On the Lake…

June 18, 2012March 18, 2014 Pam Sparks31 Comments

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I told you I had more boats coming! hehe I’ve had this stamp for awhile, love the simplicity of it but then I wasn’t so sure about how to color it! The water isn’t really this green IRL… figures… ugh! Here’s the stamp info… Memory Box F1770 On the Lake.

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As soon as I saw this last Memory Box die release I jumped right over to order! I had to have this Honeyblossom Sprig! I glued three cuts of green together then cut one in white and cut out the flowers and one in yellow and just used the centers. I did shape the back side of the white flowers a little with my McGill Stylus set on a mouse pad.

The woodgrain background is an older stamp from Hero Arts (SS1000), stamped and edged with Walnut Stain Distress ink… it’s not big enough to cover the whole card so I stamp it four times… I’ve done this several times with cards that I’ve posted. Love the random look of it.

The postal frame is a Spellbinders Nestabilities die. The mat for the focal image is cut with the Perfect Layers 1/16th in. layer tool… the best investment I ever made for card making!

The postal cancellation and sentiment are from CC Designs and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink. It stamps the sharpest and cleanest image for sentiments of any ink out there… so worth the money! Bummer I forgot to take a picture of the inside. I layered white on green to the kraft card with the Perfect Layers tools. Then stamped two more sentiments from the same CC Designs All About Dad sentiment set. Yes, I used my other tool I can’t stamp with out! My Stamp a ma jig!

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I stamped “On the Lake” with Clearsnap Archival Wicked Black ink and watercolored it with Ranger Distress markers… I really do love them! They color and blend so nicely on the Canson Manga paper I’ve linked to below. I appreciate it so much when you make your purchases through my links!!! I’m encouraged to keep working and sharing for sure! Thank YOU!

Amusing Challenges – Father’s Day/Masculine

Fashionable Stamping Challenges – Nature

Let’s Ink It Up – Your favorite embellishment… mine would be using dies

Stampin’ Sisters in Christ – Create something that reflects you. You are God’s masterpiece! (this relflects me because I love postal stuff, I love kraft, I love woodgrain and I LOVE dies!

Card Caravan Challenge – CAS (clean and simple)

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Here it is Monday again! They come faster and faster it seems! = ) Have a great week… I’ll be back tomorrow with a CC Designs June Release Review! Take care! Thanks again for stopping in!

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CC Designs June Preview Day One…

June 5, 2012August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks36 Comments

So Beachy cute or what?! Beachy Beatrice and a day at the beach. NEW stamps, NEW dies and NEW sentiments for you this week from CC Designs. Do you love that Bubble Border die or what! The Starfish and Shell dies…so cool! Then there is a NEW die called Bubbles… click over to the ATS blog to see more fabulous creations from the Design Team using the NEW stuff for June.

Here’s our Beachy girl up close…

I colored her with Distress Markers… Tattered Rose and Vintage Photo for skin… cheeks are Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick…hair is Antique Linen, Scattered Straw and Vintage Photo… suit and hat are Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick… bubbles are Broken China.. sand and shells are Pumice Stone and Vintage Photo.

The cancellation stamp is from the CC Designs Butterflies Postage stamp set. The ticket stamp is from the NEW Beach Logos set and the Ticket die is from CC Designs too. A day at the beach and just sittin’ here are both sentiments from the NEW Oh So Beachy Sentiment set. Yep… lots to love this month from CC Designs!!!

oh, I had fun with this card! A front panel step card…one of my faves…Bazzill card-stock and a Spellbinders Postage stamp die ( on sale at link below!)

Challenges:

The Shabby Tea Room – Sweet Summertime

Paper Take Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes

Oldie but a Goodie Challenge – Anything Goes (Spellbinders postage die)

The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge – Anything Goes

Fashionista Challenge – Simply Summer

My card was featured!

Thanks for visiting today! See you again this week with more new stuff! I appreciate your encouraging comments and will be talkin’ to you soon! Have a great week!

