Printworks…New stamps…New coupon code!

February 11, 2014February 18, 2014 Pam Sparks18 Comments

I LOVE the NEW Birthday stamps from Printworks! SO FUN to watercolor the Happy Birthday stamp with Printworks stamp pad ink! Click HERE to shop the collection in CLING stamps… Click HERE to shop the collection in WOOD mount stamps. Be sure to click on the other Birthday categories too… so many stamps that coordinate! On the inside I used this stamp… in the store HERE

Isn’t that an awesome sentiment! Love it! Sweet! Balloons are a Marvy punch and the balloon strings are white Button thread.

Linking up to some challenges…
Feeling Crafty – dies or punches
Fairytale – More than two colors
Case This Sketch
Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge – We love stamps
Die Cut Divas – use pink

Here’s the deal…

Printworks has a free shipping Valentine’s special this week for orders over $20, code: VDAY2014

THEN for the frosting on that cake…

ADD this code in the comment section of your order PAM2014 for 5% off and Printworks will get back to you with an updated total!

Now that’s a Happy Birthday! lol

Another charming snowman named Snowballs from Printworks! I love the wire heart on the bucket handle and the sweet bird! hahaha… a bucket/pail for the hat… so cute! I watercolored this guy with Distress Ink markers on Canson watercolor paper. I used Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Marker for the snow in the pail and the snowball.

On the inside…

The other stamps I used are…

Happy Winter
Let the Good Times Roll
Diamond Dust
Ribbon Border
Snowballs

Here’s a link to Printworks Collection’s Facebook page… click over to like and keep up with all the latest news!

Linking up to some challenges…
Sketch Saturday
Papertake Weekly – with a heart

Happy Everything to you! Thanks for stopping by! Love having you and LOVE and appreciate your encouraging words! Thank you so much! You’re the BEST!

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Printworks Snowgirl…

January 14, 2014January 14, 2014 Pam Sparks31 Comments

So SWEET! I love her… her name is Twinkle Toes! Turn on the Twinkle my card says! Adorable!

I colored her up last week with Distress Ink markers on Canson Watercolor paper. I love how easy it is to color with these markers and this paper! I promised a gal that I would make a short video…so that’s on my to do list!

Broken China
Pumice Stone
Bundles Sage
Worn Lipstick
Wild Honey
Vintage Photo

I sewing machine stitched across the top, leaving long strings over on the right for the stars to hang down from. Then just stitched straight across the bottom.

See the shimmer on the stars? That’s from the Wink of Stella Clear Glitter Brush marker! Awesome!

I used my trusty Perfect Layers Tools… MUST HAVE tools… such a time saver! I don’t think I could mat a card without them anymore! Link over on the right or below with the other links. This is AWESOME NEWS!!!! NOW there is a set of mini rulers! oh WOW! Can’t wait to get them! Check them out HERE click on shop! Be sure to use my code to save ‘sparks5%’!

PERFECT LAYERS MINI BORDER TOOL SET (TOOLS 1 & 2)

Perfect Layers is now available in the perfect size for Card making and photo matting!

Each Perfect Layers mini tool is 7 inches in length and each has 4 different measurements per tool.

The 2 tools give you 8 different measurements for Perfectly straight, perfectly spaced perfect layers with NO MEASURING!

Perfect Layers Mini comes packed in a handy travel pouch, great for crafting on the go!

Perfect layers Mini tools work with the same patented Catch lip system as our regular sized perfect layers but they are just the perfect size for Card making and Photo Matting. Perfect Layers is a MUST if you want to create perfect borders, frames and layered effects. Using Perfect Layers, you can cut from 1/16 of an inch (very thin borders), up to 5/8 of an inch (bold borders), WITH NO MEASURING REQUIRED!!

I’m linking up to the Merry Monday Christmas Challenge – Snowman
Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes
CASology – Dot

Hope she makes you smile! Printworks has the most adorable images and sentiments! There’s a SPECIAL going on right now! Do you receive their email newsletter? Sign up if you don’t… Printworks Collection.com

Here’s the special and if you want me to forward the email to you, click on the contact/email me tab under the header with your email address and I will!

Check out the Printworks FB page

By putting LOVE2014 into the Comments Section of your order online you will receive a special Valentine’s Day themed gift with your order!

Also, the following products will be 10% off now through Valentine’s Day!

A3869, E3191, F4217, F4217-R, G4219, G4219-R,
CP008, STP01, and #161-501

I think Twinkle Toes would be cute with a heart between her arms instead of a star! All it’d take is a few cuts and a heart! We all have hearts, that’s for sure! lol

Thanks for looking today and for all your wonderful comments! You are always so encouraging! I appreciate it!

Here’s some of the other products I used to make this card!

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Joe Kool meets Holiday Online Card Class…

November 12, 2013November 13, 2013 Pam Sparks25 Comments

Joe Kool visited our city bearing snow and cold yesterday! He decided it was SNOW time! It was still here this a.m. but the sun was out strong and melted it all away by afternoon…I’m sure Joe Kool will be back! haha Gotta have a white Christmas!

