Memory Box NEW Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch Card…

March 30, 2022 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Hello friends! So thankful for all my cardmaker friends everywhere! You make me smile a lot!

Simple card today….I die cut this new Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch die from watercolor paper and colored with the new Zig Clean Color Brush markers. They are so pretty!

I used three arches for this card, three of the medium size flower and three of the small size flower.

I used watercolor paper for the A2 size panel that I inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and a mini ink blending tool. I stamped a couple sentiments around with the same ink from the NEW Memory Box Friends and Family stamp set. The center sentiment is stamped with Ranger Black Archival ink.

I used liquid glue to attach the three arches together and just on the circle to glue to the panel. Then the flowers are glued just in the center to the wreath so I could ‘fluff’ the petals and leaves.

I added Memory Box small clear Fairy Drops, some Mayarts twine and glued the panel to a kraft color cardbase.

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

ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94666 Paisley Bloom Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5276 Friends and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC ]
Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Canson XL Watercolor Pad – 9″ x 12″,… [ BLIC \| ACH ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS \| TE ]	Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Thinking of You

poppystamps Potpourri Flower, Freestyle Smile, Whittle Snail Card…

March 18, 2022March 18, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

You’ve got mail! It’s always so fun to get mail! Here’s mail and a smile from this cute blushing snail! lol

I die cut the NEW Potpourri Flower Set in white and colored them with Copic Sketch Markers. I didn’t look at any pictures for coloring…flying by the seat of my pants again! haha

I layered the NEW ps Penelope Pinpoint Frame on top of Taylored Expressions Lemon Meringue cardstock A2 size panel. Then I adhered those two, to a purple from the Memory Box Twilight Purple 6×6 cardstock pad.

First I laid the flowers out down the left side of the panel from the top. Took a picture of them with my phone and put the snail down to see how it looked, it was too close to the right side of the card! I didn’t like it there! So I picked the flowers up with a piece of press and seal and reversed them to the right side bottom corner instead. Much better!

Then I die cut the NEW ps Freestyle Smile all in white, it was ok, so I die cut the top in black, too bold, so I die cut it in purple, nah, so I die cut it in yellow and that was it! I’m a terrible decision maker! lol

The sentiment is from ps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments stamp set. Stamped in the MISTI with versamark ink and heat embossed with Lawn Fawn white embossing powder.

I glued the flowers down, then the snail and sentiments with mounting tape. Then I pulled up a couple of the flowers to put one on her head and one right close to the body.

I added yellow Fairy Gems last.

I forgot to talk about the snail! It’s die cut in kraft cardstock and edges inked with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and a mini ink blending tool. I went over the mouth, eyes and added eyelashes with a micro black fine point pen.

It’s a bright card and more fun in real life. I like it! That’s saying a lot of me cuz I don’t love yellow and purple! lol

It’s a rainy, dreary day here so we need bright! Have a good one anyway! ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Poppystamps – 2510 Penelope Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2506 Grand Whittle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2512 Potpourri Flower… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2456 Freestyle Smile… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94613 Layered Impatiens… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1008 Twilight Purple… [ STR \| SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL509 Colorful Life… [ STR \| SSS ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| TE \| SSS ]	New MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| TE \| SSS ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers and Sets [ BLIC \| SSS \| TE ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · copics · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Thinking of You

Memory Box Floral Birthday Card and poppystamps Floral Miss You Card…

March 2, 2022 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! I did a little flower coloring with Copics Monday. Colorbook therapy! It’s been so nice here, I hope the flowers don’t come up to soon!

I started with an A2 size cardbase. Topped it with a panel of the NEW Memory Box Black Glossy Cardstock. It’s heavyweight and die cut so nice for the Happy Birthday sentiment too!

Then I die cut and glued together, three for each side, the NEW Hex Half Pinpoint die. Don’t you love how it makes the perfect base for the NEW floral dies?!

Here’s a picture of the dies I used and for the flowers and leaves I colored.

Here’s a picture of the Copic Marker colors I used.

It didn’t take a whole lot of cuts! I was surprised. After coloring, I used black and white glaze pens to add some accents.

Look at this NEW Memory Box stamp set!!! (Full picture lower in the post) It matches the font of this Happy Birthday Posh Script die and the Miss you Posh Script die on my next card! I absolutely love matching fonts for the inside of my cards! ❤

This picture I’m trying to show a little of the dimension. I didn’t use any foam mounting tape and it will still go in the mail under ¼ inch thick for one forever stamp! YAY!

My second card for today is just plain floral fun!

The Memory Box Berry Red 6×6 Paper pad came out for this card. I love having 3 shades of each color to coordinate! It sure saves time digging through cardstock to find matching pieces!

