Guest Designer for November at All That Scraps….

November 1, 2009August 8, 2011 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Have I been having a blast cutting up rubber the last few weeks! The November release for CC Designs is over the top cute and fun to create with. I love Winter/Christmas images! Amy R from All That Scraps emailed and asked me to be their guest designer for November and I wanted to, but was a little apprehensive of whether or not I could do it! But how could I resist!!! I couldn’t! So here I am today with two cards created with some of the November release. Each Monday for the month of November I will be back with projects from the November new stamps!

Meet “Nora” one of the new Holiday Swiss Pixies…dressed for the cold and snow that’s sure to come!

For this card I used this wonderfully, Winterish pattern paper from American Crafts. The snowflakes are embossed already! I cut a strip from the Gingerbread House sheet and punched the bottom with an EK Success Slim border punch. The snowflakes and holly are from an EK Success Winter punch set that is just new. The pine branch is a Martha Stewart punch. I used mini brads for the berries with a little slash of white pen. I do like to dry emboss lines in my leaves and I use a mouse pad and a stylus to do that. The sentiment stamps I used here is new from All That Scraps also, watch for the set called Christmas card Greetings! I used the Bazzill itty bitty brads for her pigtail holders…they’re about 1/16th of an inch and I LOVE them!

Meet the critters from “Christmas Time” set…they are having a time getting ready for Christmas!

The kitty decorating the tree, the bunny hanging an ornament and the doggy getting all wound up in the lights! I used everything in the set except the words “Merry Christmas” to make this Diorama card. Not sure you can really see how fun it is by my photos! I did mine different than the tutorial…figures…hehe…I thought they left too much at the sides, so I cut it down to 1 1/4 inches. I also made it a 5×7 size.

I’m guessing they are sure to make you smile! I’ve sure enjoyed coloring them and more to come!

ATS · cards · copics · Fall

Emma and her wheelbarrow…

October 19, 2009March 21, 2013 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Busy Emma…I’m sure she’s thinking of creative things to do with all her pumpkins! She was very fun to color. She is a CC Designs stamp. The falling leaves and pumpkins are from there also.

I’m entering this card for the create a scene challenge on the Saturday Spotlight blog.
I colored her with copic sketch markers….well, I have some Tria alcohol markers and I used those for her flesh tones this time. The Fall sentiment is a new Hero Arts wood mount stamp. The fence border punch is from Martha Stewart. Pumpkin brads from Making Memories. The pattern paper is an old, old Basic Grey set called Fusion…perfect for Fall…I’d forgotten all about it until I started digging! lol

ATS · cards · Copic Creations Challenge · copics · Fall

Copic Creations Challenge #13 Pumpkins

October 1, 2009September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks23 Comments

The Copic Creations Challenge this week is Pumpkins and sponsored by Christine Wooden of All That Scraps. I love these images…SO FUN to color!

The prize from All That Scraps is a stamp set or four individual stamps…WOW! You have until the next new challenge gets posted on the 15th of October to play. Read the eligibility box on the right sidebar of the Copic Creations challenge blog for details.
Here’s a close up of Pippi Pumpkin…I love these Swiss Pixies from CC Designs.

I layered her bangs, curls, arm and legs. Copics used on the pumpkins are YR21, 12, 14, 18, YG00, 95, 97, 99, E55, 57 59. Copics clear spica glitter marker on her wings. The pattern paper is Basic Grey Boxer. Twill from Technique Tuesday. Border punch by EK Success. Cloud background stamp is from Hero Arts. Shapes cut with Spellbinders Nestabilities dies. Pippi Pumpkin and sentiment are from CC Designs available at All That Scraps.

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Tilda cooking up somethin’

September 11, 2009August 12, 2017 Pam Sparks19 Comments

The project this month at the Magnolia-licious Highlites blog is this accordian folder holder made with business size envelops, chipboard, pattern papers and of course Magnolia stamps!

Here’s the front! This Tilda is from the Fall Kit you preorder, sight unseen! Full of yummy images!
They are available to order individually now. The kitchen cabinet is from hÄnglar stamps, also a Swedish stamp company. I colored with my copic sketch markers and the pattern papers are from My Minds Eye. The label punch and stamp are from Stampin Up. I used the Tim Holtz tiny attacher (staples) and my oval nestabilities dies for the rug. Hope that’s everything…give a holler if I missed something!

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PURE CUTE-NESS!!!

August 8, 2009April 1, 2014 Pam Sparks15 Comments

So…what do you do with all these cute images??? Somebody somewhere came up with this stair step card idea and it worked so well for these girls! The tutorial was in Splitcoaststampers weekly newsletter this week and it was just the trigger I needed to get going on these images! So…without further ado, I introduce you to the Sugarplums Beachie girls!

from the front…click to enlarge for clearer detail

from the side – click to enlarge

close up…

I stamped in Memento black ink on Neenah supersmooth classic crest white card-stock and colored with copic sketch markers. Border punches by Martha Stewart and Fiskars. Sand paper from True Value! The word stamps are from a Summer set by Technique Tuesday. The sun punch is an EK Success Paperkins punch. Hope they make you smile! There is NO DOUBT it’s Summer in Iowa today…humidity off the chart and HOT! ick, stickeeeeeeee!