Memory Box… Summer…

August 15, 2013August 26, 2013 Pam Sparks20 Comments

How about some gingham whimsy today?! oh and some dots! Love the Small Circle Burst die cut in the Bluebird Gingham Memory Box card-stock. I backed it with Squash Dots Memory Box card-stock.

My card made it into the Splitcoast Stampers Weekly Favorites! Thank you Sharon!

I started this card back in June…kept changing my mind about this and that…then the new Merry and Bright collection came out and I got side tracked with Christmas cards! Then it worked out to try the NEW Melinda Corner and the NEW Pinecone Corner dies for the bottom…

I think they would even work for a man’s birthday. Love the silver truck! : ) Oh wait…my friend Linda drives a silver truck…perfect for her! hehe

Here’s the other one…

Let’s go for a ride! Enjoy the outdoors! Looks like rain here for today but tomorrow promises to be sunny!

Thanks for visiting today!

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Shop for supplies…

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Birthday · cards · copics · Magnolia · rubber stamps · Summer

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges – Birthday!

June 28, 2013June 28, 2013 Pam Sparks29 Comments

It’s my week to be up at Tilda’s Town Challenges! We’re celebrating! Birthday is the theme this week. I love this Tilda With Lace Flag! So cute! I added the Freedom background stamp, Liberty Banner and Happy Birthday stamp, all available at Tilda’s Town.com!

Click over to Tilda’s Town Challenges, HERE and enjoy the inspiration from the Design Team and enter the weekly challenge! We’d love to have you! Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

Tilda’s Town is a most magical shop specializing in Magnolia Stamps. Over 1,100 stamps in stock at all times. Tilda’s Town offers FREE worldwide shipping on every order, every day. You can also save up to an additional 20% on your purchase by using one of the famous coupon codes. Shop at Tilda’s Town.com and live the magic.

Linking to some other challenges too…
Lovely hÄnglar and Sweet Magnolia – favorite colors (kraft and red)
Totally Tilda – Going for a Song (Star Spangled Banner)
Simon Says Stamp – Anything Goes

Happy 4th to the USA! A birthday of sorts! : ) Have a wonderful weekend and thanks for stopping! Thank you for all the wonderful comments… sure is encouraging and I love hearing from you!

cards · CAS · Distress Ink coloring · Perfect Layers Tools · Printworks · rubber stamps · Summer

Printworks and other things…

August 22, 2012September 16, 2012 Pam Sparks13 Comments

Is it neon enough? lol Just had to try out the Summer Limited Edition Distress inks finally! This is Picked Raspberry and Mowed Lawn. Hot pink FUN! I’ve been noticing the neon trend… didn’t realize I’d be trying it out too! lol

The stamps are from Printworks… love this bicyle HERE, the flowers HERE in the basket are separate and the sentiment HERE just finishes off the theme!

I love Printworks stamps and Nicole just sent out an email with awesome news! I’ll copy and paste it below…if you’re already thinking Halloween… I have some fun cards posted HERE, HERE, a close up HERE and the inside HERE using Printworks stamps and they’re in the store HERE and HERE

And… here’s another one!

…from PW email newsletter…

As a thank you to our loyal customers we have decided to lower our shipping costs across the board. We understand times have been hard, but you guys have never left our side! We are hoping this will help you enjoy your favorite hobby a little easier.

Shipping Costs are now:

Under $20: $5.00

$21 – $49: $7.00

***Over $50: FREE***

Shop our Halloween Collection and enjoy the new shipping costs! Wood mounted stamps HERE and Cling mount HERE. Be sure to check both… there are more in the wood.

We are still working on adding more and more of our products every day. If there is something in particular you can’t find, drop us an email at printworkscollection@yahoo.com and we’ll move it to the top of the list.

…more about markers…
if you color a lot like me, with markers from different brands…you know how much you value your hand-colored chart! I found this blog the other day with blank charts for Promarkers and Flexmarkers… cool… thought I’d pass on the link in case you’re a marker collector too! Check them out HERE!

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…I think that’s all for now! lol Have a good rest of the week and I’ll be back Friday with a card for Tilda’s Town challenges… hey! You can still get in on this weeks challenge… check it out @ Tilda’s Town Challenges HERE! The challenge is ‘Late Summer Fun’… a good one! = )

Card Sketch · cards · copics · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Summer · Tilda's Town

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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Stamps and Such…

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cards · Marianne Design · Marianne Design Creatables · Step card · Summer · Tutorials

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 …