Simon Says Stamp Cold Hands Warm Hearts release…

October 7, 2014April 20, 2015 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Hi everyone! Are you enjoying the beautiful days we’ve been having? love it! Soon enough we’ll be thinking about staying warm, here in Iowa anyway!

I made a few cards using some of the new Simon Says Stamps October Release Cold Hands Warm Heart.

Oh what fun! Awesome stamp sets, die sets, stencils and supplies! The mug, heart and sentiment are from the Winter Warmth stamp set. The oval the mug is sitting on is from the Dash Line Shapes stamp set.

I took a CAS approach for my three cards today and some color book therapy! Oh, the little holly and berries with the mug is from Lawn Fawn though.

On this Brrr card… I used one of the dies from the Stitched Slopes and Hills die set to make the clothes line. I stamped the images from the Winter Warmth stamp set to appear like they are hanging. What an awesome die set! Can’t wait to use it for landscape type scenes!

This card was ‘spotted’ on the SSS Flickr page! yay! Thank you SSS!

Images stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink

Copics I used…
green – (brr card) YG41, 45 (mug YG61,63, 67)
red – R27, 59
teal – (brr card) BG45, 49 (mug) B00, BG53, 57

Snowflakes stamped with Memento Teal ink pad

Sentiment stamped with Versafine Black

I’m linking up to some challenges…

Virginia’s View Challenges – CAS First card is in the wrap up, HERE. YAY! THX Virginia! AND in the Honorable Mentions! woohoo! Thank you so much Virginia and family!

Addicted to Stamps Challenge – Anything Goes First card is an honorable addict! YAY! THX ladies!

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

Here’s another new die I got to play with…it’s called the Triangle Pattern Wafer die.

I die cut it twice, in white and green, then filled in the white with green to give it a tree like look. A neat die and it cut beautifully!

The Merry Christmas sentiment is from a poppystamps Merry Christmas background die. I cut it but left the letters in the cut.

Click over to Simon Says Stamp.com to see the rest of this awesome release! Copics, stamp pads and supplies, everything you need to stamp out cold hands and warm hearts… : )

Thank you for stopping by! I’ll be teaching Memory Box/poppystamps classes soon… two on Oct. 19th at Scrapmania in Cedar Rapids and two on Nov. 8th in Moline, IL at The Scrapbooking Studio. If you’re anywhere close… come! I’d love to meet you! : )

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Perfect Paper Crafting and Lawn Fawn Blog Hop…

September 29, 2014September 30, 2014 Pam Sparks78 Comments

Welcome everyone! It’s a blog hop Monday for Perfect Paper Crafting and Lawn Fawn!

If you hopped to my blog from Tracy’s Blog, you’re in the right place!

Today you’re hopping and commenting for a chance to win your choice between two prizes from Perfect Paper Crafting and from Lawn Fawn the prize is a stamp set and a 6×6 pattern paper pad! Good luck!

You’ll want to check out the Perfect Paper Crafting and Lawn Fawn blogs everyday this week for more inspiration and chances to win.

For my card today – I used Lawn Fawn’s darling Making Frosty Friends clear stamp set, You’ve Got Mail clear stamp set and the holly is from the NEW Joy To the Woods clear stamp set. I used the coordinating die sets too… all linked below. Don’t you love all the clear stamps and matching die sets?!

The snowflake pattern paper (beanie) is from the adorable Snow Day Collection that just came out.

