poppystamps Floral Cluster CAS Birthday card…

February 23, 2018February 23, 2018 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi cardmaker friends! I’ve missed getting on here and sharing! Here’s a clean and simple birthday card, well, cuz, the birthdays just keep coming faster and faster!!!

Some die cutting…distress oxide ink blending/coloring, a stamped sentiment and done! yay!

Almost like back to the basics with these punch looking flowers but I love how they’re scattered and such happy colors!

A few mat enamel dots and it’s a sweet birthday card.

Question for you…have any of you received cards made with the do it yourself enamel dots? How did they travel through the mail? Did they squish/flatten?

ok – links to what I used below…have a great weekend! I have some more birthday cards to finish and I know…valentines! lol Our family Valentine/Birthday party is Sunday night so I’ll be back with more next week! Take care!

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pads [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]	*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG** ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM \| JGG ]
ink blending tool spinner [ SBC \| SSS ]	Doodlebug Sprinkles – Matte Girl… [ STR \| SSS ]	Doodlebug Sprinkles – Matte Boy… [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 2031 Floral Cluster… [ STR ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memento – Tuxedo Black – full sized pad [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]
Memento Tuxedo Black – reinker [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS \| BLT ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM \| BLT ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC \| BLT ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG \| BLT ]
Scor-Tape; Scor Tape [ STR ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC \| BLT ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC \| BLT ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR \| BLT ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG \| BLT ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLT ]

Anniversary · Birthday · cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Recollections · Winter

Deer Head cards…

December 22, 2017January 13, 2018 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Our anniversary is in December and so I made Tim a Winterish feeling card this year using a die set from Recollections. The sentiment stamp is from Memory Box. HERE is the pattern paper I used.

I really had fun with this for some reason… I suppose it was because for once I was able to incorporate pattern paper without stressing about it! hoho

So I made 6 for Tim to use for Christmas cards that he sends using a plaid from Photoplay Paper. Cindy has sets with plaids that I want to use next… this one HERE, this one HERE and another one HERE. We could even take this into Valentines HERE! lol

I tried using LED lights to take the last two pictures… I really like how bright they are for working… my husband doesn’t mess around…these are 300 watts! lol He brought how 500 watts too but I said, no, you keep those for work. Yes, these are light bulbs! whoa! lol

Entering some challenges…

Watercooler Wednesday Masculine anything goes

winner @ WW! Thank you ladies!

Double D Challenges – Winter

Anyway, I better bet back to cleaning, wrapping and making tags today. I have some more to share…so I’ll be back to bug you! 😀

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Birthday · cards · copics

Mama Elephant Tiny Heroes birthday card…

October 4, 2017December 9, 2017 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hi everyone! Back with another birthday card. This one was for Lizzie Faith who turned to double digits this year! The Big 10! Liz is a sweetheart. Loves to draw, make cards and read! We have the make cards and reading in common anyway! lol

Lizzie is one out of seven red headed grandchildren. If you add 2 of our 3 daughters we have 9 red heads in the family. 😀

So this little hero girl had to have red hair. She’s colored with Copic Sketch markers.

I masked off the white circle and light path, inked the background, then masked to color in the yellow with Distress ink Squeezed Lemonade and an ink blending tool. I can’t remember what colors I used for the sky! I know I used the Frost Shimmer Spray on it though and then tapped the bottle to get it to drop the splats.

Lizzie is a kitty lover too. They have outside cats and seems like they have kittens a couple times a year. She takes care of them and loves them…she’ll be a good mom some day! So the kitten hero was perfect for her too!

The skyline is from an Open Studio Memory Box set.

It’s always so fun when you’re trying to get a card made to ‘fit’ a person and you feel you succeed in the end! You know what I mean, right?!

Linking to some challenges…

Addicted to Stamps and More – Make your Mark

Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes

Seize the Birthday – Anything Goes

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thank you ladies!

Crafty Animals – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by and holler if you have any questions! Hope she made you smile!

