Taylored Expressions Bushel of Blessings and Stamp Joy!

September 13, 2016 Pam Sparks23 Comments

It was so fun to get in some Copic coloring again! I used to color all the time but then… dies happened! lol

The September Release is full of beautiful and fun products for Autumn.

The Bushel of Blessings stamp set has a coordinating die set which I used here and the sentiment is from the set too. I stamped with Versamark ink and heat embossed it with Gold embossing powder. Four beautiful sentiments and three gorgeous pumpkin images in the set.

Fabulous for getting us in the Fall spirit!

I wanted to share that I will be teaching at TE’s Stamp Joy again this year! yay! If you haven’t signed up yet…we’d LOVE to have you come!

Here’s a little blurb about my class…so festive and fun!

Get a jump on your holidays with this very merry class where you will create four charming Christmas cards. Join designer Pam Sparks for a joyful journey through the winter wonderlands she will help you craft using our bestselling holiday stamps, tools, and dies.

This class is offered during the Morning Session (9:30-11:30am) and Afternoon Session (1:30-3:30pm).

Thanks for stopping by today! Scroll down for a step by step video on the poppystamps Hour Glass Shaker Card.

I will be teaching two card classes on October 22nd at Scrapmania in Cedar Rapids too! With the new Oct. TE release!

TTUL! I have to go make some more cards! lol

Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Fall · Masculine · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Watercolor

Memory Box and poppystamps 3 cards today!

September 3, 2016September 6, 2016 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Hello! Distress ink watercoloring again for this thank you card. I just brushed on Distress ink refills. Dropped a drop on acetate, spritzed with a few shots of water and brushed it on here and there on watercolor paper…very forgiving. yay!

I die cut the Feathertree Frame in heavy white card-stock, inked it by pouncing it with an embossing pad and pouring on the gold embossing powder. I used Tsukineko’s gold powder this time.

The sentiment is stamped with the MISTI stamping tool and embossed with the same ink and powder on a strip of vellum.

Linking my Thank you card to some challenges…

Addicted to CAS – Harvest

Here I did the same thing with the Distress ink refills but just brushed straight across but overlapped the strokes… wilted violet, chipped sapphire, tumbled glass and forest moss, I think…I always think I’ll remember! ugh.

I die cut the Forest Tree Frame die in heavy white card-stock, die cut the owl in kraft card-stock, inked him with Gathered Twigs Distress ink, colored his eyes with a Copic Sketch black marker and added white to his chest with the Sharpie White pen…links to the products below.

Sentiment stamped with Taylored Expressions new Oreo Hybrid stamp pad and the MISTI stamping tool.

Whew – one more card for today…I’ve had this one done for awhile but just haven’t gotten it worked in but I need to!

I watercolored the backgrounds and colored the images with Zig Clean Color Brush pens…love them too! oh you know, these days…what’s not to love about everything in the paper crafting industry! So much wow out there!

Some of the Sharpie white pen dots again and a sentiment stamped with the MISTI again…YES, if you’ve had any doubt whether this tool is worth the investment, I’m here to tell you YES, you need it and will LOVE it! I have both sizes and two of each…I share with our grandkids and classes too though..wink, wink. Our granddaughters all want them for their birthday gifts this year too! So far two down…two to go! lol

ok – I’ll shut up. It’s Saturday and the eve of a big get something done vacation weekend! I’m expecting Tim home any minute to work. Painting and fixing. yuk. But thankful cuz it needs done!

OH – crazy morning though… did this happen to any of you? I got woke up a few minutes after 7 this a.m. because the bed was shaking!!! So strange! It happened 3 times. Earthquake in Oklahoma and I’m in IA! This happened one other time some years ago…same thing…still sleeping and woke me up but I’d forgotten and didn’t put two and two together until I checked Facebook and my sister commented that they were out eating breakfast and the pictures were moving on the wall in the restaurant! Yikes that we were feeling something so far away from both of us. She lives 3 hours away from me!

Did it wake you up? Hope some mosquitoes lost their lives! Ha!

Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

Shopping links to products I used to make these cards…

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Spring · Summer · Techniques

poppystamps Dogwood Blossom and Swirly Bird…

August 31, 2016August 31, 2016 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Happy Wednesday everyone! Today I’m posting some easy on the eyes cards… hehe Is there a color that doesn’t go with kraft card-stock? I don’t know of any right off the top of my head! lol Today it’s ‘pinks’ turn.

