Printworks Collection 2016 LE Snowman, Little Rascals…

January 12, 2017January 12, 2017 Pam Sparks17 Comments

Could this pair be any cuter? The ‘snow play‘ sentiment fits the image to a ‘t’! This is the NEW 2016 Limited Edition Snowman from Printworks Collection. Part of their latest release which includes more snowmen and wonderful Winter/Snow sentiments. You just can’t get any cuter than Annette’s super cute snowmen!

I stamped the snowflake stamp in the background on Strathmore 140# Mixed Media Card-stock with Versamark ink and heat embossed them with white embossing powder.

Distress ink pads and the ink blending tools blend wonderfully on this Mixed Media card-stock. I blended over the embossed snowflakes with a couple different blues and spattered some blue ink and then white with a paintbrush.

I painted/colored the snowman and pup with a combination of Zig Clean Color Brush Markers and Distress Inks. Stamped on watercolor paper with Ranger Archival Black ink and cut out by hand.

The snow border is a new poppystamps die, Dotted Curve.

Wow, the last few weeks…where did they go?! I’ve been making cards, just can’t show them! waaahhh In the meantime, my camera just up and quit one morning! Did you hear me scream? A new camera was not on my radar! If you know me, you know I like to research and develop so to speak. lol

Yes, I lost sleep! Thanks to a generous husband, a very knowledgeable friend and a great salesman at the camera store I have a new camera and now if the sun would just shine…. hehe I’ll figure it out! I have to! lol

Tomorrow is our area stamp club so I’m going to escape from home for a few hours. I am probably the only person that still hasn’t taken their Christmas tree down. I knew it wasn’t a good idea to get a fake tree! Quit laughing at me! haha I’ve been very busy! lol

I’ve missed coming here and chatting through comments. I always appreciate hearing from you and thank you so much to those that sent me Christmas cards! I LOVED them all!

I’ll be back!

cards · Poppystamps · Valentine · Watercolor

NEW poppystamps dies…

January 3, 2017January 3, 2017 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Hi everyone! Anybody else here feel like they’ve been on a roller coaster ride the last few weeks? Let me off I say! lol

Playing around with some of the new release from Poppystamps! Here I’ve used the Ring Collage die cut in kraft and layered over a watercolored panel.

I die cut the largest die from the new Eyelet Stitches dies on the top and bottom of the panel. On the Memory Box Pool A2 card base I die cut the X border from the new Delicate Stitches dies.

I edged the kraft panel with Gathered Twigs Distress ink and the ink blending tool and the pool card base with Tumbled Glass Distress ink and the ink blending tool.

The sentiment is from the new poppystamps Grateful Heart stamp set, inked with Versamark and embossed with Gold embossing powder.

I die cut the Heart String from Strathmore Mixed Media 140# stock after inking it with Worn Lipstick and Picked Raspberry Distress inks and the ink blending tool and spattering with Gold spray ink.

You’ll find most of the supplies I used on my card at Starlitstudio.net.

Thank you all for visiting my blog today! Happy Stamping New Year to us! May we get lots of cards made! hehe

Avery Elle · Birthday · cards · Christmas · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps · Winter

Avery Elle Kitsch Christmas birthday card…

December 19, 2016December 19, 2016 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Hi everyone! Just stopping in to share a birthday card for our grandson Bryant. I just had to use this adorable Avery Elle Christmas Kitsch stamp and die set! Soooooo CUTE! So fun to color.

I made an ink blended sky with Distress inks and stamped the three snowflakes from the set with Delicata Silver ink. I added a few Pretty Pink Posh 3mm Sparkling Clear sequins. I love these tiny ones!

The Memory Box Fresh Pine Landscape die is the background piece die cut in white card-stock.

I used the poppystamps Delicate Holly Frame die adhered to the scene with mounting squares under the solid holly leaves.

The deer are colored with Copic Sketch Markers, the E30 series. Copic Opaque White painted on the eyes and the spots.

I hope you’re having a nice relaxed Christmas prep week! Tim went to turn on the oven Saturday and the element in the oven went bad. ugh. So all of a sudden we were stove shopping…or he was! lol Poor guy. He even went and picked one up by himself! It’s really nice! I will enjoy heating up my cocoa with it! lol

I was busy making gift tags! hoho I have a picture over on instagram but haven’t taken a picture with the camera yet. They’re cute if you want to see… ugh…more deer! WHAT?! They are fun though…the Printworks antlers and googly eyes and a big red nose ‘Cool Yule’ kind of tag on kraft! yes! Link to my IG page is over in the sidebar.

ok – I’ll shut up and get back to work! Thanks so much for visiting and enjoy some cocoa with me next! (I wish)

cards · CAS · Christmas · Die Piecing · Embedded Die Cuts · Memory Box · Poppystamps

3 Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas cards…

November 21, 2016November 21, 2016 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Hi everyone! Starting out the week thankful I woke up early to get a post written! I was inspired to make this card using these colors and design by a little Christmas card catalog that came in the mail, a business would order personalized cards from. I don’t normally think to mix white with gold!

