A Spring “thing”…

March 17, 2011February 12, 2013 Pam Sparks49 Comments

Spring is in the air, flowers everywhere (well, that’s stretching it for Iowa) and a color curve… pastels and a touch of brown.

I used Will you be my Valentine Tilda from the You Are So Special Collection. I don’t think she’s just for Valentines Day, so I’m using her for Spring! I also used the NEW Vintage Flowers/Leaves dies and the NEW Antique Lace die. I also used the Doohickey’s Swirl die, poinsettia die (leaves under the flowers) and fence die. I added lines on the flowers, the leaves under the flowers and the branch type leaves with copic markers…the same colors for the reds and greens below… I used two colors of Twinery Twine …the Birds and Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder and the Gertie 6×6 paper pad in the store.

At stamp club last Friday, Annette challenged us with her program to use embossing folders more often…so guess what…I did it! lol Thanks Annette! I embossed and sanded… love this look.

A couple more pictures…

I only used one punch on this card! Martha Stewart’s grass border punch. Tilda is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with a combination of Tria, Promarkers and Copic markers…that’s why her face looks different! lol On her skin I used ivory, blush and sunkissed pink. Her hair is E50, 31, 33, 35, 37. Shoes W1, 3, 5. Flowers and hearts in the bouquet are R21,22,24. Her dress Buttercup, tulip yellow, YR30, 31. Green on the bouquet YG91, 93.

I cut my circles with my coluzzle templates.. I know, oldies but I still use them… I love nestabilities and they would work too.

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hey, CUPCAKE!

March 15, 2011 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Wish Big, it’s gonna be your BEST Birthday yet! Don’t you love birthday sentiments?! They always make me chuckle…it’s a secret but I don’t believe a word of it! lol I used both sets of Amy R’s new birthday stamps, in the store HERE…

Cupcake Birgitta, in the store HERE…is the sweetest thing and look at that stack of cupcakes… chocolate of course… I love coloring those red cherries… red and brown, my fave colors…. the stool is in the store HERE.

I stamped Birgitta and her stool with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, in the store HERE and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers, in the store HERE. Hair – E50, 13, 15, 17, 19… Dress – R30, 32, E04…Wings – B01, 05, W1, W5… Cupcakes – top E50, 51, 53 bottom E55, 57, 59, 49… Stool – E41, 42, 43. The oval is cut with Nestabilities oval dies, in the store HERE and edged with Distress inks Broken China and Stormy Sky, in the store HERE and the ink blending too, in the store HERE.

Cupcake punch is from Martha Stewart, The two border punches I used are from EK Success. Stampers Anonymous newspaper rubber stamp and Hero Arts new ledger paper background cling stamp for the borders on the sentiments. The inside swirls is a old background stamp from Hero Arts also. The candle is cut from the EK Success candle border punch.

March is National Craft month too so be sure to celebrate by shopping for stamping supplies! That justifies it all, right?! lol HERE ‘s what’s NEW at All That Scraps!

More delightful cards with the Swiss Pixies and birthday sentiments on the All That Scraps blog today, HERE.

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I’m Your Angel…

March 11, 2011August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks30 Comments

“I’m Your Angel“, one of Bildmalarna’s new images for Spring at All That Scraps.com, HERE. It’s feeling like it could be Spring here soon! Love days like today… around 53˚! Not to cold and not hot either! Today was our monthly stamp club meeting and the swap was to create a card with an extra fold, so I made an easel card and envelope with my trusty Martha Stewart Score Board, HERE… love that thing! I do use an embossing stylus instead of the scoring tool that comes with it though. I just find it works better.

I inked her up with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on PaperTrey Ink Select White card-stock and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers. Skin E000, 00, 01, diluted R20…Hair E50, 51, YR30, 31…Dress, socks, flower R0000, 81…leaves G20, 40…wings YR30, 31, didn’t realize I left such a definite outline next to her sleeve.. oops! lol

Fun to work with pastel colors and this new cutie! The papers are from an old 6×6 pack from Memory Box. The tulip border is a punch from Martha Stewart, HERE, that I punched and then clipped and formed to fit around the Nestabilities scallop oval…the nestabilities ovals are in the store HERE. I wanted the green scallop to look like grass! I’m gonna try it again with darker tulips next time! Finally used my Martha Stewart Vintage Lace border punch too… and Martha’s grass border and butterfly punches too! A punchy card! ugh! The sentiment and floral border stamps are from Printworks. The floral chorus line stamp is HERE and the sentiment is HERE. Awesome Printworks goodness!

Some Spring Challenges out there I’m linking up to… one here… the Crop Stop Challenge Blog…Stampin’ For the Weekend Challenge Blog is Spring. On the Charisma Cards Challenge Blog the theme is Easel cards.

Hope I didn’t forget anything… just holler if I did! Have a great weekend and thanks for visiting my blog!

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Let’s Celebrate Birthdays!

March 9, 2011February 12, 2013 Pam Sparks35 Comments

Tilda is such a cutie! I’m loving this new collection as I’m sure you are too!!! I used Tilda With Balloon, check out the new You Are So Special die collection … You’ll ❤ them too!

I brought out my Distress Ink palettes again last night… all inspired after watching Dena’s how to videos, HERE. Fun, THANK YOU Dena! I enjoyed it! I’m linking my card up to the Just Magnolia challenge… this week is “anything goes” and I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop Sketches challenge blog.

I also used the Magnolia Doohickey’s dies, Tilda’s Lace and the mini scallop lace.

The pattern papers are from the new 6×6 MME pad Stella Rose, Hazel. Elongated Rectangle Nestabilites for the shapes… love them!

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March Preview Day 2…

March 3, 2011August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks29 Comments

Meet Birthday Gretel! Isn’t she a doll! I love her! The All That Scraps DT gals previewed her yesterday and today we’re showing the two new Birthday sentiments sets by Amy R. The sentiment I used is from the Best Wishes set… a very cool set!

Another new stamp in this release is a BIG Cupcake. I decided it’d be awesome to make it pop-up when you open the card! I love it! lol

What it looks like from the side…good thing I don’t have any cupcakes or I’d be wanting one for breakfast today!

I used the new Magnolia Doohickey Rose leaves die, , EK Success retro flower punches in medium and small, a Spellbinders Fancy tag die, 1/8 th in. grosgrain ribbon from Creative Impressions, Nestabilities Ovals dies, and Hero Arts gemstones.

Gretel and the Big Cupcake were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink, on PaperTrey Inc. card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers, … pink – R81, 83, 85 … blue – B0000, 000, 00, 01 … green – YG0000, 00, 01, 03 …brown (hair/cupcake) – E40’s … skin – E0000, 000, 00, R20 (diluted with R00). I used PaperTrey Inc. Select White Card-stock for the whole card. All the scoring was done with the Martha Stewart Score Board.

The pattern for the Front Panel Stair Step Card is from one of my posts last year, HERE. The inspiration for my card being all white is from Marlene’s fabulous blog, HERE.

Over on the Papertake Weekly Challenge, HERE, the theme is Anything Goes with an option of “old” so I’m linking up…my old is the EK Success Retro flower punches.

Here’s Gretel again to say good-bye for now!