discover your place in the SUN….

August 20, 2010 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Lucky from Lala Land Crafts HERE has found relaxing in the pool to be the place to be in the Sun! Isn’t this a great sentiment?! It’s new from Printworks. Order by email HERE or by phone. E4050 Discover Your Place is the code and name of the stamp.

oh wow! I can’t believe I’m finally posting this card… I fiddled with it forever and I’m still thinking it’s gonna be classified as a “do-over”!!! lol Just picked the wrong papers! Last time I used these papers I really liked the card! It’s HERE. The real kicker is the sketch I started out with and tried to stick to! I’m tempted to link to it anyway, just because I tried so hard! lol

The words “relax” and “enjoy” come with Lucky along with another sentiment. So fun to color… I used the E30’s and BG0’s for the pool.

Here’s the sketch from A Sketch for You to Try… yeah, if you tip your head to the left…maybe you can see it??? oh and sssstretch your imagination!!! lol I get a point for trying! lol

Happy Weekend to you and yours! Tomorrow is Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge post!

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Tilda on the Loose and Heartbreaker Edwin…

August 15, 2010February 12, 2013 Pam Sparks38 Comments

I’ve used Tilda on the Loose, See you Later, Suitcase with Sign from the Bon Voyage collection…the Waterfall background from the Pet Collection…and Heartbreaker Edwin.

All the images were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Card-stock from Stampin Up, pattern paper is a mat stack from DCWV. The little strip with the country abbreviations is covered with a piece of Tim Holtz filmstrip ribbon. The border punch is from EK Success, wish I’d written the names of the punches on them b/4 I threw away the packaging!

Tilda’s hair is colored with E50, YR31, YR21, 23
Edwin’s hair is colored with Y21, E97, E08, E19
skin is E000, 00, 01, R20
dress is R000, 00, 01, 02
suitcases are E11, 13, 15 and warm grays
Edwin’s clothes are colored over so many times I can’t remember, trying to match the papers.

I used the sketch from Sketch Saturday Challenge blog. The Sweet Stampin’ Challenge blog is wanting to see your favorite stamp… well, that changes quite frequently with me but I do have to say I love this Tilda! Paper Play Challenges theme is Bon Voyage….very fitting for these Magnolia BonVoyage stamps! Stamp Something Challenge theme is Fairy Tale Somethings.

thanks for coming by!!!

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Trevor and the Sweet Stop Sketch…

August 14, 2010September 27, 2012 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Meet sitting Trevor from the new CC Designs Take a Seat Kit. Trevor was masked and the birdbath/bench positioned/stamped with the stamp a ma jig. I have a tutorial on masking and positioning with the stamp a ma jig HERE. Memento Tuxedo Black Ink for stamping and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. This kit guarantees hours of stamping/creating adorable cards and projects! I ♥ it! I used the leaves and sentiment from CC Designs Fall kit from last year. The Scene is diecut with the square nestabilities dies. Papers are from Bo Bunny and card-stock from Prism. I used the Magnolia swirl die again, gonna get my $$ out of that die! lol The branch border punch is from Martha Stewart, the paper cord from JoAnn’s and the leaf punch is an old Emagination brand punch. I punched the leaves out of white card-stock, embossed veins and colored them with copic sketch markers. YR21 all over the leaf, then from the bottom of the leaf up, I stroked in E44, YG95, YR14 and leaving some YR21 at the top…retrace and blend with the color close to what you just colored! Almost forgot…I used the Tim Holtz tiny attacher for stapling the cord in place.

This is my DT card for the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog this week. I am really enjoying being on this team… the sketches are challenging but very do-able! Hope you can join us with week! Lots of inspiration on the challenge blog! Here’s this weeks sketch…

Also linking to the Alphabet Challenge Blog with a theme of “p” is for punches and If the Shoe Fits Challenge blog with a theme of diecuts…my square is a nestabilities die and I used the Magnolia swirl die. Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog is trees or leaves.

Oh, he does make me smile… such a handsome little guy! lol Happy Weekend and thanks for coming by!

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For the birds…

August 10, 2010August 10, 2010 Pam Sparks25 Comments

New for August, CC Designs, Cookie Crumbs stamp set For the Birds, HERE. I used three of the sentiments from the set, there are a lot to choose from! Stamped the umbrella birdie with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Papers are My Minds Eye, Nestabilities dies HERE for the shapes.

On the inside I stamped the image with Bundled Sage Distress Ink HERE, the sentiment with Versafine Onyx Black ink. All the card-stock is edged with Vintage Photo Distress Ink HERE.

The Cosmo punches on the front are from the Punch Bunch and the ash branch is from Leone Em/Woodware.

Some super cute tweet-ness with this set!

Check out the new CC Designs Summer Kit, “Take a Seat” HERE… it’s awesome!

Bon Voyage Magnolia Collection in stock now, HERE!

Thanks for stopping by!

cards · copics · La La Land Crafts · rubber stamps · Sweet Stop Sketches

Bill and Maya Escape….

August 7, 2010August 10, 2010 Pam Sparks31 Comments

I’m gonna say, Bill and Maya are celebrating their anniversary… lookin’ to escape! This is the first time I’ve stamped and colored this image and it was fun to color something other than cute children…I probably need to look at some pictures of cows though! lol Bill and Maya are part of the Summer collection of cling rubber stamps from LaLa Land Crafts. They stamp wonderfully and color up so CUTE! Bill and Maya are stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Beckett Expressions 80# card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Bill is in the B90’s for his suit….oh, his birthday suit is in the E30’s! hahahaha Maya is colored in flesh tones…the E0’s, her suit is the E90’s, the tube YG90’s and fishy’s are YR10’s.

So Bill and Maya really are celebrating!!! A BIRTHDAY! LaLa Land Crafts turing ONE! Check out the blog for all the DT links, play the games, just a hoppin’ good time! Click on the blinky to take you there. P.S. Don’t miss Maureen’s card for today!!!!!

Join us for the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge this week….another awesome sketch from Korin!