Perfect Paper Crafting and Lawn Fawn Blog Hop…

September 29, 2014September 30, 2014 Pam Sparks78 Comments

Welcome everyone! It’s a blog hop Monday for Perfect Paper Crafting and Lawn Fawn!

If you hopped to my blog from Tracy’s Blog, you’re in the right place!

Today you’re hopping and commenting for a chance to win your choice between two prizes from Perfect Paper Crafting and from Lawn Fawn the prize is a stamp set and a 6×6 pattern paper pad! Good luck!

You’ll want to check out the Perfect Paper Crafting and Lawn Fawn blogs everyday this week for more inspiration and chances to win.

For my card today – I used Lawn Fawn’s darling Making Frosty Friends clear stamp set, You’ve Got Mail clear stamp set and the holly is from the NEW Joy To the Woods clear stamp set. I used the coordinating die sets too… all linked below. Don’t you love all the clear stamps and matching die sets?!

The snowflake pattern paper (beanie) is from the adorable Snow Day Collection that just came out.

I stamped the postcard, cancellation and wavy lines stamps on white card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink
I die cut the stamped postcard with the new Lawn Fawn Stitched Rectangles die (love them!)
I stamped the sentiment from You’ve Got Mail stamp set in red ink
I stamped the snowflakes from Making Frosty Friends stamp set with Versamark ink and embossed them with clear embossing powder
I masked off the edges with Eclipse Masking strips
I inked the postcard area with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress ink and the ink blending tools, the clear embossed snowflakes resist the ink
I die cut red pattern paper with the new Stitched Rectangles die, then I used my Perfect Layers mini rulers and mat to achieve the 1/16th inch black frame. I LOVE the 1/16th inch ruler! Links to the tools below and in the sidebar…be sure to use the code Sparks5% to save 5% off your order!
I die cut another Stitched Rectangles die from white card-stock and adhered it to a white A2 card base.
The snowman is stamped in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, die cut with the coordinating dies and colored with Copic Sketch markers. Hat T3 – 7, Red R24 – 29 and 59, Scarf and holly YG93 – 97
I die cut a Memory Box snowflake to embellish the upper left hand corner

You next stop on the hop is Roxie’s blog…

Have a great week and I’ll see you next time! ‘preciate you stopping by! Remember to comment for a chance to win prizes!

P.S. Here’s another fun Lawn Fawn card and it’s a winner! : ) I woke up Sat. a.m. to a wonderful surprise! Queen of the Green at the Lawnscaping Challenge. A very fun challenge to enter! Thank You Lawnscaping team!

Stamps, Dies and Supplies I used to create my card for today…

cards · Christmas · copics · Lawn Fawn · One Layer Card · rubber stamps · Techniques · Winter

Lawn Fawn One Layer Card Challenge…

September 9, 2014September 29, 2014 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Sometimes I feel like a kid at Christmas… giddy with excitement! I can hardly wait to share what I make! lol

If you lived across the street from me… I’d be over showing you… asking your opinion on this or that until I was done! Well, then I’d probably be asking you if I should change this or that after the fact! ugh. lol

I had so much fun making this scene! When I saw the Lawn Fawn Challenge was create a one layer card… I had a good idea what I wanted to do! Here it is down to the wire but I’m getting it in before the deadline!

When our daughters were growing up we always went to a tree farm, picked out the tree and had it cut down. Well, we didn’t keep doing that after they left home… haha. We started going to Des Moines to a wonderful tree lot and sure enough…there is an Airstream camper there for you to go settle up and pay in. So I had to put one in my scene! Cute!

So here it is… the lighted Christmas tree lot! I love it! Silly me!

I will put links to all the sets I used below… I used Distress inks…peeled paint, tumbled glass, broken china, chipped sapphire. I colored the camper and bunny with copics. The silver on the camper is a metallic silver gel pen. White embossing powder for the snowflakes and lights. Frosted Lace stickles for the bit of sparkle.

It’s ALL one layer! : )

Linking to…

Lawnscaping Challenge – one layer card

I won!!!! So happy and delighted…thank you Lawnscaping team!

NBUS Challenge # 2 – Christmas

Simon Says Stamps, Work it Wednesday Challenge

Thanks for looking! Hope my card makes you smile! ttul!

Stamps and supplies I used to make this card…

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Birthday · Blog Hop · cards · CAS · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · MFT · Paper Smooches · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps · Techniques · Wedding

Perfect Paper Crafting and Xyron Blog Hop…

August 18, 2014August 20, 2014 Pam Sparks43 Comments

WELCOME!