Here’s what I used to make this card… (STR takes you to starlitstudio, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp, SBC takes you to scrapbook.com and BLIC takes you to Dick Blick)

Mama Elephant Clear Stamp TINY HEROES… [ SSS ]	Mama Elephant TINY HEROES DIE… [ SSS ]	wide open spaces [ STR ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Versafine – Onyx Black – full-sized… [ STR \| SSS ]
VersaFine – Onyx Black – mini ink pad [ STR \| SSS ]	Versafine Onyx Black – Reinker [ STR \| SSS ]	Memento – Tuxedo Black – full sized pad [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad – Tuxedo Black [ STR \| SSS ]	Memento Tuxedo Black – reinker [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Mini Stamp Pad 1×1 [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Ink Refill .5oz [ STR \| SSS ]	Super Fine Detail White Embossing… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| BLIC \| SSS ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	3L Scrapbook Adhesives – 3D Foam… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC ]	Fiskars – 9 inch Bypass Paper Trimmer [ SBC ]	Fiskars Deluxe Paper Trimmer with… [ STR \| SSS ]
Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Copic [ SSS \| BLIC ]	distress oxide inks [ STR ]
*Mini Ink Blending Tool new* – 2… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS** ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam Refills – pkg… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	ink blending tool spinner [ SBC \| SSS ]
Ranger Inkssentials CRAFT SPINNER… [ SSS ]	Sheer Shimmer Spritz Spray 2oz – Frost [ STR \| SSS ]	card-stock [ STR ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Judikins Eclipse ART MASKING TAPE… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Lawn Fawn · Pop up card · Summer

A Lawn Fawn Jungle Birthday Pop Up Box…

September 26, 2017September 27, 2017 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Hello everyone! A wild birthday card for you today! This is the pop up box card die from Lawn Fawn that is so much fun! I forgot to take pictures of it folded up before I gave it to Gilbert Sunday. ugh. It truly does fold, lay flat and fit in an A2 size envelope!

So much fun for a little color book therapy and then a chance to use a big piece of that pattern paper hoard! I should make more of these! I can’t resist buying pattern paper but I have a hard time working it into the card design most of the time.

I used Lawn Fawn’s Wild For You stamp and die sets, Box Card pop up die set, Rectangle die, grass die and the words ‘rawr’ and ‘wish big’ came from the Critters from the Past stamp set. Almost forgot the balloons! They are from the Bicycle Built for You stamp set.

The images were all stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink in the MISTI stamping tool and then colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Very basic coloring.

The pattern paper is Lawn Fawn’s 12 x 12 size, Perfectly Plaid Rainbow Collection.

Gibby liked it! YAY…he was so excited for his 5th birthday and he loved his presents too! It was so hot…they’d been swimming! lol He’s just one of our many red heads! ❤

Linking my card to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Pop it up

NBUS Challenge #12 – never before used stuff

I’ll be back with two more birthday cards soon! Thanks for stopping by!

Shopping links to the products I used to make this card…(clicking on STR takes you to starlitstudio, SBC takes you to scrapbook.com, SSS takes you to Simon Says Stamp and BLIC takes you to Dick Blick) Thanks for looking!

Lawn Fawn Scalloped Box Card Pop Up… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn LF17SETWFY WILD FOR YOU… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WILD FOR YOU Clear Stamps… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Lawn Fawn WILD FOR YOU Lawn Cuts LF1414 [ SSS \| SBC ]	Lawn Fawn – Clear Acrylic Stamps -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Critters from the Past Lawn… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Small Stitched… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Lawn Cuts Large Stitched… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn SET LF17SETBBFY BICYCLE… [ SSS ]
Lawn Fawn Bicycle Built For You Lawn… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Clear Acrylic Stamps -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn – Lawn Cuts – Dies – Simple… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Lawn Fawn PERFECTLY PLAID RAINBOW… [ SSS \| SBC ]	Versafine – Onyx Black – full-sized… [ STR \| SSS ]	VersaFine – Onyx Black – mini ink pad [ STR \| SSS ]
Versafine Onyx Black – Reinker [ STR \| SSS ]	Memento – Tuxedo Black – full sized pad [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad – Tuxedo Black [ STR \| SSS ]
Memento Tuxedo Black – reinker [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]
MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| BLIC \| SSS ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	3L Scrapbook Adhesives – 3D Foam… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC ]	Fiskars Deluxe Paper Trimmer with… [ STR \| SSS ]
Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]

