Simon Says Stamp Release, Hoppy Easter Gnome Card…

March 8, 2020March 8, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! I had fun this week stamping up this cute bunny gnome from the NEW Simon Says Stamp ‘Lucky to Know You’ release!

SSS graciously sent me their new Spring Gnome stamp set to play with. I decided to stamp it a dozen times and cut out pieces to color and piece together to get that fun layered look. I love how it turned out!

So cute! I colored all the pieces with Copic Sketch Markers… BG70’s for the clothes, light W’s for the hair, E90’s for the bunny ears, YG 90’s for the hat and ugh, I can’t remember what pinks I used in the ears! The nose is regular skin colors.

I used the chisel end of the marker to make the lines on the clothes.

The sentiments are from the same set, inked with versamark and heat embossed with Lawn Fawn White embossing powder.

I used the SSS Stitched Rectangles set to cut the kraft color panel. Bunny is popped up on the panel with the thin mounting squares. I used thin mounting squares to raise all the pieces also.

So fun! I love this set! Two other super cute gnomes in the set and 3 more sentiments!

A branch die cut three times and trimmed to fit the scene completed the card. I used a disc. die but I’m linking up some others below that would work fun with this stamp set!

This is an A2 size card.

I’ll link up the release and the products I used below… thanks so much for stopping by!

SSS coupon code for $5 off is HP2T9, good until May 30th…

Lucky to Know You [ SSS ]	Simon Says Clear Stamps SPRING GNOMES… [ SSS ]	RESERVE Simon Says Stamps and Dies… [ SSS ]
RESERVE Simon Says Stamp SPRING… [ SSS ]	Simon Says Stamp STITCHED RECTANGLES… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Sizzix FUNKY FOLIAGE… [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Sizzix GARDEN GREENS… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Sizzix FUNKY FESTIVE… [ SSS ]	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS ]
Crafter’s Companion 50 PACK ULTRA… [ SSS ]	Copic Marker [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn WHITE Embossing Powder LF1537 [ SSS ]
Bazzill LICORICE TWIST Card Shoppe… [ SSS ]	Neenah Environment 100 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad… [ SSS ]
Ranger MINI ROUND INK BLENDING TOOLS… [ SSS ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two… [ SSS ]
Sizzix BIG SHOT MACHINE Gray And… [ SSS ]

Birthday · cards · copics · Memory Box · Polkadoodles · Simon Says Stamp

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Guest…

March 4, 2020March 3, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

I’m so excited to be posting with the gals at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge for the month of March! Each week a different company is featured and a theme to challenge us! I hope you will join us!

Here’s my card for this first week…featuring Polkadoodles and the theme, Something Feminine!

I fell in love with the images from this company and had to buy three. ❤ (the snowmen are adorable!) Links below…

This one is soooo cute! Winnie – A Pile of Gifts.

I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Copic friendly coloring paper, colored with Copic Sketch Markers and cut it out.

Skin – I started with a layer of YR000, then E000, 00, 01, 02 and 11.

Cheeks – R20, then R30 and 32 and back around the edges lightly with R20.

Hair – E31, 34, 35, 39.

Pink Dress – R00, R81, 83.

Party Hat and Bow – B60’s.

Puppy – E42, 43, 44, 47.

The background is on Mixed Media card, die cut with Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles and ink blended Squeezed Lemonade Distress Oxide ink and Tim Holtz water bottle water drops.

A little scrap of MFT’s Black and White Stripes 6×6 paper pack. An A2 size card! ❤

The lovely folks over at Simon Says Stamp are generously giving away a FABULOUS $50 voucher to shop at the Simon Says Stamp Store! All you have to do is take out your crafty supplies, make something following this week’s prompt, and add a link in the Inlinkz at the bottom of the challenge blog post! You can join 5 times so you could have 5 chances to win! How AWESOME is that!! All winners are chosen randomly, so everyone has an equal chance to win! Woo Hoo!! Good Luck to everyone!

Thank you for clicking to my blog today! I hope she made you smile and inspired you to color and get some cards made!

Products I used on my card from Simon Says Stamp…

Polkadoodles A PILE OF GIFTS Winnie… [ SSS ]	Memory Box Clear Stamps BEST LIFE… [ SSS ]	My Favorite Things BLACK AND WHITE… [ SSS ]
Strathmore MIXED MEDIA VELLUM SURFACE… [ SSS ]	Memento TUXEDO BLACK INK PAD Full… [ SSS ]	Copic Marker [ SSS ]
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink Pad… [ SSS ]	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER Ranger 4… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn STAMP SHAMMY Cleaner LF1045 [ SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Reverse Confetti · Thinking of You · Wreath Building

Wreath Building, You’ve Been On My Mind Card…

February 25, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Hi everyone! Today is my last post as a ‘fetti friend for Reverse Confetti. It’s been fun creating with their January release for two months! I hope you’ve enjoyed it. ❤

I decided to use the new Butterfly Wreath stamp and dies set but just the three smaller images to make a wreath using the wreath builder technique and the MISTI.

