Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Tilda in the Forest…

October 18, 2013October 21, 2013 Pam Sparks32 Comments

Chop, chop! Time to find the perfect tree! Well, not quite yet but it won’t be long!!!! waaahhh… stop the train… I’m not ready for it to be almost November!!! Trains on the brain… birthday boy cards coming up next! lol

Time for Tilda’s Town Challenge Friday… yep, you guessed it… the challenge is Christmas! I finally used the Magnolia Doohickeys Christmas Lace die.. isn’t it pretty?!

Tilda in the Forest is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Beckett Expression Card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Face – E000, 00, 21, 11, 13
Hair – E30, 32, 23, 25, 27
Red – R24, 27, 29, 59
Green – YG91, 93, 95, 97
Blue – B93, 95, 97
Brown – E43, 44, 47
Gray – T1, 3, 5

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

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I’m entering my card in the following Challenges…
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Christmas
Deep Ocean Challenge – Christmas is ’round the corner
Addicted to stamps Challenge – Make your mark (copic coloring)
Lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge – Dots or stripes
Christmas Cards All Year Long – Getting ready for Christmas
Crafting Musketeers – Christmas in October
Splitcoast Stampers – CC13

Thanks for looking! You always make me smile! Thanks so much for your friendship and comments! I LOVE them! : ) Have a great weekend and ttul!

Supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · copics · Fall · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps

Memory Box hello FALL…

October 15, 2013 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Have you heard? Fall card contest going on the Memory Box Flickr page HERE!

I’m sharing this card on the Memory Box blog today HERE … I stamped the Autumn Trees stamp with black pigment ink and heat embossed with clear embossing powder on pool card-stock.

I love the Perfect Pumpkins die…I cut them in Jack O Lantern card-stock and used Copic markers E47 on the stem and a little YR12 on the lines.

I die cut the hello Script die four times and glued them together to make them sturdier and then glued directly to the card.

FALL is die cut from the Parker Upper Alphabet set one time and then I used thin black mounting squares cut in strips to mount the letters to the card.

I used the 1/8th inch Perfect Layers Ruler to mat the black card-stock behind the Pool piece and then layered it to an A-2 Crimson notecard.

Hope my hello FALL card has inspired you to get creating with Memory Box! Hope to see your creations linked up on the Flickr page!

Thanks for stopping by today! ‘preciate it!

Blog Hop · cards · Christmas · copics · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps

Operation Write Home & Perfect Paper Crafting Blog Skip…

September 25, 2013September 25, 2013 Pam Sparks69 Comments

Welcome to my blog! We’re skipping today to show you the Perfect Papercrafting tools and the cards we created for Operation Write Home. The skip starts at the Stars and Stamps Blog, HERE.

Perfect Paper Crafting is a company with fabulous tools! LOVE their rulers! My video with a couple tips that I have found very helpful when using the tools is HERE.

*** There will be a $50 gift certificate from Perfect Paper Crafting for one lucky person who leaves a comment on all the blogs. ***

Operation Write Home is an amazing organization that collects handmade cards to send to soldiers who in turn use them to send home to friends and family. Wow! What an awesome thing they do and I’m delighted to have a tiny part in it today.

I created two cards for the blog skip using the Perfect Layers Tools, 1/16th inch and 1/8 inch to cut the mats on this card and Printworks Collection rubber stamps. I stamped the flowers first on watercolor paper, then masked them, stamped the cup and colored with Distress inks. Stamps I used are HERE and HERE.

A thank you card and a Christmas card! I know… I wasn’t wanting to do Christmas again but this image just needed to get inky! Let’s Go For A Walk, HERE, Tis the Season HERE. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. I added 1/16th inch mats with the Perfect Layers Tools. The pattern paper is from Echo Park, a 6×6 pad called Tis the Season. Holly is from the Memory Box Fabulous Holly Wreath die.

I used the Operation Write Home Sketch #191.

Your next stop on the skip is Sandy’s blog. Be sure to comment for a chance to win the awesome $50 prize from PPC!!!

Thanks for skipping by!

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Snowman · Winter

Memory Box and Poppystamps Christmas in the City…

September 24, 2013September 25, 2013 Pam Sparks15 Comments

I know… Christmas again?!!! yes… tomorrow… tomorrow won’t be Christmas cards!!! I hope! lol

You have to love these mini snowmen though! So cute to tuck in a scene!

Can you see them? One in front of the NEW Memory Box City Globe stamp, hatless… brrrrr …then two out front. I used the Poppystamps Pine Border die cut in MB Dill cardstock too. I cut off a few trees and placed them with the hatless snowman and then a piece out front with the two more. (three different hats and four snowmen on the die)

The City Globe stamp is inked with black pigment ink and clear embossed, behind a panel with a circle cut out of it, then two cuts of the NEW MB Fabulous Holly Wreath die glued on the circle panel.

It’s Christmas Time in the City is a NEW sentiment stamp from MB and comes with a little holly stamp on the end of it. I inked the sentiment with Versafine Black ink and the holly with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copics and added Christmas Red Stickles to the berries.

Red twine and Red Glitter Domes or Red Pearls to finish it off! Oh, wouldn’t a jingle bell be cute tied on the bow?!!! An A-2 size card, just right for mailing! Use a piece of that really thin foam like packaging sheet over the front, inside the envelope, to help keep the envelope from puncturing while going through the postal machines.

I love the freshness of this card… the green against the white… the candy cane sweetness from the twine. Love this new stamp… it’s great with the MB snow globe dies too!

Happy Tuesday and I’m off to get ready for tomorrow’s blog skip with Perfect Paper Crafting and Operation Write Home. See you tomorrow! Thanks for Looking! ‘preciate it! Have a good day!

cards · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Fall · Magnolia · Masking · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenge…

September 20, 2013 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Fall is in the Air! I’m posting for Tilda’s Town Challenges today…Fall Fun…great colors! Except my orange is looking more red than orange and I don’t know how to fix that in a photo! *ugh*

I stamped Tilda with Broom and masked her to have her sitting on the pumpkin. I colored with Copic Sketch markers…
Hair – E 50’s
Skin – E000, 00, 01,11, R20
Green – YG93, 95, 97
Orange – YR12, 14, 15, 18, 27, E08
Yellow – YR20, 21, 23, 24, 27
Blue – B90’s

I cut the mats with the Perfect Layering Tools…link over there on the right… so awesome! 1/4 inch and 1/8 inch for this card.

Magnolia Grass Lace DooHickeys die…Simple Stories pattern paper.

I’m linking up to Midweek Magnolias Challenge – Autumn Colors

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

Thanks for stopping by today… I’m later than late getting this up today! Nothing serious happening but one thing after another and here it is, late. So where does time fly to? I want to know so I can go get some!!! : )