Lawn Fawn Happy Harvest Scarecrow…

October 3, 2015October 3, 2015 Pam Sparks28 Comments

It’s World Card making day so I had to finish this CUTE scarecrow from Lawn Fawn, in honor of our very own holiday!!! YAY!

I fell in love with this set when I saw it… so many fun elements to use with this guy and so much fun to color!

I used Canson watercolor paper 90# and colored with the Zig Brush Paint markers, a paint brush and water.

The background is the corn stamp, inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink and the mid-Brown Zig Paint Brush marker, inked multiple times and stamped. Then I inked the lower area with Peeled Paint and the ink blending tool. Then Squeezed Lemonade on top of that and then a combo of Tumbled Glass and Stormy Sky at the top.

The picture wasn’t complete until I added the kraft telephone wires! hahahahaha Really I wish I’d thought of that sooner and stamped on some telephone wires and little birdies!

Linking to some challenges…

Virginia’s View Challenge – All Things Colored

The Daily Marker – 30 day coloring challenge

Simon Says Stamp – Work it Wednesday – stamp!

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamps Monday Challenge – Ombre

That’s my fun for today! Many thanks to you all for stopping by and all your encouraging comments are much appreciated! I love hearing from you all!

Happy World Card Making Day! ttul!

Dies and Supplies I used on my card…

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Birthday · cards · Christmas · Die Piecing · Fall · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions September Release Day…

September 3, 2015September 3, 2015 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Welcome! We’re celebrating release day at Taylored Expressions today!

I have two cards to share using the NEW Door to Door and Door to Door Decor die sets. The first one is a Fall setting so I used the NEW Little Bits Leaves dies cut in fall colors, shaped with a stylus and edged with some Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool, on the wreath.

The ‘celebrating’ banner is from the NEW One and Only You stamp and die combo…a gift set when you purchase $50 for a limited time only… check it out on the TE blog. I love it!

I used the TE Brick Embossing folder and inked it with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool also.

My second card is a Winter/Christmas card with the same Door to Door and Door to Door Decor sets.

I used the Bead-board Embossing folder for the background…I wanted it to look like siding. The Ice Border die across the top, the Rolling Hills Build a Scene die for the snow on the bottom, the Stitched banner from the Pockets and Pages Stitched Essentials die set, the holly leaves are from the NEW Little Bits Leaves die and the sentiment from the Baby It’s Cold Outside stamp set.

The rest of the pieces are all from the Door to Door and Door to Door Decor die sets.

These dies are so much fun! I can see a Spring and Summer door too, a congrats on your new home, happy anniversary… good for so many occasions! I know some of you will need a critter in the picture! : )

Want to see more? Click over to the TE blog for the link up to all the participating designers. Fabulous inspiration from the TE Creative Team! It’s a HUGE release this month. So much to see!

Thanks again for joining me here today. Happy creating!

Click the links below to see the products I used and shop the TE online store.

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Birthday · cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Fall · rubber stamps · Taylored Expressions

Taylored Expressions Sneak Peeks Day #3…

September 2, 2015September 2, 2015 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hi everyone! Funny how fast time flies when you’re having fun! I found it hard to believe it’s already Taylored Expressions 7th birthday!!! It’s a WOW of a release for September and I will be sharing what I created for the celebration today and on release day, tomorrow. I have three cards for today…eek…I had a hard time deciding what to start with! lol

I’m focusing in on the NEW Bloomers Greenery die set today. My thankful for you card uses one of the fern looking branches. I die cut it several times in two colors of TE cardstock and formed a wreath. This is an awesome set of dies for making wreaths, bouquets and whatever you can come up with!

The flowers are from the NEW Mini Bloomers die set. I die cut the set in two colors of TE cardstock and glued them together.

The ‘thankful for you’ stamp and ‘you’ die are part of a Stamp and Die combo called ‘One and Only You’. TE designed this set especially for you. When you order $50 or more from September 3rd – September 13th, you’ll receive it free! Read all about it and see the picture of it on the TE blog HERE.

