Birch Press Design Prime Peony Duo Contour Layers Card…

June 4, 2022June 4, 2022 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! This week has zoomed by me! But it’s Peony time of year and a perfect time to showcase this beautiful new die from Birch Press Design.

I watercolored these blooms with the newest set of Zig Clean Color Real Brush pens Set A. Die Cut with Strathmore watercolor Brown pad.

Then I added a frame from the poppystamps Scalloped Stitch Frames die set.

I ink blended an A2 size panel of Strathmore Best Mixed Media cardstock (the brown pad). Wow it blends nice. I used Salvaged Patina Distress Oxide for the first time! and Peacock Feathers. I still use the mini round ink blending foams a lot and that’s what I used here.

Hugs is a new hot foil plate and die set from Birch Press Design also. Hugs Sugar Script is the name of it.

I used silver hot foil and Bazzill Card Shoppe Robin’s Egg for Hugs.

I glued everything flat except for hugs. It has thin mounting tape on the ends. Starlitstudio has it in stock! I’ll link below!

Thank you for stopping by today! I appreciate it and hope you have a lovely weekend. The weather has been amazing here this week! YAY!

Here’s links to what I used on this card…thank you for shopping through my links!

Birch Press Design – 57504 Prime… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – BPF513 Hugs… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2478 Scalloped Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Bazzill Card Shoppe – Robin’s Egg [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape… [ STR ]	Couture Creations HOT FOIL AND… [ SSS ]	Spellbinders Glimmer Essential… [ SBC ]
Spellbinders – Glimmer Hot Foil System [ SBC ]	Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush… [ BLIC ]	Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush… [ BLIC ]
Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush… [ BLIC ]	Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush… [ BLIC ]	Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush… [ BLIC ]
Kuretake Zig Clean Color Real Brush… [ BLIC ]	Strathmore MIXED MEDIA VELLUM SURFACE… [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Strathmore 400 Series Watercolor… [ BLIC \| SBC ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Spring · Thinking of You · Watercolor · Wreath Building · Zigs

Memory Box NEW Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch Card…

March 30, 2022 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Hello friends! So thankful for all my cardmaker friends everywhere! You make me smile a lot!

Simple card today….I die cut this new Paisley Bloom Leaf Arch die from watercolor paper and colored with the new Zig Clean Color Brush markers. They are so pretty!

I used three arches for this card, three of the medium size flower and three of the small size flower.

I used watercolor paper for the A2 size panel that I inked with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink and a mini ink blending tool. I stamped a couple sentiments around with the same ink from the NEW Memory Box Friends and Family stamp set. The center sentiment is stamped with Ranger Black Archival ink.

I used liquid glue to attach the three arches together and just on the circle to glue to the panel. Then the flowers are glued just in the center to the wreath so I could ‘fluff’ the petals and leaves.

I added Memory Box small clear Fairy Drops, some Mayarts twine and glued the panel to a kraft color cardbase.

Thank you so much for stopping by today! Holler if you have any questions!

ttul!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – 94666 Paisley Bloom Leaf… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – CL5276 Friends and… [ STR \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC ]
Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Real… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Canson XL Watercolor Pad – 9″ x 12″,… [ BLIC \| ACH ]	May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap [ SSS \| TE ]	Memory Box – Fairy Drops – clear… [ STR \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · Die Piecing · Flowers · Simon Says Stamp · Watercolor · Zigs

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Use Some Green!

March 11, 2020March 10, 2020 Pam Sparks10 Comments

Hi everyone! Use some green is the challenge this week for Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge. What fun! I had several things rolling around in my brain but this is what came out! lol

I used poppystamps Fun Floral Sidekick Frame and Stencil die set. Die cut everything in Canson Smooth Bristol Cardstock, the orange pad.

I’m thinking it’s a cactus, you know, looking down from a drone! lol I sure had fun getting the Bristol card die cut pieces wet and dropping in the ink and watching it spread!

I used Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers for the watercoloring and a paintbrush. I scribbled the marker on my craft mat, spritzed it with water and picked it up with a wet paint brush.

poppystamps Blomming Greetings clear stamp set for the sentiment. I ink blended some Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide on the card base, then used strips of mounting tape to adhere the frame. The sentiment panel is glued down in flat. The little pink flowers are from another set… I’ll link it up below also.

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this weeks prompt and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of the challenge blog post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!

Thank you for clicking over! I hope you’re encouraged to use some green in your papercrafting this week and join us! Shoot me an email if you link up! I want to see! Take care and I’ll be back soon!

Products I used from the SSS store – coupon code for $5 off is HP2T9, good until May 30th…

Poppy Stamps FUN FLORAL SIDEKICK… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps SUMMER BLOSSOMS SIDEKICK… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps BLOOMING… [ SSS ]
Canson XL BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12 Paper… [ SSS ]	Zig CLEAN COLOR 48 SET Real Brush… [ SSS ]	Ranger Archival Ink Pad JET BLACK… [ SSS ]
Ranger Archival JET BLACK Reinker… [ SSS ]	Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors BLACK PD118 [ SSS ]	Hero Arts Liquid Watercolors WHITE PD125 [ SSS ]
Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]	Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Kick STANDARD CUTTING… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · Impression Obsession · Snowman · Winter · Zigs

Impression Obsession Snowman With Fence Birthday Card…

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Pam Sparks8 Comments

January is a big birthday month for our family… I’m behind posting my cards! This one was for our youngest grandson Charles… he picked out the stamp. I made him another interactive card that I was experimenting with that he loved. I need to improve on it though to make that one post worthy! lol

I stamped this on Canson Smooth Bristol and watercolored it with Zig Clean Color Brush markers.

