Spellbinders Stencil of the Month Club Birthday Card…

November 13, 2024November 12, 2024 Pam Sparks3 Comments

Hello! I know…this is unexpected! It was kinda fun to switch to a birthday card today!

I wasn’t sure about this stencil set and birthday cake either but it turned out so fun!

I started with picking five colors of oxide ink, Wilted violet, Kitsch Flamingo, Picked Raspberry, Cracked Pistachio and Lucky Clover. Using the brush ink blending tools I set to work! I use the Wendy Vecchi Magnetic board to do stenciling.

Here’s a close up picture…I used Spellbinders cardstock for the cake and party time sentiment.

I used the Tiny Attacher on the corners of the tag and to hold the ribbon in place.

Spellbinders Nested Mini Label and Nested Postage Labels & Tag dies.

It’s like an eighth of an inch bigger than an A2 size card because I wanted more of the cardbase to show.

Are you familiar with how the Spellbinders Monthly Clubs work? You can find all the details in my links below that take you to their webstore. If you purchase the Deluxe Caboodle Value Club membership you receive a monthly bonus item. This month it’s this ‘Party Time Cake’! So cute!

Thank you so much for stopping by and send me an email if you have any questions! Now it’s back to Christmas programming! lol

Here’s the products I used to make this card…

The Deluxe Caboodle Value Club… [ SPL ]	Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Stitched Floral Flip Frame Etched… [ SPL ]
Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched… [ SPL \| SPL \| SSS ]	Ranger – Wilted Violet Distress Oxide… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Idea-ology – Tim Holtz- Tiny Attacher… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Idea-Ology Tiny Attacher Refill… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stay-tion -… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Watercolor · Winter

Yana’s Amaryllis Collection from Spellbinders, Two Cards…

November 1, 2024November 7, 2024 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! Two cards to share today! So very Christmas-y! Two of the flowers you think of when it’s Christmas….poinsettias and amaryllis.

My first card is the NEW Festive Poinsettias Better Press plate from Spellbinders.

I inked up the plate with black, impressed it and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder.

Then I colored it with Tombow Brush Markers! I know! Not my normal but I’ve seen another fabulous cardmaker using her Tombows so I wanted to get mine back out and color. I’m surprised they’re still good…over 20 years old!

The green strip of cardstock is darker/richer than it’s showing in my pictures.

I spattered with white acrylic ink and I used a small paintbrush. All the little white specks are from the spattering. The plate did impress solid black. So we have teeny snowflakes today! lol

I feel like I went back in time…heat embossing and then coloring! Oh, I used watercolor paper because I put a little marker on, then pulled it out with a waterbrush.

I really like it. It’s festive for sure! It’s a more of an A6 size… 4 ½ inches x 6 inches. It’s flat though so USPS should be really happy about that! haha

Here’s my second card using Yana’s Christmas release…

I die cut Yana’s Amaryllis in gold foil cardstock… wow does it shine!

I die cut the solid background in red cardstock and then impressed the outline die in the solid red cut with the tan mat so the detail would show without having to puzzle piece all the petal pieces back in!

I went over the die cut lines with a red copic just to add a little more dimension.

The background on this card is a black glossy die cut using the Emerald Cut Labels and Tag die set.

Then the 3D embossing folder is NEW also. It’s called Amaryllis Garden. So pretty! I embossed it in white cardstock, trimmed it down to 5 x 7 size and used my gray inking brush to go around the edges of the panel.

The sentiments for both of these cards are from the Christmas Die and Glimmer Sentiments Hot Foil and Die set. I die cut the words in black glossy cardstock and I used black foil for the sub sentiment.

Linking my cards to some challenges…

Color Hues #98 – Red and Black (2nd card)

Can You Handle The Pressure – anything goes using an embossing folder (2nd card)

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – anything goes (1st card)

Die Cut Divas – Any Holiday in the year (2nd card)

Merry Little Christmas #59 – anything Christmas goes (1st card)

I feel like I should apologize for this being so long. I see other gals posting two cards at once but it seems like a longer post when I do it! lol I hope you made it through and got a little inspiration! I CANNOT believe it’s NOVEMBER 1st! EEK! Don’t panic, don’t panic!

