poppystamps Rose Stem Collage card…

April 25, 2018April 30, 2018 Pam Sparks30 Comments

Hi everyone! This is the only kind of flowers I have growing here! lol I’ll have some hanging pots in a couple weeks though!

I love how this card turned out. I’m don’t feel like I’m very good with color schemes but I’m drawn to this coral/pink color this year.

It’s just charming! I didn’t put a sentiment yet because I loved it plain first of all but I think it’d be a lovely Mother’s Day or any occasion really.

I colored with Copic Sketch Markers, R20, 21 and 22 for the pink/coral color, G40, 43 and 46 for the green.

I added some Doodlebug Limeade Pearls…classy little things. hehe Shoot me now! These pearls aren’t in the stores anymore! So, I would tell you to color your white baby pearls with Copic markers or better yet, color them with alcohol ink.

The frame is the between part of the poppystamps Double Stitch Rectangle Frames…don’t throw that part away!

Holler if you have any questions…this is an A2 size top folding card.

Linking to some challenges…

Die Cut Divas – anything goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – anything goes

CAS Colors and Sketches – sketch

Less is More – bring something back (I’m bringing back the fabulous Fresh Foliage die)

Addicted to Stamps and More! – CAS

HLS April Anything Goes with Dies

Thanks for stopping by! It’s a gorgeous day here! Hope it’s a beautiful day for you too! yay!

Shopping links for what I used on this card…

Poppystamps – 2008 Rose Stem Collage… [ STR \| SSS ]	Poppystamps – 2009 Berry Sprig craft die [ STR ]	Memory Box Die – Fresh Foliage [ STR \| SSS ]
Poppystamps – 1996 Double Stitch… [ STR \| SSS ]	Memory Box/Open Studio – 30086… [ STR \| SSS ]	Copic Sketch Markers [ BLIC \| SSS ]
3 mm pearls [ STR ]	5 mm pearls [ STR ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Machine – White and… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus Machine -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Express Machine… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Big Shot Accessory – Tool… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix Cutting Pads – standard [ STR \| SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix On the Edge Cutting Pads -… [ STR \| SSS \| SBC ]	Sizzix Big Shot Plus CUTTING PADS… [ SSS ]
Sizzix – Accessory – Cutting Pad,… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Sizzix – Extended Magnetic Platform… [ SBC ]	Sizzix – Accessory – Magnetic… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Sizzix – Big Shot Plus – Accessory -… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Retractable Paper Piercer / Pick -… [ STR \| HLM \| SSS ]	Crystal Katana – placement tool by… [ STR \| SSS ]
Hallmark Scrapbook – TEFLON BONE FOLDER [ HLM \| SSS ]	EK Success – EK Tools – Small… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic Studios Tim Holtz 8.5 Inch… [ SBC \| SSS ]
Tonic Studios – Tim Holtz – 12.25… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Tonic 12 INCH WIDE BASE GUILLOTINE… [ SSS ]	Scor-Pal – Scor-Pal Eighths Measuring… [ SBC ]
Scor-Pal MINI SCOR-BUDDY Scoring… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scotch ATG – Adhesive Applicator Gun… [ SBC \| SSS ]	Scotch Adhesive Refill for Pink ATG… [ SBC ]
Ultrafine Tip Applicator Bottles 20ml… [ STR \| SSS ]	Lineco Neutral pH Adhesive – 4oz [ STR \| BLIC ]	Mono Multi Liquid Glue [ SBC \| STR \| SSS \| HLM \| BLIC \| BLT ]
adhesive pick-up square [ STR \| SBC ]	Scotch 3/4 inch Double-Sided Foam… [ STR \| SSS ]	Foam Mounting Tape – Scotch – 12.5 feet [ STR ]
Scrapbook Adhesives 3D 217 WHITE FOAM… [ SSS \| JGG ]	Scrapbook Adhesives THIN 3D 217 WHITE… [ SSS \| HLM ]	Avery Elle Stamp & Die Storage… [ STR \| SSS \| HLM ]
Tonic 14×14 inch Easy Clean Craft… [ STR \| SSS ]	Neenah Classic Crest 110 LB SMOOTH… [ SSS ]	card-stock [ STR ]

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Coloring Card Set and Crochet Basket for Mother’s Day Gift…

May 15, 2017July 29, 2017 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Look at this adorable little basket! I wanted to give my mother in law a Coloring Card Kit for Mother’s Day so I stamped a bunch of cards and ordered the Zig Brushables Markers from Hobby Lobby. I love these brush markers…BOTH ends are brush tips! One end is one color and the other end is another color! So in the pack of 12 you get 24 colors! Pretty colors too! Win!

