Tilda’s Town Magnolia card and some tags…

November 19, 2014 Pam Sparks14 Comments

Sweet Christmas childhood memories… I’m sure we all had a rocking horse of some kind or other! This cutie is one of the dies from the Magnolia DooHickeys Club Kit #2, All I Want For Christmas. It is chock full of cuteness! Here’s the tag I made with the Santa and border that are also part of the kit. Lots of dies for a great price and a little magazine full of ideas too! OH, almost forgot! The little lace piece is another die in the kit… see… tons more too!

I die cut the Rocking Horse die from white card-stock and colored it with Copics. The words happy and christmas are from Paper Smooches.

I made this card for Tilda’s Town Challenges this week. We’d love to have you link up if you’re a Magnolia fan!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

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Last Friday at our area stamp club meeting we swapped Christmas tags. I made two and let the gal that got my name choose which one she wanted.

I made a bookmark style tag with Paper Smooches dies and the PTI Tinsel and Tags set and then a Snowglobe style tag with PTI Tinsel and Tags set, the Winter die and snowglobe die.

I could make tags all day! lol So much fun with all the new stamps and dies out there! Hope you are having a good time using your stash too or shopping to increase your stash … oh my… so much! I’m addicted! lol

Thanks for stopping by!

Supplies, stamps and dies I used…

InLinkz.com

CAS · Christmas · copics · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Tags · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenge, Christmas!

November 1, 2014November 19, 2014 Pam Sparks27 Comments

Have you seen the adorable Magnolia Doohickey die club kit #2? So FUN! Love it! I will be making some more tags and using them on cards this Christmas!

The challenge at Tilda’s Town Challenges this week is Christmas, optional add a tag… well, I just made tags and they are Christmas… just a little backwards! haha

Maybe you’re like me and it’s time to do a little coloring again…well… I did color Santa’s face with Copics! hoho

We’d love to have you play in the challenges!

Each week there is a random winner, chosen by Inlinkz, for a $10 gift certificate to Tilda’s Town.com!

I’ll link to the All I want for Christmas die club kit and the products I used below.

Joining

Addicted to CAS challenge – Tag

Crazy 4 Challenges – add a mustache

Crafting for all Seasons – tag it

Crafty Hazelnuts Christmas Challenge – anything goes

Live and Love Crafts Challenge – favorite Christmas colors

Die Cut Divas – holiday

Challenge Up Your Life – anything goes

ShowCASe Your Style – tic tac toe

Cute As a Button Challenge – Christmas/Winter

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to scroll down to see the video I posted yesterday with the NEW poppy dies from poppystamps!

ttul!

Dies and products I used today…

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Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Spring!

March 22, 2014September 29, 2014 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Time for Tilda’s Town Challenges! Spring is the challenge this week… a fun change in colors and well…almost anything goes for Spring!

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!

I used this super cute Skateboard Tilda… she’s been playing hard… she must’ve skinned her knee and forgot to pull her jeans back down! lol Behind her is the Vintage Swedish Background stamp.

I colored with Distress Markers…her hair got a little dark, oops, I used Vintage Photo first but didn’t like it so I went back and used Gathered Twigs over it. Next time I’m just going to use Gathered Twigs and see what that looks like.

Her face is a light wash of Vintage Photo and then Tattered Rose, like I did in a video…under the header photo you’ll find the video tab…pull down.

Shirt and tennis shoes are Spun Sugar and Worn Lipstick. Faded Jeans on the jeans. Tree trunks are Gathered Twigs. Grass is Mowed Lawn. Sidewalk is Pumice Stone. Skateboard is Shaded Lilac. Sky is Tumbled Glass.

Stamped with Ranger Archival Black ink on Canson Motval 90# watercolor paper.

I cut the scene with some new (to me) Square Spellbinder dies and then floral corners are from Magnolia. Flower Swirl Corner DooHickeys die.

The finished card is 5 ½ in. square.

