Memory Box and Starlitstudio Butterfly Dies Giveaway!!!

March 1, 2014March 25, 2014 Pam Sparks37 Comments

Some days I get carried away…are three cards in a post too many? well…fortunately I didn’t take a picture of the first card I sent off to Printworks and one other card I didn’t like well enough to post… so whew… it was almost five! lol

When the Piano Border die came out… it was a MUST HAVE it! I grew up playing the piano and still like to play once in awhile. I taught piano lessons for years and once in awhile I work with the grandkids. Fun.

So I’ll start with the Grand Piano card!

A 5 ½ inch square card, hand cut to resemble a Grand Piano. The Piano Border die, the Calozonia Frame die for the Music rack. I cut and embossed the frame die in the Big Shot but extra embossed it with the stylus… a couple of my videos show how to do that.

I really did stamp the sentiment with a good black ink pad… not sure why the light hit it and lightened it for the pictures. I do have double mounting squares under the centers of each side of the pages, so they’d curve a bit. grrrr I’m not taking the photos over, I’m not! lol

My Grand Piano card was in the Weekly Favorites over at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you so much ladies!

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I spritzed the new Floral Mesh stencil with a bit of glimmer mist on watercolor paper for the background…layered up card-stock and pattern paper with my Perfect Layers Tools, cut the Venita Flourish and butterfly body from silver glitter card-stock, added some loops with May Arts purple cord, added the the Oriel and Lunette Butterflies on top and stamped part of the sentiment with the stamp a ma jig! It’s an A-2 size card.

*** Linking my Butterfly card to the following…

Keep It Simple Challenge blog – Things With Wings

ETA – Moxie Fab World – Styling with Stencils Challenge

and my card was in the Weekly Favorites Thread at SplitCoast Stampers! Thank you ladies!

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NOW For the Giveaway…

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Cindy from Starlitstudio has given me a Lunette Butterfly die and an Oriel Butterfly die to give away!!! Hurrah!

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Link up at the blue frog (USA mailing address only) for a chance to win.

email address in the first box…
you don’t have to have a blog…
Name in the third box…
that’s it!

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Size of die cut: 3.3 x 1.8 (wings); .7 x 1.8 (body) – sizes in inches.

Pretty awesome of her!!! THANK YOU CINDY!!!

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On to the last card. The NEW Calm Countryside die… love it and love it CAS, clean and simple!

Happy Day! This card was in the CAS Favorites for this week at Splitcoast Stampers! Thank you so much ladies!

Dies and stamps I used will be linked below… holler if you have any questions! So glad you stopped by to visit! Always glad to share! Happy weekend!

* Supplies I used to make these cards *

cards · copics · Magnolia · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Spring · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Anything Goes…

February 22, 2014February 26, 2014 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Everybody’s talkin’ about it! hmmmm…. I look out the window and we’re covered with snow! hohoho Well, a couple days this past week felt like there would soon be a possibility of Spring coming to Iowa! Course we had rain too…pass on rain. ha Alice, quit laughing at me! I love umbrellas but I would just as soon use them for snow! haha

Oh, this is not a weather report, you say?! Oh, ok, well, here’s Tilda with Flowing Hair! She’s a doll and showing off for this week’s Anything Goes Challenge over @ Tilda’s Town Challenges!

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

I used some of the new dies from Memory Box, very fun! I LOVE the new Kensington Border, Toulouse Background and Blooming Branch dies. I did cut the big flower off the Toulouse Background for this card though. I also used the Dancing Butterflies die and Memory Box Spring Greetings rubber stamp.

My Mind’s Eye Pattern Paper, pearls and Strathmore color card-stock for the frame and card base.

Challenges I’m linking my card to…
Time For Magnolia – Tilda only
Dutch Magnolia Lovers – Anything Goes
Challenge For Everybody – Anything Goes
A Creative Romance – Sentiment
Stampin for the Weekend – Flower Power
Stamp and Create with Magnolia – Spring
Crafty Hazelnuts Pattern Paper Challenge – Anything Goes
PaperTake Weekly – lovely layers
7Kids Challenge – Anything Goes
One Crazy Stamper – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! ‘preciate it!

Stamps, dies and supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · CAS · LOVE · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Tutorials · Video

Die Cutting, Embossing and Inking Memory Box Dies…

February 12, 2014March 28, 2015 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Embellishing die cuts is so fun with inks and stamps! I have a video for today’s post showing you how I emboss and ink die cuts.

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I used the Chesapeake Circle and Precious Butterflies dies, cut from white card-stock. The LOVE stamp heat embossed on black card-stock. The card base is a MB Lagoon A-2 Notecard.

Here’s another video I made last week but I didn’t get a card made to go with it after -all. This was my 3rd try and I was happy with it until I got it off the camera and watched it! The blooper is at the end. haha.. boohoo! Oh well, there might be something on here you’d want to try so I’m sharing it!

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Thanks for stopping by today! Have a creative die cutting, embossing and inking day!

Supplies I used…

Birthday · cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Memory Box · Paper Smooches · Poppystamps · Winter

Paper Smooches and Memory Box…

February 8, 2014February 10, 2014 Pam Sparks11 Comments

Hi everyone! I’m behind posting cards… so there’s a few in this post… then Tilda coming for Tilda’s Town and then a Printworks snowman! So hang on but don’t worry, I’m not going to start posting everyday all the time!

I wanted to get in on the Paper Smooches Sparks Challenge Blog Anything Goes post. This is a birthday card I made for Tim. I saw one of the PS designers using this flourish for a snow look so I had to do it too! Stamped with Tumbled Glass Distress Ink. Perfect for a January birthday! Colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Right now ‘deer’ aren’t so ‘dear’ to me though. Hit one with my car in July and did a lot of damage. I just like the stamp and paper cute ones now!!!

A little Wink of Stella Glitter marker on the flakes and flourish too!

Happy Day! My Deer card was one of the featured cards for this challenge! YAY!

A couple cards with Memory Box dies…another Birthday and hey… a start on Christmas cards too!

the Grand Happy Birthday die, Delightful Peony dies and the poppystamps Fading Dot Border die…

the Grand Merry Christmas die, Bells are Ringing die and Piestra Tile die…

Thanks for stopping by! It’s snowing here in Iowa… so pretty! Happy stamping weekend to you!

Supplies, stamps and dies I used…

cards · CAS · copics · LOVE · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Valentine

Tulip Stems and Queen of Hearts…

January 30, 2014January 31, 2014 Pam Sparks23 Comments

Thank you So much – white heat embossed on vellum. So fun that vellum is new again! I die cut, embossed and colored the Tulip Stems die with Copic Sketch markers… V22, 25, 28 and YG21, 23, 25, 17.

Memory Box Distress Dot violet paper and Violet A-2 Notecard.

I’m entering this card in the CASE Study Challenge #176.

Here’s a close up…

I just had to use this Queen of Hearts die! Of course you think of black and red with Queen things! oh and Silver glitter paper is a must! haha