Guest for Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge…

November 4, 2012November 4, 2012 Pam Sparks32 Comments

It’s sooooo fun to play in challenges here and there… awhile back I won a guest designer position on the Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenges blog with my Hay Rides Kiddos card!!! YEA! You can see it HERE. Love Karen’s sketches!

Thanks Karen for the sweet sketches and the invitation to join the challenge this time!

Here’s the sketch I used today…

Here’s a list of the Sweet Sunday Sketch designers… click to see their fabulous takes on the sketch!

I had to mirror image the sketch so the Penny Black Mimi image would fit between the houses in the October Afternoon pattern paper from a few years ago. I will always love this house paper! I’ll be so sad when the last piece is used up… it’s timeless! The dot and the poinsettia are from the same collection.

The sentiment stamp I used is from a clear set by PaperTrey Ink, called Stylish Sentiments: Holiday. It was new last year I think. I stamped it with Colorbox Dark Brown Chalk ink.

Mimi is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. I used W3 under the reds, R24, E07 and R59. Her coat started out with BG10…had to add other BG colors and then use some W1 gray to get it to match the paper. I edged the papers with Antique Linen Distress ink and the Ink Blending tool. I used my Perfect Layers Tools for Perfect mats… love, love the 1/16th inch ruler! For this card I used 1/16th and 3/16ths.

Thanks so much for stopping by! Click over to the Sweet Sketches Challenge and play along! ttul!

Stamps and supplies I used to make this card… (I couldn’t find the same flower punch I used to link up to, so I linked to another that I also thought about using)

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Mimi and Friend for Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge…

July 9, 2012August 5, 2012 Pam Sparks23 Comments

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It’s YOUR Day! A cheerful friend is like a sunny day which spreads it’s brightness all around.

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SSPC #5 – Color challenge… use blue, tan and yellow with your pixie/sprite/fairy stamp! I used Mimi and Friend from Penny Black, colored with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. Memory Box Honeyblossom die and AmyR Stamps Oh So Beachy Sentiment set. October Afternoon pattern paper and a SU stamp to go around the edge of the image. I think the name of the set is Tiny tags. I went with kraft for the “tan” in the color scheme. Layers are all cut with the Perfect Layers Tools… even the card base. I scored and folded an 8.5 x 11 piece of kraft card-stock in half…then I held my ruler on the fold at 1/4 in. and placed the image rectangle right up to it, stuck it down… then used the 1/4 in. Perfect Layers Tool to cut the sides and bottom at 1/4 in. for perfect spacing! love these tools!

Click over to see the fabulous creations by the SSPC team, HERE! Check out the totally charming prize too! We’d love to have you play a long! All the details are on the SSPC blog.

The marker colors I used…

Mimi
hair – FM buttercup, PM burnt orange and FM Firebrick
skin – FM blush, PM oatmeal, PM apricot and PM soft peach for cheeks
dress – PM Pastel Blue, PM Denim Blue, PM Midnight Blue
wings – FM buttercup, PM tulip yellow

Friend
hair – PM ivory, FM buttercup, PM Tulip yellow
skin – PM ivory, PM vanilla, PM oatmeal, PM apricot and PM soft peach for cheeks
wings – PM pastel blue
dress – FM buttercup, PM Tulip yellow and FM Sunflower

Challenges I’m linking to….

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog – Summertime
Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog – Card for something special
Let’s Ink It UP Challenge Blog – All Girl
Penny Black Allsorts Challenge Blog – Summer Blooms

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Stamps and Such…

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Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge… Summer… Magical Mimi!

June 11, 2012June 12, 2012 Pam Sparks31 Comments

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Cute little magical Mimi… colored with Copic Sketch markers and paired up with Cosmo Cricket 6×6 pattern paper. She’s ready for June’s Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge! The theme this month is Summer. Mimi wants you to come play with us! A prize to be won … all the info is HERE!

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Add some Twine, a button, a sentiment, die cut the image and cut the layers with the Perfect Layers Tools and called it charming! It’s so nice when something comes together and you’re happy in the end!

Challenges…

Retro Sketches Challenge #15 – Sketch

Simon Says Stamp and Show Challenge – Anything Goes

Stamptacular Sunday Challenge – Fairy Fever

Southern Girls Challenge – Things With Wings

Fashionable Stamping Challenge – Very Magical

Penny Black and more @ Allsorts Challenge – My Favorite Things

Pile it On Challenge – Let’s Get Outdoors

Totally Gorjuss Challenge – Sunshine (Summer)

Stampin For the Weekend Challenge – Bugs and Butterflies

Papertake Weekly Challenge – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by! I love it that you visit and it’s so fun to read your comments. Have a magical week and link up with a fairy, pixie or sprite to the SSPC blog! We’ll love having you!

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Stamps and Such…

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Birthday · Penny Black · punches

Flashback Friday….

February 3, 2012February 13, 2012 Pam Sparks26 Comments

The challenge….your first ever black and white creation…I just had to go looking! It’s fun looking back through your own blog! This is from March of 2009! Original post, HERE. Flashback Friday Challenge Blog HERE. I just felt like wishing you a happy, happy day! weekend! Take care and stamp a little! Thanks for stopping by

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Happy Birthday boy….

December 15, 2011January 13, 2012 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Super cute boy with his dog stamp from Penny Black for our Grandson Bryant’s 5th birthday!!! Little boy logo from Close To My Heart… Happy Birthday to You from Hero Arts. Star border punch is from American Girl…Zig Zag border punch is from EK Success. Pattern paper from October Afternoon. Fence die is from My Favorite Things. Links below…

I used the sketch from this weeks challenge sketch from the Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge blog, HERE. Always love their sketches and the inspiration from the DT there! The challenge on the Penny Black and More Challenge blog is birthdays!

A cling mount stamp, inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. Hair – E50, 30, 23, 25, Skin – E000, 00, 21 and cheeks R20 diluted with a little R00 refill, Shirt – R24, 27, 29, 59, Overalls – BG70, 72, Dog – E30’s, Shoes – E40’s. Papers were edged with Walnut Stain Distress ink…on sale at All That Scraps.com this week!

Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

Stamps and Such…