So excited to share some cards with you, that I made using Perfect Paper Crafting and Xyron’s awesome products!

The Perfect Paper Crafting team is posting today but you can take all week to hop around and comment for a chance to win a fabulous prize! $50 gift certificate! (winner to be announced the 25th on the PPC blog)

The Xyron team will be posting each day on the Xyron blog and giving away prizes every day!

My first card for today will make you laugh…brrring brrring

I do! lol

I love this sentiment from Printworks and use it anytime I use a telephone! This adorable telephone image and the floral background stamp are NEW and also from Printworks. I embossed the telephone and the flowers (multiple times) with white pigment ink and Tsukineko’s Imagine White Embossing Powder. The sentiment is stamped with black pigment ink and embossed with Tsukineko’s Imagine Black Embossing Powder. I die cut the sentiment with a die from Lawn Fawn.

I used Printworks stamp pads for watercoloring the white embossed flowers (watercolor paper). Go back in time…the first CHA type show I went to was in 1995. Printworks was there teaching Annette’s (the owner and artist) watercolor techniques. She introduced using stamp pads for watercolor way back then! It’s stood the test of time for sure!

What can I say that I haven’t said a million times about the Perfect Paper Crafting Layering Tools! They are the BEST! I Love these tools! I didn’t think there would be any room for improvement but I love the mini tools and mat more! I’m glad I have both sets though because today I needed to use the one inch ruler that just comes in the long ruler size.

It’s so nice to get the professional look of even borders along with the charm of a handmade card. Use Sparks 5% off at checkout to get 5% off your PPC order! Thank you for clicking through my links.

What did I use from Xyron? Well, they have this awesome Mega Tape Runner… looks like this…

wow! It’s great! It dispenses permanent adhesive dots and is refillable. So easy to operate too… not too big and not small either! It just works! YAY! I used this to put most of my layers together.

I adhered the telephone panel to the white embossed panel with Xyron ¼ in. High Tack Double Sided Tape…

and the sequins with Xyron High Tack Adhesive Dots…perfect!

My next two cards are wedding cards…

Here I used the Perfect Layers Mini Tools and Mat to cut my card base. I scored and folded a sheet of 8.5×11 card-stock, then adhered my main panel to the folded card base with the Xyron Mega Tape Runner, then used my mini tool to cut the border on the other three sides.

I used the Xyron Mega Tape Runner to adhere the Studio Calico wood veneer potty people to the circle too! Yep, they stick great! I was able to rub away any excess before I stuck them down, so easy because it’s dot adhesive. (looks like the wood veneer potty people have been discontinued)

My inspiration for this card came from Maile Belles’ card HERE.

I partial die cut a circle and then die cut two complete circles for the layers.

Another fun wedding card using a Memory Box border die, Printworks stamps, wood Potty People and a Doodlebug red heart embellishment.

Again I used my Perfect Layers tool to cut the three sides of my card base and the Xyron Mega Tape Runner to adhere the layers and the potty people.

Wonderful tools! Wonderful adhesives! Thank you PPC and Xyron!

Your next stop is Jenny’s blog! Enjoy the hop, be inspired and I hope you win!

Thanks for stopping by and hopping with us! ttul!

I’m linking my first card up to the Seize the Birthday challenges – anything goes

I’m linking my second card up to the Simon Says Monday Challenge – anything goes

I’m linking my third card up to the Clean & Simple Stamping challenge 303 – sketch

Supplies I used on these cards…

cards · CAS · Die Piecing · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Serendipity Stamps · Winter

New Memory Box meets Lawn Fawn…Serendipity Winter Scene…

March 16, 2014March 21, 2014 Pam Sparks33 Comments

NEW Memory Box and poppystamps dies…Spring 2014 release in stock @ Starlitstudio.net

Isn’t this going to be a fun congrats card or graduation card?! I love it! It’s so fun when what you imagined works out! YAY for stamping and die cutting FUN! *grin*

a little bit of a side view…

You are looking at the NEW Dream Cloud die from Memory Box! There’s a new happy cloud, birthday cloud and thanks cloud too! I LOVE using the words by themselves too! Cindy at Starlitstudio.net has them in stock!

The balloon stamp and die, sentiment and star stamps are from Lawn Fawn… link below in the supplies.

