Memory Box Serene Bird and Branch Card…

February 9, 2022February 8, 2022 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! Enjoying some sunshine today and warmer temps! yay! I decided to use this new Memory Box Serene Bird and Branch die to make a love card! It’s that time of year!

I die cut the Memory Box Double Stitch Happy Heart Cut Out die in a white panel of cardstock. Then I ran it back through with the Memory Box Pinpoint Leaf Plate die.

I die cut a red heart with the Double Stitch Happy Heart also.

I used Memory Box 6×6 cardstock pads, Berry Red, Fresh Aqua and Lush Green.

For the sentiment I heat embossed the sentiment from the poppystamps Contempo Greetings stamp set in white on black cardstock and die cut it with the coordinating die.

I added a few Christmas Fairy Jewels.

I adhered the bird and the sentiment with mounting tape.

Thank you for stopping by today! I’ll be back again soon!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94620 Serene Bird and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94381 Pinpoint Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94361 Double Stitch… [ STR ]
Birch Press Design – 8160 Contempo… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1001 Berry Red 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – SP1004 Fresh Aqua 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1003 Lush Green 6×6 pack [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – Fairy Jewels… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist [ STR ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Easel · Interactive · LOVE · Memory Box · Pop up card · Poppystamps · Valentine

poppystamps NEW Whittle Happy Unicorn (horse today) Barn Easel Card…

January 21, 2022January 20, 2022 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s freezin season but the sun is shining and it’s warm enough for me in the house! haha

poppystamps came out with this NEW Whittle Happy Unicorn die and I wasn’t in a unicorn mood after I die cut in white I guess. I decided to try an inked Distress Ink unicorn that ended up a horse! lol

Then I remembered the poppystamps Country Barn Pop Up Easel die set and I was off after two other starts!

I had some fun with the Memory Box Heart Streamer Globe die. It was one of my starts but I decided not to use it this time but then I decided to cut the streamers off and use them on the barn! Barns always need embellished, right?!

I’m pretty tickled with how it turned out. I took a bunch of pictures hoping they show what I did.

I made a little stand for the tufts of grass die cuts cut in TE Peapod cardstock and that whole piece with the horse lays down on the inside when you fold it up.

The horse is kinda like a second easel…

A strip of cardstock that I scored at ¼ in, glued the grass and then the horse to the ¼ inch part.

The sentiment, from the poppystamps Whittle Wild Animal Sentiments clear stamp set, is heat embossed on Taylored Expressions Cherry Pop cardstock with Lawn Fawn white embossing powder.

I put the easel together just like it shows on the back of the package. I have to look every time! lol

It folds flat to fit in the envelope…

I’m not sure who I’ll send this too but hopefully someone that loves horses!

Holler if you have any questions!

Now back to the other two starts and see if they go anywhere! There’s another new unicorn set with smaller unicorns and rainbows. Cute!

Thank you for stopping by today! We’re headed toward Valentines Day at a gallop! haha

ttul!

Here’s the products I used to make this card…thank you for using my links to shop. (SSS code for $5 off – LVEYU842)

Poppystamps – 2370 Whittle Unicorn… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94558 Heart Streamer… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2443 Country Barn Pop… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2342 Little Bit of Turf… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – CL500 Whittle Wild… [ STR \| SSS ]	New MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MINI MISTI PRECISION STAMPER 6×7… [ SSS ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Marshmallow [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| ACH ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| TE \| ACH ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS \| ACH \| BLIC ]

All Occasion · birch press design · cards · Die Piecing · LOVE · Memory Box · Valentine · Winter

Memory Box House Frame Background LOVE Birdhouse…

January 9, 2022 Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! I pulled out a bunch of dies and designed a Wood Grain LOVE birdhouse. Valentines Day is coming…it’s hard to believe we’re already into the second week of 2022!

I started by die cutting the MB House Frame Background and the heart opening that comes in this die set.

Then I die cut the window and snow/frosting from the MB Gingerbread House Frame Die set.

I cut the MB Wood Grain Planks one time and used them to put siding on the house frame background. Then I ink blended on some Gathered Twigs Distress ink with the mini blending tool.

Then I glued everything together and wanted a sentiment and a branch!

I cut the branch from the MB Serene Bird and Branch die set and glued it flat to the background panel.

I used the MB Pinpoint Leaf Plate for the background panel. This panel is larger than an A2 size which I really like! It’s 4 ½ in. x 5 ¾ in. It will fit in an A6 or A7 envelope and still mail for one postage stamp. I inked the edges of the panel with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and the mini blending tool also. I really like this die!

