s it!

Here it is laying flat. Fits perfectly flat in an envelope and mail as usual.

One last close up photo…

Here’s a simple video showing it finished… (it doesn’t show the colors right but it gives you an idea for construction) Click the bottom right corner for full screen.

Linking to some card challenges…

Crazy is our fame – STENCILS are our game! – stencils and optional CAS (I used the Layered Harlequin Stencil set)

Seize the Birthday #332 – anything goes birthday

A Cut Above August – anything does with dies

NBUS #89 – never before used stuff!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used to make this easel card. Email if you have any questions.

A GREAT SALE @ Spellbinders right now! Remember the Baking sets I just used? IT’S ON SALE 40% off!

HERE!

The Checkmate Collection that I used for my easel card is part of the sale too!!!

13% OFF @ Scrapbook.com. Click/Tap SBC below.

$5 OFF your next order @ Simon Says Stamp with code FRESH.

Spellbinders – Checkmate Collection -… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Layered Harlequin 3D… [ SSS ]	Chess & Checkers Etched Dies \| Hero… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Well Played Sentiments Clear Stamp &… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	harlequin embossing folder [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Layered Harlequin Stencil \| Hero Arts… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Scor-Pal 12×12 INCH MEASURING AND… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Self-Adhesive… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
Versafine – Onyx Black – full-sized… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI TEAL PRECISION STAMPER Stamping… [ SSS \| SBC ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR ]
Simon Says Stamp 10 Sheets Great for… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn VANILLA MALT Cardstock LF1576 [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn LIGHT BROWN WOODGRAIN 8.5 x… [ SSS \| SBC ]