Penny Black Easter Bunny Mimi…

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Happy Easter weekend everyone! I have a cute card to share and then for the real reason for Easter, a video to share…they’ll both make you smile and celebrate!

Mimi is from the Mimi and Miles clear stamp set from Penny Black. I stamped her Hammermill Color Copy Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers.

The sentiment is from Printworks Collection and inked with Versafine Onyx Black ink.

Both images were stamped with the MISTI stamping tool.

I die cut the stamped panel with the Simon Says Stamp Stitched Rectangles dies.

Very basic A2 size card but she’s so cute she stole the show and didn’t need any embellishing IMO! lol

and here’s the video I wanted to share… super cute kids with the Easter story. This little gal is like a real life Mimi!

Thanks for the visit today!

Supplies I used to create this Mimi card…

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Memory Box and poppystamps cards…

March 18, 2016 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hi and are you feeling like I am? This week went by in a blur! I’m blaming it on the time change this week! haha

My first card today is all die cuts except for that little birthday stamp from the “in the words” stamp set.

The poppystamps Stitched Swirl die is die cut into the light green Open Studio Stitched Rectangle Layer, then die cut in a piece of green and pieced into the light green rectangle.

The poppystamps Susanna Bloom is die cut in white, leave it in the die, turn it over and emboss it with a stylus, turn it back over and sponge on the color. In this case, I used Distress Inks Squeezed Lemonade and Peeled Paint.

The word ‘happy’ is from the poppystamps Happy Spring die set. I like to put Scor-tape on the back of the card-stock before I run it through the Big Shot for words. Then you have a sticker. TIP: Pick out the parts you don’t want to use before you remove the word. Take out the waste from the top of the ‘h’, the bottom of the two p’s and the bottom of the ‘y’, then peel off the sticker. It shouldn’t cut through the release paper of the Scor-tape. It’s a lot easier to remove them first then after you have the word off. It’s so sticky to try to remove those inner parts then.

Here is the poppystamps Side Lattice die cut into the card front, backed with Memory Box Sweetcorn card-stock. The poppystamps Sylvan die cut and flowers from the Memory Box Seraphine Laurel die. Thinking of you is from the Memory Box Springtime Bunnies clear set.

For this card, I embossed both of these dies, poppystamps Peony Delight and Peony Bud into the card-stock white panel, then it was real easy to see where to adhere the green die cuts. Happy Spring is from the Springtime Bunnies clear stamp set.

A few sequins, stamp a sentiment and all the cards are A2 size cards.

I’ll be back with the four cards from the other class in a few days. I have a couple other cards to post that I colored!

Thanks to all the gals that took my classes at Scrapmania on Saturday…you have a wonderful store to shop at!

Links below if you don’t have a local store…

Thanks for stopping by today!

Shopping links for the products I used to make these cards…

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More NEW from Taylored Expressions…

March 14, 2016 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hi everyone! I’ve been missing you but here I am, back again! lol I’ll show you the Memory Box/poppystamps class cards in my next post.

I love this cute NEW Build a Scene Bistro die set! I die cut 4 of the new Build a Scene Window dies, set them together to make a larger window. Then a little watercolor to mimic the sky in the background.

The rug is from the NEW Build a Scene Nursery die set. I die cut it in watercolor paper and colored it with Distress Inks.

The wall is the Bead Board Embossing Folder and the floor is the Weathered Embossing Folder.

I used the NEW Little Bits Let’s Talk Bubble 1 and the sentiment ‘Missing You’ from the NEW Sit and Chat stamp set

I used glossy accents on the flower vase and mugs…wink of stella clear glitter brush pen on the flowers.

A scene we could walk right in to and pick up right where we left off!

Fun to chat again…’preciate you stopping by!

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Taylored Expressions March Release Day…

March 3, 2016March 4, 2016 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Welcome to my blog today! It’s March release day at Taylored Expressions! I’m featuring the NEW Build a Scene Nursery! So many cute details for creating adorable cards! I used the NEW Build a Scene Window, Little Bits Rocking Horse and Welcome Baby Banner dies with it too. The sweet coordinating pattern papers are from the TE Double the Joy paper pack.

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My next card is a lot of things I love! Kraft card-base, lots of white, a little bit of black and super cute images and sentiment!

Today TE is releasing the Hippo Birdy die set to go with their previously released Hippo Birdy stamp set! YAY! Such a fun set! I could’ve made several more cards to share, if only I didn’t need to sleep, eat, laundry etc! haha The dies are so easy to use, just place over the stamped image, line up and run through the machine. They are outline dies! YAY!

My scene needed a little more, so I added some Wispy Grass cut in Peapod green TE card-stock and the small cloud from Build a Scene Cloud. A little washi tape at the top and bottom and images colored with Zig Clean Color Brush watercolor markers. Look at that ‘mug’! Just makes a gal smile!

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Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share my cards with you today! Click on over to the TE blog to see Taylor’s post. Scroll down and you’ll find the link up to the the other TE designers. You’ll want to see what they made too!

Linking up to Darnell’s NBUS Challenge – Anything Goes!

and Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes, Keep it Birthday

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Memory Box, poppystamps cards and giveaway winners!

February 18, 2016February 18, 2016 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hi everyone! It’s time to announce the Memory Box Happy Easter Egg die winners! I forgot to ask Tim to pick numbers last night so I had one of our daughters tell me two numbers via chat! lol

so…..she picked number 5 – Nancee Purdum!!!! and number 20 – Shirley Hotop!!!! Congratulations gals! Email me your snail mail addresses and Cindy will get your Memory Box Happy Easter Egg die in the mail to you!

Thank you again Cindy of Starlitstudio for the fun giveaway! yay!

I’m posting some cards using the poppystamps Triptych die. I paired it up with several other dies and stamps you’ll find in Cindy’s store, Starlitstudio.net

Played around with adding the Memory Box Playful Petal Bundle die. Ranger White Enamel Accents and the Kindness of People stamp.

I matted the Triptych squares on the Postage square die from the Memory Box Postage set on this last card.

All three of these cards are A2 size! Thanks so much for stopping by and congrats again to our winners! Happy stamping and die cutting!

p.s. I forgot to write above that I posted the card photos larger this time. If you click on them, you can see them larger and then click again and even larger. Tell me if you like that better or not??? Thank you!