Altenew Wildflower Bouquet Sympathy Card…

May 22, 2026May 22, 2026 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Hello everyone! I didn’t plan to post a sympathy card because it’s Memorial Day but it does seem appropriate!

So many loved ones gone before us.

I used a fun layering stencil set from Altenew for the focal image on my card today. A couple years ago I won a contest or something with Altenew and I purchased this set with the gift card I won. I’m just now using it! eek!

I’m loving this technique of inking/coloring flowers with stencils though.

This one was a little tricky at first. I did the stenciling and then die cut and it didn’t match up at all! So I switched and die cut my white cardstock first, then stenciled on the die cut! It worked perfect because I could adjust.

I used the Wendy Vecchi Make Art Stay-tion to stencil! Love this thing…so handy and holds things in place so well. (linked below, I use the big one, there’s a mini also)

I linked the ink colors I used below. I used the pinks to ink the cardstock I die cut the sentiment with so it would match the big pink flower.

I used the Memory Box A2 Rectangle Frames Die Set to make the frame. This set will cut regular rectangles if you take them off the adhesive they come on. I left them all attached so that the set cuts several sizes of frames then!

Poppystamps Lattice Plate for the background on the kraft color cardstock. I can’t remember which kraft I used and I already mailed the card. I think it’s the Neenah brand though which several companies sell. I linked to a few.

This is an A2 size card but I think it’d be really nice on a larger size also. Fun… I loved the Altenew samples so I will be using this again and again! In fact I have one more ready to put on a card! lol

Challenges I’m linking to…

Stencil Fun May 2026 – anything with stencils

Neglected Stuff May 2026 – one old neglected product, The dies I used and the layering stencil set first time out!

Beautiful Blossoms – anything floral goes!

Triple B May 2026 – blossoms, butterflies, birds, one or all three! I have blossoms!

Cut it up – #356 Flowers!

Well thank you so much for stopping by my blog again! I’ve been in a cardmaking frenzy lately! June is a busy family birthday month so…watch out cuz more coming I’m sure! lol

ttul!

It’s a big weekend for sales! I’d love it, if you shop this weekend if you click/tap through my links! I appreciate the little bit of revenue these days! 🙂

Three more days to shop at Simon Says Stamp!

Four more days to shop Spellbinders Paper Arts!

and now the links to the products I used on this card… ALTN = Altenew, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, STR = Starlitstudio.net, SBC = scrapbook. com, SPL = Spellbinders

Dynamic Duo: Wildflower Bouquet &… [ ALTN ]	Dynamic Duo: Wildflower Bouquet [ ALTN \| SSS ]	Dynamic Duo: Wildflower Bouquet… [ ALTN \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2427 Lattice Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94672 A2 Rectangle… [ STR ]	Layered With Sympathy Etched Dies -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Spellbinders – Essentially Yours… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Make Art… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Altenew Red Cosmos Fresh Dye Ink Mini… [ SSS \| ALTN ]	Altenew Green Valley Fresh Dye Ink… [ SSS \| SBC \| ALTN ]	Altenew Coffee Break Fresh Dye Ink… [ SSS ]
Altenew Summer Afternoon Fresh Dye… [ SSS \| SBC \| ALTN ]	Altenew – Fresh Dye Ink Pad – Volcano… [ SBC ]	Altenew – Fresh Dye Ink Pad – Lagoon [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sea Shore Fresh Dye Ink \| Altenew [ ALTN ]	Altenew – Fresh Dye Ink Pad -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Altenew – Fresh Dye Ink Pad – Deep Iris [ SBC \| SSS ]
Shades of Purple Fresh Dye Ink \| Altenew [ ALTN ]	Neenah Cardstock Environment 100 LB… [ SSS \| SSS \| SBC ]	Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110… [ SSS \| STR ]
Altenew – Crafter’s Showcase – Mini… [ SBC \| SSS \| ALTN ]	Altenew – Mini Blending Brush Set – 4… [ SBC \| SSS \| ALTN ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Foiling · Get Well · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You · Wedding

Spellbinders Petal Fresh Card…

May 19, 2026May 19, 2026 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! Petal Fresh a NEW die set from Spellbinders…part of the Shiny Day Release. Very fun florals and easy to work with too! YAY!

