Guest for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge…

November 4, 2012November 4, 2012 Pam Sparks32 Comments

It’s sooooo fun to play in challenges here and there… awhile back I won a guest designer position on the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges blog with my Hay Rides Kiddos card!!! YEA! You can see it HERE. Love Karen’s sketches!

Thanks Karen for the sweet sketches and the invitation to join the challenge this time!

Here’s the sketch I used today…

Here’s a list of the Sweet Sunday Sketch designers… click to see their fabulous takes on the sketch!

I had to mirror image the sketch so the Penny Black Mimi image would fit between the houses in the October Afternoon pattern paper from a few years ago. I will always love this house paper! I’ll be so sad when the last piece is used up… it’s timeless! The dot and the poinsettia are from the same collection.

The sentiment stamp I used is from a clear set by PaperTrey Ink, called Stylish Sentiments: Holiday. It was new last year I think. I stamped it with Colorbox Dark Brown Chalk ink.

Mimi is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. I used W3 under the reds, R24, E07 and R59. Her coat started out with BG10…had to add other BG colors and then use some W1 gray to get it to match the paper. I edged the papers with Antique Linen Distress ink and the Ink Blending tool. I used my Perfect Layers Tools for Perfect mats… love, love the 1/16th inch ruler! For this card I used 1/16th and 3/16ths.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Click over to the Sweet Sketches Challenge and play along! ttul!

Stamps and supplies I used to make this card… (I couldn’t find the same flower punch I used to link up to, so I linked to another that I also thought about using)

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Printworks Collection Angel…

October 26, 2012 Pam Sparks7 Comments

So sweet! I LOVE this angel called Sweet Music from Printworks Collection… she’s in the store HERE as a cling stamp and HERE as a wood mounted stamp. The Rejoice stamp is HERE as a cling stamp and HERE as a wood mounted stamp.

The background stamp I used is Printworks JB3979 Old English Scripture…the Christmas story from the book of Luke. The speckles on the kraft tag are from the stamp Paint Spatters HERE.

I did her up another way and she’s on a sample board that is going out to retail stores… I’ll show you as soon as I can!

I’m linking to the I Spy Sketches Challenge blog…

thanks for looking! ttul!

cards · Christmas · copics · Magnolia · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Sizzix · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges… Merry Christmas!

October 19, 2012October 22, 2012 Pam Sparks43 Comments

Better watch out! This Santa Edwin is keeping track…hope you’ve been good! I’m not telling! hohoho!

Time for the weekly Tilda’s Town Challenge… this week the theme is MERRY CHRISTMAS! I knew you’d love it! I wanted to use some new stamps but only ended up using one of the new collection. So fun though… I hadn’t used this Santa Edwin yet, so that’s the same as new to me! Love this comfy Christmas scene!

The window die just came yesterday!!! YEA! LOVE it! The Winter Scene Background stamp is perfect with it!

I stamped up the images, cut them out, colored with Copic Sketch markers and made my scene. This Fancy Pants 6×6 Christmas pad just showed up at my door yesterday too… Great timing! I know, I said I wasn’t going to buy any more paper! NAUGHTY! boo!

The naughty or nice is from an older Sizzlet strip die #655203, I googled and found it here… I’ve not ordered from them before, Scrapbook Niche. Ebay auction HERE for the naughty/nice die. Holly die link below.

Be sure to click over to see the Design Team cards HERE… they’re fabulous. Hope you can join us for the Merry Christmas challenge!

Linking up to the following challenge blogs…
Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long – traditional colors
Oozak.com – die cuts
ABC Christmas – U, up to you
Deep Ocean Challenge – Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy – Anything Goes

Thanks for visiting my blog today! I love hearing from you and appreciate your comments….they are always so encouraging! Thank YOU!

Stamps and Supplies I used…

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cards · CAS · copics · Printworks · rubber stamps

CAS – Printworks Reindeer Express

October 16, 2012October 17, 2012 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Cute stamp from Printworks Collection. I made the card to link to a new CAS sketch challenge blog but they already closed the linky thing and it’s a Thursday challenge… ugh. Isn’t that how it goes… you think you have plenty of time and bam! reality! lol Anyway… here’s Rudolph and Prancer, Vixen, Comet and Cupid. They all couldn’t make it! Well… the snow is up to their necks! hohoho! I know… bad… bad… bad.

I do love this cute stamp… here it is on a Christmas gift tag… so cute with this wrap!

You can find this Reindeer Express stamp in the store HERE. Some copics… some star dust stickles… some twine from the Twinery and there you have it! Pure cuteness!

Linking to..

Totally Gorjuss Challenge blog – Traditional Christmas colors

Too late for…

CAS(E) this Sketch – sketch challenge

TFL! Magnolia on Friday and not sure what in between! Have a good week and make sure you get your cards linked up before the challenges end! ugh! *sigh* ttul!

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Perfect Layers Tools · Photography · PTI · Scrapping Center

CAS Merry Christmas…

October 14, 2012October 14, 2012 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Our stamp club has a card swap each month at our meeting… the second Friday of the month at 1 p.m. if you ever want to come! Links below to the products I used. This is the card I made to swap. Papertrey Ink Poinsettia year of the flower and die. I used the small one out of the set, inked it with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, stamped on PTI white select card-stock and colored it with Copic Sketch markers. The sentiment is from the same set…inked with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Happy Day… this card made the CAS Favorites over at Splitcoast Stampers today… always an honor. SCS is a great place to play! Click on the logo to see the thread and other favorite CAS creations. Thank you SCS!

I love the look of the Cuttlebug Herringbone Embossing folder…have you noticed how often the folders are being used again?! Love that… I own so many and rarely use them… always need inspiration to use the stash!

I used my Perfect Paper Layers tools to mat the sentiment strip… they work so slick… can’t make a card without them anymore! I use an omnigrid ruler for placement on the fold, then I can use the layers tools to cut the other three sides. Would that be a good video for me to make???

Juliene had the program this month and here’s a photo of the card she had us make…Stampin Up stamps and supplies.

and here’s a photo Juliene took… this is the window in the room we use at the Public Library here… so glad she snapped it and shared! Friday was a lovely day!

I’m almost done! hohoho

I wanted to tell you that the Scrapping Center has 20 % off all new arrivals! Click on this Tilda to go see and shop! Lots of new stuff!

Thanks for stopping to see what I’ve been up to! I love hearing from you and appreciate all your comments and love to chat. Email me if I’ve forgotten something!

Stamps and supplies I use when I stamp…