Inky Impressions Challenge #34

May 5, 2010 Pam Sparks28 Comments

I loved coloring this new Water Lili for Inky Impressions Challenge Blog this week. She is so pretty! I just love her hair and that hat is just perfect on her!

Crystal challenged us to create “Summer” – I’m not ready for Summer myself but it was great fun to look around for what I had to go with this Lili…

♥ This challenge will be is for TWO WEEKS so you have plenty of time to come and join the fun. ♥ No need to use Inky Images but if you have them we would love to see you use them! ♥ To be eligible to get Inked by the Inkettes you must have all creations uploaded to Mr. Linky by May 10th Midnight Eastern Time. ♥ Check out the Inky cards by the design team gals HERE.

I followed the sketch from Mojo Monday 137 – a great sketch to work from!

I stamped Water Lili with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
colored with Copic Sketch Markers, dress B20’s, some BG’s and Cool grays for the water, hat E40’s
Tim Holtz NEW border die – scrollwork
Sunshine charm from Inky Impressions
Itty bitty silver brad from Bazzill
EK Success nesting square and oval punches
beach toys is an old stamp from Stampa Rosa
splish/splash is from a dollar clear stamp set
both stamped with Versafine Black Onyx ink

Happy stamping! Thanks for stopping by….

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Midsummer Tilda…

May 1, 2010May 11, 2010 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Midsummer Tilda is from the Fairytale collection…just love the flowers in her hair and the way it waves. Fun to color…trying distress ink coloring again…not sure why ‘cept that it’s a challenge! lol I made this for the Just Magnolia Challenge blog, a sketch this week. Love the simplicity of it too!

♥ Tilda is stamped with ♥ Versafine Onyx Black ink on ♥ hot press Arches watercolor paper (comes in a big sheet). Then painted/colored in with ♥ Distress Inks. The papers are from ♥ K&Company… ♥ card-stock is prism and via…the cool paper ribbon is from a pack of ♥ Capella Basic Grey ribbon doilies…pretty cool stuff (purchased it at Archivers). I put ♥ Martha Stewart ribbon through the ribbon doily after I inked it good with ♥ walnut stain distress ink. All the edges of everything are edged with ♥ Walnut Stain distress ink and the ♥ Ink Blending Tool. The ovals are die cut with ♥ oval Nestabilities dies. Can’t do words without using the ♥♥♥ Stamp a ma jig, I ♥ that thing!!! Tutorial on using it in my post right before this one. “Thank You is a Hero Arts stamp D4903.

Happy National Scrapbooking Day! I can say I used some scrapbooking paper today anyway! And took some pictures! Doesn’t matter that it was just of a card! lol

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Masking and Stamp-a-ma-jig tutorial…

April 28, 2010February 18, 2013 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Close up…

This gal is dreamin’…enjoying the day for sure!

She’s inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
Colored with Copic Sketch Markers
Nestabilities standard square and scallop square dies
Masked with Eclipse tape
Positioned with the Stamp a ma jig
Making Memories brads
Basic Grey pattern paper 6×6 pad – Blush (old pattern)
Distress inks – Tumbled Glass, Pumice Stone, Black Soot for aging the papers
Ink Blending Tool for aging the papers
Martha Stewart border punch – Spring
Tonic trimmer
Martha Stewart scoring board

I’m linking my card to Sketch For You To Try, Our Creative Corner, Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog, Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge blog

Now…on to my masking and positioning tutorial! FINALLY! I’ve been thinking of doing this forever! Holler if you have any questions. (photos will all enlarge if you click)

1. Start by stamping your main image on your card-stock and on a piece of Eclipse tape (thin paper with adhesive on the back, wonderful for masking because it is so thin)…

2. Next you will want to cut out the image you stamped on the Eclipse tape, CUT ON THE INSIDE OF THE STAMPED LINE, when you place this mask over your image you want to barely see the stamped line of the image you stamped on the card-stock, trust me, you want to!!! I only needed to cut out her bottom half for this card.

3. Peel the backing off your mask and place it over the image you stamped on your card-stock.

Take your Stamp a ma jig and place the imaging sheet into the corner just like you see in the photo. (the imaging sheet is translucent plastic, a little rough on one side, stamp on the rough side)

Ink up your stamp and stamp it on the imaging sheet while holding the stamp a ma jig in place with your left hand. Making sure the imaging sheet stays tucked into the corner.

