Penny Black Nature’s Gifts Joyful Wreath Card…

December 4, 2018December 5, 2018 Pam Sparks13 Comments

How’s it going out there in cardmaker land? I keep seeing the piles of Christmas stuff I want to use and trying not to panic! I’ve been playing with this stamp set off and on, trying the pine branch in the set with my homemade wreath builder template.

I was SO excited when I landed on the placement that resulted in this! I took a picture to show you how I placed it. This is the stamp I used from a Penny Black stamp set, I’ll link it up at the bottom of my post. Isn’t that crazy! Love it! (I think I might make the wreath a smidge larger next try)

I used Lawn Fawn’s Noble Fir ink pad to ink it up each turn. So simple!

Then I die cut the holly in white cardstock and colored it with Copics and the centers with sparkle red Nuvo drops.

I die cut the word JOYful from gold glitter card-stock and glued it flat to the card.

The white panel I stamped the wreath on is 4 ¼ inch square. I matted it with a dark green cardstock and then onto a 4 ¾ inch red glitter cardstock square. It will fit into an A7 envelope for sure, so no extra postage. The holly is glued in the center so the leaves still are up a little but they lay completely flat.

Now to try to incorporate the pine cone from the stamp set on to a wreath! 😀

I’m linking my card to some challenges…

Penny Black and More – Traditional Christmas Colors (my wreath, main image, is stamped)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge – Winter or Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges – It’s a Tree-mendous Time of Year (pine branches)

As You See It Challenge – Wreath

Stamping Sensations – Winter Sparkle (wreath is stamped)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re making festive cards or crafting away at something! Have fun!

Save with this code at Simon Says Stamp YAY225 AND there’s this promotion going on right now! How fun is this?! *** While Supplies Last though…

Here’s what I used to make this…

Penny Black Clear Stamps NATURE’S… [ SSS ]	Penny Black CHRISTMAS BOW Thin Metal… [ SSS \| STR \| SBC ]	Penny Black JOYFUL WINTER Thin Metal… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Nuvo Glitter Drops – Ruby Slippers [ STR \| SBC ]	American Crafts Glitter Cardstock – Gold [ STR ]	American Crafts Glitter Cardstock -… [ STR ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM Big Shot… [ SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]
We R Memory Keepers – Basic Tools -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]
Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]
Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]
Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Hello Bluebird · Lawn Fawn · Winter · Wreath Building

Wreath Builder Card and New on my For Sale Page…

September 27, 2018September 9, 2019 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone… the wreath building craze! Do you love it?! I don’t have the Gina K set but I have the Big Shot Plus die cutting machine so when she came out with the templates I pulled out my squares and die cut some of my own! I know, I know, but hey, that’s what creative people do, right?! So I’ve messed around with it off and on since…tried circles even… I posted one of those some time back.

Anyway, it is a play when you have to figure out what works and what doesn’t work. If you buy her sets… you get immediate satisfaction without all the messing around! lol I linked up to her sets below…

There’s some greenery and fun small pieces in this Hello Bluebird Quiet Christmas stamp set, so I decided that this card hopefully is blog worthy! eek! lol

You have to love the sentiment from the set for sure! I hear you all singing out there…this one goes right a long with our fave brown paper packages tied up with string!

I stamped and die cut three snowflakes and popped them up with mounting tape.

I used Lawn Fawn ink pads again… I really love the colors! This card ended up 4 ⅝ inches square.

I wanted to tell you I added some stamps to my for sale page HERE… Holler if you’re interested in any of them. I have more to sell too, just slow getting them all listed.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Back to some die cards now and coloring… I have two poinsettia colored cards started… now why do I do that?! lol I need to finish them and get them out of the way so I can start more! lol

ttul!

Here’s what I used and what is available as kits…

Hello Bluebird QUIET CHRISTMAS Clear… [ SSS ]	Hello Bluebird QUIET CHRISTMAS Die… [ SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30088 Square… [ STR ]
Gina K Designs WREATH BUILDER Clear… [ SSS ]	Gina K Designs AUTUMN WREATH BUILDER… [ SSS ]	Gina K Designs HOLIDAY WREATH BUILDER… [ SSS ]
Gina K Designs WREATH BUILDER… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn MERMAN Premium Dye Ink Pad… [ SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]	Lawn Fawn LOBSTER Premium Dye Ink Pad… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Lawn Fawn CELERY STICK Premium Dye… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Lawn Fawn ARTICHOKE Ink Pad LF1808 [ SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]	Lawn Fawn NOBLE FIR Premium Dye Ink… [ SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black; Ranger [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Archival Re-inker – Jet Black from… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe [ STR ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]
Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]
Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]
Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

Birthday · cards · CAS · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Thinking of You · Wreath Building

poppystamps Sending Scribbles Birthday Wreath card…

April 11, 2018September 9, 2019 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Last week I was playing around with stamps to make wreaths. I die cut a 3 ¾ inch circle, stuck the negative in the MISTI, marked the area where the first image kinda landed and then I kept moving my inner circle focal piece around to stamp the complete wreath.

Here’s a picture that might possibly live up to the saying, a picture is worth a thousand words! lol

I did have to mask off part of one to fill in a space.

I colored/painted the flowers with Distress Oxide inks. I don’t know that I would use this ink to color very often. It tends to cover the black line you stamped if you’re not careful.

The sentiment is from the same stamp set and I used the coordinating die set to cut out the word sending. I did use the thin mounting tape behind the die cut word. Another set I love!

A little Lawn Fawn Trimmings twine and some black Nuvo drops and the piece was pretty much done. I cut a black piece of card-stock to 4 x 5 ¼ inch and mounted it to a top folding A2 card-base.

Linking my birthday wishes card to the following challenges…

Inspired by All the Little Things – photo inspiration

Stempelgarten Challenge – Spring

Watercooler Wednesday – All About Occasions

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Add some texture (nuvo drops and twine)

The Crazy Challenge – Spring

Addicted to Stamps and More – Make Your Mark

This card I stamped it the same way in the MISTI with the circle template I made but I stamped it so the black lines touched. There was a little bit of space left at the bottom so I punched a couple 1/8th inch holes, added a piece of ribbon and tied a bow.

This one I colored with Zig Clean Color Brush pens doing wet on wet. You can see what happens with that in the close up below! lol It flows! No artist here! lol

I didn’t use a very good quality watercolor paper…just use the good stuff Pam! haha

The sentiment is from a neat Memory Box set called Prayers Sentiments…I really like how you can put the words together to say what you want. There are several of these small sets. Good deal! ok – I’ll shut up!

Linking thoughts and prayers card to the following challenges…

Word Art Wednesday – anything goes

Crafting From the Heart – anything goes

Thanks for stopping by! I think we’re supposed to be getting a perfect Spring day today! YAY!

Shopping links for what I used to make these cards…

Nuvo Crystal Drops Gloss – Ebony Black [ STR \| HLM \| SBC \| SSS ]	Watercolor Paper by Ranger – 10… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CL448 Sending Scribbles… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 1816 Sending Scribbles… [ STR ]	Super Fine Detail White Embossing… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memento Luxe WEDDING DRESS Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5208 Prayers… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn SINGLE NATURAL CORD Lawn… [ SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]
Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black; Ranger [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Archival Re-inker – Jet Black from… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]	We R Memory Keepers – Basic Tools -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]
Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC \| BLT ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC \| BLT ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]
Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]