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Spring Tulip and Butterfly ATC…

Pam Sparks15 Comments

Happy Tuesday! Posting an ATC I just finished…late Spring,  I’ll call it! lol   See the Tim Holtz filmstrip ribbon up in the corner…cool and the tiny staples holding it are from the Tim Holtz tiny attacher. The butterfly (colored with Copic Sketch Markers) and Spring and flowers words are from Hero Arts….the tulips are a digital image colored with Copic Sketch Markers.  The green and black gems are from Hero Arts.  The border is from the Sandylion Borders 2 clear set.

Thanks for stopping by! Happy Late Spring!

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Tilda, Family and What’s New!

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(E.T.A. 7:25 pm)  WE JUST HAD A SHORT, WILD, WINDY THUNDERSTORM!!!  GUESS WHAT?!  Then bright sunshine and a rainbow… I grabbed my camera and  took this out the window, so it’s not great but how COOL!

Tilda is bringing us a great reminder today, especially since it’s that time of year around here!  This cutie Tilda in Spring Rain is available HERE, part of the Chasing Butterflies Collection.  Colored with Distress Inks available HERE.  EK Success Medium Retro flower punch and leaf punch.  I used the Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher instead of thread in the button holes (I did put them in by hand).  The cute saying is from an Inkadinkado clear stamp set called Friendly advice available HERE,  I still need to get this one HERE,  so cute!  Gingham and polka dot paper is by October Afternoon…scallop ledger paper is from Creative Imaginations.  I edged everything with Antique Linen Distress ink and the ink blending tool (link in sidebar).   Tilda and the sentiment are stamped with Versafine Onyz Black Ink available HERE.

Linking to the Magnolia Down Under Challenge blog today…the theme is polka dots!

♥FAMILY NEWS…..

I wanted to take a minute to tell you our oldest daughter (Heather) has set up a blog, Adoption Miracles,  for our middle daughter’s (Amanda) upcoming adopting two children from Bulgaria.  Right now she is giving away one of my cards!  Cool….  There is a link to Amanda’s blog and the heart warming saga of their adopting two children from Ukraine and now as the journey continues by adopting two more orphans from Bulgaria. Our youngest daughter Breanna and her DH are expecting their second child this month,  so it will be an exciting month here!  By the end of the year Tim and I will have 12 grandchildren!  They are all wonderful!!! As I’m sure all you grandparents out there feel the same way about yours!!!  ♥

♥7KidsCollegeFund NEWS….

The new Magnolia Wedding Collection up in the store for sale HERE!!!!  Some awesome images!!!  Tab has them ALL!!!

Newly added Copic Ink refills HERE

New Penny Black slapstick stamps & clear stamp sets ….some of the older cute stamps HERE and HERE

New Cuttlebug HERE

Lots to check out at the store!  Thanks for giving me a chunk of time out of your day!  ♥ Happy stamping! ♥

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Another Honey beatin’ the heat!

Pam Sparks30 Comments

I love the “Honey”  images that Christine is drawing for her line of stamps,  CC Designs.  The one I’m using today is named, Summer!

Lesa challenged the Design team for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge Blog to a color challenge this week….so you get to be challenged next!  This one sent me searching through my cropper hopper paper holders for awhile…. light yellow,  light blue and pumpkin!!!  This paper is an old set from Chatterbox… the sketch I used is from The Sweet Stop Sketch Challenge Blog.

Here’s what you’ll want to know to play along…we’d LOVE to have you!

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday June 8th to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use the colors, light yellow, light blue and pumpkin on your card or project
  • Have FUN!

Honey is stamped with MEMENTO BLACK INK... colored with COPIC SKETCH MARKERS…GIGGLE (Beach sentiments from ALL THAT SCRAPS) is stamped with VERSAFINE ONYX BLACK INK…FISKARS BEACH WAVES border punch… EK SUCCESS RETRO FLOWER SMALL punch…large flower is from a CUTTLEBUG 2×6 FLOWER DIE SET…BAZZILL TEENY 3 MM BRADS…teeny daisy for the FLOWER CENTERS from Michaels…

I have another Honey card to post this week and a Tilda from Magnolia too!

♥♥♥You’ll see I have a new widget in my sidebar…. pause for a FAMILY MINUTE! lol   Tim and I have three married daughters,  our middle daughter Amanda and son-in-law Tim, have adopted two children from Ukraine, one in Oct. 08 and one in Oct. 09.  They are in the process of adopting two children from Bulgaria this year.  It is amazing and the children are delightful.  They change so fast once they have loving parents, a home, nutritious food and supplements. And of course grandparents!!!  We are so proud of them! Our daughters Heather and Breanna are working to help them with a new blog Adoption Miracles.  If you have time to visit,  I’m sure meeting Henry and Anya will make you smile.  We are anxious to meet Gloria and Mihail (Reece’s Rainbow changes their names when they put them on their website – safety precaution)  later this year also!  Thanks again for stopping by and sharing the love of stamping,  family and friends!

