poppystamps Nativity Scene Sidekick Frame/Stencil and Simple Bethlehem Stitched Frame Card…

November 18, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! I made this card last week and am so excited to show it to you today. I wanted to make a short video of the process first!

I hope the video is self explanatory but if you have any questions, just email me at the contact tab under the blog title.

or you can watch it on You Tube HERE

A snowy day in Iowa yesterday and today it’s sunny and whoa it’s bright for taking pictures! lol

I love how this card turned out… it’s A6 size and the products I used are linked below!

Thanks for stopping by! Happy creating!

Poppystamps – 2135 Nativity Scene… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2134 Simple Bethlehem… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL473 Christmas Time… [ STR \| SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad -… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG ]	Ranger Ink – Tim Holtz – Distress… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| JGG \| HLM** ]
Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| JGG \| HLM ]	Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR \| SSS \| JGG ]	Scor-Tape 1 Inch Crafting Tape [ SSS \| JGG ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	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 ]	Embossing Heat Gun; Precision Heat… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	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 ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Super Fine Detail Silver Embossing… [ STR ]	Embossing Powder Prep Bag… [ STR ]
VersaMark Watermark Ink Refill .5oz [ STR ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SBC \| HLM \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Mini Stamp Pad 1×1 [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Snowglobe Wishes ‘Santa’ Wobble Card for CAS Christmas Challenge…

November 17, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks28 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s been a crazy week here…our area stamp club had it’s annual Christmas party yesterday and I was the head elf! I had lots of fun preparing and I’ll have a few things to share from it soon! 😀

Today I’m posting for the CAS Christmas challenge again as a guest for the month of November! So fun! I love CAS cards and even more so at Christmas! I have this cutie Santa on a wobble to share with you… a super short/seconds video to show you how it moves.

To see the video larger, go HERE

I love doing Copic Scribble coloring on these whimsical small-ish images. I added two sentiments in the set because well, Santa jiggles when he says “ho ho ho merry Christmas” so he needed to wobble!

A little Stampendous thick embossing powder for the snow…a scribble or two of white gel pen on his beard and suit.

Everything is on mounting tape but the piece behind Santa is a little thicker.

If you would like this stamp set and die set… email Cindy at Starlitstudio.net and she will get it ordered for you!

I’m going to link up to some other challenges too…

52 Christmas Card Throwdown Challenge – Snowglobes

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – All About Occasions

AAA Cards – CAS Game #128 On the Move (wobble)

Happy Little Stamper November Christmas Challenge – optional twist/CAS

Stamping Sensations Challenge – Get Ready For Christmas

Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything Christmas goes

Sparkles Christmas Challenge – Embossing, heat or dry (my snow is heat embossed)

Addicted to Stamps and More – Holiday

Thanks for stopping by today! Hope my card made you smile and inspired you to color!

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Shaker Card · Winter

poppystamps Whittle Rudolph Pinpoint Shaker Ornament Card and Giveaway Winner!

November 8, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! Today is the DAY to announce the winner of the NEW Memory Box Sleigh Horse Frame Die from the post, HERE!

DRUMROLL! CYMBAL CRASH!

The WINNER IS…. comment #29 Shirley Lee with her comment…

Your card is stunning! I love everything about it, and it reminds me of the days when I lived in Illinois. It always amazes me how you can make a card using all different kinds of dies and put it together beautifully! what creativity! I checked out Cindy’s blog, and she has some great ideas, too. Thanks for sharing this beautiful card.

Thank you Shirley L. and congrats! I will email you!

I have this cute card to share with you today! When I saw these NEW Whittle dies from poppystamps I was all over them but I’ve been slow getting them made up! Fortunately there’s still time! yay! I started with this super cute Rudolph. When I found these little snowballs at the Dollar Tree store (everything’s a dollar) I just knew I had to use them in a shaker!

I die cut the NEW poppystamps Pinpoint Shaker Ornament die in Silver Foil/Mirror cardstock first, then in fun foam two times. Now fun foam stretches when you die cut it so I usually end up clipping out a 1/16th of an inch or so on each side and fitting them back together…not much but enough that it doesn’t hang over the top cut! I use liquid glue to adhere them together.

