Memory Box, Jasper Leaves and more…

April 23, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks29 Comments

Is it ok if every once in awhile you can say, “Oh, I love this” about your own work?! lol Well, I love this! It just screams Spring colors and the excitement of new growth. Two new dies from Memory Box, Jasper Leaves, HERE and Hello, HERE. I also used Fancy Blossoms HERE, Poppystamps Birdcage HERE and Nestled Bird HERE. I used Memory Box Key Lime Dots, Key Lime Gingham, Pool, Pool Moroccan, Parchment and Meadow card-stocks. Perfect Layers Tools to cut the mat… link over on the right…

Lol mentioned my Jasper Leaves in the favorites thread this week at SCS! Thank you Loll!

Here’s a couple more cards I’ve posted recently on the Memory Box Blog, Outside the Box, HERE.

Another mention in the SCS CAS favorite thread for this card… Thank you!

click over to see the details, stamps and dies I used…

Thanks for stopping by! I appreciate it! I love reading your comments and hearing from you! Next up, some coloring! yea!

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Perfect Paper Crafting and Elle’s Studio Blog Hop…

April 15, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks45 Comments

WELCOME!

This week, Elle’s Studio meets Perfect Paper Crafting for a fabulous blog hop!
So glad you’re here!

Hop through the list of designers and comment, comment, comment for a chance to win!
AWESOME Prizes!!! A $50 Gift Certificate to Perfect Paper Crafting (home to the Perfect Layers Rulers I love! Use code ‘Sparks5%’ at checkout to save 5% on your order) and The Serendipity and Day to Day Collections from Elle’s Studio!

Perfect Paper Crafting
Elle’s Studio
Pam Sparks (you are here)
Ellie Augustin
Jenny Gropp
Jenni Calma
Eva Uyeunten
Keri Babbitt
Wendy Ramlakhan
Martha Bonneau
Roxie Glaza
Sarah Hill
Laura Lynn

I used Elle’s Studio Serendipity Collection to make two ‘scrappy’ type cards and an 8×8 chipboard ‘Smash Book’ type album. Very fun to combine the two companies and create!

I started looking through the collection and the stamp set with the ‘pure joy’ sentiment made me think baby! I stamped it on Technique Tuesday twill with Broken China Distress ink…it stamped perfectly…Elle’s Studio clear stamps are an excellent quality! The 12×12 sheets of pattern paper in the collection have a coordinating border on each double sided sheet, so I cut them off and used three of them for the diagonal border. The text strip and banner are cut from one of the 12 x 12 papers.

The darling Baby Carriage is a Memory Box die cut from the Elle’s Studio papers. So sweet! Lasting Impressions for Paper buttons and Doodlebug flowers. I used the Perfect Layers Rulers for the blue green mat and to cut the diagonal layers. The pink border piece, makes me think of the old springs that used to be in the old, old carriages! They were so cool and big! After stitching, I stuck it to an A2 card base with the ATG gun. I’m linking this card to the CAS(E) This Sketch Challenge…

Loll mentioned my baby card in the SCS CAS Favorite thread at SCS this week! Thank you Loll!

The next card is a #10 business envelope size…

I used ‘parts’ from the collection again.. tags, labels, cut and matted with the Perfect Layers Rulers… adhered the front to an 8.5 x 11 inch folded in half the tall way, piece of card-stock by measuring 1/16th inch on the fold with an Omnigrid ruler and then adhered the card to it and cut the other three sides with the 1/16th inch Perfect Layers Ruler. The tab under the sentiment pulls out. I thought this would make a neat ‘congrats’ card for that special graduate!

Here’s the chipboard album! I cut the 12 x 12 sheets down to 8 x 8 and had 4 x 8 pieces to use too! Lots of Elle’s tags, circle tags and labels on the pages. I ran around the edges of each page with the cutter bee piercing tool, pulling it on the 1/8th inch line of the Martha Stewart scoreboard. The album is bound with 1 inch Bind it All wires.

The Front…

Inside pages…

The back…

Hope I remembered everything! Holler if you have any questions! Enjoy the hop and thank you so much for looking and making it through all these pictures! : ) You’re awesome! ttul!

p.s. I added more to my ‘for sale’ page… tab under the blog header… bargains if you like cute and like to color!

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Memory Box cards and ‘stamps only’ blog blitz…

April 11, 2013May 12, 2013 Pam Sparks25 Comments

It’s ‘stamps only’ Blog Blitz week over on the Memory Box Blog this week, HERE! Be sure to click over and comment for a chance to win from the NEW stamp release!