Definitely a jolly, happy soul! I used some Nuvo Crystal Drops gloss white on the snow.

I stamped the number 5 on one of the new poppystamps Heart Tag Trio. The snow is from a new poppystamps Whittle Cloud Border die set. Both die cut in white cardstock. I love how fluffy it looks as snow!

The sentiment Birthday Boy is from poppystamps Sentiments of Hello stamp set, inked up with Taylored Expressions Cookie Monster Ink. Taylored Expressions cardstock, Confetti Cake for the card base also.

Thanks for stopping by today! I have a couple CAS Valentines to post soon, so I’ll be back! ❤

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps:… [ IST ]	Poppystamps – 2318 Whittle Cloud… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2302 Heart Tag Trio… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – CL451 Sentiments of… [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	TE Premium Ink – Full Ink Pads [ TE ]
Nuvo Crystal Drops – Gloss Simply White [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz – Idea-ology – Tiny… [ SBC \| SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · LOVE · Memory Box · Valentine · Watercolor · Zigs

Memory Box Friendship Floral Heart Card…

January 25, 2020January 25, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends…back again today with a card for Memory Box. I’ve been wanting to get this NEW Floral Heart colored up from the Friendship Floral Heart stamp set and finally did this week! YAY!

I stamped and heat embossed with versamark ink and Ranger Gold Detail embossing powder. *TIP: I recommend stamping clear stamps several times with different inks on scrap paper to get them stamping good…maybe it’s just me but after stamping 7 practice times or so, I’m much happier when I stamp the real deal.

Oh, I stamped on Canson Smooth Bristol… the orange pad. I colored with Zig Clean Color Brush markers… photo below of the colors.

I used water and a paintbrush to move the color around…basic watercoloring, drying between layers.

Then a little spritz of water, some white and gold spatters. I wasn’t very heavy handed with them this time.

The background is Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide ink blended on with a TE brush then some Peacock Feather Oxide spatters, some gold spatters and some black TE watercolor spatters over that.

It’s a 5 ½ inch square card.

I was tempted to place it off the page and made an A2 size card but I resisted and left it complete this time… next time! lol

I stamped the sentiments from the same set on vellum… don’t die of shock but I used an acrylic block this time to stamp! I’m gonna experiment… I love all my stamp positioning tools but I struggle with heat embossing sentiments with a positioner! :O I know… do you have an opinion? curious!

I’m gonna let you go and get on with your Saturday! Thank you so much for stopping by and letting me show and tell!

Scrapbook.com SALE!

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Memory Box – CL5250 Friendship Floral… [ STR \| SSS ]	Kuretake – ZIG – Clean Color – Brush… [ SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	Canson XL BRISTOL SMOOTH 9 x 12 Paper… [ SSS \| BLIC ]
Super Fine Detail Gold Embossing… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS ]	TE Blender Brushes [ TE ]

All Occasion · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Flowers · Memory Box · Spring · Summer · Thinking of You · Watercolor · Zigs

Two Memory Box Perched Bird Die Cards…

July 3, 2019July 4, 2019 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Hi everyone…so many times we need a thinking of you card…when words aren’t enough, maybe a simple thinking of you card will help. Tragedy comes to everyone and when you can’t be there, a card is something tangible we can do.

This card is so CAS (clean and simple), truly lives up to the name and for once didn’t take any time to make!

I doubt that it even needs any explanation! I did use a little foam mounting tape under the bird. The white die cut is glued directly to the A2 card base.

I stamped Thinking of You from the poppystamps Picnic Plaid clear stamp set in the MISTI with Archival black ink. I’ll link everything up at the bottom of the post.

Then I die cut the Perched Bird again from Mixed Media card and watercolored it with Zig Real Brush Pens. The frame from the Splendid Rose Frame the same.

The sentiment this time is from the Memory Box Big and Little Words clear stamp set, stamped in the MISTI with Archival black ink.

I added some twine to doll it up a bit…

See that blue-ish vase in the picture? My daughter was going to toss it! I love it! lol It’s ceramic…perfect picture prop for this card! lol

Thank you for stopping by today. Happy July!

YAY FOR SALES! Clearance at Starlitstudio.net!

Check this one out at Simon Says Stamp!

Check this one out at Scrapbook.com!

Here’s what I used to make these cards…

Poppystamps – CL478 Picnic Plaid… [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5242 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30087 Circle… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box/Open Studio – 30088 Square… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94229 Splendid Rose… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94242 Cottage Flower… [ STR ]
Memory Box – 94244 Perched Bird craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Bazzill Card Shoppe – Licorice Twist [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Neenah Environment 80 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]
Cardstock – 8.5 x 11 – Neenah, Solar… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Strathmore MIXED MEDIA VELLUM SURFACE… [ SSS \| BLIC \| BLT ]
Zig Long Watercolor BrusH2O Tip -… [ STR ]	Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens and Sets [ BLIC \| SSS ]	Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Cleaner – 2… [ SBC \| SSS \| JGG ]
Ranger 4oz Distress Sprayer by Tim Holtz [ STR ]	Ranger Ink – Archival Ink Pad – Jet… [ SBC \| SSS \| JGG ]	Ranger Ink – Wendy Vecchi – Archival… [ SBC \| SSS \| JGG ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SZZ \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	We R Memory Keepers QUICKSTIK… [ SSS \| SSS ]
Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ SBC \| SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ 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 [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Big Shot Sticky Grid 5/Pkg,… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – Travel… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC ]
MISTI PRECISION STAMPER Stamping Tool… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	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 ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]
3M Scotch DOUBLE-SIDED FOAM TAPE… [ SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]