I don’t remember if I’ve used this Emerald Cut Labels and Tag die set or not but I sure like it. So classy looking!

I was brave and just started gluing flowers and leaves together and stuck them down. I especially love the daisies!

The sentiment I used is from Yana’s Special Sentiments Hot Foil and die cut set. It isn’t available anymore so I linked to other similar type fonts sets.

A pretty basic CAS A2 size card. Will mail for one postage stamp for sure!

Linking to some card challenges…

Triple B: Birds, Butterflies and Blooms – choose one, two or three!

The Four Seasons May Challenge – inspired by Spring!

Make My Monday Challenge – #278 Say it with Flowers!

613 Avenue Create May 2026 – anything goes/twist is May Flowers!

Thanks so much for stopping by….you all are wonderful friends for sure! 🙂

Here’s some shopping links to what I used to make this card…

Spellbinders – Shiny New Day… [ SBC \| SPL \| SSS ]	Emerald Cut Labels Etched Dies from… [ SBC \| SPL ]	A Little Message Sentiments Press… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Spellbinders Yana’s Tulips Bouquet of… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]
Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Spellbinders GOLD Glimmer Foil GLF-014 [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders GLIMMER HOT FOIL SYSTEM… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]

cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Foiling · Graduation · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Minc · Quickutz · Sizzix · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Stencils · Taylored Expressions

Even MORE Graduation Cards for 2026!

May 15, 2026May 15, 2026 Pam Sparks14 Comments

It was so fun to personalize some cards for my daughters to use! You can guess this one was for a drummer!

Linking to the Crafty Catz Challenge – anything goes!

and linking to DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge – anything goes/optional graduation

and linking to Time Out Challenges – playing music!

I’ll link up what I used below. The drum set is from My Favorite Things. No longer open but maybe it can be found searching. I don’t see the congratulations anymore either so I’ll link up a different one, it’s not as long though.

This one was for a vocalist and pianist! So fun!

Linking my piano keyboard card to the Simply Clean & Simple May Challenge – Clean and Simple.

and linking to Cards 4 Guyz – Clean and Simple.

and linking to Try it Tuesday – Keep it simple!

congradulations is another stamp from My Favorite Things…

Keyboard and Microphone are from Spellbinders, linked below.

This one was for a cello player that plays basketball and volleyball too!

The filmstrip is a really old Sizzix or Accucut die!

Linking my old filmstrip die card to the Neglected Stuff Challenge – use at least one old neglected product.

and linking to the Alphabet Challenge – B is for ball

Cap, basketball, words and numbers from Spellbinders. (it looks like the sports set is discontinued)

Stars from Memory Box.

Below, more cards that would work for anyone….

I like the cap on numbers and letters! lol This is the TE Little Bits cap, Quickutz extra Large Blossom numbers, TE layered Star stencil and TE congrats grad sentiment.

Linking my congrats grad card to the Stencil Fun Challenge – stencils are the game!

and linking to the Just Add Ink Challenge – add stencils or dies or both!

and this one…

TE star background stamp and cap die. Quickutz Diesel Numbers. Sub sentiments are from My Favorite Things. I found some other small sentiments and linked them up below…

Last but not least…although it looks like the words didn’t all take the foiling, they did! No idea why it looks black. I made two of these.

TE foiling cards and TE graduation cap.

Lawn Fawn stitched rectangle dies.

That’s all I think! eek! I had fun making…I hope you’ve been having fun too!

Now back to the regularly scheduled program! haha I have a sympathy card, some birthday cards and baby cards to share!

ttul!

Some shopping links for products that are still current…

Simon Says Stamp CONGRATULATIONS… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamp EZ Strips… [ SSS ]	Hero Arts Everyday Sentiment Strips 2… [ SSS ]
Classic Mouse Graduation Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Musical Instruments Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]

cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Graduation · Memory Box · Penny Black · Poppystamps · Quickutz · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Taylored Expressions

Graduation Cards Galore!

