Stopping to say “HI” CAS card today with Lawn Fawn…

July 15, 2017July 24, 2017 Pam Sparks41 Comments

Hi everyone…doesn’t this just make you want to run out and get a watermelon?! Fortunately Tim already stopped and bought one this week so we’re set!

I used the Lawn Fawn alphabet die set Quinn’s Capital ABC’s. I die cut it in white Bazzil texture cardstock, removed the letters H and I and inked them with Distress Inks and the ink blending tool. Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Picked Raspberry and Festive Berries were the pads I used. I added the seeds with a Ranger Fude Ball Black ink pen.

I adhered the die cut panel to an A2 top folding card base, then I adhered the watermelon HI with mounting tape. Happy Card! Well, until I sent my husband a picture of the card and he replied, “why is the w upside down”? So I might think twice before I send him a picture again! haha This was my Summer swap card for stamp club yesterday.

Linking my watermelon HI card to some challenges…

Lawn Fawnatics – Summertime Fun – thank you so much ladies!

Color Throwdown – photo inspiration and colors

Shopping Our Stash – CAS (clean and simple) Thank you ladies!

Addicted To CAS – Summer my card is a WINNER! Thank you so much Ceal the gals at ATCAS!

It was so fun to see everyone and make the card Carolyn prepared for us. July, the month for celebrating!

The tag is a Taylored Expressions Build a Tag die and the background is a Memory Box star texture plate that’s discontinued.

I’ll sign off for now and get busy…thanks for stopping by on your busy Saturday!

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cards · CAS · copics · Die Piecing · Distress Ink coloring · Lawn Fawn · Masculine · Memory Box · Spring · SU

Memory Box, Lawn Fawn and Stampin Up cards…

April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 Pam Sparks31 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m back today with 3 cards to share. This first one features a sky writin’ airplane from the Flying High Stamp set! So cute…colored it with Copic Sketch markers. The clouds are from the coordinating Flying High die set. I just used the cloud dies from the set without stamping them.

The background is the new Cool Cloud Collage die. So many ‘cool’ ways to use it!

The banners are the new Birthday Pennant die…I die cut in white card-stock and colored with a few of the T series Copic Sketch markers.

Linking to some challenges…

Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Anything Goes

Addicted to Stamps and More Challenge – CAS

Happy Little Stampers Challenge – Anything Goes with Dies

Sweet Stampin’ Challenge – I wish I could fly (airplane is stamped and colored)

Next up is a scene that I started when these stamps came out…I just ‘unearthed’ it on one of my desks I was cleaning off. It just needed colored and put together! yay

I fell in love with this You Make Life Fun stamp set and coordinating die set. The grass is inked with Peeled Paint Distress ink and the ink blending tool and the sky is inked with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress ink and the ink blending tool. (I must’ve used another green ink on the grass too because Peeled Paint is a better green than this. lol Next time I’ll use Mowed Lawn!)

I colored the images with Copic Sketch Markers… so easy and fun… click on the pictures to see it full size. This card fits in a business size A10 envelope.

I love these cute new cloud dies! I stamped the sentiment on the front with Lawn Fawn Walnut ink in the MISTI stamping tool.

Linking to some challenges…

Lawn Fawn Fawnatics Challenge – Outstanding Occasions

The next card is one that my friend Jan had us make at stamp club earlier this month. Pretty sure the stamps and papers are from Stampin Up. She had us paper piece the fun image.

Linking my card to some challenges…

Fusion Card Challenge – sketch

Addicted to Stamps and More – CAS

Die Cuttin Divas Challenge – polka dots

We had several visitors at our club meeting this month! It was so fun! One of them was one of the gals that comments here on my blog! We have chatted a time or two and ended up she lives in IA so she drove an hour and 45 minutes to join us! It was so fun to meet you Louise!!! I enjoyed stamping and visiting with you so much! (what a crazy day for the AC to not work at the library where we meet!) Everyone was a good sport about it and fortunately they were able to provide us with two fans! There always has to be drama you know! lol Anyway, we’re trying to get Louise to start a blog cuz her cards are beautiful!

Thank you again Jan for the fabulous program! We appreciated it!

That’s it for today! Thank you so much for stopping by and reading my post! I always smile thinking of you all and wishing we could all meet for a stamp club! Now that would be awesome! (wild! lol)

I always love hearing from you!

