Sweet November Winter Kids Zach…

December 27, 2011December 29, 2011 Pam Sparks19 Comments

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…

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Thanks for stopping by! have a great stamping week!

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ATS Wed. Challenge and SALE!

December 21, 2011April 23, 2013 Pam Sparks11 Comments

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…

Heart-y Sayings	lock and key embossing die	Phlox Flower Die	Leafy Branch Die	Leaves die	5 Point Flower die
Parenthesis dies	Rolling Rose Die	banner die	Tombow Mono Multi Glue	Versafine Onyx Black large ink pad	Christmas Home trims

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I heart YOU….

December 13, 2011January 13, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

How sweet is this NEW Lula Big Heart! Part of the December CC Designs Release! I paper pieced her heart with Basic Grey pattern paper from the Eskimo Kisses 6×6 pattern paper pad. The card base pattern paper is from the same collection but it’s a piece from the 12×12 size. Such a happy Swiss Pixies Lula! The “I heart you” sentiment is from the new AmyR Stamps Heart-y Sayings set. Martha Stewart heart border…Fiskars teeny heart punch (hand held paper boy type punch)…holly is from an old All Night Media border punch or the old Fiskars holly border punch has tiny holly leaves too. Can’t find either one to link to though… sorry! I love teeny stuff… sometimes I buy something I don’t like just because of a teeny part of it I want! lol

On the inside I used another piece of the Eskimo Kisses pattern paper from the 6×6 pad. The heart and lacy border are the new Big Hearts die from the CC Designs Cutters December Release! So cool! They emboss a stitching line around it too! No sentiment yet, but I will use something from the Amy R Sentiment sets for Christmas.

Lula is stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink on Papertrey Ink select white card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Hair – E50, YR31, YR21, YR23

Face – E000, E00, E21 and R20 for the cheeks (this R20 is one I diluted with some R00 refill)

Dress and socks – B000, 00 and some light warm grays

Uniball white gel pen for the dots on the scallop heart and cheeks

I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge HERE

I used Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper because I saw the challenge on the Basic Grey Challenges blog was Anything Goes HERE

The Challenge at Wee Memories Challenge blog is Holiday HERE

Stamps and Such…

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Meet Max and Georgia…new Winter Kids

December 7, 2011December 8, 2011 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!

Stamps and Such…

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Back From the Past…

November 29, 2011November 30, 2011 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Christmas Trevor is patiently awaiting the moment he can tear into these presents! He’s so cute with his antler headband and candy cane shirt! I colored him with Copic Sketch Markers…check my post from yesterday for the link to Dick Blick’s sale and a great price on Copics! Then in the sidebar on the right… Copic refills HALF PRICE!!! I already ordered what I needed… yea! Hair E 13, 15, 18, 19 … Skin E000, 00, 01 … Shirt B000, 00, 02, 05 …Pants and shoes E40’s …

I started out with the Sweet Stop Sketch challenge blog open on my computer….It was the inspiration behind this card…might not look exactly like it… but that’s where I started! Sketch SSS136. Thanks Korin for the great inspiration!

I’m linking to Craft Your Passion Challenge Blog – the them is “tis the season”.

I had to try out my new EK Success ornament border punch… love it! I linked to it on Amazon because that was the only place I found it in stock online. Super cute Imaginisce chipboard sticker and die cut tree… links below. Echo Park 6×6 Season’s Greetings pad, in stock at ATS.

on the inside I used some more of the Season’s Greetings pad and a brand NEW Printworks sentiment from their Christmas release.. love it! I linked to it below also. Since we’re all thinking about PRESENTS! (and buying our own, hehe) I linked up some of the tools and things I use all the time! I LOVE the Color Bee Scissors!!!! I have a zillion pairs but for fussy cutting…these are the best!!!! My friend Alice clued me in to them and I became a believer immediately! They are the only ones I use for cutting out images! They last too…well, don’t get glue on them… use one of those other pairs you thought would be good to cut out that stuff w/glue on it! lol I use the Tim Holtz Tonic scissors for cutting rubber stamps….they’re grrrrreat!

I heard gals rave about Craft mats for a couple years before I finally purchased my first one a few years ago…now I have two! hehe Can’t create without it! Same with the ATG gun… oh my… definitely the most $$$ saving thing I own!!! I am not kidding…. the best thing! I know… it’s big… BUT… mine sits on the floor, right where I can put my arm/hand down and grab it…gotta have it! Then the Stamp a ma jig… yep… I use it every time I make a card or anything that needs lined up… another BEST thing! The Tonic 12×12 Trimmer….cuts straight… yep, it does and the Martha Stewart scoreboard….true love! Course you know I have videos under my tutorial tab for making envelopes with it… AWESOME! All this “stuff” makes me happy! If you need more ideas for what to buy yourself… stamps and dies…can’t go wrong! hohoho!