I heart YOU….

December 13, 2011January 13, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

How sweet is this NEW Lula Big Heart! Part of the December CC Designs Release! I paper pieced her heart with Basic Grey pattern paper from the Eskimo Kisses 6×6 pattern paper pad. The card base pattern paper is from the same collection but it’s a piece from the 12×12 size. Such a happy Swiss Pixies Lula! The “I heart you” sentiment is from the new AmyR Stamps Heart-y Sayings set. Martha Stewart heart border…Fiskars teeny heart punch (hand held paper boy type punch)…holly is from an old All Night Media border punch or the old Fiskars holly border punch has tiny holly leaves too. Can’t find either one to link to though… sorry! I love teeny stuff… sometimes I buy something I don’t like just because of a teeny part of it I want! lol

On the inside I used another piece of the Eskimo Kisses pattern paper from the 6×6 pad. The heart and lacy border are the new Big Hearts die from the CC Designs Cutters December Release! So cool! They emboss a stitching line around it too! No sentiment yet, but I will use something from the Amy R Sentiment sets for Christmas.

Lula is stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink on Papertrey Ink select white card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Hair – E50, YR31, YR21, YR23

Face – E000, E00, E21 and R20 for the cheeks (this R20 is one I diluted with some R00 refill)

Dress and socks – B000, 00 and some light warm grays

Uniball white gel pen for the dots on the scallop heart and cheeks

I used the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge HERE

I used Basic Grey Eskimo Kisses paper because I saw the challenge on the Basic Grey Challenges blog was Anything Goes HERE

The Challenge at Wee Memories Challenge blog is Holiday HERE

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Meet Max and Georgia…new Winter Kids

December 7, 2011December 8, 2011 Pam Sparks23 Comments

So cute! Having fun in the snow! Four new Winter Kids from Sweet November this December release. To see the other two, Tess and Zach and see more creations with all four, click over to the ALL That Scraps blog, HERE.

I had that space there to the left of Max and thought…tree…then Leafy Branch die…clip, clip and it’s a tree! lol

The December release will be in the store tomorrow night at 10 p.m. I’ll come back here and add links to the new stuff if you want to check back.

Brrrr… it got cold here in Iowa this week! Supposed to warm up Saturday… I’ll be ready for that! Time for some cocoa this a.m.!

I used old American Crafts Holiday/Winter paper today… I know…bad of me but I always love a row of houses…if the paper has houses on it, I want it… then I hoard it and use pieces here and there! lol ‘fess up…you’re hoarding something too! lol

I’ll be back to add links after I grab a bite of breakfast!

Thanks for stopping by and sharing the fun of stamping with me!

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You’re gonna love this die!!!

December 6, 2011October 7, 2012 Pam Sparks29 Comments

Look at how pretty and frilly the new CC Designs Cutters Leafy Branches die is!!! The perfect filler for flower embellishing on cards!! YEA! I LOVE it and you will too! The other great thing about it is….there are two branches on the die…one goes one direction and the other goes the other direction…none of this having to turn it over after it’s cut and looking different!!! rah, rah, rah! Thanks Christine (CC Designs isllustrator)! It’s just what I wanted!

Another new die I used today is the Phlox flower…three sizes… so pretty!!! I love it as a Poinsettia! The Leaves die is from an earlier release, oh, you remember what I told you about it from an earlier post?! You don’t want me to go into cheering mode?! lol So fun to work with! They cut wonderfully! Really, truly and they come out of the die!

The “with love” sentiment is NEW this month from CC Designs Amy R Stamps, called Heart-y Sayings! A very cool set indeed! I used Simple Stories Christmas 6×6 pattern paper pad… Quickutz holly photo turns die and a red brad. Little pearls from Hero Arts that I dyed with Adirondack alcohol ink. Bazzill card-stock to die cut the flowers and leaves.

