Penny Black Brush Pines…

November 7, 2015November 9, 2015 Pam Sparks45 Comments

Penny Black stamps and dies put me in a festive mood! I had fun inking up this brush art style stamp…I used the MISTI for stamping…some watercolor markers and stamp pads. Next time I need to try the Zig Clean Color Paint markers! I didn’t think of that ’til now!

The sentiment is embossed in gold detail powder and is from the Believe Transparent stamp set.

In this next pictures you can really see the Tim Holtz Jingle Bell brad! I LOVE these! I did poke holes in the watercolor paper first for the prongs. I used Canson Montval 140# this time.

The snow is Stampendous Frantage Chunky Embossing Enamel. Another reason why the heavy watercolor paper was better this time. You lightly sprinkle on the chunks and heat from the underside. Years ago we used to heat up an old electric frying pan and lay the card in it to heat UTEE. That would be easier to keep the chunks in place for sure! Be careful you don’t get too much… you can see I kinda did on the left pinecone.

A pretty stamped card…the bell brad might be a little too much for Uncle Sam’s mail machines though. ugh.

Oh the twine is one of Lawn Fawn’s, sparkle green. love it!

I inked the edges with Broken China Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

Sharing my card on the following challenge blogs…
Penny Black and More – Anything Christmas
Craft Stamper Magazine – Take a Stamp/Anything Goes
Stamp Ink Paper Challenge – CAS Christmas
Addicted To Stamps – Clean and Simple
Stamping Sensations – Festive Flowers and Foliage

THANKS for stopping by again! I am so excited to ‘make’ Christmas! I’m hoping to post a lot cuz I love to share and I miss hearing from you if I don’t post! lol Enjoy the pretty weekend!

Shopping links to what I used on this card…

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Penny Black Twinkle & Wish and Believe Clear stamps…

November 3, 2015November 4, 2015 Pam Sparks23 Comments

This cute little red haired gal, Mimi has a gift for someone special! It’s hard to see the sentiment but it says BELIEVE in the magic of the season. I white embossed it on a strip of vellum.

I inked a piece of watercolor paper with Broken China Distress ink with the mini ink blending tool, then spritzed with water, dried it with the heat tool and then I used the NEW Tim Holtz Splatter Tool with white Distress Paint! Cindy at Starlitstudio.net has them in stock! It worked slick!

I colored Mimi with Copic Sketch markers…

face: E000, 00, 11
Cheeks: diluted R20, R11
Hair: Y21, E97, E08, E18
Green: YG05, 17
Red: R46, 89
Gray: W’s
Bluegreen: BG11, 13, 15, 18

Sharing my Mimi card on these challenge blogs…
Penny Black and More – Anything Christmas
Sweet Sunday Sketch

Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes

This week has been so beautiful here…the last of the trees are turning colors and the temps have been wonderful! I have been up to my eyeballs in working on a new computer! I won! I conquered! lol But oh the time it takes. ugh!

I could hardly wait to make a card but then I didn’t feel good yesterday! Yes, I whined about it. Thankful I feel better today! YAY!

Thanks for stopping by today! So happy to be posting again! I’ll get the book winner in the TE post on Thursday! Finally! I know…. time just gets by me! lol

Here’s the stamps and stuff I used for this Mimi card linked below…
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Birthday · cards · CAS · Lawn Fawn · Memory Box · Paper Smooches · Penny Black · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps · Printworks · rubber stamps · Watercolor

Birthday Cards…

August 3, 2015August 8, 2015 Pam Sparks18 Comments

How’d it get to be August already?! Here’s some of the birthday cards I made in July…

An older Penny Black stamp, watercolored with the Zig Clean Color Brush Pens HERE… love them! (Free shipping coupon code for August w/$80 order – AUG888)

Linking my kitty card to the Seize the Birthday Challenge – topping option embossing.

So much personality in these images! Next up an older Penny Black Frog stamp…done up the same way.

Just makes you smile! I matted all the cards with the Perfect Layers Tools… link over in the sidebar.

On the inside of both of these cards with balloons, I stamped the Printworks sentiment E2628 E.E. Cummings – it says “and up with joy and up with laughing”.