Shopping links to the products I used to make these cards… (SSS, SB.com and Blue Moon are affiliate links)

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Birthday · cards · Christmas · copics · Family · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · MFT · Poppystamps

Memory Box Purrfect Holidays and MFT Jungle Friends Birthday…

October 14, 2016October 17, 2016 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Hi card makers! I can’t believe a week has gone by without me posting again! Yikes! I have two cards today though.

Tonight and tomorrow I’ll be at Stamp Joy in Ankeny for Taylored Expressions. I’ll post the cards I’m teaching there next week or so.

Then the 22nd I’ll be teaching two classes in Cedar Rapids at Scrapmania! I’d love to see you either place! Be sure to introduce yourself to me if you are there!

Back to my festive kitties! This is a super cute set from poppystamps called Purrfect Holidays. Matching dies too! I love it! The mittens on the cat! and the hat! Purrfect is right. So many cute elements to make scenes with.

Just colored with Copics… the gray the both is the T series. The blue green is BG11, 70, 75, 78. The reds are R02, E07,08. Nuvo White Crystal Drops on the Santa hat fur. Nuvo Winter Blizzard Drops on the tree star, ornament and here and there.

The patterned paper is from an older Lawn Fawn 6×6 pad.

Linking to…

Merry Monday Christmas Challenge

Christmas Card Challenges – Decorations

Next is a birthday card for one of our 4 year old grandsons, Gilbert. I hope he loves it! I do! lol

The gator slides in the groove over to the giraffe and then….

chomp!

Guess he was hungry! yikes! Anyway, I had fun making this cute card! Elements are all from the MFT Jungle Friends kit except for the number 4. It’s from Taylored Expressions.

Linking to ….

Seize the Birthday Challenge – Anything Goes, Birthday

Thanks so much for stopping by today! Thanks for shopping through my links too! Happy stamping/creating weekend to you!

Shopping links…

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Birthday · cards · CAS · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Printworks · rubber stamps · Summer · Watercolor

Printworks Winston, Peeking Cats and Calories!

June 30, 2016June 30, 2016 Pam Sparks17 Comments

Hi everyone! I know, I know…I forgot to warn you… get your sunglasses! lol Meet Winston from Printworks Collection, so cute! I did all the painting here with Zig Clean Color Brush Paint Pens….some distress inks sponged on for the yellow and green.

I also used the new Garden Tulips stamp , The Good Earth stamp and Sunshine Flowers stamp.

Next up…the adorable Peeking Cats stamp and Friends Are the Sunshine stamp.

Watercolored with Zig Clean Color Brush Paint Pens…a Memory Box Postage Layers Rectangle die and some washi tape a long the bottom of the card.

You HAVE to love this sentiment! Isn’t it the cutest?! This is a new stamp, Calories Fall Out. Oh, there’s that washi tape again! lol I used the Large Cupcake stamp and colored with Zig Clean Color Brush Paint Pens and Heart Sprinkles from Doodlebug.

Distress ink background and to get the distressed look to the paper, just pounce a piece of tape around in places and it ages it. A fun pretty much one layer card!

Hope I made you smile! Thanks so much for stopping by today! ‘preciate it! TTUL!

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cards · Die Piecing · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · One Layer Card · Poppystamps · Spring · Techniques · Washi Tape

Memory Box …it’s high time we get together!!!

April 16, 2016April 21, 2016 Pam Sparks26 Comments

Welcome Saturday and everyone! Guess I’ll settle for this is how we’ll get together today! haha

Some time ago, I did a couple Balloon cards with inlay die cutting…when I saw a couple challenges this week, I knew, I HAD to play! So yesterday I made this. A happy card.

Memory Box dies, a little Doodlebug washi tape and a poppystamps sentiment! Now this balloon is retiring but Cindy has it in stock still. I saw there are new balloon dies though, so I’ll link to all of them in the inlinz below.

Using the mini ink blending tool, I sponged Salty Ocean Distress ink on to the Stitched Square die cut… I die cut a few of the clouds in the square first, that’s why they are deeper color around the cloud. The two clouds going off the square I die cut after I thought I was finished with the square. lol So I had to do a little inking to get the same deeper inking effect around the clouds. Just do it before you tape in the clouds.

I had fun making this! yay!

Linking to some challenges…

Virginia’s View Challenge – miss you, hello or friendship
Muse Challenge #161 – the square and inlaid die cutting