May 14, 2026May 14, 2026 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Linking my Globe Card to the Word Art Wednesday Challenge – anything goes!

I finally got the TE Little Bits Grad Cap to make this card. I copied it from their website (edited to add the card designer is Kavya). One difference is I used the Penny Black wood floor. (linked below)

Linking my congradulations card to the Paper Funday May Challenge – anything goes!

This card I used Spellbinders Bold numbers sets, TE grad cap and MFT sentiment.

Linking this colorful card to the A Cut Above May Challenge – anything goes with a die cut.

This one is a TE die and the mini sentiments are from MFT. Oh, the star stamp is from TE also.

I used Black Glossy cardstock to die cut it. Linked below.

I had fun with this! I used the NEW poppystamps Joyride Car, an old Quickutz die for the grad caps, Memory Box Puffy Clouds and the FLY HIGH sentiment is a dollar stamp, probably over 20 years old from JoAnns! I’d never used it before!

I’m linking my FLY High card to the NBUS challenge #86 – never before used stuff!

and to the Four Seasons Spring Challenge – because Spring is graduations!

and to the Neglected Stuff Challenge – because this Fly High sentiment has to be over 20 years old!

I just inked the background with Distress inks.

This one it’s hard to see but the black behind the cut out letters is embossed with Spellbinders Music folder, I’ll link it below and you can definitely see it better in the last photo.

The grad cap and scroll I used here are from the Classic Mouse Graduation die set…linked below.

I used Altenew’s Bold alphabet to die cut the word GRAD, I’ll link it below.

I did different color hats…

I’m linking my GRAD card to the Can You Handle the Pressure? Challenge – anything goes with an embossing folder.

and to the Die Cut Divas Challenge blog – all about celebrations!

and to the Word POWER Challenge – focus on the sentiment!

So fun! I have one more post coming with grad cards…hopefully you’ll be inspired like I was by all the cards out in the interwebs!

I got out all my graduation supplies and now I have a real mess. haha It’s kind of tempting to keep them all together instead of putting them back away by company.

Thank you so much for stopping by and scrolling through! Holler if you have any questions!

Here’s shopping links to what’s available that I used…

Penny Black – Creative Dies – Wood… [ SBC ]	Poppystamps – 2697 Joyride Car craft die [ STR ]	Favorite Song 3D Embossing Folder -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Altenew – Dies – Caps Bold Alphabet [ SBC \| SSS \| ALTN ]	Bold Numbers Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Bold Color Mix Numbers… [ SSS ]
Sweeping Celebration Sentiments Press… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Classic Mouse Graduation Etched Dies… [ SPL ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Spellbinders – Card Shoppe Essentials… [ SBC ]
Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque… [ SSS ]	Splatter White Opaque Watercolor \|… [ SPL ]	Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Perfect… [ SSS ]
Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]	Nuvo Deluxe Clear Drying Adhesive;… [ STR \| SSS ]	Nuvo Deluxe Adhesive Precision… [ STR \| SSS ]
Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Simple… [ SBC ]

cards · Congratulations · Die Piecing · Foiling · Graduation · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Spring

Spellbinders Graduation Card…

May 13, 2026May 13, 2026 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone! I’ve been making so many cards! Time to get them posted! I love how this turned out!

This is the Spellbinders Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments set. FULL of fabulous images! I’ll be showing some of the other sentiments on cards still to post!

I love being able to personalize cards to the graduate!

This card is going to go in an A7 envelope.

Linking to some card challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – use dies

Die Cut Divas – it’s all about celebrations! Mine is graduation

A Cut Above – anything goes with a die cut

Can You Handle the Pressure – anything goes with an embossing folder

NBUS #86 – never before used stuff

Links to what I used to make this card below…

SPL = Spellbinders, SBC = scrapbook. com, SSS = simon says stamp, STR = Starlitstudio. net

Classic Mouse Graduation Sentiments… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Favorite Song 3D Embossing Folder -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Silver -… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Cosmic Sky ColorWheel Cardstock 12″ x… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Raven ColorWheel Cardstock 8.5″ x 11″… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]
Simon Says Stamp Metallic Silver Cord… [ SSS ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Self-Adhesive… [ STR ]