Spring Has Sprung…

March 7, 2012August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks30 Comments

Spring Has Sprung is a NEW set for March from CC Designs. I combined it with the NEW Swiss Pixies Bunny Lucy and the ticket stamp from the NEW Spring Logos set.

I stamped these cuties with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Hammermill Color Copy Cover card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. All the grays are the T’s. I made an Easel card with one add on. I have a couple videos on making this type of card… HERE (2 min. long) and HERE is a video with two add-ons (3 min. long)…

March is blowing in like a lion in Iowa this week… Sunday started with snow all day and cold…yesterday the high was 74˚!!! Crazy! Is it only in Iowa you can experience all four seasons in one week?! lol Have a good one!

I used the Martha Stewart grass border punch but I couldn’t find it to link to, so I linked to the Magnolia Doohickey grass die and the My Favorite Things grass die.

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Butterfly Lucy…

March 6, 2012April 1, 2012 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Butterfly Lucy here to help us greet Spring this year! Oh, she is so sweet! I LOVE her! So pretty in pink and ready to play outside! New Butterfly Border die too! Three NEW Swiss Pixies…to die for cute!!!

Click over the the All That Scraps blog for all the wonderful creations from the ATS Design Team gals… just amazing stuff!!! While you’re there… link up for a chance to win these cute new stamps!!!

Thanks for stopping by! So fun to hear from you and I’ll be back tomorrow with more cute-ness!

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The Pattern Paper Says it All….

February 14, 2012February 14, 2012 Pam Sparks31 Comments

Click HERE to link up to my Printworks Valentine stamp candy! You don’t have to do anything! Just link!

CC Designs Swiss Pixies February Review Day! I used Pixie Lucy, Woodland Daisy and Woodland Logos…

She’s so sweet!

Images are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink. I used some different Copic colors this time…for me anyway! For the pink clothes I started out with R11. Then teeny amounts of R12 and R20. On her Wings I used R0000 all over, then R000, 00, 01 and 02. The greens are BG90’s. The big flower is R20, R43 and R46. The teeny flowers are E24, E07 and E59. Her hair is E50, 51, 53, 55. Acorns are the E40’s.

The paper is from one of those 4×6 ish paper pads from DCWV called Mariposa.

LOVE the Woodland Daisy “seat” and AmyR Stamps Be Happy sentiments…”just sitting here thinking of YOU”! (stamped with my trusty stamp a ma jig…LOVE that thing!) Check out the super tiny acorns on the Woodland Pixie Logo… I cut out a couple and popped them up!

Thanks for stopping by to see my Swiss Pixie Lucy card today! I love hearing from you and I’ll be around soon! Working on some other cards to share soon!

Happy Valentines Day dear stamping friends!!!

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Woodland Wreath…

February 2, 2012February 2, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Oh, I had fun getting gluey with this new die set from CC Designs for February! It’s called Acorns and Leaves. I used several CC Designs dies and Ranger black enamel in the flower centers. The flowers are the smallest flowers from the Phlox Flower die and the Five Point Flower die. I doubled the kraft paper cord and tied a bow, so I’d have double loops on both sides of the knot.

The sentiment is from the NEW AmyR Stamps sentiment set called Be Happy. On the inside I made another little bouquet with an acorn and leaves and stamped the sentiment from this set that says, best birthday wishes.

Click over to the ATS blog to see what the other ATS designers created for today using these new dies! Totally inspiring! I love this Woodland theme that Christine came up with! AND… be sure to link up for a chance to win… on all three posts! woohoo! Who swallowed a happy pill? me? nah… just happy to be here!

Several months ago I finally took the plunge and ordered the Perfect Layers rulers! I was so tired of cutting card mats and re-cutting card mats and trying to achieve the perfect margin on all four sides!!! WELL… I can tell you the answer to the problem!!! THESE TOOLS are awesome!!! Time saving!!! Keep you from pulling your hair out wonderful!!!!! Hallelujah! My sanity is still in tact! Quit laughing! hehe

I will make a video showing how I use them but in the meantime… check out the video in the store. If you order through my link you’ll save 5%! If you love having perfect layers like I do, you will LOVE these tools!

You can scroll through the cards on my blog and you’ll see I’m rather biased to the 1/16 th in. mat… oh, it makes me HAPPY! so very happy…just the time it saves alone! I’m gonna ask Julie if they’d consider making a ruler for 3/32 nds… now that would be divine! Now you know… I’m crazy! lol Well, come on… don’t you think we need something between 1/16 th and 1/8 th inch too???!!!

ok – I’ll shut up about it…

Thanks for the visit! ttul!

here’s what I used today to create this humdinger of a card! hohoho – now where did that come from?!

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Smile!

January 31, 2012August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks29 Comments

You can’t help yourself! So go ahead and smile, laugh out loud… giggle even! lol This rosy cheeked Mushroom Girl is a new Swiss Pixie Lucy from CC Designs February stamp release. Melt you heart sweet! I paper pieced her, shaded with Copics and colored her hair and skin with Copics too. Check out the super cute in the forest circle logo stamp from the new Woodland Logos set and a new Leaves and Acorns die set… two different acorns and two different leaves… I just used one of each here… awesome!

I’m linking my Mushroom Girl card to the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge 151 – I used their sketch for my card. At Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog – it’s Anything Goes!

And here’s a front panel step card with new Swiss Pixie Woodland Lucy, Woodland Daisy and Woodland Logos…

Here I used both acorns and both leaves from the new Leaves and Acorns die set. Notice the Daisies seed packet…the oval says Wooden…that’s Christine’s last name! So fun! I had to cut all those pieces out and pop them up! I just love this card! So earthy in colors and cute! I made this a couple weeks ago and of course can’t remember the copics I used… oh why do I think I’ll remember… I know myself better than that!

The smile sentiment in the first card and the I’m here for you sentiment are from a new AmyR Stamps sentiment set called Be Happy.

Here’s the inside…more from the sentiment set, another acorn AND a fabulous new border die called , Mushroom border! (I just used a couple pieces of it)