Fall Release Blog Hop…

September 24, 2010September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks47 Comments

Welcome to the Fall Release Blog Hop for Inky Impressions Rubber Stamps! Six awesome new girls that you’re sure to LOVE! The hop starts at Inky Impressions BlogHERE. If you’ve arrived from Angela’s blog HERE, you’re on the right track! We’re so glad you hopped in and here’s what you want to know!!! The stamps are available to purchase TODAY!!!!! Sept. 24th!!! HERE. All this squealing about rubber stamps! lol They’re just so cute! Visit all the blogs, comment, comment, comment! The prize will be a random draw from all the blogs on the hop! The prize will be revealed at the last blog of the HOP! The HOP is today through Oct. 1st!

I used Lili’s Chalkboard. So cute! The chalkboard is pretty good size and fun to add a sentiment. I colored it black with copic sketch markers, the N’s and stamped a clear stamp in white pigment ink over it, let it dry and then went over the letters and flower with a sharpened Prismacolor white color pencil. (looks like chalk to me!) Lili is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Papertrey Ink card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Pattern paper is from October Afternoon. The spelling background is a BLine Designs rubber stamp. The school bus charm is also available in the Inky Impressions web store, HERE….Nicole has cool charms and embellishments, take a look! Lili was cut out with an elongated rectangle Nestabilities die, HERE. Martha Stewart and EK Success border punches.. McGill school house punch…EK Success retro flower punch…Joy Crafts branch die…mini paper clip from Creative Impressions…pearl from Hero Arts, HERE.

Your next stop on the “hop” is Kerri’s blog HERE, but before you go…here’s another new release card I posted several days ago, in case you missed it… and the card below it is a card I made for Fall last year but I loved it and felt it would be fun to show again! ok – SHOP and HOP! Have a good day! See ‘ya tomorrow!

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A Peek at a new release from Inky Impressions and the Sweet Stop Sketch!

September 11, 2010September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks28 Comments

Meet Nickie Running Late For School….that’s the story of my life! lol The Fall release from Inky Impressions is awesome! Nickie is one of six new images. Every day for the next week there will be a new post on the Inky Impressions Blog showing the new images. Then a blog hop with the release date! I know, it’s a killer waiting!!!

Nickie Running Late For School is stamped with Memento Tuxedo black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. The ruler charm is from Inky Impressions…awesome charms, HERE. The sentiment stamp is from Hero Arts, the “class notes” and A+ are from a dollar clear stamp set and the floral border stamp is from a Stampin Up Tag set. abc123 border is a Martha Stewart border punch, the flower border is an EK Success border punch. The hearts are from a Quickutz die…cut mulitple times and layered up to be like chipboard. A Marvy daisy punch and the branch is a die from Joycraft. The little button is from Lasting Impressions for Paper and the cord from JoAnns. Pattern Papers are from the Recess 6×6 pad by Basic Grey.

Here’s a close up of Nickie…(larger than actual size but I wanted you to see how awesome she is!)

I used today’s sketch for the Sweet Stop sketch challenge…SSS73. Click on over and join the challenge. Korin’s sketches are awesome, the DT cards are too!

Here’s a link to my other Inky Impressions cards, HERE. My granddaughters love stamping and coloring these girls too! Thanks for stopping by and don’t forget to keep checking the Inky Impressions Challenge blog every day!

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Beach Bound Lili and a VW “bug”…

June 15, 2010June 15, 2010 Pam Sparks18 Comments

I love this new Beach Bound Lili from Inky Impressions and the new beach stamps from Printworks! I had a lightbulb moment to use them together but then it was challenging because I was looking at the stamps and not how they would stamp! You know, the other direction! So back to square one for a bit there! lol

The Close Up….

The inside…

The SCOOP!!!

Nicole at Inky Impressions rubber stamps is having a First Birthday Sale! All INKY IMPRESSIONS Rubber Stamps will be $10.95 The INKTACULAR SALE-A-BRATION will end on Wed. June 16th at Midnight Eastern standard time. Choose email checkout and she will manually adjust your order and send you a new invoice through Paypal. Check out the “just added” products while you’re there too!

AWESOME NEW STAMPS from Printworks Collection for Father’s Day and Summer….go HERE and click on the “New Releases” Link to see the pages of new images. To order, go to the Printworks online store HERE, create your order and in the comment box, type in the new stamps you want to order. Nicole will get back to you with your total.

