Birthday cards…

March 4, 2013March 4, 2013 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Love these fresh Summer-ish colors! Stamps and pattern paper from Printworks HERE! Kinda CAS but kinda not too!

love their double sided pattern paper! Colored with Caran D’ache Watercolor crayons. Mats cut, on both cards, with my Perfect Layers Tools… saves so much time!

Stamps I used…

F4285 California Poppies
F4270 You’re Simply Amazing
C4245 Just Because
F4302 Celebrate

Linking up to …
Simon Says Stamp Challenge… Anything Goes
Addicted To Stamping…must incorporate stamping

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This is one birthday sentiment that is encouraging! Printworks stamps and double sided pattern paper…an old button and hemp. Some May Arts black velvet ribbon.

Stamps I used…

K4288 Mannequin
E4303 Birthdays Duplex

I edged the image and papers with Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool. Thanks for looking! If you’re anywhere near, this coming weekend is the Carson Stamp convention in California… Printworks will be there! Suzan says it’s an awesome show and I believe her! I love it that she goes and several of my cards can be there to greet her! hahahaha Have fun Suzan and everyone! TTUL!

Shopping links…

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Printworks…

February 21, 2013March 4, 2013 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Surprise! lol! I’m a city girl through and through but the Western stamp collection from Printworks was challenging and fun to work with!

My Ride ’em Cowboy card made it into the CAS Favorites @ Splitcoast stampers for the week! Thank you Loll!

and it’s an Honorable Addict! Thank YOU!

I’m linking my cards to the Addicted To Stamps Challenge – vintage is the theme.

Lots of texture and stamping! I had to desaturate the color on the first card because I could not get the red to show up right! 150 photos later, this is what you get! waaah… lol (red is still not right)

These stamps aren’t on the site yet… but here’s a list of the stamps I used…

E3767 Ranch Brands
D3758 Ride ’em Cowboy
D3757 Wild Mustang
K1495 Heart (I liked it because the perimeter of the heart reminded me of barbed wire)

G3771 Buggy

P3801 Bird

C3802 Daisies

C4106 Where Flowers Bloom HERE

Look at the wonderful mats… Perfect Layers tools (link in the sidebar)… love ’em!

Off to get a hair cut… have a great day…sounds like we’re gonna get lots of snow today and tomorrow… looking forward to the white! ttul!

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Tilda with Heart Arrows… Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge

February 11, 2013February 11, 2013 Pam Sparks36 Comments

Time for Sweet Stamping Pixies monthly challenge! After a year of challenges… Sweet Stamping Pixies is going to close. Thank you Jay Jay for a fun year of challenges and meeting new gals! Click over to the challenge blog to see the awesome creations from the designers… worth the ‘trip’! We would love to have you create and link up for this last challenge… Valentines!

I think Tilda with Heart Arrows (cupid) is quite the cutie! I spent so much time coloring her that I ran out of time, so she is just matted with card-stocks and the Perfect Paper Layers tools…love them, I DO!!! Layered on pattern paper and then to kraft card-stock. The card measures 6×6. Tilda is colored with Distress Ink reinkers on Langton Hot Press watercolor paper.

So many fun challenges going on that I can link to! yea!

Oozak.com – Anything Goes
Magnolia Down Under – Love is all around us
Totally Tilda – Valentines Tilda
Inky Chicks – Valentine or Anniversary
Midweek Magnolias – Valentine

Thanks for visiting my blog today! Be sure to check out the challenge and link up a Valentine! Take care and see you later!

Stamps and supplies I used to make this card…

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Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Valentine…

February 8, 2013February 12, 2013 Pam Sparks33 Comments

This is sweet Tilda Hiding Heart and To My Valentine, both new stamps from the ‘With Love Collection’ from Magnolia! So many charming images @ Tilda’s Town, HERE.

This is my DT card for this week’s challenge @ Tilda’s Town Challenges… Anything Goes! Hope you can link up and play with us! Click over to see what the other DT ladies have created!

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Card details…

I used some old My Mind’s Eye pattern papers… I think they’re called Wild Asparagus. Love the weight of them and the texture. I used to buy two and three pieces of everything I liked… not anymore! eek! Too much new coming all the time! I’m sure you will see these a few more times in the future! lol Well, if I’d just get busy and scrapbook, that would use them up faster! lol

Perfect Layering Tools to mat… some Martha Stewart ribbon…super cute Magnolia DooHickeys tag die… hemp and pearls!

I stamped Tilda on Papertrey ink card-stock, with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch markers…

skin – E0000, 000, 00, 21, 11, 13
hair – E30’s and E18
heart – R20’s
dress, hair bow and shoes – BG0000, 000, 10, 11, 23, 32, 70

Challenges I’m linking up to…

Simon Says Stamp – Have a Heart
Cute Card Thursday – Love Struck
Fashionista – Valentines
Bearly Mine – Anything Goes
Papertake Weekly – Anything Goes
Midweek Magnolia – Valentine
Crafty Sentiments – Anything Goes
Magnolia Down Under – Love is in the air
Ribbon Girls – Valentine/Love you
Totally Tilda Challenge – Photo Inspiration
Magnolia Mania – Anything Goes, Option – Hearts
Great Impressions – Have a Heart

Thanks for looking! Have a good weekend!

Here are the links to the stamps and supplies I used…

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Paper Smooches and Artistic Outpost…

January 29, 2013February 3, 2013 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Now there is a contrast in companies!!! lol oh well… both cute cards! You know I LOVE cute!

Yesterday was day one of the Clean and Simple Cardmaking 2 Class…. the heart tree card is my take on the homework we were assigned…

I used five sets from Paper Smooches (to get enough different hearts) and a couple older clear sets from Hero Arts for the birdie and the sentiments. Links below to the Paper Smooches sets…

Dot pattern paper is by Paper Studio. The main image mat is cut with the Perfect Layers tools! Link in the sidebar or below in the supply links.

This is an A-2 size card (4.25 x 5.5)

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Next up is a stack of snowman ATC’s (artist trading cards). The snowman image is from Artistic Outpost, He is painted with Distress reinkers, the sentiment from Paper Smooches, the snowflake border is a Martha Stewart punch and the washi tape is from My Minds Eye! Cute! love him!

This ATC is 2 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in.

I’m linking my ATC to the Artistic Outpost January Referral Program…Anything Goes! yea! Hope I win! hehe

It’s a dreary day here (weather wise)… working on laundry…need to send a couple cards (imagine that)! Are you like me? Making cards but have a hard time getting them in the mail… ugh! Oh and then back to class! I do love CAS cards almost as much as coloring cards! Thanks for looking at my post again… I love hearing from you and seeing what you’re up to! Holler if something doesn’t make sense… ‘Email me’ tab under the header!

Stamps and supplies I used to make these two cards…