NEW Memory Box Darling Poppies die and Impression Obsession dies…

March 21, 2014March 27, 2014 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Another NEW die from the Spring and Summer release, called Darling Poppies. I love this sweet image and thought it’d make a great CAS just thinking of you today card.

Here’s what I did…

Die cut the Darling Poppies die in the front of an A-2 size white notecard. You will need to keep a few of the white pieces to put back in.

Then die cut the Darling Poppies die two more times from Memory Box Meadow Green and Cranberry card-stock… by the way, die piecing is a great way to use up scraps! YAY!

Turn the white card with the die cut hole over so the back side is facing up.

Place the green outline cut in the hole right side facing down.

Then put in the larger white piece that is between the stems, right side down.

Then using scotch tape or packing tape, tape over the back so there will be sticky on the front.

Turn the white card front, right side up.

Finish filling in the spaces with the flower petals and the three white teeny pieces.

End result…a lovely notecard to ‘snail’ mail!

*** Linking to…
The Paper Players Challenge – Clean and Simple Spring
Cards in Envy – Anything Goes with an A2 size card

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I’ve had these two Winter cards waiting for me to just glitter the trees and finish!!! ugh. I don’t know why I procrastinate getting the glitter out! I got all these trees glittered without making a terrible mess! YAY!

Anyway, I needed a Winter scene swap card for stamp club last Friday…our January swap theme was a Winter Scene card but we had to cancel our January meeting because of the below zero cold. Then we had to cancel our February meeting because of snow! March is our catch up month… so finally… the two dreaded glitter cards are done and it wasn’t so bad after-all!

What a bummer though… can you see the glitter in the photos even????? grrrrr… lol

Love this sweet sledding die and snow laden tree dies … from Impression Obsession…links below in the supplies links. Background stamp is from Hero Arts and the sentiment from Papertrey Ink. Layers cut with my Perfect Layers Tools and Mat… links below or in the sidebar. Videos about them under the header.

*** Linking to…
The Card Concept – Clean and Layering, Create a birthday card

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Same trees and stamps again and added the Impression Obsession bunnies. Ranger Black enamel for the eyes.

The glitter I used is Winter White from the Art Institute Glittering System. I put sheets of double sided adhesive on my card-stock before I die cut the trees. After they were die cut, I peeled off the protective sheet, poured glitter on them, layed a scrap paper over the glitter and rubbed it in. Shook off the extra glitter and put it back in the jar. It’s a really fine, pretty glitter.

Oh, the hill die cuts are from Papertrey Ink.

*** Linking to…
Simon Says Wednesday Challenge – Glitter it!

Whew… back to flowers and Easter now! Thanks for stopping by and I’ll talk to you later!

Supplies I used on these cards…

InLinkz.com

Impression Obsession trees, sled and bunny dies are also in stock HERE at Dies R Us

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Serendipity Stamps · Winter

New Memory Box meets Lawn Fawn…Serendipity Winter Scene…

March 16, 2014March 21, 2014 Pam Sparks33 Comments

NEW Memory Box and poppystamps dies…Spring 2014 release in stock @ Starlitstudio.net

Isn’t this going to be a fun congrats card or graduation card?! I love it! It’s so fun when what you imagined works out! YAY for stamping and die cutting FUN! *grin*

a little bit of a side view…

You are looking at the NEW Dream Cloud die from Memory Box! There’s a new happy cloud, birthday cloud and thanks cloud too! I LOVE using the words by themselves too! Cindy at Starlitstudio.net has them in stock!

The balloon stamp and die, sentiment and star stamps are from Lawn Fawn… link below in the supplies.

Linking up to CAS on Sunday – one layer wonder (yes this truly is one layer!)
Addicted To CAS – luck
Clean and Simple Stamping – sketch (upside down)
Sarah Hurley 365 – Speech Bubbles
Stempelgarten Challenge – one layer card
Sister Act Card Challenge – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamps – Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund Challenge – Anything Goes with a twist, Die cute

So here’s what I did…

1. cut an 8.5 x 11 pc. of card-stock in half, score one half at 4.25. Use the teflon bone folder to crease… LOVE the teflon bone folder (link below)…no glossy look where I rub after creasing!!!