It’s cooling off here…the sun was out for a minute. I need to decide if I can hang my plants back out. This time of year is so hard for me. I hate having to take all my ferns down. So sad!

Have a great weekend everyone! Happy cardmaking!

Here’s shopping links for the products I used to make these two cards…. thank you so much for tapping/clicking through…I appreciate it!

SPL = Spellbinders, SBC = Scrapbook .com, SSS = Simon Says Stamp, STR = Starlitstudio

Festive Poinsettias BetterPress and… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Festive Poinsettias Press Plate from… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Christmas Die & Glimmer Sentiments… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Yana’s Amaryllis Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Amaryllis Garden 3D Embossing Folder… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Emerald Cut Labels and Tag Etched… [ SPL \| SSS ]
BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Basic BetterPress Gift Set -… [ SPL ]	Spellbinders – Black Platinum 6 Die… [ SBC ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Art Impressions Watercolor Bonnies… [ SBC \| BLIC ]	Water Brush Set – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Sakura Koi Water Brush – Round, Size… [ BLIC ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Black -… [ SPL \| SBC ]	Glimmer Hot Foil 2 Rolls – Opaque… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Mirror Gold Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 -… [ SPL ]	Memory Box BLACK GLOSSY 8.5×11 Paper… [ SSS \| STR ]	Ranger Embossing Powder Clear EPJ37330 [ SSS \| SBC ]
8.5″ x 11″ Watercolor Cardstock – 10… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Spellbinders dies · Stencils · Winter

Spellbinders October Stencil of the Month Club Card…

October 12, 2024 Pam Sparks4 Comments

Hi everyone! The stencil of the month club is so fun this month! I used two of the stencils to make this background, the other stencils in the set make an ornament background. So fun. I could’ve use this design on the ornaments too. Ppl come up with the greatest ideas! I need to make another card! lol

Curious about the Spellbinders Monthly Clubs? I love how they are set up… join and cancel anytime but most of the time you’re gonna want them! lol Check them out HERE!

I just used ink pads and inked through the stencils in red and then in green on white cardstock. It was so white I had to age it with Vintage Photo Distress ink and a blending brush, than the very edge with Walnut Stain Distress ink. I love this look! Smiling… I know you’re remembering this about me. lol

I die cut the Holly branch twice and glued them together, then cut a bunch of berries from the Poinsettia Spray die set.

I didn’t like it directly on the stenciled panel so I cut a piece of vellum and aged it with Vintage Photo Distress ink also. I mounted the holly branch to the vellum with the thin mounting tape I love, linked below. Then I used glue on the back for the vellum on the areas the branch and leaves covered so you wouldn’t see the glue from the front.

The sentiment is from the Christmas Sentiments Betterpress Plate and Die set. I foiled it though with gold foil on red cardstock. So pretty!

I wish I could show you in person because it’s so much more vintage/antique looking IRL! In the photos it looks white but it’s not. It’s so nice to be able to take photographs of everything but they never do the real thing complete justice. lol I love it!

Have a great rest of the weekend friends and cardmakers! Thankful for every minute. A horrible car/tractor accident a couple miles from our small city last night. So awful. Just four years ago it was our youngest daughter that died this month. I’m probably more sensitive to it this month.

My wonderful husband just made me some more shelves so I’m rearranging and need to sort and re-bin this 30 year collection of stuff! I get to work and forget I need to be doing other things too!

I’m don’t like facing the fact that I’m a stamp/die/paper addict! lol Fortunately it’s the only thing I collect! whew! lol!

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy every moment!

