Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Anything Goes!

May 3, 2013May 8, 2013 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Anything Goes is the new challenge this week at Tilda’s Town Challenges! Easy week to ink up your Magnolia stamps and get creating! We’d love to have you link up!

I used Tilda with Kite… inked her with Ranger Archival black ink, then stamped her on Canson Montval, Cold Press, 140 lb. watercolor paper and colored her with Distress Ink Markers (watercolor style).

I used a NEW die from Memory Box, Cottage in the Woods (added an extra tree in the foreground), Magnolia, DooHickeys Heart Swirl and Clover and Flower dies. I use the omnigrid ruler to measure down for placing the focal image and the Perfect Layers Ruler for the 1/16th mat for Tilda. An EK Success scallop border punch, love the mini size of it… The birthday wishes circle is an old Inkadinkado stamp.

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Linking my card to …
Lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge blog… Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday…Anything Goes
As You Like it…favorite stamp or punch – a new die from Memory Box, Cottage in the Woods… I love making little scenes!

Thank you for stopping by today! I appreciate it and hope you are inspired to ink up and create with your stamps, paper and inks!

Stamps and supplies I used for this card…

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it’s a 3 card kind of day!

March 14, 2013March 15, 2013 Pam Sparks21 Comments

I was inspired to use some alphabet dies when I saw a card on Papertrey ink’s blog! I used some Crate paper from a 6×6 pad, a couple old Hero Arts sentiments, an EK Success border punch and an even older diamond punch to make the banner for a ‘scrappy looking kind of card’!

It’s a birthday card challenge for you! Use some ‘old and older’ stuff! lol Oh, and my tiny attacher was working that day, so I have a staple! yea! lol The background numbers stamp is one of those wheel stamps. I unmount them and use them as a flat stamp… multiple stamping to get the all over background, using the stamp a ma jig for placement.

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Pink is harder than red to capture in a photograph! eek! oh well, Here’s a cute card for the scooter rider of the family! Lots of fun stamps from Printworks Collection here… the fishtail banner pulls out and says….

Howie’s Ride J4300, Toy Racer C4295, Rough Rider B4290, Who Says? F4304, E4298 1..2..3.., Eat Cake A4299, On Your Mark D4123

Printworks has ‘thee’ best Birthday sentiments!!! This is a non-opening card, for lack of a better way to put it at the moment! : ) I didn’t tape the right side down so the fishtail banner could pull in and out. The stitching across the top is a Fiskars border punch. I used banner dies for the words and a circle punch.

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More fun stamps from Printworks Collection for Spring! I love this primitive wheelbarrow and it is fun to color and goes so well with all of Annette’s images and sentiments! I attempted watercoloring again on the scooter card and this one, with Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons on cold press watercolor paper. Perfect Layers Tools for matting the image… link in the sidebar.

the inside sentiments…

and a side view…

Bloomin’ D4244, Wheel Barrow F4246, Spring Flowers F4259, Your Love is…D4278, I’ll Never Be Too Old C4271, Happy Mother’s Day D4281

Thanks for stopping by and scrolling through! Happy stamping and creating to you!

P.S. Memory Box dies back in stock at BlueMoon Scrapbooking HERE! Awesome service and free shipping @ $50.

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Birthday cards…

March 4, 2013March 4, 2013 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Love these fresh Summer-ish colors! Stamps and pattern paper from Printworks HERE! Kinda CAS but kinda not too!

love their double sided pattern paper! Colored with Caran D’ache Watercolor crayons. Mats cut, on both cards, with my Perfect Layers Tools… saves so much time!

Stamps I used…

F4285 California Poppies
F4270 You’re Simply Amazing
C4245 Just Because
F4302 Celebrate

Linking up to …
Simon Says Stamp Challenge… Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamping…must incorporate stamping

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This is one birthday sentiment that is encouraging! Printworks stamps and double sided pattern paper…an old button and hemp. Some May Arts black velvet ribbon.

Stamps I used…

K4288 Mannequin
E4303 Birthdays Duplex

I edged the image and papers with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool. Thanks for looking! If you’re anywhere near, this coming weekend is the Carson Stamp convention in California… Printworks will be there! Suzan says it’s an awesome show and I believe her! I love it that she goes and several of my cards can be there to greet her! hahahaha Have fun Suzan and everyone! TTUL!

