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the ROYAL Battle continues…week #3

Pam Sparks17 Comments

The Royal Battle, over at the Greeting Farm is a battle of teams, and depends entirely on VOTING. It goes like this: there are teams of three to five players. Each Wednesday a new Battle challenge is issued. One of the team members has to make a card to meet the Battle challenge. Folks have a chance to vote for three cards each week. The top half with the most votes moves to the next Battle. Each team member has to take one turn. Hopefully, we make it to the final round and a chance to win a big prize.
The team I am playing with is called the Card Sprouts…cool! The Greeting Farm has a line of stamps called the “Sprouts”. This week the challenge is to create a scrapbook page and it is Kim’s turn to play for our team! Twenty five teams playing this week and the cut happens Tuesday night at midnight…Twelve teams will carry on to next week! We need your vote!!! Here’s a link to Kim’s submission for the Card Sprouts! Leave a comment and that counts for a vote…for some reason some of the pictures aren’t showing up…you can see a closer picture of Kim’s page HERE,  the last photo in the post.   Hope you like it and vote for us!

I wanted to create a card for my post today using one of The Greeting Farm stamps that hadn’t seen ink yet!  I love postal “things”  so I had to have this mail carrier cutie!!!  Her name is Bree.  Our youngest daughter’s name is Breanna so then I really had to have her!  I’m linking her up to Monday Mania on the Club Anya blog,  the Pink Elephant Challenge blog – 1 image, 2 dies (standard circle and scallop circle), 3 of your favorite embellishment (three brads) and Stamp With Fun – a sketch.

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Happy Monday and hope you can VOTE for the Card Sprouts entry this week!  THANKS!

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Put on your party hat!

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Lane, Grandson #2 was born on April 1st but no foolin’ here, he’s the best! He loves all things boy for sure! He liked his card too, that always makes me smile. I did have fun coloring this duo…a new image, Sir Dustin from High Hopes by Dustin Pike.

He is inked and stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink…colored with Copic Sketch Markers…circles cut with a coluzzle (are any of you wishin’ for larger nestabilities dies?)…swirls from one of those 12×12 sheets of stamps from Fancy Pants.  oh nightmare!  Do any of you have those stamps?  They are SO HARD to get off the sheet!!! I haven’t torn any yet but it sure discourages one from using them when it takes so long to get them off! Put on your party hat is from Impress Rubber Stamps and stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink. Scored the card with the Martha Stewart Score board and I used a Printworks Birthday Sentiment on the inside. Card-stock is Stampin Up real red and swirls are stamped with SU real red ink.

Linking to some fun challenge…

NOW for some really fun news!!! 7KidsCollege Fun has the new Tim Holtz dies in stock. Can’t wait to get started using them!  Click from my blog and then Tab knows I sent you! THANKS!  and thanks for stopping by and sharing the love of stamping with me!
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All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge…

Pam Sparks39 Comments


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This week the challenge for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge Blog is to “shape it up”! Well, that’s not really how she put it but we are doing shaped cards…it’s fun to think “out of the box”!

Check out the other Design team’s awesome creations on the challenge blog…. here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…

  • every week there is a new and exciting prize being offered
  • in order to be eligible to win, your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store. Whether it is any of our wonderful in house designs or from the various other stamp companies that ATS carries (Magnolia, Kraftin Kimmie, etc) the choice is yours.
  • be sure to link up your creation with Mr Linky by next Tuesday at 10pm est
  • Use the challenge, create a shape card
  • only one entry per person please!

Join the challenge by creating a different shape card than you normally would do! So many awesome stamps to choose from at All That Scraps!

Here’s a close up picture of the new release Swiss Pixie Nora on the Swing, available tonight at 10 p.m.!

  • Nora is stamped with Memento Black Tuxedo ink on Neenah Classic Crest Super-smooth card-stock
  • colored with Copic Sketch Markers – hair E50, YR31, 21, 23, 24  skin E000, 00, 01, R00, R20 limb E 55, 57, 59  shirt, wings, flower border, butterflies, socks RV00, 10, 19  jeans B91, 93
  • My Minds Eye Quite Contrary pattern papers
  • The tree in the background is cut on the Cricut with the Stretch Your Imagination cartridge
  • EK Success flower border punch – I accordion folded it for dimension
  • Martha Stewart grass border punch and butterflies punch
  • All Night Media wood grain stamp used on the truck of the tree, stamped with Adirondack Espresso ink
  • Frosted Lace stickles on her wings and socks
  • I used a big circle coluzzle temple and cutting system to get my circles….do any of you like the Martha Stewart circle cutter?

I love linking to other challenges…get to be inspired by so many wonderful stampers. Here’s my list for this card…

Thanks for sharing your comments and for all the stamping inspiration you bring to me too!  AND…the Card Sprouts are moving on to Week #3 in the Royal Battle at The Greeting Farm.  Thanks for voting and if you voted for the Card Sprouts,  we appreciate it!

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Tuesday already!

Pam Sparks31 Comments

How’d it get to be Tuesday already! ugh! well, I wanted to catch you and tell you that it’s week #2 of the Royal Battle over at the Greeting Farm. Kristine has created an AWESOME and creative, Spring Easel card for the Card Sprouts…take a look here and vote for the Card Sprouts by leaving a comment on her card!!! You get three votes and the competition is great! The voting for this week ends tonight!  Thanks!

New Magnolia stamps on the block!!!  I just had to color up this new Tilda with 3 Flowers from the Hoppy Easter Collection. She’s just the sweetest!

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Have a great stamping week!  I’ll be back tomorrow for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge!

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Happy Easter…

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Our middle daughter and husband have adopted two children from Ukraine and plan to adopt again this year from Bulgaria.  Amanda sent this yesterday, a blog post from another family that has adopted from Ukraine.   ♥ Redemption ♥  a beautiful post…hope you can make time to read it. The true meaning of Easter.

Spring and Tulips…a big deal in Iowa because of the Dutch influence…I created this for the Impressions Obsession challenge blog.

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Have a lovely day!