Fun in the Sun…

July 22, 2010July 23, 2010 Pam Sparks34 Comments

OOPS! Sunburn!!! Lala has taken the heat advisory to heart here in Iowa today and is finding fun in the sun! Not me, mind you, I’m staying in the house!!! lol My fun is coloring in the A.C.! You’ll find Beach Lala HERE along with both of these fun sentiments and two more all on the same piece of rubber! I love getting a new package of rubber stamps in the mail to cut up! Yes, of course in the A.C.! I wilt in this kind of weather… fast! lol Alright, I’ll shut up about it!

Lala is standing on the Romantic Sunset Background from Magnolia Wedding Collection just released a month or so ago…I love their backgrounds with all the cute images I love to create with. The swirl/wave looking bunch and the dotted wave punch are both EK Success border punches. I used my stamp a ma jig to position the sentiment “life is a beach” along the bottom of the card. I used coluzzle templates to cut out the circles.

Lala is colored with Copic Sketch Markers

hair – E11, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19
skin – E000, 00, 01, 21
eyes – B21, 23, w1
lips – E02, 04
suit, pail, butterflies & ball – BG000, 01, 02, 05, Yg63 67, 41, 45, YR12, 14, 18
wood – E40’s
sand – E30, 31, 33
water – BG000, 01, 02, W0, 1
sun – YR31, E50

Oh the challenge of coloring hair! Her hair is dark but I like it….can’t make everyone blonde! lol I do have one granddaughter with red hair and blue eyes…the other red heads have brownish eyes… oh the challenges of coloring! lol

I’m linking my card to the following challenges…

Lala Land Crafts Challenge – Upcycle

Moxie Fab World – Let’s do Fun & Cute

Color Throwdown Challenge – I used Not Quite Navy and Wild Wasabi. I don’t have Marina Mist yet so I subbed Baja Breeze. (I know, not much of the wild wasabi, the sentiment is matted with it and I used matching copics)

Creatalicious Challenge – show some 3D

Tiddly Inks Challenge – I used their sketch (wanted to give them credit – I didn’t use their image)

Happy stamping to you and hope you’re cool where you are!!!

ATS · Birthday · cards · CC Designs · copics · Digital images · Magnolia · rubber stamps

Happy Birthday Henry…

July 20, 2010September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks33 Comments

Today is our grandson Henry’s 4th Birthday… so exciting! Henry has a stuffed puppy dog that he carries around that looks like this cute little Puppy from CC Designs. This Puppy with Kite is a new digi release from CC Designs HERE. The sentiment is HERE. I cut circles with Nestabilites circle dies HERE and on the inside is a Magnolia Summer background from the Fairytale release HERE. The pattern papers are from a K & Co. 12×12 pad. The stitching lines are from a clear set by Technique Tuesday called Borderline Notions.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday challenge Blog.

Thanks for stopping by! You make me happy!

cards · CC Designs · copics · Digital images

Butterfly Birgitta…

July 18, 2010October 8, 2012 Pam Sparks31 Comments

I’m showing you Butterfly Birgitta in this post…Hoping to have another card to show you tomorrow. I used Bo Bunny pattern paper, EK Success medium and small retro flower punches, Hero Arts pearls, JoyCrafts greenery die, Marianne Designs swirl die, Nestabilities oval dies, Martha Stewart border punch and an Accucut shipping tag die for the “hidden” text! Birgitta is colored with Copic Sketch Markers and a white signo uniball pen on the flowers…hard to see in the photo. I can’t decide if I like leaving it lighter around her eyes or not! There is always something after I think I’m finished with a project! lol

I’m linking to the Sketchy Colors Challenge Blog… Love this sketch and the design team examples were inspiring…the colors to use were Turquoise, pink and lime green. FUN! At Anyone for Anya Challenge Blog they want to “be dazzled”! I used the Spica clear glitter pen and pearls for that. The challenge at Wild Orchid Craftsis to “say it with flowers” gotta love that and the challenge on Paper Sundaes right now is make your own flowers and I did that!

Thanks for stopping by! Stamping to “beat the heat” here! lol

ATS · cards · CC Designs · copics · rubber stamps · Summer

Honey August…

July 18, 2010September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Just cleaning up my computer desktop and realized I hadn’t posted this Honey Autumn card yet! A frame card….means the scene is set back in an 1/8th inch and then the images are popped up on top of the cloud/grass background. The wheelbarrow is glued directly to the frame. I love these stamps from CC Designs… so adorable!

Here’s a close up….hope to be back tomorrow with more!

ATS · Card Sketch · cards · copics · Magnolia · Printworks · rubber stamps · Sweet Stop Sketches

Violets for you…

July 17, 2010July 16, 2010 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Welcome to Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge 65 – this week, a sketch with a spin…Korin says to use a tag!

I used my new Magnolia Doohickey tag and border Dies HERE, Basic Grey Kioshi 6×6 pad HERE, Doodlebug flowers, Violet Plant F1770 and sentiment stamps from Printworks HERE. I can’t find the violets on the site, so just write that in when you order in the comments and Nicole will add it to your order and send you a paypal invoice. This is an “odd” size card…I’ve been making my own envelopes with 12×12 card-stock and I love it! The Martha Stewart scoring board HERE has an envelope making guide and it is awesome! I just “wing” it, you know, kinda like making soup! lol Really though, there are great directions and measurements right on the tool! I did use the Ink Blending tool and Distress ink HERE on the edges of the tag and some of the papers. An awesome sketch and I love the violets on the tag! I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink HERE and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. (G20’s and BV0’s).