I ❤ the chalkboard look and thought this NEW ‘Butterfly Study’ stamp would work great with it! I inked up the study stamp with Versamark ink and embossed with white embossing powder on MB Licorice card-stock.

I stamped the NEW Happy Birthday Background on MB White card-stock with MementoEspresso Truffle ink and a stamp a ma jig. I layered the image with MB Cranberry and Kraft card-stocks and cut the mats with the Perfect Layers Rulers. I used MB Licorice Distressed Dots card-stock and mounted the finished piece on a 5 1/2 in. x 5 1/2 in. card. It’s for the artist in the class! : )

Thank you Kitty for mentioning me in the SCS Weekly Favorites thread! I appreciate it!

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It’s that time of year when everyone loves to see flowers blooming! This card features the NEW Luminous Poppies stamp. I inked it with waterbase markers and then moistened it with just a very light spritz of water before I stamped it. I stamped the Butterfly stamp, from the end of the NEW A Very Happy Hello combo with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on a tag and colored it with Copic Sketch Markers warm grays.

The sentiments are from the NEW April Showers combo. I have them in the NEW cling option, so I cut the two lines apart (they fit right back together), inked them with Versafine Onyx Black ink and positioned with the Stamp a ma jig.

MB White, Licorice, Dots and Gingham card-stock and red paper cord to tie on the tag. The layers are cut with the Perfect Layers Rulers. Finished card is A2 size. I ❤ this color combo!

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For this card I used the NEW Branches Background stamp, the NEW Just Thinking of You Today stamp and the top line from the NEW Happy Birthday Background stamp. I used the Spring Branch stamp on the MB parchment card-stock, punched circle. The sentiments and branch on the circle are stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink.

I played around inking the Branches Background stamp and I liked this result the best with these MB pattern papers, the awesome Bill of Sale 12×12 card-stock and the 6×6 packBrioche card-stock. I inked the Branches Background with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress inks, a light spritz of water, then stamped on watercolor paper. Then I went over the stamped areas with a water filled waterbrush. When it was dry, I aged it with Antique Linen Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

The birdie square is punched from the Bill of Sale pattern paper. The butterfly is stamped from the NEW Butterfly Study stamp and then cut out. The MB Juniper and Thistle card-stock layers are cut with the Perfect Layers Rulers. A little hemp, a couple snips with the scissors for the fish tail banner, the paper edges aged with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool. A 5 1/2 x 5 1/2 inch square finished card.
THANKS for the visit! sorry for the long post! I got carried away with cards… hehe

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Memory Box…NEW stamps and dies!

April 10, 2013April 10, 2013 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Memory Box NEW die, Graceful Silhouette…a beauty!

Add some grass…a butterfly… stamps…Memory Box pattern paper…all dies cut out of Memory Box card-stock too! It’s awesome stuff! Ask your local stamp store to carry it! Perfect Layers Rulers used to make the mats/layers. A little Copic coloring on the white puffy flowers…Peeled Paint Distress ink to stamp the Fresh Spring Wreath stamp over the sentiment.

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Graceful Silhouette card #2 for today! I was going for a light, delicate look here…

I love the Corner Bow die… I clipped off the part that was extending off the card and used it to attach the tag to the stem of the Graceful Silhouette cut! I hid the end up the leaf. Memory Box Butterfly pattern paper in the background. Perfect Layers Rulers used to make the mats/layers.

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It’s NEW STAMP Blitz week over on the Memory Box, Outside the Box blog HERE! click over and comment for a chance to win!

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White on white with Broken China Distress Ink and Rich Cocoa Memento ink. The image behind the window is inked with Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress stain. Memory Box Butterfly pattern paper in the background…

Happy stamps and dies!

I enjoyed creating these cards to show you today! Tomorrow I’ll be back with two more cards! click over to my Memory Box class page, link/tab under the blog header photo. I’d love to have you join me for class! It’s great weather for a road trip! : )

Thanks for stopping by! I Love it when you visit and comment! Thank you so much!

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New Class Blog…

April 4, 2013April 4, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Hi everyone! I wanted to tell you about a new page/blog I added to my Expressions With Heart blog. There is an option to follow there too. I’m going to be teaching classes now and then and wanted a place to post to keep class information current.

This is one of the cards I’ll be teaching in an April 18th Memory Box stamps and dies class… click on the ‘Classes’ tab under the blog header picture and it will take you to the information!

If you’re anywhere close to come… I’d LOVE to have you! We will have FUN! : )

Here’s a picture of the rest of the class cards…yes, we will be busy creating!