Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Anything Goes!

May 3, 2013May 8, 2013 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Anything Goes is the new challenge this week at Tilda’s Town Challenges! Easy week to ink up your Magnolia stamps and get creating! We’d love to have you link up!

I used Tilda with Kite… inked her with Ranger Archival black ink, then stamped her on Canson Montval, Cold Press, 140 lb. watercolor paper and colored her with Distress Ink Markers (watercolor style).

I used a NEW die from Memory Box, Cottage in the Woods (added an extra tree in the foreground), Magnolia, DooHickeys Heart Swirl and Clover and Flower dies. I use the omnigrid ruler to measure down for placing the focal image and the Perfect Layers Ruler for the 1/16th mat for Tilda. An EK Success scallop border punch, love the mini size of it… The birthday wishes circle is an old Inkadinkado stamp.

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.

Linking my card to …
Lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge blog… Anything Goes
Fussy and Fancy Friday…Anything Goes
As You Like it…favorite stamp or punch – a new die from Memory Box, Cottage in the Woods… I love making little scenes!

Thank you for stopping by today! I appreciate it and hope you are inspired to ink up and create with your stamps, paper and inks!

Stamps and supplies I used for this card…

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Blog Hop · cards · copics · Lawn Fawn · Perfect Layers Tools

Perfect Paper Crafting and Lawn Fawn Blog Hop…

April 29, 2013April 29, 2013 Pam Sparks66 Comments

I’m so excited to welcome you to another blog hop! The ladies have wonderful posts to share and I’m so happy to be part of the line up! I LOVE Perfect Layer Tools and pairing them up with Lawn Fawn…well… you’ll see below, I had fun cuz I LOVE Lawn Fawn too! I made so many cards, I don’t know which one to start with!

ok – I’ll start with the ‘faux’ polaroid shot! For this card I used the Home Sweet Home stamp set, Home Sweet Home die set, Say Cheese stamp set, Say Cheese die set and the Pink Lemondade 6×6 paper pad. I used the 1/16th inch Perfect Layers Ruler to mat the floral piece. Then to mat the floral matted piece to the shell piece, I used the 1/4th inch and 3/4 inch Perfect Layers Ruler. I used the 1/8 inch Perfect Layers Ruler to mat behind the shell pattern, which is the card base. I measure the top with a clear ruler and then cut the three sides with the Perfect Layers Ruler.

A friend of mine has been making all kinds of postcard cards lately… this card was inspired by Jan! Thank you Jan! I started with the You’ve Got Mail stamp set, the jar is cut out of a sheet of the Pink Lemonade 6×6 paper pad, the greenery is from the Blissful Botanicals stamp set and Blissful Botanicals die set. I used the 1/16th inch Perfect Layers Ruler to mat behind the pink and orange piece. Copic Sketch markers to add some shading here and there. I have to say the Lawn Fawn dies cut the stamped images so easily! I didn’t use tape at all!

I just had to color a few images! Love this cute little pooch and tree! So fun to color! I used Critters in the Burbs stamp set and the Pink Lemonade 6×6 paper pad. The black layer is from the 1/16th inch Perfect Layers Ruler, the next green layer is with the 3/8th inch Perfect Layers Ruler, the yellow is 1/16th, the plaid is 1/2 and the base is 1/4th inch. I used the Lawn Fawn Trimmings cord on the fold.

This card makes me smile! I’ve always enjoyed riding my bike. I used the Cruising Through Life stamp set, Sunny Skies stamp set and the Pink Lemonade 6×6 paper pad. For the layers I started with the Perfect Layers Ruler 1/8th inch, 1/16th inch, 3/16th inch and last for the card base is 1/8th inch. I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. The circle on the sun is paper pieces with the yellow dot from the paper pad.

This is kind of a silly card but I had fun with it! Hope it brings a smile! The Dad’s Day stamp set, the Bannerific stamp set, the Bannerific die set, the Pink Lemonade 6×6 paper pad and Riley’s ABC’s for the words, I, You and to. The arm chair is a solid stamp, inked with Walnut Stain Distress ink and stamped on the plaid from the paper pad. I made the little doily on the back of the arm chair with the stitched heart stamp from the Home Sweet Home stamp set. I stamped it three times and then cut it to fit. I used two Stampin Up oval punches for the rug under the arm chair. For the layers I started with the Perfect Layers Ruler 5/16th for the top and two sides and 1 inch at the bottom. Then the black layer is the 1/16th inch and the card base is 1/8th inch.

Below is the list for the HOP… visit the blogs and comment for a chance to WIN!

Perfect Paper Crafting is giving away a $50 gift certificate to their online store…
Lawn Fawn is giving away a stamp set, a 6×6 paper pad and a set of Perfect Layers Rulers!

Perfect Paper Crafting/Laura Lynn

Lawn Fawn

Eva

Pam – that’s me

Wendy

Roxie

Jenny

Thanks so much for your visit to my blog today! I appreciate it and enjoy sharing what I’ve been up to!

Linking my cards to Simon Says Stamp Challenge blog – Anything Goes!

Shopping links…

Perfect Paper Crafting

Scrapbook.com – Lawn Fawn

Inspiration Emporium – Lawn Fawn

SSS Lawn Fawn

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cards · CAS · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Spring

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!

Shopping links…

Blue Moon

Simon Says Stamp

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Blog Hop · Elle's Studio · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools

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!

Shopping links…

cards · Memory Box · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Spring

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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