The Pattern Paper Says it All….

February 14, 2012February 14, 2012 Pam Sparks31 Comments

Click HERE to link up to my Printworks Valentine stamp candy! You don’t have to do anything! Just link!

CC Designs Swiss Pixies February Review Day! I used Pixie Lucy, Woodland Daisy and Woodland Logos…

She’s so sweet!

Images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used some different Copic colors this time…for me anyway! For the pink clothes I started out with R11. Then teeny amounts of R12 and R20. On her Wings I used R0000 all over, then R000, 00, 01 and 02. The greens are BG90’s. The big flower is R20, R43 and R46. The teeny flowers are E24, E07 and E59. Her hair is E50, 51, 53, 55. Acorns are the E40’s.

The paper is from one of those 4×6 ish paper pads from DCWV called Mariposa.

LOVE the Woodland Daisy “seat” and AmyR Stamps Be Happy sentiments…”just sitting here thinking of YOU”! (stamped with my trusty stamp a ma jig…LOVE that thing!) Check out the super tiny acorns on the Woodland Pixie Logo… I cut out a couple and popped them up!

Thanks for stopping by to see my Swiss Pixie Lucy card today! I love hearing from you and I’ll be around soon! Working on some other cards to share soon!

Happy Valentines Day dear stamping friends!!!

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Valentine stamp candy and some cards…

February 9, 2012February 15, 2012 Pam Sparks28 Comments

Here’s some Valentines I came up with today… tomorrow is stamp club and we’re swapping simple Valentines. ok – I tried! I love the Printworks new heart stamp, sentiments and Holly Berry Red stamp pad!

The twine I used is from Doodlebug…it’s called Valentine!

The Row of Hearts is a new stamp from Printworks and the LOVE stamp is from them also but an older one. I stamped the hearts with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers… R27 and R83. There’s that twine again! Oh, I embossed lines above and below the hearts also.

Some more new stamps from Printworks! Love that cupcake.. the sentiment and the little flower heart growing up between the scallops! I’m linking this card up to the Clean and Simple Stamping Challenge Blog – a sketch and you’re to have a repeated element on the card more than three times. I got carried away adding stuff to the circles…ugh! lol EK Success border punch.

Now for the Valentine stamp candy… link up below and inlinkz will pick a winner (random) and these four stamps will be on the way to your collection! Printworks sent me doubles of these four so I emailed Nicole and asked if I could give them away and she said, “yes”!

the cupcake heart posey

I love you always

Thanks for stopping by! Have a happy heart weekend! ttul!

I wanted to let you know about this too! Copied from the PW email…

Valentine’s Special: FREE shipping on orders $20 or more valid 02/08/12 to 02/14/12.

No code needed…

Shop online today!! www.printworkscollection.com

If you have any questions, please email me: printworkscollection@yahoo.com ~ Nicole @ PrintWorks

Link up right here…at the BLUE frog

and the winner is….

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Marianne Design Winter Scene and Perfect Layers rulers/tools video…

February 7, 2012June 11, 2014 Pam Sparks37 Comments

Meet Ice Skating Don! Isn’t he the coolest…just gliding along without a care in the world! This is going to be a birthday card so that’s why I used the number paper from one of the newer My Minds Eye 6×6 paper pads. Can you keep up with paper pads these days? eek! as soon as I get what I think is new, there are a bunch more new ones out! I can’t keep up with them all and I’m gonna have to wallpaper the outhouse with them! lol NOT! lol

I forgot to take a photo of the tag… it says “Love you much” and it’s from Printworks new Love/Valentine release… I’ll link it up below too.

The fence (super cute bird and birdhouse too) and tree are new dies from Marianne Design and the ice skater is new from Marianne Design’s Don and Daisy clear stamp line! They are so fun! You’ll be seeing more of them from me! Don is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. Hair – E30, 23, 25, 27, 29, Skin – E000, 00, 21 and R20, Head wrap and sweater – Y21, 26, 28, Scarf and Leg Warmers – BG70,72,75, Jeans – B90’s. The tree is the one I stamped in this video HERE.

