Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Spring · Watercolor

Memory Box, poppystamps, Quiet Bird Sash two ways…

Pam Sparks Quiet Bird Sash Flat

Hello! Have you seen the new dies from poppystamps called sashes.  This one stays connected to the card piece on both ends of the branch when you die cut it. Then you slide another piece, in this case the largest Memory Box Stitched Rectangle, under the die cut branch and bird. HERE are the other new sash dies.

Pam Sparks Quiet Bird Sash Fawn

I die cut everything in watercolor paper and watercolored with distress inks and a water brush.  I smooshed the stamp pad on my craft mat, picked up the ink with the water brush and painted. Salty Ocean, Mowed Lawn, Forest Moss, Gathered Twigs, Ripe Persimmon, Rusty Hinge and Dusty Concord ink pads and/or reinkers.

I edged the fawn with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the mini ink blending tool.

Pam Sparks Quiet Bird Sash Close 2

The sentiment is from Memory Box (inked with Versafine Black Onyx ink)  and so is the Wildflower Landscape die.

The Quiet Bird Sash and Woodlawn Fawn are from poppystamps.

There’s a little ‘dew’ in the air.. hehe. Distress ink spatters and some White Linen spray that I unscrewed and hit the cap with my finger to get some white spatters.

Here’s another version… a quick ‘just a note’ from the sweet birdie!

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a little closer so you can see how the sash works…

Pam Sparks Quiet Bird Sash Close

I think that’s everything… THANK YOU so much for clicking over! Have fun splashing some ink around!  It’s been raining here and everything is so green!  Gotta love Spring! I better get outside and enjoy the sunshine, I heard it could rain again today! ttul!

Shopping links…click to see the products I used. I was just looking over the tools page at Starlitstudio and it’s amazing all the cool stuff there!  Check out the new Tacky Roller Tool!  YES! 

p.s. I have to tell you, I LOVE how good the stamp shammy cleans off Versafine ink. Just get it wet, ring it out and clean away. No baby wipe fibers on the stamp! Hip Hip hooray!  It cleans other inks too but you know how tough Versafine is… well…not anymore! yay!

Birthday · cards · CAS · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Simon Says Stamp · Spellbinders dies

CAS(E) this Sketch #167….

Pam Sparks CAS(e) Sketch cards

Crazy thing…I thought, oh, this looks like a fun sketch…take the challenge Pam!

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Hey, CAS is hard!!! lol Three cards later and I give up! lol

First card…I thought, use the Memory Box Grand Happy Birthday! Brilliant! until I decided to keep it all Memory Box dies/stamps. Didn’t really have a MB stamp that would work… I tried a few different alphabets…oh eek…should’ve started over but nah, try something else! haha  I’ll show it to you anyway.  I love enamel dots! lol

Pam Sparks Birthday wishes CASE sketch

Then I remembered these old Spellbinders labels and decorative dies….sure…give it a try or several tries! lol

Pam Sparks SB CAS(e) sketch

Be kind now…quit laughing!  I knew it, I shouldn’t have posted this one! lol

I really like the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangle dies though, don’t you?! lol

I’m gonna be courageous and link up this next one to the challenge…

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and tell you all thanks for hanging in here with me!  The thanks is a cool poppystamps die! The label is an old Spellbinders and there’s that SSS Stitched Rectangle set again.

I experimented and took a picture with my phone.  Amazing… I did edit some but still…the quality is crazy good!

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Oh, I did stamp a scratchy looking stamp on the labels. And I used up SIX brads!  YAY! lol

Here’s the CAS(E) this Sketch Challenge blog…. go ahead, give it a try! Fabulous cards from the team over there!

Thanks for stopping by today…I have a few cards for TE and cards for Printworks to post soon!  So there’s hope! lol

p.s.   Starlitstudio has the NEW Memory Box/poppystamps releases in stock! Have fun shopping!

Shopping Links to the supplies I used on these cards…

Birthday · cards · Masking · Printworks · rubber stamps · Shopping · Spring · Watercolor

NEW Printworks Collection…meet Harvy!

Pam Sparks PW Harvy

Hi there! Dogs with personality…that’s what we’ve got here with this release!  SOOOOO CUTE!  This is Harvy…there’s a mini version of him called Harry and some other dogs and cats too!

