Monday Guest Designer Spotlight at All That Scraps…

November 16, 2009September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks15 Comments

I like this job! insert grin! Such fun stamps to create with and challenging too…look at these kids…I stamped them…wondering what am I going to do…start coloring and the magic happens! Decided they should be ATC’s…cute, cute, cute! I think this first one would be an adorable Valentine! There are four of these cute kids by Chubby Pencil in the November release at All That Scraps…adorable!

Showed them to my grandchildren this afternoon and Gena the two year old didn’t want to give them back to me!!! She cried! She especially loved the frog boy…what a girl! lol

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Copic Creations challenge #16

November 15, 2009November 14, 2009 Pam Sparks23 Comments

The challenge at Copic Creations blog this time is coloring the color “gold”.
I Brake For Stamps provided the images for the design team and is sponsoring an awesome giveaway! Be sure to check out the details on the blog and play a long with us. WOW, I’m jealous of the winner for sure this time!
I really enjoyed coloring this Christmas bell image. Course it helps that I love red, green and holly! I used copic sketch markers and here’s the list….
Bells…Y00, 15,26,28, YR24, W3, E35
Mistletoe…YG91, G85
Holly…G20, 24, 28, 29
Bow…R20, 24,27,59, E07, W5

EK Success holly punch, Martha Stewart pine branch punch, sentiment is computer generated, Cuttlebug embossing folder, Coluzzle circle cutter, this needed larger circles than the nestabilities. The edge of the circle is aged with Weathered Wood distress ink.

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The Never Ending Card….

November 14, 2009February 17, 2011 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Have you heard of it before? Very fun and easy to make…here’s the video I watched and liked the best of all the ones out there…
The first photo is the front…

Then it opens like a double door to this…

Then you fold the top over and the bottom back to this…

Then you open it like double doors again to this…write your message here…

Then fold the top over and the bottom back again and you are back to the front!

Here’s a close up of the front…tried to capture the sparkle from the Glimmer Mist and spica clear glitter pen.

A very fun and easy project…well, challenging to figure out what to put where! I did one that I put pattern paper on all the squares and rectangles and that is cool too.

cards · copics · Fall · Just Magnolia · Magnolia · Nellie Snellen

Delight in the Ordinary….

November 13, 2009September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Just for FUN! Our area stamp club meets this afternoon and I wanted a card to swap. This is what I came up with…. I used the sketch from Just Magnolia…wow, I love it…sketches usually take me forever but this one didn’t! YEA! Thanks Mina!

Dig these new flowers?!!! Awesome… new punch and emboss from Nellie Snellen in the Netherlands…
Paper is My Minds Eye and Bazzil, Fiskars and Martha border and branch punches, Stampin up white taffeta ribbon I dyed with my copic markers, Hero Arts pearls, Tilda from Magnolia and the sentiment from Wordsworth. Hope she makes you smile and get to work! HA! oh and she is colored with copic sketch markers. I colored her a couple days ago and I don’t have a clue what I used. bum, I would like to know myself!!!

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Inky Impressions Challenge #23

November 11, 2009November 11, 2009 Pam Sparks15 Comments

This weeks Inky Impressions challenge is to create an ornament or add an ornament to your card or project. I decided to make a tree with a wreath frame for Angelica and her lantern to go in. She is one of the new release images, so fun to color! I LOVE that!

I’m always trying to get a better photo. I struggled getting Angelica to focus, wondering if it’s because the wreath is on top of the image. Look how “in focus” the berries are…it just dawned on me that those berries should be white!!! This is mistletoe! lol Any one know any tricks? for the picture, not my goofy mix-up! bah! lol

The tree is multiple cuts from the cricut cartridge “joys of the season”…cut at 5.5 inches. The wreath is from the same cartridge cut at 3 inches. I used Bazzil card-stock. The ribbon is double sided red on one side and burgundy-ish on the other side…LOVE this stuff. Angelica is colored with sketch copic markers…so cute all decked out for Winter….on her way for a caroling party, I’m sure! oh, back to the ornament…white pen on the berries and Christmas red stickles. ETA, that should be white! bah!

Join us for the challenge and check out the design team call…yep, it’s that time again! and the info is all on the link.

Here’s a picture I took last night in the light tent before I put the white pen and stickles on…wondering if the focus is any better…love this holly paper, Bo Bunny…no wonder I was thinking red berries!!!!!