*** Linking up to…
Lovely hÄnglar and Sweet Magnolia – Flower Power
Time For Magnolia Challenge – Spring is in the Air
Dutch Magnolia Lovers – Spring is in the Air
CASology – Blush

It was fun to color again. : ) Happy weekend everyone! Some grocery shopping to do, nothing real exciting.

Well, not sure I’ve told you, but, our youngest daughter is expecting and it won’t be long until grandchild number 16 is here!!! woohoo! We’re excited. She’s knitting up a storm… she makes the sweetest things. I’ll have to post something on my FB page. I have shared a couple photos of what our middle daughter is up to. She purchased a loom and is weaving… oh my… so amazing! Our oldest daughter sews and creates adorable things too! Like my FB page and I’ll share once in awhile what they’re up to. Link is over on the right.

Thanks for stopping by! I love sharing and chatting with you! ttul!

Supplies I used on my card…

InLinkz.com

cards · copics · Magnolia · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Spring · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Anything Goes…

February 22, 2014February 26, 2014 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Everybody’s talkin’ about it! hmmmm…. I look out the window and we’re covered with snow! hohoho Well, a couple days this past week felt like there would soon be a possibility of Spring coming to Iowa! Course we had rain too…pass on rain. ha Alice, quit laughing at me! I love umbrellas but I would just as soon use them for snow! haha

Oh, this is not a weather report, you say?! Oh, ok, well, here’s Tilda with Flowing Hair! She’s a doll and showing off for this week’s Anything Goes Challenge over @ Tilda’s Town Challenges!

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!

I used some of the new dies from Memory Box, very fun! I LOVE the new Kensington Border, Toulouse Background and Blooming Branch dies. I did cut the big flower off the Toulouse Background for this card though. I also used the Dancing Butterflies die and Memory Box Spring Greetings rubber stamp.

My Mind’s Eye Pattern Paper, pearls and Strathmore color card-stock for the frame and card base.

Challenges I’m linking my card to…
Time For Magnolia – Tilda only
Dutch Magnolia Lovers – Anything Goes
Challenge For Everybody – Anything Goes
A Creative Romance – Sentiment
Stampin for the Weekend – Flower Power
Stamp and Create with Magnolia – Spring
Crafty Hazelnuts Pattern Paper Challenge – Anything Goes
PaperTake Weekly – lovely layers
7Kids Challenge – Anything Goes
One Crazy Stamper – Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by today! ‘preciate it!

Stamps, dies and supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

Birthday · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town

Distress Marker coloring video and card…

January 25, 2014February 18, 2014 Pam Sparks19 Comments

My card for Tilda’s Town Challenges today is colored with Distress Markers in a watercolor way. I used Lovelypop Tilda for a birthday card because the theme is Celebrate!

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!

Have you tried it? Here’s a video of how I color with Distress Markers on Canson Cold Press watercolor paper. It’s very basic but if you are curious how to begin, it might be an encouragement to you.

I did make this in HD, so you can click the gear and watch it that way if you want.

Here’s a close up but remember… I was coloring standing up so it’s kinda messier than usual! : ) I think coloring on Cold Press paper has a different look than Hot Press paper for sure and definitely different than Copic coloring. I have to keep telling my self that it’s ok! lol

I’m linking my birthday card to Seize the Birthday Challenge – option this time is coloring
And just to make you laugh…how would you answer this question? huh? Did you or didn’t you? Remember that white paste??? I do! lol

Thanks for stopping by! If you color with Distress Markers, let me know so I can visit you!

Supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · Distress Ink coloring · Magnolia · Marianne Design · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town… Winter Fun!

January 11, 2014January 13, 2014 Pam Sparks18 Comments

Living in Iowa.. you know how to get ‘All Bundled Up’ to go outside for any amount of time. That’s the theme this week at Tilda’s Town Challenges!

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!

