Flashback Friday 15.0… Fall

September 2, 2011September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Flashback Friday 15.0 challenge today is to show the “First Fall Card” you ever posted on your blog…well…I started with one and added two more!!! lol I had fun going back through my Fall creations! : )

August 26, 2009 I posted this Tilda in the leaves card…original post HERE.

September 3, 2009 I posted this Inky Impressions Angelica Heartsocks card…original post HERE.

October 1, 2009 This adorable card is an all time fave…original post HERE.

Very fun to stop and look back a minute… now it’s FULL speed ahead! Thanks for visiting… Happy early Fall!

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Magnolia, Tilda Time – I’m Blessed that you are my friend…

November 5, 2010August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks43 Comments

Native American Tilda is so perfect for this time of year. You can find her at Tilda’s Town.com, HERE. I used her to make a Front Panel step card of some call it a Center Step Card.

I’ve been thinking about this card all week and finally figured out how to cut and fold it with only a couple mess-ups! I was able to remedy one, because I cut too far, by adding mats on the inside…

Cards that stand up are so fun! I used a 5.5 x 11 inch piece of card-stock… it’s a type of stair step… diagram below (minus the wrong cuts) lol … I think 6 x 12 inch card-stock would work great too. I used Kraftin Kimmie’s Thankful Sentiment set. Love these sets! The pattern paper is Max and Whispers from Basic Grey. I’m linking my card to the Copic Creations Challenge Blog…use brown and create a scene!

Here it is from the side…

Happy Magnolia stamping! ♥

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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!

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Amy’s Trick or Treat Princess…

October 17, 2010February 21, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

I’ve had this card started for a couple weeks…finally got it almost finished earlier in the week but today was “the day” to get it on the brown! lol I know, I use a lot of “brown”! I like it! An adorable image by Amy Young for CC Designs… the cutest Baby Trick or Treater. I hope you can see the detail in this awesome tree die cut too… I’ll post a close up. Awesome woodgrain (brown) lol! The grass and the ABC frame are cut on my old original Cricut. I love the Graphically Speaking cartridge… lots of fun stuff that I have yet to cut! Martha Stewart’s fence border punch. The pattern paper is by Bo Bunny and the teeny apples are a Fiskars hand held apple punch.

The close up…

I used the same color combos I always use… boring… hehe Hair – E50, YR31, 23,24, Dress – R24, 27, 29, 59, Skin – E000, 00, 01, itty bitty bit of E21 and I can’t remember what I used on her cheeks this time. I figure I did good to remember this much! lol

I’m linking to Stamp Something Challenge blog with the theme of Halloween somethings… Fussy and Fancy Challenge blog is Halloween…The One Stop Craft Challenge blog is Halloween…Crazy 4 Challenges blog is Fall/Autumn…Challenge Up Your Life Challenge blog is Autumn.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for taking the time to leave me comments… I love them! Stamping friends are the best!

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Autumn Tilda…

October 15, 2010September 14, 2012 Pam Sparks48 Comments

I love this Tilda, I think she looks rather like a Pilgrim and the little pumpkins are so charming! I also love the color pencil coloring of Moni HERE, so today I attempted to get her “look” with copics. hmmmmmm… She does magic with pencils and OMS!!! I kinda felt like I was creating mud! lol I’m happy with my brown, brown card though….as long as we don’t put Moni’s beside mine!!!!!!!

I used the Just Magnolia Challenge Blog Sketch for my card and the panel with Tilda on it was perfect for scoring on the left to create a fold. When you lift the “thank you” tab on the right, the panel comes up… I know…way too easy but that’s all I could do today!!! lol I always enjoy Dawny P’s sketches! Linking up to Totally Papercrafts Challenge Blog , Stampin For the Weekend Challenge Blog, Stampin’ B’s Challenge blog, the themes are Fall.

Here’s a couple more photos of the fold side and then the tab side…

Tilda – Circle Nestabilities – thank you sentiment – I like to edge all the papers and card-stock with Distress ink – Scored with the Martha Stewart scoreboard – Pattern Paper – Martha Stewart branch edge punch – SEI button – cord from JoAnn’s – the card is 6×6 in. square.

Happy Friday! Thanks for stopping by!