poppystamps Terrific Tricycle Birthday…

June 22, 2016June 22, 2016 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Hi everyone! Staying in out of the heat to stamp these days! So thankful for air conditioning!

When I saw these new HAPPY Balloon dies, I knew I wanted to hang the new Terrific Tricycle die from them.

So ‘happy’ with how this turned out. It’s always a relief when something is blog worthy! lol

I die cut the balloons and trike from watercolor paper and colored with the Zig Clean Color Brush markers and the Zig Water paint brush.

I die cut the trike from black foam so the handlebars would be sturdier for tying on the buttonhole thread. Glued it to the painted trike.

I ink blended a little Tumbled Glass Distress ink on the background of an A2 size white card-base.

I figured out where the balloons would go and then stamped the sentiment from the new Ornamental Butterflies stamp set. I’m really liking the sentiments in this set and I have another card to show soon using the butterflies…pretty.

I mounted the balloons with foam mounting squares… tied on the buttonhole thread…glued the trike on, except for the handlebar area…tied the thread to the handlebars and then glued it down. I did put a teeny bit of glue on top of the knots on the handlebars too.

Hope the card made you smile and remember your trike days! hehe

Linking up to some challenges…

Virginia’s View Challenge – All About Colors

Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes Birthday

Addicted to Stamps Challenge – CAS

Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies

Thanks for stopping by!

Shopping links for the products I used to make this card…

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Birthday · cards · copics · Masculine · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions…oh crop…pasture birthday!

June 20, 2016June 23, 2016 Pam Sparks20 Comments

I had some fun with this card for the Taylored Expressions June release.

Using the previously released Green Acres stamp set and the just released dies to coordinate, I stamped in the NEW TE Hybrid Oreo ink and colored in the sloppy style with Copic Sketch markers.

I made the ‘field’ by embossing the Bead Board Embossing Folder several times. The grass is the TE Wispy Grass border die.

A super fun card…the critters have so much personality, so cute! I can just hear that rooster crowing…get up, get up! lol

Linking up to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Animal Magic

Sieze the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes but keep it Birthday

Double D Challenges – One for the Boys

Thanks for stopping by today! I’ll be back soon! 3 more cards ready to share.

Supplies used for today’s card available in the TE webstore…

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cards · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Techniques · Watercolor

Memory Box Harrington Butterflies and more…

June 16, 2016June 23, 2016 Pam Sparks26 Comments

So happy with how soft and sweet this card turned out. Sometimes you just need a soft, sweet, thinking of you card.

I die cut the Harrington Butterflies die in black cardstock and in watercolor cardstock.

To get the solid butterfly and body parts, I used the Asti Butterfly Wings die. (body cut in black) The Asti Butterfly Wings die cut stays attached to the card at the body but you can easily clip them out or cut them in a piece of cardstock, positioning it each time so that it comes out directly in the negative space left from cutting out the Harrington Butterflies. (do the die cut template thing) I know, I should make a video of it! hehe

On the Memory Box Co. website it says the Harrington Butterflies die works with the Darla Butterfly die.

I love how this card turned out. A little Distress ink watercoloring…Tumbled Glass on the base panel, Squeezed Lemonade and Picked Raspberry on the butterfly wings. Where the two meet, it kinda makes an orangish/coral like color.

The sentiment is from the Springtime Bunnies stamp set. I glued on 3 Pretty Pink Posh clear sequins.

The next card is the same Harrington Butterflies die combined with a few others.

I started building on an A2 kraft color card-base, added a 4.25 in. x 5.5 in. white panel that I die cut with the Zimmer Oval Background die, topped with the Calla Oval Wreath die and Harrington Butterflies die. I used the Asti Butterfly Wings die again cut in watercolor and black cardstock.

This time I watercolored the butterfly wings with Picked Raspberry and Shaded Lilac Distress inks and a waterbrush. I sprayed out some pearl shimmer spray on my craft mat and painted it on the wings after the watercoloring dried. Carefully because it will remove color.

I die cut the Calla Oval Wreath in white cardstock, left the cut in the die and embossed it through the Big Shot. Leaving the cut oval in the die still, I turned it over to the back side of the die and added Distress inks through the holes in the die, coloring the flowers.

I embossed the sentiment from the Ornamental Butterflies Stamp set on vellum with Versamark ink and Detail White Embossing powder. I added some baby pearls to the flower centers. A flower garden! lol

Linking both my cards to some challenges…

Dies R Us Challenge – Butterflies

CAS Mix Up Card Challenge – stamping + die cuts + your choice

Thanks for stopping by today! It was fun to work with some Memory Box/poppystamps products again. More to come…

cards · copics · Die Piecing · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions…Door to Door and more!

June 9, 2016August 9, 2016 Pam Sparks28 Comments

Welcome to my Taylored Expressions feature post for the June release!

I sure had fun creating with the new Door to Door Roof die! The die cuts and also embosses scallop lines to indicate shingles. Well, I decided to punch 25 circles quick, edge them with a little ink and glue them on following the score lines. I LOVE how it turned out! happy stamper here!

I used the Brick Embossing Folder for the house and the Build a Scene Window die for the two windows.

The cute little bird house and bird are from the new Door to Door Summer Decor dies.

I die cut the Shade Tree Cutting Plate die from Toffee Cardstock for the tree branches. Clipped the parts I wanted to use and colored them with Copics.

I die cut the Welcome Banner die from Cookie Monster Cardstock and glued it to the branch.

An A2 size card made with all die cuts! Insert smile…

Linking up to some challenges…

Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies

Dies R Us – birds

Scrapyland – Anything Goes

My next card…

Featuring the new Door to Door Summer Decor dies.

I used the birdbath, the bird, the little yellow flowers and stems from the set. (the stems are part of the bouquet die, I just clipped off the stems and used them)

Some Build a Scene dies, the Shade Tree Cutting Plate again (cut the tree from the frame), flowers from the Build a Bookmark dies, flower leaves/stems from the Bloomers Greenery dies.

I used a stamp here! lol Hello Friend is from the new Fresh Florals stamp set. (I’ll be back another day with my Fresh Florals and Green Acres cards)

Some little white dots and dashes here and there for this 5 ½ inch square card.

Linking up to some challenges…

Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Die

Dies R Us – birds

Scrapyland – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Summer Garden

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Hope you’re inspired for more die cutting! If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, please head over to the TE Blog for a complete list of the participating designers.

Products used on my first card…

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Products used on my second card…

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cards · copics · Memory Box

Memory Box Bumblebee Daydreams

June 8, 2016June 12, 2016 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi everyone! I took a couple hours the other day to play with this NEW Bumblebee Daydreams stamp set from Memory Box. There is a die set to match here but for some crazy reason, I didn’t use it this time! I know…shocking! lol I did use the Stitched Square Layers die though!

I have to tell you that it was really fun to stamp the honeycomb and then stamp in the little hearts here and there…so happy when there are so many extras in a stamp set! and yes, I stamped them right over the yellow ink.

I used the new TE dye and hybrid inks for stamping, then colored with Copics. (RV11, 13, 14, 17, 19, YG13, 17 and Y15) The yellow background is the TE Lemon Meringue dye ink…so pretty and I don’t like yellow! So if I like it, you know it’s good! hehe

The little white dots are this fabulous white pen that Cindy carries, HERE…

Linking up to Challenges…

Addicted to Stamps and more – make your mark

Craft Stamper – Let’s Get Inky

Thanks for stopping by today. I’ll be back tomorrow with the Taylored Expressions June release cards. Two of them anyway! hehe Talk to you then!