Memory Box Snowy Forest 3D Embossing Folder…

December 10, 2020December 11, 2020 Pam Sparks17 Comments

I have two cards to share with you after playing around with this folder a couple days. It’s very pretty! I will show you the sparkly pics I took with my phone first! 😀

I inked the raised sky side with teal ink on this first one…after embossing I sprayed both cards with Sparkle spray. Can you say shimmery?!

This one I inked with brown first, then green on the side where the trees are raised. Pretty cool… it’s tricky keeping the ink off where you don’t want it but what I finally ended up doing was using a white Posca pen over the ink marks, letting it dry before I sprayed it with Sparkle spray and then the vellum heat embossed gold sentiment over the top… disguised and pretty!

Here’s some more pictures…I took too many…lol

Weird how the color changes laying down… same exact location as the standing up pictures!

Truly CAS cards after getting the hang of what you want the result to be. It just dawned on me that I didn’t make a plain ole white one! Oh… I will have to do that! Sprayed with Sparkle or Frost spray, it’ll be gorgeous! YAY! Easier yet! haha

Thanks so much for stopping by. I feel like a fish out of water here. Not keeping up with anything. My heart is with all my friends out there and know I think about you and I am emailing you in my head and so thankful for you all! Back to shopping… it’s fun this year…our older grands have ideas so it’s serious shopping and challenging! More education for grandma and grandpa! lol

ttul!

Here’s some links to what I used to make these two Winter wonderland cards!

Memory Box – EF1010 Snowy Forest 3D… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL497 Joyous Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	TE Liquid Watercolor – Shimmer [ TE ]
Tsukineko SPARKLE Sheer Shimmer… [ SSS ]	Tsukineko SPARKLE REFILL Sheer… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker… [ SBC ]
Scrapbook.com – Glitter Brush Marker… [ SBC ]	Memento GUM DROPS 12 Dew Drop Ink… [ SSS ]

birch press design · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Ornament · Poppystamps · Winter

Memory Box Large Vintage Sled Tag and Birch Press Design Pinpoint Snowflake…

December 4, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Sleds always take me back to my youth and so many nights of going to Fairmont Park for sledding and ice skating. The city closed off the perfect street for sledding. So much fun!

This new die is perfect for cards and tags a like. I used the Christmas Plaid paper pad paper and Christmas Quotes stamps and coordinating dies.

The mistletoe sprigs are from the new Mistletoe Wreath die set. I cut two, added baby pearls and twine.

I posted a snowflake ornament on Instagram not realizing the die was discontinued. So I decided to use this new die from Birch Press Design to make the same type… the pinpoint design of this Pinpoint Snowflake die makes it really easy to do… you don’t even have to score the center lines, you just fold right on the dots! I used six die cuts in white cardstock and ink blended on the edges after it was glued together.

So pretty… I need to get it hung on the tree and see if the light shines through the dots!

Not the best pictures… my camera settings got off and I didn’t realize it. ugh.

and little video…

I think I’m done getting the Christmas tree up…I want to get the garland on the stairway still…eek! How are you doing?

Thanks for stopping by!

Shopping links…

Memory Box – 94496 Large Vintage Sled… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94489 Mistletoe Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57385 Pinpoint… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – CB496 Christmas Quotes… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps CHRISTMAS… [ SSS ]	Memory Box – PP1009 Christmas Plaid… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Winter

Simon Says Stamp NEW DieCember Release Card…

December 3, 2020December 2, 2020 Pam Sparks10 Comments

How about a festive card today with the NEW Detail Bohemian Plate from Simon Says Stamp’s DieCember release! It was hard to cover up the pretty design but I think you can still see it.

A scrap of Memory Box plaid paper for accent… Memory Box Forest Pine Branch and Mistletoe Bundle for the focal points. The sentiment is from the poppystamps Christmas Greetings stamp set.

Click over and check out the new release HERE…

Thank you for clicking over! Happy cardmaking to you!