I love the simplicity of it and that the message is what you see first. It’s not always possible to be with people in person but if you’re like me, we are thinking of them!

I stamped in green ink but just die cut the three little floral images and butterfly. I colored in the flowers and butterfly with Copic Sketch Markers.

For the card base, I ran the new Stitched Scallops cover plate die through the Big Shot with the embossing set up instead of die cutting it. I really like the soft feel of this look for this card and message.

My other cards I made with these sets and dies are HERE and HERE.

So glad to have you visit today! Thank you so much for stopping by! ❤

Reverse Confetti BUTTERFLY WREATH… [ SSS ]	Reverse Confetti Cuts BUTTERFLY… [ SSS ]	Reverse Confetti Cuts STITCHED… [ SSS ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]	W-023 Spellbinders WIZARD TAN… [ SSS ]

All Occasion · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · LOVE · Thinking of You · Valentine

Memory Box Gloriosa Butterfly Duo and Jovial Wreath, Leafy Heart CAS Cards…

February 6, 2020February 18, 2020 Pam Sparks12 Comments

Thinking of you and thanks for your friendship! You are all wonderful blog, cardmaking friends! I always love hearing from you. We’re in the throws of making valentines here. Grandkids and I…having too much fun! ❤

Two CAS cards today… diecutting, a little bit of stamping, glue and staples! I’ll link up below for what I used.

The NEW Gloriosa Butterfly Duo Outlines and Background dies… Jovial Wreath and sentiments from the new Floral Heart Bouquet clear stamp set. Toffee cardstock from Taylored Expressions.

The next card, a CAS Valentine….

The new Memory Box Leafy Heart and Double Stitch Loving Heart Cut Out dies, sentiment from the new Memory Box Big and Little Valentines clear stamp set.

This was truly a clean and simple card… I did mount the outside die and leafy heart with thin Mounting Squares that I trimmed down to smaller pieces.

Linking to some challenges…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – With Love

Cuttlebug Mania – With All My Heart

Double D Challenges – Hearts

Thank you for choosing my card as a winner ladies!

Double D Challenge Winner

Thanks so much for stopping by today…we are having so much fun with THIS washi tape! It’s perforated like postage stamps!

Here’s what I used to make these two cards… have fun making v’tines! ❤

Memory Box – 94383 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94387 Gloriosa Butterfly… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box – 94305 Jovial Wreath… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5250 Friendship Floral… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box LEAFY HEART Craft Die 94377 [ SSS \| STR ]	Memory Box – 94359 Double Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Memory Box – CL5252 Big and Little… [ STR \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz – Idea-ology – Tiny… [ SBC \| SSS ]	idea-ology Tiny Attacher Refills by… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SBC \| SZZ \| BLIC ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]

Birthday · cards · Impression Obsession · Snowman · Winter · Zigs

Impression Obsession Snowman With Fence Birthday Card…

February 4, 2020February 4, 2020 Pam Sparks8 Comments

January is a big birthday month for our family… I’m behind posting my cards! This one was for our youngest grandson Charles… he picked out the stamp. I made him another interactive card that I was experimenting with that he loved. I need to improve on it though to make that one post worthy! lol

I stamped this on Canson Smooth Bristol and watercolored it with Zig Clean Color Brush markers.

Definitely a jolly, happy soul! I used some Nuvo Crystal Drops gloss white on the snow.

I stamped the number 5 on one of the new poppystamps Heart Tag Trio. The snow is from a new poppystamps Whittle Cloud Border die set. Both die cut in white cardstock. I love how fluffy it looks as snow!

The sentiment Birthday Boy is from poppystamps Sentiments of Hello stamp set, inked up with Taylored Expressions Cookie Monster Ink. Taylored Expressions cardstock, Confetti Cake for the card base also.

Thanks for stopping by today! I have a couple CAS Valentines to post soon, so I’ll be back! ❤

Here’s what I used to make this card…

Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps:… [ IST ]	Poppystamps – 2318 Whittle Cloud… [ STR ]	Poppystamps – 2302 Heart Tag Trio… [ STR ]
Poppystamps – CL451 Sentiments of… [ STR ]	TE Premium Cardstock [ TE ]	TE Premium Ink – Full Ink Pads [ TE ]
Nuvo Crystal Drops – Gloss Simply White [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SBC \| SSS ]	Tim Holtz – Idea-ology – Tiny… [ SBC \| SSS ]