A snow-globe kind of birthday card…

February 5, 2017February 10, 2017 Pam Sparks31 Comments

I had fun using some Papertrey Ink dies and Taylored Expressions stamps to make this card. A Distress ink background with ink spatters…some copic coloring and fussy cutting and it was ready to put together.

A very fun shape card and the first time for me to use this stamp set! So I’m linking up to Darnell’s NBUS challenge #10! yay!

The challenge at Stamping Sensations Challenge blog is Animal Magic so I’m linking up there too.

The challenge at Crazy 4 Challenges blog is a card with an animal too…count me in!

Over at Jingle Belles Challenge the theme is ‘let the flakes fall where they may’ So cute!

Here’s a close up…

It could’ve easy been a shaker but I like it a lot this way too! Just making paper snow this year! I think the snow is all going north of us. hehe Sorry northerners!

Thanks for stopping by! ‘preciate it and no I won’t ask you to go count how many snow-globe stamps and dies you own already. #chuckle

Birthday · cards · Color Pencil · Neat and Tangled · Snowman · Taylored Expressions

Neat and Tangled Merry Bear Birthday Card…

January 22, 2017 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Look at this adorable little snowman! It’s family birthday time again and our youngest grandson is turning two tomorrow! Where does the time go?!

I wanted to play in the NBUS challenge with the option of color pencil on kraft. I love how this almost looks like wood!

I stamped with the MISTI, colored with pencil, then went back and using the MISTI again, I left the stamps where they were, inked with black pigment embossing ink, stamped them and heat embossed them with black powder.

So many times when you color with pencils you lose the strong black line. We used to do this years ago when Stampa Rosa had the House Mouse stamps. We would stamp them their stamp positioner, color them with Tombow markers and then come back and emboss them over the top of the marker coloring. Amazing the difference.

Next time I am going to color the image right in the MISTI without moving the card-stock. There was enough ‘user error’ this time that I had to stamp the bear a few times and ended up with a thicker black line then the stamp really has. grrr Still cute though!

Hopefully we’ll get some snow for his birthday! haha It’s been a weird, rainy Winter for Iowa. Not used to dark and dreary. It’s usually bright with snow! I’m sure we’ll get those Winters again.

Linking up to Darnell’s NBUS Challenge #8 – optional theme ‘use color pencils on kraft’

Thanks for stopping by! See you again soon and I’ll have a special announcement soon too!

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Avery Elle · Birthday · cards · Christmas · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas birthday card…

December 19, 2016December 19, 2016 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hi everyone! Just stopping in to share a birthday card for our grandson Bryant. I just had to use this adorable Avery Elle Christmas Kitsch stamp and die set! Soooooo CUTE! So fun to color.

I made an ink blended sky with Distress inks and stamped the three snowflakes from the set with Delicata Silver ink. I added a few Pretty Pink Posh 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins. I love these tiny ones!

The Memory Box Fresh Pine Landscape die is the background piece die cut in white card-stock.

I used the poppystamps Delicate Holly Frame die adhered to the scene with mounting squares under the solid holly leaves.

The deer are colored with Copic Sketch Markers, the E30 series. Copic Opaque White painted on the eyes and the spots.

I hope you’re having a nice relaxed Christmas prep week! Tim went to turn on the oven Saturday and the element in the oven went bad. ugh. So all of a sudden we were stove shopping…or he was! lol Poor guy. He even went and picked one up by himself! It’s really nice! I will enjoy heating up my cocoa with it! lol

I was busy making gift tags! hoho I have a picture over on instagram but haven’t taken a picture with the camera yet. They’re cute if you want to see… ugh…more deer! WHAT?! They are fun though…the Printworks antlers and googly eyes and a big red nose ‘Cool Yule’ kind of tag on kraft! yes! Link to my IG page is over in the sidebar.

ok – I’ll shut up and get back to work! Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy some cocoa with me next! (I wish)

Avery Elle · Birthday · cards · Christmas · copics · Winter

Avery Elle North Pole Pals for Leo’s birthday card…

December 12, 2016December 18, 2016 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Hi everyone! Rudolph tryouts this week! hohoho I think the one on the left is winning! lol I could not be happier with how cute this card turned out! These happy reindeer just make a gal smile so big! Hope Leo likes it too… he’s grandson #9 of the 11 boys and just turned 3 years old! Whew, I had to count that out! lol Time flies faster than Santa that’s for sure!

I ink blended a background with Salty Ocean and Chipped Sapphire Distress inks. Then I die cut the Avery Elle Falling Snow die in it.

I die cut the snow hill with one of the borders from the Avery Elle Custom Panels die set.

The frame is from the Avery Elle Postage Stamp Frame die set.

The reindeer, snowflake and holly are from the North Pole Pals Stamp set.

The pine bough is from the Kitsch Christmas Stamp set.

The images were all colored with Copic Sketch Markers…for the reindeer I used the E20 series, the greens are yG25, 17 and G09, the reds are R24, 27, 29 and 89, the teal is BG45, 49 and 19.

I stamped the images in Taylored Expressions Oreo Hybrid ink on Hammermill 100# Color Copy Cover card-stock.

Linking up to the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge – Winter Fun!

Thanks for stopping by today! All the best to you my blog friends!

What I used to make this card…

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Birthday · cards · Christmas · copics · Family · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · MFT · Poppystamps

Memory Box Purrfect Holidays and MFT Jungle Friends Birthday…

October 14, 2016October 17, 2016 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi card makers! I can’t believe a week has gone by without me posting again! Yikes! I have two cards today though.

Tonight and tomorrow I’ll be at Stamp Joy in Ankeny for Taylored Expressions. I’ll post the cards I’m teaching there next week or so.

Then the 22nd I’ll be teaching two classes in Cedar Rapids at Scrapmania! I’d love to see you either place! Be sure to introduce yourself to me if you are there!

Back to my festive kitties! This is a super cute set from poppystamps called Purrfect Holidays. Matching dies too! I love it! The mittens on the cat! and the hat! Purrfect is right. So many cute elements to make scenes with.

Just colored with Copics… the gray the both is the T series. The blue green is BG11, 70, 75, 78. The reds are R02, E07,08. Nuvo White Crystal Drops on the Santa hat fur. Nuvo Winter Blizzard Drops on the tree star, ornament and here and there.

The patterned paper is from an older Lawn Fawn 6×6 pad.

Linking to…

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge

Christmas Card Challenges – Decorations

Next is a birthday card for one of our 4 year old grandsons, Gilbert. I hope he loves it! I do! lol

The gator slides in the groove over to the giraffe and then….

chomp!

Guess he was hungry! yikes! Anyway, I had fun making this cute card! Elements are all from the MFT Jungle Friends kit except for the number 4. It’s from Taylored Expressions.

Linking to ….

Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes, Birthday

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