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Memory Box and Poppystamps cards…

January 24, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Finally…. I’m creating with some of my Memory Box/Poppystamps dies and stamps! YEA! I loved this Mercer Rose Wreath stamp and die when they came out! I got them right away and am just now using them! How often I am like this… I have to HAVE something but it doesn’t always get used for awhile. It’s almost like it’s enough just to own it! : ) I bet you do it too! lol

It felt good to get back in the creating ‘groove’ this week! I used several Memory Box and Poppystamp dies and two stamps… I’ll link to the supplies below. The happy bee-day sentiment has the bee stamp on the end B1764. I stamped it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copic Sketch markers. The pattern paper I used is from a set by Memory Box called Homespun Collection… a great collection of double sided card-stock, 6×6 size. (it’s an old collection…might be hard to find but if you do, you’ll love it!)

The sentiment is stamped on a Memory Box Primo label die cut. I used a Bazzill 1/16th inch brad and button hole thread to hang the wreath. (it’s a die from one of their first releases…might be hard to find… sorry)

I stamped the wreath on PTI select white card-stock with Memento Bamboo green ink. Then I used water-base markers and colored the roses… it wipes off the green and colors the rose…then I clean the green off the marker by scribbling on a piece of scrap paper.

I used the Perfect Layers Tools to mat my image and to cut the card base… they’re awesome! : )

Scroll down a post to see the video of all the new Memory Box/Poppystamps die!

This card is in the Weekly Favorites at SCS this week! So honored to be there and Thank YOU so much Susie!

I’m linking my Happy Bee-day card to the following challenges…

TLC413 @ Splitcoast Stampers – Focus on the Dies
Cupcake Craft Challenges – Make a Scene
Deep Ocean Challenges – Anything but square
Bunny Zoes’s Crafts – Anything Goes
The Paper Shelter – Anything Goes
Moxie Fab World – Window card

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Here’s a THANKS card that I made to link up to some CAS challenges. I’m so happy to say that I’m using this new Pine Needle Border die from Memory Box already!!! I’ve only had it two weeks! woohoo! lol

The pinecone is a Printworks Collection stamp, B2283, that I stamped on kraft card-stock with Ranger Coffee Archival ink and cut out by hand (not hard at all). The rectangle is one of the dies from the long rectangle Nestabilities set but I did have to adjust it to make it fit my card… cut it once… then laid it inside the die again to shorten the long side… then I embossed it by hand with my embossing stylus… I show how to do it in this video HERE.

The thanks die is from an old Cuttlebug alphabet set called Olivia….I googled and found the set HERE.

I stamped the Hero Arts envelope background stamp with Walnut Stain Distress ink on kraft and aged the edges with Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

The card ended up 9 inches long and 4 inches high.

I’m linking my thanks Pine Needle card to the following challenges…

TLC413 Splitcoast Stampers – Focus on the Dies
CAS 204 Splitcoast Stampers – Sketch challenge
Addicted to Stamps – CAS

THANKS so much for stopping by! I’m wondering how it got to be the 24th of January already! waaah! Hope you’ve had a good 2013 so far! Take care and I’ll be back tomorrow with a Tilda card!

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Stamps and Supplies I used to create these cards…

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CC Designs Cupcake Trevor celebrates!

July 17, 2012August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

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Sugarplums Cupcake Trevor and Cupcake Emma are showing off! Bring on the candles and cake! One of our grandson’s just turned two and he sure was good at blowing out those two candles! Breanna used a construction theme for the party and it was so cute with brownies coming out of that digger! (or whatever that is!) = )

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I stamped Cupcake Trevor on Hammermill Color Copy 80# Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

I used a lot of CC Designs Cutters dies and jazzed them up with crimpers, Copics and a white gel pen.

The Sentiment is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink on the same white card-stock and punched with a circle punch… edged with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

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The cupcakes are from the new CC Designs Sweet Treat die! A very cool die, a cupcake, ice cream cone, confetti and frosting! I love the five little circles (confetti)… stick them on with Tombow Mono Multi glue and the QK Quick Stik. The Squiggles and Balloons are CC Designs Cutters dies also. I crimped the cupcake papers with the “tube wringer” crimper and the strips of wavy frosting with the Quilling Creations mini crimper! Love that thing!

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Cute kid! His hair is colored with Copic E30’s series. I stamped the cupcake on colored card-stock, cut them out, crimped the bottom/cupcake paper and adhered them to the completed, colored Trevor. Oh, glued on the five dots from the Sweet Treats die!

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