Joe Kool meets Holiday Online Card Class…

November 12, 2013November 13, 2013 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Joe Kool visited our city bearing snow and cold yesterday! He decided it was SNOW time! It was still here this a.m. but the sun was out strong and melted it all away by afternoon…I’m sure Joe Kool will be back! haha Gotta have a white Christmas!

I really hesitated signing up for this online class… didn’t register until Sunday! In the past I’ve always struggled making the time to complete any of the assignments. For this session there is a day between classes and that was just the break I needed to make one of the assignments! hip hip hooray! I hope I can do some more!

What fun! I love kraft, red, black and white! Throw in the washi tape, twine and a snowman and I’m smilin’!

Joe Kool is just one of the many awesome snowmen from Printworks Collection. You can find him in the store HERE. The sentiment snow time HERE and Happy everything HERE.

I stamped Joe with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Get a load of that sparkle!!! You’ve heard about the Wink of Stella glitter brush markers?! WAY cool, like Joe! Check them out HERE! I used the white, red and dark green ones. (brushed right over the coloring) They dry fast too!

Inside…a gift card holder crafted with vellum and washi tape. I didn’t have a gift card to put in the pocket, so I put a piece of green card-stock in there for the photo. Now you can see the white embossed happy everything! (don’t mind the few specks of white…insert TIP…when you’re embossing on vellum… put a dark paper behind so you can see said specks! Just pretend they’re snow! All better now)

Snowflake punch is this one… HERE.

Challenges…
Addicted to Stamps – punches or dies
Seize the Sketch – sketch
Paper Playtime – sparkle
Shopping Our Stash – use something already out on your desk (wink of stella pens, copics, stamp pads, washi tape, twine)

Just plain fun! Thanks for looking! Love it when you stop by! Always love to hear from you too! Take care and stay warm!

Supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · Christmas · copics · Impression Obsession · Magnolia · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Tilda in the Forest…

October 18, 2013October 21, 2013 Pam Sparks32 Comments

Chop, chop! Time to find the perfect tree! Well, not quite yet but it won’t be long!!!! waaahhh… stop the train… I’m not ready for it to be almost November!!! Trains on the brain… birthday boy cards coming up next! lol

Time for Tilda’s Town Challenge Friday… yep, you guessed it… the challenge is Christmas! I finally used the Magnolia Doohickeys Christmas Lace die.. isn’t it pretty?!

Tilda in the Forest is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Beckett Expression Card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Face – E000, 00, 21, 11, 13
Hair – E30, 32, 23, 25, 27
Red – R24, 27, 29, 59
Green – YG91, 93, 95, 97
Blue – B93, 95, 97
Brown – E43, 44, 47
Gray – T1, 3, 5

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

I’m entering my card in the following Challenges…
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Christmas
Deep Ocean Challenge – Christmas is ’round the corner
Addicted to stamps Challenge – Make your mark (copic coloring)
Lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge – Dots or stripes
Christmas Cards All Year Long – Getting ready for Christmas
Crafting Musketeers – Christmas in October
Splitcoast Stampers – CC13

Thanks for looking! You always make me smile! Thanks so much for your friendship and comments! I LOVE them! : ) Have a great weekend and ttul!

Supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · Christmas · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Winter

Memory Box Addison Ornament…

October 8, 2013October 9, 2013 Pam Sparks27 Comments

I love a pretty, new snowfall…it’s always so bright outside until the snow melts. Just really cheers up the drab of Winter. How about this bright Lagoon color with white and a touch of silver and gems. A little unusual but very festive!

The small bow from Precious Snowflakes die tops the Addison Ornament Background die. I used the Sussex Snowflake die (cut twice) from a white notecard, behind the ornament and the label die from the Peaceful Snowflake Frame die set mounted on top of the ornament. I stamped the label with the all is Calm, all is Bright stamp. I just inked up the ‘all is Bright’ part of the sentiment.

Layered onto a piece of white woodgrain card-stock, then to Core’dinations Glitter silk silver cardstock (you can see what this card looks like HERE, links to purchase below) I cut with the Perfect layers tools 1/16th inch tool (link in the sidebar or below) and then on to a Lagoon A-2 Notecard.

