CCDesigns…A Little Bit of Magic Fairy and Sentiments Preview Day One and Printworks coupon!

July 12, 2012June 8, 2013 Pam Sparks30 Comments

Today the ATS DT is previewing a NEW whimsical, charming rubber stamp kit, illustrated by Amy Young for CC Designs …Sweet November’s A Little Bit of Magic Fairy and Sentiment set.

“Thank you Fairy Much!” is from the NEW Fairy sentiment set and “have a magical day” is from the Magical Wishes Sentiment set. I used my stamp a ma jig to stamp the sentiments… pull down the tutorial tab under the header picture for a video on how to use it to stamp sentiments. The Mushrooms are from the Mushroom stamp set.

I had to use the Leafy Branch die too…

I used sketch #43 from Freshly Made Sketches blog, HERE.

The fairies are stamped on Hammermill Color Copy 80# cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Skin – E0000, 000, 00, 11 and diluted R20 for cheeks

Yellow dress fairy –
hair is E50, 51, 53, 55
dress and wings are E11, 13, 15, 18

Pink dress fairy –
hair is the E30’s
dress is R11, 12, 14
wings are BG70, 72

Green dress fairy –
hair is E50, YR31, YR21, YR23
dress is YG91, 93
wings are R11, 12

The background is BG70 colored all over…

I used an old Martha Stewart border punch, cut it down to a size that would fit through the Quilling Creations crimper so it’s “ruffly” looking! Makes me happy! hehe The butterfly is an EK Success punch.

Thanks so much for joining me for this preview post! I’ll be back tomorrow with another cute card you won’t want to miss! Take care!

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Mimi and Friend for Sweet Stamping Pixies Challenge…

July 9, 2012August 5, 2012 Pam Sparks23 Comments

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It’s YOUR Day! A cheerful friend is like a sunny day which spreads it’s brightness all around.

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SSPC #5 – Color challenge… use blue, tan and yellow with your pixie/sprite/fairy stamp! I used Mimi and Friend from Penny Black, colored with Promarkers and Flexmarkers. Memory Box Honeyblossom die and AmyR Stamps Oh So Beachy Sentiment set. October Afternoon pattern paper and a SU stamp to go around the edge of the image. I think the name of the set is Tiny tags. I went with kraft for the “tan” in the color scheme. Layers are all cut with the Perfect Layers Tools… even the card base. I scored and folded an 8.5 x 11 piece of kraft card-stock in half…then I held my ruler on the fold at 1/4 in. and placed the image rectangle right up to it, stuck it down… then used the 1/4 in. Perfect Layers Tool to cut the sides and bottom at 1/4 in. for perfect spacing! love these tools!

Click over to see the fabulous creations by the SSPC team, HERE! Check out the totally charming prize too! We’d love to have you play a long! All the details are on the SSPC blog.

The marker colors I used…

Mimi
hair – FM buttercup, PM burnt orange and FM Firebrick
skin – FM blush, PM oatmeal, PM apricot and PM soft peach for cheeks
dress – PM Pastel Blue, PM Denim Blue, PM Midnight Blue
wings – FM buttercup, PM tulip yellow

Friend
hair – PM ivory, FM buttercup, PM Tulip yellow
skin – PM ivory, PM vanilla, PM oatmeal, PM apricot and PM soft peach for cheeks
wings – PM pastel blue
dress – FM buttercup, PM Tulip yellow and FM Sunflower

Challenges I’m linking to….

Penny Black Saturday Challenge Blog – Summertime
Addicted to Stamps Challenge Blog – Card for something special
Let’s Ink It UP Challenge Blog – All Girl
Penny Black Allsorts Challenge Blog – Summer Blooms

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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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Designing with die cuts…

July 5, 2012February 15, 2014 Pam Sparks25 Comments

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This is Sweet November’s Garden Girl Lucy! I added flowers to her arms… the stamped image has her holding seeds! So cute and fun to color! Lucy is stamped on Hammermill Color Copy 80# Cover card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic sketch markers. Skin – E0000, 000, 00, 11, 93 and a little R20 diluted with R00 for cheeks. Hair – E50’s. Hat and Apron – E 40’s. Dress – BG70 and 72. Mushrooms are the lower E30’s and E08, 11, 13 and 15… I know… way too many colors for tiny mushrooms! lol

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I die cut the NEW 9 Petal Flower and Branch die multiple times and have it vining around the Spooky Fence die. I made a video to show how I do the flowers. The Mushroom Border is a CC Designs die cut and so is the Grass Border. I put the Grass Border through the Quilling Creations mini crimper… love how it looks!