I stamped the postcard, cancellation and wavy lines stamps on white card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
I die cut the stamped postcard with the new Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles die (love them!)
I stamped the sentiment from You’ve Got Mail stamp set in red ink
I stamped the snowflakes from Making Frosty Friends stamp set with Versamark ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder
I masked off the edges with Eclipse Masking strips
I inked the postcard area with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress ink and the ink blending tools, the clear embossed snowflakes resist the ink
I die cut red pattern paper with the new Stitched Rectangles die, then I used my Perfect Layers mini rulers and mat to achieve the 1/16th inch black frame. I LOVE the 1/16th inch ruler! Links to the tools below and in the sidebar…be sure to use the code Sparks5% to save 5% off your order!
I die cut another Stitched Rectangles die from white card-stock and adhered it to a white A2 card base.
The snowman is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, die cut with the coordinating dies and colored with Copic Sketch markers. Hat T3 – 7, Red R24 – 29 and 59, Scarf and holly YG93 – 97
I die cut a Memory Box snowflake to embellish the upper left hand corner

You next stop on the hop is Roxie’s blog…

Have a great week and I’ll see you next time! ‘preciate you stopping by! Remember to comment for a chance to win prizes!

P.S. Here’s another fun Lawn Fawn card and it’s a winner! : ) I woke up Sat. a.m. to a wonderful surprise! Queen of the Green at the Lawnscaping Challenge. A very fun challenge to enter! Thank You Lawnscaping team!

Stamps, Dies and Supplies I used to create my card for today…

cards · Christmas · copics · Lawn Fawn · One Layer Card · rubber stamps · Techniques · Winter

Lawn Fawn One Layer Card Challenge…

September 9, 2014September 29, 2014 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Sometimes I feel like a kid at Christmas… giddy with excitement! I can hardly wait to share what I make! lol

If you lived across the street from me… I’d be over showing you… asking your opinion on this or that until I was done! Well, then I’d probably be asking you if I should change this or that after the fact! ugh. lol

I had so much fun making this scene! When I saw the Lawn Fawn Challenge was create a one layer card… I had a good idea what I wanted to do! Here it is down to the wire but I’m getting it in before the deadline!

When our daughters were growing up we always went to a tree farm, picked out the tree and had it cut down. Well, we didn’t keep doing that after they left home… haha. We started going to Des Moines to a wonderful tree lot and sure enough…there is an Airstream camper there for you to go settle up and pay in. So I had to put one in my scene! Cute!

So here it is… the lighted Christmas tree lot! I love it! Silly me!

I will put links to all the sets I used below… I used Distress inks…peeled paint, tumbled glass, broken china, chipped sapphire. I colored the camper and bunny with copics. The silver on the camper is a metallic silver gel pen. White embossing powder for the snowflakes and lights. Frosted Lace stickles for the bit of sparkle.

It’s ALL one layer! : )

Linking to…

Lawnscaping Challenge – one layer card

I won!!!! So happy and delighted…thank you Lawnscaping team!

NBUS Challenge # 2 – Christmas

Simon Says Stamps, Work it Wednesday Challenge

Thanks for looking! Hope my card makes you smile! ttul!

Stamps and supplies I used to make this card…

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Memory Box and poppystamps…

August 12, 2014August 17, 2014 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Our area stamp club met Friday afternoon and it was my turn to have the program, so I had them make this tag and the red Frosted Pine Tree card I posted last week. I’m normally NOT a glitter girl, but I am enjoying die cutting with score-tape and applying glitter to the new Memory Box ornament dies!

I never thought I would love glitter card-stock either but…people change!!! hahahahaha I have been using so much of this glitter card that I had to buy more! When was the last time I used a piece of pattern paper! Oh dear… that is cause for concern considering the stash here in this house!!! eek! Ho Ho Ho!

So after I made this one, I thought I’d make one to post on the Memory Box blog…lo and behold I went to post yesterday and fortunately I looked at Deborah’s draft for her post today….she used the SAME focal point dies I did!!! So I didn’t post this yesterday. Check out her post on the Outside the Box blog HERE

I changed it up a bit because we can only use Memory Box dies and stamps on the Memory Box blog. (I know, every once in awhile I sneak in some grass or a window or something like that from poppystamps… hehe) ssshhhhh…. whispering that!!!

So here’s the change up…

I changed out the poppystamps Berry Sprig die to the Memory Box Snowflake Sprig die.. then I had to glitter up the purple snowflake center too!

