NEW Memory Box Little Fuchsia Flower Trio and Branch and Hello Breezy Script Card…

June 12, 2024June 13, 2024 Pam Sparks17 Comments

Hello cardmakers and friends! This NEW release from Memory Box is taking me back a lot of years to when I was so in love with Fuchsias! Now our daughters are!

They are so fancy! One of God’s truly amazing floral creations! Oh true everything God created is amazing! ❤

I love making clean and simple cards but they are challenging to take pictures of because the pictures never completely do the card justice!

This is such a sweet, delicate die and the sentiment is so neat! I love this font/look! I use the Zig Two Way Squeeze Roller Ball point glue pen to glue these. Works great! It’s also one time I use tweezers for placement!

I used the thin mounting tape I love so much, trimmed to fit on the back of the floral piece.

I die cut the hello mat three times and glued together so I wouldn’t need to use mounting tape behind.

I die cut the Fuchsia in Taylored Expressions cardstocks and inked with Distress ink pads. I used single colors but different pressure to achieve the variation. I’ll link what I used below.

The cardbase and Hello Breezy Script are Neenah Classic Crest Solar White cardstock.

It’s an easy to mail A2 size card.

Simply Clean and Simple June 2024 – Anything Goes CAS

Triple B June 2024 – Blooms

NBUS #63 – Never been used stuff

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

I was able to change the comment section back to what I think it was before the powers that be changed it to what they thought it should be. I’m curious if it works better now.

ttul! I have some birthday cards to share soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94781 Hello Breezy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94788 Little Fuchsia… [ STR \| SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Lollipop -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Lime Zest -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Jelly Donut -… [ TE ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Picked… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Zig 2-Way Glue Pen – Squeeze & Roll… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Flowers · Memory Box · sympathy · Thinking of You

Memory Box Whimsical Gladiola and Fanciful Gladiola Stem Card…

June 5, 2024June 5, 2024 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone! A card full of sunshine today! Not quite what I pictured in my mind but it is cheerful!

I die cut in Neenah Classic Crest Smooth cardstock and inked with Distress Inks.

I followed the picture on the front of the envelope for how to color. It’s really cool how it works! I inked the piece that is the darkest first…

Then ink the piece that is all green…

Then glue the green over the blue!

Next I inked lighter and lighter shades of the same blue on the petals and glued them on following the picture on the front of the envelope/package.

It’s not hard at all! The little pieces of green stem sticking off the stem are where you glue the petals on and they line up!

Same for the yellow flowers.

I used an old Memory Box postage rectangle to mat a panel of paper from the Glimmering Gladiola 6×6 pad.

Then another sheet of the same pad to coordinate on the cardbase.

Then, yet another piece to cut out the NEW Exquisite Butterflies that I only used one of.

I added the cent sign using the old Memory Box abc soup Alphabet Soup die the ‘c’ and the ‘l’.

Fuchsias are on trend again! Check out the new Memory Box release! That’s what we’ll be making up next! You can see it here at Starlitstudio.net

Thank you so much for stopping by today! I appreciate it and thank you so much for the comments and encouraging words! I finally found where to change the comment section back to what it used to be! YAY! I wish they wouldn’t change things!

Linking you to the products I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94790 Whimsical Gladiola… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94791 Fanciful Gladiola… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94771 Exquisite… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – PP1028 Glimmering… [ STR \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Zig Glue [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Blueprint… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Mustard… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Mowed Lawn… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Rainbow Splash Large Blending Brushes… [ SSS ]
Waffle Flower BLENDING BRUSHES WFT021 [ SSS \| SBC ]	Gina K Designs SET OF 4 Blending… [ SSS \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You

Spellbinders SimonHurley Tulip Trio Card…

April 30, 2024April 29, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Move over Hallmark here comes a 5 x 7 card! haha It’s really hard to trim down the large embossing folders sometimes and I needed the space for these wonderful tulips and sentiment!

I pretty much followed the color scheme on the packaging. There are so many pretty tulips this time of year…how do you decide!

I die cut in color cardstock and then inked with Distress Oxide inks and the ink blending brushes. Very fun… I love how easy it is to use the oxides. They match up so well with most cardstocks.

Thinking of you is from the Simon Hurley Handwritten Sentiments set. 24 cutting dies…pretty much words for any occasion! I used kraft and black cardstock thinking dirt! haha

We live close to one of the Dutch areas of Iowa. Tulip Time is coming up in another week. I hope there’s some tulips left! Our grandchildren have been practicing for marching in the band, the Dutch dancing and marching with the homeschool group. So I’m sure I’ll be going to watch it all!

I almost forgot! My white background panel is the Simon Hurley Twirling tulips embossing folder. So pretty. Two cards using it back a few posts.

