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Another Honey beatin’ the heat!

Pam Sparks30 Comments

I love the “Honey”  images that Christine is drawing for her line of stamps,  CC Designs.  The one I’m using today is named, Summer!

Lesa challenged the Design team for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge Blog to a color challenge this week….so you get to be challenged next!  This one sent me searching through my cropper hopper paper holders for awhile…. light yellow,  light blue and pumpkin!!!  This paper is an old set from Chatterbox… the sketch I used is from The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog.

Here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…we’d LOVE to have you!

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday June 8th to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use the colors, light yellow, light blue and pumpkin on your card or project
  • Have FUN!

Honey is stamped with MEMENTO BLACK INK... colored with COPIC SKETCH MARKERS…GIGGLE (Beach sentiments from ALL THAT SCRAPS) is stamped with VERSAFINE ONYX BLACK INK…FISKARS BEACH WAVES border punch… EK SUCCESS RETRO FLOWER SMALL punch…large flower is from a CUTTLEBUG 2×6 FLOWER DIE SET…BAZZILL TEENY 3 MM BRADS…teeny daisy for the FLOWER CENTERS from Michaels…

I have another Honey card to post this week and a Tilda from Magnolia too!

♥♥♥You’ll see I have a new widget in my sidebar…. pause for a FAMILY MINUTE! lol   Tim and I have three married daughters,  our middle daughter Amanda and son-in-law Tim, have adopted two children from Ukraine, one in Oct. 08 and one in Oct. 09.  They are in the process of adopting two children from Bulgaria this year.  It is amazing and the children are delightful.  They change so fast once they have loving parents, a home, nutritious food and supplements. And of course grandparents!!!  We are so proud of them! Our daughters Heather and Breanna are working to help them with a new blog Adoption Miracles.  If you have time to visit,  I’m sure meeting Henry and Anya will make you smile.  We are anxious to meet Gloria and Mihail (Reece’s Rainbow changes their names when they put them on their website – safety precaution)  later this year also!  Thanks again for stopping by and sharing the love of stamping,  family and friends!

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A Splendid Adventure….

Pam Sparks26 Comments

Honey Sailor is setting out to travel/explore…a Splendid Adventure!

This week for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog,  Janneke created a sketch for us to follow.  Thanks to Janneke’s inspiration and ideas, I’m learning to love using sketches!  I started from the base up for today’s card.  Picked three colors of Bazzill monochromatic card-stocks, my favorite ever kraft and set out to conquer this sketch challenge!  Yep a splendid adventure indeed…I had fun! lol

We’d LOVE to have you join us in the challenge this week…here is what you’ll want to know to play…

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday June 1st to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use Janneke’s sketch on your card or project
  • Have FUN!

I stamped Honey Sailor from CC Designs with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers.  Cuttlebug 2×6 dies for the beach elements….EK Success border punch.  A Splendid Adventure is a Stampers Anonymous stamp…Explore and Travel are from a set by PSX all stamped with Versafine Onyx black ink.  I stamped the Sanded background stamp from Stampin Up with Walnut Stain distress ink on the kraft card-stock and elements.  The papers are all edged with Walnut Stain distress ink and the ink blending tool. I “always” work on the craft mat so the ink goes onto the paper from the mat so easily,  much better than working on scrap paper!  really,  it’s amazing and you use less ink and faster!!!  I scored my card base with Martha Stewart’s score board…love it!  So accurate!

♥Tab has added new stamps this week!!!   CC Designs (Adorable Darby and Penelope that I did last week, Honey and Swiss Pixies and more),  Whiff of Joy and you can pre-order the June, Bon Voyage issue of the Magnolia Ink too! 10% off her already discounted prices! LOVE that! ♥♥♥

Here’s Honey waving good-bye for now!


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All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday…

Pam Sparks18 Comments

Meet “Honey“… isn’t she a doll!  Christine has drawn some adorable kids again!

The challenge this week on the All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog is to create a paper cone.

Lots of inspiration on the other design team members paper cones…Take a look HERE.

here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…hope you can join us!

  • every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered
  • in order to be eligible to win, your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store. Whether it is any of our wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries (Magnolia, Kraftin Kimmie, etc) the choice is yours.
  • be sure to link up your creation with Mr Linky by next Tuesday at 10pm est
  • Use the challenge, “paper cone” for your creation
  • only one entry per person please!

Honey is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, colored with Copic Sketch Markers,  Glossy Accents on her sunglasses, sentiment is Amy R’s Big words and additions stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, waves are the Fiskars Boundary Waters border punch (the best waves ever IMO), Martha Stewart fence border punch, EK Success Beach/Castle border punch (punched out of fine sand paper), Sun is an old Paperkins EK Success medium punch,  kraft paper cord from JoAnns and Bazzill dot card-stock.