Don’t forget to stick in your piece of acetate! I die cut it with one of the Retro Ornaments dies. Oh, I also cut the ornament backer piece with the Retro Ornaments die.

I heat embossed the NEW Memory Box Typewriter Holiday Elements background stamp in white, trimmed it to 5 inches square. Adhered that panel to a 5 ¼ inch square of kraft cardstock that I ink blended the edges with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini ink blending tool. Then that to a 5 ½ inch square white card base.

The poppystamps Stitched Alpine Snowflake Band is 3 die cuts glued together and then glued flat to the card.

Then I decided to glue on some bits I clipped off of a couple die cut poppystamps Shasta Twigs die cuts. Love that about Christmas…adding green and red bits just makes me happy! lol

Here we are at the inside…I actually remembered to take a picture!!! That’s a miracle! haha

I used the super, super CUTE NEW sentiment set from poppystamps called Merry Everything. You can combine stamps to make really fun expressions AND the die is included in the set!

Everything MERRY

We wish you a MERRY Christmas

Wishing you a MERRY and bright Christmas

Have yourself a MERRY Little Christmas

and more! They’re all separate and some cute small icon stamps too! I love the little snowflake… I should’ve stamped it here in the inside too! Oh well, I still can! lol

Thank you for visiting my blog today! Hope I’ve made you smile or my card has! At least we know Shirley L. will be smiling! hehe Thank you again for your support and for commenting on the giveaway post! I didn’t get everyone replied to ‘cyberly’ but my thoughts were thanking you! 😀

Poppystamps – 1924 Stitched Alpine… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2118 Whittle Rudolph… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2085 Pinpoint Shaker… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – 1276 Retro Ornaments… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 1748 Shasta Twigs craft… [ STR ]	Memory Box – CL5234 Typewriter… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – CL465 Merry Everything… [ STR ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Distress Ink coloring · Lawn Fawn · Winter

Lawn Fawn ‘Oh What Fun’ Card and I’m a Guest on The Foiled Fox Blog Today…

November 6, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome! I’m sharing the magic of the holiday season with my card today! It’s my pleasure to be a guest cardmaker on The Foiled Fox blog!

When Shauna asked me I immediately started looking at the new Lawn Fawn release thinking Winter/Christmas scene making!

I’ll link to The Foiled Fox store below for everything I used to make this card. Free shipping at $50 and a lot of great companies, Lawn Fawn, Altenew, My Favorite Things, Concord and 9th and so many more!

I started with a panel of 110# Solar White cardstock cut to 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches and then die cut it with the new LF Snowfall Backdrop:Portrait die.

I wanted a night sky but lighter toward the bottom so I used Distress Ink pads in Tumbled Glass, next up Faded Jeans and then top is Chipped Sapphire, all applied and blended with the Foam Mini Ink Blending tool.

I spattered the inked background with water drops, let that dry, then spattered on a little diluted white acrylic paint. Set that aside to dry.

I die cut the Little Town Hillside (pop up) die in black cardstock and spattered it lightly with white also. I tend to get spatters everywhere even using a box but it’s worth it! lol Trim the Little Town Hillside die cut to fit the bottom of the card.

I stamped “O what Fun” (the bear in the sleigh) in Tuxedo Black Memento ink, die cut it and colored it with Copic Sketch Markers.

I stamped and die cut the reindeer and ropes from the stamp and die sets Toboggan Together and colored them with Copic Sketch Markers. Add gems to the noses and white gel pen accents here and there.

I stamped and heat embossed in white embossing powder, the Simply Winter Sentiments on red cardstock and cut them into strips.

I die cut the Reveal Wheel Snowflake add-on twice, in Neenah Solar White 100# cardstock, cut one in half and used them above the sentiment strips and one in the sky.

I taped on the town border. The sleigh, reindeer and sentiments are popped up with mounting tape. The panel is adhered to an A2 cardbase.

I hope you’re inspired to make for Christmas! So many new and fun products to ‘play’ with! Check out the store and thank you so much for stopping by today!

Here’s what I used to make this card…links go to The Foiled Fox online store.

