Memory Box Happiness and poppystamps Tendril Demi Frame…

March 14, 2017March 14, 2017 Pam Sparks19 Comments

It’s looking like Spring all over blog land but we finally got snow here in SE Iowa! I love how bright it is and the sun is shining! yay!

I have a lot of Spring cards to share though so I better get to it!

Some ink blending with Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio, Peacock Feathers and Shaded Lilac…heat embossed sentiment and then the panel hooked under the scroll parts of two cuts of the Tendril Demi Frame die. Whew. Easy! The hard part was getting a picture of it for some reason.

It’s been challenging to find card-stocks that blend easy. Have you noticed that? What are your favorites for ink blending? I really like the heavier weight Mixed Media pads, but what I used today is Strathmore Premium, Super Smooth 80# Ultimate White card-stock. I purchased a ream of it from Marcos Paper a few years ago. Just happened to try it and wow, I like it for this! Good deal. lol

I’ll link below to what I used…

Thanks so much for stopping by! You’re what keeps me coming back here and posting! lol ‘preciate it and your comments so much. Thank you!

Products I used for my card today…

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cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Summer · Techniques

poppystamps Dogwood Blossom and Swirly Bird…

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I’m posting some easy on the eyes cards… hehe Is there a color that doesn’t go with kraft card-stock? I don’t know of any right off the top of my head! lol Today it’s ‘pinks’ turn.

And what better way to use pink than these beautiful poppystamps Dogwood Blossom dies! I’ll put links to all the dies below in Inlinkz since the post is gonna be a little picture heavy.

I started off with this Dogwood Blossom Corner die and one thing lead to another! lol (I used my embedding die technique, video how to under the blog header video tab and titled Adhering Intricate Dies)

and why not just use them all in pink and kraft?! lol

It’s not been a sunshiny week here so these cards are cheering me up and I needed some thank you cards. Win, win! hehe

Linking up…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp August Work it Wednesday

Die Cuttin’ Divas – Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More – Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping in again… tomorrow is Taylored Expressions release day and I’ve got some fun cards to share! Hope you’ll come back!

Dies and Supplies I used on these cards…

cards · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Techniques · Watercolor

Memory Box Harrington Butterflies and more…

June 16, 2016June 23, 2016 Pam Sparks26 Comments

So happy with how soft and sweet this card turned out. Sometimes you just need a soft, sweet, thinking of you card.

I die cut the Harrington Butterflies die in black cardstock and in watercolor cardstock.

To get the solid butterfly and body parts, I used the Asti Butterfly Wings die. (body cut in black) The Asti Butterfly Wings die cut stays attached to the card at the body but you can easily clip them out or cut them in a piece of cardstock, positioning it each time so that it comes out directly in the negative space left from cutting out the Harrington Butterflies. (do the die cut template thing) I know, I should make a video of it! hehe

On the Memory Box Co. website it says the Harrington Butterflies die works with the Darla Butterfly die.

I love how this card turned out. A little Distress ink watercoloring…Tumbled Glass on the base panel, Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry on the butterfly wings. Where the two meet, it kinda makes an orangish/coral like color.

The sentiment is from the Springtime Bunnies stamp set. I glued on 3 Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins.

The next card is the same Harrington Butterflies die combined with a few others.

I started building on an A2 kraft color card-base, added a 4.25 in. x 5.5 in. white panel that I die cut with the Zimmer Oval Background die, topped with the Calla Oval Wreath die and Harrington Butterflies die. I used the Asti Butterfly Wings die again cut in watercolor and black cardstock.

This time I watercolored the butterfly wings with Picked Raspberry and Shaded Lilac Distress inks and a waterbrush. I sprayed out some pearl shimmer spray on my craft mat and painted it on the wings after the watercoloring dried. Carefully because it will remove color.

I die cut the Calla Oval Wreath in white cardstock, left the cut in the die and embossed it through the Big Shot. Leaving the cut oval in the die still, I turned it over to the back side of the die and added Distress inks through the holes in the die, coloring the flowers.

I embossed the sentiment from the Ornamental Butterflies Stamp set on vellum with Versamark ink and Detail White Embossing powder. I added some baby pearls to the flower centers. A flower garden! lol

Linking both my cards to some challenges…

Dies R Us Challenge – Butterflies

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge – stamping + die cuts + your choice

Thanks for stopping by today! It was fun to work with some Memory Box/poppystamps products again. More to come…

Card Sketch · cards · copics · MFT · Spring

MFT Build-able Bouquet card…

May 16, 2016May 17, 2016 Pam Sparks39 Comments

Hello Monday everyone! I started this card early last week but just didn’t get back to it until this morning. I had to finish it before I could start anything else and be sure to be on time for the Time Out Challenges – CASE With Your Own Twist challenge! I made it! whew!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Flowers

Happy Little Stampers Challenge – Anything Goes with Dies

CAS-usal Fridays Challenge – Birthday Girl

Time Out Challenges – CAS with the optional twist of purple

Seize the Birthday Challenge – birthday with the topping option, coloring

Dies R Us Challenge – Birthday

I used My Favorite Things Build-able Bouquet stamp set/die set, Inside and Out Stitch Rounded Rectangles, Distressed Patterns stamp set and sentiment from So Much Love stamp set.

I stamped with the MISTI, die cut, colored with Copic Sketch markers. I die cut the banner and then stuck it back in the die and cut again to make it shorter.

Stamped the splatters in Picked Raspberry…inked the frame with Spun Sugar but there was Picked Raspberry already in the blending tool sponge. Background is Salty Ocean.

Very fun! Thanks gals for the fun challenge! So fun to CASE Kay! Thanks for stopping by stamping friends! TTUL!

Linking to the products I used for this card… (in case you want to know) lol

Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Spring · Watercolor

Memory Box, poppystamps, Quiet Bird Sash two ways…

May 11, 2016May 11, 2016 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hello! Have you seen the new dies from poppystamps called sashes. This one stays connected to the card piece on both ends of the branch when you die cut it. Then you slide another piece, in this case the largest Memory Box Stitched Rectangle, under the die cut branch and bird. HERE are the other new sash dies.

I die cut everything in watercolor paper and watercolored with distress inks and a water brush. I smooshed the stamp pad on my craft mat, picked up the ink with the water brush and painted. Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs, Ripe Persimmon, Rusty Hinge and Dusty Concord ink pads and/or reinkers.

I edged the fawn with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini ink blending tool.

The sentiment is from Memory Box (inked with Versafine Black Onyx ink) and so is the Wildflower Landscape die.

The Quiet Bird Sash and Woodlawn Fawn are from poppystamps.

There’s a little ‘dew’ in the air.. hehe. Distress ink spatters and some White Linen spray that I unscrewed and hit the cap with my finger to get some white spatters.

Here’s another version… a quick ‘just a note’ from the sweet birdie!

a little closer so you can see how the sash works…

I think that’s everything… THANK YOU so much for clicking over! Have fun splashing some ink around! It’s been raining here and everything is so green! Gotta love Spring! I better get outside and enjoy the sunshine, I heard it could rain again today! ttul!

Shopping links…click to see the products I used. I was just looking over the tools page at Starlitstudio and it’s amazing all the cool stuff there! Check out the new Tacky Roller Tool! YES!

p.s. I have to tell you, I LOVE how good the stamp shammy cleans off Versafine ink. Just get it wet, ring it out and clean away. No baby wipe fibers on the stamp! Hip Hip hooray! It cleans other inks too but you know how tough Versafine is… well…not anymore! yay!