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I love using words on cards! Just something about text and black and what it adds to the whole composition. I have a how to video on stamping sentiments on cards with the Stamp a ma jig… pull down under the Tutorials tab under the blog header and you’ll see it listed there.

The sentiments I used today are from the NEW AmyR Stamps Sweet Sentiments set.

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Challenges I’m linking to…
Cute Card Thursday Challenge blog – Gardener’s World
Paper Crafting Journey Challenge blog – Summer
Sarah Hurley Challenge blog – Dimension and Texture
Shelly’s Images Challenge blog – What the Text!

Thanks for stopping by to see today’s Preview post!

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CC Designs July Release Preview Day One…

July 3, 2012July 5, 2012 Pam Sparks30 Comments

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Time for NEW stamps and dies from CC Designs! So much sweetness for July! Meet Sugarplums Cupcake Emma! There’s a Cupcake Trevor too! You can see the rest of today’s preview over on the ATS Blog HERE. All kinds of wonderful, sweet inspiration from the design team!

I stamped Cupcake Emma on Letraset card-stock (link below) with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch markers.

hair is E50, 51, 53, 55
skin is E0000, 000, 00, 11, 93 and a itty bit of diluted R20 for cheeks
frosting is E31, 33, 34, 35
cupcake paper and shoes are R81, 83, 85, 87
dress and hair bow are y23, 21, 26

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NEW for July dies are the Olive Branch, two on the die, going opposite directions! Love that! I only used one complete one behind the large Phlox Flower, the rest are parts… pretty cool I think! hehe The 8 Petal and branch die… the centers on the Phlox Flowers are from this die… I’ll show the rest on Thursday. The awesome thing about it is, there are two different flowers and multiples of each so you don’t have to run it through the die cut machine so many times! yea! There is also a stem for the flowers to “grow” on!!! woohoo! There’s a new Button die and Sweet Treats die! You’ll see them some more this week during previews and everything will be up for sale in the store THURSDAY NIGHT at 8 P.M. CST

“Hey Cupcake and Have a sweet day” are part of the NEW AmyR Stamps SWEET Sentiment set! So awesome! Love the sentiment sets from CC Designs… so many ways to combine messages! Scroll down for my video using the sentiments and positioning them on your creations. It’s also listed under the pulldown tutorial tab at the top under the header.

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oh fun… I wanted a simple border… going along with the sketch I followed and I wanted to use something from the CC Designs Cutters die line so… I got out my magnetic holders and started looking…hehe… yep. that delicate little scallop border is from the Christmas Bulb Border die!!! So lacy and feminine looking! love it! I had to use the Fence die! Haven’t used it for a couple weeks. Forgot to punch hearts in the pickets though! boo… My videos for how to’s on the fence are under the tutorial tab at the top of this page also.

This 6×6 pattern paper is from a Fancy Pants Summer pad… I doubt that it’s available anymore. I can’t use this paper up fast enough! I’m trying though! lol

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Challenges I’m linking to…

Sweet Sunday Sketch challenge blog – Sketch #162

Anything Goes challenge blog – Birthday with polka dots

Papertake Weekly challenge blog – Anything Goes

Sassy Cheryl’s challenge blog – Anything Goes

Shopping Our Stash – Triple Threat

Stamp N Plus challenge blog – Anything Goes

Bunny Zoe Crafts challenge blog – Girls, Girls, Girls

Crafty Bloggers Network challenge blog – Anything Goes

Crafty Cardmakers challenge blog – Create your own flowers

Chocolate, Coffee, Cards challenge blog – Anything Goes

Anyone for Anya challenge blog – Just Use it!

Marker Pop challenge blog – Copic Coloring, Fur/Hair

Thanks so much for stopping by! Be sure to click over to the ATS blog… I’ll be back tomorrow, Thursday and Friday with more NEW to share and a Marianne Design post that is crazy fun too!

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