I know…both gals are Nicoles! lol Awesome to work with too! Gotta love rubber stampers!

rubber stamps from Printworks… K4024 Beach Cruiser, C4038 Surf’s Up, B4026 Today, F1066 paint spatters
Lilli and the bug were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
colored with Copic Sketch Markers
Ocean background stamp is from Magnolia, I just used a part of it. Stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers
October Afternoon pattern paper
Spica clear glitter pen for her headband, earrings, flip flops and butterfly
Beach grass punch from The Punch Bunch
Cloud stamp from Mostly Animals (they’ve been out of business for some time, not sure if anyone bought their images or not)
Prism brown card-stock for matting
versafine Onyx Black ink for the sentiments
stamp a ma jig for perfect placement of the “surf’s Up” stamp….I also stamped the VW bug on the imaging sheet to see how it would work in the scene
Walnut Stain distress ink and the Ink Blending Tool for edging the papers
Memento Summer Sky Ink for the cloud stamp and for inking the edges of the sky

Thanks for sharing the love of stamping, coloring, blogging with me and thanks so much for taking the time to come by!

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Happy First Birthday Inky Impressions!!!!!

June 11, 2010June 12, 2010 Pam Sparks13 Comments

It’s no secret I LOVE the Inky Impressions images! I didn’t get a new card made this week…boo! The stuff is all laid out on my desk for one and I will get it done but for now, here is a Summer fave! Nicole is having a SALE and today is the last day to check it out! Here is what she has to say…

Hello everyone.
I hope you’re all having a wonderful summer!!! I just wanted to let you all know that INKY’S 1st Birthday is on June 9th. We are so excited and truly Thankful that all of you have taken such a liking to Inky Impressions. As a small way of saying Thank You to all of our FABULOUS INKY FANS……. we would like to celebrate by having an INKTACULAR SALE-A-BRATION. Starting tomorrow June 8th, all INKY IMPRESSIONS Rubber Stamps will be $10.95 The INKTACULAR SALE-A-BRATION will end on Friday June 11th Wednesday, June 16th at Midnight Eastern standard time.

♥ Please choose email checkout and I will manually adjust your order and send you a new invoice through Paypal. ♥

PRODUCT UPDATE:
We just received our Basic Grey order and will be adding it to the website soon. We also now have our own line of Loose 4mm Pearls in over 35 colors & our own line of 8mm Rhinestone Brads. They will all be added to the website soon as well. Thank You Again for your continued support!!! Nicole (Inky’s Mama) : )

♥ Happy Shopping!!! Thanks for stopping by! ♥

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Lili Ice Cream…

May 28, 2010May 30, 2010 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Info-mercial….and then on to my card….I wanted to let you know some fun Inky Impressions News…. On the Inky Impressions yahoo group check out the monthly challenges and play along for a chance at a fabulous prize. For the first challenge, one lucky stamper will receive a gift certificate to the Inky store and the prize for the second challenge is your card would be featured on the Inky Impressions yahoo group home page for the next month!!!

Here’s what you need to know …

#1. Every month on the Inky Impressions yahoo group there will be a Home Page contest with a monthly theme. This month the theme is FLOWERS. The winner will have their card displayed for the whole month of June to greet our members every time they sign on to the group. You have till the end of May to enter this contest. Add your photo to the June Homepage Photo album on the yahoo group site.

#2. There is also another challenge on the yahoo group during each month that will follow a theme. The winner will win a gift certificate generously donated by Nicole the owner of Inky Impressions to use at the Inky Impressions store. Woohoo!!! The theme for this month is SUMMER FUN. Please upload your entry to the May Monthly Challenge album in the Photo Album on the yahoo group. The winner will be announced at the beginning of June.

♥♥♥Both challenges are due the last day of the month and we will pick our winners and let you know soon after.♥♥♥

♥♥♥Gotta LOVE this ♥♥♥ just for joining Inky Impressions yahoo group you will automatically get 10% off your Inky Impressions orders. Come join the Inky Impressions yahoo group HERE.

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Rolled flowers, hand stitching, stamping, coloring and punching, oh and a little distressing!

I used quilting thread and a quilting teeny needle (size 12) to backstitch around the oval. I pierced the holes first. I need to find a little heavier thread though…last time I did this the thread was too heavy…gotta find that happy medium! This Lili is so cute licking her ice cream cone – She looks like she could be taking a break from working at a drive up ice cream shoppe…one thing about an ice cream shoppe, you know it’ll always be cool inside! So… “have some ice cream” is from a clear stamp set by Hero Arts HERE.

I tried rolled flowers (how to HERE) …I like it! A one and a quarter inch circle punch for the larger and one inch for the four smaller flowers. The branch is from the Punch Bunch. The heart stick pin is from Fancy Pants and the pink heart pearl is from Hero Arts HERE.

You can buy Lili Ice Cream HERE, the border punch HERE, the nestabilities oval dies HERE, stamping ink HERE, Bazzill 3mm teeny brads HERE, Copics for coloring HERE and the Tim Holtz distressing tool HERE.