I used the new In the Snow Heart Tilda and In the Snow Scarf Tilda. I just love how they look like they are having a snowball fight! It’s been too cold here to even think of being outside…now it’s the other extreme! lol Although if a person hurried, they could build a snowman quick before it melted.

I colored these cuties with Distress Ink markers on Canson Cold Press watercolor paper. I loved Jay Jay’s card using these two…love her watercoloring with pencils! I had to have them then! Stamps are great Christmas presents! lol

Here’s the Distress marker colors I used…

Face – tattered rose/worn lipstick on the cheeks

snowballs/sky – tumbled glass

red is all Fired Brick

Green is Peeled Paint

In the Snow Scarf Tilda – Brown is Vintage Photo (hat and pants) Shoes – Walnut Stain, Hair – Mustard and Vintage Photo

In the Snow Heart Tilda – pants – Faded Jeans, Shoes – Vintage Photo, Hair – Antique Linen and Walnut Stain

Ground – Pumice Stone

The tree is a Marianne Designs die… the snowflakes are a pack of embellishments I grabbed while out shopping one day…kinda crazy purchase when you have so many punches and dies already! ugh. They came in handy today when I needed something quick!

I used the Perfect Layers Tools to mat the image and the red layer. They are so awesome! Link on the right in the sidebar.

I’m linking to the Midweek Magnolia Challenge – New Stash

Thanks for stopping by today! It was fun to do some coloring. I’ll be back soon with a Printworks snowman and more NEW Memory Box!

cards · Christmas · Distress Ink coloring · Magnolia · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Step card · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Christmas Challenge…

December 14, 2013December 14, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

‘O Holy Night’…looking at this card IRL takes me right to the true meaning of Christmas! I love this Nativity Collection from Magnolia Rubber Stamps! Edwin the Wiseman is colored with Distress markers on Canson watercolor paper and has a sparkly coat and crown from the Wink of Stella Clear Brush Glitter marker. I love the Star of Wonder Memory Box dies cut from the Silver Coredinations glitter card-stock too!

Here’s a close up of Edwin…

The Challenge at Tilda’s Town for this week, starting today is Christmas!

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!

I used A Merry Christmas text stamp HERE, Edwin as Wiseman HERE, Jacob the Camel HERE and Paradise Palm HERE. Star of Wonder dies HERE.

Challenges I’m linking to…
Cute Card Thursday – Christmas Catch up
Magnolia Down Under – Anything Goes
You, Me and Magnolia – Christmas
Time for Magnolia – Christmas in Anything but Square

Thanks for visiting my blog today! Always love having you ‘over’! I’m still hoping to get a few more Christmas cards made! Last minute me! Oh wait, I better do some shopping too! lol

Take care and ttul!

cards · Christmas · copics · Impression Obsession · Magnolia · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Tilda in the Forest…

October 18, 2013October 21, 2013 Pam Sparks32 Comments

Chop, chop! Time to find the perfect tree! Well, not quite yet but it won’t be long!!!! waaahhh… stop the train… I’m not ready for it to be almost November!!! Trains on the brain… birthday boy cards coming up next! lol

Time for Tilda’s Town Challenge Friday… yep, you guessed it… the challenge is Christmas! I finally used the Magnolia Doohickeys Christmas Lace die.. isn’t it pretty?!

Tilda in the Forest is stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink on Beckett Expression Card-stock and colored with Copic Sketch Markers.

Face – E000, 00, 21, 11, 13
Hair – E30, 32, 23, 25, 27
Red – R24, 27, 29, 59
Green – YG91, 93, 95, 97
Blue – B93, 95, 97
Brown – E43, 44, 47
Gray – T1, 3, 5

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!

I’m entering my card in the following Challenges…
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge – Christmas
Deep Ocean Challenge – Christmas is ’round the corner
Addicted to stamps Challenge – Make your mark (copic coloring)
Lovely hÄnglar or Sweet Magnolia Challenge – Dots or stripes
Christmas Cards All Year Long – Getting ready for Christmas
Crafting Musketeers – Christmas in October
Splitcoast Stampers – CC13

Thanks for looking! You always make me smile! Thanks so much for your friendship and comments! I LOVE them! : ) Have a great weekend and ttul!

