Stampendous Ugly Sweater Contest…

December 5, 2018 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Hi everyone! You are probably wondering what in the world is she talking about now! haha Well…you know how much fun it is to take on a challenge! So here I am… but even though I’m supposed to have an ugly sweater here on this cool penguin… I sure wanted it to end up cute! 😀

I needed to stick with Stampendous products so that was a challenge too! The ornaments around it’s neck are from a Christmas tree set (looks like it’s discontinued). I colored the ornaments with Copics and drew the snowflakes on with a white gel pen.

So here’s the details…the gals have been posting since November 25th and continuing through December 8th.

There’s a prize for 3 commenters chosen from the designer’s blogs and Stampendous’ blog HERE. The winning designer wins a prize too. I hope I win!!! lol

So I’d love it if you’d vote for my penguin between December 9 – 11. 😀 (shamelessly recruiting) lol

Back to the card… I heat embossed the sentiment, snowflakes and snow it’s standing on with white embossing powder. I inked the sky with Distress Oxide inks, Blueprint Sketch and Chipped Sapphire and the ink blending tool. Did the water droplet thing and glued on some sequins. It’s an A2 size card.

All I can say is, I’d hate to be walking around with ornaments around my neck! haha

Hope I made you smile with my ugly sweater and you enjoy checking out the other gal’s ugly sweaters! Thanks for stopping by! 😀

cards · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Penny Black · Winter · Wreath Building

Penny Black Nature’s Gifts Joyful Wreath Card…

December 4, 2018December 5, 2018 Pam Sparks13 Comments

How’s it going out there in cardmaker land? I keep seeing the piles of Christmas stuff I want to use and trying not to panic! I’ve been playing with this stamp set off and on, trying the pine branch in the set with my homemade wreath builder template.

I was SO excited when I landed on the placement that resulted in this! I took a picture to show you how I placed it. This is the stamp I used from a Penny Black stamp set, I’ll link it up at the bottom of my post. Isn’t that crazy! Love it! (I think I might make the wreath a smidge larger next try)

I used Lawn Fawn’s Noble Fir ink pad to ink it up each turn. So simple!

Then I die cut the holly in white cardstock and colored it with Copics and the centers with sparkle red Nuvo drops.

I die cut the word JOYful from gold glitter card-stock and glued it flat to the card.

The white panel I stamped the wreath on is 4 ¼ inch square. I matted it with a dark green cardstock and then onto a 4 ¾ inch red glitter cardstock square. It will fit into an A7 envelope for sure, so no extra postage. The holly is glued in the center so the leaves still are up a little but they lay completely flat.

Now to try to incorporate the pine cone from the stamp set on to a wreath! 😀

I’m linking my card to some challenges…

Penny Black and More – Traditional Christmas Colors (my wreath, main image, is stamped)

Penny Black Saturday Challenge – Winter or Christmas

Crazy 4 Challenges – It’s a Tree-mendous Time of Year (pine branches)

As You See It Challenge – Wreath

Stamping Sensations – Winter Sparkle (wreath is stamped)

Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’re making festive cards or crafting away at something! Have fun!

Save with this code at Simon Says Stamp YAY225 AND there’s this promotion going on right now! How fun is this?! *** While Supplies Last though…

Here’s what I used to make this…

Penny Black Clear Stamps NATURE’S… [ SSS ]	Penny Black CHRISTMAS BOW Thin Metal… [ SSS \| STR \| SBC ]	Penny Black JOYFUL WINTER Thin Metal… [ SSS \| SBC ]
Nuvo Glitter Drops – Ruby Slippers [ STR \| SBC ]	American Crafts Glitter Cardstock – Gold [ STR ]	American Crafts Glitter Cardstock -… [ STR ]
Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Sizzix MAGNETIC PLATFORM Big Shot… [ SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]	Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]
MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]	MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]
We R Memory Keepers – Basic Tools -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]	Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]
Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]	Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]
Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]	adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]
Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · Christmas · copics · Distress Ink coloring · Lawn Fawn · Winter

Lawn Fawn ‘Oh What Fun’ Card and I’m a Guest on The Foiled Fox Blog Today…

November 6, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! Welcome! I’m sharing the magic of the holiday season with my card today! It’s my pleasure to be a guest cardmaker on The Foiled Fox blog!

When Shauna asked me I immediately started looking at the new Lawn Fawn release thinking Winter/Christmas scene making!

I’ll link to The Foiled Fox store below for everything I used to make this card. Free shipping at $50 and a lot of great companies, Lawn Fawn, Altenew, My Favorite Things, Concord and 9th and so many more!

