Magnolia…Tilda’s Town Shabby Chic Challenge…

August 10, 2012August 13, 2012 Pam Sparks47 Comments

It’s Tilda’s Town Challenge day and my week to play. The challenge is…Shabby Chic! I love collecting stuff to do shabby chic but it’s challenging to me… coming up with a balance and yet some feeling of collage type designing too!

This is Secret Tilda… A Christmas image from the Merry Little Christmas Collection. She’s in stock HERE!

Tilda’s Town is an awesome place to shop! Free shipping world-wide and discounts by order amount too! Love that!

I used a NEW Marianne Design Heart die… LOVE the dainty scallop border… more heart shapes in the set too… and a snowflake! Check it out HERE.

Tilda is stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. I started out with her pants, colored gray T3 all over… then I colored over that with R35, then pulled in R37 and R39 for the creases. The shirt and bow I colored gray T1 on first and then did the reds the same way as the pants.

I used some pattern paper from an old collection by Cosmo Cricket called Wonderland. Flowers by Prima… buttons from SEI…seam binding is hug snug I colored with Copic Various refills…Border die is Edwin Lace, link below.

Today’s TIP! I machine stitched around the panels on this card. I finished pulling the ends to the back side and taped them down… turned them over and it hit me… I didn’t change the thread color! UGH! White isn’t very shabby chic… so I used the brush tip of a copic marker, E51 to match this paper and just pulled it along the thread! YEA! Sometimes a gal has to be so creative! lol

Thanks for stopping by and hope you can play along in this week’s Shabby Chic Challenge HERE @ Tilda’s Town Challenges!

Linking up to…
Midweek Magnolias – Use two punches/dies
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
Ribbon Carousel – stitching
Sweet Stamps – Stamped Background, I stamped on the Marianne Design heart die cut with a music stamp but it’s really hard to see!
Christmas Stampin -Anything Goes

GRANDSON NEWS Flash… won’t be long and Cedryk will be coming home! (could be in a day or two!) So thankful! We’re shouting from the rooftops here! = )

Stamps and Such…

Edwin’s Lace	Stamp Storage Panels	Stufftainers/thick	BM sbing TH distressor	SB.com foam squares	SB.com Distress ink	SB.com Ink blending tool
SB.com ink blending tool foam	ink blending tool spinner	Letraset Cartridge paper	Memento Rich Cocoa	SSS Copic Markers	Copic Sketch markers DB	sss mono multi
Tombow Mono Multi Glue	Avon Rose Prima	Quick Stik	QK Magnetic Wand	QK Magnetic die holder	Cuttlebug – Amazon	Hug Snug Seam Binding
hemp cord	Perfect Layers tools	Fiskars Fingertip Craft Knife	Stamp a ma jig SB.com	Ranger Craft Mat SB.com	Advanced Tape Glider SB.com	MS Scoreboard SB.com
Versafine Onyx Black large ink pad	12×12 Tonic Guillotine Trimmer	EK Success Scissors- Stuff 4	McGill Stylus Set (SSS\|AMZ)

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CC Designs School Hansel…

July 30, 2012August 2, 2012 Pam Sparks31 Comments

This is School Hansel… can you just hear the story about why the paper is crumpled? The puppy got it! Hansel is one of the new images for August, illustrated by Christine Wooden for CC Designs. He was really fun to color! The pencil he’s sitting on, the “write on” sentiment and the two tickets are from the new for August, School Logos set. The tickets are cut out using the Ticket die.

I used two of the new for August CC Designs Cutters dies, the banner and the apple. I told Christine about my banner on this card and that we needed it as a die and this is the month! YEA! Lots of potential for paper fun again! For this card I wanted it to be like the chalkboards we had when I was growing up!

School Hansel and his pencil are stamped on Letraset cartridge card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers. The pattern papers I used are from the Basic Grey 6×6 Oxford pad. The Typewriter die cut letters are a Tim Holtz Sizzlet die called Typeset. My paper pieces are all edged with Distress ink and the ink blending tool… layers are cut with the Perfect Layers Tools…

I’m not writing the ATS blog posts anymore but you’ll still find links to all the new stamps and dies in my posts here! Thank you!

Thanks for stopping by today!

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Tilda’s Town Challenge… Name Your Technique!

July 27, 2012October 5, 2012 Pam Sparks37 Comments

Time for Tilda! Tailor Tilda that is! I love this image… sewing has always been near and dear to my heart and our 3 daughters like to sew and even a couple of the granddaughters are sewing already! So FUN! I’m sure if I hadn’t found stamping in 1994, I’d still be sewing my heart out!

