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 ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Easter · Flowers · Memory Box · Mother's Day · Spring · Thinking of You

NEW dies! Memory Box Clara Blooms, Sitting Sparrow and Happy Easter Dover Script…

March 7, 2024March 7, 2024 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hello! Welcome to a blog post with Spring vibes again! How in the world did it get to be March already! I feel like I’ll be forever trying to catch up this year. It’s ‘after wedding’ time for our family and adjusting to the anti climatic period! lol So here’s a card for Easter!

I fell in love with this new Clara Blooms die…I used two pinks and mint green to die cut. So sweet! I also used the darker pink to die cut the top layer of the new Happy Easter Dover Script and a dark teal to cut the underneath layer…both the same size, I just offset them a little for a shadow effect.

I die cut the new Sitting Sparrow in some old Bazzill brown cardstocks and the Woodgrain Bird House in one of the reds from the new Blush 6×6 cardstock pad. Gorgeous colors!

Can you guess where I got the inspiration for the background on this card? Let me know in the comments! hehe

I die cut the oval with the Studio Oval Layers and inked the edges a bit with Distress Evergreen Bough and the mini ink blending tool.

No stamping on this card!

I hope you love this as much as I do… the bird is so neat and easy to put together too! As well as the birdhouse and the flowers!

Change the sentiment for any occasion! yay! This is an A2 size card…

Linking to some challenges…

NBUS #60 – Never before used stuff!

Triple B March – Birds, Blooms and Butterflies

Four Seasons – Spring!

Double D – First Signs of Spring!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Add a Sentiment

Thank you so much for stopping by and if you want to know where to purchase these products at no extra cost to you, links are below!

ttul,

Links to the products I used on this card… Clicking/tapping STR takes you to starlitstudio.net, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp, SBC takes you to Scrapbook.com and TE takes you to Taylored Expressions.

Memory Box – 94688 Clara Blooms craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94724 Sitting Sparrow… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94742 Woodgrain Bird… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94729 Happy Easter Dover… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box / Open Studio – 30075… [ STR ]	Memory Box – SP1012 Blush 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Cupcake -… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Pink Champagne… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Spearmint -… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Poblano Pepper… [ TE ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Evergreen… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam 1″ 20/Pkg -… [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Craft Tweezers – EK Tools – 5 inch… [ STR ]	Sizzix Big Shot Die Cutting Machine… [ SBC ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Hot Foiling · Spellbinders dies · Spring · Stencils · Thinking of You

Spellbinders Stencil of the Month Club Card…

February 15, 2024February 14, 2024 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hello! Welcome to my post for the Spellbinders NEW Stencil of the Month Club! This month is a variety of stencils and I just used one of them!

On Neenah Classic Crest Solar White I inkblended with Peacock Feathers, Shaded Lilac, Peeled Paint and a little Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide ink and ink blending brushes.

Spattered on some water droplets and then white drawing ink.

Next I hot foiled a sentiment to vellum in Silver but it didn’t show up as good as I thought it should so I put a strip of green cardstock behind it. I taped the green strip down, then wrapped the vellum strip around to the back of a panel so I didn’t have to use any glue or tape on the front.

I used a little white gel pen on the Be Bold Blooms die cut flowers. Simple flower arranging…

Fun to have another card for the stash!

Thank you so much for stopping by! The sun is shining and making me sleepy! lol Talk to you again soon!

Here’s the link to the new Stencil of the Month club and the some of the other products I used…

Stencil of the Month Membership -… [ SPL ]	Be Bold Blooms Etched Dies from the… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Essential Glimmer Sentiments -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]
Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Silver -… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]	Shaded Lilac Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ SPL \| SBC \| SSS ]	Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide Ink… [ SPL \| SSS ]
Peeled Paint Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Mowed Lawn Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ SPL \| SSS ]	Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]
Sakura WHITE MEDIUM POINT Gelly Roll… [ SSS ]	Blending Brushes – 3 Pack \|… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil System \| Spell… [ SPL ]
Wendy Vecchi MAKE ART Stay-tion -… [ SPL \| SSS \| SBC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Poppystamps · Thank You · Thinking of You · Winter

Doodlebug Design Pickup Winter Greetings Card…

January 12, 2024 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I haven’t put all my Christmas stash away yet! So much I haven’t gotten to use yet!

This ‘doodle cuts’ set from Doodlebug Design isn’t a Christmas die set! The name of it is ‘so thankful’! It’s a scene set with trees, sun, clouds, pickup and super cute vegetables!

When I saw it, I was like I HAVE to make that for Christmas with trees! lol

I’m so happy with how it turned out!

The trees are from the doodle cuts set called ‘Christmas Cocoa’. I used two cuts for each tree. It looks like three cuts but that’s because I put one cut back in the die and ran it through so it would be a shorter piece for the top of the tree and I used the part it cut off for the bottom of the tree. The center of the tree is a full cut that I glued the top and the bottom to. Super easy.

The bare tree trunk is from the doodle cuts set ‘so thankful’ that the truck is from.

I die cut the snowflakes, holly and berries from the doodle cuts ‘snow cute’ die set.

The heart is from the doodle cuts ‘love notes’ set.

The snow bank is just a piece of white cardstock that I tore.

I spattered the background sky with white drawing ink. Let it dry before adhering everything together.

I used poppystamps Christmas Banners clear stamp and die set for the sentiment. White heat embossing Winter Greetings on a piece of kraft cardstock.

I used my favorite thin, thin mounting tape to adhere the green trees and the pickup to the 4 x 5 ¼ inch panel. I used Tombow mono multi liquid glue to adhere the tree trunks and snowflakes flat to the panel.

The end result is a top folding A2 size card that will mail for one forever stamp.

So fun…I hope this card makes you smile too! It brings back good/happy memories of when the girls were younger and we went out and cut down our tree every year.

Thank you for stopping by again! I appreciate it and your encouraging comments! I love connecting with other cardmakers!

We have a lot of snow. No one is going anywhere. Well I’ve seen a few ppl stuck in the street. You have to know how to drive in this kind of weather. lol It’s so beautiful!

I’ll stop talking and put in my links below…ttul!

Shopping links to what I used on this card…

So Thankful craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Doodlebug Doodle Cuts – Christmas… [ STR \| SBC ]	Snow Cute craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Love Notes craft die set – Doodlebug… [ STR \| SBC ]	Poppystamps – CL513 Christmas Banners… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Confetti Cake… [ TE ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,… [ BLIC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]