MISTI Precision Stamping Tool – The… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Oh What Fun Stamp Set – The… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Oh What Fun Lawn Cuts – The… [ FLD ]
Lawn Fawn Toboggan Together Stamp Set… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Toboggan Together Lawn Cuts… [ FLD ]	X-Press It White Blending Card – The… [ FLD ]
Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink Pad -… [ FLD ]	The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Simply Winter Sentiments -… [ FLD ]
Peppermint Heavy Cardstock – 10… [ FLD ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – The… [ FLD ]	Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder… [ FLD ]
Heat-It Craft Tool – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	US ArtQuest Goodbye Static! – The… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Little Town Hillside Pop-up… [ FLD ]
Licorice Twist Heavy Cardstock – 10… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Snowflake… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Snowfall Backdrop Portrait… [ FLD ]
Neenah Solar White 110lb Cardstock –… [ FLD ]	Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad – The… [ FLD ]	Faded Jeans Distress Ink Pad – The… [ FLD ]
Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink Pad -… [ FLD ]	Mini Ink Blending Tool – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]
Non-Stick Craft Sheet – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer – The… [ FLD ]	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain –… [ FLD ]
Sakura Gelly Roll Fine Point Pen (05)… [ FLD ]	Scotch Advanced Tape Glider General… [ FLD ]	3M-Scotch Advanced Tape Glider – The… [ FLD ]
Foam Mounting Tape by Scotch – 1/2″… [ FLD ]	Scotch® Double-Sided Foam Mounting… [ FLD ]	Tombow Mono Multi XL Liquid Glue -… [ FLD ]
Stamp Shammy – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Detail Scissors 4″ – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Tim Holtz Maxi Guillotine 12.25″/31… [ FLD ]
Scor-Buddy Eighths Mini Scoring Board… [ FLD ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Mama Elephant · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Mama Elephant, poppystamps and Guesting for the CAS Christmas Challenge…

November 3, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! I’m so excited to post today with the CAS Christmas Challenge! I won their challenge a few weeks ago with a CAS wreath card and now I get the honor to play along with them as a guest! You are invited to play a long too!

The theme for this month is….

I chose to use one of the super cute Mama Elephant Santa Agenda stamps…the Santa that’s ready to go down the chimney!

He’s so cute! I stamped him on Copic X-Press It coloring cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, in the MISTI and colored him with Copic Sketch Markers.

I used some white gel pen after I finished coloring to highlight his fur and beard. TIP: Don’t color with Copics after you use the gel pen because it ruins the nib on your marker!

I die cut the poppystamps Snowy Merry Christmas die three times in white, glued them together, keeping all the pieces on two of the cuts. Then I die cut one time in red. I stamped a brick stamp with black ink on the red cut, then pieced the red into the top white cut…going for a chimney look!

Everything I used is linked below.

I wanted to put snow or sparkle on the tops of the chimney but I was afraid I would ruin it! So I kept it CAS. haha

I added the small snow flake from the poppystamps Shiny Snowflake die and a red glitter dome.

On the inside I stamped, ’tis the season to be jolly from a Penny Black stamp set.

I sure have been having fun with my stamps and dies! ‘Tis the season and my favorite time of year to make cards! I hope you’re inspired to get in the Spirit of Christmas and make cards! Thank you so much Loll for asking me and to the team for sharing their CAS creativity!

Thanks for stopping by! If you want to see a fun video of a card I made that I didn’t get posted on my blog yet…click HERE…you can see it even if you don’t have an Instagram account. I hope to make another and post instructions here soon. It’s super, super cute and FUN! I am biased about it! HOHOHO

ttul! (Remember to comment on my Tuesday giveaway post here on the blog, winner announced next week!)

Links to what I used to make this card…

Mama Elephant Clear Stamps LITTLE… [ SSS ]	Mama Elephant LITTLE SANTA AGENDA… [ SSS ]	Snowy Merry Christmas [ PPP ]
Penny Black Clear Stamp Set -… [ STR \| 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 ]	Memento – Tuxedo Black – full sized pad [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| BLT ]	Memento Tuxedo Black – reinker [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
X-Press White Blending Card 8.5″X11″… [ STR \| SSS ]	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 \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ 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 ]
Embossing Heat Gun; Precision Heat… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	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 ]
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 ]