Memory Box …it’s high time we get together!!!

April 16, 2016April 21, 2016 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Welcome Saturday and everyone! Guess I’ll settle for this is how we’ll get together today! haha

Some time ago, I did a couple Balloon cards with inlay die cutting…when I saw a couple challenges this week, I knew, I HAD to play! So yesterday I made this. A happy card.

Memory Box dies, a little Doodlebug washi tape and a poppystamps sentiment! Now this balloon is retiring but Cindy has it in stock still. I saw there are new balloon dies though, so I’ll link to all of them in the inlinz below.

Using the mini ink blending tool, I sponged Salty Ocean Distress ink on to the Stitched Square die cut… I die cut a few of the clouds in the square first, that’s why they are deeper color around the cloud. The two clouds going off the square I die cut after I thought I was finished with the square. lol So I had to do a little inking to get the same deeper inking effect around the clouds. Just do it before you tape in the clouds.

I had fun making this! yay!

Linking to some challenges…

Virginia’s View Challenge – miss you, hello or friendship
Muse Challenge #161 – the square and inlaid die cutting

Happy Little Stampers – CASE the designer (take the design out of the box)

Curtain Call – Simplicity

And before you go… here are the inlaid balloon cards from my past…

A very happy hello to you card is in this post…

the sky’s the limit card is in this post…

Hot Air Balloons and clouds can be so much fun with clever sentiments! and good for this time of year when congrats are in order!

Thanks for ‘flying’ by today! It was so good to see you from high up!

Links to the products I used on this card (links for the other two cards are in their posts)…

Shopping · Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp brand FLASH SALE, Scrapbook.com Pick Your Promo Sale and new dies @SLS!!!!!

April 15, 2016April 15, 2016 Pam Sparks1 Comment

Yippee! I love Simon Brand products and figure you have a wish list too! 20% off! YAY! Use the code FLASH, April 15 – 17 for 20% the Simon brand! Click the ad or the text and it will take you directly to that page in the store.

AND…if you need a new Big Shot or Scrapbook.com has added lots of stamping products…check it out!

NEW Memory Box and poppystamps dies in stock at Starlitstudio.net!

Thanks for stopping by today and shopping through my links. I appreciate it! Thank you so much! I just ordered last week but…I think I need more now!!! lol

Birthday · cards · CAS · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Spellbinders dies

CAS(E) this Sketch #167….

April 12, 2016April 13, 2016 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Crazy thing…I thought, oh, this looks like a fun sketch…take the challenge Pam!

Hey, CAS is hard!!! lol Three cards later and I give up! lol

First card…I thought, use the Memory Box Grand Happy Birthday! Brilliant! until I decided to keep it all Memory Box dies/stamps. Didn’t really have a MB stamp that would work… I tried a few different alphabets…oh eek…should’ve started over but nah, try something else! haha I’ll show it to you anyway. I love enamel dots! lol

Then I remembered these old Spellbinders labels and decorative dies….sure…give it a try or several tries! lol

Be kind now…quit laughing! I knew it, I shouldn’t have posted this one! lol

I really like the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle dies though, don’t you?! lol

I’m gonna be courageous and link up this next one to the challenge…

and tell you all thanks for hanging in here with me! The thanks is a cool poppystamps die! The label is an old Spellbinders and there’s that SSS Stitched Rectangle set again.

I experimented and took a picture with my phone. Amazing… I did edit some but still…the quality is crazy good!

Oh, I did stamp a scratchy looking stamp on the labels. And I used up SIX brads! YAY! lol

Here’s the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge blog…. go ahead, give it a try! Fabulous cards from the team over there!

Thanks for stopping by today…I have a few cards for TE and cards for Printworks to post soon! So there’s hope! lol

p.s. Starlitstudio has the NEW Memory Box/poppystamps releases in stock! Have fun shopping!

Shopping Links to the supplies I used on these cards…

InLinkz.com

Card Sketch · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Memory Box · Paper Smooches · Spring

Muse Challenge, Memory Box and Paper Smooches…

April 10, 2016April 20, 2016 Pam Sparks34 Comments

Hi everybody! yep, it’s raining here and it’s our youngest daughter’s birthday which got me to thinking about cards and the Muse Challenge that I’ve been wanting to jump in on this week!

I love Michele’s card and was inspired by her element popped up in the corner of the rectangle. I left my rectangle kinda big cuz I didn’t want to cut off that much of the die but I kinda wish I would’ve now. Oops, I added a layer and forgot the sentiment was on a banner. I should’ve sent myself the picture and had it up on my phone I guess. Can’t trust my brain! lol

I used some dies I haven’t used very much so that was fun.

The Umbrella is from Magnolia Sweden (I don’t see it in stock in any of the US online stores, you can probably order it directly from Magnolia Sweden though)… the scallop stitched rectangle is from My Favorite Things… the rain background and stitched rectangle are Memory Box and the boots are from Paper Smooches. I stamped the boots with Evergreen Bough Distress Ink on the mini MISTI. I stamped and cut out a mask and inked the inside of the boots with Evergreen Bough and Hickory Smoke Distress Inks.

The next card I made for stamp club here. The theme was April Showers Bring May Flowers, so puddles with splashes just seemed like fun! All the stamps and the die are from Paper Smooches. The stitched rectangle die is Memory Box. The polka dot paper is My Favorite Things, the Lollipop and Cookie Monster layer and card-base are Taylored Expressions.

and a close up … splish splash…

It’s interesting to see the difference in the background colors of the photos. The welcome Spring card pictures were from Friday a.m. when the sun was shining… the umbrella card was late afternoon today with no sun but plenty of light.

Both cards are A-2 size.

Thanks for looking at my Spring cards! I appreciate it! Have a good week!

Here’s shopping links to what I used…

cards · Die Piecing · rubber stamps · Shabby Chic · Spring · Taylored Expressions · Techniques

Taylored Expressions April Release Day…

April 7, 2016 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Welcome to my post for Taylored Expressions April Release! Today I’m showcasing the NEW ‘Some Like it Hot’ stamp set! So many FABULOUS sentiments! Made you smile!

The NEW April release products are in the TE store right now! YAY!

I used the NEW Build a Bookmark die cut from watercolor card-stock for the base and the ‘steam’. Then the NEW Stacked Mugs die cut in black card-stock and coated with Glossy Accents. (the steam too) The die cuts the card-stock pieces to go behind the mugs too! I used Red Pepper and Cookie Monster TE card-stock.

I inked the tag a lot with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink, then I got the bookmark wet, threw on some Walnut Ink crystals and dried it with the heat tool. An eyelet, ribbon and brad embellish the top. I love it! We used to make everything brown and coffee stained, so it was fun to revisit this technique!

Here’s what I used for the bookmark…

Next up, a card…

Another fun sentiment from this NEW stamp set! This time I embossed it with white embossing powder. The NEW Stacked Mugs is cut from white card-stock three times and glued together. I used the flowers from the NEW Build a Bookmark to embellish the corners of the frame.

Here’s what I used for the card…

Such fun NEW stamp sets and die sets! To see what the other TE designers made, click over to the TE blog and scroll through Taylor’s post and at the bottom you’ll see links to their blog posts. Always LOVE more inspiration!

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy creating!