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Woodland Wreath…

Pam Sparks20 Comments

Oh, I had fun getting gluey with this new die set from CC Designs for February!  It’s called Acorns and Leaves. I used several CC Designs dies and Ranger black enamel in the flower centers.  The flowers are the smallest flowers from the Phlox Flower die and the Five Point Flower die.  I doubled the kraft paper cord and tied a bow,  so I’d have double loops on both sides of the knot.

The sentiment is from the NEW AmyR Stamps sentiment set called Be Happy.  On the inside I made another little bouquet with an acorn and leaves and stamped the sentiment from this set that says, best birthday wishes. 

Click over to the ATS blog to see what the other ATS designers created for today using these new dies!  Totally inspiring!  I love this Woodland theme that Christine came up with!  AND… be sure to link up for a chance to win… on all three posts! woohoo! Who swallowed a happy pill? me?  nah… just happy to be here!

Several months ago I finally took the plunge and ordered the Perfect Layers rulers!  I was so tired of cutting card mats and re-cutting card mats and trying to achieve the perfect margin on all four sides!!!   WELL… I can tell you the answer to the problem!!!  THESE TOOLS are awesome!!!  Time saving!!! Keep you from pulling your hair out wonderful!!!!! Hallelujah!  My sanity is still in tact!  Quit laughing! hehe

I will make a video showing how I use them but in the meantime… check out the video in the store.  If you order through my link you’ll save 5%!   If you love having perfect layers like I do,  you will LOVE these tools!

You can scroll through the cards on my blog and you’ll see I’m rather biased to the 1/16 th in. mat… oh,  it makes me HAPPY!  so very happy…just the time it saves alone!  I’m gonna ask Julie if they’d consider making a ruler for 3/32 nds…  now that would be divine!  Now you know… I’m crazy! lol  Well,  come on… don’t you think we need something between 1/16 th and 1/8 th inch too???!!!

ok – I’ll shut up about it…

Thanks for the visit!  ttul!

here’s what I used today to create this humdinger of a card! hohoho  – now where did that come from?!

 

ATS · ATS Preview · Birthday · cards · CAS · CC Designs · copics · rubber stamps · Sweet November

Birthday Surprise!

Pam Sparks27 Comments

Surprise!  I’m back, three days in a row!  Amazing! lol Today’s Preview for CC Designs is the NEW Sweet November Birthday Fairwees release.  I used Piper’s Surprise.  Over on the ATS blog, HERE,  you can see all the other adorable new images,  six in all!  Be sure to link up for a chance to win on all three Preview Day posts!

I went with a CAS card today…although the simple part sure can’t count toward the amount of time spent! I find that clean and simple takes me almost as long as the other kind of cards I normally do!!!  Wacko! It doesn’t help when you make booboos!  haha!

The sentiment is from CC Designs AmyR Stamps Mixed Messages Sentiment set… the embossing is done with Nestabilities Labels 18.  Piper is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Papertrey ink select white card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch markers.  Hair E50, YR31, 21, 23, 24 and E37; Skin E000, 00, 21 and a diluted (w/R00) R20 for the cheeks; Present BG01, 02, 05; Bow W3, R35, 37, 39.  White Signo  Gel pen for the white dots.

All That Scraps still has a clearance sale going on,  link over in my sidebar, close to the top.  New Products too!  Super sweet new stamps by Sylvia Zet, postmarks  and  neat paper pads! HERE‘s the New Products category in the store if you want to see!

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Thanks for stopping by!  Enjoy the show on the ATS blog.  I’ll post links to the new release tonight!  Thanks for shopping through my blog!  I appreciate it!  Happy Stamping!

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Monkey Zoo celebrates!

Pam Sparks27 Comments

Are you smiling?  This little monkey is new for CC Designs January release and called Monkey Zoo.  Comes with it’s own birthday sentiment too!  I was washing up a few pans, thinking…wanting something fun to create with this cutie and thought circus tent!  Well,  sure enough,  googled and found this card HERE.  So cute and easy to piece together too!

I printed Heidi’s pattern and then held it behind my pattern paper by my desk light so I could see through it to cut it out.  To make the card I used a piece of card-stock scored at folded at 4 1/4 in. wide.  I held the tent base piece on top of the folded card and cut on the tent pattern sides.  Adhered it to the tent top.  I used a toothpick on the top to hold the flag and bead.  On the back I cut a piece of card-stock the same color as the folded card and glued it over the top so that the back side is all covered and the same color.  Cute!  Easy too.

Inside…

another side view…

and from the front…

When I was in grade school…one of the gals in our class had a pet monkey!  Crazy….I’m not much of an animal lover, so of course I didn’t hold it!  eek! lol  They are entertaining in the zoo, that’s for sure!

Thanks for your visit and comments….I appreciate it!

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the new dies again….

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I had fun again this afternoon playing with the NEW Leafy Branch and Phlox dies… I don’t think they’d hire me for flower arranging at the florist but I sure enjoy trying with paper!   The dies and new stamps are in the store now… links below!

I used some paper and die cuts from a Kaisercraft 6×6 Christmas pattern paper pad… can’t find it anywhere to link to.  All That Scraps did have it so hopefully you already have it too!   Bazzill card-stock and a holly punch from The Punch Bunch.  The pearls are from Hero Arts and I colored them with a YR23 copic sketch marker.  The sentiments are from  Amy R Stamps Merry and Bright sentiments set,  linked below. On the inside I used the Friends sentiment from the Handy Greetings Amy R Stamps set.  I edged everything with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

I’m linking to a Christmas anything goes challenge at Joan’s Gradens Weekly Challenge… another fun store!

I’m linking to the Christmas Wishes challenge at Joanna Sheen Challenges blog… I love this store too!

Holler if you have any questions.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy the new CC Designs December Release!  I appreciate it!

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Meet Max and Georgia…new Winter Kids

Pam Sparks23 Comments

So cute!  Having fun in the snow!  Four new Winter Kids from Sweet November this December release.  To see the other two, Tess and Zach and see more creations with all four,  click over to the ALL That Scraps blog, HERE.

I had that space there to the left of Max and thought…tree…then Leafy Branch die…clip, clip and it’s a tree! lol

The December release will be in the store tomorrow night at 10 p.m.  I’ll come back here and add links to the new stuff if you want to check back.

Brrrr… it got cold here in Iowa this week!  Supposed to warm up Saturday… I’ll be ready for that!  Time for some cocoa this a.m.!

I used old American Crafts Holiday/Winter paper today… I know…bad of me but I always love a row of houses…if the paper has houses on it,  I want it… then I hoard it and use pieces here and there! lol  ‘fess up…you’re hoarding something too! lol

I’ll be back to add links after I grab a bite of breakfast!

Thanks for stopping by and sharing the fun of stamping with me!

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