Magnolia, Edwin in Miami…

July 14, 2012July 14, 2012 Pam Sparks37 Comments

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What a cute kid! Edwin and his big tennies just make a gal smile! Right now he’s Edwin in Miami… I’ve never been to Florida! Do I need to go there? I’m not a fan of swimming or relaxing even.. unless it’s reading a book! If there were stamp stores to visit…hehe

This is my card for Tilda’s Town Challenges this week… create a card for a man or boy and use Edwin!

I used a Sweet Stop Sketches Sketch #165

Linking to the following challenges…

The Stamp Man – anything goes/summer colors
Paper Crafting Journey – Summer
Fab ‘n Funky – Summer Holiday
Midweek Magnolias – Let’s look at Edwin

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Edwin is stamped on Papertrey white select card-stock with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.
Hair E50, 51, 53, 55, 57
Skin E0000, 000, 00, 11 and E30 for cheek color
Shirt BG000, 01, 02
Shorts E40, 41, 42, 43
Shoes N00, 0,3,5
orange YR000, 00, 01, 02

Martha Stewart Beach shell border punch (no longer available) in orange card-stock and EK Success Wave border punch in blue green.

Nestabilities label die and don’t ‘ya love the layers… perfect layers tools are so awesome for creating layers…HERE’S my video where I’m showing how they work…. be sure you use a full size Xacto knife/craft knife!

Super cute little puffy stickers from EK Success.

I used Broken China and Antique linen Distress inks and the ink blending tool to add color to the background while the cut was still in the die. I leave the cut in the die and flip it over and go around the edge with my embossing stylus to deepen the embossing… I show how to do this type of embossing while in the die in this video HERE.

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Every once in awhile it’s just fun to work with bright colors! Hope you’re enjoying the season where ever you are! Thanks for visiting my blog… I love to share with you!

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Marianne Design Scandinavian House and Bicycle scene…

July 4, 2012May 27, 2014 Pam Sparks49 Comments

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As American as Bicycles, Baseball and Apple Pie is my little country scene today… Happy 4th of July! I love the little stars on wires in the bicycle basket!
Lots of Marianne Design dies on this step card…

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(I just realized that when you load a video to You Tube they make it fit their window and it cuts off parts of the top and bottom. Wish I’d realized this sooner… hope you can still get an idea of what I did)

This was so fun to make! ttul!

Here’s the dies and supplies I used …

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Thanks for stopping by!

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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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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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