Supplies I used…

InLinkz.com

cards · copics · Fall · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges…

September 6, 2013September 17, 2013 Pam Sparks24 Comments

Happy September to you! Tilda’s happy and feeling good about an A+ already! I loved this cutie Chess Tilda when I saw her… our challenge at Tilda’s Town this week is Something Old and Something New. Well… the new was challenging. I went with stuff I hadn’t used yet… Tilda, the medal stamp and the pattern papers had not been cut into yet! ugh… unfortunately I have a lot of that! lol The desk stamp is old…meaning I’ve used it before!

I stamped the images with Memento Tuxedo Black ink, on Copic X-press it card and colored with Copic Sketch markers.

Skin – YR0000, E000, E00, E21, E11 and R20
Hair – E50, YR21, YR31, E 35
Shirt – BG70, 72,75
Jeans – YR27, E99, E35
Shoes – E30, 31, 34, 35
Apple – R22, 24, 27, 29, 59
Desk – E42, 43, 44, 47, 49

I paper pieced the medal. Perfect Layers Tools to cut the mats…link in my sidebar.

I’m linking up to Deconstructed Sketch 117 – used this sketch to make the card base
ABC Challenges – coloring with markers
Simon Says Monday Challenge – Stamping All Stars… that’d be Magnolia today!
Time For Magnolia Challenge – Anything Goes
Dutch Magnolia Lovers Challenge – Back to School
Magnolia-licious Challenge – CAS
A Creative Romance Challenge – CAS

happy day! My card won Top Three @ Dutch Magnolia Lovers! yay!

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!

Thanks for visiting my blog today! Always enjoy having you over! : )

cards · CAS · Christmas · copics · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Winter

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges…

August 23, 2013 Pam Sparks10 Comments

The challenge at Tilda’s Town this week is Christmas! I got it into my head to go for CAS… well… it’s pretty IRL but oh my… so hard to capture shiny, shimmery, gold and glitter on camera!

I colored with Copics… G20’s, R30’s, YR21’s and a metallic silver gel pen.

Put the double sided tape sheet over it and used the Art Glittering system’s diamond dust glitter all over it.

I used the Jingle Jangle Tangle stamp and A Merry Christmas Text stamp from Magnolia, available at Tilda’s Town.com . I heat embossed the sentiment with gold ultra fine embossing powder.

Cut the layers with my Perfect Layers Rulers… LOVE them… link over in the right sidebar and tutorial under the header…pull down under tutorials.

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!

Thanks for stopping by! Hard to believe Summer is winding down… time goes by so fast. We’re heading to a 50th wedding anniversary reception tomorrow afternoon for one of my sisters! A BIG Congratulations to Doris and Harvey! : ) I was the flower girl in their wedding! Wish I had a picture of that! lol I remember breaking the heel off of my new white shoes at the reception. So funny what you remember… memories…

ttul!

cards · copics · Magnolia · Memory Box · rubber stamps · Step card · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, On the Road Tilda…

August 9, 2013 Pam Sparks22 Comments

Hi everyone! Wow! Time Flies! I’ve been gone and now it’s time to switch gears from what I’ve been doing! That’s a challenge! lol I’ve missed you all!!!

Time for this week’s challenge at Tilda’s Town challenges blog. We’re celebrating ‘Special Occasions’…. hope you can get inky and play along!

I love this new Tilda from the Sea Breeze Collection… you’ll find her 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!

