Delight in the Ordinary….

November 13, 2009September 2, 2011 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Just for FUN! Our area stamp club meets this afternoon and I wanted a card to swap. This is what I came up with…. I used the sketch from Just Magnolia…wow, I love it…sketches usually take me forever but this one didn’t! YEA! Thanks Mina!

Dig these new flowers?!!! Awesome… new punch and emboss from Nellie Snellen in the Netherlands…
Paper is My Minds Eye and Bazzil, Fiskars and Martha border and branch punches, Stampin up white taffeta ribbon I dyed with my copic markers, Hero Arts pearls, Tilda from Magnolia and the sentiment from Wordsworth. Hope she makes you smile and get to work! HA! oh and she is colored with copic sketch markers. I colored her a couple days ago and I don’t have a clue what I used. bum, I would like to know myself!!!

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Tilda for the Just Magnolia Challenge…

October 23, 2009August 9, 2012 Pam Sparks31 Comments

I just had to jump right in for the Just Magnolia challenge blog this week…A GREAT PRIZE…oh, I hope I win! Thinking maybe it helps your chances if you just come right out and say that…I better go back to yesterday’s post! haha
Trying my hand at a sketch again…ugh! Am I the only one?????? I get all done thinking I’ve done a grand job and immediately I want to tear it apart! WHAT?!!! I wish I’d put a mat behind the music piece and I’m sure there were a couple other things too…but I’m trying to exercise self-control and leave it alone!
Here’s a close up of this charming extra pink cheeked Tilda!!! lol

The Making Memories paper was still out from yesterday…May Arts ribbon…Prima flowers…Making Memories tree button (old)….Amuse Art stamps sentiment…background stamp on oval behind Tilda is from Stampington Christmas Elements clear set…the music paper is from the Cosmo Cricket new holiday 6×6 pad and the gold brads are from Making Memories.
Oops, better not forget the good ‘ole Bazzill cardstock…love that stuff!!! Have a great weekend!
I’m trying not to talk about the weather!!! lol

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Edwin – celebrating the USA

June 30, 2009June 23, 2011 Pam Sparks17 Comments

I’m using Edwin from Magnolia of Sweden rubber stamps and colored with copic sketch markers for the Just Magnolia Challenge blog this week. It’s a sketch….

I used Bazzill card-stock, Melissa Frances pattern papers, circle nestabilities dies, Antique Linen distress ink pad to age the papers, EK success border punch, the metal USA square is an old scrapbook embellishment from my collection of stuff and the sentiment stamp is from Stampabilities!

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Tilda – Just Magnolia

June 11, 2009June 11, 2009 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Just finished this card for the Sketch challenge at Just Magnolia Challenge Blog

The first two pictures are to “blue” compared to real life but I liked the crispness of the captured images when they are in full resolution!

This third picture is truer colors…but bum, still a little to the blue side!

Here is the sketch…

I love this sweet Tilda holding a tag…I used K & Co. pattern paper, an embossing folder, button brads from Making Memories (colored w/a copic marker Y28), EK Success corner and border punches, nestabilities circle dies, EK Success med and small retro flower punches, Martha Stewart’s frond punch, SU olive cardstock and Woodsworth’s sentiment and frame stamps.

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I love you this much!

June 3, 2009June 6, 2009 Pam Sparks24 Comments

The challenge this week on the Just Magnolia blog is Animals and Insects – please feature either/or on your card. The animal or insect does not have to be a Magnolia image – or even a stamp, it could be a die cut, a punch out, a charm, shaped button – anything as long as it is an animal or insect.

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Well….I’m probably stretching it here because my ladybugs are pretty small…I tried to use the Magnolia ladybug but it just didn’t work out like I planned! I used the new EK Success bug punch and they did turn out pretty cute…took a little fiddling to get them to look like something other than a punch out!

I used grass, fern, corner flower and stem punches from the Punch Bunch. The yellow ric rac is from Making Memories. Tilda is from Magnolia of Sweden and colored with copic markers. “You are my sunshine” is from Wordsworth. I used a rectangle nestabilities die for the background.

Here’s a close up of the flowers and bugs!Thanks for taking the time to check out my entry and I appreciate your encouraging words!!!