Frosted Pine trees and Maple Leaves…

September 15, 2014September 18, 2014 Pam Sparks28 Comments

A couple cards I posted on the Memory Box blog today…

No, I’m not ready for the sparkly, fluffy stuff but I sure like it on cards! lol

For the starry background, I applied Imagine Crafts Delicata Silver ink through the Stardust Stencil with Imagine Crafts large round ink Dauber onto a Memory Box A-2 Sapphire Notecard.

I die cut and embossed the Frosted Pine die five times in Memory Box Dill card-stock. I went over the embossed snow areas with Dries White glue, shook on and tapped off the glitter and let it dry.

Merry is die cut from a Memory Box White notecard.

The word Christmas is left over from the Grand Merry Christmas Script die card I made and posted last week HERE.

I used two of the holly leaves from the HO HO Holly Leaves die and a couple red glitter domes finish it off.
Now for some Fall colors!

Very simple but maybe a nice, easy to mail, ‘flat’ card! Gotta love that once in awhile! lol

The card base is a Memory Box Lagoon A-2 Notecard with a 5 1/4 inch x 4 inch panel from a Memory Box Parchment Notecard layered on top. I used Gathered Twigs Distress ink to edge the panel and all the leaves, letters and the Woodland Branch die.

I used the new Marvelous Maple Leaves die and cut the small leaf in 3 Memory Box card-stock colors, Meadow, Sweetcorn and Jack O Lantern. The large leaf is cut once out of Jack O Lantern.

Upper and lower case Classic Alphabet dies for happy FALL.

Our daughters call their baby diaper inserts ‘flats’, so I can call my flat cards ‘flats’! lol Children are a blessing even when they create a lot of laundry! I guess we big people make a lot of laundry too! Now how did I get off on that! lol

I’ll link up to some challenges and call it a post! ttul! TFL!

(my merry Christmas card at the top)

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge – the words have it

Simon Says Stamp – Make your own background

Divas By Design – Anything Goes

Sister Act Card Challenge – Anything Goes

Paper Creators Crafts – Early Christmas

(my happy FALL card)

2 Cute Ink Challenges – Fall

Dies and Supplies I used on these cards…

cards · Christmas · copics · Lawn Fawn · One Layer Card · rubber stamps · Techniques · Winter

Lawn Fawn One Layer Card Challenge…

September 9, 2014September 29, 2014 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Sometimes I feel like a kid at Christmas… giddy with excitement! I can hardly wait to share what I make! lol

If you lived across the street from me… I’d be over showing you… asking your opinion on this or that until I was done! Well, then I’d probably be asking you if I should change this or that after the fact! ugh. lol

I had so much fun making this scene! When I saw the Lawn Fawn Challenge was create a one layer card… I had a good idea what I wanted to do! Here it is down to the wire but I’m getting it in before the deadline!

When our daughters were growing up we always went to a tree farm, picked out the tree and had it cut down. Well, we didn’t keep doing that after they left home… haha. We started going to Des Moines to a wonderful tree lot and sure enough…there is an Airstream camper there for you to go settle up and pay in. So I had to put one in my scene! Cute!

So here it is… the lighted Christmas tree lot! I love it! Silly me!

I will put links to all the sets I used below… I used Distress inks…peeled paint, tumbled glass, broken china, chipped sapphire. I colored the camper and bunny with copics. The silver on the camper is a metallic silver gel pen. White embossing powder for the snowflakes and lights. Frosted Lace stickles for the bit of sparkle.

It’s ALL one layer! : )

Linking to…

Lawnscaping Challenge – one layer card

I won!!!! So happy and delighted…thank you Lawnscaping team!

NBUS Challenge # 2 – Christmas

Simon Says Stamps, Work it Wednesday Challenge

Thanks for looking! Hope my card makes you smile! ttul!

Stamps and supplies I used to make this card…

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Memory Box and poppystamps for challenges…

August 26, 2014September 4, 2014 Pam Sparks43 Comments

My cards that I’m linking up today were totally inspired by the inspiration photo from Festive Friday Challenge blog. Oh what fun! I always enjoy FF designer Ardyth’s CAS/graphic cards and I love following her because my mom’s name was Ardyth! Funny story for you…I remember so well coming home from school and saying to my mom, “what is your name again?” lol I could never remember her name and the beginning of every year we had to fill out a form with our parents names on it! lol My dad always called her mom, so it was rare that I heard her name as a grade schooler. Evidently they couldn’t remember her name either cuz I was the 7th of 8 kids to come through that grade school! You’d think by #7, they would’ve know all about us Bryants! lol

And it is a WINNER! Thank you Festive Friday Challenge Blog ladies! You made my day!

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This is a 5 ½ inch square card… kraft card base…poppystamps Merry Christmas Background die cut in black card-stock…Memory Box Snowy Tree Border die cut in white card-stock.

Very straight forward CAS card! YAY! love it!

First pass through the Big Shot to cut the Snowy Tree…then back through with the tan mat and shims to emboss the snow detail…leave the cut in the die…turn it over… dauber on Tsukineko’s glue pad through the holes in the die…burnish on the Art Glittering System’s Winter White glitter.

