The Cutest “Group” EVER!!!

October 3, 2011October 3, 2011 Pam Sparks21 Comments

Time for the October Release and Preview Days at All That Scraps!!! Christine has illustrated the cutest, sweetest new images for Christmas in her Swiss Pixies line… this one called the “Group” and another “Baby Jesus and Angel”. You can see the ATS Design Team creations for today on the ATS blog, HERE. We’re also previewing some of the new dies from CC Designs Cutters line… the 5 Point Flower die and the Leaves die. I AM SO EXCITED TO HAVE THIS LEAVES DIE! It is a pair of leaf branches – NOT just ONE but a pair! I love that I don’t have to flip one over to have it go the other direction! I told Christine this and she did it for me!!! and YOU too! Hurrah! Two awesome sentiment sets…Amy R Stamps for Christmas! oooooohhhhh….love how they work together… I used them on this card too!

THE BEST THING is today the whole release is in the store HERE!!! YOU DON’T HAVE TO WAIT! Sorry for yelling in caps but it’s so exciting!!! You are going to want them all…hehe The DT will be showing more tomorrow and Wednesday also…I do LOVE Christmas but I think you probably already knew that about me!

Here’s a close up of the 5 Point Flower and Leaves dies…

I colored these images with distress ink refills and used the Christmas pad from Authentique! Stitched it on the sewing machine, I use heavier thread so it shows up better. I drew in the z looking trim on his cap with a copic multiliner pen.

Have a great Monday and have fun lookin’ and shoppin’! ttul

cards · CAS · Fall · Halloween · Printworks · rubber stamps · Watercolor

Singing Pumpkins….

October 1, 2011September 16, 2012 Pam Sparks20 Comments

Look at these adorable caroling pumpkins!!! They are called the Pumpkin Quartet! They just make me smile! New cling rubber stamps from Printworks, HERE…don’t you ❤ it! I colored the pumpkins with Printworks Designer ink stamp pads, Tangerine, Sunflower Yellow, Ivy and Oak brown. The window and around the window I painted with the Granite Gray stamp pad ink. There is a video about painting with Printworks designer ink on the new website under Creative Lab and then techniques, HERE. I cut out the windows with my EK Success really sharp scissors. I stamped the images and sentiments with Versafine Onyx Black ink. I used the full size pad for the window and pumpkins and the little square pad for the sentiment this time because I separated the lines… it’s real easy to ink them up separately with the little square pad… love that thing! Yes, I used my stamp a ma jig…I tell you, I can’t stamp without it!

Here’s a close up of the window…

the inside…

you can see I mounted a piece of back card-stock on the inside left with mounting squares…love these 3-L squares…they are so nice…the backing paper comes off so easy and if you’re careful and don’t press them down right away, you can usually carefully pull it back up if you didn’t get the piece right where you wanted it and reposition, then push them down nice and secure.

I’m linking my card to The Secret Crafter Saturday Challenge blog, the theme is Halloween… to Stamps and Fun, the theme is anything goes… to Crafting for all Seasons, the theme is fall colors and to I Brake For Challenges, the theme is Fallin’ for you.

Here’s a picture at an angle. Hopefully you can see the layers…

Join the choir of pumpkins and sing a song of Halloween! Hope we made you sing and smile!!! Thanks for stopping by…’preciate it!

Stamps and stuff I used on this card…

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Birthday · cards · Printworks · rubber stamps · Summer · Watercolor

Slug bug…no slugs back!

August 29, 2011August 29, 2011 Pam Sparks15 Comments

Remember all the Summer trips across the country looking for “bugs”?! haha Our parents were goin’ nuts trying to keep everyone from fighting! “She touched me!” Oh those were the days… I loved laying in the back of the station wagon on my back reading though. The miles sure went faster with a book in my hands!

More FABULOUS stamps for Summer from Printworks Collection… here’s the pdf files for these new images HERE and HERE. Super FUN for all occasions! The banner ribbon is from an old PW stamp that is a bow border! I couldn’t find it in the online store but you can sure ask Nicole about it via email or the phone. Background Polka Dot Wave border G2299 is HERE in rubber. All PW stamps are available as wood mounted or cling mounted now!!! yea! I used a PW alphabet set called Chalkboard. The pattern papers I used are also from PW… 12×12. The image is stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Printworks dye stamp pads… Squish the pad while it’s closed to get ink on the inside of the lid, then pick up the color with your brush and paint away! Beautiful colors! Stamp pad colors I used to paint the images… Citrus Green, Emerald Green, Robin’s Egg Blue, Granite Gray, Sunflower and Tangerine. They are in the Printworks online store, HERE.

Nicole says they are working on getting a new online store set up! Can’t wait! In the meantime, email or call Nicole with your orders! PrintworksCollection@yahoo.com or Toll Free: (800) 854-6558

Thanks for sharing my nostalgic trip down memory lane! Have a great week!

P.S. The latest Magnolia Ink Magazine, Chocolate Dreams is in the store HERE… Best price I’ve seen anywhere! $9.30 and free shipping with a $40 order!!!

cards · Printworks · rubber stamps · Summer · Watercolor

enjoy the ride__❤

August 25, 2011August 25, 2011 Pam Sparks13 Comments

How’s the ride? Super fun new stamps from Printworks… remember the VW Bus! Images are all stamped on watercolor paper and colored with Printworks dye stamp pads… Squish the pad while it’s closed to get ink on the inside of the lid, then pick up the color with your brush and paint away! Beautiful colors!

It’s so hot and humid here in Iowa that I’m sure everyone is wishing they could be visiting the ocean…especially the kids heading back to school!

Stamp pad colors I used to paint the images… Citrus Green, Emerald Green, Robin’s Egg Blue, Oak Brown, Granite Gray, Sunflower, Tangerine, Raspberry Pink and Peony Pink. They are in the Printworks online store, HERE.

Summer Release stamps I used are G4120 VW Bus and D4121 Enjoy the Ride.

Surfboard and Hang Ten are from last year’s Summer Release, HERE.

Flower is C2687 – Hibiscus in the store, HERE.

The fun blue and white stripe paper is from Printworks too! I don’t see it in the store but most of these stamps aren’t in the store yet. Nicole says they are working on getting a new online store set up! Can’t wait! In the meantime, email or call Nicole with your orders! PrintworksCollection@yahoo.com or Toll Free: (800) 854-6558

awww… I goofed… I thought the palm tree was from Printworks but I just looked at the stamp and it’s from Art Gone Wild! J1-2197

Have a great Thursday! Thanks for stopping by!