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 ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp Pine Frame From The DieCember Release…

December 18, 2023December 19, 2023 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! All the joys of the season to you! Have you seen a cardinal lately? I don’t see them around here. Maybe once or twice in 30 years!

I wanted to use the Memory Box Layered Cardinal die again and it worked perfect with this NEW Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame designed by Memory Box in partnership with SSS.

So beautiful and so easy to put together too.

I did shim this pine frame with two pieces of copy paper when I die cut it.

I added the three branches from the New Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems. A little filler.

The background panel is one of the watercolor panels I made following Jill Foster’s tutorial on You Tube. It’s on the Penny Black You Tube page.

I used the NEW Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame between the watercolor panel and the Corner Pine Frame.

The NEW poppystamps Lavish Merry Christmas die cut in white and silver for the sentiment!

Linking to some challenges…

Peace on Earth #54 – anything goes Christmas (totally inspired by the bottom right corner photo in the inspiration photo!)

Triple B Challenge – Birds for me this time

The Sisterhood of Crafters – Christmas

I really love this nature take on a Christmas card. Hope it makes you smile too.

All the best to you and yours for a beautiful celebration of Christ’s birth! God bless you all!

❤

Shopping links to what I used for this Merry Christmas card…

Simon Says Stamp Corner Pine Frame… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Layered Cardinal Dies 94754 [ SSS ]	Memory Box Layered Greenery Stems… [ SSS ]
Memory Box Aurora Snowflake Frame Die… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Lavish Merry Christmas… [ SSS ]	Strathmore WATERCOLOR PAPER PAD… [ SSS ]
Hammermill WHITE 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tonic CHROME SILVER Mirror Card Gloss… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders….Our Fave 2023 Club Products Blog Hop

December 8, 2023December 8, 2023 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hi everyone and welcome! Today I’m participating in the Fave 2023 Club Product Blog Hop! We are featuring projects using any of our 2023 Club products. All past Club products still in stock can be found HERE.

Scrolling through my blog I landed in July and my favorites! It was Christmas in July! I know, I know, you’re not surprised! lol

I’m going to start with the card I made for July Small Die of the Month club. My post about it is HERE.

I love the somewhat traditional colors and classic look of this card!

A completely different look with the July 3D Embossing Folder of the Month Club. My post about it is HERE.

From traditional colors to totally not traditional colors! So many things you can do with embossing folders!

From glamorous to vintage for this next card! Using the July Clear Stamp and Die Club of the Month I made this botanical card. You can find my post about it HERE.

Now for the GRAND FINALE of my club faves of 2023……..the July Large Die of the Month Club! Can you say CUTE! My post about my card is HERE.

I hope you enjoyed this rewind post…it was fun for me to go back and see what I’ve made.

You can’t have a blog hop without a giveaway so here’s the details…

Giveaway:
To celebrate this release, we are giving away a $25 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the SB blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, December 10^th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in this blog hop post the following Wednesday. The winner is responsible for shipping costs, duties, and taxes.

Prepare to be inspired!!! Here’s the blog hop list!

Spellbinders Blog
Jackie Pasko
Michelle Woerner
Lin Brandyberry
Alanna Moses
Rebecca Keppel
Teri Duncan
Carrie Rhoades
Jill Hilliard
Pam Sparks–You are here…
Rachel Alvarado
Erin Thompson
Cassie Trask
Deborah Jenkins
Melody Rupple
Lauren Taylor
Ilina Crouse
Vera Yates

Thank you so much for hopping to my blog. ❤ I appreciate it and your comments! I’ll link below to the clubs I shared in this post.

ttul!

Layered Poinsettia Tree – Small Die… [ SPL ]	Adorning the Tree – 3D Embossing… [ SPL ]	Pine Cones & Holly – Clear Stamp of… [ SPL ]
Pine Cones & Holly Die Set – (Dies… [ SPL ]	Stocking Full of Joy – Large Die of… [ SPL ]	Mix & Match Holiday Greetings \|… [ SPL ]
In the Pines Embossing Folder from… [ SPL ]	Christmas Magic Glimmer Hot Foil… [ SPL ]	New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine… [ SPL ]
Glimmer Hot Foil System Platinum \|… [ SPL ]	Fashion Gold Embellishments -… [ SPL ]	Glimmer Hot Foil 4 Rolls – Essential… [ SPL ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Doodlebug Designs · Winter

Doodlebug Christmas Cocoa Card…

December 6, 2023December 7, 2023 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! I had so much fun making this last week! I couldn’t decide at first what to do with it but I decided to make it a card cuz that’s what I do the most! lol

I’m so happy with how it turned out. Die Cutting and gluing…using up some scraps!