Strips of white card-stock glued behind a couple of the words…

Also linking this card up to some other challenges…

Addicted to Stamps Challenge – CAS

Friday Mashup Challenge – die cuts

ABC Christmas Challenge – Q for quick and easy – my card was in the top 3! Thank you ladies!

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – kraft

Winter Wonderland Challenge – anything goes

My next card was the second card I made but it kinda backfired on me…. ugh…every time I try to put white, ink, paint or even gesso over black card-stock, it turns blue!!!! grrrrr *sigh* Oh well, I’m posting this anyway. : )

Pretty much the same as the card above except the card is 6 inches square and I used the poppystamps Frozen Flakes Border die.
My last card was the first I started with the Festive Friday inspiration photo colors in mind…

I did some experimenting here too, so it’s not perfect! hehe I’ll do a video soon on gluing and tell about it then.

Memory Box Musicality die, Tall Taper Candle and Joyful combo rubber stamp. The background paper is from an older Basic Grey Kraft 6×6 paper pad.

I used my mini Perfect Layers Tools and mat with black and then to cut the three sides of the card. Link in the sidebar and below in the links too. Be sure to use my code to get 5% off when you shop!

Linking this card to…

Catered Crop Challenge – musical expression

Festive Friday Challenge – photo inspiration

The Friday Mashup – die cuts

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – kraft

That’s it for today! Thanks for all the wonderful comments about my last two cards! You are all awesome!

Take care and TFL!

Supplies and dies I used on these cards…

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Winter

Memory Box Christmas cards…

August 22, 2014August 26, 2014 Pam Sparks68 Comments

I like challenges! I created this card for the Cutting Edge Challenge – Kay Miller’s card for inspiration (I turned it) and for the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge – use black, gold and silver! Yay! Such fun!

I’m also linking both my cards in this post to the Cutting Edge Blog Hop.

and to Freshly Made Sketches Challenge – Sketch 150 (I flipped the sketch)

This is an A2, white, side fold card…the black layer is glossy card-stock cut to 3 3/4 in. x 5 in.

I die cut the Pine Needle border die in Metallic Silver card-stock, taped it to the black layer and then rounded all four corners with the EK Sucess Medium size corner rounder punch.

Look at all the awesome detail! YES! That’s Memory Box for you! : )

I heat embossed the sentiment stamp, Wonderful Time Combo with detail Gold embossing powder.

I die cut the Plush Poinsettia die in Metallic Gold and Silver card-stocks. Glued them together, then layered it on with mounting squares.

Love it! Wish you could see it IRL! It makes me smile! Always love it when cards work out how you want them to! Doesn’t take much to make me happy! lol

Well, you know me! I couldn’t just stop there… this card evolved from other things I was trying! lol

I die cut two of the Plush Poinsettia die and adhered them to the top and bottom corners of my A-2 size card panel.

Then I die cut the Grand Joyeus Noël die in that panel. I had to trim the left side with a scissors.

I love how the design shows in the letters! more FUN!

Then I used the Poinsettia Bloom die over the bottom corner and added some twine.

I’m linking my Joyeux Noël card to the Papercrafts Connection Link Party – Holiday Cards and to the Winter Wonderland Christmas Challenge – anything goes

That’s it from me today! I had fun and I hope you’re having fun with this new collection from Memory Box too! Holler if you have any questions and thanks for commenting! Nothing like encouraging a gal to keep die cutting and inking!

‘preciate it so much! Take care!

ttul,

Supplies and dies I used to make these two cards…

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Savvy Stamps, Memory Box and Merry Monday Challenge…

August 16, 2014August 18, 2014 Pam Sparks29 Comments

Two cards to share with you today… I wanted to play in the Merry Monday Challenge – use Pinecones, greens and plaid on your card. Just right up my alley! So Christmas again from me today! Two cards to link up if they’ll let me. : )

The first one is all Memory Box, so it’s over on the Memory Box blog too…

Awhile back my husband was looking for new shoe strings for his work boots. He ran into this video and ended up learning how to tie his boots a different way so they’d stay tied and no need for new strings! He sent the videos to me and of course I had to try it out too! I LOVE it for tying bows on presents and it works great on cards too! I’ll just link you up to the videos and if you want to go to the man’s site, he gives the link in the videos. HERE and HERE. It’s so fast and wonderful for kids with tie shoes….no need to keep retying time and time again every day!

Here’s a close up…see the bow? It stays balanced and straight across! LOVE that! I do knot it first on a card before I do the bow.

I cut the Pinecone Corner die from Dill and Vanilla Bean Memory Box card-stock.

Cut the brown pinecones away from the greenery, shape them with a stylus on a molding mat or mouse pad, ink them with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and the ink blending tool and then mount them over the green pinecones die cut with mounting foam squares.

Die cut the NEW New Castle Snowflake die from white card-stock, adhere it with Tombow mono multi liquid glue.

Emboss the Merry Christmas sentiment with Tsukineko Imagine white embossing powder, tie on a festive little ribbon and embellish with some White Glitter Domes.

Card #2 for today…

Here I used Savvy’s Peace and woodland branch dies and their coordinating woodland branch stamp. Poppystamps Frozen Flakes border cut in white card-stock, Memory Box Corner Bow die, Tim Holtz Wreath and Bow die for the red bow and an old PSX Pinecone stamp G1956.

Embellished with plaid ribbon and red glitter domes.