2. cut the balloon out of the front of your card

3. cut the balloon out of red card-stock

4. cut the bottom of the balloon out of kraft card-stock

5. stamp the red and kraft pcs with the balloon stamp, then cut and piece them together

6. I used packing tape to cover behind the balloon cut out portion of the card front. You want sticky in the opening to adhere your red and kraft balloon parts to it. Go ahead and stick them in

7. Then position your dream cloud die face down to the right side of the card front over the stamped red balloon.

8. Tape the dream die in place with reposition-able tape, stick the tape to your clothes a couple times to make sure most of the sticky is removed.

9. Run it through the die cut machine.

10. Keep the word dream because you will use that part

11. Cut the dream cloud die from white card-stock, keeping the white centers of the letters.

12. Piece the die cuts into the card front and cover the back with packing tape to hold it in place or you can put the packing tape over the hole first and then piece in the cloud parts.

13. isn’t this fun?! : )

14. Stamp the little star from the balloon set multiple times with Tumbled Glass distress ink.

15. Stamp the sentiment from the set.

16. Back to the other half of the 8.5 x 11 piece of card-stock. Cut it in half…well, a little less than half… 4 ⅛ in. x 5 ⅜ in.

17. Adhere that piece behind the card front to cover up the piecing and taping you did.

That’s it for this card!

Now for the Winter scene I told you I was working on… colored it last Monday morning and finished it Friday morning! Where does the time go! It goes by me way too fast!

The stamps I used for this card are from Serendipity Stamps…wonderful images to color and create cards with.

I stamped with Ranger Archival Black ink on Canson watercolor paper and watercolored with Ranger Distress markers. Stardust Stickles to give the snowy, Winter sparkle.

I used the new Mini Perfect Layers Tools and the new Cutting mat… oh, I do love them a lot! Yes, I’m glad I have both sizes.

Stamps I used….Winter Farm HERE, Sled Here and Peace on Earth HERE.

How I paint with Distress Markers…post and Video HERE.

So happy to finally use these stamps I’ve had in my collection for years! Some times just owning makes me happy! I need to find a use your stash challenge to link to! lol

Linking my Winter Scene card to…
Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long – Sparkle and Shine
Virginia’s View Challenge – Watercoloring
Hiding in my Craft Room – Color It!
Completely Christmas – Anything Goes
QKR Stampede – Anything Goes
Stampin’ For the Weekend – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes
Fusion Card Challenge – Sketch

I have two more Winter cards but I better save them for another day! : ) Tomorrow I’ll be back with more NEW from Memory Box!

Thanks for stopping by! We’ve got snow again… you know you’re in IOWA when you experience all four seasons in one week! lol ttut!

Supplies I used for these two cards…

Birthday · cards · CAS · Distress Ink coloring · Printworks · punches · rubber stamps · Snowman · Watercolor · Winter

Printworks…New stamps…New coupon code!

February 11, 2014February 18, 2014 Pam Sparks18 Comments

I LOVE the NEW Birthday stamps from Printworks! SO FUN to watercolor the Happy Birthday stamp with Printworks stamp pad ink! Click HERE to shop the collection in CLING stamps… Click HERE to shop the collection in WOOD mount stamps. Be sure to click on the other Birthday categories too… so many stamps that coordinate! On the inside I used this stamp… in the store HERE

Isn’t that an awesome sentiment! Love it! Sweet! Balloons are a Marvy punch and the balloon strings are white Button thread.

Linking up to some challenges…
Feeling Crafty – dies or punches
Fairytale – More than two colors
Case This Sketch
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – We love stamps
Die Cut Divas – use pink

Here’s the deal…

Printworks has a free shipping Valentine’s special this week for orders over $20, code: VDAY2014

THEN for the frosting on that cake…

ADD this code in the comment section of your order PAM2014 for 5% off and Printworks will get back to you with an updated total!