I started with an A2 size kraft cardbase. I die cut the NEW poppy Penelope Pinpoint Frame in white, glued it on. I die cut the poppy Lattice Plate in white and glued it on.

Next came the NEW super pretty poppy Flower Field Frame die cut in one of the pinks in the Berry Red 6×6 pad and glued on.

Then some Memory Box Fairy Jewels for the flower centers.

Here’s the dies I used for this card…

and here’s the NEW stamp set that matches these posh script dies! and the Berry Red 6×6 pad.

Haha! Isn’t she the cutest! Look at that snout! I added a couple more layers to it. lol

I added the eyelashes with a color pencil! I also went over the partial cuts at the ears, eyes, snout and legs with the same color pencil.

Miss piggy is just one cut and I edged her with a little gathered twigs distress ink so she wouldn’t look too clean! haha The thought did cross my mind that she’d be super cute in a mud puddle!

She’s super cute…not sure who I’ll send it to but usually when I type that as soon as I hit publish I think of someone!

Thank you all for hanging in here for this long post! I promise not to make long a habit! lol

ttul,

Here’s what I used to make these cards…

Memory Box – 94469 Hex Half Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94613 Layered Impatiens… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94614 Layered Periwinkle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94612 Layered Star… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94588 Happy Birthday… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5276 Friends and… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Shop – Ink, Paint & Markers – Copic… [ TE \| BLIC \| SSS ]	Gelly Roll Black Glaze Pens [ STR \| SSS ]
Gelly Roll White Glaze Pens – pkg of 2 [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2502 Grand Whittle Pig… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2519 Flower Field Frame… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2510 Penelope Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2427 Lattice Plate… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94589 Miss You Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Marshmallow [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · birch press design · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Inlaid Diecutting · LOVE · Oxide Inks · Poppystamps · Thinking of You

Birch Press Design Adornment Peony Card…

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi friends and papercrafters! A CAS card to share with you today.

Inlaid die cutting with Birch Press Design’s New Adornment Peony die. I die cut the flower in white and ink blended Picked Raspberry Oxide Ink on the flower petals and Twisted Citron and Mowed Lawn Oxide inks on the leaves with Taylored Expressions Blending Brushes. This is an awesome set…the solid dies for backing the die piecing parts is in included!

I die cut the top panel with the Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles Die set.

I stamped the sentiment from the poppystamps Diamond Sentiments clear stamp set with Peacock Feathers Oxide ink in the MISTI.

I added a scatter of several Memory Box Clear Fairy Drops.

It’s lighter, pinker than my pictures show. ugh. I tried. lol

It’s unusually warm here so far today…55˚ but suppose to go down to 12˚ before the day is over! eek! Guess I’ll stay in and keep working.

NEW Dies/cards on the horizon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Birch Press Design – 57480 Adornment… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 30094 Wrapped Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB498 Diamond… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps DIAMOND… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE \| SBC ]
Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Get Well · Memory Box · Thinking of You

NEW Memory Box Gentle Blossom Watercolor Floral Card…

January 14, 2022 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hello Friend! How is your January going? I woke up to HUGE snowflakes coming down…living in a snowglobe for a few hours!

I don’t have a snow card ready to post though! lol

This flower is a NEW die from Memory Box…isn’t it pretty? I added three die cuts of the MB Gentle Pine Needle Sprig behind it.

I used MB 6×6 cardstock pads and the gingham is from the MB Christmas Plaid 6×6 pad. Links below. (I don’t see the pattern paper anymore so I linked to a poppystamps stamp that makes a similar pattern)

This card ended up 5 ½ inches square.

The sentiment is the NEW Memory Box Hello Friend Posh Script die. I love it! Love how it cuts out the inner pieces and looks so nice!

It feels like a little bit of Christmas coming into the new year here but I’m sure it could be a beautiful Spring floral card too, for any occasion!

I didn’t use a lot of foam mounting tape. I glued the pine directly to the card panel, the floral has thin foam mounting tape under the center and the word die is on foam mounting tape.

Very easy dies to work with! Could be quick and easy! I had to walk away for a bit to decide how to bring in the pattern paper and then it hit me to add the pine! It just needed something…I’m thinking there are other dies in the MB collection that would be excellent additions to this flower.

That’s it for now. I have to get in the groove. A bunch of birthday cards need to be made before I’m late for all of them instead of just two! ha

Have a great weekend…it looks like someone here will be blowing and plowing and it’s not me! ha

What I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94618 Gentle Blossom… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94586 Hello Friend Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94597 Gentle Pine Needle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL478 Picnic Plaid… [ STR ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| TE ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Marshmallow [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]