Marianne Design…Passport to adventure

August 16, 2012August 17, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Silhouettes are so popular right now… I love them all so every once in awhile I have to try my hand at using them again!

I used a variety of Marianne Design products…
The travel/map papers are from Marianne’s Pretty Paper Bloc – Vintage Journey HERE
or preorder HERE
I used two dies, the Creatables die – Lord and Lady HERE or preorder HERE and the Craftables die – Lacy Rectangle and flower HERE or preorder HERE. (I cut the rectangle die down and just used the center part of it)
Stamps are from a Vintage stamp set called Journey CS0585 HERE.

I did the usual… antique linen and walnut stain distress inks on all the pieces… applied with the ink blending tool. Perfect Layers Tools to cut the mats… the sentiment is from an old PSX travel set…. I wish they were still around! It’s weird not to color but fun for a change too!

I’m linking to…

StampArtic Challenge blog – make a card with dies
Delightful Sketches Challenge blog – punches and dies
Paper Pretties Challenge blog – Square card
Waste Not Wednesday Challenge blog – unused products
Word Art Wednesday Challenge blog – encouraging/uplifting sentiment
Clear it Out Challenge blog – manly…use two pattern papers
Creative Card Crew Challenge blog – maps/newsprint/sheet music/script

Thanks for stopping by for something a little different from me! = ) ttul!

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Marianne Design Scandinavian House and Bicycle scene…

July 4, 2012May 27, 2014 Pam Sparks49 Comments

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As American as Bicycles, Baseball and Apple Pie is my little country scene today… Happy 4th of July! I love the little stars on wires in the bicycle basket!
Lots of Marianne Design dies on this step card…

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(I just realized that when you load a video to You Tube they make it fit their window and it cuts off parts of the top and bottom. Wish I’d realized this sooner… hope you can still get an idea of what I did)

This was so fun to make! ttul!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used …

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Thanks for stopping by!

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Relax….another boat!

June 8, 2012June 24, 2012 Pam Sparks28 Comments

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I’ve never been in a sailboat so I don’t know if it’s relaxing or not! I’ve been in several fishing boats and as long as I have a book… it’s relaxing! hehe

This is a Marianne Design Sailboat die, Classic Boats… if you live close to me… the Craft and Hobby Shop in Ottumwa can get it for you! Online, check it out HERE. I embossed it while the cut piece was still in the die…then turned it over and with the ink blending tool I inked it with Distress inks, Brushed Corduroy and Tumbled Glass. White Distress Stain and white pen on the tips of the waves and torn water card-stock.

The “sun” so to speak is a stamp from a clear stamp set that Alice made me buy! OK, she didn’t make me but when she pointed out the potential I grabbed it quick! I am so glad she did! It’s called Time Traveler by Tattered Angels… it’s been a couple years but I keep my stamps! I might need them someday and sure enough… I’m always glad I have them! There’s that Fiskars wave border punch again!

Linking up to Stretch My Stamps post by Virginia HERE. I just used part of the month/date circle stamp and then I used it for a sun instead of what it was meant for! I love it!

The little seashell is from CC Designs NEW for Summer Sugarplums Beach kit! LOVE it! The word “RELAX” is from a CC Designs NEW for June Oh So Beachy Sentiments set… on the inside it says, “it’s your day!”

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I’m going to use this for my swap card this afternoon at stamp club. Glad Carolyn picked this theme because I needed to use this boat stuff! So guess what… I’m on a boat kick… a couple more to use! oh no! hahahahaha

I was inspired by a card I saw on Pinterest and I’ve been making badges for Tilda’s Town Challenges with the polaroid look… very fun! Have a sailin’ good weekend!

Stamps and Such…

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A Birthday Boat!

June 7, 2012August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks18 Comments

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Marianne Design has come out with these fun word dies… I love cutting them and layering them up to look like chipboard. I did ink the edges with Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

Here’s a link to them and if you go to the next page, you’ll see the new dies for June! I don’t have them yet but I’m looking forward to having some in my possession soon!

The background Lure stamp is from Judikins… the main boat and dock image is an old PSX stamp. DAD is an alphabet set that I picked up years ago at Hobby Lobby. I have a thing about alphabet stamp sets… some people collect figurines… I collect stamps, dies, paper, you name it… lol! I have a feeling you’re in the same “boat”! Pun intended!

On the inside I used a belated birthday greeting from a CC Designs AmyR Stamp sentiment set. Perfect Layers Tools to mat the image… link in the right sidebar.

Linking to the CCEE Stampers Challenge – Create a card with a Vintage feel…

THANKS for looking! ttul!

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Marianne Design Basket Birthday Wishes…

May 27, 2012June 7, 2013 Pam Sparks34 Comments

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If the woodgrain stamp is on my desk…I have to stamp it! hahaha… some stamps are just like that! I really like the white basket on it though… I made the roses with the smallest flower from the CC Designs Phlox die and followed the tutorial on McGill’s website for mini roses HERE. The basket is Marianne Design, the big leaf is a new die from her and so are the two new greenery dies I used with the roses in the basket. The little white flowers are punched out of white card-stock and it’s hard to see them but there are three Martha Stewart pine branches punched out of brown card-stock in with the roses and greenery too.

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The sentiment on the outside and on the inside are from CC Designs AmyR Stamps sentiment sets… Birthday Wishes is from the Great Greetings Set and Thinking of you today is from the Best Birthday Wishes Sentiment set. I used my Perfect Layers tools to mat … love them!

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Our local -ish stamp store is now carrying Marianne Design dies! If you are anywhere in the area… check out Craft and Hobby Connection in Ottumwa, Iowa! It’s an awesome stamp store and tons of CC Designs stamps and other stamp lines too! Holler if you want more info…