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Printworks and Merry Christmas on Thanksgiving! : )

Pam Sparks20 Comments

Hi everyone!  It’s been 10 days since I posted! eek!  Wow, time flies!!!  Just for fun I’m showing you the second stack of cards I sent off to PrintWorks the first of November… it reassures me that I can stamp and create! lol These cards are on sample boards in retail stamp and scrapbook stores.

It’s been ten days of setting up Tilda’s Town Design Team and spending time with family.  yea!  Love all the grand kiddos!

Here’s a close up of the reindeer card… the photo below is from the first set I made… regular gold embossing powder comes out bumpy… the second set, the photo above, I used the super fine gold embossing powder and the deer heated up smooth!  Both are pretty, but I decided I am partial to how the super fine turns out!  The sentiment embossed up really nice with the super fine also!  I used to heat emboss everything but for the last decade I’ve only used embossing powder on rare occasions.  It was fun to use it again and see the ‘magic’! : )

I wish I’d taken a picture of the inside… ugh… I forgot… I used one of PrintWorks  Collection’s many sentiments for Christmas… F3157 Wonder of the Season…so many beautiful messages to choose from!

So thankful for you, my friends out there all over the world!  Who’d a thunk we’d all be sharing via blogs… I love it!   Thank you so much for stopping by and I’ll be talking to  you again soon!!!!

P.S.  have you been shopping?  of course I would bring that up!  I’m an addict! lol   I just ordered the NEW  Make it Merry Collection from October Afternoon!!!!  I LOVE it!  You’ll find it HERE at Blue Moon and HERE at Two Peas!  Awesome!  pp.ss. candy cane stripe washi tape with to: and from: on it!!!


Card construction information…

PrintWorks Collection.com  HERE,  When you click over… be sure to watch the photos in the header… the 3rd and 4th photos are cards I made!!!  So amazing!  Makes me smile all over my face! lol   ok – I’ll get back to work!

E3557 Wonderful Season

G4150 Ornate Reindeer

J4153 Ornate Textile
F3157 Wonder of the Season
Stripe pattern paper
Swirl pattern paper
Kraft card-stock
gold speciality paper
fine gold cord
green with gold edge wired ribbon
Oak Brown ink
Granite Gray ink
gold embossing powder
embossing ink
the ornate textile image is stamped in oak brown after stamping off on scrap paper
the circle is edged with oak brown ink and then granite gray ink using the ink blending tool (foam)
Don we Now Card ….
E3397 Gay Apparel
K3560 Swirly Background
A3985 Add Some Jingle
C3982 Santa’s Elf
C2143 Holly and Berries
C3582 Smile at Everyone
Holly Berry Red ink
Sage Green ink
Oak Brown ink to edge everything
Sage Green card-stock
Holly Berry Red card-stock
Kraft card-stock
white card-stock
Embossing ink and white embossing powder
red and white stripe ribbon from May Arts
kraft paper cord or sometimes it’s called Hemp
Merry Christmas Sleigh card…
G1848 Sleigh
K2298 Merry Christmas
G2284 Catalina Pine
B2285 Pine Cone and Sprig
K3560 Swirly Background
JB2138 At this Season
P3203 heart
Holly Berry Red card-stock
Cream card-stock
Stripe pattern paper
gold fine cord
McGill Holly and Berries punch
Coffee Archival ink to stamp the sleigh and Merry Christmas stamps
Colored with Oak Brown and Granite Gray ink pads
pine stamp inked first with the Ivy stamp pad and then onto the Sage Green ink pad and then a brown marker down the branch lines and then stamped
swirl stamped in oak brown but stamped off on scrap paper first and then onto the card
Merry Christmas painted in with ivy and sage green reinkers

Rejoice Angel card…

 

F4143 Sweet Music
D4137 Rejoice
D2389 Starry Night
JB3979 Old English Scripture
F3165 A Child is Born
A2753 Holly
watercolor paper to paint the angel…
Forest Green card-stock
Kraft card-stock
Edged with Oak Brown and Encore Ultimate Metallic Gold stamp pad
Oak Brown to stamp the stars
Forest Green to stamp the Scripture (stamped off on scrap paper first)
Colored with stamp pad inks (face is tattered rose and aged mahogany Distress ink, wings are Antique Linen Distress ink, hair is Brushed Corduroy Distress ink)  the rest are Printworks inks
Oval is from a Spellbinders die set called Floral ovals
gold fine cord
dark green velvet ribbon
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Printworks Merry Christmas…

Pam Sparks15 Comments

A Printworks Collection stamped Christmas card… have you seen it in the stores yet?   You’ll find the stamps @ Printworks Collection.com HERE.

the inside…

Here’s something to make your shopping sweeter!

