Two more Winter Cards…

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hi everyone! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas Season! We did!

Winter cards to share today but one is Christmas. I had good intentions of getting everything posted before but that fell through! I still want to show you though! lol

Here’s a card I made for one of our son in laws…birthday… it was late too! waaahhh But, I love it!

October Afternoon Washi tape, the Under the Tree collection.

Memory Box Large Winter Sled cut three times in woodgrain, red and silver cardstocks and hemp added for the rope.

Memory Box Dashing Through the Snow for the snow hills.

Memory Box Beaded Background embossed instead of die cut in the background.

and the cute background sledding die is from Cottage Cutz.

It’s snowing here today! Frosty goodness. hehe…since I don’t have to go out in it!

A Christmas card…I saw a gal’s one layer card and I just couldn’t resist giving it a try! ~~Now, since I waited to post, I can’t remember who it was. She was a winner in a challenge and now I can’t find it! If you know who it is, let me know and I’ll link to her.~~ *sigh* FOUND HER! My friend Annette emailed me her name! YAY! HERE is Julie’s card!

Santa and the sentiment are from an old Inkadinkado set (they show it in stock at Michaels but you have to buy two! Strange. At least you can see the picture and know what to look for if you want the set. The trees are from Embossing Arts. Embossing Arts is owned by I Brake For Stamps now if you want to find them. I have used this stamp so many times over the years. You can tell I was hurrying again… sloppy inking. I didn’t send this one to anyone! I still love it though. It was fun!

I added Frosted Lace Stickles to the trees…cuz..it’s snowing! I try other stickles but I always come back to Frosted Lace.

Oh no! I can’t remember what color Distress Ink I used! Blue Jeans and Chipped Sapphire??? I don’t know! Maybe if we find the gal I CASed…she might’ve used the same colors! lol

I was going to post pictures of the gift tags I made but I’m afraid this is already toooo long and I still have another card to take a picture of! HELP! lol I’ll be back with those pictures tomorrow.

THANK YOU all for making my Christmas merry and bright! Smiling here and so thankful!

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CAS Christmas cards…Taylored Expressions and poppystamps

December 20, 2015December 21, 2015 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Just a couple more Christmas cards to share today. I purchased this A Winter View stamp set last year at Taylored Expressions Stamp Joy. I was determined to use it this year! lol

I paired it with the poppystamps Small Madison Window.

The sentiment is from TE In and Out Christmas stamp set. I love this set… I used it a lot this Christmas.

Linking this card to the Freshly Made Sketches Challenge

A little Frosted Lace Stickles around the star.

Then for our stamp club’s Christmas party, I had the gals make this card…

I used Taylored Expressions Sweater Weather Cutting Plate die for the background, then poppystamps Blooming Poinsettia die for the flower. I think this is one of my favorite poinsettias.

One poppystamps Berry Sprig die that I put Ranger White enamel Accents on the berries, cut it in half and placed under the poinsettia.

Then the poppystamps Pine Boughs die here and there too!

Twine at the top and it was done… oh, I did put sentiments inside from the same set I used on the first card.

I finally started using the MISTI for the insides… so much happier then! : )

Linking my poinsettia card to the Sparkle and Shine Photo Inspiration Challenge

Dies R Us Challenge – snowflakes (there are snowflakes in the background cutting plate)

All the joys of the season to you! As we’re rushing from this to that! hohoho I told Tim last night, we needed to drive around the city and look at Christmas lights!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Simon Says Stamp You Have My Heart release…

December 17, 2015December 17, 2015 Pam Sparks16 Comments

I was so fortunate to receive a new die from Simon Says Stamp to play with for their December release You Have My Heart! Today’s the day to share! I have two cards…this colorful one, I painted a background with Peerless Watercolors on Canson Montval 90# watercolor paper. Spattered with some white Dylusions spray and black Peerless watercolor.

I used the SSS Stitched Rectangles to cut the watercolor piece. Mounted the frame cut directly to the card and popped up the Stitched Heart Collage die cut piece. Oh before I stuck that piece to the card, I stamped the sentiments from the SSS Sending and Wishing stamp set with the MISTI and Versafine Onyx Black ink.

I couldn’t just throw the die cut hearts away! NO! I glued them inside! 😀

My second card is the red/kraft/black ‘thing’ that I always seem to find myself doing! lol

Here I used the SSS Sending and Wishing stamp set and the Sending die with the new Stitched Heart Collage die. A little strip of Little B Washi and Divine Twine to finish it off.

Very CAS but still fun!

Linking to some challenges…
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Just a Pinch
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Die Crazy

I still have some Christmas cards coming…time marches on and I’m trying to get everything made that I want to. I’m still addressing cards! I sure made a lot of Christmas cards this year! lol A long with shopping for 17 grand kids and stocking stuffers! Oh what fun! Where is Santa when you need him! hohoho Actually my husband is really good shopping help! YAY!