Over on FB Printworks is showing their card with Winston and a special offer… HERE… Click on the pup and it will open up their latest email newsletter.  Be sure to sign up on the home page of their store site to receive it.  Nicole and Chelsea don’t send them out often so no worries about your inbox getting flooded!

Here’s the release in the store… So, so cute!  Super cute bunnies and sentiments too! I don’t have the Easter stamps yet but I NEED them! lol

The Happy Birthday sentiment is new too.  Stamped in Versafine Black with the Mini MISTI.  LOVE it!

Pam Sparks PW Harvy Close

I colored Harvy and the scene with Zig Clean Color Paint markers… love them I do!  Canson Montval watercolor paper, my favorite for coloring… awesome quality.  I’ll link you up below.  I did mask Harvy to stamp the flowers behind him. They’re new too and oh my, the dirt stamp!  I LOVE the dirt stamp! hehe ok it’s named “The Good Earth”.

I accidentally stamped it in black first but after I stamped it in Rich Cocoa Memento ink a couple times and then ink blended it with Gathered Twigs Distress ink, I was glad for the accident!  Happy surprise!

This is an A2 size card.

Happy stamper here…Thanks for looking today and remember the shopping code for Printworks over in my sidebar!!!

There’s also some other specials at Simon Says Stamp that I wanted to let you know about!  I appreciate it so much that you click from my blog to shop when you can.  I’m an affiliate with SSS, Scrapbook.com, Blick and Bluemoon. I receive a small percentage when you click from my blog, it doesn’t change the price of the item at all. Your support helps me keep on blogging!  Thank you so much!  😀

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Baby · Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Peerless WC · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions · Watercolor

Taylored Expressions March Release Day…

Pam Sparks Nursery 2 ThursWelcome to my blog today! It’s March release day at Taylored Expressions! I’m featuring the NEW Build a Scene Nursery! So many cute details for creating adorable cards!  I used the NEW Build a Scene Window, Little Bits Rocking Horse and Welcome Baby Banner dies with it too. The sweet coordinating pattern papers are from the TE Double the Joy paper pack.

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My next card is a lot of things I love!  Kraft card-base, lots of white, a little bit of black and super cute images and sentiment!
Pam Sparks Hippo Birdy
Today TE is releasing the Hippo Birdy die set to go with their previously released Hippo Birdy stamp set!  YAY!  Such a fun set!  I could’ve made several more cards to share, if only I didn’t need to sleep, eat, laundry etc! haha  The dies are so easy to use, just place over the stamped image, line up and run through the machine. They are outline dies! YAY!

Pam Sparks Hippo Birdy Close

My scene needed a little more, so I added some Wispy Grass cut in Peapod green TE card-stock and the small cloud from Build a Scene Cloud.  A little washi tape at the top and bottom and images colored with Zig Clean Color Brush watercolor markers.  Look at that ‘mug’!  Just makes a gal smile!

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Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share my cards with you today!  Click on over to the TE blog to see Taylor’s post.  Scroll down and you’ll find the link up to the the other TE designers.  You’ll want to see what they made too!
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Avery Elle · Birthday · cards · Memory Box · MFT · Shopping · Washi Tape

SALE on SSS and birthday cards…

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YAY! So many cool stamps, dies, papers, inks, stencils and more from Simon Says Stamp!  Congrats on 13 years Simon Says Stamp!

A couple birthday cards that finally made it to the birthday kids so I can post them!  hehe

Pam Sparks Ethan's 16 b-day

For Ethan’s 16th birthday I used the MFT Smart phone die and one of the borders from the Memory Box Geometric Borders die set…

The Doodlebug enamel black dot for the button at the bottom and Ranger Black enamel accents in the top holes.

It’s hard to see but the phone is cut from Silver metallic card-stock.

 

Pam Sparks Lilli's 11th b-day

Lilli’s card is made with the Distress Ink Smooshing background and Avery Elle stamps and dies.  I used the dies to make masks to keep the ink off the images.

The rainbow Washi tape is from Doodlebug…not sure about the skinny triangle one.

Linking my cards up to Seize the Birthday challenge!

Working on cards for two Memory Box classes coming up March 12th at Scrapmania in Cedar Rapids! Looking forward to seeing the ladies there again!

Happy Weekend everybody and thanks for stopping by!