Strawberry Girl

August 16, 2009 Pam Sparks27 Comments

My title makes me think of the book Strawberry Girl by Lois Lenski…yesterday’s post about reading and all… Oh, I loved going to libraries! I LOVED the elementary school library! I grew up in Council Bluffs, Iowa and we had to ride the bus uptown to the library because my mom didn’t drive. Standing on the corner waiting for the bus was just part of my life! Later we tried riding our bikes but it was a challenge cuz I always wanted to bring home more books than I could carry on my bike! Simple pleasures! Having children and home educating just made me love reading even more! Decisions, decisions…stamp or read, stamp or read…hehe To bad we have to sleep and eat!!! So….what do you think of this warm gray background w/the cream card-stock and papers? I wonder if I would’ve flunked art! hohohoho… I hated art in school…I could not do it! It was so frustrating because I was a really good student in every area except P.E. and art! I HATED P.E.! I really didn’t mean to get off on this! Here’s the card…

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Copic Creations Challenge – Red, Pink, Hearts

August 15, 2009September 7, 2009 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Do you love to read?

It’s time for a new challenge over at the Copics Creations challenge blog sponsored by Susana’s Custom Art & Card Design

For this challenge, Susana sent everyone on the team a new stamp to work with, and we were challenged to use red and pinks and hearts on our cards.

The image that was sent to me ended up red and hearts! Alexa reading a book and the “hearts” part of the theme made me think of how much I’ve always loved to read! Check out the Copic Creations Challenge blog to see the new images the other gals used and to purchase these stamps, head to Susana’s online store!

Play a long in the challenge and one lucky participant will win a complete set – 12 of the newly released sketch markers from Copic, a $60.00 value!! What a great prize! I only have half of the new colors!!! boo! hehe

You have until August 31st, 12:00 p.m. CDT to submit your Red and/or Pink artwork and be eligible for a chance to win this prize. The winner will be announced along with our next challenge post on September 1st. Get those markers out and color!!!

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Another birthday card

August 10, 2009August 15, 2009 Pam Sparks11 Comments

My mother-in-law is loving sunflowers, so I had to try using the copics on this stamp from Inkadinkado.

The pattern paper is from Graphic 45…love this piece! “to wish you” is from a Stampendous set of stamps. Charm from my “stuff”…itty bitty brad is from Bazzill…colored with copic sketch markers…Basic Brey green twill…kraft card-stock…thanks for stopping by…two posts today! I hope to get more stamping done this week!

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Happy Birthday Gena

August 10, 2009August 15, 2009 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Our granddaughter Gena just turned two! They grow up so fast! Here’s the card I made for her birthday.

Basic Grey Phoebe 6×6 pad pattern paper….Tilda on her inner-tube from the Magnolia Summer rubber stamp collection…sentiment from AmuseArt stamps

copics used…E30 31 33, YG13 17, R81 83 85, BG000 45, R000 00 30, E93

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PURE CUTE-NESS!!!

August 8, 2009April 1, 2014 Pam Sparks15 Comments

So…what do you do with all these cute images??? Somebody somewhere came up with this stair step card idea and it worked so well for these girls! The tutorial was in Splitcoaststampers weekly newsletter this week and it was just the trigger I needed to get going on these images! So…without further ado, I introduce you to the Sugarplums Beachie girls!

from the front…click to enlarge for clearer detail

from the side – click to enlarge

close up…

I stamped in Memento black ink on Neenah supersmooth classic crest white card-stock and colored with copic sketch markers. Border punches by Martha Stewart and Fiskars. Sand paper from True Value! The word stamps are from a Summer set by Technique Tuesday. The sun punch is an EK Success Paperkins punch. Hope they make you smile! There is NO DOUBT it’s Summer in Iowa today…humidity off the chart and HOT! ick, stickeeeeeeee!