Linking up to CAS on Sunday – one layer wonder (yes this truly is one layer!)
Addicted To CAS – luck
Clean and Simple Stamping – sketch (upside down)
Sarah Hurley 365 – Speech Bubbles
Stempelgarten Challenge – one layer card
Sister Act Card Challenge – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamps – Anything Goes
7 Kids College Fund Challenge – Anything Goes with a twist, Die cute

So here’s what I did…

1. cut an 8.5 x 11 pc. of card-stock in half, score one half at 4.25. Use the teflon bone folder to crease… LOVE the teflon bone folder (link below)…no glossy look where I rub after creasing!!!

2. cut the balloon out of the front of your card

3. cut the balloon out of red card-stock

4. cut the bottom of the balloon out of kraft card-stock

5. stamp the red and kraft pcs with the balloon stamp, then cut and piece them together

6. I used packing tape to cover behind the balloon cut out portion of the card front. You want sticky in the opening to adhere your red and kraft balloon parts to it. Go ahead and stick them in

7. Then position your dream cloud die face down to the right side of the card front over the stamped red balloon.

8. Tape the dream die in place with reposition-able tape, stick the tape to your clothes a couple times to make sure most of the sticky is removed.

9. Run it through the die cut machine.

10. Keep the word dream because you will use that part

11. Cut the dream cloud die from white card-stock, keeping the white centers of the letters.

12. Piece the die cuts into the card front and cover the back with packing tape to hold it in place or you can put the packing tape over the hole first and then piece in the cloud parts.

13. isn’t this fun?! : )

14. Stamp the little star from the balloon set multiple times with Tumbled Glass distress ink.

15. Stamp the sentiment from the set.

16. Back to the other half of the 8.5 x 11 piece of card-stock. Cut it in half…well, a little less than half… 4 ⅛ in. x 5 ⅜ in.

17. Adhere that piece behind the card front to cover up the piecing and taping you did.

That’s it for this card!

Now for the Winter scene I told you I was working on… colored it last Monday morning and finished it Friday morning! Where does the time go! It goes by me way too fast!

The stamps I used for this card are from Serendipity Stamps…wonderful images to color and create cards with.

I stamped with Ranger Archival Black ink on Canson watercolor paper and watercolored with Ranger Distress markers. Stardust Stickles to give the snowy, Winter sparkle.

I used the new Mini Perfect Layers Tools and the new Cutting mat… oh, I do love them a lot! Yes, I’m glad I have both sizes.

Stamps I used….Winter Farm HERE, Sled Here and Peace on Earth HERE.

How I paint with Distress Markers…post and Video HERE.

So happy to finally use these stamps I’ve had in my collection for years! Some times just owning makes me happy! I need to find a use your stash challenge to link to! lol

Linking my Winter Scene card to…
Christmas Stampin’ All Year Long – Sparkle and Shine
Virginia’s View Challenge – Watercoloring
Hiding in my Craft Room – Color It!
Completely Christmas – Anything Goes
QKR Stampede – Anything Goes
Stampin’ For the Weekend – Anything Goes
Word Art Wednesday – Anything Goes
Fusion Card Challenge – Sketch

I have two more Winter cards but I better save them for another day! : ) Tomorrow I’ll be back with more NEW from Memory Box!

Thanks for stopping by! We’ve got snow again… you know you’re in IOWA when you experience all four seasons in one week! lol ttut!

Supplies I used for these two cards…

cards · Fall · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps

Memory Box and Lawn Fawn…

November 10, 2013November 10, 2013 Pam Sparks10 Comments

I love this Autumn Leaf Collage stamp from Memory Box. I had to add a little burlap (she’s out of what I used but you could try this) after I spritzed it with Walnut ink from Tsukeniko. I love how the rustic look still works with the straight lines of the Perfect Layers Tools. I kept the mats smallish using the 1/16th in ruler for matting because I just wanted a hint of the dark brown to make the layers pop! I stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Distress inks (fall colors) and the foam ink blending tools. Messy looking but spraying with the Walnut ink helped me get used to the messy! lol

I matted with My Minds Eye 6×6 Happy Haunting paper pad and tied it up with hemp cord.

I scored and folded a piece of 8.5 x 11 Bazzill textured card-stock in half… glued the layers to this with ATG tape, measuring in ½ inch in on the fold side with my clear ruler… then cutting the margins with the ½ inch Perfect Layers ruler.

Oh, I did rough up the edges of the dark brown coredinations card-stock with the Tim Holtz Sanding Grip.