Liberty Tilda…

June 29, 2012July 1, 2012 Pam Sparks50 Comments

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It’s Friday…time for a new challenge at Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE. It’s Time to Celebrate… so get out your Magnolia stamps and see what you can create to play a long! We’d love to have you! Tilda’s Town online store, filled to the brim with Magnolia goodness is the sponsor of this challenge blog. Every week a new challenge and a chance to win a $15 gift certificate to the store! Tilda’s Town offers free shipping to anywhere! So awesome!

I love these special edition stamps from Magnolia! Freedom, something to never take for granted… right now in this country we feel like we’re losing it… so much government… what country would take me in? I don’t want politicians parenting me, deciding what they think is best for me and that is what we have right now… so disappointing.

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I’ve been to New York City twice…one time was just in the airport to go overseas and the other time I went to the National Stationery Show. It was quite the experience but I was so homesick! Our first grandchild was just a few months old at the time. lol All the people walking… and where were they going?!

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Oh, am I supposed to be showing a card?! oops! I’m back… four new stamps showcasing the good ‘ole USA and the Statue of Liberty… so fun! The Freedom Background stamp is inked up with Chipped Sapphire and Fired Brick and stamped on Kraft cardstock.

I stood Liberty Tilda HERE, on the Flower Wall Post HERE, and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. I was trying to match the color of an online picture of the Statue of Liberty…hmmm…. so I used ten or more markers and my picture makes her look toooo blue-ish but IRL it’s pretty cool!

America the Eagle and Liberty Banner are in the store HERE. The chip words on the banner are from a package by K & Co.

Challenges I’m linking to…

Just Magnolia Challenge – Add a Banner

Cute Card Thursday Challenge – Patriotic

Delightful Sketches Challenge – Celebration

Inspired by Stamping – Red, White and Blue

Paper Crafting Journey Challenge – Feeling Krafty

Magnolia Stamp Lovers Challenge – Distress

Shopping Our Stash – Red, White and Blue

Sweet Stamps Challenge – Patriotic

Loves Rubberstamps Challenge – Red, White and Blue

Happy weekend to you! I’ll be staying in to keep cool! It’s super Summer temps here! yikes! Maybe I can catch up with email, commenting and get some more cards made! Thanks for stopping by! ttul! Take Care!

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Patriotic Patty…

June 28, 2012June 28, 2012 Pam Sparks15 Comments

It’s a bird… it’s a plane…. it’s Patty!!! and she’s awesome! So cute… stamped on PTI select white card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers…

Hair – E50, 51, 52, 55, 57

Skin – Eoooo, 000, 00, 11, 13 Cheeks – R20 diluted with R00

Shirt – R24, 27, 29, 59

Shorts – 91, 93, 95, 97, 99

Shoes – E43, 44, 47

Rocket – R24, 27, 29, 59, B95, 97, 99, Silver and Gold Signo Gel pens

Pattern Paper is a little mat stack from K & Co. called Americana (it’s old). Mats cut with the Perfect Layers Tools. Clouds sponged on with Rosies Roadshow cloud template and Memento Summer sky ink.

I followed the sketch from Sweet Sunday Sketch Challenge – I did rotate it, to the left.

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge – Patriotic/ Military/ Fireworks

Fab ‘n Funky Challenges – Cute and Girly

Paper Pretties Challenge – Red, White and Blue

Simon Says Stamp Challenge – Sporty and/or Patriotic

Patty says, “enjoy the show on the 4th”! It’ll be awesome! Thanks for visiting my blog!

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Stamping Sentiments video using a Stamp a ma jig…

June 25, 2012September 9, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Do you ever wish you could get your sentiments stamped right where you want them and straight? Then stamp positioning is for you! Watch my video and hopefully it will encourage you to use your stamp positioner! I can’t stamp without it! If you have questions or tips leave me a comment…

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CC Designs Summer Emma…

June 21, 2012June 30, 2012 Pam Sparks30 Comments

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Summer Emma… so sweet! A strawberry blonde today! I decided to go rather CAS and stamping for her scene today…. I stamped Emma on Hammermill Color Copy 80# Card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch markers. Hair – E50, YR31, Y21, E35 and E37, Skin – E0000,000,00, 21 and R20 diluted with R00, Dress – V20, 22, 25, 28.

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CC Designs Sugarplums Summer Emma is part of the June Release up for review on the ATS blog today, HERE! Click on over to see what the other ATS DT gal’s created… you’ll be glad you did!

I stamped the Down by the Seaside images from an Inkadinkado clear set with Versafine Onyx Black ink on Papertrey Ink white card-stock and made a frame for the background image. I colored these stamped images with Ranger Distress Markers.

The sentiments, from the NEW Beach Logos and NEW Oh So Beachy Sentiments set, were both stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink on Papertrey Ink card also.

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Challenges I’m linking to…

Sweet Stampin Challenge blog – Summer Fun

Crafts and Me Challenges – Anything Goes

Repeat Impressions DCC620 – Head for the Beach Challenge

Little Red Wagon – Kraft

Scrapalicious – What do you do in the Summertime?

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Thanks for stopping by! ttul!

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Sweet November Patriotic Betsy…

June 19, 2012May 4, 2015 Pam Sparks37 Comments

Rah, Rah, Rah! It’s daytime, so I made pinwheels instead of keeping with sparklers, for Sweet November Patriotic Pixie Betsy! I ❤ them! I used a 5/8 inch square punch to punch the double sided pattern paper… poked a hole in the center of the square… cut up toward the hole from each corner… then folded one tip from each corner up to meet the center hole. When I put in the teeny 1/16th in brads, I caught those tips and kept them under the brad.

It’s June Release Tuesday Review on the All That Scraps Blog today, HERE. If you want to see lot of fabulous designing… click over! You won’t be disappointed!

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Betsy is inked with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Hammermill Color Copy 80# Cover card-stock, cut out and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Hair – E50, 30, 23, 25, 27, 29, Skin – E0000, 000, 00, 21, Cheeks – R20 diluted with R00, Red – R24, 27, 29, 59, Skirt – B91, 93, 95, 97, 99.

I used CC Designs Butterflies Postage set (images stamped with Pumice Stone Distress ink), It’s Your Birthday Sentiment set and Beach sentiments set (stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink). I did use my Stamp a ma jig to position the sentiments.

The pattern paper is from K & Company. One of their little pads they make and say they’re for matting photos. I’ve had it for a couple years though… sorry… it’s a good one! I was sure tickled to find it stashed away here! lol Edges all inked with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool. I found an Americana 12×12 paper pad from K & Company online… linked below… not the same thing but might give the older style look…

The little clouds are from the smallest Fiskars cloud punch series… so cute! (the smallest I could find says medium) I colored them a little with some Warm gray copics… W0, 1, 3.

The grass is CC Designs Cutters Grass border die! oh, I LOVE this die! I crimped it too… love this little crimper! hehe… sorry gals…JK! lol I gave it some inking with Peeled Paint Distress ink and the Ink Blending tool.

I used the Perfect Layers 1/8th in. tool to cut the red layer.

Card base is 5 x 7, cut from an 8.5 x 11 sheet of kraft card-stock. Scored with a Martha Stewart score board.

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Challenges I’m linking to…

Fun With Shapes – Summer and use punches or dies (square punch for pinwheels, label punch for sentiment)

The Kraft Journal – use kraft and the Good ‘ol Summertime (kraft card base)

Paper Playtime – Anything Goes and a sentiment

Paper Pretties – Red White and Blue

Simon Says Stamp and Show – a bit of brown

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well… hip, hip, hooray! Have a great day! Thanks for visiting! Wish we could get together IRL!

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