I’m all over the place with these cards today! lol Here’s a CAS card showing the swirly vine that is in the NEW Bloomers Greenery die set. Again, I used the same two colors of TE cardstock and then added the roses and the crosshatch cuts from the NEW Scribbles die set. See, I told you… a lot of NEW stamps and dies this month! : ) The two little rosebuds I cut by hand from the center of the scribbled rose die cut.

There’s the NEW One and Only You stamp and die combo again too.

Here’s another wreath card I made using another branch from the NEW Bloomers Greeney die set. I can see using this card for pretty much any occasion! A very versatile set and I still haven’t used all the pieces!

The swirly vine, die cut four times and glued to the card base. A layer of vellum over that and then the wreath popped up with mounting squares on top.

and close up…

Taylored Expressions is celebrating Release Week with some fabulous giveaways! Visit the TE Blog each Sneak Peek Day this week for details on how you can enter to win.

If you’d like to see more projects and new product information, head over to the TE Blog, scroll through to the end of the post for a complete list of today’s participating designers!

Thanks for clicking to my blog today! I love sharing what I’ve been up to with you!

Here’s the links to what I used in the TE store… (the die links will work tomorrow on release day)

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Taylored Expressions Peek-a-Boo Pumpkins and Summer Fun!

August 18, 2015August 18, 2015 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hi everyone! Summer is in full swing and keeping everyone busy I’m sure!

My first card today is using a new for August Peek-a-Boo stamp set and Peek-a-Boo die set. Swoon…do you ever think back to the days before matching stamps and dies?! Oh, we are so fortunate to have such fun ‘things’ to create with!

I stamped the pumpkins with Colorbox Fluid Chalk ink using the MISTI and then die cut with the coordinating dies.

The sign post is a new Little Bits die, I swiped it a couple times with the Gathered Twigs Distress Ink pad…the dirt is a new embossing folder called ‘Weathered’.

I had to throw in some other TE dies to finish off the scene. I love the word ‘fall’, standing in as a cloud! *grin*

I know…goofy, goofy angle, now why didn’t I notice that before I finished the photos! It happens! lol

I’ll never get enough of the TE Shaded Thanks Tree die…love it. Cut in Toffee/kraft cardstock and colored. Wispy grass and the fence from the Garden Arbor and Gate die set.

Next up…a Summer fun birthday card…

It’s an overcast rainy day here…so I’ll bring on the sun with this card! I love this basket die from TE and when you emboss it with the new We R Memory Keepers Woven embossing folder…well… it really looks like a basket! So cool!

There’s that fence again and this time I used the tree from the On The Line die and the word dies from the June Script set.

Stamps, dies and cardstocks I used are from Taylored Expressions HERE.

Thanks so much for clicking over to my blog today! Now what to make next! : )

cards · Christmas · Fall · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Winter

Memory Box for Starlitstudio… Horse Country

November 18, 2014November 18, 2014 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hello and welcome to my blog today! I’m sharing two cards I created with Starlitstudio’s exclusive new die from Memory Box, called Horse Country.

A Fall card…

inside…

and a Winter card…

inside…

I used the Memory Box Golf Club Landscape border die in the background on both cards. (I cut off the flag)

On the Fall card I added the small leaf from the Memory Box Marvelous Maple die, poppystamps new Fancy hello die, Trotting Pony die and Country Fence die. On the inside I used the Memory Box Give Thanks Combo stamp (leaves and sentiment) and Memory Box A-2 Notecards in Sky and Kraft.

On the Winter card I used Memory Box A-2 Notecards in Sapphire and White, Ho Ho Holly Leaves die and poppystamps new Vintage Seasons die. I just used the Greetings part on the front and on the inside, I cut the ‘s’ from the end of Season’s and stamped the words ‘of the’ from the Memory Box Wonderful Time Combo stamp.

The Christmas, Winter Horse Country scene card is spattered with white spray ink and then sprayed with Imagine Crafts Sparkle Spray.

All of these dies and stamps are available for purchase @ starlitstudio.net

I will be making Horse Country up in Spring and Summer versions too! Thanks for visiting today and Season’s Greetings to you! THANK YOU for your encouraging comments too! I appreciate it so much!