I added some natural narrow jute before I glued the house down.

I decided the heart opening could be the ‘O’ for the word LOVE. I decided to use the new poppystamps Marzipan Alphabet Outline and Background stamp set and the coordinating dies. Super fun alphabet set! ❤

I die cut in white cardsock and stamped the outline in Coffee Ranger Archival Ink. I just used an acrylic block to stamp… I only had to stamp the L twice. lol

I like it! YAY! lol My favorite colors…or I should say my go to colors! haha

Thank you for stopping by today! Happy cardmaking New Year to you!

Here’s what I used to make this card…click the store abbreviations to go to the product.

Memory Box – 94606 House Frame… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94603 Gingerbread House… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94381 Pinpoint Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94565 Wood Grain Planks… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94620 Serene Bird and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CB504 Marzipan Alphabet… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2464 Marzipan Alphabet… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps MARZIPAN… [ SSS ]	Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool [ STR ]
hemp cord – Canvas Corp; hemp rope -… [ STR ]

Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Valentine

Memory Box NEW Slim Pinpoint Heart Plate Valentine…

January 28, 2021January 28, 2021 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Good Thursday to you! Another inky Valentine today.

I die cut in Neenah 110# solar white cardstock with the NEW Slim Pinpoint Heart Plate. I inked with regular Distress inks and the mini foam ink blending tools. Spun Sugar, Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry.

Then I needed something to do with it! So I stamped words like conversation hearts from the Memory Box Big and Little Valentines stamp set.

I added the new Memory Box Sending Love Posh Script die. I inked up a scrap of white with Picked Raspberry and die cut the top cut from it… the underneath two layers are just white.

The sweet cupid dotting the ‘i’ with a teeny heart is the Memory Box Cupid with Bow die. There’s also a bow and arrow with the cupid and teeny heart. It’d be great on ATC’s.

I’ll stop talking and get back to birthday cards! The sun is shining here…thankful!

ttul,

What I used…

Memory Box – 94550 Slim Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94543 Sending Love Posh… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94115 Cupid with Bow… [ STR ]
Memory Box – CL5252 Big and Little… [ STR ]	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad SPUN… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad WORN… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SSS** ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR ]

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Simon Says Stamp Love You and Love You, Too Release Cards…

January 25, 2021 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi everyone! I got a kick out of this sentiment… I hope you can see it good enough. Very hard card to photograph!

“I sort of maybe love you a lot”, we could probably add, depending on what day it is! lol

A very CAS card but I like it a lot. Better IRL. It always bugs me when I can’t capture it the way I see it! 🙂

I die cut a heart from the Memory Box Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out set in a 4.25 x 5.5 inch panel and in the card base. They have to be lined up. I sandwiched the Simon Says Stamp Birch Tree Window inbetween the panel and the base.

I cut a piece of vellum a quarter inch longer than enough to cover the front panel and taped the extra behind the panel so it doesn’t show when you put the panel on top of the cardbase.

I stamped and heat embossed the sentiment from the NEW Simon Says Stamp Love Greetings Mix clear stamp set on the vellum before I adhered it to the card panel. TIP: When I heat emboss, I always have my piece laying on a piece of cardboard so it doesn’t curve up or down when I apply heat. I leave it lay there to cool to. Sure keeps it from warping on me.

The two red hearts I die cut from the Simon Says Stamp Stacked Hearts die.

This card is one of the stencils from the NEW Simon Says Stamp Hearts and Streamers Stencil set.

I taped the stencil down and used Silver Embossing Paste from Ranger through the stencil, then sprinkled on clear glitter and dumped off the extra.

Let the paste dry while you’re embossing the sentiment from the NEW Simon Says Stamp Love Greetings Mix stamp set on vellum
and die cutting a few red hearts from glitter cardstock with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Heart Collage die.

This card is 5 ¼ inches square.

A fun Valentine and I used some of the stash too! I wanted to use red glitter embossing paste but it was dried up. boo. So it’s good to use your stuff! lol

Fun stamps and dies from Simon Says Stamp for Valentines Day. I’ll link up what I used below!

Thanks for stopping by today!

Simon Says Clear Stamps LOVE… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp BIRCH TREE WINDOW… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp STACKED HEARTS Wafer… [ SSS ]
Memory Box DOUBLE STITCH LOVING HEART… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp Stencil HEARTS AND… [ SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]