Today’s our 36th Wedding Anniversary! Where does the time go! I thank God every day for Tim! He’s the best! It’s snowing here… I know that will make some of you very jealous…really? hehe Not much yet but enough to make it look so pretty.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

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Back From the Past…

November 29, 2011November 30, 2011 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Christmas Trevor is patiently awaiting the moment he can tear into these presents! He’s so cute with his antler headband and candy cane shirt! I colored him with Copic Sketch Markers…check my post from yesterday for the link to Dick Blick’s sale and a great price on Copics! Then in the sidebar on the right… Copic refills HALF PRICE!!! I already ordered what I needed… yea! Hair E 13, 15, 18, 19 … Skin E000, 00, 01 … Shirt B000, 00, 02, 05 …Pants and shoes E40’s …

I started out with the Sweet Stop Sketch challenge blog open on my computer….It was the inspiration behind this card…might not look exactly like it… but that’s where I started! Sketch SSS136. Thanks Korin for the great inspiration!

I’m linking to Craft Your Passion Challenge Blog – the them is “tis the season”.

I had to try out my new EK Success ornament border punch… love it! I linked to it on Amazon because that was the only place I found it in stock online. Super cute Imaginisce chipboard sticker and die cut tree… links below. Echo Park 6×6 Season’s Greetings pad, in stock at ATS.

on the inside I used some more of the Season’s Greetings pad and a brand NEW Printworks sentiment from their Christmas release.. love it! I linked to it below also. Since we’re all thinking about PRESENTS! (and buying our own, hehe) I linked up some of the tools and things I use all the time! I LOVE the Color Bee Scissors!!!! I have a zillion pairs but for fussy cutting…these are the best!!!! My friend Alice clued me in to them and I became a believer immediately! They are the only ones I use for cutting out images! They last too…well, don’t get glue on them… use one of those other pairs you thought would be good to cut out that stuff w/glue on it! lol I use the Tim Holtz Tonic scissors for cutting rubber stamps….they’re grrrrreat!

I heard gals rave about Craft mats for a couple years before I finally purchased my first one a few years ago…now I have two! hehe Can’t create without it! Same with the ATG gun… oh my… definitely the most $$$ saving thing I own!!! I am not kidding…. the best thing! I know… it’s big… BUT… mine sits on the floor, right where I can put my arm/hand down and grab it…gotta have it! Then the Stamp a ma jig… yep… I use it every time I make a card or anything that needs lined up… another BEST thing! The Tonic 12×12 Trimmer….cuts straight… yep, it does and the Martha Stewart scoreboard….true love! Course you know I have videos under my tutorial tab for making envelopes with it… AWESOME! All this “stuff” makes me happy! If you need more ideas for what to buy yourself… stamps and dies…can’t go wrong! hohoho!

That sentiment pretty much says it all! Check out the new Printworks website… HERE … The Limited Edition Snowman is available now.

May your Season be full of stamping… your halls decked with paper scraps and die cut waste…creations all over the place!!! Thanks for stopping by!

More wonderful “Back From the Past” cards on the ATS blog HERE… hope you have time to look!

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Through the Night…

November 22, 2011August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks31 Comments

One of the new CC Designs Swiss Pixies… All Through the Night… I love her… so pretty…makes me want to go Christmas Caroling! I love Christmas Carols! Glad Tidings we bring, to you and your kin…good tidings for Christmas and a Happy New Year! So Fa la la la la! All Through the Night!

And one of the sentiments from the new Amy R Stamps Snowman Sayings set on the inside….

Linking up to the Everybody Art Challenge blog – Christmas Card is the theme… Shopping Our Stash Challenge blog wants to see Christmas or Winter related….Top Tip Tuesday Challenge blog they want to see more than one fold!

A couple side shots of the Front Panel Stair-step design – more on this style card on these posts, HERE and HERE.

I inked up the Stone Wall stamp and wiped away the butterflies, flower and grass, stamped it, inked it up again and wiped away then stamped with the stamp a ma jig to position them right the two images tight up against each other. All I had to do was draw in a few lines then…I stamped a light dot pattern from Printworks with Pumice Stone Distress ink after I colored the wall with warm gray copics. The background sky is Chipped Sapphire Distress ink applied with the Tim Holtz ink blending tool on a craft sheet. A few light spritzes with H2O and some teeny snowflakes and fine glass glitter from the Art Glittering System. The snow on the trees is a Snow Marker from Marvy and a little fine glass glitter again. The chipboard Christmas pieces are from K & Co. Brenda Walton Evergreen Icons. The border piece inside is from K & Co. Elizabeth Brownd Visions of Christmas border pack.

Today is November Release Review day on the All That Scraps blog… click over to see all twelve cards and projects by the ATS DT gals… you won’t be disappointed!

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