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SSS STAMPtember Christmas Block Art Tags and Cards…

Pam Sparks6 Comments

Hello everyone!  A bit of a blizzard happening here, hoho! Sharing a few things from this NEW STAMPtember release stamp set illustrated by Miriam Prantner called Christmas Block Art.

My projects are pretty straight forward.  The snowflake tags and tree cards are stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed with white embossing powder. Then ink blended with Distress Inks.  I linked the ones I used below.

For the trees I used an old primitive star Marvy  paper punch and glitter cardstock.

I love this primitive looking tree… so cute!  I added some Memory Box Fairy Gems from the Christmas pack.  Mini slimline card size.

So fun….this last photo is the first things I made with the set. I stamped all three on one piece of 4.25 x 5.5 cardstock panel but ended up cutting them apart and making tags instead of a card.

I used Distress Oxide inks to ink up the stamps in the MISTI but I didn’t write down what colors I used. ugh.  I stamped some snowflakes on the tree but they didn’t show up well enough after they dried so I added some using an old EK Success paper punch.

The sentiment over the star is from a SSS set that’s not available anymore.  Sorry about that!  It’s Holiday Greetings Mix 1.

Oh Christmas Tree is included in the stamp set with the block art images.

Walking is from a new set from Memory Box, Holiday Wishes.

Linking to some challenges…

Merry Little Christmas #58 – anything Christmas goes

NBUS #66 – never before used stuff!

Peace On Earth #71– anything Christmas goes

And my set of three tags to this challenge…

Word Power #9  – words/sentiment is the focus

I hope you’re enjoying this month at Simon Says Stamp!  A long with the new STAMPtember release there is a collaboration set or something happening every day of this month!  So fun!  Go HERE to check it out everyday at noon ET.  One more thing….free shipping with this code!

Thank you so much for stopping by today!

Products I used to make these tags and mini slimline cards…

Simon Says Stamps and Dies Christmas…
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Simon Says Stamps Dies and Stencils…
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Simon Says Clear Stamps Christmas…
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Simon Says Stamp Christmas Block Art…
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Memory Box Holiday Wishes Clear Stamp…
[ SSS ]
Memory Box Holiday Wishes Clear…
[ SSS ]
Tsukineko Versamark EMBOSS INK PAD…
[ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537
[ SSS ]
Ranger Archival Ink Pad Jet Black…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Tumbled…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Broken…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Wilted…
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Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Villainous…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Evergreen…
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Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Pine…
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Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Cracked…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Lucky…
[ SSS ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap
[ SSS ]
Memory Box CHRISTMAS Fairy Jewels jwl005
[ SSS ]
MISTI Mini Black Precision Stamper…
[ SSS | SSS ]
Spellbinders Splatter White Opaque…
[ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Embossing Folders · Memory Box · Oxide Inks · Winter

Memory Box Pinecone and Berries 3D Embossing Folder Merry Christmas Wave Card…

Pam Sparks8 Comments

Hi everyone! Time to get really serious about getting Christmas cards made and ready to mail!  Preaching to myself for sure! lol

I was excited to use one of the NEW Memory Box 3D Embossing Folders for my card today.

I started out by inking the side,  flat area up, with Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink and then running it through the die cutting machine.

I used Canson Montval cold press watercolor paper.  I buy the BIG sheet from Hobby Lobby and then just cut a piece off of it when I need it.  I leave it out, in the way, so I remember to use it.  It’s my favorite watercolor paper.  The price is right too!  $3.29 for the piece… if I cut it up into 9×12, if I’m remembering right, you get 8 pieces!

I spritz one side of the paper very lightly before I put it in the inked up folder.

Then using regular distress ink and the mini ink blending tool, I went over the raised areas with Pine Needles on the pine, Peeled Paint on the leafy branches and Gathered Twigs on the pinecones.

I really like the look of this but it’s so much better in real life than a photo!

I die cut the NEW Drifting Snowflakes die and just used the flakes on my card.  I used the 3 sizes of dots it cuts out too.  I spattered with white ink but it didn’t show up very well.

I die cut the NEW Merry Christmas Wave in kraft and red cardstocks.  Another easy one to put together! I used scor-tape on the back so I could just lay the letters back in and they fit perfectly…EASY!  Love it!

A little bit of twine wrapped around the panel.  This ended up A6 size….a little extra! lol

I layered on red cardstock and then to a white cardbase.

For the inside I used a sentiment from the NEW Holiday Wishes stamp set.  If you only wanted one set with sentiments for the outside and the inside… here it is!

