A Circle Easel Card and Lili…

October 22, 2010August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks32 Comments

Here’s Lili with an apple for her lunch, from Inky Impressions rubber stamps, HERE. It’s time for another Inky Impressions Challenge and I GOOFED!!! The challenge is flowers…. do you see my imaginary “apple” flowers????!!!! Sure you do!!!! What else do you do when you realize you’ve messed up but laugh at yourself! I kinda get tired of laughing at myself actually…. ha! If I figure out how to add some flowers to this, I’ll let you know! lol

The card folded up flat…

Lili is from Inky Impressions rubber stamps, HERE
The apple charm is also from Inky Impressions, HERE
Magnolia Doohickey dies, HERE
Nestabilities oval die, HERE
Lasting Impressions for Paper and DCWV – pattern papers
twill from Creative Impressions
kraft cord from JoAnn’s
Buttons from Lasting Impressions for Paper
I used the largest Coluzzle circle template for my easel card – it’s 5 3/4 inches
Edged all the papers with Distress inks

I used the Sketch For you To Try for this week… I know… I really did! I printed it and “tried” to follow it but got a little off track because of the circle… I’m still gonna link to it!

Hope you can join us for the Inky Impressions challenge… thanks for stopping by!

cards · CC Designs · copics · Easel · rubber stamps

Pretty Emma…

August 24, 2010August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Emma says take a seat in my living room….meet pretty Emma from CC Designs new Take a Seat Kit. I’ve been thinking about what I wanted to do with the living room scene stamp for a few weeks now. I have always loved what I call interactive stamps…anyone have a cooler description for me? (coordinating and companion are more ideas… Stamps that work together to create scenes, challenge me! I’m hoping my photos show what I’ve done. I paper pieced pretty much everything. Emma is colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I stamped her legs twice and popped them up. The arms of the chair are stamped on the pattern paper twice and popped up. The lamp shade is stamped twice and part popped up and then then I cut a piece from the stool and glued it on the shade to jazz it up!

Here it is straight on…

The papers I used are double sided from a K & Co. card tablet… I fell in love with this tablet and purchased three so I would be ok using one! ugh! what is it with hoarding stuff anyway! lol The flower is from Prima. The little scallop border is a Martha Stewart around the page set and I just wanted the itty bitty scallop showing. The sentiment is from the Amy R Beach set. The tags are a Stampin Up punch.

Here’s a view from the top….

I wanted to use the footstool but I just couldn’t quite get the perspective right for placing it under her feet. So it is the accent piece on the easel bottom panel. It needs a message but I’m not sure what I’ll use this for yet, so after trying things for a couple hours I decided to wait! lol

I’m linking my card to the following challenges…

Stamp with Fun – a card for a girl
Stampin’ for the Weekend – anything goes
Papertake Weekly – a recipe 3 – 2 – 1, I used three cardstocks, two tags and one flower

Thanks for stopping by!

Birthday · cards · copics · Easel · Penny Black · rubber stamps · Sweet Stop Sketches

Wishing YOU a happy, happy day!

July 24, 2010August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Birthdays come quite frequently around here! For once I am thinking ahead! This Easel card will be for our Granddaughter Gena. She is turning 3 on 8/8! Two of our oldest daughter’s children have birthdays where the month and the day are the same number…SO much easier to remember! lol

This is my DT card for Sweet Stop Sketches Challenge Blog this week. Another awesome sketch by Korin. Hope you can join us this week!

Finally broke down and purchased some of the new images from Penny Black…they were “calling my name” as I’ve heard it expressed! lol This little gal’s name is Mimi and I ♥ her! The name of the stamp is Sweet Thing, 4084 H is the stamp code. I used the Fantasy tree, 3880 K to stamp the random dots around her on the scallop oval. Lace Frost stickles dabbed around on the dots and here and there on the cupcake…gemstones on the corners of the sentiment rectangle. The sentiment is happy, happy, 00106 E. The pattern papers are from Making Memories, the flower border punch is from Martha Stewart and the open scallop border is from EK Success. Mimi is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, paper pieced and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Also linking to the Penny Black Allsorts challenge Blog.

Gena will love her!

cards · copics · Easel · hÄnglar · rubber stamps · seven(7) Kids College Fund

God’s tiny miracle…

June 27, 2010August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks22 Comments

New Grandson born on Thursday so I had to get this new hÄnglar stamp “inky”! Stamped with Memento Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I made an easel card with a couple different Nestabilities dies for shapes… oh he is so sweet! Going to see him today!

hÄnglar Baby set purchased on UK ebay
Sentiment stamp by All Night Media
alphabet background by Stampin Up
Bundle of Love ribbon by SEI
Clothesline stamp by Inkadinkado, a baby boy clear set (stamped in Versafine Onyx Black Ink)
Cloud punch – unknown…I’ve had it a long, long time! lol

The challenge at Our Creative Corner is Blues and Greens…

So fun! Thanks for stopping by!

cards · copics · Easel · Printworks · rubber stamps · seven(7) Kids College Fund

Oh Happy Day – ATS Weekly Wednesday…

March 17, 2010August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks31 Comments

Happy Easter! This year is flying by way too fast for me! And it isn’t because it’s my birthday month either…or is it?! ugh! Don’t want to think about it!
Welcome to another All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge! This week we’d love to see what you create for an Easel card! This is the first one I’ve completely finished… I have a bunch of card fronts that I want to make into easel cards though.
Here’s more of a side view for you…

Check out the other Design team’s awesome creations on the challenge blog…. here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…

every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered
in order to be eligible to win, your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store. Whether it is any of our wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries (Magnolia, Kraftin Kimmie, etc) the choice is yours.
be sure to link up your creation with Mr Linky by next Tuesday at 10pm est
only one entry per person please!

I am in love with Amy Young’s Sweet November Easter stamps…just adorable critters! I used April and Peter from All That Scraps for this easel card today.