Thank you so much for stopping by! Enjoy the Tulips and or what flowers are you enjoying right now?!

Here’s links to the products I used to make these cards …SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Spellbinders Tulip Trio Etched Dies… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Twirling Tulips 3D… [ SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Simon Hurley – Tulip… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]
Spellbinders Handwritten Sentiments… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Black Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack… [ SPL ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Embossing · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Oxide Inks · Spellbinders dies · Spring · sympathy · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Birthday Card…

April 5, 2024April 5, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! A cheery Spring peony clean and simple card to share with you today! NEW from Spellbinders and designed by Yana Smakula….so pretty! It can be made with so many techniques!

I started by die cutting both dies in the set from white Hammermill cardstock.

Next I placed the floral die face down on the larger plain white die cut, taped the die in place and ran it through my die cutting machine with the tan mat so the design is impressed (you don’t want it to cut) into the die cut.

I inked up this impressed piece with Distress Oxide Kitsch Flamingo ink and a small ink blending brush.

Then on the floral outline white die cut, Inked the peony buds and leaves with Distress oxide inks and small brushes.

It’s a fast way to color die cuts for sure! It’s really pretty in real life too… softer looking than in the photos.

The sentiment is from a wonderful NEW Press Plates set also from Yana. I don’t have the Press Plate system so I used Spellbinders black foil and foiled the Happy Birthday Wishes directly to the card front! It looks so professional!

My card is 4 in. x 7 in. so it will need an A7 envelope but will still mail for one forever postage stamp.

Linking to some challenges…

Simply Clean & Simple April 2024 – anything goes, optional weather

Four Season Challenge – anything goes Spring

Triple B: April 2024 – Blooms for me this time

I’m sure a lot of you are thinking of gardens and flowers this time of year! My daughters are really into house plants so that’s been fun. I made 55 shower invitations! That’s why I’ve been rather MIA! lol Fun times!

Wishing you a beautiful Spring day!

Here’s links to the products I used to make this card…SPL is Spellbinders…SSS is Simon Says Stamp…. SBC is Scrapbook. com… STR is Starlitstudio. net. Thank you so much for shopping through my linkdeli links. It helps offset the cost of the blog and linkdeli and no cost to you! I appreciate it!

Spellbinders Peony Celebration Press… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Spellbinders Let”s Celebrate… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]	Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Peeled Paint… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	Gina K Designs MINI BLENDING BRUSHES… [ SSS \| SBC \| SPL ]
Spellbinders BLACK Glimmer Foil GLF-010 [ SSS \| SPL ]	Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil Roll… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – New and Improved… [ SBC \| SPL ]	Enlarged Embossing Pads -… [ SPL ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SBC \| SSS \| SPL ]	BetterPress Letterpress System \|… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| SPL \| SBC ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Window With A View Cards…

March 12, 2024 Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hi friends and cardmakers…a dose of Spring for you today! February brought us a new collection by Tina Smith and I’m late getting cards made and posted. Isn’t that owl cute! and the little birdies!

The options for this collection are endless! I had to make the window up with pots and plants! Our daughters and one granddaughter are really into plants…a couple friends too…so I’m sure I’ll use this card!

The whole time I was making it I wished I knew the names so I could print them on the little signs! lol

I’m not much of a plant person. I have a huge Norfolk Island Pine that I’ve had over 30 years, Boston Ferns, a Thanksgiving Cactus and a beautiful poinsettia that didn’t die after Christmas! Amazing! First time one has ever lived that long for me! lol

Back to the cards….I die cut everything and glued it up, mounted the tree and bird bath with the thin mounting tape I love.

Ink blended the background panel with my blue and green oxide brushes…I didn’t add more ink.

Stamped the sentiment but dropped the ink pad on the card so I had to add a panel on the bottom. ugh The sliver of green cardstock helped too. lol

More simple die cutting and gluing. The window in an A2 size panel, then a piece of navy cardstock behind.

I mounted the pots with my favorite thin mounting tape and stamped the sentiment with the MISTI.

So many neat sentiments in the coordinating stamp set!

Holler if you have any questions and I’ll get right back to you!

Thank you so much for looking today! Links below to the products I used to make these two cards!

Clicking/tapping on SPL takes you to Spellbinders, SSS to Simon Says Stamp and SBC to Scrapbook . com

SSS Save $5 code is WLD4U expires 4/15

Windows With a View I Want It All!… [ SPL ]	Vista View Window Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	The Botanical Solarium Etched Dies… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Backyard Haven View Etched Dies from… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sending Sunshine Sentiments Clear… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]
Ranger Ink Jet Black Archival Ink Pad [ SBC \| SSS ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]	Uchida Double Ended Jewel Picker -… [ SPL ]
Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scor-Buddy Eighths – Spellbinders… [ SPL ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]