Memory Box, Meadow Bird with a Spring Song…

March 21, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Birds singing…a sure sign of Spring! Here’s the Meadow Bird wishing you a happy day!

I used the Grapevine wreath die to create the nest… snipped it into pieces, layered and glued the pieces together with Tombow Mono Multi glue. The eggs are die cut from the tall oval tree in the Modern Landscape die. I used the smallest leaf from the Tender Leaves die for the tree leaves but afterwards I thought it’d be quicker to cut the Lavish Branch die once and use the leaves from it!

I used Memory Box gingham and dot papers, HERE and HERE

The cute little music notes stamp comes on the end of the Wishing you a happy day stamp!

A little dot of Viva Decor Pearl pen in the flower centers… a sweet, quick card!

Thanks for stopping by today! Back tomorrow with a Tilda card for Spring!

This card was listed in the SCS CAS favorites thread and the SCS Weekly favorites thread this week! What an honor! Thank you ladies!

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Memory Box – Hello Spring…

March 17, 2013August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks33 Comments

Spring is around the corner! Yesterday we stopped at my mother-in-law’s and sure enough, her daffodils are coming up!

I started this step card with the Orchard Tree Frame die. I cut it three times and layered/glued them together. If you get a little glue where you don’t want it, I linked below to the adhesive pick up I use… it’s the best one, in my opinion! The background piece is Memory Box Morroccan Bluebird card-stock, I ran it through the big shot with the frame die but I didn’t shim it, that way it didn’t cut clear through. The pieces that did cut completely I pieced them back in. The next layer up was cut in black and the top layer in white. The white layer I colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I used the Summer Border die for the bottom. I cut it out of Memory Box color card-stock and pieced it together. I cut two green pieces, cutting the flowers and stems completely off of one. Then I sanded them, just a touch!

I LOVE the Parker lower case alphabet! I die cut it in white and mounted the words ‘hello spring’ with thin mounting squares that I cut into strips. I used Poppystamps Picket Fence die and Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Set of Swings, Lavish Branch and Vintage Bicycle dies. I cut the swing out of white card-stock and colored it with Copics to look like rope and a tire.

Step cards are easy to make and so fun to create a scene with! There’s a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers, HERE.

Challenges I’m linking to…

Di’s Digi Design Challenges – Easter/Spring
Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes
ABC Challenge – Just as you like
A Gem of a Challenge – Easter/Spring
Oozak March Challenge – Anything Goes and Spring

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Happy Spring to you and yours!

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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.

PP.SS. More added to my ‘for sale’ page… click on the tab under the header that says ‘for sale’

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Magnolia…Tilda’s Town Challenges…

March 8, 2013January 24, 2017 Pam Sparks39 Comments

How’d it get to be Friday already anyway?!!! Happens to me every week ! haha boo! Time for ‘Anything Seasonal’ @ Tilda’s Town Challenges and we’re thinking Spring! Welcome! Although, I do love snow!

I stamped Tilda as Shepherd on Papertrey Ink card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers. I masked her with Eclipse tape/paper and then stamped the Butterfly Background stamp.

Some old My Minds Eye double sided paper, some Magnolia DooHickeys dies , Martha Stewart Spring border punch for the word Spring and some teeny brads in the flowers. Perfect Layers Tools to cut the mats (link in my sidebar) and stitching on the machine with heavy, Dual Duty thread.

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you! Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

Challenges I’m linking to….

Midweek Magnolias – Lots of Layers

Stamp and Create With Magnolia – Spring themed image with some pastel on your project

Simply Magnolia – Anything Goes

Inky Chicks – Use a Magnolia image

My Tilda card was in the favorites thread at SCS this week! Just makes me smile! Thank you Loll!

I think it’s supposed to be really nice here today…snow will be melting…Spring is on the way! Have a nice weekend everybody! It’s stamp club afternoon…we’re going to play with Twinkling H2O’s! Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

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Memory Box…Lovely Aster

March 7, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Today is my first time to post on the Memory Box blog, HERE! Exciting and challenging! I wanted to use the new Lovely Aster die… it’s so cool, I ♥ that the flowers and the leaves are embossed and cut out with one pass through the die cut machine!

I started my card by cutting 3 of the medium size flower and 3 of the flower center from the Lovely Aster die set. I shaped them with an embossing stylus on a mouse pad and glued them together with Tombox Mono Multi glue. The leaves are cut with the leaf dies from the set.

This is an A2 size card… mats are cut with the Perfect Layers Tools, even around the Sideshow Tickets die cut (I used a corner rounder punch on the corners though)… link in the sidebar and below.

I used the Flower Mound die for the teeny white flowers. They are shaped with a stylus on a mouse pad then glued to die cut Chloe flowers. I cut two of the Isabella butterfly die and glued them together. The center piece is colored with an E47 Copic Sketch marker and glued on.

The label is one of the Pastry Label dies. ‘Wishing you’ is from the Wishing you a happy bee-day rubber stamp. I used the next to the largest Sideshow Tickets die, matted it and used a small corner rounder punch on the corners. Do you see the embossing on the ticket die… cool! I used Memory Box Distressed Violet, Moroccan violet, Moroccan squash and sweet corn 8.5 x 11 papers.

The bow is made with Lawn Fawn’s Trimmings. Stitched on the sewing machine with heavyweight thread. All the papers and pieces are edged with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress inks and the Ink Blending tool!

My card is in the favorites thread at SCS 3 times this week! Wow! So thrilled and honored! Thank you ladies!

Thanks so much for stopping by today. I appreciate your support and friendship! I’ll be back tomorrow with a Tilda card for Spring!

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