Everything is edged with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress ink using the ink blending tools.

Linking up to the Papertake Weekly challenge blog…anything goes with an option of adding a heart/hearts… I have a little one on the tag! yea!

Here’s a video of this card… I’m showing how I use the Perfect Layers rulers/tools! Email me if you have any questions… I really love these!

Here they are…if you love perfect mats… these are the perfect tools! Click on the ad below and receive 5% discount when you purchase! Thank YOU!

Here’s a close up…

Thanks for stopping by today… I want to hear what you think about the Perfect Layers Rulers!!!

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Woodland Wreath…

February 2, 2012February 2, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Oh, I had fun getting gluey with this new die set from CC Designs for February! It’s called Acorns and Leaves. I used several CC Designs dies and Ranger black enamel in the flower centers. The flowers are the smallest flowers from the Phlox Flower die and the Five Point Flower die. I doubled the kraft paper cord and tied a bow, so I’d have double loops on both sides of the knot.

The sentiment is from the NEW AmyR Stamps sentiment set called Be Happy. On the inside I made another little bouquet with an acorn and leaves and stamped the sentiment from this set that says, best birthday wishes.

Click over to the ATS blog to see what the other ATS designers created for today using these new dies! Totally inspiring! I love this Woodland theme that Christine came up with! AND… be sure to link up for a chance to win… on all three posts! woohoo! Who swallowed a happy pill? me? nah… just happy to be here!

Several months ago I finally took the plunge and ordered the Perfect Layers rulers! I was so tired of cutting card mats and re-cutting card mats and trying to achieve the perfect margin on all four sides!!! WELL… I can tell you the answer to the problem!!! THESE TOOLS are awesome!!! Time saving!!! Keep you from pulling your hair out wonderful!!!!! Hallelujah! My sanity is still in tact! Quit laughing! hehe

I will make a video showing how I use them but in the meantime… check out the video in the store. If you order through my link you’ll save 5%! If you love having perfect layers like I do, you will LOVE these tools!

You can scroll through the cards on my blog and you’ll see I’m rather biased to the 1/16 th in. mat… oh, it makes me HAPPY! so very happy…just the time it saves alone! I’m gonna ask Julie if they’d consider making a ruler for 3/32 nds… now that would be divine! Now you know… I’m crazy! lol Well, come on… don’t you think we need something between 1/16 th and 1/8 th inch too???!!!

ok – I’ll shut up about it…

Thanks for the visit! ttul!

here’s what I used today to create this humdinger of a card! hohoho – now where did that come from?!

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Smile!

January 31, 2012August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks29 Comments

You can’t help yourself! So go ahead and smile, laugh out loud… giggle even! lol This rosy cheeked Mushroom Girl is a new Swiss Pixie Lucy from CC Designs February stamp release. Melt you heart sweet! I paper pieced her, shaded with Copics and colored her hair and skin with Copics too. Check out the super cute in the forest circle logo stamp from the new Woodland Logos set and a new Leaves and Acorns die set… two different acorns and two different leaves… I just used one of each here… awesome!

I’m linking my Mushroom Girl card to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 151 – I used their sketch for my card. At Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog – it’s Anything Goes!

And here’s a front panel step card with new Swiss Pixie Woodland Lucy, Woodland Daisy and Woodland Logos…

Here I used both acorns and both leaves from the new Leaves and Acorns die set. Notice the Daisies seed packet…the oval says Wooden…that’s Christine’s last name! So fun! I had to cut all those pieces out and pop them up! I just love this card! So earthy in colors and cute! I made this a couple weeks ago and of course can’t remember the copics I used… oh why do I think I’ll remember… I know myself better than that!

The smile sentiment in the first card and the I’m here for you sentiment are from a new AmyR Stamps sentiment set called Be Happy.

Here’s the inside…more from the sentiment set, another acorn AND a fabulous new border die called , Mushroom border! (I just used a couple pieces of it)