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Lili Ice Cream…

Pam Sparks26 Comments
Info-mercial….and then on to my card….I wanted to let you know some fun Inky Impressions News…. On the Inky Impressions yahoo group check out the monthly challenges and play along  for a chance at a fabulous prize. For the first challenge, one lucky stamper will receive a gift certificate to the Inky store and the prize for the second challenge is your card would be featured on the Inky Impressions yahoo group home page for the next month!!!
Here’s what you need to know …

#1. Every month on the Inky Impressions yahoo group there will be a Home Page contest with a monthly theme. This month the theme is FLOWERS. The winner will have their card displayed for the whole month of June to greet our members every time they sign on to the group. You have till the end of May to enter this contest. Add your photo to the June Homepage Photo album on the yahoo group site.

#2. There is also another challenge on the yahoo group during each month that will follow a theme. The winner will win a gift certificate generously donated by Nicole the owner of Inky Impressions to use at the Inky Impressions store. Woohoo!!! The theme for this month is SUMMER FUN. Please upload your entry to the May Monthly Challenge album in the Photo Album on the yahoo group. The winner will be announced at the beginning of June.

♥♥♥Both challenges are due the last day of the month and we will pick our winners and let you know soon after.♥♥♥

♥♥♥Gotta LOVE this ♥♥♥ just for joining Inky Impressions yahoo group you will automatically get 10% off your Inky Impressions orders. Come join the Inky Impressions yahoo group HERE.

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Rolled flowers,  hand stitching, stamping, coloring and punching,  oh and a little distressing!

I used quilting thread and a quilting teeny needle (size 12) to backstitch around the oval.  I pierced the holes first.  I need to find a little heavier thread though…last time I did this the thread was too heavy…gotta find that happy medium!  This Lili is so cute licking her ice cream cone – She looks like she could be taking a break from working at a drive up ice cream shoppe…one thing about an ice cream shoppe,  you know it’ll always be cool inside!  So… “have some ice cream”  is from a clear stamp set by Hero Arts HERE.

I tried rolled flowers (how to HERE) …I like it!  A one and a quarter inch circle punch for the larger and one inch for the four smaller flowers. The branch is from the Punch Bunch.  The heart stick pin is from Fancy Pants and the pink heart pearl is from Hero Arts HERE.

You can buy Lili Ice Cream HERE,  the border punch HERE,  the nestabilities oval dies HERE,  stamping ink HERE,  Bazzill 3mm teeny brads HERE,  Copics for coloring HERE and the Tim Holtz distressing tool HERE.

Linking to these Challenge blogs…

Have a relaxing and thankful Memorial weekend!  ♥  I appreciate you coming by to visit!

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A Splendid Adventure….

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Honey Sailor is setting out to travel/explore…a Splendid Adventure!

This week for All That Scraps Weekly Wednesday Challenge blog,  Janneke created a sketch for us to follow.  Thanks to Janneke’s inspiration and ideas, I’m learning to love using sketches!  I started from the base up for today’s card.  Picked three colors of Bazzill monochromatic card-stocks, my favorite ever kraft and set out to conquer this sketch challenge!  Yep a splendid adventure indeed…I had fun! lol

We’d LOVE to have you join us in the challenge this week…here is what you’ll want to know to play…

  • your card must include a stamp that is sold in the All That Scraps store
  • one entry per person
  • you have until 10 p.m. EST Tuesday June 1st to load to Mr. Linky on the challenge blog
  • use Janneke’s sketch on your card or project
  • Have FUN!

I stamped Honey Sailor from CC Designs with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored her with Copic Sketch Markers.  Cuttlebug 2×6 dies for the beach elements….EK Success border punch.  A Splendid Adventure is a Stampers Anonymous stamp…Explore and Travel are from a set by PSX all stamped with Versafine Onyx black ink.  I stamped the Sanded background stamp from Stampin Up with Walnut Stain distress ink on the kraft card-stock and elements.  The papers are all edged with Walnut Stain distress ink and the ink blending tool. I “always” work on the craft mat so the ink goes onto the paper from the mat so easily,  much better than working on scrap paper!  really,  it’s amazing and you use less ink and faster!!!  I scored my card base with Martha Stewart’s score board…love it!  So accurate!

♥Tab has added new stamps this week!!!   CC Designs (Adorable Darby and Penelope that I did last week, Honey and Swiss Pixies and more),  Whiff of Joy and you can pre-order the June, Bon Voyage issue of the Magnolia Ink too! 10% off her already discounted prices! LOVE that! ♥♥♥

Here’s Honey waving good-bye for now!