Tilda with Straw Hat…

April 8, 2011February 12, 2013 Pam Sparks43 Comments

She is so precious! I love her… wish I had time to take my photos over though… just didn’t quite capture her charm! boohoo! I will forever be trying to get better photos! ugh!

This is Tilda with Straw Hat from the Butterfly Dreams Collection! I colored her with Distress ink refills on cold press watercolor paper. The pattern papers are from the Stella Rose line from My Minds Eye called Mabel… they just…go together! EASY! gotta love that! whew!

I used the new Lacy Oval Nestabilites die to frame her and back stitched between the loops… can you see it? I also hand stitched and I’ll tell you what I’ve learned from trying this a few times now. I emailed some bloggers but didn’t get replies or else their products weren’t in the USA. So I will share what I’ve found from trial and error as you’ll see here!!! haha! I love to sew and hand sew. It’s just therapeutic I guess.

Finally found the thread I like… Coats and Clark Button/Carpet thread.
pierce your holes with the needle you’re going to sew with, then your holes won’t be so huge!
figure out the size of your paper with the ruler/tool you are going to use that has the holes guide for piercing in it… notice here that I didn’t do this and I have extra holes in a few places and had to cut my layers down…all of life is education…that’s my excuse and I’m stickin’ to it! : )
the other trick is keeping the pierced holes straight… gotta work on that! haha But, you’ll notice on commercially made items that their stitching isn’t always perfect either, so go w/the charm of crooked! lol

To dye the seam binding, I was in a hurry, so I just cut off 3 yards (yes, I cheated and measured the nose to stretched out arm length way), laid the cut length on my craft mat in a loose scattered pile and started pouncing on it with my Rusty Hinge Distress ink pad. After I had ink pretty much on most of it, I spritzed it with water to blend the ink but leaving dark and light areas. Not sopping wet though. Squashed it in a plastic bag to get it good and wrinkled. Pulled it out and dried it with my heat tool. Worked great!

Linking my Tilda card to the new German Magnolia Mania Challenge blog – Happy Easter!

Getting ready for stamp club this afternoon…looking forward to some fun with my stamping friends! Thanks for stopping by !

Here’s the links to the products I used on my card…

Tilda with Straw Hat	6×6 Mabel	M S Score Board	Tombow Mono Multi Glue	distress inks for coloring
DI pads	12×12 Tonic Guillotine Trimmer	Versafine Onyx Black large ink pad	ATG tape applicator	Lacy Ovals

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A Spring “thing”…

March 17, 2011February 12, 2013 Pam Sparks49 Comments

Spring is in the air, flowers everywhere (well, that’s stretching it for Iowa) and a color curve… pastels and a touch of brown.

I used Will you be my Valentine Tilda from the You Are So Special Collection. I don’t think she’s just for Valentines Day, so I’m using her for Spring! I also used the NEW Vintage Flowers/Leaves dies and the NEW Antique Lace die. I also used the Doohickey’s Swirl die, poinsettia die (leaves under the flowers) and fence die. I added lines on the flowers, the leaves under the flowers and the branch type leaves with copic markers…the same colors for the reds and greens below… I used two colors of Twinery Twine …the Birds and Swirls Cuttlebug embossing folder and the Gertie 6×6 paper pad in the store.

At stamp club last Friday, Annette challenged us with her program to use embossing folders more often…so guess what…I did it! lol Thanks Annette! I embossed and sanded… love this look.

A couple more pictures…

I only used one punch on this card! Martha Stewart’s grass border punch. Tilda is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with a combination of Tria, Promarkers and Copic markers…that’s why her face looks different! lol On her skin I used ivory, blush and sunkissed pink. Her hair is E50, 31, 33, 35, 37. Shoes W1, 3, 5. Flowers and hearts in the bouquet are R21,22,24. Her dress Buttercup, tulip yellow, YR30, 31. Green on the bouquet YG91, 93.

I cut my circles with my coluzzle templates.. I know, oldies but I still use them… I love nestabilities and they would work too.

Thanks for stopping by!

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Let’s Celebrate Birthdays!

March 9, 2011February 12, 2013 Pam Sparks35 Comments

Tilda is such a cutie! I’m loving this new collection as I’m sure you are too!!! I used Tilda With Balloon, check out the new You Are So Special die collection … You’ll ❤ them too!

I brought out my Distress Ink palettes again last night… all inspired after watching Dena’s how to videos, HERE. Fun, THANK YOU Dena! I enjoyed it! I’m linking my card up to the Just Magnolia challenge… this week is “anything goes” and I used the sketch from The Sweet Stop Sketches challenge blog.

I also used the Magnolia Doohickey’s dies, Tilda’s Lace and the mini scallop lace.

The pattern papers are from the new 6×6 MME pad Stella Rose, Hazel. Elongated Rectangle Nestabilites for the shapes… love them!

Thanks for stopping by!

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Magnolia, Tilda with Heart Lace and Twisted Easel tutorial…

February 16, 2011August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks55 Comments

I had to try my hand at another twisted easel card.

Here’s a close up of this cutie Tilda… she makes me smile!

Tilda with Heart Lace is from the NEW, You Are So Special Collection. I also used the Happy Birthday stamp, the Mini Zig Zag and Scalloped Lace die, the Romantic Lace die and the Romantic Lace Tag all from that same NEW collection. I also used the Doohickey’s Swirl die.

How I made this Twisted Easel Card…

first I made the 6×6 card front, colored the image, layered it up, etc

then the card base as follows in the photos below…

now you will score your “in half” fold and your diagonal with your bone folder so you have nice, sharp folds and it will look like the next photo
decorate the base so it holds your easel in place when it’s open. Oh and I should say the card folds flat for mailing! cool!

The Martha Stewart Score board is awesome! I love the 1/8 in. marks all the way across and I love making my own 6×6 envelopes. The pattern paper is from a Basic Grey 6×6 paper pad… the orange card-stock is from Stampin Up… it really is orange/pumpkin, not red. I used Copic Sketch Markers to color Tilda… skin is E000, 00, 01, 21, hair is E50, 51, 53, 55, 57, dress is BV0000, 000, 00, 01, 02, 04, shadowed a little with C00 and C1. oh her shoes are E43, 44, 47 and the grass is a crazy mess of greens!!! lol

Have FUN with this “twist” on the Easel card!!! ttul!

Stamps and Such…

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FYI – Sizes of new Doohickey’s Dies

February 13, 2011 Pam Sparks23 Comments

My order came in the mail yesterday! YEA! I had to cut them right away and thought maybe you’d like to see what the dies look like “real” life size! So click on the borders to get the full size…they are SEVEN inches long!!! love that extra for “adusting”!

Rose Leaf Doohickey’s Die…. this is so pretty IRL and the veins are so subtle but life-like… it will match up perfectly with the doily flowers and other flower dies… love it!

Romantic Tag…love the wonky hearts and the hole reinforcement… just charming!

Romantic Lace border… be sure to click on the photo to see it “real” live size… love it!

The scallop border is from the zig zag and scallop border set…the wonky hearts are the waste from cutting the Romantic Lace border and tag… aren’t they adorable!!! I ❤ wonky hearts!!! lol Click to see full size.