So cute! I would never touch one in real life! lol

A Flower card with Paper Smooches Flower stamp, vase die HERE and Printworks sentiments on the front and inside…

You can find this woodgrain cardstock at CutCardstock.com HERE. They have it in three colors, this dark brown, kraft and white. Their shipping is FAST! I just ordered metallic gold and silver on Friday and there is a box on my front porch and I think it’s from them! YAY!

Stitched Rectangles are cut with the Lawn Fawn sets HERE and HERE.

Happy Birthday stamp HERE…

and the inside the stamp, Though Everyone HERE.

The next card is the Memory Box happy die from the Open Studio set HERE on a watercolor background I painted with Peerless Watercolors HERE. The little birthday sentiment is from a poppystamps clear stamp set HERE. I put water on the watercolor paper first, then painted in the colors. The panel is cut with the Memory Box Cross Stitched Frame die set HERE.

Coming this Thursday is the Taylored Expressions August Release Day. I’ll be back with some cards then! Sneak Peeks from the TE Bakers Dozen are up on the blog starting today.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy birthday celebrating…don’t we celebrate our birthdays all year…every time we buy new stamps and dies?! haha We try to be good! lol Take care and ttul!

Classes · Memory Box · Penny Black · Poppystamps · Shopping

Starlitstudio…

March 26, 2015 Pam Sparks2 Comments

Hi everyone! I just wanted to let you know that Cindy @ Starlitstudio.net is having a crazy amazing May Arts Ribbon sale , HERE. I mean, deep discounts! and she has a huge selection!

While you’re there… her selection of Memory Box and poppystamps dies and stamps is crazy amazing too! and AWESOME prices!

She’s carrying Penny Black now also and I see some Tim Holtz and lots more! Check it out! Tell her Pam sent you! hehe

Hope you’re having a great week… I’ve been working on classes and will have more to share soon!

Scroll down HERE ’til you come to the IOWA heading and you’ll see the info and photos for the two upcoming classes at Scrapmania in Cedar Rapids, IA.

Thanks for stopping by! talk to you again soon!

Christmas · copics · Penny Black · Stencils · Tags

Mixed Media Tag…

November 16, 2014November 16, 2014 Pam Sparks45 Comments

Festive and lots of techniques! I just had to play in Loll’s Twelve Tags of Christmas! I LOVE tags!

Getting a good photo of all these techniques was almost too much for a very amateur photographer like me! I have a terrible time giving up though! lol So, the top two close ups are to show the gold embossing powder on the embossing paste.

Here’s what I did…

I cut a tag with the largest MFT pierced tag die in white 110# cover card-stock

I did Loll’s pearl background technique on it next…the only thing I changed from what she does is instead of using plastic wrap, I used a plastic bag and put my hand inside it, scrunched it up a little, picked up the pearl mixative and pounced, keeping my hand clean! haha The right one anyway! lol

Next, using the ink blending tool and Gathered Twigs Distress ink pad, I inked the whole tag.

Over the top of that I placed the Tim Holtz stencil and applied white embossing paste. Cleaned it up then…

I dumped Ranger Queens Gold embossing powder over the whole tag, removed the excess and heated it with a heat tool.

I LOVE the look of the powder on the paste!

I die cut the Seasons Greetings Avery Elle die from gold metallic card-stock

I did cut the Penny Black holly die from Copic coloring card-stock.

Color the holly cut with Copic markers

Then with the matching Penny Black holly stamp, I stamped the colored die cut, after stamping off on scrap paper, with Gathered Twigs Distress ink pad. This stamp is from several years ago and they don’t advertise that it matches but it does and looks so awesome! Another, exclamation when finished!!! LOVE it!

I adhered everything to the tag with mounting squares cut to fit.

I think I will hang this on my Christmas tree, that’s how happy I am with it! : )

Linking to some challenges…

Stamping with Loll – 12 tags of Christmas

Virginia’s View Challenge – all things metallic

CASology Challenge – festive

Winter Wonderland Challenge – Christmas Decorations

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – Ornaments

Cute Card Thursday Challenge – Red and Green

Sweet Stampin Challenge – To Die For

Stamping Sensations – Christmas

Thanks for clicking over to my blog today! I love to share what I’ve been up to with you. Leave your blog link when you comment so I can come visit you too!

p.s. I still have some card kits for sale too…thank you!

Supplies I used for this tag…