I embedded the Memory Box Arpeggio Snowflake die like my video HERE…such an easy way to adhere this detail image and love how it looks on the back side, even though I trimmed the panel down and glued it to a card base. hehe

Merry is die cut in gold and glued on…Christmas is white heat embossed and from the poppystamps Christmas Greetings stamp set. I’m getting a lot of mileage out of that stamp set!

The black card-stock background panel is cut with the Memory Box Speckled Background die. An A2 size, top folding card.

oh, I had fun playing with the new Memory Box Circle Bump Borders die set! Here I die cut one of the sizes twice at an angle in a 4.25 x 5.5 panel of white card-stock. I scotch taped the straight lines on the back side and glued the panel to an A2 size card-base. Then you can just slip a gift card right under the bumps and it holds it perfectly and stays! So happy when done! hehe

This was a surprise drawing/gift at our stamp club party Friday. Jan won! Thank you Carolyn for the HyVee gift card!

I’m loving this new poppystamps Pine Twig die. Die cut it twice and glued on. But of course it needed holly! I die cut poppystamps Holly Leaves and Berries die twice and glued them on. Fast and flat if you want to mail it! oh, a little glittery snow would’ve been fun…ok, on the next one! lol

Here’s the Memory Box Circle Bump Borders die again! I used a bigger one this time. That poppystamps Christmas Greetings stamp set again, some little strips of gold metallic card-stock that I did run through the big shot with the bump die so the ends would be curved, the pretty little poinsettia from the Memory Box Fanciful Poinsettia Ornament die and the pine branches from the Memory Box Blissful Bundle die.

You’ll notice the front panel has a little border…I like to use the A2 size rectangle die from the Avery Elle Custom Panel set, when I need the front panel back side to be covered. Then I just glue it to an A2 card-base.

I was happy with this sweet A2 size CAS Christmas card. Should be easy to mail even with that small gold pearl.

Well, yesterday we went to Costco and bought an artificial Christmas tree. We’ve had real Christmas trees for over 30 years. I’m not sure I’m gonna be alright with it. sigh. Sounds so silly typing it. I won’t have a tree to water every morning! One daughter told me, I can always buy a real tree too! hohoho She’s right but one of them would never get decorated cuz I gotta make cards you know! lol I do love real trees.

Happy Thanksgiving week to you wonderful blog friends. You’re the best! I’m thankful!

Links to products I used…

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cards · CAS · Christmas · Distress Ink coloring · Memory Box · Poppystamps

Memory Box and poppystamps Christmas cards…

November 11, 2016November 13, 2016 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Cuz you can never have enough poinsettia dies in your stash! lol I do love this one…use the largest size for the leaves too.

Then add that pretty white contrast with the Scribble Snowflake Circle die and those striking pine twigs…lovin’ this card!

Linking my poinsettia card to the Jingle Belles Christmas Challenge – flowers, Happy Little Stampers Challenge – anything goes with dies

Then there’s the love of holly! This beautiful Holly Swirl Frame Oval die is so pretty done up so many ways! This one I embossed it through the Big Shot after cutting and then inked with Peeled Paint Distress Ink through the die. I used Tim Holtz card-stock and sanded the details on the Holly and the Stitched Oval.

This one is rather traditional! I stenciled after embossing with Versamark ink and used Judikins Sparkle Pine Embossing powder on the leaves. Any embossing powder would be pretty though! Some red Stampendous sticker dots, red with gold wired ribbon and the die cut Peace and it’s finished. (I kinda wish I’d put a contrasting oval under the Holly Swirl Center…hmmmm)

All about fast and flat today! lol

Thanks for stopping by! I know…I don’t think these count for coloring! and I didn’t get the Printworks Fall cards posted yesterday….I got sidetracked coloring and making these cards for Scrapmania, hehe…look at the IG photo in the sidebar. lol If you click you can see IG but you can’t post or comment unless you log in. Off to see what else I can get done today!

Happy Veteran’s Day and thank you to all who serve and have served the USA!

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