I started with a panel of 110# Solar White cardstock cut to 4 ¼ x 5 ½ inches and then die cut it with the new LF Snowfall Backdrop:Portrait die.

I wanted a night sky but lighter toward the bottom so I used Distress Ink pads in Tumbled Glass, next up Faded Jeans and then top is Chipped Sapphire, all applied and blended with the Foam Mini Ink Blending tool.

I spattered the inked background with water drops, let that dry, then spattered on a little diluted white acrylic paint. Set that aside to dry.

I die cut the Little Town Hillside (pop up) die in black cardstock and spattered it lightly with white also. I tend to get spatters everywhere even using a box but it’s worth it! lol Trim the Little Town Hillside die cut to fit the bottom of the card.

I stamped “O what Fun” (the bear in the sleigh) in Tuxedo Black Memento ink, die cut it and colored it with Copic Sketch Markers.

I stamped and die cut the reindeer and ropes from the stamp and die sets Toboggan Together and colored them with Copic Sketch Markers. Add gems to the noses and white gel pen accents here and there.

I stamped and heat embossed in white embossing powder, the Simply Winter Sentiments on red cardstock and cut them into strips.

I die cut the Reveal Wheel Snowflake add-on twice, in Neenah Solar White 100# cardstock, cut one in half and used them above the sentiment strips and one in the sky.

I taped on the town border. The sleigh, reindeer and sentiments are popped up with mounting tape. The panel is adhered to an A2 cardbase.

I hope you’re inspired to make for Christmas! So many new and fun products to ‘play’ with! Check out the store and thank you so much for stopping by today!

Here’s what I used to make this card…links go to The Foiled Fox online store.

MISTI Precision Stamping Tool – The… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Oh What Fun Stamp Set – The… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Oh What Fun Lawn Cuts – The… [ FLD ]
Lawn Fawn Toboggan Together Stamp Set… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Toboggan Together Lawn Cuts… [ FLD ]	X-Press It White Blending Card – The… [ FLD ]
Memento Tuxedo Black Dye Ink Pad -… [ FLD ]	The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Simply Winter Sentiments -… [ FLD ]
Peppermint Heavy Cardstock – 10… [ FLD ]	VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad – The… [ FLD ]	Opaque Bright White Embossing Powder… [ FLD ]
Heat-It Craft Tool – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	US ArtQuest Goodbye Static! – The… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Little Town Hillside Pop-up… [ FLD ]
Licorice Twist Heavy Cardstock – 10… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Reveal Wheel Snowflake… [ FLD ]	Lawn Fawn Snowfall Backdrop Portrait… [ FLD ]
Neenah Solar White 110lb Cardstock –… [ FLD ]	Tumbled Glass Distress Ink Pad – The… [ FLD ]	Faded Jeans Distress Ink Pad – The… [ FLD ]
Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink Pad -… [ FLD ]	Mini Ink Blending Tool – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Mini Ink Blending Foam – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]
Non-Stick Craft Sheet – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Tim Holtz Distress Sprayer – The… [ FLD ]	Tim Holtz Distress Spray Stain –… [ FLD ]
Sakura Gelly Roll Fine Point Pen (05)… [ FLD ]	Scotch Advanced Tape Glider General… [ FLD ]	3M-Scotch Advanced Tape Glider – The… [ FLD ]
Foam Mounting Tape by Scotch – 1/2″… [ FLD ]	Scotch® Double-Sided Foam Mounting… [ FLD ]	Tombow Mono Multi XL Liquid Glue -… [ FLD ]
Stamp Shammy – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Detail Scissors 4″ – The Foiled Fox [ FLD ]	Tim Holtz Maxi Guillotine 12.25″/31… [ FLD ]
Scor-Buddy Eighths Mini Scoring Board… [ FLD ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Mama Elephant · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Mama Elephant, poppystamps and Guesting for the CAS Christmas Challenge…

November 3, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Hi cardmakers and friends! I’m so excited to post today with the CAS Christmas Challenge! I won their challenge a few weeks ago with a CAS wreath card and now I get the honor to play along with them as a guest! You are invited to play a long too!

The theme for this month is….

I chose to use one of the super cute Mama Elephant Santa Agenda stamps…the Santa that’s ready to go down the chimney!

He’s so cute! I stamped him on Copic X-Press It coloring cardstock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, in the MISTI and colored him with Copic Sketch Markers.

