poppystamps Purr-fect Christmas and Day 1 of 30 days of coloring challenge…

November 1, 2016November 1, 2016 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi everyone! These cute kitties are all festive, toasty and warm! So cute and fun to color and embellish with all the little extras in the stamp and die sets, the holly, the santa hats, the bow, the gift and so much more! I used the poppystamps Purr-fect Holidays stamp set and matching die set, Cat Friends stamp set and die set and Kitty Cat Gift stamps and die set.

The dies I used are the poppystamps Classic Brick Fireplace, Stocking Garland, Warm and Cozy Fire, Fireplace Logs and Pine Garland.

The fireplace inside wall is ink blended with Distress ink pads and ink blending tools, Squeezed Lemonade and Wild Honey. The fire and logs are die cut in white card-stock and then colored. The fire with Distress ink pads and ink blending tools, Squeezed Lemonade, Wild Honey and Fired Brick. The logs with Copics.

I stamped with the MISTI, Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers, W3, 5, 7 walking kitty, YG17, 25 holly and gift, R46, 27, 89 stocking and hats, Y23, 26, 28 yellow kitties, E 33, 35, 37 brown kitty, E43, 44, 47, 49 logs.

I ink blended the walls and floor of the card-base with Tumbled Glass, Antique Linen and Pumice Stone Distress inks.

The white on the stocking and hats is Nuvo White Crystal Drops.

This is an A-2 size card. I know my grandchildren are kitty lovers and they will enjoy this card. hehe

I’m going to give the 30 Day Coloring Challenge a try this month! eek! Today is Day #1 and I am actually ready with a card! I hope I can keep up! I have plenty of stamps and dies I can color for sure! Wish me luck! lol

Thanks for stopping by today! Happy coloring…if you’re taking the challenge I want to see what you’re coloring!

Thanks again for all your lovely comments. The friendship and encouragement I receive here keeps me creating! I appreciate it so much!

Here’s hoping I’m back tomorrow! hehe

Birthday · cards · Christmas · copics · Family · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · MFT · Poppystamps

Memory Box Purrfect Holidays and MFT Jungle Friends Birthday…

October 14, 2016October 17, 2016 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi card makers! I can’t believe a week has gone by without me posting again! Yikes! I have two cards today though.

Tonight and tomorrow I’ll be at Stamp Joy in Ankeny for Taylored Expressions. I’ll post the cards I’m teaching there next week or so.

Then the 22nd I’ll be teaching two classes in Cedar Rapids at Scrapmania! I’d love to see you either place! Be sure to introduce yourself to me if you are there!

Back to my festive kitties! This is a super cute set from poppystamps called Purrfect Holidays. Matching dies too! I love it! The mittens on the cat! and the hat! Purrfect is right. So many cute elements to make scenes with.

Just colored with Copics… the gray the both is the T series. The blue green is BG11, 70, 75, 78. The reds are R02, E07,08. Nuvo White Crystal Drops on the Santa hat fur. Nuvo Winter Blizzard Drops on the tree star, ornament and here and there.

The patterned paper is from an older Lawn Fawn 6×6 pad.

Linking to…

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge

Christmas Card Challenges – Decorations

Next is a birthday card for one of our 4 year old grandsons, Gilbert. I hope he loves it! I do! lol

The gator slides in the groove over to the giraffe and then….

chomp!

Guess he was hungry! yikes! Anyway, I had fun making this cute card! Elements are all from the MFT Jungle Friends kit except for the number 4. It’s from Taylored Expressions.

Linking to ….

Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes, Birthday

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Thanks for shopping through my links too! Happy stamping/creating weekend to you!

Shopping links…

InLinkz.com

cards · Christmas · copics · Taylored Expressions · Watercolor

Festive Holiday Florals…Taylored Expressions Sneak Peek…

October 4, 2016October 9, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Welcome to Tuesday’s sneak peek for the Taylored Expressions October Release Week! My favorite time of the year to be making cards!

I’m featuring the NEW, lovely and festive Holiday Florals stamp and die sets. I also used the NEW Woodgrain Background stamp and NEW Plaid Embossing Folder. YAY! I love woodgrain! hehe

Using the Mini MISTI, I stamped the images from the Florals set with TE Premium Ink Pads and then added color to some with Zig Watercolor Brush Paint markers and some with Copic Sketch markers. That little extra…

Then I die cut them with the coordinating Floral die set.

The sentiment is from the In and Out Christmas stamp set. I embossed it with Gold embossing powder on a die cut vellum Stitched Banner Stacklets and added a sentiment on the inside from the same set.

I stamped the NEW Woodgrain Background Stamp in the regular size MISTI with Toffee and Chocolate Truffle ink. I inked the edges with Toffee ink, then die cut the woodgrain panel with Stitched Rectangle Stacklets dies to form a frame.

The Cherry Pop red card-stock is embossed with the NEW Plaid Embossing Folder.

I layered everything on to Buttercream Frosting card-stock and then a Sweet Basil card-stock A-2 size top folding card-base. Gold sequins for the Poinsettia centers.

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog to answer Taylor’s Question of the Day for a chance to win a prize from the latest release!

While you’re there, check out all the info about the awesome new products, release day is Thursday (be ready to shop ’til you drop) and click through the list of participating designers today. Be inspired and get those Holiday cards planned!

Linking up…

NEW Challenge blog! The Flower Challenge – #1 Anything Goes with Florals

Virginia’s View Challenge – Focal Point

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Shopping links to the TE webstore…

InLinkz.com

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

Memory Box Poinsettia Band and We Wish You Elegant Script…

October 3, 2016October 9, 2016 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hi everyone! I wish you a merry Monday! haha Really, it’s not so bad! I had a lot of fun getting out the copics and clear embossing powder for this die cut! Just cut in white and color it up! Smoosh it with some Versamark ink and pour on the clear embossing powder. I used regular for this, not detail/super fine.

Then the decision of what to do with it! Sometimes I get stuck! Ended up pretty festive though and I really like it!

Now to keep using up all the embossing powder from the last 22 years! HELP! lol

Linking to…

Christmas Card Challenge Blog – Christmas card

CAS on Sunday Challenge Blog – Heat Embossing

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Happy Little Stampers October Christmas Challenge – Embossing
The next card is my once (or twice) a year black glossy card with Silver and Gold metallic cardstock too and yes, so far it’s been a poinsettia card. HERE and HERE are some previous ones. Oh this one has red instead of silver…HERE. It’s sure hard to find cards going back on a blog. There are a lot of cards here! lol

This is the new Poinsettia Band die. There’s those Rectangle Layers dies again. Easy card but really pretty IRL.

A few Pretty Pink Posh gold sequins and gold cord and it was done.

Linking to…

Sweet Stampin’ Christmas Challenge – Christmas Die cuts

Virginia’s View Challenge – Focal Point

Thanks for stopping by today! I’ll be posting for Taylored Expressions Tues. and Thurs. this week. Time for the October Release! yay!

Shopping links to see the products I used on these cards…

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Birthday · cards · copics · Reverse Confetti

Reverse Confetti Birthday Cards…

September 27, 2016 Pam Sparks17 Comments

I have two birthday cards to share today. This little monkey is so cute and worked up so well for our grandson Cedryk’s 4th birthday. I colored him with Copic Sketch Markers, the E40s and the background is Distress Ink blended on to the card-stock with ink blending tools.

Memory Box Rectangle Layers die for the panel, the number 4 is from TE and the ‘th’ is from Avery Elle.