Thanks for stopping in quick! Have a great rest of the week! eek! 😀

The supplies I used on these two cards…

InLinkz.com

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Merry Monday, Memory Box, Make It Monday – Motif, Papertrey Ink…

November 22, 2015November 22, 2015 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Almost a last minute loo-loo here…. whew! I couldn’t just not play in the Merry Monday Challenge – use a reindeer!

So here’s my cutie little Memory Box ‘reindeer’ called Happy Fawn. I colored him with Copics and then built a scene for him to live in.

I die cut the Circle Forest die in white cardstock, recut it with a pinpoint circle layer die to make it the right size, mounted a couple extra trees in the snow… die cut the frame first with the Pinpoint Circle Layers die, , then recut it with the Shaker Circle Frames die. That way I still had the little dots, although I think I would’ve liked it just as well with just the frame cut! : )

I used one of the Snowglobe Bases dies, cut in woodgrain cardstock. Adhered everything to a top folded A2 card base and stamped the sentiment from Into The Words clear stamp set. The holly leaves and berries are from the Mini Holly Leaves die set.

I’ll tell you how I made the sky sometime this week in another post.

Then I watched the Papertrey Ink Video Monday on motif building…well…I’ve been thinking about it most of the week! ugh! I just don’t have enough of their stamps for the center motif, so being me, I used dies so I’m linking up! I hope it counts! lol CAS!

Yes, we’ve got snow! All of the dies I used are from Papertrey Ink. I cut the word snow away from one of the dies that says Let It Snow.

In the Meadow
I think the snowflake center and flakes are from the Tinsel and Tags set, can’t remember for sure.
Christmas Cheer

Here’s another shot…

Thanks for stopping by! Here’s some snow from Iowa for all my friends that went south or live in warm states! : ) I took this when I got up yesterday a.m. The city had already been out making all kinds of racket. grrr They can’t just leave it pretty, they have to plow it a million times and make it look dirty. boo. This is one of the churches across from us…we live on a corner. Sympathy for ppl that live on the corner please?! lol

ttul! TFL!

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Taylored Expressions November Release Day and Book Winner!

November 5, 2015November 5, 2015 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi everyone! Looking at this card makes me want to celebrate! EEK! We’re so close to a new year…hard to believe…can I just live in denial?!

Today I’m featuring this fabulous Happy New Year die from Taylored Expressions. All the NEW for November release is in the store today! I die cut the Happy New Year die in metallic silver cardstock. I used four other dies for this card too. The Celebration Confetti die is new also and cut in gold metallic cardstock. Perfect for shaker party cards! Then I used the Starry Night Cutting Plate cut in teal-ish glitter cardstock for the background, the Frame in a Frame Cutting Plate cut in metallic silver cardstock and one of the banners from Skinny Mini Party Borders cut in metallic gold cardstock. Sparkle and Shine!

Next up…a sweet gift idea…keep them by the computer for all the recipe sharing that happens online!

Look at this cute NEW Little Bits Mixer die! Darling! The Recipe Card Pack is NEW also…the TE designers have been showing what they’ve made with the new kitchen stamps and dies all week. So cute!

I used the Tag Stacklets 2 dies, Tag Reinforcement dies, Special Delivery stamp set and tied the pack up with twine.

Next up…a super cute NEW set of Holiday Charms! I used the snowflake charm on this card.

I cut the three flakes in silver glitter foam and then added silver stickles glitter too! Sometimes you just need more you know! lol

The vellum banner is cut with the NEW Stitched Banner Stacklets die set and I embossed a sentiment from last months new In and Out Christmas stamp set.

I hung the flakes on twine hidden behind the Peek A Boo Circle die panel.

The background is embossed with the Winter Flurry Embossing Folder.

Next up…two cards using the NEW Basketweave Cutting Plate die.

Here I used it in a traditional way… just like you would think a basket should look! The NEW Stitched Banner Stacklets again stamped with the Simply Stamped Pinecones stamp set and the Simply Stamped Pinecones Dies.

A little Frosted Lace Stickles on the pinecones and tied up with twine.

Here is a CAS use for the Basketweave Cutting Plate. I die cut it in Red and Green cardstock. Placed it on the diagonal and trimmed off the excess after I taped it to the back of the card.

There’s another one of the NEW Holiday Charms. A cute little Santa Hat cut in white and red cardstock. Trim the white and glue to the red and Frosted Lace Stickles just makes it more festive!

I hope you’ve enjoyed the Taylored Expressions November release posts this week and can get over to the TE Blog for a complete list of the participating designers. Take a look around for more inspiration and NEW product info! All the stuff we love!

*** AND the WINNER of the Creative Cardmaking book is….. #34! Carmen Willis you have the lucky number my hubby picked! Congratulations! I will email you for your address…be watching for it!!! Thank you everyone for commenting. Always makes me happy!

Thanks for stopping by today… links for what I used on these cards in the Taylored Expressions store below. Holler if you have any questions!