New Memory Box dies and a Snowman card…

January 15, 2013January 15, 2013 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Oh WOW! Have you seen the new Memory Box dies? Here’s a short video from BlueMoon Scrapbooking…at the end, you’ll see tons more and a new longer size too! Yikes… I can see it’s going to be hard to “be good” this year! HERE they are in the store. Can’t wait to get to using some of them. I have four of the new ones so far (I had to have the pine needle border) but I’m sure I will be tempted to get more! ; ) Free ship @ $50 for US 48 states and special International rates too! Blue Moon has awesome customer service too!

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Here’s a snowman card I made for the Snowman swap at stamp club last Friday….inspired by different ones I’ve seen online… so cute sharing hearts!

I used a snowman Sizzix die that is discontinued… I found him on ebay last year…good luck ‘hunting’ him down! The name on the die is just ‘Snowman’ and the item # is 656299.

The music is a Penny Black stamp HERE. I stamped it twice.. masked the bottom and stamped the head, then stamped again on his body. Old Hyglo heart punch and Quickutz mini Studio alphabet for the X and O. Buttons from Lasting Impressions for paper and pattern paper is old Basic Grey Blush I think. Button on the scarf is from My Favorite Things Die-namics Button die HERE. Hemp is from the Scrapping Center HERE. Love this stuff, it’s just the right weight… comes in other colors too. : )

I’m working on catching up with emails and comments! I’m coming to visit you soon! Today is Tim’s birthday and I need to make a card for the Don and Daisy blog tomorrow and then hopefully it’ll slow down and I can catch up again! woohoo! I should be making Tim a card… ugh. oops. I have some steak for supper! hehe

Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

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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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Start HERE…

July 6, 2012July 6, 2012 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Growing up we didn’t have a TV until I was in 9th grade… we played outside every spare minute and when we were inside we played church, library, store, school and oh, I loved playing table games! So that’s the first thing I thought of when I saw these new images for July illustrated by Christine Wooden. They’re called Meoples… well… that immediately brought to mind because of the rhyme…the pre-school Sunday School song where we locked our fingers, made a steeple and sang open the door and see all the people! Well, that translated to see all the Meoples in my mind! lol Next it translated to a game board! So here you have it from a non-candy eating person… Candyland meets the Meoples!!! Start HERE!

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Aren’t they funny?!!! So cute! So whimsical…you can’t help but grin! You HAVE to go see what the other ATS Design Team gals created too! Fab and F*U*N as Tracy would type it! HERE’s the post…

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I used the NEW I Want Candy Meoples… the NEW Lolli die… the NEW Sweet Treat Logos on my card.

I punched 1 in. squares for the game board… I know… I need a “start here” stamp! lol

Quickutz banners/bunting… and bakers twine

Challenges I’m linking to…
Card Makin Mamas Challenge blog – use your rubber stamps
CAS-ual Fridays Challenge blog – Use text in your clean and simple design
Our Craft Lounge Challenge blog – Use die cuts
CCEE Stampers Challenge blog – Use three circles on your card

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The July Release stamps are in the store! Links will be below in this post and in my previous posts on Tuesday and Thursday! Thanks for looking and shopping through my blog… I appreciate it so much!

Have a “lolli” good day! (you know.. like jolly!) Quit rolling your eyes! = ) TTuL!

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Stamps and Such…

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An ATC and two tags…

December 25, 2011August 12, 2013 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Merry Christmas to all! Every year I’m more amazed at how fast time goes by! ssssshhhh I don’t want to admit it’s because I’m older and just slower! pout!

Here’s an ATC (artist trading card) I just made for a “four for four” mail swap…had fun with the In the Meadow stamps and dies from PTI (Papertrey Ink). The Winter Town stamp is from Hero Arts. I used Distress stains to ink up the stamp… can’t remember which two now…ugh! Frosted Lace stickles for the glitter.

For stamping and die cutting the sledder, here’s what I did… I die cut the sledder, tacked it down with a little tape to my craft mat. Used the stamp a ma jig to stamp the image on the die cut. I tried stamping it first and then cutting but I just couldn’t get it lined up good enough to suit me that way. The partial silhouette of the snowman is an older Stampin Up punch. The sentiment is from PTI also.

A couple gift tags…

This was for our oldest daughter, Heather. Her birthday is Christmas Day. The nurses had sewn up flannel stockings for the Christmas Day babies…I have photos of her as a baby in that stocking. When this Tilda image came out, I had to have it! Tilda is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic markers. Hair E30, 15, 08. 17 and 18 or 19, can’t remember at the moment. Skin E000, 00, 21 and cheeks diluted R20. Green BG93, 96, Red W3, R35, 37, 39 and 59. Fluff E40,41, 42, 43 and a white gel pen.

I stamped this Hero Arts typewriter on kraft card-stock and on natural card-stock too. I cut out the natural and adhered it to the typewriter after I stamped the message on it with the stamp a ma jig. The two holly leaves are an EK Success punch and the bow is an old quickutz die.

I could go on creating for Christmas for months and still have new stuff to use! Crazy! My favorite time of year! What a mess I have in my stamp room! EEK! oh well, I’m resting up today and enjoying the Christmas tree a little bit longer!

Here’s what 1800 lights on a 9 foot Christmas tree look like at night and it didn’t tip over once this year! yea! lol (my photo skills don’t do it justice!)

Merry Christmas and God bless you! I appreciate your friendship and support through this blog!

Stamps and Such…

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You’re gonna love this die!!!

December 6, 2011October 7, 2012 Pam Sparks29 Comments

Look at how pretty and frilly the new CC Designs Cutters Leafy Branches die is!!! The perfect filler for flower embellishing on cards!! YEA! I LOVE it and you will too! The other great thing about it is….there are two branches on the die…one goes one direction and the other goes the other direction…none of this having to turn it over after it’s cut and looking different!!! rah, rah, rah! Thanks Christine (CC Designs isllustrator)! It’s just what I wanted!

Another new die I used today is the Phlox flower…three sizes… so pretty!!! I love it as a Poinsettia! The Leaves die is from an earlier release, oh, you remember what I told you about it from an earlier post?! You don’t want me to go into cheering mode?! lol So fun to work with! They cut wonderfully! Really, truly and they come out of the die!

The “with love” sentiment is NEW this month from CC Designs Amy R Stamps, called Heart-y Sayings! A very cool set indeed! I used Simple Stories Christmas 6×6 pattern paper pad… Quickutz holly photo turns die and a red brad. Little pearls from Hero Arts that I dyed with Adirondack alcohol ink. Bazzill card-stock to die cut the flowers and leaves.

Today’s our 36th Wedding Anniversary! Where does the time go! I thank God every day for Tim! He’s the best! It’s snowing here… I know that will make some of you very jealous…really? hehe Not much yet but enough to make it look so pretty.

Have a great day and thanks for stopping by!

Stamps and such that I used for this card…