Paper Smooches, Memory Box and Perfect Layers Tools News…

March 30, 2013March 30, 2013 Pam Sparks13 Comments

With ME!

That’s what I need to put on the inside! : ) and Happy Spring! Super cute Paper Smooches stamps and dies. Graffiti Alphabet stamps and Alphawhimsy Alphabet dies… the stamps don’t quite work perfectly with the dies but with a little ‘adjusting’ I used them together for ‘Tulips’! I stamped on Hammermill 80# Color Copy Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I stamped the tulip letters in Tumbled Glass Distress ink.

I store my Paper Smooches stamps in the sheet protectors I linked to below. They are 8.5 x 11, fit in a D ring binder and hold three sets on each page (I do have to trim a little of the acetate so they fit, big scissors, whack it off! lol)… so easy to flip through for inspiration!

Sky and Grass are Distress inks… Tumbled Glass and Peeled Paint, applied with the ink blending tool.

Black mat for the main image cut with the Perfect Layers Tools 1/8 inch ruler! Awesome every time! Link below or in the sidebar.

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I have a Memory Box card to share today too! It shows the mats/layers cut with the Perfect Layer’s Tools also. I used the 1/16th inch and 1/8th inch rulers.

Lovely Bella Bouquet die…delicate lines and embossed flowers…an awesome die! I paired it with Fresh Foliage then added one of the Pastry dies and the Tessatina Border. The text ‘flowers’ is part of a new Memory Box stamp, inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink! Sneak Peak! : )

How about a super close up picture! Bella Bouquet is cut out of meadow and raspberry Memory Box card-stock. I cut the raspberry flowers off and glued them with Tombow Mono Multi glue to the meadow cut. I edged the leaves, stems and label with Peeled Paint Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

I use the Memory Box metal plate to cut the dies that have detail and small lines, like stems. Here’s a three minute You Tube by Dave (MB owner) on using the metal adaptor plate. I’m really glad I purchased the metal plate…cuts the fine detail dies great!

Thanks for stopping by! See you Monday for the hop! Holler if you have any questions!

Products I used…

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A funny for you…

March 25, 2013 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Couldn’t resist posting this…hahahaha

cards · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Masking · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Spring · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town… Think Spring!

March 22, 2013March 22, 2013 Pam Sparks30 Comments

I created a cute little bunny scene for you today! It’s time for this week’s Tilda’s Town Challenges post… THINK SPRING! It’s coming, it really is!

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!

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

Magnolia stamps are 30% off and DooHickeys dies are 20% off right now at Tilda’s Town! An awesome sale!

I stamped Little Bunny Tilda first on Copic X-press it card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, masked her with Eclipse masking paper, then stamped the Spring Fence positioning it with the stamp a ma jig, then masked the fence with Eclipse masking paper and THEN stamped the Bunny Background over both masked images using the stamp a ma jig to postition it where I wanted it.

whew! stamping fun! Do you know how to mask? use the stamp a ma jig? I have a few tutorials HERE, HERE and HERE.

I used my Perfect Paper Layers tools to cut the mats for the image and for the pattern papers. Link below or in the side bar! LOVE these tools!

Copics…
skin – E0000, 000, 00, 21, 11 – cheeks diluted R20 (diluted with R00)
hair – E27
bunny and bunny body – E40, 41, 42, 43
pink – R81
green – G40, 43, YG91
tree – E35, 37, 39, 27, 29
sky – BG0000, 000
fence – E43, 44, 47, 49
egg – BG53, 57
butterfly and daffodils – YR 20, 21, 23, 24

Thanks for stopping by today! I love having you over and appreciate your comments and friendship!

Here’s some Shopping links…

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Memory Box – Hello Spring…

March 17, 2013August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks33 Comments

Spring is around the corner! Yesterday we stopped at my mother-in-law’s and sure enough, her daffodils are coming up!

I started this step card with the Orchard Tree Frame die. I cut it three times and layered/glued them together. If you get a little glue where you don’t want it, I linked below to the adhesive pick up I use… it’s the best one, in my opinion! The background piece is Memory Box Morroccan Bluebird card-stock, I ran it through the big shot with the frame die but I didn’t shim it, that way it didn’t cut clear through. The pieces that did cut completely I pieced them back in. The next layer up was cut in black and the top layer in white. The white layer I colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

I used the Summer Border die for the bottom. I cut it out of Memory Box color card-stock and pieced it together. I cut two green pieces, cutting the flowers and stems completely off of one. Then I sanded them, just a touch!

I LOVE the Parker lower case alphabet! I die cut it in white and mounted the words ‘hello spring’ with thin mounting squares that I cut into strips. I used Poppystamps Picket Fence die and Memory Box Puffy Clouds, Set of Swings, Lavish Branch and Vintage Bicycle dies. I cut the swing out of white card-stock and colored it with Copics to look like rope and a tire.

Step cards are easy to make and so fun to create a scene with! There’s a tutorial on Splitcoaststampers, HERE.

Challenges I’m linking to…

Di’s Digi Design Challenges – Easter/Spring
Cute Card Thursday – Anything Goes
ABC Challenge – Just as you like
A Gem of a Challenge – Easter/Spring
Oozak March Challenge – Anything Goes and Spring

Thanks for stopping by my blog today! Happy Spring to you and yours!

Shopping…

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Magnolia…Tilda’s Town Challenges…

March 8, 2013January 24, 2017 Pam Sparks39 Comments

How’d it get to be Friday already anyway?!!! Happens to me every week ! haha boo! Time for ‘Anything Seasonal’ @ Tilda’s Town Challenges and we’re thinking Spring! Welcome! Although, I do love snow!

I stamped Tilda as Shepherd on Papertrey Ink card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers. I masked her with Eclipse tape/paper and then stamped the Butterfly Background stamp.

Some old My Minds Eye double sided paper, some Magnolia DooHickeys dies , Martha Stewart Spring border punch for the word Spring and some teeny brads in the flowers. Perfect Layers Tools to cut the mats (link in my sidebar) and stitching on the machine with heavy, Dual Duty thread.

Challenges I’m linking to….

Midweek Magnolias – Lots of Layers

Stamp and Create With Magnolia – Spring themed image with some pastel on your project

Simply Magnolia – Anything Goes

Inky Chicks – Use a Magnolia image

My Tilda card was in the favorites thread at SCS this week! Just makes me smile! Thank you Loll!

I think it’s supposed to be really nice here today…snow will be melting…Spring is on the way! Have a nice weekend everybody! It’s stamp club afternoon…we’re going to play with Twinkling H2O’s! Thanks for stopping by! ttul!