Tulips for you….

June 10, 2009June 10, 2009 Pam Sparks16 Comments

I know, a little late…thinking the tulips are gone but hey, that’s why paper ones are good, they last!

Here’s my card for the Our Creative Corner challenge blog this week.

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Here’s the sketch…The tulip bouquet stamp is by Alesa Baker/Impression Obsession. The script writing is by Penny Black. The oval is a nestabilities die. Colored w/copic markers. Becket Candlelight for the image, Bazzill & SU for the rest of the card-stock. Twill and the little nailheads are from 7 Gypsies.

Thanks for coming by…

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vintage sweet…

June 9, 2009June 9, 2009 Pam Sparks4 Comments

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I had to take the picture w/a stamp to hold the card closed. I cut the center out of the frame and the angel image is on the inside of the card.

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I love this angel from Printworks Collection….she’s an old stamp but so fun to color w/copics!

Supporting stamps from Hero Arts, Crafty Individuals and Stampendous. Flowers are from an old Quickutz flower die set. Memento black ink and Van Dyke brown ink.

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Wishing you…Happy Everything!

June 5, 2009June 6, 2009 Pam Sparks12 Comments

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New sketch challenge blog….ooooooh, sketches can be hard! This one was! I wanted to use some new stamps, so of course it was fiddle until I came up with something! lol The sentiment, cloud and grid backgrounds, the circle floral wood-grain are all stamps from Hero Arts. Tilda and the ladybug are from Magnolia of Sweden, colored with copic markers. I used a Martha Stewart punch for the three butterflies. The oval and circle were both cut using Nestabilities dies.
Magnolia-licious Highlites is the new challenge blog. This is the June design team sketch….click the link for details….give it a try!

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I love you this much!

June 3, 2009June 6, 2009 Pam Sparks24 Comments

The challenge this week on the Just Magnolia blog is Animals and Insects – please feature either/or on your card. The animal or insect does not have to be a Magnolia image – or even a stamp, it could be a die cut, a punch out, a charm, shaped button – anything as long as it is an animal or insect.

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Well….I’m probably stretching it here because my ladybugs are pretty small…I tried to use the Magnolia ladybug but it just didn’t work out like I planned! I used the new EK Success bug punch and they did turn out pretty cute…took a little fiddling to get them to look like something other than a punch out!

I used grass, fern, corner flower and stem punches from the Punch Bunch. The yellow ric rac is from Making Memories. Tilda is from Magnolia of Sweden and colored with copic markers. “You are my sunshine” is from Wordsworth. I used a rectangle nestabilities die for the background.

Here’s a close up of the flowers and bugs!Thanks for taking the time to check out my entry and I appreciate your encouraging words!!!

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By Train & Owls

June 2, 2009June 2, 2009 Pam Sparks7 Comments

Coming to the USA!

well, it really wasn’t by train but by plane! Our newest grandson is from Ukraine! I had to make a “so glad you’re here” card for him. A delightful two year old that loves trains!!!Martha Stewart’s wonderful train punches and the checkerboard border punch for the track. I punched five trains and glued them together to get a chipboard effect, same w/the cloud punch.

Square Nestabilities used to make the embossed frame.

My favorite Owl cardsInkadinkado Owl clear stamp, All Night Media wood grain (I purchased mine at Michaels),SU word & sanded background stamps, Rubber Soul – eyes stamp, Nestabilites oval dies, QK flower, twill and We R Memory Keepers pattern paper.Chatterbox pattern paper…