Thanks for stopping by! Hope your Summer has been good!

cards · copics · Hero Arts · Magnolia · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenges, Anything Goes…

July 12, 2013July 12, 2013 Pam Sparks17 Comments

For this week’s Tilda’s Town Challenge I just had to color one of the new Tilda’s from the Special Moment Collection. So sweet and so fun to color! I stamped her on Copic X-press it card with Memento Tuxedo Black ink and colored with Copic Sketch Markers…

Hair – E50, YR31, YR21, YR23
Skin – YR0000, E000, E00, E21, E11, E13
Dress and Flowers – B91, B93
Ribbon – B95, B97
Shoes and white lace – gray N’s
Leaves and Flower centers – YG21, YG23, YG25

My card today was inspired by my friend Jan. Well, the card base is what she had us make at stamp club in April. It was laying on my desk, still not put together! I saw it, laid Tilda on it and loved her there! yea! Thanks Jan!

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!

Thanks for stopping by today! It’s been a posting week for sure! Thanks for all the wonderful, encouraging comments!

cards · Distress Ink coloring · Doohickey's Dies · Magnolia · Paper Smooches · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Watercolor

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town, Tilda!

June 14, 2013June 17, 2013 Pam Sparks17 Comments

Use Your Stash! is the challenge this week at Tilda’s Town Challenges. So out came a Tilda I haven’t used yet, colored with Distress Ink Markers with water on Langton Prestige Hot Press Watercolor paper and the only paper anywhere near the Milled Lavender color is this old Wild Asparagus pattern paper from My Minds Eye. I know… in the photos the paper doesn’t looked lavender at all but IRL, it is a pretty soft lavender!!! Imagine…. hehe

Tilda has a little garden happenin’ here… love this sentiment from Paper Smooches! Dies are all Magnolia Doohickeys… check ’em out @ Tilda’s Town.com!

Perfect Layers rulers 1/4 in. and 1/16 in. to frame and mat Tilda…Link and shopping discount code in my sidebar. Videos on using them…pull down the tutorial tab under the header.

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!

Linking up to Oozak Challenge – Anything Goes/sentiment

Thanks for stopping by today! Great to have you! Time for a weather report…it looks like rain so Tilda’s little garden is going to keep growing!

Birthday · cards · copics · Distress Ink coloring · Magnolia · Perfect Layers Tools · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenge…

May 31, 2013June 2, 2013 Pam Sparks16 Comments

Let’s Celebrate! This week’s challenge @ Tilda’s Town.

I colored Birthday Tilda with Distress ink pad reinkers on Canson Montval cold press watercolor paper. The pattern paper is from the Basic Grey Blush 6×6 paper pad. I used two DooHickeys dies, Twisted Swirl and Heart Flower Lace Border.

I edged the papers with Walnut Stain Distress ink and the ink blending tool. Stickles on the candles!

Tilda is such a cutie with her yummy chocolate cake! A Viva Decor pearl pen for the dots in the background and the pearl is from Magnolia too.

I used the Perfect Layer Tools 1/16th inch ruler for matting… link and discount code in my sidebar…

Linking up to Midweek Magnolias Challenge blog – Make it sparkle/glitter and bling!

Thanks for stopping by and hope you can play along with us this week @ Tilda’s Town!

Birthday · Card Sketch · cards · Distress Ink coloring · Lawn Fawn · Magnolia · Quickutz · rubber stamps · Tilda's Town · Watercolor

Magnolia, Tilda’s Town Challenge…

May 17, 2013May 23, 2013 Pam Sparks28 Comments

Time for Tilda’s Town’s weekly challenge…this week…’use a Magnolia background stamp’. I used Tilda’s Summer Car with Cool Edwin from the Sweet Rainbow Collection and colored with Distress Ink Marker watercoloring. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the You Are Special collection.

I used the Deconstructed Sketch #101 and will link to it, but my image was too big to cut into a circle. I love fishtails but I didn’t have enough room, so I used an old Quickutz arrow die to mimic them and thought that went with the car. It was definitely my inspiration but I did have to change it up to work for my image!

I’m linking to Midweek Magnolias Challenge … Birthday is the theme.

Simply Create Too …Anything Goes

and Dutch Magnolia Lovers …Make a card inspired by a song… “let’s go fly a kite”