Spellbinders Dancin’ Gingerbread Card and Two Layered Joy Tree Stencil & Die Cards…

December 11, 2023 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi everyone! Getting festive with the gingerbread and trees today! I love these characters from Spellbinders every year! So so cute!

I also love these stencil and die sets! I have this one and the Merry Christmas one. I didn’t get the Merry Christmas one made into a card yet! eek! If only we didn’t need to do laundry, eat and sleep, oh and shop! hoho!

ok – Back to the gingers…

The green is bright! But tealish and red would be so cute too! I was going traditional but boom! It’s bright for me! lol

So for all you green lovers, this one’s for you!

Now I wish I’d tied on a little jingle bell! I even have some! I will have to do that and just pay extra postage! It’s only money, right?! ha!

I used regular Distress inks on my JOY cards. Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Worn Lipstick and Abandoned Coral. We were making these Thanksgiving day afternoon. I copied Anya, one of my granddaughter’s colors!

I think we used Altenew colors for the Joy. I can’t remember the names now.

One more picture of one stenciled on Hobby Lobby extra heavyweight kraft cardstock. Pretty sure I used Distress Oxides on this one but more the Lucky Clover ones for the greens.

I hope your cardmaking is coming a long. I have plenty to do still!

We started out this week hearing one of our granddaughter’s playing with one of our grandson’s fiance (wedding in March) yesterday morning…a string duet… it was so, so beautiful!

Tuesday night is a choir concert for a bunch of the grands…makes me so happy!

You all take care and all the joys and blessings of the season to you and yours!

Codes for Simon Says Stamp right now…use one… Wrap23 ($7 off)….Merry ($5 off) Random sales at Scrapbook.com and Starlitstudio.net is always a discount!

Here’s the products I used for these three cards…

Spellbinders – Dancin’ Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Layered Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Make It Merry… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Spellbinders – Layered Christmas… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS ]	Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Peapod -… [ TE ]	miniature jingle bells – 5mm – pkg of 20 [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders….Our Fave 2023 Club Products Blog Hop

December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hi everyone and welcome! Today I’m participating in the Fave 2023 Club Product Blog Hop! We are featuring projects using any of our 2023 Club products. All past Club products still in stock can be found HERE.

Scrolling through my blog I landed in July and my favorites! It was Christmas in July! I know, I know, you’re not surprised! lol

I’m going to start with the card I made for July Small Die of the Month club. My post about it is HERE.

I love the somewhat traditional colors and classic look of this card!

A completely different look with the July 3D Embossing Folder of the Month Club. My post about it is HERE.

From traditional colors to totally not traditional colors! So many things you can do with embossing folders!

From glamorous to vintage for this next card! Using the July Clear Stamp and Die Club of the Month I made this botanical card. You can find my post about it HERE.

Now for the GRAND FINALE of my club faves of 2023……..the July Large Die of the Month Club! Can you say CUTE! My post about my card is HERE.

I hope you enjoyed this rewind post…it was fun for me to go back and see what I’ve made.

You can’t have a blog hop without a giveaway so here’s the details…

Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the SB blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, December 10^th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Prepare to be inspired!!! Here’s the blog hop list!

Spellbinders Blog
Jackie Pasko
Michelle Woerner
Lin Brandyberry
Alanna Moses
Rebecca Keppel
Teri Duncan
Carrie Rhoades
Jill Hilliard
Pam Sparks–You are here…
Rachel Alvarado
Erin Thompson
Cassie Trask
Deborah Jenkins
Melody Rupple
Lauren Taylor
Ilina Crouse
Vera Yates

Thank you so much for hopping to my blog. ❤ I appreciate it and your comments! I’ll link below to the clubs I shared in this post.

ttul!

Layered Poinsettia Tree – Small Die… [ SPL ]	Adorning the Tree – 3D Embossing… [ SPL ]	Pine Cones & Holly – Clear Stamp of… [ SPL ]
Pine Cones & Holly Die Set – (Dies… [ SPL ]	Stocking Full of Joy – Large Die of… [ SPL ]	Mix & Match Holiday Greetings \|… [ SPL ]
In the Pines Embossing Folder from… [ SPL ]	Christmas Magic Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SPL ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Fashion Gold Embellishments -… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil 4 Rolls – Essential… [ SPL ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spellbinders dies

A Pine Wreath with Snowflakes and JOY card…

November 14, 2023November 16, 2023 Pam Sparks24 Comments

I just added a picture and I wanted to tell you that I finally got a person at wordpress that knew how to fix a couple problems I’ve reported to them about my blog. I’m happy to say my photos are clickable again if you want to see them full size! YAY!

Hi everyone! This card is so frosty beautiful! Christmas JOY is coming!

I saw a card on Instagram that I don’t have the supplies for so I used what I have. I will give her credit for inspiring me over there.

Spellbinders Ski Lodge Embossing Folder for the background panel. So pretty! Embossing folders are all the rage this year and it’s because they are beautiful and add so much texture to the finished card.

AND I have GREAT NEWS! Ski Lodge is half price with the SALE at Spellbinders that just started today! HERE! I will link it below too if you want to finish the post before you go…

I used poppystamps Shasta Twigs for the wreath, Memory Box Alpine Snowflakes and Brilliant Joy finish out the card. Oh, I did use one of the NEW poppystamps Simple Rings dies for the wreath base.

I figured out the placement of the pine branches and then it glued together easily. I only put glue on the ends of the branches and I used the small one from the die set.

I have way too many pictures today. Messing around with lights and editing when I should’ve been doing other things! lol Like making more cards! hoho

I die cut and embossed using Hammermill Color Copy Cover 100# cardstock and Gold Foil cardstock. I’ll link everything below.