Products I used to make this card…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Christmas Sentiments Press Plate &… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Poinsettia Spray Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR \| SPL ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Vintage… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Walnut… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Vellum Sheets from the Card Shoppe… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Scor-Pal Eighths – Spellbinders Paper… [ SPL ]	Crystal Katana Black Edition \|… [ SPL ]

cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Stencils

Spellbinders September Stencil of the Month Card…Colorful Pumpkins

September 18, 2024September 18, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Happy Fall y’all! I think I say that every year! I should do some subtracting as to how long I’ve been blogging! A long time! lol

Super, super fun stencil set! So easy too! I used Distress Oxide inks… so many colors would work! I used Carved Pumpkin, Antique Linen, Wilted Violent, Peacock Feathers and Peeled Paint. I used an old splatter stamp in dark brown ink.

I cut a ticket tag from the Nested Postage Labels and Tag die set, inked it with Distress Gathered Twigs and stamped Happy Fall from last years stamp and die of the month set for September. I’ll link below if it’s still on the site. It is! $5 for the stamp set and $3 for the die set! WOW! Links below!

Tie on with some twine.

Die cut a pumpkin, gourd and some dies from last years die sets and it was done! They’re amazing sale prices too!

An A2 size card.

Linking to some Card Challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Make your own background

Stencil Fun – stencils with optional Fall Frenzy!

Four Seasons – Fall Season September

Double D – Fall Leaves (I have three on my card)

Thanks so much for stopping by! Enjoy the season and happy cardmaking!

Products I used to make this card… but first… Spellbinders Fall Warehouse Sale!

Fall Warehouse Sale – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]	Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched… [ SPL ]
Fall Thoughtfulness – Clear Stamp of… [ SPL ]	Fall Thoughtfulness Die Set- (Dies… [ SPL ]	Hiking Through the Meadows – Small… [ SPL ]
Boo-licious Fall Cupcake – Large Die… [ SPL ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders Dancin’ Christmas Cards…

August 30, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Here to make you smile! Dancin’ Douglas is the tree card…I love the name! Dancin’ Moose Klondike…sooooo CUTE!

Very basic, die cut, glue and take pictures! lol An A-6 size card but I’ll use an A-7 size envelope because his antlers are a bit taller than the card.

Pine branch is from the Delivering Joy Sleigh die set, Santa hat from the Dancin’ Snowman die set and the sentiment is from the Clear Stamp and die set from October of 2023.

Here’s a short video showing how his legs ‘dance’!

There are several die sets in this collection… I’ll link to everything at the end of my post.

There’s No One Elf Like You! That’s the truth! lol Sentiment from Santa’s Sippin’ Sayings clear stamp set.

Snowflake die cut in the background is from the St. Nick die set.

I used Navy Blue cardstock but I know, it looks black but it’s not! ugh. Sometimes picture taking is so hard! You can see it’s navy in the video below!

The present is from the Dancin’ Snowman set.

Such happy cards! A-6 size again…

Here’s a video of Dancin’ Douglas swinging his legs.

I wish I’d thought to take a picture of how I do the swing. I’ll try to explain.

I use three washers and red tape them together and red tape them to the back of the tree. (I need to try just using two washers so it’s a little thinner.)

I put mounting tape on the back of the tree, making sure I don’t block the swing with it.

I add more red tape to the washers, remove all the protective paper from the mounting tape and red tape and adhere to the card panel.

It’s very simple. I don’t know what everyone else does but that’s what I do.

I used the smallest rectangle die from the Mini Slimline A set to die cut the sentiment.

The green cardstocks are from the Memory Box Greenery 6×6 cardstock pad.

Browns are old Bazzill cardstock and the Moose background cardstock is Cookie Monster from Taylored Expressions.

Thank you so much for stopping by and making it clear to the end of this post! whew! lol!

Here’s the list of what I used to stores that have these products… Click the abbreviations to see… THANK YOU!

Dancin’ Christmas Friends -… [ SPL ]	Dancin’ Moose Klondike Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Dancin’ Douglas Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
St. Nick Etched Dies from the Home… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Santa’s Sippin’ Sayings Clear Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Delivering Joy Sleigh Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cookie Monster… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Fruit Punch -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Lemon Meringue… [ TE ]
Ranger Archival Jet Black Archival… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]