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Birthday · cards · CAS · copics · Distress Ink coloring · MFT · Paper Smooches · Poppystamps · punches · Spellbinders dies · Summer · Taylored Expressions

Colorful Rainbow cards to share today…

September 12, 2017September 13, 2017 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Hi everyone! Two clean and simple cards I made for stamp club last Friday. Annette had the program and she had rainbow for the theme. These are the two cards I made…one to swap and one for Annette’s birthday card.

I used the poppystamps paintbrush die, colored with Copic Sketch Markers, a Taylored Expressions brush rubber stamp, You color my world is from a new poppystamps stamp set, inked with Versafine Black Onyx ink and stamped with the MISTI. I stamped the brush stamp with Regular Distress Inks. I centered the stamp on the lid of the MISTI and moved the card to stamp the different colors. I did stamp each color two and three times to get the bold color.

Both cards are A2 top folding card bases, almost one layer!

The bike is a new Spellbinders die cut in heavy white card-stock…run it through with the tan mat a second time so it embosses nicely.

The street and the stitched rectangle are from a MFT blueprints die set, the butterflies are an old Marvy punch…sorry I didn’t have time to look for a die but I’ll see if I can find something similar to link to and the sentiment is from Paper Smooches.

Thanks for stopping by on this fine Tuesday! I’ll be back soon with more of you know what! lol Have a creative, colorful week!

Supplies, Stamps and Tools I used to make these cards… (click – STR links to Starlitstudio, SSS links to Simon Says Stamp, SBC links to scrapbook.com and BLIC links to Dick Blick) Thank you!

Spellbinders – D-Lites Die – Bicycle [ SBC \| SSS ]	My Favorite Things BLUEPRINTS 25… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps die – Devyn Butterfly Trio [ STR ]
Memory Box WIDE PAINT STROKE POPPY… [ SSS ]	Studio Katia BRUSH STROKES Clear… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps STUDIO… [ SSS ]
SugarPea Designs WATERCOLOR BRUSH… [ SSS ]	Reverse Confetti COLOR ME HAPPY Clear… [ SSS ]	Avery Elle Clear Stamps BRUSHED Set… [ SSS ]
Your Next Stamp PAINT SWOOSHES AND… [ SSS ]	Poppystamps – CL459 Autumn Fairies… [ STR ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Versafine – Onyx Black – full-sized… [ STR \| SSS ]	VersaFine – Onyx Black – mini ink pad [ STR \| SSS ]	Versafine Onyx Black – Reinker [ STR \| SSS ]
VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – full… [ STR \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Mini Stamp Pad 1×1 [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	VersaMark Watermark Ink Refill .5oz [ STR \| SSS ]
Super Fine Detail White Embossing… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
Simon Says Stamp SMALL TEFLON BONE… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Martha Stewart Mini Score Board; Scoring [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Tombow Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ STR \| BLIC \| SSS ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]
3L Scrapbook Adhesives – 3D Foam… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC ]
Fiskars – 9 inch Bypass Paper Trimmer [ SBC ]	Fiskars Deluxe Paper Trimmer with… [ STR \| SSS ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS ]
card-stock [ STR ]	Ranger Mini Distress Ink Storage Tin [ STR ]	Ranger Distress Mini Cube Inks [ STR ]
Copic [ SSS \| BLIC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]
Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ SBC ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Crystal Ninja CRYSTAL KATANA… [ SSS ]