I used some white gel pen after I finished coloring to highlight his fur and beard. TIP: Don’t color with Copics after you use the gel pen because it ruins the nib on your marker!

I die cut the poppystamps Snowy Merry Christmas die three times in white, glued them together, keeping all the pieces on two of the cuts. Then I die cut one time in red. I stamped a brick stamp with black ink on the red cut, then pieced the red into the top white cut…going for a chimney look!

Everything I used is linked below.

I wanted to put snow or sparkle on the tops of the chimney but I was afraid I would ruin it! So I kept it CAS. haha

I added the small snow flake from the poppystamps Shiny Snowflake die and a red glitter dome.

On the inside I stamped, ’tis the season to be jolly from a Penny Black stamp set.

I sure have been having fun with my stamps and dies! ‘Tis the season and my favorite time of year to make cards! I hope you’re inspired to get in the Spirit of Christmas and make cards! Thank you so much Loll for asking me and to the team for sharing their CAS creativity!

Thanks for stopping by! If you want to see a fun video of a card I made that I didn’t get posted on my blog yet…click HERE…you can see it even if you don’t have an Instagram account. I hope to make another and post instructions here soon. It’s super, super cute and FUN! I am biased about it! HOHOHO

ttul! (Remember to comment on my Tuesday giveaway post here on the blog, winner announced next week!)

Links to what I used to make this card…

Mama Elephant Clear Stamps LITTLE… [ SSS ]	Mama Elephant LITTLE SANTA AGENDA… [ SSS ]	Snowy Merry Christmas [ PPP ]
Penny Black Clear Stamp Set -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Archival Ink Pad – Jet Black; Ranger [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]
Archival Re-inker – Jet Black from… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| JGG ]	Memento – Tuxedo Black – full sized pad [ STR \| SSS \| SBC \| HLM \| BLT ]	Memento Tuxedo Black – reinker [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]
X-Press White Blending Card 8.5″X11″… [ STR \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Spellbinders – Tan Embossing Mats [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tool Basics Flush Cutters – 5 inch… [ STR \| SSS ]
Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]	Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]
Embossing Heat Gun; Precision Heat… [ STR \| SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Lawn Fawn Stamp Shammy [ STR \| SBC \| HLM ]
Mini MISTI – Most Incredible Stamp… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	MISTI Stamping Tool – The Most… [ SBC \| SSS \| HLM ]	Simon Says Accessories MISTI GRID… [ SSS ]
MISTI CREATIVE CORNERS Positioning… [ SSS \| HLM ]	We R Memory Keepers – Basic Tools -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives 3D FOAM SQUARES… [ SSS \| SBC \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]
Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D ADHESIVE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]	Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Die Piecing · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

poppystamps Mod Poinsettias CAS Card…

October 13, 2018November 19, 2018 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Happy Saturday everyone! I’m having a lazy day here…but I did manage to get stuff put away after our stamp club card party yesterday! yay! Ready to start again! In the meantime I still have cards to share…so I’ll post some pictures of this one today!

I always love poinsettias but paired with beautiful sentiment stamps and black…swoon!

This is poppystamps NEW Mod Poinsettias and Memory Box NEW Bold Christmas Greetings stamp set…when I saw it, well, I knew I had to have it!

All this white space! oh my! So simply but it does pack a punch doesn’t it! lol

I colored the poinsettias with Copic Sketch Markers – R20, 43 and a teeny bit of 46. I do love R46… I want them to add more in the R40’s!

Oh, I better not forget…the holly branch is from the NEW Memory Box Elegant Holly Double Frame! I’m going to end up using the two branches from this set more than the frames! Remember the wreath I made with the curvy one several posts back? So much potential in that die!

Die cut in white and colored again… I think the greens are G94 with a little bit of G99 in the veins.

One more picture just because I have it and that doily! haha

It was fun to use one of the smaller Memory Box Wrapped Stitch Rectangles set too! It perfectly frames the floral piece.

Linking to some challenges…

Watercooler Wednesday Challenge – All About Occasions

Happy Little Stampers October anything goes with dies

Thanks for clicking over and hope you get some stamping in this weekend a long with all the shopping! Seems we need food again. Where are those elves when you need them! haha

ttul

p.s. I’m going to take a break from all the links today! Over in the right sidebar you’ll find the box to click to take you to Starlitstudio and another to take you to Simon Says Stamp… you’ll find everything I used in these stores AND more! (or scroll down to links in my previous posts) Copy and paste the names into the search boxes there. Thank you!