Author: Pam Sparks

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Kicking off 2012 with 5 faves from 2011…

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Everyone is posting their faves from the year,  so I had to jump in!  Thanks for sharing everyone and thanks for looking on my blog too!

I loved how this easel with add on’s card worked out…Hot, hot days of Summer

You Make Me Happy

Shabby Birdhouse Gift-cards in a Pizza Box

Anya’s Birthday Easel card with a Stopper

Tilda with a Letter

That was hard!  So many I could have picked that I liked!  It was a fun creative year ! I’m looking forward to 2012 and more fun stamping and sharing!  Happy New Year and thanks for sharing your stamping too!

Thinking up to Debby’s challenge…

ATS · ATS Review · cards · CC Designs · Christmas · copics · rubber stamps · Sweet November · Winter

Sweet November Winter Kids Zach…

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All That Scraps Tuesday review today… CC Designs Sweet November Winter Kids line is featured today on the ATS blog HERE.  I needed one more Christmas card for a nephew last night… Zach was perfect for a young man!  I tried coloring his headband or what is that called?  camouflage. lol  The piece of pattern paper is from October Afternoon’s 8×8 campfire pad.  The holly punch is from The Punch Bunch and I punched it in two colors and layered the lighter over the darker.  I had to edge the papers with Walnut stain Distress ink and my ink blending tool.  AmyR stamps Snowman Sayings for the Coolest Holiday Greetings sentiment.  Zach is “cool”!

Challenges… Stampin’ for the Weekend  – anything goes; The ABC Challenge – F is for Frosty;

Stamps and Such I used on this card…

Thanks for stopping by!  have a great stamping week!

ATC's · Christmas · copics · Distress Stains · Magnolia · PTI · punches · Quickutz · rubber stamps · Tags · Winter

An ATC and two tags…

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Merry Christmas to all!  Every year I’m more amazed at how fast time goes by!  ssssshhhh I don’t want to admit it’s because I’m older and just slower! pout!

Here’s an ATC (artist trading card) I just made for a “four for four” mail swap…had fun with the  In the Meadow stamps and dies from PTI (Papertrey Ink).  The Winter Town stamp is from Hero Arts.  I used Distress stains to ink up the stamp… can’t remember which two now…ugh!   Frosted Lace stickles for the glitter.

For stamping and die cutting the sledder, here’s what I did… I die cut the sledder,  tacked it down with a little tape to my craft mat.  Used the stamp a ma jig to stamp the image on the die cut.  I tried stamping it first and then cutting but I just couldn’t get it lined up good enough to suit me that way.  The partial silhouette of the snowman is an older Stampin Up punch. The sentiment is from PTI also.

A couple gift tags…

This was for our oldest daughter, Heather.  Her birthday is Christmas Day.  The nurses had sewn up flannel stockings for the Christmas Day babies…I have photos of her as a baby in that stocking.  When this Tilda image came out,  I had to have it!  Tilda is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers.  Hair E30, 15, 08. 17 and 18 or 19,  can’t remember at the moment.  Skin E000, 00, 21 and cheeks diluted R20.  Green BG93, 96, Red W3, R35, 37, 39 and 59.  Fluff E40,41, 42, 43 and a white gel pen.

I stamped this Hero Arts typewriter on kraft card-stock and on natural card-stock too.  I cut out the natural and adhered it to the typewriter after I stamped the message on it with the stamp a ma jig.  The two holly leaves are an EK Success punch and the bow is an old quickutz die.

I could go on creating for Christmas for months and still have new stuff to use!  Crazy!  My favorite time of year!  What a mess I have in my stamp room! EEK!  oh well,  I’m resting up today and enjoying the Christmas tree a little bit longer!

Here’s what 1800 lights on a 9 foot Christmas tree look like at night and it didn’t tip over once this year!  yea! lol  (my photo skills don’t do it justice!)

Merry Christmas and God bless you!  I appreciate your friendship and support through this blog!  

Stamps and Such…

ATS · ATS Wed. Challenge · CC Cutters · CC Designs · Christmas · LOVE

ATS Wed. Challenge and SALE!

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A new challenge starts today on the All That Scraps Wednesday Challenge blog.   Make a treat box/bag.  I have this Accucut scallop box die that is just the right size to hold two of these chocolates!  Email me if you want the name and number of the die.

I used several of the CC Designs Cutters dies…the new Leafy Branch,  Phlox Flower dies and  the others are the Leaves, Rolling Rose,  Lock and Key, Tags & Banners and Parenthesis. The “with love” sentiment is from the new AmyR Stamps Heart-y Sayings set.  The tinsel-ish looking tie is from a Teresa Collins ribbon pack.  I did edge the papers with Walnut Stain distress ink and the ink blending tool.  I rolled up the rolling rose die, glued it (video under my tutorials tab), turned it over on my desk and hit it with a rubber mallet! lol   I like the “squashed” look on top of the Phlox flower die cuts! lol

Thanks for stopping by!  Wishing you all the best this Christmas season! Take care and have some dark chocolate!

Stamps and such…

Birthday · Card Sketch · cards · copics · MFT · Penny Black · punches · rubber stamps

Happy Birthday boy….

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Super cute boy with his dog stamp from Penny Black for our Grandson Bryant’s 5th birthday!!!  Little boy logo from Close To My Heart… Happy Birthday to You from Hero Arts.  Star border punch is from American Girl…Zig Zag border punch is from EK Success.  Pattern paper from October Afternoon.  Fence die is from My Favorite Things. Links below…

I used the sketch from this weeks challenge sketch from the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge blog, HERE.  Always love their sketches and the inspiration from the DT there!  The challenge on the Penny Black and More Challenge blog is birthdays!

A cling mount stamp, inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers.  Hair – E50,  30, 23, 25, Skin – E000, 00, 21 and cheeks R20 diluted with a little R00 refill,  Shirt – R24, 27, 29, 59,  Overalls – BG70, 72, Dog – E30’s, Shoes – E40’s.  Papers were edged with Walnut Stain Distress ink…on sale at All That Scraps.com this week!

Thanks for stopping by!  ttul!

Stamps and Such…