I really hesitated signing up for this online class… didn’t register until Sunday! In the past I’ve always struggled making the time to complete any of the assignments. For this session there is a day between classes and that was just the break I needed to make one of the assignments! hip hip hooray! I hope I can do some more!

What fun! I love kraft, red, black and white! Throw in the washi tape, twine and a snowman and I’m smilin’!

Joe Kool is just one of the many awesome snowmen from Printworks Collection. You can find him in the store HERE. The sentiment snow time HERE and Happy everything HERE.

I stamped Joe with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers. Get a load of that sparkle!!! You’ve heard about the Wink of Stella glitter brush markers?! WAY cool, like Joe! Check them out HERE! I used the white, red and dark green ones. (brushed right over the coloring) They dry fast too!

Inside…a gift card holder crafted with vellum and washi tape. I didn’t have a gift card to put in the pocket, so I put a piece of green card-stock in there for the photo. Now you can see the white embossed happy everything! (don’t mind the few specks of white…insert TIP…when you’re embossing on vellum… put a dark paper behind so you can see said specks! Just pretend they’re snow! All better now)

Snowflake punch is this one… HERE.

Challenges…
Addicted to Stamps – punches or dies
Seize the Sketch – sketch
Paper Playtime – sparkle
Shopping Our Stash – use something already out on your desk (wink of stella pens, copics, stamp pads, washi tape, twine)

Just plain fun! Thanks for looking! Love it when you stop by! Always love to hear from you too! Take care and stay warm!

Supplies I used…

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cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Memory Box · Poppystamps · rubber stamps · Snowman · Winter

Memory Box and Poppystamps Christmas in the City…

September 24, 2013September 25, 2013 Pam Sparks15 Comments

I know… Christmas again?!!! yes… tomorrow… tomorrow won’t be Christmas cards!!! I hope! lol

You have to love these mini snowmen though! So cute to tuck in a scene!

Can you see them? One in front of the NEW Memory Box City Globe stamp, hatless… brrrrr …then two out front. I used the Poppystamps Pine Border die cut in MB Dill cardstock too. I cut off a few trees and placed them with the hatless snowman and then a piece out front with the two more. (three different hats and four snowmen on the die)

The City Globe stamp is inked with black pigment ink and clear embossed, behind a panel with a circle cut out of it, then two cuts of the NEW MB Fabulous Holly Wreath die glued on the circle panel.

It’s Christmas Time in the City is a NEW sentiment stamp from MB and comes with a little holly stamp on the end of it. I inked the sentiment with Versafine Black ink and the holly with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored it with Copics and added Christmas Red Stickles to the berries.

Red twine and Red Glitter Domes or Red Pearls to finish it off! Oh, wouldn’t a jingle bell be cute tied on the bow?!!! An A-2 size card, just right for mailing! Use a piece of that really thin foam like packaging sheet over the front, inside the envelope, to help keep the envelope from puncturing while going through the postal machines.

I love the freshness of this card… the green against the white… the candy cane sweetness from the twine. Love this new stamp… it’s great with the MB snow globe dies too!

Happy Tuesday and I’m off to get ready for tomorrow’s blog skip with Perfect Paper Crafting and Operation Write Home. See you tomorrow! Thanks for Looking! ‘preciate it! Have a good day!

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Memory Box and Poppystamps…

September 11, 2013September 11, 2013 Pam Sparks19 Comments

Happy Day! I could hardly wait to get my hands on the new Poppystamps dies and stamps! My order came Monday so I stopped everything yesterday and made two A-2 size cards! lol Back to Christmas cards for a couple days!

There…you can see the embossing on the sleigh in this photo! So cool! I combined the new Poppystamps dies, Santa’s Magic Sleigh, Small Garden Sprig, Woodland Fawn with Memory Box ‘All is Calm’ stamp, Winter Cabin Landscape, Bare Sapling, Twiggy Tree and Silent Snowfall.

It might look like the sky is black but it really is Memory Box Sapphire card-stock…it’s navy! I just can’t capture the colors right. I need a new lens. I keep forgetting to shop for one! ugh.

Frosted Lace stickles for the snow and Distress Peeled Paint stickles on the scarf. Red Glitter Domes on the sleigh.

Of course I had to have the snowman! Salutations! Yes, he’s waving at you! : )

Meet Poppystamps Bundled Snowman stationed in front of the Country Fence and Mountain Top Trees stamp and die set. The sentiment, snow place like home, is from Memory Box.

I left this card very CAS…could easy add snow though. When you see it IRL, it just doesn’t need the sparkle to shine, in my opinion! lol

He’s got personality! (waves g’bye) Thanks for stopping by today… fun to share my excitement over new dies again! I’ll be back tomorrow with a card and video for the Memory Box blog but I’ll post them both here too! ttul!