Linking to some challenges…

Can You Handle the Pressure? – anything goes with an embossing folder

Peace On Earth Christmas – anything goes Christmas

Word Power #9 – Sentiment/words as the focus

Merry Little Christmas #58 – anything Christmas goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday  – anything goes

Now back to thinking….what’s next!  Thank you so much for stopping by my blog today!  Holler if you have any questions.  I know I forget stuff!

Check out STAMPtember at Simon Says Stamp!  Today is a super cute set from Pink and Main!  The collaboration sets started Tuesday and there’s still some left of most.

and here’s a free shipping code!

Here’s the products I used to make this card… SLS is starlitstudio .net, SSS is Simon Says Stamp,  SBC is Scrapbook .com   Thank you so much for shopping through my links!  I appreciate it!

Memory Box – EF1043 Pinecones and…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – 94799 Merry Christmas…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – 94816 Drifting…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5286D Holiday Wishes…
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Memory Box Holiday Wishes Clear…
[ SSS ]
Neenah Classic Crest Ultra Thick 110…
[ SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -…
[ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Cherry Pop -…
[ TE ]
May Arts NATURAL Twine String Burlap
[ SSS ]
Linen Thread – 40 yds – by the spool
[ STR ]
Scor-Tape
[ STR | SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
[ STR | SSS | SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Pine…
[ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Peeled…
[ SSS | SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered…
[ SSS | SBC ]
Winsor & Newton Drawing Ink – White,…
[ BLIC ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Spellbinders dies · Winter

Spellbinders Dancin’ Christmas Cards…

Pam Sparks9 Comments

Here to make you smile!  Dancin’ Douglas is the tree card…I love the name!  Dancin’ Moose Klondike…sooooo CUTE!

Very basic, die cut, glue and take pictures! lol  An A-6 size card but I’ll use an A-7 size envelope because his antlers are a bit taller than the card.

Pine branch is from the Delivering Joy Sleigh die set, Santa hat from the Dancin’ Snowman die set and the sentiment is from the Clear Stamp and die set from October of 2023.

Here’s a short video showing how his legs ‘dance’!

There are several die sets in this collection… I’ll link to everything at the end of my post.

There’s No One Elf Like You!  That’s the truth! lol Sentiment from Santa’s Sippin’ Sayings clear stamp set.

Snowflake die cut in the background is from the St. Nick die set.

I used Navy Blue cardstock but I know, it looks black but it’s not! ugh.  Sometimes picture taking is so hard! You can see it’s navy in the video below!

The present is from the Dancin’ Snowman set.

Such happy cards!  A-6 size again…

Here’s a video of Dancin’ Douglas swinging his legs.

I wish I’d thought to take a picture of how I do the swing.  I’ll try to explain.

I use three washers and red tape them together and red tape them to the back of the tree. (I need to try just using two washers so it’s a little thinner.)

I put mounting tape on the back of the tree, making sure I don’t block the swing with it.

I add more red tape to the washers, remove all the protective paper from the mounting tape and red tape and adhere to the card panel.

It’s very simple.  I don’t know what everyone else does but that’s what I do.

I used the smallest rectangle die from the Mini Slimline A set to die cut the sentiment.

The green cardstocks are from the Memory Box Greenery 6×6 cardstock pad.

Browns are old Bazzill cardstock and the Moose background cardstock is Cookie Monster from Taylored Expressions.

Thank you so much for stopping by and making it clear to the end of this post! whew! lol!

Here’s the list of what I used to stores that have these products… Click the abbreviations to see… THANK YOU!

Dancin’ Christmas Friends -…
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Dancin’ Moose Klondike Etched Dies…
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Dancin’ Douglas Etched Dies from the…
[ SPL | SBC | SSS ]
St. Nick Etched Dies from the Home…
[ SPL | SBC | SSS ]
Santa’s Sippin’ Sayings Clear Stamp…
[ SPL | SSS ]
Delivering Joy Sleigh Etched Dies…
[ SPL | SBC | SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
[ STR | SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]
Fiskars Non-Stick Titanium Softgrip…
[ STR ]
Neenah Cardstock Classic Crest Ultra…
[ SSS ]
Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy…
[ STR | SSS ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Cookie Monster…
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TE Premium Cardstock – Fruit Punch -…
[ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Toffee -…
[ TE ]
TE Premium Cardstock – Lemon Meringue…
[ TE ]
Ranger Archival Jet Black Archival…
[ SPL | SSS | SBC ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad…
[ SSS | SBC ]
Ranger Ink Tim Holtz Gathered Twigs…
[ SBC | SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Color Pencil · Snowman · Winter

Spellbinders Vintage Postal Christmas Cards…

Pam Sparks5 Comments

I’m over posting three cards on the Spellbinders blog today! YAY!  I stamped!  And colored! lol

Here’s a sneak peek!  Check out the full post with lots of pictures HERE…

Thanks so much for stopping by!  If you come back here to shop, I earn a little for making these cards!  I appreciate it and hope it inspires you to create fun cards too!