Oops…took a few pictures before we took this over to her house but I didn’t realize I was focusing on the bow in all of them. lol Oh well, I think you can see the markers ok.

The little tag is from Papertrey Ink and I tied on a roll of Doodlebug Washi tape.

Here’s the cards I stamped for the kit…two of each one. Penny Black, Hero Arts and Simon Says Stamp images.

I die cut the felt flowers with Memory Box dies out of Taylored Expressions Felt. I used dies from 3 flower sets, Plush Gardenia, Plush Ranunculus and Plus Moda Petals. They all have holes in the center so it was easy to put the centers through the layers.

One of our daughters crocheted the basket for me following this tutorial online HERE… so cute!

I hope you all had a lovely day/weekend! Thanks for clicking over to see what I’ve been up to!

cards · Distress Ink coloring · Mother's Day · Printworks · rubber stamps · Spring · Techniques · Watercolor

Printworks – Happy Mother’s Day…

May 9, 2015May 17, 2015 Pam Sparks16 Comments

A beautiful weekend to celebrate Mothers! Wishing you all a wonderful day! I used a NEW stamp from Printworks collection Fabulous Day 2015 release called Birthday Bouquet.

I love it colored up with Distress Marker watercoloring. So easy… I stamped with Ranger Archival Black ink on Canson Cold Press watercolor paper then just add a line of marker and move the color with a wet paint brush, let it dry and add as many colors and layers as you like! I used Shaded Lilac, Picked Raspberry, Peeled Paint, Squeezed Lemonade, Abandoned Coral, Dusty Concord and Peacock Feathers markers.

I did cut the watercolor paper with a NEW die set from Memory Box Pinpoint Scalloped Circles.

I stamped Happy Mother’s Day with Versamark ink on Black card-stock and embossed it with Fine White embossing powder.

On the inside I stamped A Family Blossoms with Versamark ink and embossed it with fine White embossing powder on black card-stock also.

Linking up to the Happy Little Stampers May CAS Challenge – use dies or punches

I love how it turned out! Click HERE to see Annette’s card…she’s the artist and owner of Printworks… It’s gorgeous! 😀

*** use the code Pam’s blog, in the comment section, for 5% off your Printworks order ***

Just for fun…if you get a chance to shop today…great sale on Washi tape and the Spring Copic Sale at SSS! I’m lovin’ my little stash of washi tape these days. 😀

All the best to you all! So thankful God made Mothers!

Supplies I used on my card…

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Birthday · cards · Mother's Day · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps · Spring · Watercolor

it’s a 3 card kind of day!

March 14, 2013March 15, 2013 Pam Sparks21 Comments

I was inspired to use some alphabet dies when I saw a card on Papertrey ink’s blog! I used some Crate paper from a 6×6 pad, a couple old Hero Arts sentiments, an EK Success border punch and an even older diamond punch to make the banner for a ‘scrappy looking kind of card’!

It’s a birthday card challenge for you! Use some ‘old and older’ stuff! lol Oh, and my tiny attacher was working that day, so I have a staple! yea! lol The background numbers stamp is one of those wheel stamps. I unmount them and use them as a flat stamp… multiple stamping to get the all over background, using the stamp a ma jig for placement.

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Pink is harder than red to capture in a photograph! eek! oh well, Here’s a cute card for the scooter rider of the family! Lots of fun stamps from Printworks Collection here… the fishtail banner pulls out and says….

Howie’s Ride J4300, Toy Racer C4295, Rough Rider B4290, Who Says? F4304, E4298 1..2..3.., Eat Cake A4299, On Your Mark D4123

Printworks has ‘thee’ best Birthday sentiments!!! This is a non-opening card, for lack of a better way to put it at the moment! : ) I didn’t tape the right side down so the fishtail banner could pull in and out. The stitching across the top is a Fiskars border punch. I used banner dies for the words and a circle punch.

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More fun stamps from Printworks Collection for Spring! I love this primitive wheelbarrow and it is fun to color and goes so well with all of Annette’s images and sentiments! I attempted watercoloring again on the scooter card and this one, with Caran d’Ache watercolor crayons on cold press watercolor paper. Perfect Layers Tools for matting the image… link in the sidebar.

the inside sentiments…