Another “trust me”, you get good at this the more you do it and will never stamp again without it! It is so nice to stamp things right where you want them in the first place!

Your imaging sheet will look like this…

4. Now you are ready to stamp your fence OVER the little girl image…gear up your courage…hehe…

Place your imaging sheet w/the fence stamped on it over the little girl and move it around until you find where you want to stamp it.

Hold the imaging sheet down with your right hand and with your left hand bring the Stamp a ma jig up to the bottom left corner and fit it to the imaging sheet, making sure it fits perfectly, keeping the fence right where you want it.

5. Ink the fence stamp again….with your left hand hold that Stamp a ma jig right in place and “take away the imaging sheet”.

Bring the fence stamp up to the Stamp a ma jig (left hand still holding it in place), making sure the block is fitting right into the corner straight on… I touch it to the stamp a ma jig and then take it down to stamp the card-stock… it will make sense as soon as you do it.

The finished stamped image…ready to color!

Can’t wait to hear how you get along with this… I hope you try it and love it as much as I do!!! I have every stamp positioner that was ever created and I LOVE this stamp a ma jig… it is so easy and the non slip base is part of the reason it works so great. I buy extra imaging sheets but for the most part I just clean them off after I finish…sometimes I even use it for stamping names with alphabets… a letter in each corner of the sheet…however many sheets it takes…it really is slick!!! I LOVE it! My stamp a ma jig is one of the original ones, now they are a light tealish color…

Have a great rest of the week – stamping off!

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All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge….

April 21, 2010April 21, 2010 Pam Sparks33 Comments

♥ This is my second post for today…scroll down for my Inky Impressions Lili Happy Spring card! ♥

The challenge this week for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge Blog is….
SEWING! I love to sew….sewed for years, cross-stitch, clothes and then quilting. I don’t do it near as much since I started rubber stamping!

Lots of inspiration on the other design team members cards…Take a look HERE.

here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…hope you can join us!

every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered
in order to be eligible to win, your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store. Whether it is any of our wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries (Magnolia, Kraftin Kimmie, etc) the choice is yours.
be sure to link up your creation with Mr Linky by next Tuesday at 10pm est
Use the challenge, “sewing” on your creation
only one entry per person please!

Some other challenges I’m linking to … Allsorts Challenge Blog (Sat.) – In Stitches… Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog (Sat.) – In Stitches… Crafty Creations Challenge Blog (Wed.) – Distressing…

Puppy Kiki LaRue is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Colored with Copic Sketch Markers
Nestabilities oval dies
Sentiment stamp from Country Shelf set
stamped with Versafine Black Ink
My Minds Eye pattern paper – Quite Contrary line
Tim Holtz paper distresser
Tim Holtz ruler for the stitching holes
crochet thread for the hand stitching
button from Doodlebug (old, not sure if it’s still available or not)
Stampin Up real red card-stock

Thanks for stopping by and all the comments you leave – I LOVE getting them! It’s just the encouragement a gal needs to keep stamping and coloring!!!

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Inky Impressions Challenge 33…

April 21, 2010May 22, 2010 Pam Sparks20 Comments

I so enjoyed coloring Lili (leelee) this week for Inky Impressions Challenge Blog…I rarely color yellow! Must have been that dandelion I saw in the neighbor’s yard!!! So bright and sunshiny yellow! lol

We’re following a recipe this week…

3 layers
2 pattern papers
3 embellishments
1 ribbon

♥ This challenge will be is for TWO WEEKS so you have plenty of time to come and join the fun. ♥ No need to use Inky Images but if you have them we would love to see you use them! ♥ To be eligible to get Inked by the Inkettes you must have all creations uploaded to Mr. Linky by May 3rd Midnight Eastern Time. ♥ Check out the charming Inky cards by the design team gals HERE.

Happy Spring Lili is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
colored with Copic Sketch Markers
Nestabilities labels die
Cosmo Cricket Garden Variety Mini 6×6 paper pad
Ranger white ink pen
Martha Stewart deep edger border punch (I just used the lattice part)
Ek Success label punch (enjoy) is stamped on in Versafine Onyx Black ink
Chatterbox ribbon
Lasting Impressions for Paper buttons

I used the sketch for this card from the Crazy 4 Challenges blog (Sat.) so I’m linking up to them…. The challenge at Pile It On (Sun.) is Spring and my Lili sure fits that!