I stamped her with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, masked her with eclipse tape and used my stamp a ma jig to position the school desk. Colored with Copic Sketch Markers. The Magnolia Kurbitz corner is stamped with Broken China ink… 2nd generation stamping. October Afternoon pattern paper… think it’s the Thrift Shop pad.

My techniques for today’s card are masking, distressing with the Tim Holtz paper distresser and distress ink and ink blending tool, stitching with the sewing machine and embellishing die cuts. I used the Tim Holtz sewing border die. I cut it out of mirror card-stock and kraft card-stock… trimmed off the different pieces and layered them up. Wound buttonhole thread around the spool a couple times. The sentiment is an old Hero arts stamp… love it!

Enjoy the inspiration and challenge over on the Tilda’s Town Challenges blog, HERE. The TT Design Team gals do an awesome job creating fabulous cards for you to enjoy… drop in and we’d love to hear from you too! Hope you can play in the Name Your Technique Challege!

Happy stamping and stitching! See you again soon!

Challenge list…

Midweek Magnolias – photo inspiration
Simon Says Stamp – anything goes
Cute Card Thursday – Distressing
Do You Stack Up – For a Friend
Inky Impressions – use dies or punches

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CC Designs Cupcake Trevor celebrates!

July 17, 2012August 6, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

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Sugarplums Cupcake Trevor and Cupcake Emma are showing off! Bring on the candles and cake! One of our grandson’s just turned two and he sure was good at blowing out those two candles! Breanna used a construction theme for the party and it was so cute with brownies coming out of that digger! (or whatever that is!) = )

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I stamped Cupcake Trevor on Hammermill Color Copy 80# Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

I used a lot of CC Designs Cutters dies and jazzed them up with crimpers, Copics and a white gel pen.

The Sentiment is stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink on the same white card-stock and punched with a circle punch… edged with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

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The cupcakes are from the new CC Designs Sweet Treat die! A very cool die, a cupcake, ice cream cone, confetti and frosting! I love the five little circles (confetti)… stick them on with Tombow Mono Multi glue and the QK Quick Stik. The Squiggles and Balloons are CC Designs Cutters dies also. I crimped the cupcake papers with the “tube wringer” crimper and the strips of wavy frosting with the Quilling Creations mini crimper! Love that thing!

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Cute kid! His hair is colored with Copic E30’s series. I stamped the cupcake on colored card-stock, cut them out, crimped the bottom/cupcake paper and adhered them to the completed, colored Trevor. Oh, glued on the five dots from the Sweet Treats die!

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I cut the CC Designs Candle border in yellow and green… cut the flames off the green and glued it to the yellow. I added white gel pen to the wick.

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Happy Birthday to YOU!

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Magnolia, Edwin in Miami…

July 14, 2012July 14, 2012 Pam Sparks37 Comments

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What a cute kid! Edwin and his big tennies just make a gal smile! Right now he’s Edwin in Miami… I’ve never been to Florida! Do I need to go there? I’m not a fan of swimming or relaxing even.. unless it’s reading a book! If there were stamp stores to visit…hehe

This is my card for Tilda’s Town Challenges this week… create a card for a man or boy and use Edwin!

I used a Sweet Stop Sketches Sketch #165

Linking to the following challenges…

The Stamp Man – anything goes/summer colors
Paper Crafting Journey – Summer
Fab ‘n Funky – Summer Holiday
Midweek Magnolias – Let’s look at Edwin

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Edwin is stamped on Papertrey white select card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.
Hair E50, 51, 53, 55, 57
Skin E0000, 000, 00, 11 and E30 for cheek color
Shirt BG000, 01, 02
Shorts E40, 41, 42, 43
Shoes N00, 0,3,5
orange YR000, 00, 01, 02

Martha Stewart Beach shell border punch (no longer available) in orange card-stock and EK Success Wave border punch in blue green.

Nestabilities label die and don’t ‘ya love the layers… perfect layers tools are so awesome for creating layers…HERE’S my video where I’m showing how they work…. be sure you use a full size Xacto knife/craft knife!

Super cute little puffy stickers from EK Success.

I used Broken China and Antique linen Distress inks and the ink blending tool to add color to the background while the cut was still in the die. I leave the cut in the die and flip it over and go around the edge with my embossing stylus to deepen the embossing… I show how to do this type of embossing while in the die in this video HERE.

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Every once in awhile it’s just fun to work with bright colors! Hope you’re enjoying the season where ever you are! Thanks for visiting my blog… I love to share with you!

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