Linking to some challenges…

Addicted to Stamps Challenge – Holiday

{Pin}spirational – Anything Goes

Holly Jolly Christmas Challenge – non traditional colors

Christmas Cards all Year Round – Sparkle and Shine

Then I made this card yesterday…

Finished the post for the MB blog… then decided maybe I liked it better without the extra white branches! oh… I make myself crazy! So I took them off… maybe I like it better without and maybe I don’t! I don’t know my own mind some days! lol What mind? waaahhhhh!

See what I mean? When you look at it, do you say, “put some branches on it” or do you think, leave them off? Yes, some days you just need a counselor! lol

The Peace Script die is cut three times out of holly Memory Box card-stock, glued together with Tombow Mono Multi liquid glue…teeny dots in a few strategic places and then colored with the Wink of Stella Red Glitter Brush Pen.

I die cut the NEW Kensington Christmas Tree die from white card-stock and colored it first with Copic markers and then with the red and green Wink of Stella Glitter Brush markers.

Layered it on white glitter paper with mounting squares that I cut up into smaller squares!

This is an A-2 size card…Memory Box Dill Notecard…I just colored a border around the outside edge with the Wink of Stella Green Glitter Brush marker and I did the same to the Memory Box Holly Card-stock piece that I matted the white panel with, only the red Wink of Stella Glitter Brush marker. So everything is sparkly! Good thing, right? Sparkle is pretty!

I just put dots of glue on a few of the letters of the ‘peace’ word, the ‘a, c and e’ and stuck it over the top.

Wish you could come over and see it IRL! The photos don’t capture the wink of stella sparkle. boo.

Thanks for stopping by today! ‘preciate it and always love your comments! It just encourages me to keep cutting these dies and gluing them together! lol Have a great rest of the week and ttul!

Dies, stamps and supplies I used for these cards…

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Memory Box and Bildmalarna Birthday cards…

August 7, 2014September 16, 2014 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Birthday fun with a step card again…for some reason, I just kinda drift toward this fold! See that cute little kitty? They have a black outdoor kitty at their house… so cute just sitting there watching for Henry and the other kids!

Grandchildren… so precious. I still remember the day we met Henry. He was two and from Ukraine. You know I rarely post family things because that would be a blog in itself! Six years ago Henry was the first of four to be adopted internationally into our family. Oh, the excitement of waiting for them to get to the waiting area of the airport! He had to be scared! So many people waiting to welcome him to his forever home!

Precious memories. I’ll post one picture that I love so much… Henry meeting Grandpa Tim and granddaughter Attie in the background. Henry hugged Tim for 5 minutes… he already sensed that he was getting an awesome grampy! : )

Time moves on and he’s 8 already! Since then, Anya came from Ukraine, two more from Bulgaria and then you know the story….pregnant and Cedryk was born. He just turned 2 and he loves tractors and Curious George!

So I had to use an image with a little blonde boy on a tractor!

I used Mimo on a Tractor from Bildmalarna, HERE and colored with Promarkers and Copics. The number 2 is from an old Quickutz die set. My Perfect Layers Mini rulers and Mat to cut the ‘perfect’ black border around the image… links below and in the sidebar.

On Henry’s card, the It’s Your Day sentiment is from an old set by Hero Arts and the sun is a medium EK Success punch. I die cut the trees in green and in brown. I clipped off the leaves on the brown one and glued the brown over the green then… like I did this tree in this video…

This video and card were originally posted HERE.

Linking up to some challenges…

Dies R Us – Birthday (first card)

Milk Coffee Challenge – use two die cuts or more (first card)

A Blog Named Hero – Die A Little (or a lot) – sentiment is Hero Arts (first card)

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

Stamp and Create – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! It’s always so fun to share with you. Scroll down to my Perfect Paper Crafting post and comment for a chance to win, if you haven’t already… the Crazy Dayz hop has been extended….the last day is Aug. 11th now!

ttul!

Dies and Supplies I used on these cards…