I love this Brilliant JOY die so much. I probably should do a minute video on how I put it together so there’s no small gluing the letters in! Love that!

First I die cut the base in white cardstock, then the detail JOY top layer in white and gold cardstocks.

On the base layer, I lightly scribble Tombow mono multi glue over all of the base.

Then stick on the white outer outline from the detail JOY cut.

Then take the gold letters out of the gold detail cut and stick them in. The glue is already there! Boom!

It’s an A2 size card.

I trimmed the embossed panel down to 4 x 5 ¼ before I adhered it to the cardbase with the super thin mounting tape I love.

Now I see this Pine Branch set isn’t available anymore. Sorry about that. Search it by name or shop your stash!

Linking to some challenges…

Can You Handle the Pressure? – anything goes (optional twist is turkey/thanksgiving but you don’t have to)

Peace on Earth #51 – anything Christmas goes

Die Cut Divas – It’s all about the holidays

HLS November Christmas – anything goes

Holler if you have any questions! I’ll be here working! lol I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week! ❤

It’s fun to see some sales before the holiday. I never have time the holiday weekend! Have FUN!

ttul!

Spellbinders Black Friday Sale!

Links to the Dies and Supplies I used to make this card…

$7 off code at Simon Says Stamp with code ‘WRAP23’ Expires 12/31/23

Ski Lodge Embossing Folder \|… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Memory Box – 94759 Brilliant Joy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94680 Alpine Snowflakes… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2575 Simple Rings craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tiny Pearl Embellishments – flat… [ STR ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Tags · Winter

Spellbinders October Stamp and Die Club of the Month…

October 25, 2023October 26, 2023 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! The October Stamp and Die of the Month ‘Festive Penguins’ is so fun! Easy to color and some cute elements and sentiments too! How the club works is HERE! Sign up is through the 27th of the month! Down to the wire! lol We have one grandson that absolutely loves penguins so you know where these tags are going.

I just have one picture today… short post! lol

Nothing challenging to the tags. I used the circle, ornament topper and holly from the NEW Festive Ornaments set. The partial circle for the snow is from the NEW Santa’s Festive Circle Crew set.

I love how everything mixes and matches this time of year!

Some distress inking and splattering for the background. White lines and dots with a white gel pen… oh and the snowflakes on the ice cream cone tag I drew on with the white gel pen also.

Notice how I glued the ornament topper between two layers and just left the hole showing. I thought that was clever. lol

Linking to some challenges…

The Sisterhood of Crafters – Get Inky

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – anything goes

Peace On Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

Christmas with the Cuties – anything that’s not a card

Thanks so much for stopping by today!

Here’s what I used to make these tags…

Clear Stamp & Die of the Month Club -… [ SPL ]	Festive Ornaments Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Santa’s Festive Circle Crew Etched… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
copic sketch markers at Simon Says… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Archival… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]
Tonic Chili Red Bakers Twine 9984e [ SSS ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – Silver,… [ BLIC ]

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

Spellbinders October Large Die of the Month Club Card…

October 21, 2023October 26, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I had some fun die cutting florals and gold and getting a little bit vintage with this card.

Have you checked out this month’s club offering on the Spellbinders store website HERE? Awesome stuff again! We’ve come a long way from punches! hoho! (I still have all my punches, can’t bring myself to part with them.)

I took the club dies a little different direction than what it was designed for but for the most part it’s still intact!

I die cut the house section twice but trimmed it down to where the leaves stop on the sides. I die cut it in white and inked it with a couple green inks but you could easy die cut it in green and be fine. Everything that you don’t want to be green is covered by the time you’re finished.

Next I die cut the florals twice… it looks like a lot but it’s surprising that it isn’t! It goes fast because they’re an easy size to handle and you can see exactly where everything goes! YAY!

It would’ve been really pretty without being on a black cardbase but I couldn’t decide if it’d be ok or not in the end so I stuck it on a black 5 ½ inch square cardbase.

I really, really like it. Wish I could show you in person!

Die cut the words. Hot foil the panel…I didn’t do a great job foiling this piece. The cardstock was textured and foil works better on smooth. I didn’t do it over though because I wanted it to look vintage!

I cut a piece of white cardstock 4 ⅛ x 3 inches for the center and aged it with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a blending brush. Then I glued the red foiled Christmas Greetings panel flat to the distressed piece and glued the panel to the floral pieces. You can see by my photos that I was able to get the corners under some of the floral parts.

When you’re gluing, leave your edges without glue and then you can get the panel under the berries, poinsettia and roses. Not hard at all!

So much fun! This will be a fun card to leave out on a mantel or on display some place in your home for the season!

Linking my card to some challenges…

Triple B – Blooms

Peace on Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

The Holly and the Ivy Christmas – #150 Anything Christmas

Thanks so much for stopping by again! Thank you for helping me out with comments too! Let me know if you have any questions!

ttul!

Linking to the products I used for this card below! Have fun!

Spellbinders Large Die of the Month… [ EXP ]	Mix & Match Holiday Greetings \|… [ SPL ]	Essential Duo Lines Glimmer… [ SPL ]
Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Bazzill FOIL Cardstock – matte and shiny [ STR ]
Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Waffle Flower Crafts – Blending… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Bearly Art Mini 2 fl oz Precision… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Teal Topaz Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Lagoon Color Essentials Cardstock… [ SPL ]	Onyx Color Essentials Cardstock 8.5″… [ SPL ]
Tiny Pearl Embellishments – flat… [ STR ]	Uni-Ball Pen Signo Gel GOLD 1.0mm… [ SSS ]