Challenges I’m linking my card too…
Everybody Art Challenge – 3 punches/dies
PaperTake Weekly – Two by Two
Created with Love Challenges – Any Holiday
Challenges 4 Everybody – Anything Goes
The Glory of Christmas Challenge – Christmas Ornaments
Paper Creators Crafts – dies or punches

Thanks for stopping by today! Tim has been painting for me, so I’ve been moving stuff here and there and vacuuming more than usual! Yay for color and fresh paint! It was fun to make a card yesterday though! Lots more I need to make! : )

Shopping links…

InLinkz.com

Blog Hop · cards · Christmas · copics · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps

Operation Write Home & Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Skip…

September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 Pam Sparks69 Comments

Welcome to my blog! We’re skipping today to show you the Perfect Papercrafting tools and the cards we created for Operation Write Home. The skip starts at the Stars and Stamps Blog, HERE.

Perfect Paper Crafting is a company with fabulous tools! LOVE their rulers! My video with a couple tips that I have found very helpful when using the tools is HERE.

*** There will be a $50 gift certificate from Perfect Paper Crafting for one lucky person who leaves a comment on all the blogs. ***

Operation Write Home is an amazing organization that collects handmade cards to send to soldiers who in turn use them to send home to friends and family. Wow! What an awesome thing they do and I’m delighted to have a tiny part in it today.

I created two cards for the blog skip using the Perfect Layers Tools, 1/16th inch and 1/8 inch to cut the mats on this card and Printworks Collection rubber stamps. I stamped the flowers first on watercolor paper, then masked them, stamped the cup and colored with Distress inks. Stamps I used are HERE and HERE.

A thank you card and a Christmas card! I know… I wasn’t wanting to do Christmas again but this image just needed to get inky! Let’s Go For A Walk, HERE, Tis the Season HERE. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. I added 1/16th inch mats with the Perfect Layers Tools. The pattern paper is from Echo Park, a 6×6 pad called Tis the Season. Holly is from the Memory Box Fabulous Holly Wreath die.

I used the Operation Write Home Sketch #191.

Your next stop on the skip is Sandy’s blog. Be sure to comment for a chance to win the awesome $50 prize from PPC!!!

Thanks for skipping by!

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Snowman · Winter

Memory Box and Poppystamps Christmas in the City…

September 24, 2013September 25, 2013 Pam Sparks15 Comments

I know… Christmas again?!!! yes… tomorrow… tomorrow won’t be Christmas cards!!! I hope! lol

You have to love these mini snowmen though! So cute to tuck in a scene!

Can you see them? One in front of the NEW Memory Box City Globe stamp, hatless… brrrrr …then two out front. I used the Poppystamps Pine Border die cut in MB Dill cardstock too. I cut off a few trees and placed them with the hatless snowman and then a piece out front with the two more. (three different hats and four snowmen on the die)

The City Globe stamp is inked with black pigment ink and clear embossed, behind a panel with a circle cut out of it, then two cuts of the NEW MB Fabulous Holly Wreath die glued on the circle panel.

It’s Christmas Time in the City is a NEW sentiment stamp from MB and comes with a little holly stamp on the end of it. I inked the sentiment with Versafine Black ink and the holly with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copics and added Christmas Red Stickles to the berries.

Red twine and Red Glitter Domes or Red Pearls to finish it off! Oh, wouldn’t a jingle bell be cute tied on the bow?!!! An A-2 size card, just right for mailing! Use a piece of that really thin foam like packaging sheet over the front, inside the envelope, to help keep the envelope from puncturing while going through the postal machines.

I love the freshness of this card… the green against the white… the candy cane sweetness from the twine. Love this new stamp… it’s great with the MB snow globe dies too!

Happy Tuesday and I’m off to get ready for tomorrow’s blog skip with Perfect Paper Crafting and Operation Write Home. See you tomorrow! Thanks for Looking! ‘preciate it! Have a good day!