Author: Pam Sparks

Two Peas in a Bucket

Smash Books…

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Have you heard about them?  So cool! I wonder if it would help with the pile on the kitchen counter?!!! I can also see sketch ideas for stamping and scrapbooking in there too and a place to keep track of any kind of inspiration trigger!  lol  Two Peas has them in stock now, HERE!  Here’s a two minute You Tube showing how FUN they are!  My daughters are crazy about them,  (ordered last night)  so I thought I’d share with you too.  I LOVE the pen! lol  I know what they’d be good for!!!  recipes!  oh and every once in awhile there is a Baby Blues or Dennis the Menace comic that I just HAVE to keep! : )

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cards · CC Designs · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · rubber stamps · Shabby Chic

Shabby Birdhouse Gift cards in a pizza box…

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A “pizza box”!!! lol  Here’s how to make it on SCS,  HERE.  At first I couldn’t think of what to put inside but then it hit me that  4×4 gift cards and envelopes would be great in there!  I did make my box larger than the pattern on SCS. Mine is 4.5 x 4.5 finished and I used a 6.5 x 12 piece of double sided pattern paper from the Butterfly Garden by Pink Paislee collection.  I also used the 6×6 matching pad for “parts”.

Four gift cards and envelopes… I used my MS scoreboard envelope maker… LOVE that thing!  CC Designs rubber stamps… links below.

Close up of how I colored the birdhouse!  I wanted it to look really rustic…eek!  it does! lol  I used Distress ink pads and Ranger Cut ‘n Dry nibs and just colored it in… quite easy… vintage photo, walnut stain,  pumice stone, weathered wood, aged mahogany, peeled paint, pine needle, mustard seed…I had FUN!  I used a crackle stamp from Magenta on a couple of the stamped images and on the Swirly Butterfly die cut.

I thought it needed an easier way to get it open,  so I got out a circle punch and punched in a bit so it’s real easy to get open now.  *here’s a tip for you though*  Punch the circle before you tape/glue it into the box shape!  *’nother tip* STAMP before you tape/glue it into the box!!!  YEP,  rather tricky stamping on a flimsy box!

Other challenge blogs I’m linking to… Creative Impsirations Challenge blog – bling and glitz … A Spoon full of Sugar Challenge blog – anything goes … Craft US Crazy challenge blog – use something new … Stamp Something Challenge blog – anything goes…

 


See you next time!  Thanks for stopping by!

ATS Magnolia Challenge · Card Sketch · cards · CC Designs · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Easel · Magnolia · rubber stamps

Edwin and Butterfly Dreams…

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Good morning! Edwin has something “just for YOU”!

Here’s some more pictures of my card…

Some crazy coloring on this one… his shirt started out with YG11,  added teeny bits of YG 13 & 17 but it was a little bright so I colored over with W00 then went back in with some of the greens again, then some YG0000… and so it goes!  Do you want to know about the jeans then? lol  More crazy! lol  Started by coloring all with BG0000,  then did tip to tip with BG13 & then BG18 but you have to swipe on scrap paper before you color it on the image. eek!  it’s fun!  crazy coloring is why I haven’t made any videos! lol Well the real reason is because I don’t have a video camera or maybe I would have been persuaded by now!

Couldn’t decide between these last two so bear with me,  I’m posting both! I LOVE these new Doohickey’s Butterfly Dreams dies!  I used all of the new ones except one! lol  Links below for everything.

I used my new stopper idea again too!  This time I used oval punches…three of them… the back one goes the opposite direction and is scored in half and the bottom half is taped under the brown base.  I just love this stopper stuff! lol   oh and can you see that cool arrow brad?  so happy I bought those!  I usually resist that stuff,  but you need extras for boys,  so it was a good thing!

I used the sketch from Sweet Stop Sketches Challenge blog but I think the main image is supposed to be a sentiment,  so not sure if I can link up yet or not!  Probably not… but I love Korin’s sketches so I used it anyway cuz I needed a jump start yesterday! : )) ETA – Korin says, “yes, link up!”  Linking to the new Craft Us Crazy challenge blog… use something NEW.

Here’s the stamps and stuff I used on this Easel card…

Thanks for visiting today!  I LOVE hearing from you…I’m still in awe of all the friends I’ve made out here in the stamping WWW!  Thanks for taking the time to comment, make me smile and so many times laugh out loud!
Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia

Magnolia Butterfly Dreams Doohickey’s Dies!!!

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NOW for the pictures of the new dies from the Butterfly Dreams Doohickey’s Die collection! I resized the photos so that they are the actual size they cut IRL.

Here’s theGrass Lace die,  the tree and the bud from the Magnolia Tree die set.  It’s hard to see in the photo but the tree trunk has embossed lines it it like wood grain…cool!

The Magnolia Tree die set has several pieces… the flower below is made from the three leaf  die that is in the packaged Magnolia Tree die set. I cut three pink pieces and one green piece and layered them up…they already have a hole in them for the brad! Super easy and so cool… love the lines that cut in the petal and you could shade easy with any of the coloring mediums. I left it plain, so you could see what it’s like right out of the die.

Here’s the Heart Swirl die. So dainty and cuts perfectly!  The two teeny butterlies are from the packaged Magnolia Tree die set… they are so cute!  Gonna be so much fun to use!

Look at this awesome Dream tag!  it’s a set of two separate dies… so if you wanted you could even use the tags separately.  LOVE it!  The Swirly Butterfly die…oh wow!  It’s two pieces and cuts perfectly!!!  gorgeous!  LOVE it!

And this adorable Scallop Tag die!  I love it!

Thanks for stopping by!

 

Hero Arts · Two Peas in a Bucket

Wishing you well…

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I saw the sketch over at Card Pattern Challenge blog earlier this week and thought it would be fun and at CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog they’re wanting to see twine and buttons,  just the things to get me stamping today for my stamp club swap card…doing flowers. I’m also linking to the That’s Krafty Challenge – use kraft card-stock.

A bunch of Hero Arts stamps…Posie is inked up with Spiced Marmalade and colored with copic markers.  YR 12 – 18 and YG 90’s.  Added the black Zig Writer marker after I colored.

Links to the products I used…