Here’s what I used to make them!

Sketched Christmas Stamp and Die…
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Sketched Snowman Stamp and Die Bundle…
[ SPL ]
Sketched Santas Stamp and Die Bundle…
[ SPL ]
Ranger Sketched Christmas Clear Stamp…
[ SPL ]
Ranger Sketched Snowman Clear Stamp…
[ SPL ]
Ranger Sketched Santas Clear Stamp…
[ SPL ]
Nested Postage Labels & Tag Etched…
[ SPL ]
Labels 8 Etched Dies – Spellbinders…
[ SPL ]
New & Improved Platinum SIX Machine…
[ SPL ]
Poppy Field Color Essentials…
[ SPL ]
Portobello Color Essentials Cardstock…
[ SPL ]
White Cardstock 8 1/2″ x 11 – 25 pack…
[ SPL ]
Splatter White Opaque Watercolor |…
[ SPL ]
Ranger Archival Jet Black Archival…
[ SPL ]
Ranger Archival Ink Stamp Cleaner -…
[ SPL ]
Sakura Gelly Roll Moods – Gratitude…
[ SPL ]
Tsukineko VersaMark Inkpad – Clear -…
[ SPL ]
Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537
[ SSS | SBC ]
Lisa Horton Crafts Opaque Pigment Ink…
[ SPL ]
Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp…
[ SPL ]
Mini Misti – Most Incredible Stamp…
[ SPL ]
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad Gathered…
[ SSS | SBC ]
Blending Brushes – 3 Pack |…
[ SPL ]
Caran d’Ache Pablo Colored Pencils…
[ BLIC ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
[ STR | SSS | SBC ]



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cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embossing Folders · Memory Box · Winter

Memory Box Watchful Bird and More Card….

Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone!  Another joy topped Christmas card to share today!  I LOVE this NEW Watchful Bird!  He fit right down in with some NEW Pine Branches and New Festive Holly dies!

Layered on top of the NEW Pinecone and Berries 3D Embossing Folder with natural linen cardstock, then the NEW Wavy Sheet Music die cut in black glossy cardstock.

Bello Joy is a NEW die also….die cut in two colors and with scor-tape on the back, layer in the letters…so much easier than gluing!  For the color here, I inked a piece of natural linen the same way I colored the bird’s back and die cut it.

A little bit of Gathered Twigs Distress Ink blended on with the mini blending tool.  It’s always out on my desk! hehe

I die cut the bird all in natural linen cardstock, then ink blended on color using my brushes that already had ink in them.  My regular distress red brush, then my oxide distress red brush, then a light brushing with my brown oxide brush.  No rhyme nor reason except for not wanting dark.  The head is solid Gathered Twigs regular distress with the mini ink blending tool.  The body lightly inked with the same.

Greenery die cut with the back two greens in the Memory Box Greenery Cardstock 6×6 pack and Earth Neutral 6×6 pack.  I inked the edges with Rustic Wilderness distress and a mini ink blending tool. Red for berries was a scrap.

I enjoyed creating this card!  Music is such a big part of the Christmas season for me.  I always love greenery!

This is an A2 size card.  I didn’t trim off the holly this time.  I normally mail in an A6 size envelope so it will fit ok like this.  You could easy trim it off though!

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today!  Links below if I’ve inspired you to get busy on Christmas cards. hoho   I’m trying to keep mine pretty flat-ish.  Sad the PO isn’t as card friendly as it used to be.

ok – ttul!

Shop til you drop!

STR – starlitstudio.net, SSS – Simon Says Stamp,  SBC – Scrapbook .com

Memory Box – 94804 Watchful Bird…
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Memory Box – 94809 Wavy Sheet Music…
[ STR ]
Memory Box – 94817 Pine Branches…
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Memory Box – 94801 Festive Holly…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – 94763 Bello Joy craft die
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Memory Box – EF1043 Pinecones and…
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1011 Greenery 6×6 pack
[ STR | SSS ]
Memory Box – SP1009 Earth Neutral 6×6…
[ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives Crafty Foam Tape…
[ STR ]
Scor-Tape
[ STR | SSS ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue
[ STR | SSS | SBC ]
Memory Box – SH44004 Black Glossy…
[ STR | SSS ]