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Tulip Time…

May 15, 2012May 15, 2012 Pam Sparks21 Comments

A pretty little Dutch girl… perfect for Tulip Time in May! Marianne Design EWS 2203 is the clear stamp I used. She is inked and stamped with Colorbox Wicked Black ink on Canson Manga Drawing Heavyweight card and colored with Distress markers. I used a sentiment from Marianne Design Stampfairy Cling Stamp Sentiment set. It’s really a clear stamp set but they call it cling. They stamp up really well on Bazzill texture card-stock using Versafine Onyx Black ink… surprising! It’s hard to stamp words on Bazzill usually!

Tulips, Anja’s Leaves (new this month), fence and grass dies from Marianne Design too. Charming dies and so fun to create little vignettes with!

The oval is a Spellbinders Floral Ovals die and the corners, an old Cuttlebug corner die.

Thank you so much for stopping by! I love sharing with you all and appreciate your kind comments and sharing tips for all this creating we do! Have a beautiful, thankful week!

I’ll be back tomorrow with the new Sugarplums kit from CC Designs!

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Swiss Pixies Butterfly Lucy for Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge #3…

May 14, 2012September 9, 2012 Pam Sparks28 Comments

It’s the second Monday of the month and that means it’s Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge time! The challenge starting today is… your favorite fairy, pixie or sprite!

Here’s Butterfly Lucy from CC Designs to charm you with a little scene I created. I woke up at 4:19 Saturday a.m. with the idea to make the new fence die a heart fence… well…then I had to figure out how to do it because most punches punch from the bottom and would be upside down if you tried to punch from the top! Here’s a video to show you how I did it! I love it! Hope you’re inspired to try it too!

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You can click over to YOU Tube if you want to watch the video in High Definition. Click on the gear looking thing next to the red talkie box and it’ll let you choose HD.

My first Fence video is HERE.

A close up photo of the fence…

Butterfly Lucy is stamped with Colorbox Archival Wicked Black ink on Canson Manga Drawing heavyweight paper and colored with Distress Markers. I stamped the Butterfly Logo with Versafine Onyx Black ink on Bazzill Dawn card-stock and cut it out with a Fiskars mini pinking scissors.

The Flower Border die is cut out of three colors of card-stock. I leave the green together and glue the pink and yellow on top of the green. The Grass Border die is die cut and then crimped with Quilling Creations crimper! LOVE this fun tool! Links below…

The three yellow butterflies flitting around the scene are an EK Success paper shapers punch… the tree limb is my favorite Leafy Branch die from CC Designs Cutters… links below. I used the Rosie’s Roadshow cloud template, Tumbled Glass Distress ink pad and ink blending tool to make my cloud background. I edged the papers and fence with Distress inks and the blending tool.

Thanks so much for stopping by! oh, this was long but I hope you had a good time! I had fun creating this to share with you! Hope you can click over to check out the SSPC blog too!

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Tilda’s Town Challenges…

May 11, 2012May 11, 2012 Pam Sparks32 Comments

I’m so excited to tell you about a new Magnolia challenge blog! I’m part of the design team for Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE! The first challenge will be up next Friday, May 18th! Today the Design Team members are getting the word out!

Grab the TT Challenge blinky and help us spread the word! TT will provide the prize each week too! The html code for the blinky is on the challenge blog link above and here’s the blinky!

Here’s a list of the team if you’d like to look around and be inspired to play along next week!

Tilda’s Town Challenges DT…

Becky

Céline
passionnément cartes

Delphine

Elizabeth

Janneke
Janneke’s Creations

Julie
Stamps, Paper, Ribbons and Things

Karen
Karen’s Craft Space

Kat

Mae

Pam
Expressions With Heart

Rene
Simply Cute

Teresa

Tina – Tinchy

and of course… starring Tilda and Edwin!!!

I used Edwin With Stolen Heart from the Sweet Crazy Love Collection! Love this one… He’s stamped with Colorbox Archival Wicked Black ink on Canson Manga Drawing heavyweight card and colored with Distress markers.

So glad you stopped by! I appreciate it!

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