I bought my set from Starlitstudio.net .

There’s some other super cute Doodlebug Doodle Cuts sets too! I used the Dog set a few months ago but I don’t think I ever got it posted here. I want the Gingerbread house and the Snowman now! lol

I took quite a few pictures but it’s been dreary so they’re not the greatest. I guess I should’ve tried using lights.

So fun! Holler if you have any questions!

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Use Craft Dies

Peace on Earth #53 – anything goes Christmas themed

The Paper Players – Theme Challenge PP669

Hope it made you smile! Today’s our anniversary…just dawned on me I should be making an anniversary card! oops! lol

Birthday cards in process for grandkids though besides Christmas and come back in a couple days for a Spellbinders blog hop!

Happy cardmaking to you and talk to you later! Thank you so much for stopping by!

Memory Box – Simon Says Stamp

[ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Flowers · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Poinsettia Corner 3D and Vintage Lantern Card…

November 30, 2023December 4, 2023 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! Hopping back on the blogging train after some time with family and attempting to get started on Christmas decor around the house!

I had this NEW Memory Box 3D folder laying out to do next and thought maybe the lantern would be fun in the empty space.

I die cut the NEW Memory Box Vintage Lantern in MB glossy black cardstock, dabbed on a little gold acrylic paint to the black and a piece of vellum. I hand cut the vellum to go behind the lantern. When I turned the vellum over to blend on some gathered twigs distress ink on the back of the vellum, it made the acrylic ink go kinda mottled. I was like, I’m ok with that but how will I describe it! lol

I die cut the two dies twice, that come with the 3D folder and embossed them in the folder but I only used three of them on the finished card.

After I embossed the panel, I went over it with Fired Brick Distress ink and the mini ink blending tool.

Then I got out the Delicata gold ink pad and ink blended a little around the edges, then decided to add gold embossing powder to the edges and heat embossed it!

I used one of the NEW Memory Box Merry Christmas Foil Greetings Black Tab Strips.

I painted Gold Calligraphy ink on the poinsettia centers.

I colored the candle with distress inks too.

I’m linking my card to some challenges…

Can You Handle The Pressure – anything goes with Christmas twist

Die Cut Divas – flowers

Peace on Earth #53 – anything goes Christmas

Merry Little Christmas #53 – always anything goes Christmas

NBUS #57 – never before used stuff

Fun…I love making Christmas cards and tags. Back to the crafting board! Lots to do!

Here’s the products I used if you want to shop…no extra cost to you to click through my links! Thank you so much!

Memory Box – 94743 Vintage Lantern… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – EF1038 Poinsettia Corner… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – ST003 Merry Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tsukineko GOLDEN GLITZ Delicata Ink… [ SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Mini Ink… [ SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Fired… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Ranger Embossing Powder SUPER FINE… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – Gold,… [ BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Hot Foiling · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Wide Pine Needle Shoots Die Card…

November 20, 2023 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! Are you thinking about turkey and trees?! lol I decided to make up this tree this morning. It’s so cute and could be made up in every color in lots of ways! So here’s one version!

I used the NEW Memory Box Shining Star stamp set for the star at the top of the tree and the sentiment ‘trunk’ and the sentiments inside. Stamped with Potting Soil Archival Ink pad in the MISTI.

I dug around in my ‘star’ category of MB dies and found the Starry Collage die had the size star to die cut the one in this stamp set.

An A2 size card…I foiled a kraft panel with the Memory Box Dot Burst Hot Foil Plate and trimmed it to 3 ⅞ in. x 5 ⅛ in., edged it with a little Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini ink blender.

Layered it on a white piece leaving a small margin, then on to the cardbase.

I used Taylored Expressions cardstock. I’ll link below.

I think that’s everything…holler if you have any questions. Have a creative rest of the week with paper and food! hehe

Below is what I used to make this card and some sales you might be interested in! Thank you so much for supporting my card making and blogging. I truly appreciate it!

Starlitstudio.net

Great prices everyday!

Simon Says Stamp.com

Use code WRAP23 for $7 off

Scrapbook.com

Spellbinders

Poppystamps – 2579 Wide Pine Needle… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – MBF003 Dot Burst Hot… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5285 Shining Star… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – 94631 Starry Collage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Fossilized… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival POTTING… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Gold -… [ SPL \| SBC ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Confetti Cake… [ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Cookie Monster… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Blue Raspberry… [ TE ]	TE Premium Cardstock – Poblano Pepper… [ TE ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra… [ SSS ]	Kraft Extra Heavy Weight Cardstock… [ HBL ]	Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]