Simon Says Stamp DETAIL BOHEMIAN… [ SSS ]	Memory Box MISTLETOE BUNDLE Craft… [ SSS ]	Memory Box FOREST PINE BRANCH Craft… [ SSS ]
Memory Box CHRISTMAS PLAID 6×6 Paper… [ SSS ]	Poppy Stamps Clear Stamps CHRISTMAS… [ SSS ]

cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Shopping · Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Bold Merry Christmas Card and SALE!!!

November 26, 2020November 26, 2020 Pam Sparks5 Comments

Hi again! Happy Thanksgiving to you and a shopping update too!

Simon Says Stamp is having a ONE DAY sale on their brand and it’s today! I know…so hard to fit in shopping sometimes on a holiday. I’m working on crafts for the grandkids to do this afternoon! yay! Here’s the info in case you get a chance to click over!

For my card I used the Bold Merry Christmas Stencil, the sentiment is from the Chunky Christmas stamp set and I embellished with Christmas Foliage die set. I’ll link below. They’re on sale!

Distress Oxide inks and spatters…nothing complicated at all!

thanks for clicking over today! Thank you for shopping through my links too! I appreciate it! ❤

Links to what I used…

Simon Says Stamp Stencil BOLD MERRY… [ SSS ]	CZ Design Stamps and Dies CHUNKY… [ SSS ]	CZ Design Clear Stamps CHUNKY… [ SSS ]
CZ Design CHUNKY CHRISTMAS Wafer Dies… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp CHRISTMAS FOLIAGE… [ SSS ]

birch press design · cards · CAS · Christmas · Memory Box · Winter

Three Cards with Birch Press Design Stamps and Dies…

November 25, 2020 Pam Sparks9 Comments

Hi everyone! I had some festive cardmaking time yesterday…no plan…just winging it! I started with the teal-ish looking ornament card using the new BPD Christmas Ornament and Labels stamp set and coordinating die set. This could be made up so many different ways! Here I did some oxide and regular distress ink blending in Peacock Feathers, Speckled Egg and Evergreen Bough.

First I heat embossed the stamp in Ranger Detail Gold embossing powder on white cardstock. Then I ink blended. Then I die cut the ornament from that panel. Stamped/heat embossed the label on gold metallic cardstock and die cut it. The greens are from a die included in the coordinating die set. So is the ornament topper. There is a stamp for the topper too but I missed stamping it first!

All three cards are A2 size and mailable.

Then I got out the Delicate Pastel Glitter 6×6 cardstock pad.

Birch Press Design is known for their layering dies… this one is the NEW Mini Snowflake Frame and I used all three layers in the three pink glitter colors in this cardstock pad. Glued them together and cut the rectangles with the Baiscs set.

The silver cardstock is a matte silver but it looks super gray here…it’s really prettier IRL! Like the close up picture.

I die cut the BPD Joy Honey Script die… the bottom layer is three glued together.

This one, I just used Layer C from the BPD Mini Snowflake Frames and die cut it in the silver from the Polished Foil 6×6 Pad. I glued it to a black glossy cardstock panel that I layered on to another layer of the silver foil paper.

I had a scrap of the glossy black so I glued the die cut Big Peace Sugar Script die to it and layered it over the top with mounting tape.Very CAS but be careful with your glue and glossy cardstocks! eek! (I didn’t check on this Peace die before I made the card. I don’t see that it’s available anymore, there are other peace dies that would work just as well!)

It’s a very striking card in person. I was thinking while working on this that I’ve always done some gold/silver/glossy black cards in the past. What a pretty combo… I need to do it again this year too! lol

I started decorating a little around the house for company over the weekend. I love Christmas and being with family and friends…what I need right now!

God bless your Thanksgiving this year. I am thankful even in the midst of hard. We’ll just keep papercrafting ok?! ❤

Here’s what I used to make these cards…

Birch Press Design – 8154 Christmas… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57391 Mini… [ STR \| SSS ]	Birch Press Design – 57305 Joy Honey… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – FP1001 Polished Foil Pad… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box 6×6 paper pad – GP1001… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086… [ STR \| SSS ]