I like to link to other challenge blogs…this is a fun one this week… The ABC challenge blog – “u” for unused stash!  I could play in that forever! lol

Thanks for dropping in for a visit!  Enjoy Everything!

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Masking and Stamp-a-ma-jig tutorial…

Pam Sparks36 Comments

Close up…

This gal is dreamin’…enjoying the day for sure!

  • She’s inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
  • Colored with Copic Sketch Markers
  • Nestabilities standard square and scallop square dies
  • Masked with Eclipse tape
  • Positioned with the Stamp a ma jig
  • Making Memories brads
  • Basic Grey pattern paper 6×6 pad –  Blush (old pattern)
  • Distress inks – Tumbled Glass,  Pumice Stone,  Black Soot for aging the papers
  • Ink Blending Tool for aging the papers
  • Martha Stewart border punch – Spring
  • Tonic trimmer
  • Martha Stewart scoring board

I’m linking my card to Sketch For You To Try, Our Creative Corner, Sweet Stampin Challenge Blog, Magical Crafts Fortnightly Challenge blog

Now…on to my masking and positioning tutorial! FINALLY!  I’ve been thinking of doing this forever! Holler if you have any questions. (photos will all enlarge if you click)

1. Start by stamping your main image on your card-stock and on a piece of Eclipse tape (thin paper with adhesive on the back,  wonderful for masking because it is so thin)…

2. Next you will want to cut out the image you stamped on the Eclipse tape,  CUT ON THE INSIDE OF THE STAMPED LINE, when you place this mask over your image you want to barely see the stamped line of the image you stamped on the card-stock,  trust me,  you want to!!!  I only needed to cut out her bottom half for this card.

3.  Peel the backing off your mask and place it over the image you stamped on your card-stock.

Take your Stamp a ma jig and place the imaging sheet into the corner just like you see in the photo. (the imaging sheet is translucent plastic,  a little rough on one side,  stamp on the rough side)

Ink up your stamp and stamp it on the imaging sheet while holding the stamp a ma jig in place with your left hand. Making sure the imaging sheet stays tucked into the  corner.

Another “trust me”,  you get good at this the more you do it and will never stamp again without it! It is so nice to stamp things right where you want them in the first place!

Your imaging sheet will look like this…

4. Now you are ready to stamp your fence OVER the little girl image…gear up your courage…hehe…

Place your imaging sheet w/the fence stamped on it over the little girl and move it around until you find where you want to stamp it.

Hold the imaging sheet down with your right hand and with your left hand bring the Stamp a ma jig up to the bottom left corner and fit it to the imaging sheet,  making sure it fits perfectly, keeping the fence right where you want it.

5. Ink the fence stamp again….with your left hand hold that Stamp a ma jig right in place and “take away the imaging sheet”.

Bring the fence stamp up to the Stamp a ma jig (left hand still holding it in place),  making sure the block is fitting right into the corner straight on… I touch it to the stamp a ma jig and then take it down to stamp the card-stock… it will make sense as soon as you do it.

The finished stamped image…ready to color!

Can’t wait to hear how you get along with this… I hope you try it and love it as much as I do!!!  I have every stamp positioner that was ever created and I LOVE this stamp a ma jig… it is so easy and the non slip base is part of the reason it works so great.  I buy extra imaging sheets but for the most part I just clean them off after I finish…sometimes I even use it for stamping names with alphabets… a letter in each corner of the sheet…however many sheets it takes…it really is slick!!!  I LOVE it!   My stamp a ma jig is one of the original ones,  now they are a light tealish color…

Have a great rest of the week – stamping off!

ATS · cards · CC Designs · copics · rubber stamps · seven(7) Kids College Fund

All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday…

Pam Sparks22 Comments

KikiCupcakeApr10
Week #25 on All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge Blog is to use “distressing” in your creation. The paper I used already has the distressed feel to it and then I used ink and the Tim Holtz distressing tool to distress it even more!
Check out the other Design team’s awesome creations on the challenge blog…. here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…

  • every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered
  • in order to be eligible to win, your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store. Whether it is any of our wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries (Magnolia, Kraftin Kimmie, etc) the choice is yours.
  • be sure to link up your creation with Mr Linky by next Tuesday at 10pm est
  • Use the challenge, “distressing” on your creation
  • only one entry per person please!

Can’t wait to see what you create!

I used the sketch for this card from the Sketch and Stash Challenge Blog (Monday) and the challenge to use something new, never used or neglected from your stash.  That pretty much covers the whole card!!! lol  New, would be the stamp for sure!

Papertake Weekly Challenge Blog (Tuesday) wants a Cutie Pie… Kiki is that!  well a Cutie Cake anyway!

Creative Card Crew (Tuesday) theme is “Happy Birthday”…

I think that’s all for today!  The Card Sprouts didn’t make it to Week 4,  but I wanted to thank you for your support!  So fun to look through the gallery at all the entries!