And what better way to use pink than these beautiful poppystamps Dogwood Blossom dies! I’ll put links to all the dies below in Inlinkz since the post is gonna be a little picture heavy.

I started off with this Dogwood Blossom Corner die and one thing lead to another! lol (I used my embedding die technique, video how to under the blog header video tab and titled Adhering Intricate Dies)

and why not just use them all in pink and kraft?! lol

It’s not been a sunshiny week here so these cards are cheering me up and I needed some thank you cards. Win, win! hehe

Linking up…

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp August Work it Wednesday

Die Cuttin’ Divas – Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More – Clean and Simple

Thanks for stopping in again… tomorrow is Taylored Expressions release day and I’ve got some fun cards to share! Hope you’ll come back!

Dies and Supplies I used on these cards…

cards · CAS · Christmas · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps

Memory Box, poppystamps Traditional Christmas Wreath…

August 11, 2016August 11, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

I just had to stop class prep and make a couple cards yesterday! I was going through withdrawal! lol A simple card that took me a few hours. lol I tried a couple other things but came back to this traditional layered up card! At least we have stitched rectangle dies now to dress up the layers! lol

I love this little holly duo stamp and die from the NEW Purrfect Holidays stamp set and Purrfect Holidays die set. I stamped and painted 7 of them with Peeled Paint Distress ink and the water brush , die cut them (using the On the Edge Cutting plates because they are smaller and faster to run through small things) and glued them to the wreath with Tombow Mono Multi glue.

Now for the fun part… A TIP... in case you haven’t already thought of this. Because I glued the holly to the Freida Wreath die cut already, I can turn the wreath over and put ½ squares of mounting foam tape on the back behind each of the holly, making the whole wreath popped up from the card base when I stick it on then! No gluing a few wreaths together to get dimension! YAY!

I embossed the sentiment from the NEW Christmas Botanicals stamp set with Embossing ink and gold embossing powder. I love this stamp set! I plan to use it some more soon!

I used some skinny ribbon to make little bows tied on to the wreath here and there and then a piece along the bottom to finish it up!

Challenges…

Happy Little Stampers – Anything Goes with Dies

Muse: Christmas Visions – photo inspiration (the wreath)

Merry Monday Christmas – Christmas in Summer Link up

Thanks for clicking over to my blog today! ‘preciate it so much!

If you are anywhere near the MLPS, MN area, I’ll be at Crafter’s Haven teaching 4 classes, Aug. 19th – 21st! I’d love to meet you!

ttul!

P.S. A great time to buy a Big Shot, MISTI, Scor-Pal 8ths, trimmers…eek! What a great sale!

cards · CAS · Christmas · Memory Box · Winter

A CAS Memory Box Merry Christmas card…

August 1, 2016August 2, 2016 Pam Sparks26 Comments

I fell in love with this Memory Box Fancy Merry Christmas Channel die when I saw it. I want to try using it in a Winter scene but just playing around with dies I had laying on my desk, I made this. The Memory Box Snowflake Scrollwork Sleeve die cut twice, makes up the top and bottom border pieces on the card front.

You could easy slide a family photo or gift card in for a fun presentation. Fast to make too!

I added a few glitter domes (SLS has the larger size HERE, I do love them, especially the red and white) but any fun embellishment would work. Have you seen the new Nuvo Crystal Drops? Video about them at the link. I want them all! lol And now Ranger has 12 colors of Enamel Accents! waahhhh… can I have them all?! I’m excited about these because I do love the enamel dots ‘thing’. Remember when we were ga ga over brads?! I do still love them but, I forget to use them!

Linking to some challenges…

Happy Little Stampers – Case the designer (sentiment surrounded by images)

Merry Monday Christmas – Christmas in Summer link up

I’ll be back with more! Thursday is Taylored Expressions August release and I have more Memory Box to share too!

Thanks so much for looking! Always love hearing from you!

P.S. So happy to let you know that Printworks has NEW stamps and STENCILS! So Cool!
Stencils HERE, new Wood Mounted Stamps HERE, new Cling Stamps HERE, HERE and HERE.
More info on the FB page HERE and some cards made with the new. So MUCH FUN! Check ’em out!