Now that’s a Happy Birthday! lol

Another charming snowman named Snowballs from Printworks! I love the wire heart on the bucket handle and the sweet bird! hahaha… a bucket/pail for the hat… so cute! I watercolored this guy with Distress Ink markers on Canson watercolor paper. I used Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker for the snow in the pail and the snowball.

On the inside…

The other stamps I used are…

Happy Winter
Let the Good Times Roll
Diamond Dust
Ribbon Border
Snowballs

Here’s a link to Printworks Collection’s Facebook page… click over to like and keep up with all the latest news!

Linking up to some challenges…
Sketch Saturday
Papertake Weekly – with a heart

Happy Everything to you! Thanks for stopping by! Love having you and LOVE and appreciate your encouraging words! Thank you so much! You’re the BEST!

Birthday · cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Memory Box · Paper Smooches · Poppystamps · Winter

Paper Smooches and Memory Box…

February 8, 2014February 10, 2014 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m behind posting cards… so there’s a few in this post… then Tilda coming for Tilda’s Town and then a Printworks snowman! So hang on but don’t worry, I’m not going to start posting everyday all the time!

I wanted to get in on the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog Anything Goes post. This is a birthday card I made for Tim. I saw one of the PS designers using this flourish for a snow look so I had to do it too! Stamped with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. Perfect for a January birthday! Colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Right now ‘deer’ aren’t so ‘dear’ to me though. Hit one with my car in July and did a lot of damage. I just like the stamp and paper cute ones now!!!

A little Wink of Stella Glitter marker on the flakes and flourish too!

Happy Day! My Deer card was one of the featured cards for this challenge! YAY!

A couple cards with Memory Box dies…another Birthday and hey… a start on Christmas cards too!

the Grand Happy Birthday die, Delightful Peony dies and the poppystamps Fading Dot Border die…

the Grand Merry Christmas die, Bells are Ringing die and Piestra Tile die…

Thanks for stopping by! It’s snowing here in Iowa… so pretty! Happy stamping weekend to you!

Supplies, stamps and dies I used…

cards · CAS · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Stencils · Winter

Memory Box cards…

January 22, 2014April 7, 2014 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Here’s the new Delicate Snowflakes Stencil from Memory Box… I tried several different ways of using it but I’m just posting two! This reminds me so much of what we’ve done for years with Brass Stencils! I need to get those back out too! For this card, I stamped a panel with Memory Box stamps, laid the stencil on the panel, applied stencil paste, then white embossing powder and heated it.

This card was a Weekly Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you ladies!

I used the Precious Snowflakes die and several stamps…
Snowy Evergreens
Walking Winter Wonderland
Winter Collage
Washi Tape Dots

Here I used the Delicate Snowflakes stencil…laid it over a piece of watercolor paper and spritzed it with Frosty Night and Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer Mist. My watercolor paper wasn’t the heaviest so it curled up some from the moisture causing the inks to go under the stencil a bit at here and there.

*tip* if you spritz the backside of your paper with water, it doesn’t curl up as much when you’re getting the front wet!

This card was a CAS Favorite at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you ladies!

Frostyville Corner and Snowflake Corner cut from white glitter card-stock. Looks like snow!

I had to make one die card to post too! : ) It’s a CAS card that would be fun to make a pack of 6 or so for a gift… for a bunch of thank you cards…notecards…invitations too! Easy to change it up, this is Version 2 for me! lol

I cut the S, from the Classic Upper Alphabet die set, in the center of a piece of Memory Box Pattern paper. Then I placed it on the NEW Venita Flourish die, centering the S and taping the card-stock in place to cut. Exact placement! Love it!

*tip* always cut the inside image first so you can position and center when you cut the surrounding shape.

Panel mat was cut with the Perfect Layers Tools…..

I’m linking up my Venita card to the NEW challenge at Addicted to CAS

Thanks for stopping by today! ‘preciate it! Hope I’ve inspired you a bit! It’s so ‘wintery’ here but I must switch gears and make some Valentines! Take care and ttul!

Stamps, Dies and Supplies I use…