PrintWorks in Carson!
Come join us in Carson this Saturday and Sunday!  PrintWorks will be at the Original Rubber Stamp Convention at the Carson Convention Center this Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm and Sunday from 10 am to 3 pm.
Stop by the booth for a make-n-take, card and tag frenzy, discount stamps and diecuts, the release of the 2012 Limited Edition Snowman, and more!
Carson Community Center
3 Civic Plaza Dr. Carson, CA 90745
Carson St. exit off the 405
(310) 835-0212 (Directions only)
SPECIAL COUPON
Print out this email and present it the booth to participate in the make-n-take for free!
Valid once. Limit one per person.
FREE SHIPPING THROUGH SUNDAY
For those of you not able to attend the show, we would like to offer you FREE shipping on our website, for orders $20 or more!  ($5 shipping on orders under $20).  Please type FALL2012 in the comments section.

Happy Stamping!

Stamps and Supplies I used…

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Printworks… CAS-ual Fridays…kraft on…

Pam Sparks18 Comments

add some jingle!  I love to sing and I’ve always loved the ‘Deck the Halls with boughs of Holly’ song!  What a cute silhouette elf… All the stamps are from Printworks Collection.  This is one of the cards I designed for them and will be showing up on a sample board in retail stores around the country! I can’t wait to hear from you, if you’ve seen it in person!

The challenge over on the CAS-ual Fridays Challenge Blog is Kraft On… so I’m entering my card there!

Here’s the inside…

I used my Perfect Layers tools for matting…Printworks Oak Brown ink and the Ink Blending Tool to edge the papers. Holly painted with Printworks stamp pad ink and reinkers. I use the Omnigrid ruler to line up the fishtail banner straight.  The Die-namics Fishtail banner that I’m linking to, would’ve worked, I didn’t have it at the time… have it now! hehe  May Arts ribbon… I think you can get this from Printworks too,  just email Nicole & Chelsea at the store site.

Stamps and Supplies I used…

Printworks stamps… Add some Jingle A3985 HERE and C3982 Santa’s Elf  stamp HERE

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Printworks Collection Angel…

Pam Sparks7 Comments

 

So sweet!  I LOVE this angel called Sweet Music from Printworks Collection… she’s in the store HERE as a cling stamp and HERE as a wood mounted stamp.  The Rejoice stamp is HERE as a cling stamp and HERE as a wood mounted stamp.

The background stamp I used is Printworks JB3979 Old English Scripture…the Christmas story from the book of Luke.  The speckles on the kraft tag are from the stamp Paint Spatters  HERE.

I did her up another way and she’s on a sample board that is going out to retail stores… I’ll show you as soon as I can!

I’m linking to the I Spy Sketches Challenge blog…

thanks for looking!  ttul!

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Marianne Design Poinsettia…

Pam Sparks24 Comments

Tis the Season…well…for Christmas card making for sure!  Just heard the weather report on the radio… you know you live in Iowa when one day is 80˚ and the next is down to 48˚!   I’ve got the air conditioning back on!  I wonder if it’s cold in TX?! lol

Marianne Design dies and a Printworks Collection sentiment HERE… I know… gold embossing powder even!  I used the superfine stuff and I’m happy with how it turned out on the texture paper this time… never know what’s gonna happen with textured paper!

I used the Poinsettia,  the mini Poinsettia,  Anja’s Square, Flourishes,  Snowflake and Pine Branch all from Marianne Design.   Bazzil Cardstock,  Hero Arts gold gems and Printworks gold cord.

Thanks for stopping by today for my festive card… oh,  almost forgot…I edged the papers and cuts with a gold pigment embossing pad and I used the pearl pen on the snowflake for the white dots.  I’m not very good with that thing! oh well,  still adds a pretty touch! hehe

ttul!